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In response to the discovery of what Dr. Richard B. Hoover postulates to be an alien life form, and his broader hypothesis that these life forms are spread throughout the universe, NASA distanced itself from Hoover stating today:
NASA is a scientific and technical agency committed to a culture of openness with the media and public. While we value the free exchange of ideas, data, and information as part of scientific and technical inquiry, NASA cannot stand behind or support a scientific claim unless it has been peer-reviewed or thoroughly examined by other qualified experts. This paper was submitted in 2007 to the International Journal of Astrobiology. However, the peer review process was not completed for that submission. NASA also was unaware of the recent submission of the paper to the Journal of Cosmology or of the paper's subsequent publication. Additional questions should be directed to the author of the paper." – Dr. Paul Hertz, chief scientist of NASA's Science Mission Directorate in Washington
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Posted on July 11, 2013 by Karen Egbuna, NAACP Legal Fellow
On June 26, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down part of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) in the landmark U.S. v. Windsor case, holding that the federal law unconstitutionally deprived legally married same-sex couples of equal protection of law under the Fifth Amendment.
As an overview, the case involves Edith Windsor and Thea Spyer, a same-sex couple legally married under the laws of the State of New York. Following Spyer's death in 2009, Windsor sought to claim a federal estate tax exemption for surviving spouses but was barred under Section 3 of DOMA. According to the law, the terms "marriage" and "spouse" apply exclusively to a union between a man and a woman for purposes of federal laws and programs. With DOMA denying federal recognition of same sex marriages, the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") concluded Windsor was not a surviving spouse under federal law and denied her refund request of paid estate taxes. Accordingly, Windsor sued, alleging that DOMA violates the Fifth Amendment's guarantee of equal protection.
The District Court held Section 3 of DOMA was unconstitutional and that Windsor was entitled to a refund. The Second Circuit affirmed, and the Supreme Court granted certiorari thereafter.
Writing for the majority, Justice Kennedy first held that the Court had jurisdiction to hear Windsor given the satisfaction of Constitutionally-imposed requirements and DOMA's broad impact over a thousand federal statutes and regulations. Additionally, the Court held that Section 3 of DOMA was unconstitutional because only states—and not the federal government—have the rights and responsibility to define and regulate marriage. Here, the State of New York recognizes the validity of same-sex marriages and entitles same-sex couples to the same benefits and responsibilities given to married opposite-sex couples. Thus, DOMA's deviation from New York's authority to define marriage "operates to deprive same-sex couples of the benefits and responsibilities that come with the federal recognition of their marriage." This accordingly violates both due process and equal protection principles applicable to the Federal Government under the Fifth Amendment.
As an effect, the Court's ruling in Windsor represents a major victory in civil rights and in the fight for marriage equality. With Section 3 of DOMA struck down, legally married same sex-couples are now entitled to the same treatment as opposite-sex couples with regard to federal benefits and rights (such as income taxes, social security benefits, healthcare, and veterans' benefits). The Court's ruling, however, does not affect states that do not recognize same-sex marriages. In other words, there is still no constitutional right for same-sex marriage. The decision, nonetheless, creates an opportunity for civic engagement. Specifically, Windsor reinstitutes the need for voters to improve the recognition, dignity, and protection of same-sex couples by demanding state legislators to adopt marriage equality laws. Regardless of individual moral and religious views on same-sex marriage, a law should never discriminate against a group of people; we are all created equal and are entitled to such protection of the law.
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The 42nd annual Copes family reunion will be held on Sunday, Aug. 4 at the Raphael Patrick Fellowship Hall at Curry United Methodist Church. A potluck lunch will be served at 1 p.m.
All family and friends are invited to attend.
The descendents of Nicholas Corbin and Mary G. Holton Marsh will hold their annual family reunion on Sunday, Aug. 4 at 1 p.m. at the Elks shelter on US 62 East. A potluck meal will be served. Plates, cups, utensils and drinks will be provided. Come and enjoy the food, fun and fellowship.
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Births announced this week are: Shelby Elizabeth Gross, July 18, daughter of Zachary and Hannah Gross; Austin Wayne Mullen, July 14, son of David and Joyce Ann Mullen.
The first annual Youth Livestock Show and Sale will be held Saturday at the 4-H grounds. After the show, the livestock will be sold. The children are in need of support, buyers for the animals or donations.
Youth flag football interest sought for Harrison County. The league would be for 6-7 year old children.
On July 24, 1953, Louis Earl Sutton, son of the late Roy and Lena Sutton, and Evelyn Florence Henson, daughter of the late Nanny and John Henson, were joined in holy matrimony at the Baptist Church parsonage in Germantown with the Rev. W. E. Maners presiding.
In the past 60 years, Louis has earned the respect throughout many communities by the friendly relationships he has acquired. Although mostly self-employed, he served as an employee of Cleveland Twist Drill in Cynthiana for eight years.
Mr. and Mrs. Art Walters celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on June 9, 2013 at The Bell House in Lexington, Ky. Out of town guests included Bill and Jan, Kevin and Michele, and Emma Platt from Tampa, Fla.
They were married June 1, 1963 at Cynthiana Methodist Church by the Rev. Henry Walters, uncle of the groom. She was the former Freda Jane Platt, a native of Cynthiana, graduate of Cynthiana High School Class of 1959. Art graduated from Harrison County High School Class of 1955. They have lived in Lexington since 1972.
The Henry N. and LuMara Fryman family reunion will be held July 21 at Unity Christian Church on Hwy. 36 W. Cynthiana, Ky. Descendants include families of Edward and Nettie Fryman, Ottis and Minnie Fryman, Florence and Dove Wagner, Ada and Wilford Wagner, Clara and Orie Florence, Ida Jane and James Snapp.
A potluck lunch will be served at 1 p.m. Cutlery will be provided. Bring drinks. Come and enjoy family, fellowship and good food.
Brantley Clifford Slucher was born to Jakob and Jenny Slucher of Cynthiana on May 20, 2013 at Harrison Memorial Hospital.
He weighed 6 lbs. 4 oz.
Maternal grandparents are Tressie Faulkner of Cynthiana and Jerry Faulkner of Berry; maternal great-grandparents are Martha Brown and the late Donald Brown and Adrian and Georgia Faulkner.
Paternal grandparents are Steve and Cathy Slucher of Cynthiana; paternal great-grandparents are Mary Carr of Cynthiana and the late Martin Carr and Faye Slucher of Cynthiana and the late Hugh Slucher.
Keith Lee Jones Thompson Prather was born to Steven and Brenda Prather of Berry, Ky., on July 5, 2013 at Harrison Memorial Hospital.
He weighed 7 lbs. 3 oz., and is welcomed by his brothers, Robert Prather and Jesse Thompson, and sisters, Sheawanda Thompson and Larrinda Prather.
Maternal grandparents are the late James S. Thompson and Barbara Thompson of Cynthiana.
Paternal grandparents are Larry and Linda Prather of Berry; paternal great-grandparents are Mattie Brannock and the late Robert Brannock.
* If you are reading this edition of Museum Musings, hopefully you are a longtime supporter of the Cynthiana-Harrison County Museum or perhaps you appreciate history or perhaps you are a newcomer. Regardless of your situation, please come visit the museum. Truly, you will find something of interest. There is much to see, learn, and enjoy.
* The Cynthiana-Harrison County Museum is located in the old Rohs Theatre Building on Walnut Street. Volunteers open the museum for you and yours on Fridays and Saturdays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. There is no charge for admission.
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Heroin use is typically associated with big-city subcultures. But in recent months, rural communities, including every county in Central Kentucky, have been forced to deal with this major threat to public health.
In a recent interview with Detective Robert Puckett, a special drug enforcement investigator for the Kentucky State Police, to discuss the emergence of heroin in the region.
LaDonna Joy Kelly and John-Mulloy Clifford announce their upcoming marriage.
Kelly is the daughter of Larry and Joyce Kelly of Mt. Olivet and the granddaughter of John and Judy Conley of Cynthiana and the late Terry Mattox and the late David "Slick" and Doris Kelly.
Clifford is the son of Susan and Danny French of Mt. Olivet, and John and Teresa Clifford of Paris and the grandson of Kenneth and Marie Clifford of Cynthiana, Jane French and Dale and Judy French of Mt. Olivet, and the late Bill and Emma Hugh Wallace of Falmouth.
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Frosch® Cypripedium hybrids can be grown in all areas where temperatures do not regularly exceed 33簞C (91簞F) in summer and remain below +5 簞C (40簞F) for 2-3 months in winter. Temperatures even below -25簞C (-13簞F) present no problem, given sufficient snow cover (hardiness zone 4: zone map USA, zone map Canada, zone map Europe). No separate protection during winter is required - lady's slipper orchids are completely hardy.
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Semi-shade, no direct sun at midday. A very suitable place would also be on the north side of a building. Most cypripediums are woodland plants and therefore prefer cool sites, which do not become too dry and hot during summer. Places where ferns thrive are also suitable for lady's slippper orchids.
Don't plant your cypripediums close to trees or big shrubs because their roots are effective competition for water and nutrients!
Basically Cypripedium hybrids grow well in most garden soils. Lady's slipper orchids prefer a well-aerated, crumbly soil structure (10 cm / 4 inches deep) and medium moisture conditions. Dense and loamy soils should be improved with mineral materials such as crushed clay pebbles or lava. If the planting site is too wet, a drainage layer with crushed clay pebbles or lava should be added. In sandy soils which dry out rapidly it is recommended to increase water retention by mixing in perlite, Seramis® or Isolite®. Covering the soil with a layer of conifer needles (e.g. spruce or pine) has a favourable effect on structure and moisture. Lady's slipper orchids are completely hardy - no separate protection during winter is required.
Autumn is the best season for planting. Spread out the roots in the upper 10 cm (4 inches) of the soil, the rhizome 2-3 cm (1 inch) below the surface, shoot buds upwards. Fill in the remaining substrate without compressing it, and water thoroughly.
You may like to watch our instructional film about the planting of Cypripediums.
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Fertilize your lady's slipper orchids regularly in spring, necessary for strong growth. Use any granulated commercial garden fertilizer regularly in spring; best are those with a long-term effect. Apply the same quantity as for other perennials too, not less. After flowering the need for nutrients is low, but at the beginning of the growth season the need is high. Leaf coloration is a good indicator; leaves should always be bright green. A yellowish green indicates nutrient deficiency or too much sun. Compost is not recommended. Orchid fertilizers do not contain enough nutrients.
The soil should never dry out completely, therefore in dry summers careful watering is recommended.
The shoots die back in autumn and should then be removed by diagonally pulling them out of the ground or cutting the stems off.
Cypripedium clumps should be divided every few years in order to keep them vital and healthy. For details, please see our dividing advice and our video on this topic.
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Lady織s slippers differ somewhat in their growth from average perennials. The shoot doesn織t grow all year but is already fully formed after sprouting. Growing conditions in the current year determine the size of the shoot in the following year and whether it will flower. During summer the plant forms the shoot bud for the next season and new roots. Good growing conditions are particularly important during this phase.
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EFFINGHAM, IL Friday, June 27th is the 8th Annual Drive Your Corvette To Work Day, sponsored by Mid America Motorworks. In honor of Drive Your Corvette To Work Day, enthusiasts across Americawill make s Sports Car their commuter car for the day. America
Drive Your Corvette To Work Day is held on the Friday closest to June 30th, when the first Corvette rolled off the assembly line in 1953 in
. We encourage every Corvette owner to drive his or her car on June 27th because it is the perfect way to say Happy Birthday to Flint, Michigan s favorite sports car, said America Mike Yager, founder and Chief Cheerleader of Mid America Motorworks, the worlds leading supplier of Corvette parts and accessories.
Mid America Motorworks promotes Drive Your Corvette To Work Day among Corvette owners and clubs. The goal is to have as many Corvette owners as possible drive their car to work that day. Launched in 2001, Mid America Motorworks Drive Your Corvette To Work Day is an annual event celebrated by thousands of Corvette owners. This years event is especially noteworthy as 2008 is GMs 100th anniversary. The Chevrolet Corvette is arguably GMs greatest contribution to the automotive world.
We understand why many owners consider their Corvette to be a special car and only drive it occasionally, said Yager. But we think driving your Corvette to work, at least one day a year, is an excellent way to demonstrate just how popular Corvettes are. Wave to other Corvette owners-- its a perfect chance for Corvette owners to meet new Corvette owners.
Corvette owners who observe Drive Your Corvette To Work Day are encouraged to send photos or high resolution digital pictures of their car at work to firstname.lastname@example.com or
P.O. Box 1368, Effingham, IL 62401. Mid America Motorworks will post as many pictures as possible on their website, www.mamotorworks.com/corvette. Visit our site to see past DYCTWD events.
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1990 Chevrolet Corvette ZR-1 , 350 Stock ZF 6-speed. Stock Bright Red
It's on my calendar!
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Since I am retired, I will not be driving either of my vettes to work. However, since June 27 is the final day for Cruise Fest in Cleveland, I will be driving my 02 wherever Andre has arranged for us to be. Come on CACers, join the fun in Cleveland.
I drive mine every Friday!
I drive the Silver C6 everyday (even in MI) It's my daily driver and I LOVE it.
I'm vett-less (temp)I'll mark it on my 09 calander.
I take mine to work at least once a week.
I work in a somewhat dumpy area of town but i havent had any problems so far. I take the scenic route along the Ottawa river to avoid the highway congestion and i love getting up in the morning knowing that I'll have a great ride to work and back.. and i usually come back way before rush hour.
If i know that where i'm going has a safe place for my car, i'll drive it there. Either you have a garage queen or a driver, you can't have both.
Hmm.. maybe i should have said that you can't have one car that is both.
I drove mine:
with my new "just got it today" tag too!
It's my daily driver.
Jane Ann
Mine's downstairs. . . Mid America hasn't posted pictures yet.
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I drove mine today. And every Friday, Thursday, Wednesday, Tuesday and Monday, it's my daily driver!


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Wisconsin's smallest rural hospitals, known as "Critical Access Hospitals" are bracing themselves for a January 1, 2010 cut of 10% in Medicaid reimbursement.
In preparation for the looming cut, three of Ministry Health Care's hospital presidents Monica Hilt, Sheila Clough and Michael Hammer, along with Langlade Hospital Executive Director Dave Schneider, met Monday with state elected officials to plead for reprieve from the cuts. In the morning, the hospital leaders met with State Reps. Don Friske and Dan Meyer; in the afternoon, they met with Sen. Jim Holperin.
As part of the Wisconsin state budget, the Department of Health Services is administering a $630 million reduction in Medicaid. The cuts do not require legislative oversight, and the hospital leaders are seeking the help of the legislature to protect area hospitals.
Monica Hilt, CEO of Ministry Health Care's Northern Region stated, "We are preparing for the cut, but these are real dollars – close to $1 million for our four hospitals combined. We remain committed to keeping patients first in everything we do, but we are preparing for difficult adjustments."
"Without intervention to turn back the cuts," Hilt noted "…these cuts would require hospitals to take a hard look at the current scope of services offered within the various facilities and given where most of the facilities are with their internal cost structure really our only way to reduce expenses in relation to the decreased reimbursement would be through program/service reduction/elimination."
"Together, our four hospitals employ nearly 1,000 people in the Northwoods. These include skilled, family-supporting jobs that are critical to surviving and recovering from the economic downturn. To take this cut on the heels of the worst recession in generations is a double-blow," noted Sheila Clough, President of Howard Young Medical Center and Eagle River Memorial Hospital.
The four executives – sometimes "competitors" in delivering health care – are fully united in opposing the reductions. As an alternative, they support a financing plan that would avoid the cuts to Medicaid.
"Protecting these payments for services to a vulnerable population of patients is a priority for us, not simply financially, but also in terms of the services and programs we can offer our patients and communities," said Dave Schneider, Executive Director of Langlade Hospital in Antigo.
Medicaid is a state-run health benefit program, which receives approximately two-thirds of its funding from the federal government. Certain disabled or low-income patients qualify for Medicaid coverage.
Under federal legislation passed in the 90s, facilities designated as Critical Access Hospitals receive reimbursement for treating Medicare and Medicaid patients based on the cost of the care. This reimbursement allowed hospitals in vulnerable communities to remain open. Rural hospitals face constant fiscal challenges due to the more aged and disadvantaged populations they tend to serve.
"Changing the way Wisconsin hospitals are reimbursed for treating Medicaid patients is a major shift in public policy affecting the most vulnerable patients and the most vulnerable hospitals," according to Michael Hammer, President of Good Samaritan Health Center in Merrill.
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The A6K is the perfect game machine with discrete graphics for 3D video enhancement and 64-bit high speed computing capability. Wireless video conferencing is possible with the built-in 1.3 megapixel webcam. The 15.4" widescreen incorporated with ASUS' exclusive Color Shine glare-type LCD technologies presents clear and sharp images in their true vibrant colors.
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Mar 2, 2012 - The Associated PressCHEYENNE (AP) -- A proposal to spend about $600 million on school construction and renovations over the next two years is on its way to Gov. Matt Mead.
The Wyoming House voted 51-8 to give final approval to Senate File 105 on Thursday.
The Wyoming Tribune Eagle reports that representatives rejected an amendment to reduce the funding to $245 million.
Rep. Matt Teeters, a Republican from Lingle, said the bill had grown by over $83 million since it was first introduced. With revenues declining, he said the amendment would give the Legislature time to consider what it can afford.
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Neurotics of the World Unite!: Larry David To Star in Woody Allen's Next Film
Entertainment Weekly reports:
Larry David, the mind behind Seinfeld and Curb Your Enthusiasm, is set to be the lead in Woody Allen's next, as-yet-untitled feature, which is scheduled to shoot in New York City in the spring. Plot details are being kept under wraps, but David will act alongside Evan Rachel Wood.
E.W. notes that the film will be a sort of homecoming for Allen, who shot his previous three movies in England and an upcoming one in Spain. But will Woody and Larry find that the New York that nurtured their neuroses no longer exists?
UPDATE: Evan Rachel Wood is also one of us.
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Gamecocks and Volunteers Set for 7 p.m. on ESPN2
Oct. 20, 2008
The University of South Carolina's football game versus Tennessee, set for Saturday, November 1, will kick off at 7 p.m. ET, the Southeastern Conference office announced today. The game will be televised nationally on ESPN2.
The Gamecocks (5-3, 2-3 SEC) have this week off in preparation for Tennessee, while the Vols (3-4, 1-3 SEC) play host to undefeated and second-ranked Alabama on Saturday, October 25.
Tennessee leads the all-time series with South Carolina by a 21-3-2 margin, including an 8-2-2 advantage in games played in Columbia. The Volunteers won by a 27-24 decision in overtime last year in Knoxville. Four of the last five meetings between the two teams have been decided by a touchdown or less.
Other SEC televised games for Saturday, November 1 include Georgia versus Florida in Jacksonville on CBS at 3:30 p.m. ET and Auburn at Ole Miss on Raycom at 12:30 p.m. ET.


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Cocktail Reception/Rehearsal Locations on Longboat Key
I'm getting married this November (2012) on Longboat Key. The ceremony and reception will be at the Longboat Key Hilton but since this is a destination wedding and many guests will be coming in the Friday before, we'd like to have a cocktail reception with some food of some kind somewhere else but definitely nearby. Are there any scenic restaurants or areas to rent where vendors can be used? I'm not sure if I want a full sit down situation - probably something just more casual with passed hors d'ouvres. Just evaluating my options - is hard though from VA. Thanks!
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Congrats on your engagement and upcoming wedding. Planning from from away is not easy for sure.
A local restaurant you might want to check out for a night before the wedding is Pattigeorge's http://pattigeorges.com/
I had dinner there a few weeks ago with one of my upcoming brides and it was great! It would definitely be a good place for a rehearsal dinner or night before the wedding soiree.
Please feel free to let me know if you have any more questions or need additional suggestions.
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My husband and I had our rehearsal dinner in st Armans circle at a Spanish restaurant called Columbias. We also had our reception at Ophelia's on the bay in siesta key. We worked with the owner there who was wonderful. I'm sure she could accommodate you for appetizers. We had our reception on the outdoor patio. It was wonderful. You could contact longboat key club as they have banquet rooms or there is a restaurant on the water as soon as you turn into longboat key club that may accommodate you ( it's not associated with the resort). Longboat key club was where we were married Good luck. Feel free to let me know of any questions you have. Congratulations!!!
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usmcdpd1 - those are all really great suggestions! Columbia is a great restaurant and so is Ophelia's on he Bay.
Nov2012Wedding, will you be coming down to FL at all before the wedding? A long weekend down in the area might be a good time to check out a few of the places and try them out to see which has the feel you are going for.
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We got married in may 2009 on Longboat key. We had our rehearsal dinner at the Chart House. It was fantastic. They sectioned off the top area and we had amazing views of the water. Many of our guests said it was the best rehearsal dinner they had ever attended. We also looked at Marina Jack but it was already booked. Good luck!
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We were married in 2009 on Longboat, and had all of our events between the Hilton and Sun 'n Sea next door. We rented a tent and hosted a bbq on Friday afternoon at Sun 'n Sea, then Saturday wedding at Sun 'n Sea followed by cocktails and reception at the Hilton, then Sunday brunch back in the tent at Sun 'n Sea. Everyone stayed at one of the two locations and could walk between events. Our families cooked Fri bbq; our brunch was catered by Zest of Sarasota, and they were fantastic and highly recommended! Have fun and good luck!
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Hello -
We got married Sept 2009 at the Longboat Key Beach Club & it was destination wedding as well.
We flew down 2 mo's prior to finalize alot of loose ends with different vendors & we looked at a few rest. for rehersal dinner.
I have a few great suggestions for you.
We got married Fri Sept 25 & we had family & friends flying in the entire week so we were going out all week.
We had gone to the Chart House for a reg. meal with a few ppl & it was really good, kinda pricey. They were booked for the back sitting area for rehersal dinner though. We also went to the Salty Dog twice. When we arrived & the day before the wedding with a big group & that was fun & very reasonable. Not fancy at all but, very relaxed atmosphere, sitting outside on the deck or open air area - very loungy. For the rehersal dinner, we went to Marina Jacks. They had sectioned off the entire back area & it is a beautiful view of Sarasota Bay. Anne was who I worked with, very nice ppl! The day after the wedding, we went to St Armonds Circle & had big group lunch at Cha Cha Coconuts. St Armonds has alot of GREAT restaurants too!!! Cha Cha Coconuts is a laid back rest. w/ food kinda like Chilis but, w/ a caribbean touch to it.
Good luck & w/b if you have any other quest.
Thanks everyone for all the great ideas! We're looking into them all at the moment!
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The SC Dept of Corrections houses approximately 24,000 inmates. Here is a link to guide you to some of the best pages that are informative for family and friends. Are you looking for information concerning:
All of this is available at the Information for Family Members Page. Look for the links in the right column.
South Carolina Prisons
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To avoid identifying anyone, Im purposely going to avoid using any names/brands here. Ive been looking to purchase a certain gun online. Reason being I cant find one anywhere locally. Well I did find one at a big box sporting goods store .a display model, but for a 700+ gun I wasnt willing to settle for it.
Online I found 3 of them. All being listed as NIB. 2 of them have pictures showing them with hand written tags on them and in regards to the other, at least seller states up front that his weapons, although new, can be assumed to have been extensively handled. Seeing the pictures of the others I can only assume that they have been residing in a display case and similarly handled.
Since this will be the first new handgun I will be purchasing(I inherited the one I have), and a big expense for me, Ive decided to place an order for one locally and wait it out. Am I being too anal about this? Im just thinking if Im paying for NIB thats what I should get . Any thoughts/comments?


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This upcoming month of June, for sure you will be more impressed when they arrive on the market. New Samsung Galaxy models are said to be adopted by five instant US carriers and they are going to sell it soon.
Samsung's new flagship smartphone, Samsung Galaxy III will be launched by all of the Big 4 national U.S. wireless carriers this month, starting at around $199 for capital. This statement was given by the phone maker on Saturday.
I know you've been waiting for this day to come but you will notice that there are other shapes and looks that you can choose from. The phone will be carried by Verizon Wrieless, AT&T Inc, Sprint Nextel Corp, and T-Mobile, USA.
The phones' launch will begin or will open on June 21 and Sprint said that the new version with 16 gigabytes of memory will cost $200 with a two-year contract. So which one will you choose?
For just a matter of a few months, the Galaxy series of phones has already emerged as the most popular alternative to Apple Inc.'s iPhone. Moreover, in just a few months and in a first for a flagship Samsung phone, the Galaxy III will have the same name across all U.S. carriers. We will look forward for the upcoming launch of the show. Last week, the S III already went on sale on how many smartphones it sells.


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A Wine Tour Of California
Time to downshift and relax a bit. You've had a lot of tasting and traveling so far, so it's the occasion for the equivalent to a seventh-inning stretch: some spa time at the famed Indian Springs. Their Spa Man package will relax and refresh for $225, and be sure you make time for the naturally heated mineral pool. Drop your bags here, too; you're spending the night. Several rooms are available at seasonal rates, starting at $185 per night in the off-season.
Brannan's Grill in downtown Calistoga gets our nod for dinner. Be prepared to make some difficult choices: Will it be the grilled rib eye ($30), braised rabbit Bolognese ($19), wild king salmon ($24), yellow fin tuna ($23), or another specialty altogether? At least you can be assured there isn't a bad choice on the menu; the wines are well-paired and the service is highly attentive.
Day 3: Napa's bestIf you haven't been heavily tempted to move here, you're stronger than most people, and probably in denial. Your last day in this modern Garden of Eden will have you hitting points through the Napa Valley as you make your way back to San Francisco.
Park it in downtown St. Helena and drop by Tasting on Main, a tasting room featuring some of Napa Valley's best. Because the area has so many wineries, you can save time, driving and money by checking out their greatest hits collection, which ranges from $10 to $15.
A few clicks away, between St. Helena and Rutherford, Rubicon Estate awaits. You probably know how small household projects become major operations, and Francis Ford Coppola does too. In 1975, he was looking for a modest summer home when he happened to come across the Inglenook property. He couldn't resist the history and setting, so he gradually purchased and reunited the entire estate. Formerly known as Niebaum-Coppola Winery, your $25 allows touring, tasting and valet parking. Coppola is as serious about his winemaking as he is his filmmaking. Along with his wife, Eleanor, the Coppolas have been making wine here for almost 30 years.
Ready for déjà vu all over again? Remember how you encountered wine and racing yesterday at Bennett Lane? It's time to revisit that scenario with a visit to the Andretti Winery in Napa. When Mario Andretti retired from racing in 1994, the commemorative wine ignited his second passion. Two years later, the Andretti Winery was established, and today produces some affordable and very enjoyable wines.
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Hollywood's finest have begun heading down the red carpet ahead of the Golden Globes.
All eyes will be on the stars' dresses in the buildup to the show where Steven Spielberg's political drama Lincoln has seven nominations, ahead of Ben Affleck's Iran drama Argo and Quentin Tarantino's spaghetti Western tribute Django Unchained, both with five nods.
Taiwanese-American Ang Lee is also up for best movie with his sumptuous 3D adventure Life of Pi, as is Oscar-winning Kathryn Bigelow's controversial Osama bin Laden manhunt movie Zero Dark Thirty.
The three-hour Globes telecast, beamed live around the world, is preceded by a couple of hours of red carpet action as Hollywood's A-listers strut their stuff.
Clear blue Californian skies provided the perfect backdrop as movie industry folk arrived at the Beverly Hilton hotel ahead of the show, with onlookers lined across the street hoping for a glimpse of their favourite star.
The Globes, which also include television category awards, are generally more relaxed than the more prestigious Academy Awards, with a party atmosphere usually steeped in alcohol served before, and during, the show.
"It's our job to keep things moving, and also try to get the movie stars more liquored-up so that hopefully someone's boob will fall out of a dress," said co-host comedian Tina Fey.
Naomi Watts, who has been nominated for Indian Ocean tsunami drama The Impossible, will be there, while Hugh Jackman has a Best Comedy/Music Actor nod for his role in Les Miserables.
Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban scored big with Globe nominations, even though they failed to pick up Oscar nods on Thursday.
Kidman is nominated in two Globe categories: supporting actress for the film The Paperboy; and actress in a TV mini-series-movie for Hemingway and Gellhorn.
Urban secured a Globe best original song nomination for For You, which featured in Act of Valor, an action film about a team of Navy SEALs.
Spielberg's presidential biopic Lincoln won a major boost just days before the show, when it topped the nominations for the all-important Academy Awards next month.
It was shortlisted in 12 Oscar categories.
Lincoln star Daniel Day-Lewis is favourite for best actor, against Denzel Washington for piloting Flight while drunk, Richard Gere for Arbitrage, John Hawkes for The Sessions and Joaquin Phoenix for The Master.
Best actress is slightly more open: Jessica Chastain is widely favoured for her role as a CIA agent relentlessly tracking bin Laden in Zero Dark Thirty, while France's Marion Cotillard has drawn praise for Rust and Bone.
But Britain's Helen Mirren is also a strong contender as a cinema legend's wife in Hitchcock. Also in the running is Rachel Weisz for The Deep Blue Sea.
Other drama films tipped include Tom Hooper's musical adaptation Les Miserables, dark romantic-comedy Silver Linings Playbook and Zero Dark Thirty, which tied for third place with four Globes nods.
The awards are voted on by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, a group of fewer than 100 members seen as more celebrity-driven than the esteemed Academy of Motion and Picture Arts and Sciences.
Reflecting the perhaps less high-brow taste of the HFPA, Ang Lee's Life of Pi, which picked up 11 Oscar nominations, is running in only three Globes categories.
On the comedy and musical front, best film nominees are Indian-themed The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Silver Linings Playbook, Les Miserables, Moonrise Kingdom and Salmon Fishing in the Yemen, starring Ewan McGregor.
Best comedy/music actor nods went to Jack Black for Bernie, Hangover star Bradley Cooper for Silver Linings, Jackman for Les Mis, McGregor for Salmon Fishing and Bill Murray for Hyde Park on Hudson.


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Yesterday, I pointed out that most members of the National Association for the Research and Therapy of Homosexuality (NARTH) are not mental health professionals or scientists. Even though the name of the organization promotes research and therapy, three-fourths of the members are not trained or credentialed to do either activity.Despite the constituency of the group, NARTH is promoted by religiously conservative groups as a scientific organization. One example of this is an appearance in … [Read more...]
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Last week, the Family Research Council promoted the annual conference of the National Association for the Research and Therapy of Homosexuality, touting the group as "one of the best sources of information about homosexuality." In the description of NARTH, the FRC claimed that NARTH is "primarily composed of psychiatrists, psychologists, and other professional therapists and counselors who offer 'sexual reorientation therapy' to help people overcome unwanted same-sex attractions."However, thi … [Read more...]
Marketing the Bieber Study: Cornelia Wilbur's Other Scandal
Monday, I wrote about a new book by Debbie Nathan which examines the famous multiple personality case of Sybil, a young woman who claimed 16 personalities. For her book Nathan reviewed the notes of Flora Rheta Schreiber, the journalist who collaborated with Sybil's psychiatrist Cornelia Wilbur in order to turn the case of Shirley Ardell Mason (Sybil's real name) into a media sensation. Nathan's findings debunk the claims of Wilbur and expose the distortions and fabrications which led to the fam … [Read more...]
Bieber Study Co-Author, Cornelia Wilbur, Accused of Fabricating Case of Sybil
Sunday, Salon briefly reviewed a book by Debbie Nathan which claims to debunk the case of Sybil. Sybil, actually a young Minnesota girl named Shirley Mason, was one of the first cases of multiple personality disorder to catch the public attention. The book about the case sold 6 million copies and inspired a movie starring Sally Field.The Salon article by Laura Miller gives enough detail to hook my inner skeptic. According to Nathan, most of the details reported in the book were fabricated, … [Read more...]
Anti-gay bill author assumes leadership of Uganda's ruling party caucus
David Bahati, Deputy Chair will assume the leadership position of the ruling NRM while the current chair steps down awaiting a court ruling on charges of corruption. Here's the story from the Daily Monitor by way of AllAfrica:Two days after stepping aside from the Cabinet until the anti-corruption court rules on his alleged involvement in causing government a Shs14b financial loss during Chogm, Government Chief Whip John Nasasira has handed over office to his deputy David Bahati (Ndorwa … [Read more...]
Things get ugly in Illinois
According to a World Net Daily report, a couple of bricks were thrown through the window of the Christian Liberty Academy which hosted the Americans for Truth About Homosexuality banquet earlier this evening. The vandalism was conducted in the early morning hours today with an email sent to a Chicago area news source.No organization has taken responsibility for the incident which may mean that the attack was conducted by someone acting independently.The email focused on Scott Lively, who … [Read more...]
Is it the end of the ex-gay movement as we know it?
Michelle Goldberg has a piece online at the Daily Beast which asks the question: End of the Ex-gay Movement?In the piece she features John Smid's recent column where he asserted:I also want to reiterate here that the transformation for the vast majority of homosexuals will not include a change of sexual orientation. Actually I've never met a man who experienced a change from homosexual to heterosexual.A 21 year veteran of Exodus International, with 11 years on the board of d … [Read more...]


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Too much vibration at idle.
Hi so with my SVTF, i got a spec stage 2+ clutch and aluminium flywheel, i am getting very bad vibrations threw my steering wheel and When im idling with it in neutral (clutch out), i have chatter. I am trying to get rid of all excess vibrations/noises so it isn't obnoxious when idling. Any ideas would be very appreciated.
Thank You.
Check your motor mounts.
mine does the same thing and that is what I will be looking into when my wife and I get out house in January. Especially when it has a lot of miles.
Confused you got a heavy duty clutch and light weight flywheel and don't want chatter? Beside mounts but bf out poly mounts will cause more vibrations
A tune to help take the idle to 900 - 1050 seems to help that a log
If you have after market mounts and a Alum fyl then a tune is about your only shot at getting any kind of good quiet idle
If you dont have the funds for a tune you can unplug the Idle Air Control Valve (you will get a CEL) then set the idle to 1050 +/- to its gets quiet
This isnt ideal but it works in most cases
Vibrations = new mounts. As for noise and chatter that's what the aftermarket aluminum flys do on the svtf. No need to go above stock clutch/fly unless u are turboed with more than 200lb torq
Most likely it's the passenger side motor mount. That clutch combo is going to make noise as the other have said.
If the passenger motor mount top is squishy, is that a sign of it being bad?
Feel with your fingers under it where the rubber part meets the metal part, if it's separated it's bad. I forget how the top should feel, over half the time it may look ok or feel ok till you take it off and look at the bottom. I can just feel them and know if they are bad or not.
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The Crown has frozen more than $2.5 million of property, a fishing boat and $865,000 cash from a property developer accused of manufacturing and supplying methamphetamine.
Maxwell John Beckham appeared in the Auckland District Court this week for a depositions hearing nearly 12 months after police allegedly found 141g of P - with a street value of up to $140,000 - and a loaded gun in raids on properties in Auckland and Northland.
The 61-year-old is facing five methamphetamine-related charges after an eight-week police Operation Jivaro. This week, he was committed to trial after the Crown established a prima facie case at the depositions hearing with his partner Jenny Maree Taylor, Karl Hewitson, Mark Rogers and Natasha Storey.
At the time of his arrest, police described Beckham as "a very significant figure in both the Northland and Auckland methamphetamine scenes".
The Weekend Herald has learned that restraining orders were granted under the Proceeds of Crime Act to freeze assets belonging to Beckham, Taylor and PM Trustee Ltd.
These include $865,720 found during the police raids, two lifestyle properties in Mangonui with combined worth of $1.1 million, a $750,000 West Auckland home and a $630,000 inner-city apartment. Two late model Ford Falcons have also been frozen by the Official Assignee - one with the registration plate B4DBOY - as well as a fishing vessel called Unity.
The restraining orders allow the boat's owner Beckmar Ltd, of which Taylor is a co-director, to continue to operate the vessel as long as it is insured, available for Official Assignee inspection and "otherwise kept in a clean, tidy and seaworthy condition".
In an extraordinary twist, two men stabbed to death have been accused of laundering drug money for Beckham.
David Roberts, 43, and Deni Rudiantonio, 41, were murdered inside the apartment they shared in downtown Auckland in July last year. The pair were stabbed a dozen times each.
Their killer, Baseem Ridha Kadhim Abbad al Amery, will spend at least 18 years in prison.
Mr Roberts was property manager of Alpha Apartments and the pair were killed because they refused to give Amery a master key so he could get into his ex-girlfriend's apartment to kill her.
One of the properties the Crown has frozen is an apartment in the Alpha tower.
Giving evidence against Beckham this week, Detective Stephen Peat described why he believed the $628,000 apartment was purchased with drug profits.
He said more than 30 deposits, ranging between $15,000 and $40,000, were transferred into the Westpac bank account of Beckham's de facto partner Taylor over eight days.
Mr Peat said the number of transactions suggested an attempt to hide the property purchase.
Recent amendments to the Proceeds of Crime Act allow police to confiscate unexplained wealth from suspected criminals without having to prove any offence has been committed.
This essentially places the onus on criminals to prove where they got the assets.


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Ann Smith receives her ballot from election worker Shirley Scolini around 8:30 a.m. this morning at the 11th Precinct polls at the Walnut Creek Elks Lodge. Contra Costa County Clerk Steve Weir is estimating a 38 percent voter turnout. Photo by Dolores Fox Ciardelli.
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Bangalore: A hurricane knock of 93 runs in 47 balls by Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) captain Virat Kohli in the Indian Premier League match took away the game from Sunrises Hyderabad at the Chinnaswamy stadium here late on Tuesday.
"Virat batted really well. He is the best batsman in RCB. He took away the game from us and that's why we lost," admitted Hyderabad's' allrounder Thisara Perera at a post-match press conference here.
Chasing a 162-run target, Man of the Match Kholi carried the RCB's innings from sixth over when he came to bat after the fall of opener Mayank Agarwal (29) to finish off the match on a winning note in the 18th over with 1.2 overs to spare. "We planned to first get Gayle out and we got him luckily. But Virat batted so well and was in good touch. That's why we couldn't get him out," Perara recalled.
Playing back-to-back games, RCB won by seven wickets by scoring 162 for 3 in response to 161 for 6 by Hyderabad and avenged their defeat in Hyderabad late on Sunday in a super over after both the teams were tied at 130 runs in an exciting contest.
Besides being involved in two partnerships - 49 runs with AB de Villiers for the third wicket and 66-run with Moises Henriques for the fourth wicket - Kohli hit four mighty sixes and smashed 11 boundaries in his breezy knock. Noting that his team was short of 20-25 runs to put up a defendable target, Perera said 162 was a gettable total on a good batting wicket like here.
"We should have done better than that (161). I think we were short of 20-25 runs and 180 would have been a good score to defend. We had a target of 180 but when I got out in 18th over, we couldn't get to that figure," Perera lamented.
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It's progress; who cares about people?
Villagers in Yunnan and Sichuan , who are being moved to make way for two massive dams have been told by local governments to hand over 30,720 yuan (HK$37,620) per head from the compensation they received for the loss of their homes and farmland. And some who do not get that much compensation have been warned they may have to dip into their own pockets to make up the difference.
The Xiangjia Dam is being built on the Jinsha River on the mountainous border between Sichuan and Yunnan, about 33 kilometres upstream from the city of Yibin , and the Xiluodu Dam is being built 160 kilometres farther upstream. They are the country's largest dams after the Three Gorges Dam.
The homes of at least 125,000 people in six Yunnan and Sichuan counties will be flooded by the rising waters behind the Xiangjia Dam, starting from next month.
Local authorities, who have been struggling to make the deadline to resettle thousands of families, insist that the 'mandatory compensation deduction', to be paid back at the monthly rate of 160 yuan per person for the next 16 years, will help people better manage their money, but locals are not convinced.
As nations industrialise, they need power and water, which usually take the form of hydroelectric power. This brings its own problems; people have to be resettled, massive dam walls have to be constructed and people, plants and animals living downstream from the dam go without water, often for long periods. One of the thorniest issues is relocating people, and this is where the Xiangjia Dam is in trouble.
Not enough money
Area residents live on fertile farmland famous for its mouth-numbing Sichuan pepper. They don't think the amount the government will pay is enough to cover their relocation. There is nowhere for them to go. Mostly, when people are resettled, they are offered housing in another area and are helped to move. But this has not happened.
Confusing policy
Yongshan county officials and the village's Communist Party chief, Lei Shibin , admit that most Huangguo villagers may get no compensation for their small but profitable farms because of the controversial deduction policy.
Indeed, some may have to dip into their own pockets to make up the difference between the limited compensation they do receive and the mandatory deduction, Lei said.
Some county officials said the central and provincial governments would make up the difference, but villagers don't believe them.
Local officials have said poor grass-roots governments need the deducted money to cover the shortfall in resettlement funding, according to reports by Caijing magazine and other media.
Local residents and even county government officials have complained about confusing resettlement compensation policies, which they say are deliberately vague, often contradictory and vary from one dam project to another as well as one county to another.
To make matters worse, those policies, including the standards proposed by China Three Gorges Corporation, have yet to be approved by the central government, say local officials.
Liu Shiwei, deputy director of Yongshan county's relocation bureau, is bitter about the delays.
'It's really hard to persuade our countrymen, as we don't even know what the policies over compensation and long-term economic support will look like,' he says.
Poverty relief
The Xiangjia Dam, 33km upstream from Yibin, Sichuan, is due to begin filling with water next month and to start generating power in October, Xinhua reports.
With a capacity of 6GW, the dam is the country's third largest, after the Three Gorges Dam and the Xiluodu Dam, which is being built about 160 kilometres upstream on the Jinsha. The two projects have been touted for years as shortcuts to eradicating the widespread poverty in one of the country's least developed areas.
The building of the two dams, with a combined capacity of 19.86GW - more than the 18.2GW of the Three Gorges Dam - underlines Beijing's renewed determination to accelerate dam construction despite intense public opposition.
Lack of trust
In Yongshan county, near the tail of the Xiangjia Dam reservoir and the location of the Xiluodu Dam, many of Yunnan villager Li Dongmin's neighbours have, like him, refused to back down.
Deng Shiqiang , 36, says at least seven people from Yuansheng village were detained last year after residents tried to block main roads in protest against illegal land seizures for 'resettlement'.
Deng and his wife were taken away for 10 days. He says it was punishment after they exposed local cadres who sought personal gain in the resettlement scheme by gobbling up large chunks of farmland from other villagers.
'The authorities refused to look into our complaints or heed our concerns about the future,' Deng says. 'Instead, they resorted to intimidation and beat and arrested those of us who dared to speak out.'
Yang Mingjin , 57, who was arrested with his wife last year, also told of being beaten by police.
Yunnan villager Li Dongmin knew that trouble could lie ahead for people evicted for the Xiangjia Dam as the deadline for relocation approached. Even so, he was shocked and angry when more than two dozen local government officials descended on his home on May 16 with orders to have it torn down immediately.
Scores of neighbours in the mountainside village of Yuansheng, population 420, in Huixi town, Yongshan county, quickly converged on the scene to show their support. But they were kept at bay by a dozen armed paramilitary police as well as a bulldozer, an excavator and dump trucks.
'I have never felt so terrible and helpless in my life,' Li said. 'My wife and granddaughter were crying in fear, and my heart sank in disbelief and despair at such intimidation.'
Li, 44, whose sparsely furnished, two-storey brick house sat atop a ridge overlooking a deep valley of the roaring Jinsha River (which eventually forms the Yangtze River), was among the first in his village to be moved to make way for the dam, being built on the mountainous border with Sichuan province.
Like his fellow villagers, Li was reluctant to move, citing a lack of compensation, unhelpful local cadres and fears of a grim future after losing his home and once-fertile farmland to the waters impounded by a 162-metre-high concrete dam.
'But what else could we do, apart from follow their orders and vacate my home, after they threatened to pull it down?' Li asked. 'The authorities are too powerful for us ordinary folks to fight, and I don't have the nerve to stand up to them.'
Li has yet to get any of the compensation promised by local officials, and he, his wife and their 14-month-old granddaughter have had to move into a makeshift tent of plastic sheeting. 'We know it is not safe to dwell in the tent as the rainy season approaches,' he said. 'But we have been made homeless and destitute. Where else can we go?'
Like many people, Li 's biggest concern at the moment is where to find shelter. He does, however, consider himself lucky because he was able to salvage the bed, clothes and cooking utensils from his home before it was torn down.
He said at least three homes in the neighbouring community of Caojiaba had been demolished by a squad sent by the Huixi government after homeowners refused to leave.
Li has yet to find a place to rebuild his home, with local officials refusing to help and saying that it is something he will have to organise himself. But when he approached officials with a list of relocation sites, they rejected all of them, saying they failed to conform with unspecified rules.
'I still don't know where I can build a new house or how long I'll live in the tent,' he said.
I really don't know how I am going to survive if my farmland, my only source of income, is to be flooded. The current [compensation] standards are simply too low to make a living.
Yuansheng villager, Wang Tianlian, a 72-year-old blind widow, is 'desperately worried' about the future.
We are not opposed to the dam project itself, but how can they [local authorities] treat us like trash and force us to move? What they said is really scary. They also warned they could take us away and accuse those who refuse to go of blocking a national project.
Zhou Daixiu, 81, from Dukou village, after local cadres had threatened to use bulldozers and armed troops to flush locals out of their homes if they refused to leave by the resettlement deadline.
Officials say I won't get the first 20 per cent of the compensation for my old house and cropland until I begin to build the new house. But how can I afford to build a new house without any compensation? The cadres are quite intimidating, and I often worry about losing my compensation once and for all if I offend them, whether intentionally or not.
Villager Li Dongmin, who is too afraid to ask local cadres about resettlement compensation.
This is an edited version of articles by Shi Jiangtao, which appeared in Thursday's editions of the South China Morning Post.
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Cubs play the name game, draft sons of Gretzky and Dunston
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Written By: Ian Casselberry
The second day of the MLB draft usually brings some fun with it in the form of familiar surnames. Many times, the selections are good-natured nepotism. Maybe a team's manager has a son who plays baseball. Last year provided some good examplesof that.
But selecting amateur talent with famous pedigree can also just be a coincidence. The best player available may happen to be the son of a world-class athlete, such as one of the greatest hockey players of all time.
Trevor Gretzky, the son of Wayne Gretzky, was selected by the Chicago Cubs in the seventh round on Tuesday. He's a 6-foot-4 first baseman from California and committed to play for Tony Gwynn at San Diego State next season. But Trevor's father has said they'll sit down as a family and evaluate whether going to school or turning pro is the best decision.
However, the Great One's son may have tipped off his preferences from his reaction to being drafted by the Cubs. See for yourself:
That enthusiasm (or lack there of) looks familiar. It reminds me of me when the dentist's office calls to confirm I have a cleaning scheduled for 10:30 a.m. tomorrow. We kid, of course. Maybe Trevor Gretzky is just a low-key dude. Must be that even-keel lineage.
Moving along, several other players with baseball bloodlines were selected on Tuesday. Teams may have been aided in the process by fathers passing their established names down to their sons. Easy to draw a connection that way.
• Dante Bichette Jr., a high school third baseman from Florida, was selected by the New York Yankees with the 51st overall pick. Yankees manager Joe Girardi and Dante Bichette Sr. are good friends, so much so that Girardi named his son after the former Colorado Rockies slugger and Bichette Jr. calls Girardi "Uncle Joe." But Bichette Jr. is also committed to play baseball at the University of Georgia, so he has a decision to make.
• Dwight Smith Jr. was drafted two picks later by the Toronto Blue Jays. Smith is a prep center fielder from Georgia, playing ball about four hours away from Atlanta, where his father spent two seasons with the Braves. Smith Jr. has a scholarship to Georgia Tech also on the table.
• Twelve seasons with a Shawon Dunston in their lineup apparently wasn't enough for the Cubs. Drafting Shawon Dunston Jr., a high school outfielder out of California, in the 11th round (his father was the No. 1 overall pick in 1982) may give them more Dunston (and more Shawon-o-Meter!) The Cubs will have to convince him not to play baseball at Vanderbilt, however.
• Ivan Rodriguez(notes) was selected by the Minnesota Twins in the sixth round. But the prep star from Miami is choosing to go his own way, going instead by the name "Dereck." And unlike his father, who's still playing catcher for the Washington Nationals, the younger Rodriguez plays center field.
• One more player worth noting is Johnny Reuttiger, nephew of Notre Dame football legend Rudy Reuttiger. (Rudy!) The junior Arizona State outfielder was drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the eighth round.
Other legacy picks include Alex Santana (Dodgers), son of Rafael Santana; Jack Armstrong (Astros), son of Jack Armstrong; Ryan Garvey (Phillies), son of Steve Garvey; and C.J. McElroy (Cardinals), son of Chuck McElroy. Also selected was Kyle Gaedele, the great-nephew of Eddie Gaedel, shortest player in baseball history.
Still waiting to be picked as we write this: Brandon Bonilla, son of Bobby Bonilla; Tyler Bream, son of Sid Bream; David Lucory, brother of Jonathan Lucroy(notes); Matt Scioscia, son of Mike Scioscia; and Ozney Guillen, son of Ozzie (and disappointed with his late selection last year).
Also available is Scott Boras' son, Trent. I bet a team gleefully anticipates that negotiation. The younger Boras is already committed to play baseball at USC, just like his older brother, Shane, was when the St. Louis Cardinals drafted him in 2008.


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