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Five Washington Times Op-Ed Writers Who Weren't Disclosed As Romney Advisers
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The Washington Times has published op-ed pieces from five advisers to Mitt Romney's presidential campaign without disclosing their political ties.
According to a Media Matters review, the Times did not disclose the campaign ties for the following members of the Romney team: Ken Allard, John Bolton, Mary Ann Glendon, Kim Holmes, and Robert Joseph. In total, the Times published at least 14 op-eds from these writers that were critical of President Obama and his administration's policies or supportive of Romney while they were serving on the Romney campaign.
In its straight news section, however, the Times has reported that three of those advisers -- Joseph, Bolton, and Glendon -- were working on Romney's behalf.
Media Matters previously found that the Wall Street Journal had published op-eds from nine writers without disclosing their roles as advisers to the Romney campaign.
Col. Ken Allard
Role with Romney campaign: National Advisory Board member of Veterans and Military Families for Romney Coalition. [MittRomney.com, 7/24/12]
Times non-disclosure: Two op-eds.
- A September 7 op-ed criticized the Obama administration for having "done nothing to uncover, prosecute and purge the leakers among its own ranks" in light of the publication of "No Easy Day," a memoir by a former Navy SEAL involved in the raid against Osama bin Laden.
- A September 12 op-ed criticized the administration's policies in the Middle East, especially in reaction to the Arab Spring and recent events surrounding the killing of U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens.
In both editorials, the Times identified Allard as retired from the Army, a former NBC News military analyst and author on national security issues.
John Bolton
Role with Romney campaign: Foreign policy adviser. [MittRomney.com, 3/27/12]
The Washington Times reported in a January 18 article about Romney's "national security advisers" that Bolton "signed on earlier this month." A July 11 article discussing Romney's potential secretary of state discussed Bolton and added that he's "on the campaign's advisory team and is probably its most outspoken and prolific op-ed writer."
Times non-disclosure: Three op-eds.
- A February 22 op-ed slammed Obama's tactics with Iran: "Mr. Obama could well be remembered in history as the president asleep in the wheelhouse when Iran actually achieved both nuclear weapons and a fully indigenous nuclear fuel cycle."
- A June 4 op-ed wrote of Obama and Iran: "Having learned nothing from 10 years of futile negotiations with Iran, President Obama seemed perilously close late last month to yet another deal purportedly making 'progress' eliminating the ayatollahs' nuclear weapons program."
- An August 21 op-ed criticized Obama for creating "the most antagonistic relationship ever between Israel and the White House."
The Times described Bolton as a "former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and author of 'Surrender Is Not an Option: Defending America at the United Nations and Abroad.' "
Mary Ann Glendon
Role with Romney campaign: Co-chair of Romney's Justice Advisory Committee. [MittRomney.com, 8/2/11]; National co-chair, Catholics for Romney. [7/31/12]
The Times reported on January 12 that Glendon is supporting Romney's campaign. On August 2, the Times also reported that Glendon is serving as a national co-chair of Catholics For Romney.
Times non-disclosure: One op-ed.
In a July 30 piece, Glendon applauded Romney for visiting Poland during his summer trip abroad, which she wrote "provides assurance that the first of freedoms will not be relegated to the sidelines in the foreign or domestic policy of a Romney administration." She praised Romney as having a "staunch commitment to religious liberty."
The Times identified Glendon as a Learned Hand Professor of Law at Harvard Law School and the U.S. ambassador to the Holy See in 2008-09.
Kim Holmes
Role with Romney campaign: Foreign policy adviser and national security adviser. [MittRomney.com, 10/6/11]
Times non-disclosure: Seven op-eds.
- A November 16, 2011, op-ed claimed that "many in Washington seem to think that President Obama's foreign policies have been his greatest success. They mistakenly think killing Osama bin Laden and other high-profile terrorists is tantamount to winning the war against his terrorists. They cheer Mr. Obama's popularity overseas as proof of his success even though some of it reflects delight in his weakening of American power."
- A January 11 op-ed criticized Obama's national defense strategy as "a budget exercise masquerading as a strategic plan."
- A February 8 op-ed questioned Obama's decision to accelerate the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan, and asked, "What if the country again becomes a safe haven for terrorists?"
- A February 22 op-ed asked: "Has the Obama administration done things that unnecessarily constrain the options and make resolution of the crisis more difficult? The answer is 'yes'....".
- A March 21 op-ed questioned the Obama administration advocating use of force in Libya but not Syria.
- An April 4 op-ed criticized the Obama administration's foreign policy toward Asia. Holmes claimed that "the Obama administration took far too long to approve the free-trade agreement (FTA) with South Asia."
- A May 16 op-ed claimed that "President Obama's "stimulus" program failed to grow the American economy out of the recession."
In all of these pieces, the Washington Times identified Holmes as a former assistant secretary of state and vice president at the Heritage Foundation.
Robert Joseph
Role with Romney campaign: Foreign policy adviser and national security adviser; Co-chair, counter-proliferation working group. [MittRomney.com, 10/6/11]
In a January 18 article, the Times reported on Joseph's involvement in the Romney campaign.
Non-Disclosure: One op-ed.
In a June 12 op-ed titled "Obama chooses vulnerability," Joseph attacked Obama for pursuing a nuclear zero agenda. Joseph claimed that "the policies and programs of the Obama administration have undermined have undermined progress in protecting our nation against emerging threats, such as those from Iran and North Korea. For the administration, vulnerability is a choice, part of its feckless pursuit of the nuclear zero agenda and its failed promotion of reset with Russia."
The Times identified Joseph as a special assistant to President George W. Bush and former undersecretary of state for arms control and international security.
Note: Media Matters checked the Times' identifications of the op-ed writers through its website and Lexis Nexis.
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Acting New Zealand High Commissioner Rob Taylor was the guest of honour at a reception in Marlborough Town Hall to mark the town's international links.
Mr Taylor officially presented Marlborough with the steering oar from the Swift Sure, a replica of an 1810 New Zealand whaling boat rowed by students from Marlborough Boys' College, New Zealand, in the Diamond Jubilee River Pageant.
He said: "Events like this are important in maintaining our links, but it's about more than that.
"It is significant that whaling was part of New Zealand hundreds of years ago. Now whales are protected in New Zealand but back then our whaling industry provided Britain with oil to light street lamps and the presentation of this oar is almost like we have gone full circle.
"I have total admiration for the crew on the Swift who showed great endurance as the rain poured down on them during the Thames river pageant.
"This oar represents our links and our friendship which I hope will continue to grow."
The oar was accepted on behalf of the town by the mayor of Marlborough, Edwina Fogg.
She said: " The reception is a way to celebrate our international ties. We have had strong links with the Gunjur in Gambia for 30 years, with Marlborough in New Zealand, and the city of Marlborough in Massachusetts.
"It's an honour to receive the oar on behalf of the town. I hope it will bring about greater ties between the two Marlboroughs."
Other guests at the ceremony included members of the New Zealand eventing team, Gambian Malang Darbo and Dr Nick Maurice from the Marlborough Brandt Group.
St John's students William Hendry and Megan Richardson spoke of the academy's video conference chats with pupils at Marlborough College in New Zealand.

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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - After nearly a month since 83-year-old Charles Soukup was killed near Jacksonville International Airport, his family said they can now bury their father's body.
The medical examiner's office positively identified Soukup's body this week by matching teeth remains to a picture of him smiling.
Soukup's family said it wasn't an easy process.
"(Jacksonville police) won't tell me what condition the remains were in, and they refused to let us identify my father because there was nothing to see," Chuck Soukup, Charles Soukup's son, said in a phone interview Thursday.
The 83-year-old disappeared Oct. 25 after renting a car at JIA. His decomposing body was found several days later in a nearby wooded area.
Police believe Soukup was carjacked and later killed.
Shanda Merritt, 34, her 17-year-old son, Corey Harrington, and 17-year-old Raymond Austin are all charged with murder in Soukup's killing.
Two others were arrested, accused of trying to get others to lie about what happened.
"They took away an 83-year-old man's life," Chuck Soukup said. "Someone that age is like overcoming a child, defenseless, and these were big thugs."
Soukup's family said the wait to identify their father's body was frustrating. First, investigators sent Soukup's fingerprints to the FBI because the victim was a retired U.S. custom's agent and his records were supposed to be on file.
"The FBI informed them that by executive order, all federal records and fingers prints of federal employees born in 1928 and back were destroyed, so there was no record of my dad," Chuck Soukup said.
The medical examiner's office said no dental records were available, but they matched some of Soukup's teeth to a picture.
The family said even though their father can now be laid to rest, their fight for answers and justice continues.
"I hope the hammer comes down hard," Chuck Soukup said. "I think they should get the death penalty. My dad had no chance."
Soukup's family said they will have a funeral for their father after the holidays, and he will be buried at the National Cemetery in Gainesville with full military honors.
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Stick with it, the highs are worth the frustrations - that time your treeman makes an interception, or you dodge into 3 TZs, pickup the ball and pass it out for a TD.
Of course feel free to reroll to try and find a better match for your playstyle, but the lows (and highs) will still find you even with a new team. Currently I'm starting to feel like a team gypsy, never settling on a team and rerolling every 2-4 seasons. :DAdmin for the RPS Divisions of Death
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If you want a bit more utility in a bashy side, may I suggest Orcs? They are a little slower than Chaos but they have more skills out of the box and can pass the ball at least. They'll bash the hell out of any starter Chaos side too, and have no shortage of Strength skill players.
Or if you want a team almost as versatile as elves but without the crippingly expensive players, I'd look towards Skaven. They don't have elvish AG but they are extremely resourceful. You will get clobbered sometimes, but your replacements are cheap.
21-04-2012, 09:28 AM #4444Sounds Hawaiian, doesn't it?
People discount norse because the low AV means your players will never grow old. But near universal block is hard to complain about, you might need to replace casualties but if your TV stays low you'd have regular access to inducements.I am once again writing a blog, vaguely about playing games the wrong way
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Yes, Norse are a kind of "live by the sword, die by the sword" team. The early block is nice (especially in tournaments) and it means that they effectively get their second skill much sooner than the players of other teams. They way I see it is that you have to pick your fights with the Norse, damage the other team as soon as possible with your block/frenzy advantage and try to get as many opposing players off the field as fast as you can.
And don't make too many go-for-its and dodges.Sounds Hawaiian, doesn't it?
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Laneford Murder Death Kill Men 2 - 1 Alistair's clown shoe fitted Humans
I had Morg. He managed to play all of 1 turn. KO'd in the first half, killed in the second. Game wasn't close although I nearly pulled off a rage inducing elf-ball play and did score a 1 turner to finish the match.
Skaven come under the"run away from the sword" bracket
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Division D - Aggressive Negotiation vs Bishi Bashi Speshal
I went into this match with some trepidation. Previous matches versus lizard teams have resulted in defeats (thanks to the pesky skinks) and a fair number of injuries (from the sauri and kroxigor). However this time I had prepared, with 2 tackling blitzers!
I won the toss, and decided to defend. The game started in predictable fashion, with a rapid skink play leading to the first TD for Aggressive Negotiation, my only consolation being inflicting a damaged back on one of Karandraz' star sauri. 1-0 to Karandraz.
Plenty of time left on the clock, with me receiving the kick. The orcs built a strong cage, drove up the pitch, and equalized with only enough time left for a bit of punching and shoving. 1-1.
Again the orcs received the kick, and again they played to their strengths - a super strong cage. Despite an initial stall at the line of scrimmage, the lizard's defence was soon broken, and only a couple of skinks were left to stop the ball carrier - a blocking, tackling blitzer. End results 2-1 in BBS' favour.
2 turns were left to the match, and Karandraz setup for a lightning fast skink play. His intentions obvious, I setup as best I could to deny him this, with the few orcs I hadn't already committed. The first skink moved to the orcs endzone, the ball carrier made his dodge, and then made the hand-off. An equalizing TD was in sight, but the 2nd skink in the chain fluffed his dodge, and it was all over.
Final Score - 2-1 to Bishi Bashi Speshal.
Thanks to Karandraz for the game. Some poor luck, especially with his Kroxigor. One amusement was my new goblin player (Pot Noodle - wonder where he might end up!) refusing to leave the pitch the entire match. Appropriately he ended up as my MVP, going to be an expensive snack I reckon.
I just feel bad for the Skaven, when they face Karandraz I can't help but visualize road kill rodents.I am once again writing a blog, vaguely about playing games the wrong way
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Orc throwers get Sure Hands, you might as well call them "Orc slightly-better-at-picking-up-the-ball-mans" because they are bad at throwing. Access to passing skills gets you leader, which is useful. You can actually build a throwing orc thrower if you like, especially if you get a double for Strong Arm or if you get +agility. Otherwise I wouldn't bother - none of your players has catching skills, so even if you get half decent at throwing the catch is going to be chancy at best.
Keep the throw as an option, to force your opponent to guard possible receivers, then enjoy being one of the faster 'cage and run' teams.
The access to passing skills on the throwers also makes Orcs much faster in setting up a cage or screen closer to the LoS.Sounds Hawaiian, doesn't it?
Both teams orc teams I run use throwers extensively. When things go smoothly I run the ball in. Great. But often things don't go smooth and over 2/3s of my games have been won by passes. Due to the lack of movement you need every inch of flexibility you can get. Needing catch is not much of an issue - one has to be mindful of keeping re-rolls. Otherwise a 3+ is not terrible. Worst case the ball is dropped but it's rarely going to be a worse place to drop it if you ve had to resort to a pass. Usually it's when things have gone pear-shaped and your cage has been mashed (I actually run two throwers with one inside the cage and one in the furthest corner from the opposition. In the event of a cage swamp, I hand off to second thrower and pass. In the event of ball carrying thrower getting stunned or such there's an extra sure-handser in distance) or when you get caught out on a bad receive through a blitz or missed pick up.
Once the thrower gets accurate and hopefully strong arm (which is essential) you can move the ball pretty far in a rather safe way (dont see why a 3+ on two dice are bad odds! humans pass on the same odds). but a critical skill is kick off return. A crucial part of the orc game is pressing the opposition to score when receiving as soon as possible. The opposition is going to try and delay. On most occasions you re going to end up with 4 or so turns. With 3 or 4 turns (not to mention 2 turn TDs which I have done several times without throwing gobbos) left you need to get to the ball and move it up asap and KOR is indispensable.
Personally, when I come against an orc team without a developed thrower - or without using a thrower carrying the ball, I breathe a sigh of relief and have yet to lose to such an orc team (when I m running orcs myself) - (there just cursed myself). What's debatable is keeping a second thrower. I personally start with two hoping for stat ups (agility, move and str are all gold) or at least a double. Without one of these by the third skill max, they get sacked and replaced - with a thrower if I dont have another ag up player or at least a sure handser or a lino if I have one of these.
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VV and I just played to a 1-1 draw in our champ match (his amazons vs my necros).
Things started well for me with any early injury on a disposable linewoman and a relatively straightforward score on turn 3. After that things slowly started getting worse, then more quickly started getting worse. The rest of the first half I was able to prevent the amazons from scoring, but suffered several KOs and injuries (1 not regenned).
Second half most of my KOs are still KO and the injuries and KOs keep coming in as the block die start to favour VV. I was able to get the ball loose a couple times, but lacked the manpower to keep it safe and the amazons scored on turn 15. No miracle occurred at the kickoff so the final was 1-1.
The block dice really decided the match. Despite lots of blodge & tackle on both sides VV managed to get a 57% kockdown rate to my 30%. Both of us broke armour quite often, but VV had a lot more kockdowns to convert and ended up with the numbers advantage.
GG VV. I hope you kill lots of Jiiiiiim's skinks :)Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines.
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WhiskeyTangoFox's and my Amazons clashed in division 3 with the match ending in 1 - 2.
With only 90k inducements for WTF there wasn't much more to buy for him than a babe and the match began with me kicking. A blitz was rolled and I decided to get cocky and bash right through his lines, getting close to the ball. Yet he managed to pick up the ball with a 4+ and despite a prolonged brawl around the LOS one of his linos managed to break free and score in turn 8. Despite the my Blitz Nuffle was favoring him in the first half of the game with me hardly seeing a POW (while most of his tackles hit home) and getting my ST4 Blitzer injured in the second turn (MNG rerolled to BH).
Luck appeared to turn though in the second half when I managed to tie up most of his girls on the left side of the field, shifted center with my passing game thrower and passed to the catcher I had moved into scoring distance earlier. My following kick was yet again accompanied by a Blitz and I sent my ST4 Blitzer deep into his lines while tightening the defences around the center as it looked like the ball might scatter off field (which it died). Despite that i managed to wrangle the ball away from the center, touched the ball off to a waiting blitzer and took the lead in turn 14. The last turns saw a nice attempt by WTF to score in two turns but I managed to intercept the catcher and tried some elfball in my last turn (4+ pickup, dodge, 4+ pass with a thrower to a catcher in scoring distance) which failed at the first hurdle. The very last turn of the match saw a good amount of my girls going KO (i think 6 or 7) but altogether my girls yet again proved their sturdiness with only one apo'd injury received. On WTF's side there were no KOs but two injuries and one killed blitzer from a failed dodge that was apo'd to BH.
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Xanthia Skinkslayer wants blood that's not Kroxigor or hers, for once.
So I decided to kick off first, and successfully forced potatoe's ghoul to score in turn 3. The loss of a linewoman in turn 1 was sad, because I care for my girls, but disposable.
Then I start fumbling things big time, and despite getting close several times, there's always a hole in my cages those nuffle-forsaken Werewolves got to use to stop me from scoring.
The second half sees a repeat of that - and furthermore, while I score a total of three casualties, two of them immediately regenerate. Running out of turns and people-advantage, I decide to play it safe for once and stall long enough for a rather boring and unsatisfying 1-1 in what was nevertheless a high-action game that, among other things, saw crowdsurfs for both of us and utterly outmatched Flesh Golems who just couldn't cope with my two Strength 4 Amazons.
Those Werewolves! Ugh. I am just glad I mostly survived - poor Zery got a -1 Strength though and will be replaced.
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AIA Industries, Inc. Voted ASA Subcontractor of the yearMay 2
The construction industry came together on Saturday, April 14, 2012 at the Knights of Columbus Hall – Denver for their annual recognition of top performers in the construction industry.
Bob Kinning, EXPERT MECHANICAL SERVICES, INC., chair of the ASAC Awards Program Committee, and committee members Jim Donaldson, AIA Industries; Scott O'Hara, PCL Construction; Donna Thiel, Forsberg Engerman Company; Dave Ruddy, Hellman and Associates; Mike Cross, Ogborn Summerlin Ogborn; and Stu Elliott, W.E. O'Neil Construction selected
the 2012 awards theme 'It's About Time.'
Befitting the theme, the Knights of Columbus Denver is the oldest Council in the Western part of the United States. The Hall was designed by John Milan and built by Robertson Construction Company in 1962-63. The grounds and building remain the same as in 1963.
Creaking floors, walls adorned with pictures from the past to the present surrounded by the sights and sounds of the city. It's About Time, challenged attendees to reminisce about the past, stand firm and certain in the present and to look forward to the future. The doors were closed and the lights dimmed and the people of the Colorado construction industry celebrated the very best among us.
The ASAC Subcontractor of the Year awards are the heart and soul of the annual awards program. The criteria for nomination and election calls for the ASAC subcontractor member company to be one who has displayed exemplary loyalty and dedication to ASA and to its goals, purpose and objectives.
This company is an outstanding representative of all subcontractors.
ASAC Subcontractor member awards are given in four (4) annual revenue categories. The award winners of the ASAC Subcontractor Member of the Year are:
Up to $2 million Category = DVH Company, Inc.
$2-4 Million Category = AIA Industries, Inc.
$4-7 Million Category = All Phase Landscape
Over $7 Million Category = HVAC Solutions, Inc.


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Paris Fashion Week Live: Best of the Collections
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With a powerful collection, Z Zegna layered militaristic detailing, wool felt, and treated leathers over a super-masculine, slightly oversized silhouette. The collection, a mix of black, pale grays, brown, and teal, included two elements that were popping up all over in Milan — the color camel and the use of double-faced materials. Another interesting wrinkle? Z Zegna's use of laser cuts. —Wendell Brown
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Cause for Celebration!
This week is an official week of celebration. In the library world, we celebrate April 13-19th as National Library Week. It is a time to celebrate any and all libraries, the NSVRC library included! To commemorate National Library Week, I'd also like to mention Teen Literature Day. It just so happens, that Teen Literature Day falls on April 17th, which is positively perfect considering it all fit quite well into Sexual Assault Awareness Month and gave me my newest blog idea.
Literacy in general is an important subject to promote and the reason I chose to pursue the library field. I have made it my goal to do what I can to support and promote libraries and reading. The NSVRC library has several fabulous fiction stories that most definitely would appeal to teens and young people, as well as adults. The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros brings to light the remarkable story of Esperanza Cordero, a young Latina girl growing up in Chicago. Her story is sometimes heartbreaking and sometimes joyous. Told in a series of vignettes, the audience sees a young woman discovering who and what she will become. The House on Mango Street appeals to readers of all levels, whether grade school or college students.
Push by Sapphire is also another great work of fiction. In this story the reader meets Precious Jones, an illiterate sixteen-year-old, who has up until now been invisible. She has been invisible to the father who rapes her, to the mother who beats her and to the authorities who think little of her. Things begin to change for Precious, who while pregnant with a second child by her father, meets a determined teacher. The audience then follows Precious on a journey of education and enlightenment. Precious learns how to write about her life and about how to make it her own.
Also by Sapphire comes a story about body and spirit. The Kid introduces us to Abdul Jones, who is forced to confront unspeakable violence, his history, and the dark corners of his own heart. As Abdul makes his way toward adulthood, he is able to obtain an identity he can stand behind. The Kid tells of a young man's fight to find a way toward the future. It is a testament to the human spirit and the deep power of love and of art.
One last read I'd like to highlight is A Walk Across the Sun by Corban Addison. Through this story we meet 17-year-old Ahalya Gahai and her 15-year-old sister Sita, who have been left orphaned and homeless. With everyone they know gone, they begin walking to the convent where they attend school. Along the way hey are abducted and forced into the horrible depths of the sex trade. Meanwhile attorney Thomas Clarke, living in Washington D.C., decides to take a break from his work to pursue work in India for an NGO that prosecutes human traffickers. It is there that he sees first-hand the horrors of the sex trade and where he learns of Ahalya and Sita. He then makes it his goal to rescue them.
These stories tackle some hard hitting topics with remarkable strength and introduce some very memorable characters. Although fiction, these stories are powerful reads, guaranteed to grab your attention and spark valuable discussions. There is a beauty in reading and literature that one can't get from watching a TV show or a movie. It is my hope that teen readers and any reader will come to find the value within books and literature. Perhaps the library can be seen as not just a place that some people have to go to, but a place that people want to go to. Behind its doors is a wealth of knowledge free for the taking and exploring.
Want to find out more? Contact the NSVRC library today!


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Following House approval yesterday, the Senate is today expected
to take up long-awaited habitual offender legislation.
The compromise was brokered over eight months by a joint
conference committee of the House and Senate, charged with
negotiating the differences between the bills passed by both
branches in late 2011. The compromise language calls for a
reduction in school zones from 1,000 to 300 feet, which the
Massachusetts Bar Association supports. It also alters mandatory
minimum sentences for certain non-violent drug offenses by raising
drug amounts and lowering some of the sentences -- but falls short
of the additional mandatory minimum reform being sought by the MBA
and many others. Several key legislators have indicated their
desire to revisit mandatory minimum sentences in the new
legislative session beginning in January including House Judiciary
Chairman and Conference Committee Co-Chair Rep. Gene O'Flaherty
(D-Chelsea), Rep. David Linsky (D-Natick) and Rep. Brad Hill
(R-Ipswich) as well as Gov. Deval L. Patrick.
The habitual offender piece of the bill covers approximately 40
crimes. Felons sentenced for at least three years for one of the
qualifying crimes would trigger the three strikes provisions. For
felons serving two life sentences or for felons who get a third
strike, parole eligibility will be eliminated.
Following the anticipated passage by the Senate today, the bill
will head to Patrick's desk. In an appearance on WHBH's Greater
Boston, Patrick said "It is not a bad bill, it's just not as good
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UnklBee and Me
de Adam Baker
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A story about a boy who loves to spend time with his Daddy. But sometimes Daddy has to go to work for a very long time. So while he is away, the boy and his best friend UnklBee, who happens to be a big-blue-boisterous shape-shifting imaginary creature go on many adventures together until Daddy comes home.
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Adam Baker is an up and coming freelance Illustrator who specializes in but is not limited to: Children's storybooks; young adult, science fiction and horror books/comics. He also has a vast array of apparel designs. To his credit are several Addy Awards on the Regional, State and National levels as well as many Achievement Awards obtained throughout his college career. Adam currently resides in Nashville, Tn.
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RiAH 3.0, or Let's Get This Party Started
Posted by Paul Harvey
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February 1, 2013 is a big day in our blog's history, as we enter the era of RiAH 3.0!
The blog has taken some performance-enhancing drugs to help us with this: Kelly will soon roll out our new blog "style" (it's the "Espada" style in blogger, for you techno-geeks out there), which is a style that tries to make blogger look as much like Wordpress as possible. Yes, I know Wordpress is better, but we're too old to change now.
And more importantly, as of today we will be experimenting with a new blog schedule, with most of our contributors on the blogroll making contributions once a month, a few others less frequently, and a few free spirits just randomly posting whenever they feel like it. And we will still have occasional guest posts and the like. The motto for this changeover is: less Paul Harvey, more of everyone else. I figure, if Kobe would learn to pass the ball more, his team would be better, and the same goes for the blog (although Tebow rather than Kobe is probably the better analogy).
So, if all goes as planned, you can plan for an incredible variety of contributions, and contributors, each month. We still invite interested scholars, from advanced graduate students on forward, who want to post here to contact us and send us your posts for consideration; many of our contributors here started with a guest post sent randomly to me, and quickly worked their way into the starting lineup.
And now is a good time to remind everyone to friend us on facebook, and to follow us on Twitter. We have about 1200 facebook "friends" and over 800 Twitter followers, so let's set a goal to achieve 1500 on facebook and 1000 on twitter by our 6th birthday in late June! We have developed a pretty stable daily "hit" reading of 500 or so on average, and of course the more the merrier, so spread the word. You advanced graduate students out there -- I know you're out there, lurking, following, but not participating. Time for you to get involved, get your name and some of your thoughts on American religious history out there.
Bon voyage to RiAH 3.0!
4 comments:
- Mark T. Edwards at: February 1, 2013 at 6:17 AM said...
Thanks so much to you and Kelly, Paul!
- Edward J. Blum at: February 1, 2013 at 7:34 AM said...
three cheers for RiAH 3.0 (although I don't remember the shift to 2.0). In recent debates over who won - liberals or conservatives - religiously. It appears for this blog, the conservative "growth" drive has won (the never ending, almost viral desire for more readers/churchgoers). Next we know, we'll be having small groups (although no one calls them small groups anymore) formed for a more "personal" feel. :)
- Paul Harvey at: February 1, 2013 at 7:49 AM said...
Ed, there was never a 2.0, or a 1.0 for that matter. But your enumeration of TUSH inspired me to conjure up a number here. I mean, if Snoop Dogg blogged here like he does when he visits you, that's what he would do.
Yes, small groups; and for me, perhaps a sweat lodge and some purgative psychedelics would be good.
- Tom Van Dyke at: February 1, 2013 at 11:39 PM said...
I like this place. Cheers @ Paul, Kelly, the Blum guy, and to all those here gathered. Good stuff.


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From Our 2011 Archives
Why the Jump in Health Insurance Premiums?
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Hint: It's Not the Affordable Care Act
By Daniel J. DeNoon
Reviewed by Laura J. Martin, MD
Oct. 14, 2011 -- What's behind the 2011 surge in the cost of job-based health insurance?
Over the past decade, workers' share of family health insurance premiums has gone from under $1,800 to over $4,100 a year, up 131% since 2001. Employers now contribute an average $15,000, up 113%.
That increase has been sneaking steadily upward each year. But last year saw an 8% increase in individual plan premiums and a 9% increase for family plans, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation.
Who's to blame? Many pundits were quick to round up the usual suspect: health care reform. Indeed, several major provisions of the Affordable Care Act took effect in 2011.
Three of these changes affect insurers' costs, according to an analysis by Jon Gabel of the University of Chicago and colleagues at the Towers Watson consulting firm:
Health Care Reform and Health Insurance Cost
So are the pundits right? Only partly. Gabel and colleagues calculate that:
That means that health care reforms are responsible for 2 points of the 9-point increase in family health insurance premiums.
"At least this year, there is a general consensus that the effect of the Affordable Care Act on health costs is modest," Larry Levitt, senior vice president of the nonprofit Kaiser Family Foundation, tells WebMD (Kaiser Family Foundation is not affiliated with the Kaiser Permanente managed care consortium).
On the plus side, these changes in the U.S. health care system provided benefits to large numbers of people, notes Sara R. Collins, PhD, vice president for affordable health insurance at the Commonwealth Fund.
"These are changes that really needed to be made," Collins tells WebMD. "Kids who go off parents' policies at 19 and can't find a job are very costly to the health system. And obviously people don't want to blow through their benefits if they need something like cancer treatment. The span-of-life benefit affected 38 million people."
America's Health Insurance Plans, the trade group that represents the health insurance industry, puts health reform well down its list of factors driving up premiums.
Why Health Insurance Premiums Went Up
So if it wasn't health care reform, what did cause the spike in health insurance premiums?
The AHIP and other experts agree: The price of health care is going up faster than inflation, and much faster than wage growth.
According to a Standard & Poor analysis, health care costs covered by commercial insurers went up 7.73% in the year ending July 2011.
"The big issue is that health care costs continue to climb faster than the rest of the economy," Collins says.
Levitt notes that insurers have to predict in advance what their costs will be. In 2011, he says, they guessed wrong.
"This year many insurers guessed costs would go up faster than they actually have," he says. "The big factor is the economic downturn. Families are struggling financially, and cutting back on health care. Insurers and many of us thought the downturn was ending, and that people would seek health care they had put off."
The AHIP points out another factor. In harsh economic times, healthy people gamble that they will stay that way and don't buy health insurance. That means people who are insured, as a group, are less healthy and need more health care.
What about greedy insurers gouging customers to ensure high profits? The AHIP says this isn't a factor, and that the average profit margin for health insurers is 4.5%.
Collins says that insurers' administrative costs and profit margins vary widely from company to company. But she notes that the Affordable Care Act will force insurers to spend at least 80% to 85% of premiums on health care.
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It's possible that premiums may not go up as much next year as they did this year. But don't count on it.
"The fact of the matter is that over the longer term, premiums have gone up much faster than people's ability to afford them," Levitt says. "Premiums have gone up faster than workers' wages, faster than inflation, faster than the cost of other goods people buy. Nothing suggests this trend will change in future."
For now, Collins says, two specific populations can take meaningful action:
Levitt recommends that people access the healthcare.gov web site, which offers a clear guide to buying health insurance.
"Plans can vary a lot in cost and coverage. Comparison shopping is the key," he says. "But it still isn't as easy as it should be, because you can still be excluded or charged more for underlying conditions. That won't change until 2014."
SOURCES: Larry Levitt, senior vice president, Kaiser Family Foundation.Sara R. Collins, PhD, vice president for affordable health insurance, The Commonwealth Fund.News release, America's Health Insurance Plans.AHIP web site.Kaiser Family Foundation web site.Kaiser Family Foundation: "Employer Health Benefits: 2011 Annual Survey."Healthcare.gov web site. ©2011 WebMD, LLC. All Rights Reserved.


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Reitz Union renovation on schedule; groundbreaking ceremony Saturday
Published: Tuesday, September 17, 2013 at 5:21 p.m.
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Students walking on the University of Florida's North Lawn over the past week have been greeted by what looks like a disaster zone where the Reitz Union Colonnade once stood.
Demolition of the Colonnade began on Sept. 5, marking the first major step in the two-year-long, $75 million Reitz Union renovation project, which will include a new entrance and a 100,000-square-foot addition to the 46-year-old student union.
"We're all very excited about this project; it's going to be a great building once it's finished," said Eddie Daniels, executive director of the Reitz Union.
A groundbreaking ceremony for the project is planned for 10 a.m. Saturday on the North Lawn. The ceremony, which is open to the public, will feature several speakers, including UF President Bernie Machen, board of trustees Chairman C. David Brown III and state Rep. Seth McKeel, R-Lakeland, a 1997 UF graduate.
"We are several weeks in, but we didn't want to hold the ceremony during the summer, when most students are away," Daniels said.
Although the project, and the resulting student traffic detours, began in mid-June, most work up until now has been devoted to pre-construction activities, including the abatement of asbestos from the Colonnade before it could be demolished.
"Anything built prior to the 1980s is going to contain asbestos, so we suspected that we were going to run into some," Daniels said.
Daniels expects the demolition process to run until Oct. 2, with construction to start in mid-November.
Along with the issue of asbestos, some problems arose involving fitting the new foundation between the two existing buildings — the union to the west and the Constans Theatre to the east.
"They've been typical challenges that come with a renovation-expansion project of this nature, but we have not run into anything that we have not overcome," he said.
Although Daniels acknowledged the construction has created inconveniences for students, he said there shouldn't be any new detours or blockages.
"There's obviously going to be some sacrifices and inconveniences for the next couple of years, but the end product is going to make it all worth it," he said.
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The Psalms come alive in colour
A copy of a medieval illustrated manuscript illustrating the Book of Psalms has arrived at Christ Church University College, Canterbury. The Spanish publishing house Moleiro has produced the exact copy, even reflecting the natural blemishes of the original pages. The manuscript was dedicated by the Bishop of Dover, the Rt Revd Stephen Venner, last month, and is on display in the University College Chapel.
THE PSALTER, also known as the Anglo-Catalan Psalter, was made in Canterbury in about 1180. It was left unfinished, and,after 1200, was taken to Catalonia - perhaps as a gift. In the middle of the14th century, the decoration of the manuscript was completed by Catalan artists, probably working in Barcelona. The book was meant to be a copy of a famous Carolingian ninth-century Psalter, the Utrecht Psalter, and was acquired by the Christ Church Cathedral Priory, Canterbury, in about 1000. The original was named after the city to whose university library it now belongs, and was made at the Benedictine abbey of Hautvillers, near Rheims, between 820 and 835. Each psalm is illustrated by drawings with an attempt to depict certain passages in the text, and by amalgamating a number of scenes into a single rectangular picture. In view of the poetic language of the psalms, in no sense a narrative text, this visual interpretation of their imagery was a great achievement. Indeed, it must have so impressed the new owners - the monks of Christ Church, Canterbury - that within ten or so years of the Psalter's coming into their possession, they had acopy made, the Harley Psalter, in about 1010. Not content with this, the monks had two more copies made in the 12th century. The first was the Eadwine Psalter, in which the artists moved away from the sketchy drawing style of the original to the harder outlines of mid-12th-century English Romanesque figure styles. Also, for the first time they set out three parallel texts of three versions of the Latin translation of the psalms. The second 12th-century copy was the Great Canterbury Psalter, or the Anglo-Catalan Psalter, which followed all the innovations of the Eadwine Psalter. It has three parallel texts - Latin, Hebrew and Catalan - and also has the prefatory illustrations of the Old and New Testament scenes. To an extent, it is a copy of the Eadwine Psalter, particularly in its text, but the artists of the illustrations seem, on occasion, to have referred back to the original Utrecht Psalter of the ninth century. A decision was made to alter radically the appearance of the illustrations by changing the monochrome or coloured drawings of the Utrecht and Eadwine Psalters to coloured paintings with larger figures and burnished-gold grounds - the technique used for the most luxuriously illustrated books of the late 12th century. This new style of illustration required the artists to make many innovations in the visual composition of their imagery. Of all the copies of the Utrecht Psalter, this one made the greatest demand onthe creative ingenuity of its artists.
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>Racing>Question for HS cross country experienced, athletes or coaches
So I have a soon to be freshman XCer daughter and she may be pretty good. She ran a 19:57 5k two weeks ago and at her summer workout yesterday she did 8 miles in 58:03, which I am not sure I could do at that time of day ( 6:00 pm in swfl). Her coach's plan for the next two weeks is to do 8 mile runs M, W, F. I know I could not do three 8 mile runs at that pace in a week without getting injured, but I am not 14 yrs. old. I don't think the coach is asking or urging her to run that fast, I just think she does it because she wants to and feels good doing it. Suffice it to say, my entreaties to slow down and run a little easier are basically ignored. I didn't run at 14 other than team sport conditioning. Do I need to worry that she is running too hard and too far on too little of a base?
My son is a sophmore and ran a 19:16 5k. His coach has him running 7 miles a day Monday thru Thursdaya and an easy 4 on on Friday or Saturday. I don't think the distance is a problem but a 7:16 pace may be a bit fast. His coach wants miles over pace in the off-season.
5k 22:22, Quarter Marathon 52:45, Mini Duathlon 1:00:14
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How much is she doing on the other days.
How long has she been running,
Is she eating enough and a healthy diet.
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2014goals 1300 miles , 190 pounds , deadlift 400 touch my toes
I think you should have a low-key conversation with the coach, just to see how in tune he or she is with the athletes. An hour of running three days a week does not seem excessive to me. I think that as in all things a little attention and common sense goes a long way. If your daughter seems cheery and fresh and not run down by the training, then I wouldn't waste a second worrying about it.
The same goes for injuries -- her risk of injury has much less to do with training volume and pace than it does with her response to these things.
There's no need to be crazy and aggressive with training a 14 year old, but if your daughter is enjoying it and all is good, then no worries!
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It's not so much the mileage but rather did she gradually build up to that distance and weekly volume. A wise coach will be careful with volume and intensity. Yes I wold be concerned if the mileage jump was dramatic.
my son is going into his freshman year too, and I have been impressed with the systematic increase in volume, and the coach asked each kid how much training they had been doing for the month before practice started.
It depends upon what the coach will put her through when she gets on the CC team. Usually what gets the runners sore and or in danger isn't the amount of miles, it's the intensity of the workouts and races. Most teams will have two hard/fast workouts and then a race each week. If she comes in with a strong base, she should be fine. The best advice would be to make sure during the season that she runs easy on the easy days. As for now, if she's only running three days a week (granted they are 8 mile runs pretty fast) she'll be fine.
Just so you know, when I was coaching, I would have loved to have someone like that come onto my team.
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Thanks for the responses. To fill in some data, her base is 15-20 miles a week over the past year (frequently with me) about 2-3 miles per day--six out of seven days. Now, because of soccer pretty much her only running is and will be with the XC team.
She does not seem beat up by these runs at all, so I will watch for that. And thanks for the advice about speaking with the coach, I will certainly try and do that soon.
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This may go without saying (but this is the interwebz so we can't let that happen) but be cautious with how you approach the coach. You don't want to be questioning his tactics - just making sure you have the same understanding of what he wants your DD to be doing as she does. Sometimes with 14 YOs what they hear isn't always what was said.
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Is she doing both sports at the same time.
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Has the coach clarified what pace she's supposed to be doing these at? If she was running 20 miles a week, this isn't a huge jump in weekly mileage for her. I think the longer runs would be good for her to build aerobic endurance going into the season, where presumably she's begin speed training and varying the types of workouts/runs that she does. I wouldn't advise her to go all out on every run--just do them at a pretty easy pace, or maybe throw some fartleks in once of the days--but I'd clarify this with the coach. (I'm a college XC assistant coach).
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You said her coach has her running 8 miles MWF but what is she doing the other days? (sorry if i missed it somewhere). With her base, doing 3 runs like that would probably be okay but leave her tired and unable to do any other runs without risking injury. I'm not going to worry about the coach's training ideas but I would say that she should probably be doing them closer to 8:30 pace. Longer runs should be relaxed as there is no reason to risk building endurance and speed at the same time and risk injury.
Personally I'd have her run 1 or 2 of the longer runs and then build in some varying mileages the other days so she's running 5 days a week. I'm sure once practice starts, they'll be running 5-6 days a week so would want to make sure she's ready to handle that.
Disclaimer: I'm a HS Girls XC Coach.
Tom 1961 and cc, she is doing both sports concurrently. It's a long story but the short version is she is really good at soccer and on a club team that plays now through the fall. Down here, school soccer is a winter sport so she'll play at school in December. She started running with me and racing this year and I realized she is really good at it. She won two consecutive races before the aforementioned 5k where she was second to a 25 yr old former college runner.
I have kept her from running on days she has soccer, so she is running 3 days a week only the last 2-3 weeks. Starting to rethink that and maybe I'll have her do some morning easy runs with me on days she has soccer practice. I would prefer her to run most of these 8 milers at a much slower pace and I think I may suggest to the coach that he suggest it to her because, of course, I'm just dad.
Sounds like XC coach is saying run 20-25 mpw, and you're saying don't double up on run and soccer practice, which is leading to the 3 8-mile runs per week.
If that's the case, I think you and her coach should look at what your daughter is doing at soccer practice, and factor that into her prescribed mileage.
i.e. One summer of college, I was playing lunch time ultimate frisbee 3x a week while prepping for XC, and those 3 hours of running around, making cuts, was easily worth 10 miles of aerobic running (probably more), plus strengthening the stabilizing/support muscles in my lower legs (which left me a bit more beat up). So I just factored that into my mileage level.
Know thyself.
Boss of the Mangoes
Keep in mind that being on a soccer team involves a whole lot of running, so she's actually getting in more mileage- and unofficial speed work- then you're accounting for.
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Iran is expecting an economic boom in the post-sanctions era and the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps will be a beneficiary.
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US Senate leader vows renewed penalties if no deal by March 31.
"I think it hurts their economy, there's no doubt about that. But I don't think it's decisive," Senator John McCain says.
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GREAT British organisation triumphed over the Great British weather at the Brightlingsea Horticultural and Dog Show.
About 90 people took part in the Brightlingsea and District Horticultural Society show, and another 50 in the dog show, on Bank Holiday Monday.
Committee chairman Carole Warren said: "In spite of the rain, it was quite a success.
"We took the decision on Sunday afternoon to move it into the community centre and everyone enjoyed a friendly and jolly time.
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Categories includes flowers and flower arranging, vegetables, baking and specialist sections for children.
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Swells at Dungeons Beach in Hout Bay outside of Cape Town are often around 4.5m.
From Cape Town to Eland's Bay in the west and Plettenberg Bay in the east, the Western Cape always has good waves for surfing. The reason for this is that regardless of the wind direction on any given day, there will be a decent offshore wind on either side of the peninsula.
If you are staying in Cape Town, you can check the wind direction forecast and plan your destination accordingly for good surf conditions. If there is a south-easter blowing, you should head for locations on the Atlantic side, such as Llandudno. If there's a north-westerly wind, Indian Ocean beaches such as Muizenberg are a better option.
Big wave surfers should try their skills at extreme surf spots such as Kalk Bay Reef on False Bay and Dungeons in Hout Bay. Such sections of water should, however, only be attempted by those who know what they are doing.
Beginners should head to Muizenberg, where surfing equipment can be rented. Various surf schools also offer lessons here. This village, 20 minutes from the Cape Town city centre, is famed for its relaxed atmosphere and surfing culture.
Along the West Coast, surfing locations to consider include Bloubergstrand, Melkbosstrand, Yzerfontein and Eland's Bay. All of these destinations are within two hours' drive of Cape Town.
If you fancy a surfing road trip along the Garden Route, locations you should stop at include Stillbaai, Mossel Bay, Vic Bay and Plettenberg Bay, which is just an hour from the famous Jeffrey's Bay. Vic Bay boasts a highly rated point break, which many surfers dream about.
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Since we're all home enjoying the holidays, we wanted to share some holiday memories from your favorite Food Network stars…
Tyler Florence: Best gift — moped as a ten-year old…and then, "…whatever my wife got me last Christmas. Thanks, honey!"
Sandra Lee: Best gift — a love letter from her honey.
Guy Fieri: Best gift — His horse, Rebel was his first thought. However, he changed his answer to his two sons instead.
Alton Brown: A jet from his wife. That's right, a REAL jet.
Sunny Anderson: Beebee bear from her mom.
Danny Boome: Skiing lessons. Worst gift: Hospital bills after the skiing lessons.
Watch all the holiday memories from your favorite FN stars.
Here's a toast to all of the FN Dish'ers!
And if your glass needs a great companion…
try Paula's Mama's Eggnog. YUM!
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One of the last professional sports barriers has supposedly been hurdled. We were all set for a Jackie Robinson moment here.
Except this isn't it.
Does it really matter? Yes, and no. Is the timing right? Sure, and who knows.
As we take this all in, hash over the ramifications of such a statement and examine our own fears and stereotypes, maybe the only thing we're fairly certain about Jason Collins' so-called landmark revelation Monday morning about his sexual orientation is that it'll end up being more about us reacting to it than him admitting to it.
The pride of Harvard-Westlake High's basketball program years ago picked a Sports Illustrated cover story to admit that, at the tail end of his NBA career, he's as comfortable marching in a gay pride parade as he is boxing out Blake Griffin for a rebound. It arrives special delivery during a curious window of opportunity in our American sports history.
"I'm a 34-year-old NBA center. I'm black. And I'm gay," Collins begins in the SI piece, apparently trying to define what's the most important details for his legacy to date.
The way the magazine wants to define him, as well as others in the immediate conversation, is that Collins jumps to the front of the line to become the "first openly gay active athlete in a major American team sport." Add to that "male" team sport, and you've got yourself some buzz.
Somehow, it smells like this is too much about the messenger and not as much about the message.
It's bound to get immediate reaction from those around him, those who know him best. Consider the words already from his former Harvard-Westlake coach, Greg Hilliard:
"None of us who were with him in high school had any idea, and it's just unfortunate now that it's even a news story, as if anyone cares about it.
"I think it's neat he decided without a whole bunch of other people who have (come out publicly). He is the one stepping up and saying something and I think that's awesome."
Awesome is more of what happened years ago, when the groundwork was laid by another prominent San Fernando Valley athlete. David Kopay, who prepped at Notre Dame High in Sherman Oaks, wrote in his 1977 autobiography about his "extraordinary self-revelation" of coming out after his NFL career ended. Kopay, living these days in Pasadena, also used the media to get his message out, proclaiming it in a Washington Star story that ran Dec. 9, 1975.
That's almost three years earlier to the day than Jason and twin brother Jarron were born in Northridge.
In the years since "The David Kopay Story" book, the lives of tennis stars Martina Navratilova and Billie Jean King, retired NBA player John Amaechi, late Dodgers center fielder Glenn Burke, umpire Dave Pallone, diver Greg Louganis, figure skater Rudy Galindo and a variety of WNBA stars have been revealed to be similar.
Collins doesn't seem to be trying to advance any agenda here, except coming to grips with taking control of his own life. He's picked a far more forgiving and comfortable space in our sports timeline to further the conversation about acceptance.
The strange thing is that by today's media spin cycle, Collins' first-person story could quickly be dispersed, digested and almost discarded by week's end without any discernible resolution. It'll be talk-show fodder for hours, with experts coming in to speculate about how NBA locker rooms will be changed forever - even if Collins never enters one again.
He's a free agent, after 12 years in the league, easily replaceable in a career that may have reached an end point anyway. Where was the risk?
In truth, there's a larger door waiting to be busted opened here, sooner more than later. Speculation has been heavy for weeks about someone from a highly masculine sport like the NFL finally coming out, with players from the league such as former UCLA standouts Chris Kluwe and Brendon Ayanbadejo already prepping us for that day to happen.
That's one reason, SI managing editor Chris Stone writes, this Collins story had to come out now, and why he calls it a "watershed moment."
Timing matters, but is this really more creating another branch that feeds into a larger river of conversation?
Cyd Ziegler, the editor of Outsports.com, writes today that "we knew this day would come. We didn't know if it would be this week or next year. But now that it has, I get the feeling that, unlike David Kopay 40 years ago, this may open the door to many more in the near future when everyone sees it worked out just fine for Collins."
Consider the lesson already learned by Kobe Bryant, the Laker star who got in plenty of hot water about using the "F-word" (the one ending in a "T"). This morning he tweeted out: "Proud of @jasoncollins34. Don't suffocate who u r because of the ignorance of others."
We can also take direction by the words of former President Bill Clinton, who says he's known Collins since he was attending Stanford University with his daughter Chelsea: "It is a straightforward statement of a good man who wants no more than what so many of us seek: to be able to be who we are, to do our work, to build families and to contribute to our communities."
We talk so much about climate change in today's world. The clouds have opened and the sun can shine on the climate changing in degrees of acceptance in an atmosphere of sports noise today where UCLA has tried to cut through the clutter and post a video welcoming gay athletes to its program.
Of course, Collins' story does resonate. It'll continue with an appearance Tuesday on ABC's "Good Morning America." As for it being along the lines of what Robinson did with the Dodgers in 1947, Collins' former Boston Celtics coach Doc Rivers said it best: "If you have learned anything from Jackie Robinson, it is that teammates are always the first to accept. It will be society who has to learn tolerance."
The follow-up is, looking inward, how comfortable are we keeping the dialogue moving forward, in or outside our own gym locker room?


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Now that Videos have been enabled on our wiki, this forum is to discuss whether we should have some video-related tools enabled on our wiki namely RVM and Video Embed Tool. Just sign in your name below and leave comments in #Discussion. These tools can be seen in action on other wikis like Harrypotter Wiki.-- ~ UltimateSupreme 10:03, September 7, 2013 (UTC)
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It displays some chosen (by us) videos on the side rail.
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Gives a button in the editor to add videos like we have for photos currently.
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I don't think we should implement any of these tools until a video policy is created. --Speysider Talk Page | My Image Uploads | Tabber Code | Channel 10:21, September 7, 2013 (UTC)
- Forum:Videos. These tools wouldn't change depending upon the policy we choose.-- ~ UltimateSupreme 10:52, September 7, 2013 (UTC)


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Just as WikiLeaks drew critical attention and spoke truth to the power of the international military industrial complex, ArtLeaks seeks to disentangle its artistic equivalent. Utilizing the power of the Internet, social medial, and group networking, ArtLeaking engenders a space to vocalize protests against the corruption and abuse in the art world, its pervasive corporatization, the accumulation of cultural capital by banks or foundations through the labor of cultural workers who are not compensated in return, and the suppression of any kind of debate around these conditions of exploitation and the politics of corporate and state sponsorship.
ArtLeaking is a necessary tool to deal with institutions and cultural managers who have acted against the interests of artists, staff, and even the public they pretend to serve. We consider it our political responsibility not to let these accounts be suppressed, but to open them to public scrutiny by publishing online testimonies from all parties involved.
Through our online active archive, cases of political censorship, homophobic or xenophobic censorship, union rights and toxic leadership are documented, saved, updated, and intensely debated. Anyone who is ready to share this or that case, either signed or anonymously is welcome to use our platform, but we do stipulate some burden of proof or collective evidence, such as firsthand reports and documentation such as e-mail correspondence, internal regulations and documents, video recordings, and so on. Related to this, and unlike WikiLeaks, we use different narrative techniques to present these cases, where individual or collective testimonies are one among several strategies, including performance, irony and camp, as well as photography, low budget film, and comics.
In 2013, we artleaked the violent censorship conflict at the Mystetskyi Arsenal art museum in Kiev, when the director Natalia Zabolotna painted over VolodymyrKuznetsov's mural with black paint, because it criticized the church and local mafia before President Viktor Yanukovych visited the opening. Moreover another work by Vasyl Tsagolov entitled "Molotov Cocktail" was excluded from the exhibition for similar reasons. In this case, we coordinated with the artists involved in order to publish their statements, as well as with the Kiev-based activist group, the Art Workers' Self-Defense Initiative (ISTM). ISTM staged a series of protest performances inside the museum, while we published the photo and video documentation of these actions through our site. Furthermore, we kept up the pressure on the Mystetskyi by supporting a boycott by the ISTM and other members of the artistic community, drawing attention to the unacknowledged acts of censorship and vandalism. The boycott is still in effect and has triggered strong reactions from the international community, including Boris Groys and Maria Lindt. Though critical of the protest, these curators nonetheless decided to pull out of the upcoming Kiev Biennale Discussion Platform, which they had been invited to organize at the Mysteskyi Arsenal.
Thus, ArtLeaks occupies a space across borders, grounding itself both inside the art world and outside it, in activism as well as academia. ArtLeaks has expanded the notion of art workers to refer not only to artists but also interns, assistants, curators, and critics—categories that are in various degrees subjected to conditions of inequality, precarity, and/or are threatened by censorship from more powerful players, whether working in the Balkans or in Western Europe or United States. ArtLeaks reports are in fact systemic issues that are to be found in other fields as well. By organizing open workshops and assemblies, we draw attention to how theorists, cultural workers, and artists need to organize, as they have real power to resist today's reactionary tendencies. In these forums we talk about local issues, common troubles, and possible solutions to change the unfortunate current state of the arts and we subsequently publish reports to inspire people to make their own collaborations. Artleaking therefore not only focuses on problems and bad examples, but stresses the need for solidarity and for a "change it together" spirit in the art world, in response to atomized, agency-less subjectivity.


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LAKE CITY, Fla. - A Lake City man was arrested Sunday in connection with a string of vehicle burglaries.
Aaron Bennefield, 23, is charged with 22 counts of burglary, grand theft, and dealing in stolen property.
Columbia County Sheriff's Office deputies said they began investigating several vehicle burglaries on Jan. 2.
Deputies said Bennefield entered unlocked vehicles in the Wise Estates subdivision off County Road 242 during the overnight hours.
Other car burglaries were reported in the Creekside, Azalea Park and Callaway subdivisions. Detectives believed that the burglaries were connected.
Detectives said they determined that Bennefield had used a stolen credit card from one of the burglaries to purchase tools from Lowe's, and video surveillance of the suspect at the store allowed deputies to identify him as a suspect.
Bennefield lives in the Wise Estates subdivision. Detectives searched his home and car and found numerous stolen items, including tools, electronics and firearms. They found other stolen items at area pawn shops.
Bennefield was arrested and booked into the Columbia County Detention Facility. Additional charges are pending against him.
Detectives have recovered some items that have not yet been linked to a particular victim. If your vehicle was burglarized during the past few weeks, you are asked to call the Detective Division at 386-758-1095 to help detectives determine if the recovered property is yours.
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Forums: Index > Watercooler > Aptitude Cheese
So, the Aptitude feat as written suggests that you can use otherwise super restrictive "choose 1 weapon to apply this to" feats with an aptitude weapon of a different type. Which is useful, but not particularly interesting, and not the problematic thing that other conversations going on around here would suggest it is.
So what other sorts of cheese can you swing with it? I don't particularly want to do any of it, I just realized I never even though about possibilities with that ability and was hoping that someone who had could shed some light on the subject (thus saving me from thinking about it :-) - TarkisFlux 20:22, January 12, 2010 (UTC)
- This thread offers some ways to use this. --Be well 11:09, March 24, 2010 (UTC)
- Blood in the Water stance (+1 Attack/Damage per crit), Improved Critical (Doubles Threat Range), Disciple of Dispater 8 (Triples Threat Range, stacks), Roundabout Kick, Lightning Maces, TWF chain, aptitude Kukri. 9-20 threat range, additional attack on a threat, additional attack on a crit. >50% chance of getting an extra attack, >40% chance of getting two extra attacks. You'll have attacks until you statistically roll a lot of 1s. This only works if you can hit your enemy, of course. See here for the original optimization by JaronK. --TK-Squared 12:32, March 24, 2010 (UTC)


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My sister in law just got back from Argentina (visiting the relatives) and brought us a do-hickey called a "Provolera". This thing makes melting Provoletta a snap. I figured this was a natural for the Pizza Oven, so I gave it a rip.
Cubed up a bunch of Provolone and seasoned it with oregano, red pepper flakes and a little black pepper.
Stuck them in the do-hickey.
Put the do-hickey in the pizza oven for about 5 minutes.
Served these up with some toothpicks to get the cheese out and spread over Italian bread rounds. It was incredible. Will be repeating this for the game today.
Don't know if you can get these locally, but I found a Brazilian site that advertises them.: http://www.provolera.com.br/
Maybe you can find one on eBay. Beats trying to grill it by a mile.


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Taxi fares from airport may increase by $2 per trip
By Tom Lappas, Citizen Editor 10/04/12
It may soon cost a little more to grab a taxi from Richmond International Airport, but airport officials believe the extra fee will be worth it.
The Capital Region Airport Commission is asking Henrico and three other localities in the region to approve an additional $2 fee for taxi service that originates at the airport. Henrico's Board of Supervisors will hold a public hearing Oct. 23 to consider a change to its county code that would permit the fee.
Earlier this year, CRAC officials created new, stricter standards for walk-up taxi service at the airport and invited bids from taxi companies willing to meet them. Officials selected the proposals of three companies – Airport Taxi, Galaxy Cab and Richmond Flyer Taxi, which as of July 1 are the only three permitted to transport walk-up passengers. (Other taxi companies can pick up passengers on a pre-arranged basis only.)
The new standards required that each of the three companies:
• use only vehicles that are new as of this year;
• provide uniformed drivers who speak English as a second language, at a minimum, and who have completed a mandatory training program
• accept credit cards.
Each of the three companies is required to pay a $2-per-trip fee to CRAC for the right to provide pick-up service. Companies that provide pre-arranged service pay a $2.60 fee per trip to CRAC.
Because each of the three walk-up service companies invested heavily in order to meet the new standards, allowing them to recoup that $2 fee from passengers would help defray their costs, airport President and CEO Jon Mathiasen told the Henrico Board of Supervisors Sept. 25.
"We're trying to improve the overall appearance of ground transportation at Richmond International Airport," he said. "It is the front door and the last door that many visitors see [of Greater Richmond]."
The new standards make the airport one of few in the nation to offer an entire fleet of brand new vehicles (41 in total, including 5 that are fitted for disabled passengers), Mathiasen said. Each vehicle makes an average of 15 trips per day, Mathiasen said.
Taxi fares from the airport last increased five years ago this month.
Three Chopt District Supervisor Dave Kaechele said he had noticed a difference since the new standards took effect.
"The improvement is dramatic out there," he said. "It's very professional. I think it's got to make a big impression on visitors."
The airport is investing several hundred thousand dollars on a new queuing system that will help taxis conserve gas while they wait for passengers, Mathiasen said. It should be active within about two months.
McEachin to host Henrico town hall meeting
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U.S. Congressman Donald McEachin (VA-4th District) will host a town hall meeting Aug. 29 at the Eastern Government Center, 3820 Nine Mile Road in Henrico. The event will run from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. and is open to the public. McEachin will address issues raised by attendees and provide details about services available through his office. > Read more.
Nonprofit awards $38k in book scholarships
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The KLM Scholarship Foundation awarded more than $38,000 in book scholarships to 36 students during its 2017 Book Scholarship Awards Ceremony at Linwood Holton Elementary School in Richmond Aug. 5. The students will attend 14 Virginia colleges in the fall. Each has excelled academically, maintaining a 3.0 GPA or better, while demonstrating strong community leadership qualities.
WWBT/NBC12 Raycom Media Vice President and General Manager Kym Grinnage was the guest speaker. > Read more.
Dave Peppler, pastor
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Dave Peppler, pastor of Chamberlayne Baptist Church, remembers the epiphany he had on a cold afternoon in northern Ohio when God gave him a sense of direction, after he had been wondering what life had in store for him. It was then that he knew that he wanted to become a pastor and serve God.
Peppler, a Delaware native who grew up in Ohio, was ordained in Brownsboro, Ky. in 1998, but his education didn't end there. > Read more.
International goals
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A group of youth soccer players – most from Henrico – and local soccer coaches spent a week in Kazakhstan this month as part of a VCU Center for Sport Leadership program.
The group's trip to Astana, Kazakhstan was made possible by a $700,000 grant awarded to CSL Executive Director Carrie LeCrom by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs through its Sports Diplomacy Division. > Read more.
Henrico promotional company changes name
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Henrico-based brand merchandising company NewClients, Inc. has changed its name to Boost Promotional Branding.
The company is one of the nation's largest in the branded merchandise industry. Founded in 1981, its serves more than 5,000 clients – including many Fortune 500 companies – nationwide. > Read more.
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