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One of the most useful tools for us as owners of CyberNet News is Google Analytics because it gives us a great idea of where our visitors are coming from, what time of day they visit, and how long they stay for. This information helps us in numerous ways, and it's hard to imagine not having it available to use. Just as we like to know details of our readers, YouTube contributors have wanted this same type of information as well. Finally YouTube has launched analytics for YouTube videos called YouTube Insight.
YouTube Insight is for those who contribute to YouTube whether it be advertisers or those who upload videos to the site. This new statistics program will provide video uploaders with all kinds of more detailed information so that they know where their viewers are coming from and how many times a movie has been viewed in particular countries. Advertisers are also getting this information which could potentially help draw new advertisers to the service and new advertisers mean more revenue for Google and YouTube.
An example of how this information could be useful is for a band. They could use the information that they gather to help plan stops on a tour. If they get a lot of views on their video from several geographic areas in particular, then they know where to go. YouTube insight will count the number of times a user starts a video, although they won't know how many actually finish it. Geographic information comes from IP addresses.
To view the new YouTube Insight information, just click "About this Video" which you'll find by clicking "My Videos." An example of the information is found below. Notice that there are two tabs of information, "views" and "popularity."
The popularity tab will provide information about how long it took a video to become popular, and just how popular it is compared to other videos during a specific time period. To some up the benefit of YouTube Insight, we'll quote Tracy Chan, the product manager for YouTube. He says:
Insight gives the creators an inside look into the viewing trends of their videos on YouTube, and helps them to increase views and become more popular. Partners can evaluate metrics to better serve and understand their audiences, as well as increase ad revenue. And advertisers can study their metrics and successes to tailor their marketing — both on and off the site — and reach the right viewers. As a result, Insight turns YouTube into one of the world's largest focus groups.
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LSU, Auburn May Not Be So Dead After AllIn Auburn, the transformation has been so dramatic and so dominating that you wonder how far the Tigers were actually down to begin with. Remember that in the opening game the home field Tigers (5-2), played musical chairs with three quarterbacks, made mistake after mistake, but still threw to the...
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John Michaels: Top 5 Finishes In Sports HistoryMonday night we witnessed what could have been the best college basketball game of all time. The game had everything that you wanted, big runs by both teams, punches thrown, counter punches, and an ending 2nd to none. The question becomes was this the greatest finish in...
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In the new 2006 Law changes, cautions and sendoff sections have now been divided into portions for players, and separate section for substitutes and substituted players. However, the substitutes/substituted players section seems to omit the obvious offense of "Entering the field without permission". This is an offense which generally occurs more often in fact with substitutes and substituted players than with players (though it can occur with players as well).
Q. Is this omission purposeful (e.g. is it now not possible to caution for illegally entering the field of play (seems unlikely in intent)), or was it simply an error on the part of IFAB that will hopefully some day be fixed in a future version of the Laws?
Answer (May 22, 2006):
I've got a question regarding Center Referee position during a Corner Kick. Specifically, a Corner Kick taken on the Referee's side of the field as opposed to the AR's side of the field. I generally find that I have a good field of view while standing on the Penatly Box/Arc intersection furthes from the kicker. In that position, I can watch the players in the box while the AR watches along the goal line. However, I've recently been told that I should be nearer to the kick...in the vicinity of the Penalty Box/Arc intersection nearest the kicker. What say you?
Answer (May 22, 2006):
The referee should always take up a position that is both intelligent and flexible. If you were to look at the USSF publication "Guide to Procedures for Referees, Assistant Referees and Fourth Officials," you would find an illustration of the appropriate position--in the form of a suggested "zone," in which the referee moves to suit the way the players are setting up, and from which the referee may move as necessary to have the best view of where play will go and of the assistant referee, as well as staying out of space the players need.
If you don't already have a copy, it may be downloaded from the referee webpage at the US Soccer website.
i centered a game in which none of the players wore jerseys with numbers or any other form of identification.it was (fortunately) an uneventful match in terms of player conduct, but it left me wondering how the intelligent referee would go about identifying players if misconduct such as persistent infringement occurred.
Answer (May 22, 2006):
We would recommend never refereeing or running the line in a game in which the players do not wear numbers. That sort of proactive refereeing would do away with the problem altogether.
The matter of numbers is governed by the local rules of competition. If the local rules are totally silent on this matter--or if this is a "pick-up game," in which case it is an unsanctioned match--then there isn't much the referee can do if he or she has accepted the assignment. If the local rules do require numbers, then the referee has a basis for requiring something be done (yet another use for the versatile duct tape roll!) before play begins.
The denial of letting players block the defensive "wall" by attackers getting in front of the "wall" on hands and knees that was in the May 8 edition of Ask A Soccer Referee leads me to contemplate variations of blocking the "wall" that would be acceptable.
It is common for attackers to squeeze into the defensive "wall" and to stand in front of it. Why not kneel in front of the "wall" instead of standing? Why not squat partially or completely with bended knees? Why not stand with interlocked arms or with arms over the shoulders or with outstretched arms held about face height? Why not stand facing the defenders keeping one's face in front of the defender's, even as the defenders try to see beyond?
I'm unsure what the protocol should be in judging what foolishness should be overlooked by the referee and when that behavior becomes an infraction. Kneeling, sitting or lying in front of a "wall" seems a non-beneficial tactic at best and more likely plain stupid.
Since the defenders have no right to form a wall, should not inch forward, can be impeded to the extent that attackers may post themselves in front of the wall (especially in front of that defender who is designated to rush to the ball a trivial moment before it is kicked) it seems to be a situation where the referee should just wait and see what infraction develops, if any.
I need some elaboration beyond the advice that getting on hands and knees in front of the "wall" is unsporting behavior. Thank you.
Answer (May 22, 2006):
Kneeling, squatting or standing with arms linked or outstretched are unnatural positions for players. While the defending team has no right to form a wall--surprise, surprise, coaches!--neither may the defenders be hindered physically from attempting to play the ball legally. Such methods as you describe go beyond the deceptive tactics mentioned in the May 8 answer and, in addition to constituting either holding or impeding, might be considered unsporting behavior.
Since this is not addressed with similar language in the ATR regarding Law 13: I am wondering if all that is stated in ATR 16.3 would also be true if the restart being performed was a free kick (under law 13) instead of a goal kick (including the statement regarding not applying advantage since the second touch is not a violation of law 12).
Answer (May 18, 2006):
Even if the goalkeeper was outside the penalty area, the posited scenario would not constitute an obvious goalscoring opportunity (OGSO), because the Law does not allow a goal to count if it comes directly from the team's own free kick. Accordingly, up to the moment of touching the ball, it could never be considered an OGSO. If the 'keeper handles the ball inside his or her own penalty area, indirect free kick restart; if outside the penalty area, direct free kick for deliberate handling; if the ball makes contact with the 'keeper's hand and then goes into the net, the goal is counted no matter where the goalkeeper is--because this is now an infringement of Law 12. The correct decision, as in the case of the goal kick, is to award the opposing team an indirect free kick at the place where the goalkeeper touched the ball with his or her hands, bearing in mind the special circumstances described in Law 8.
Is the rule for spitting based on disrespect or is there intention to eliminate the passing of germs? I have seen players spit on their palms for getting a better grip on the ball. Is that acceptable or ?
Answer (May 11, 2006):
Spitting at another person is an extremely disrespectful and disgusting act, universally held in contempt.
Spitting on one's hands to get a better grip on the ball, on the other hand, is an accepted means of increasing grip. The amount of spittle remaining when the ball is next played by another player is negligible.
In attending a recent recertification clinic, It was mentioned that Soccer Docs will be allowed in Youth games U9-U19. In researching this, I have found no written policy by USSF or referee position papers on this. I do understand about religious head apparel that is acceptable as long as it is not a danger to anyone.
Are the Soccer Docs acceptable(in the opinion of the referee) or not. Is there any written statement either way. I just want to make sure that we are consistent with the laws of the game and that our referees in our soccer club are consistent as well.
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Players may wear any equipment that is not dangerous to themselves or other participants. This was clearly outlined in a USSF position paper of 3 September 2003, which is still valid:
>From the U.S. Soccer Communications Center -- Sept. 4, 2003
Subject: Players Wearing Non-Compulsory Equipment
Date: September 3, 2003
On August 25, 2003, FIFA issued Circular #863, regarding the legality of players wearing non-compulsory equipment.
FIFA notes that, under the "Powers and Duties" of the referee in Law 5 -- The Referee, he or she has the authority to ensure that the players' equipment meets the requirements of Law 4, which states that a player must not wear anything that is dangerous.
Modern protective equipment such as headgear, facemasks, knee and arm protectors made of soft, lightweight, padded material are not considered dangerous and are therefore permitted.
FIFA also wishes to strongly endorse the statement on the use of sports spectacles made by the International F.A. Board on March 10, 2001, and subsequently in FIFA Circular #750, dated April 10, 2001. New technology has made sports spectacles much safer, both for the player himself or herself and for other players. This applies particularly to younger players.
Referees are expected to take full account of this fact and it would be considered extremely unusual for a referee to prevent a player taking part in a match because he or she was wearing modern sports spectacles.
Referees are reminded of the following points which can assist in guiding their decisions on this matter:
Look to the applicable rules of the competition authority.
Inspect the equipment.
Focus on the equipment itself - not how it might be improperly used, or whether it actually protects the player.
Remember that the referee is the final word on whether equipment is dangerous.
The Federation cannot and does not either approve or disapprove of any headgear.
A tie game is to be decided by penalty kicks.The teams are told to not leave the field. A minute is spent organizing the taking of the kicks. We pick the goal,etc. During this time the adults are allowed to get a drink on the field. As we get started, a player announces: so and so left the field to get a drink. The league coordinator and the other ref tell the player he can't kick since he left the field. After much ado, he is sent off. Was this decision proper?
Answer (May 10, 2006):
Common sense tells us, even though a player is not supposed to leave the field once the process of kicks from the penalty mark has begun, that going off the field for a drink and then returning for the kicks is a VERY minor infringement of the Laws, one that should be considered trifling. Unless the player leaving the field was deemed to be part of a stratagem to confuse the officials and thus an effort to result in someone participating who was NOT eligible, then let it go.
During a game today (and in most youth games), the referee automatically asked my players to step back and give the other team a mandatory 10 yards.
I have 2 problems with this assuming "Persistent Encroachment" is not occurring (6-8 yards off the ball is fair unless asked for by the opposing team):
1. The player on the ball, not a sideline parent or coach must ask for the 10 yards. It is should not be assumed that the team with the free kick wants 10 yards.
2. What if the team on the ball wants to play quick and does not want or need the 10 yards?
The referee came up to me after the game and told me I need to tell my girls that they needed to give 10 yards, regardless if the player asks for it or not. At first I responded, that is not what the Laws of Games state, he continued to argue with me in front of the players and said he has been doing this for 20 years and has read the RULES 500 times.
Can you please clarify? I live with two referees who hear this all the time from me.
Answer (May 9, 2006):
Your contention that the players do not have to move back 10 yards immediately at a free kick is a false one. Law 13 (Free Kicks) tells us quite clearly: all opponents are at least 9.15 m (10 yds) from the ball until it is in play (except at an indirect free kick within their own penalty area, when they may remain on their goal line and between the goalposts). There is no requirement that players must ask for the ten yards.
You are failing to distinguish what the Law requires versus what the referee needs to enforce. While the players must retire the obligatory distance from free kicks and corner kicks and now from throw-ins as well, the referee's job is to keep his mouth shut and let the attackers (the ones in control of the restart) decide whether, how, and to what extent they want this requirement enforced. Otherwise, the referee should treat the offense as trifling unless the opponent ACTUALLY interferes with play from within 10 yards (usually meaning makes contact with the ball through some deliberate action as opposed to receiving a ball kicked directly to him/her).
In significantly more words, here is what we advise referees, taken from the upcoming 2006 edition of the USSF publication "Advice to Referees on the Laws of the Game":
If the referee decides to delay the restart and to enforce the required minimum distance, the referee must quickly and emphatically indicate to the attackers that they may not now restart play until given a clear signal to do so. Under these circumstances, an attacker who restarts play without a signal should be verbally warned and, upon repetition, be cautioned for unsporting behavior. The free kick in such cases must be retaken, regardless of the result of the original kick. An opponent who moves closer to the spot of the kick (from any direction) before it is taken must be cautioned and shown the yellow card if the referee has delayed the restart to ensure that the opponents are at the minimum distance.
If one or more opponents fail to respect the required distance before the ball is properly put into play, the referee should stop the restart to deal with this infringement. The free kick must be retaken even if the momentum of play causes the ball to be kicked before the referee signals. The infringement plus the referee's decision to deal with it cancel any apparent restart regardless of a delay in announcing the decision. However, referees are also expected to consider whether the infringement on the minimum distance was trifling (had no effect on the freedom of the attackers to restart) and, if so, to refrain from issuing a caution and to allow play to proceed.
The referee is expected to deal with opponents who fail to respect the required distance, even in situations in which they were induced to do so by attackers appearing to put the ball into play, but where the ball was not kicked (touched with the foot and moved).
An attacking team which chooses to take a free kick with an opponent closer than the minimum distance may not thereafter claim infringement of the distance requirement, even if the ball is kicked to the infringing opponent, who thereby is able to control the ball without moving toward it. In such a case, the referee cannot caution the opponent who has not remained the required distance from the ball.
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Grumpy Cat Speaks! (And Is Predictably Annoyed)
You just knew that eventually the celebrity kitten known as Grumpy Cat would speak out. But could we have ever imagined that Grumpy would sound so adorable? Duh, of course Grumpy sounds like an irritated little girl. Our fave is when Grumps says that she likes tuna and Starbucks coffee cake. Who doesn't? [Tumblr]


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The Plymouth State University Center for Young Children and Families reserves the right to change and adjust policies. Families will be notified in writing of any changes.
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A World War II veteran from Kentucky wrote to us recently and said he's pushing for a certain CBS News anchorwoman to become President.
Katie: I ...have been talking about you in regards to being my candidate as the first Lady President of this great country...I have been wanting a Lady President and I really thought that you should be a great President...Hmmm. All I can say is there seems to be a lot of this sort of thing going around.
In the meantime, I do wish you the very best at CBS even though I would rather have you as a President...
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What's Your Favorite Christmas Movie? [POLL]
Every December, you and your family gather around the T.V. to watch your favorite movie year after year. For me, it's always been "A Christmas Story." I have driven my parents and now my wife crazy when it comes on for its 24 hour marathon on TBS.
What movie gets you into the holiday mood? Christmas Vacation? Merry Christmas Charlie Brown? Maybe it's the old school Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer & Santa Claus Is Comin to Town movies from the 60's.
Let us know. Happy Holidays to everyone!
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By Roger Farmer
The US recession that began in December 2007 resulted in 403,000 lost jobs in September, 320,000 in October and 533,000 jobs in November. Projections for 2009 are ominous. Read more
By Roger Farmer
The US recession that began in December 2007 resulted in 403,000 lost jobs in September, 320,000 in October and 533,000 jobs in November. Projections for 2009 are ominous. Read more
We are all Keynesians now. When Barack Obama takes office he will propose a gigantic fiscal stimulus package. Such packages are being offered by many other governments. Even Germany is being dragged, kicking and screaming, into this race. Read more
By Alistair Milne
Central banks are worried about falling rather than rising prices. By early next year, it is possible that central banks' target policy interest rates will all be reduced to their minimum possible level of zero. Does this mean that central banks will then have lost control over monetary policy and be unable to prevent a cumulative debt deflation? Read more
By Ngaire Woods
The World Bank has announced a $2bn fast-track facility to speed its help to the world's poorest countries hit by the financial crisis. The move highlights why it is time seriously to reform the World Bank's governance. Read more
By Niall Ferguson
In the Old Testament Book of Leviticus, God commands the children of Israel to observe a jubilee every 50 years. Nowadays we tend to associate the word with celebrations of royal anniversaries such as Queen Elizabeth's golden jubilee in 2002. But the biblical conception of a jubilee was more precise: that of a general cancellation of debts. Read more
By George Magnus
After the Minsky Moment – where euphoria tips into crisis, named after Hyman Minsky – the capitulation of economic activity has been rapid and severe. The outlook is as dark as the doomsayers assert. The only thing that stands between today's dire economic prospects and a lost decade similar to Japan's in the 1990s is the competence and authority of macroeconomic policy. We have a long way to go, but for five reasons, even doomsayers can start to feel the force, so to speak. Read more
By Lucian Bebchuk and Itay Goldstein
An important aspect of the economic crisis has been the drying up of credit that US banks normally extend to Main Street companies. Borrowing by businesses remains costly and difficult, with spreads between yields on corporate bonds and treasuries at extremely high levels. Read more
By Ricardo Caballero
Economic agents of all sorts, from creditors to consumers, are frozen waiting for some sense of normality to be restored amid the financial crisis. However, normality is much closer —just a few bold policy steps away— than is the conventional wisdom. Read more
By John Richards
As the recession deepens, policy rates around the world are rapidly approaching zero and they cannot go any lower. Does that mean that central bankers have run out of ammunition? Not necessarily. Read more
Central banks may soon resort to their most powerful weapons against deflation: the printing press and the "helicopter drop" of money. It is a time for which Ben Bernanke, chairman of the Federal Reserve, has long prepared. Will this weaponry work? Unquestionably, yes: used ruthlessly, it will eliminate deflation. But returning to normality thereafter will prove far more elusive. Read more
By Ricardo Hausmann
The economic crisis in the US signals the end of American global hegemony. Or does it? Pundits from different camps, some with fear and others with glee, contemplate a future where the US will have a much diminished weight in global affairs. But if the US plays its hand well, things will turn out to be just the opposite. Read more
Nobody would want to start from here, least of all the bankers. A dearth of capital, worsening loan books and a lack of funding are a horrible combination. It is little wonder they are now as desperate not to lend as they were so recently to lend. Unfortunately, if banks stopped lending, they would create a depression from which everybody, including banks, would suffer. The economy cannot go "cold turkey". A flow of net lending must be sustained.The starting point for any analysis must be with some harsh realities.
The first is that banks enjoy a state-supported licence to create money. No strictly private business can make a credible promise to do that. Banking is a utility in which taxpayers bear much risk. Regulators have to represent the interests of these risk-bearers of last resort. Read more
I think of it as an "oops" moment: the US goes into a recession; Europeans believe this deserved punishment has little to do with them; the European economy slows unexpectedly; the US throws everything at restoring growth; finally, the US recovers, pulling Europe behind it. Read more
By Eric Lonergan
The most direct and efficient solution to the economic and financial problems is for central banks to transfer cash directly to the household sector.
By Jonathan B. Berk
In any financial crisis, it is possible with 20/20 hindsight to identify the specific proximal causes. Armed with this knowledge, legislators are invariably tempted to outlaw specific activities. Read more
The world has run out of willing and creditworthy private borrowers. The spectacular collapse of the western financial system is a symptom of this big fact. In the short run, governments will replace private sectors as borrowers. But that cannot last for ever. In the long run, the global economy will have to rebalance. If the surplus countries do not expand domestic demand relative to potential output, the open world economy may even break down. As in the 1930s, this is now a real danger. Read more
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Our response to the financial crisis will be as important as the event itself. We can never eliminate financial crises, but we can reduce their likelihood and severity. Read more
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EXCLUSIVE: Stephen Moyer has joined the cast of Devil's Knot in a lead role. The True Blood star will play prosecutor John Fogelman in the film about the wrongfully convicted and imprisoned West Memphis 3. He joins Colin Firth, Reese Witherspoon Alessandro Nivola and more in the cast and will begin work on the Atom Eyogen-directed film immediately to fit in shooting around his schedule for the HBO vampire series. Devil's Knot tells the true story of how, despite no psychical evidence, teens Jason Baldwin, Damien Echols and Jessie Misskelley were found guilty and jailed for a triple homicide in 1993. They were finally released last year. The movie is based on the 2003 book Devil's Knot: The True Story Of The West Memphis Three by investigative reporter Mara Leveritt. Moyer is repped by WME and managed by Lubor Roklin Entertainment.
'True Blood's Stephen Moyer Tied To 'Devil's Knot' In Key Role
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Congrats, matey!
I don't get it with this guy. Who thinks he's good?
I've come to appreciate Moyer a great deal more over the years on TB. He's a very good actor and terrific straight mant to Eric/Alex. With just one look he makes the scene even funnier! Congrats to him!
Good for him!
The guy has talent and he's been tied to a stack of pretty lame projects in his TB off season over the last 5 years. Now that he's got his shot in a high-end project, here's hoping he sticks the landing.
Stephen should be cast in the role of Roland Deschain in the upcoming Dark Tower films.
No. Roland Deschain must be played by an actor who is several more REAL years older than Stephen Moyer.
This seems like it will be a good movie (certainly the real life story is horrifically compelling). But are they just hiring everyone and anyone who has, or can pull off, a southern accent?


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St. Paul's University Student Association, SPUSA, is the organisation that represents the students interests. The aim is to provide a body that students can identify with, feel a commitment to and be proud of.
The Executive Committee is comprised of the Chairperson, Vice Chairperson, Secretary, Vice Secretary, Treasurer, plus not more than two co-opted members of its governing body. The Executive is the channel of communication when students deal with the University Management, although departmental issues can be taken up directly by representatives of departments with the appropriate University officer.
Aims and Objectives of SPUSA
To promote the academic development and intellectual growth of the students.
To provide for the social and physical welfare of the students.
To maintain, improve and promote warm relationships between students, lecturers and staff of the University and to enhance mutual trust and confidence among them.
To regulate the common affairs of the students.
To promote the spiritual growth of the students.
To seek, enhance, maintain and protect freedom of conscience, expression and association, academic liberty and all the rights and privileges accruing to students by virtue of their age, status, gender, and citizenship.
Generally, to do all other things as may appear to be incidental or conducive to the attainment of any or all of the above cited objectives.
All registered students at the University automatically become members of SPUSA. They are expected to pay a subscription fee directly to the body through the Treasurer. The student organisation is governed by the SPUSA Constitution, which is subordinate to the University Council Constitution.


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Tavi Gevinson Voices The Animated Short "Cadaver"
Adorable Rookie mag EIC Tavi Gevinson has taken on a new role — that of actress extraordinaire. Here, she lends her voice to the main character, a tentative medical student who begins dissecting a cadaver only to have it come alive. Gevinson narrates the whole film, and shares credits with Kathy Bates and Christopher Lloyd. Not too shabby for a non-actress. Oh, and, she also contributes a couple songs to the soundtrack, voicing Neil Young's "Heart Of Gold" and Pet Shop Boys' "Heart." [Vimeo]


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A POLICE officer who suffered a broken left leg on duty was injured again when he was booted trying to arrest a man, Burnley magistrates heard.
The officer was struck by Kayum Akmud, 24, after police were called to his home by his 'terrified' family.
Akmud, said to have been drinking, had been aggressive and when officers arrived, he had gone to his room.
They tried to arrest him after he jumped out of bed and the officer also banged his shin against the bottom of the bed, in the struggle last December 15.
The court was told how the defendant had been abusive, made threats towards both the police and his sisters and adopted a fighting stance.
He pulled away violently as officers tried to handcuff him, kicked the victim's left shin, struggled, and was still swearing and shouting threats after he was handcuffed.
Akmud had to be taken to the ground outside, calmed down and placed in a secure van.
The defendant, of Hurtley Street, Burnley, admitted police assault.
He was fined £110, with £100 compensation and a £20 victim surcharge.
Andrew Robinson, prosecuting, said in July 2010, the officer had broken his left leg and had to have several months off.
He had severe pain and lumps and bruises to his shin after the assault by Akmud. Mark Williams, for Akmud, said: "It certainly wasn't a deliberate kick."


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HOUSTON - The Port of Houston's chief executive officer told Port Authority commissioners Tuesday that he does not plan to stay on the job much longer.
Alec Dreyer said he will leave when his contract ends next year or sooner if a replacement can be found.
He said politics have gotten in the way.
Dreyer told KPRC Local 2 Monday that he tried to run the Port like a business since taking the job in 2009, but he got frustrated with political infighting.
"I think I've learned an important lesson here that politics is not something I want to be involved with," he said. "I'll go back to the business world."
Dreyer made the decision after a Harris County District Attorney's Office investigation cleared him of wrongdoing in connection with the use of the Port's tour boat, the Sam Houston. A Houston television station alleged that Dreyer used the boat for a private party.
"The District Attorney did the right thing and restored Alec Dreyer's unblemished reputation," said Steve Mitby, Dreyer's attorney.
The Port is still under review by the Texas Sunset Commission, which is looking into open meeting and employee pay policies.
One of Dreyer's critics on the board is Commissioner Elyse Lanier, who said Dreyer may have tried to run the Port too much like a business at first.
"I think he's a smart man," she said. "I think this is a different environment that what he was used to. I've been around government agencies for almost 30 years now and it's a lot different. You have to work with people. You have to negotiate with people."
Lanier said there have been improvements made under Dreyer, especially in making business dealings more transparent.
The Port of Houston is a leading economic engine for Houston. A 2006 economic impact study found the Port generated $117 billion and provides almost 800,000 jobs for the state's economy.
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RECIPES: Recipe Details
Suicidal Wing Sauce Burger
Every body loves wings! Espically during football season. This is a great burger to make on the grill when your favorite team is playing on the TV. It's not a very complicated recipe and made with ingrediants that can be found in your pantry. There is nothing better than a cook out on a chilly day in October!! : )
1 1/2 pound ground beef (80 to 85 %),
5 salteen crackers,
1 T Lea & Perrins Worcestershire sauce (to taste),
1 egg,
Lawry's seasoning salt (to taste),
About 1/4 cup Griffins wing sauce (to taste).
6 ounces blue cheese (crumbled)
6 Large Keiser Rolls (sliced)
Mixing Instructions:
Place beef in a bowl, make a small indentation in the middle of the beef with your fist. Next, crush the salteen crackers into small chunks. Pour a good amount of Lea & Perrins worcestershire sauce on the crackers, to soak up the juice. Crack one egg into the mix. Spread Lawry's seasoning salt over the top of the beef. Add Griffins wing sauce to desired hotness. Remember, during cooking, most of the sauce will cook out of the burger. The cooked burger will taste between medium and hot, depending on the amount of sauce added. Now mix well, until the sauce blends into the meat. The final mix should leave the meat and your hands an orange color. Divide meat into 6 flat patties of equal size. In center of patty, place the crumbled blue cheese in the center of 3 patties. Press the other 3 patties on top and seal with your fingers. Make sure you seal them good. Do not let any cheese show through or it will burn.
Grilling Instructions:
Grill patties, on an uncovered grill, directly over medium hot coals for 13 to 14 minutes total or until done, turning once. While grilling these burgers, the wing sauce and burger juices will drip!! I suggest cooking these burgers closer to medium-well / well done. This allows the more timid hot sauce eaters to enjoy the taste of the burger and not just the hot sauce.
Cut each roll and grill for a few seconds till slightly crispy. Serve with your favorite tappings if needed. In my oppinion, the blue cheese inside is enough!
Serve with a few sticks of celery and enjoy! Some times I serve this with a little extra chunky blue cheese dressing on the side for dipping!
This can even be scaled down and served as little slider burgers as an appetizer. : ) ENJOY!


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The battle for state chairman of the New Hampshire Republican Party is the first test of how Republicans locally and nationally will respond to the November election. Party reformer and corruption fighter Andy Martin, right-wing party activist Jennifer Horn and party consultant Andrew Hemingway are vying for the opportunity to help set the future course of the influential state's GOP.
Important Bulletin from New Hampshire Republicans Thursday-Friday January 17-18
The first joint meeting of the three candidates for state chairman of the New Hampshire GOP may take place this evening at the meeting of the Concord Republican City Committee, Sal's Pizza, 80 Storrs Street, Concord. All three candidates have been invited to present their credentials for 3 minutes.
Set your alarm clocks – Andy will be a guest on "Live and Local in the Morning," WNTK, 99.7/1490 AM, New London, NH; Friday morning at 7:40 A.M. Listen live on the web at www.wntk.com


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Market News
A few cattle sell at steady prices
A few pens of cattle sold in Nebraska at 195.00, generally steady with last week. DTN has learned that one regional buyer in the North bid up to 196.00 on better grading cattle. Elsewhere the cash market remains at a standstill with bids and asking prices poorly defined. Some producers have priced their showlists around 128.00 plus in the South and 195.00 plus in the North. Significant trade may not develop until after the release of the cattle on feed report Friday afternoon. The cattle kill totaled 128,000 head, even with last week and a year ago.
Boxed beef cutout values were weak to lower on light to moderate demand and moderate offerings. Choice boxed beef was down .29 at 192.93, and select was down 1.17 at 173.13.
Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle contracts trade mixed for much of the session but closed 17 to 60 points higher as the market focused on the pressure in the grain markets. Traders looked for increased fundamental market direction, but for the most part three was not a lot of market changing news that developed before the close. Short covering was the main market feature. December settled .17 higher at 125.60, and February was up .25 at 129.37.
Feeder cattle ended the session 20 to 37 higher following the light support in the live cattle futures and lower corn futures values. For the most part traders treaded water at this point in the week, limiting overall price direction to narrow trading ranges through the end of the week. November settled .20 higher at 143.40, and January was up .27 at 145.15.
Hub City Livestock Auction, Aberdeen, SD had feeder cattle receipts of 7609 head on Wednesday. Steer and heifer calves sold unevenly steady, yearlings were 2.00 to 4.00 higher. There was an active market with good demand. Feeder steers, medium and large 1 weighing 531 lbs. traded at 160.57 per hundredweight. 531 lb. heifers brought 145.65.
Lean hogs ended the session 15 points higher to 25 lower as prices bounced on one side and the other of unchanged due to lack of direction in the market. Traders backed away from marrows gains based on the pressure in the cash market. Trade volume remained sluggish for much of the session. December settled .02 lower at 80.07, and February was up .10 at 86.15.
Barrows and gilts in the Iowa/Minnesota direct trade closed 1.50 lower at 74.38 on a carcass basis, the west was down 1.51 at 74.37, and the East was .37 lower at 74.04. Missouri direct base carcass meat price ended steady from 70.00 to 76.00. Terminal hogs were fully steady from 50.00 to 55.00 on a live basis.
Pork trading was slow with light demand and mostly moderate offerings. Pork carcass cutout value was down .27 at 81.30.
The pre-Thanksgiving pork trade is really coming unhinged. Led by a $5 drop in 14- to 16-pound bellies, carcass value collapsed on Wednesday by $2.55. Wholesale buyers will remain very cautious through the balance of the week.
Thursday's hog slaughter was estimated at 434,000 head, the same as last week, but 5,000 greater than 2011.
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Their world-famous faces are some of the most photographed in Australia, so the Three Sisters had some competition on Thursday when the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge visited Echo Point lookout in the Blue Mountains.
It was a case of thousands turning out to look at just two people looking at a view for a matter of moments, and, as the crowd remained almost reverentially quiet throughout - just a few whoops breaking the hushed murmur - it was the royals, as ever, who stole the limelight.
Still, the visitors appeared to notice the vista that others had temporarily forgotten.
"She loved it, of course. It's a pretty stunning view. I showed her Mount Solitary and the Jamison Valley," said Anthea Hammon, joint managing director at Scenic World, who guided the couple around the lookout.
"It was really nice to share our little pristine piece of the world with them. She said she'd love to come back - but, of course, she had to say that."
Aboriginal tourist body representatives presented the couple with a possum cloak for Prince George and a kangaroo pelt for William and Catherine, as well as bookmarks decorated with aboriginal artwork.
Echo Point overlooks the Queen Elizabeth lookout, a spot commemorating her majesty's 1954 Australian tour.
With a sea of well-wishers, bouquets aloft, hoping for a moment with the royals, it might have been time constraints that persuaded minders to approach five girls who were duly plucked from the 2000-strong crowd and planted in Kate and William's path.
"I wondered what he was up to, first of all," said Cliff Girdler from Katoomba, whose granddaughter, Ellie, was selected to meet the royals by a male minder. "I asked Ellie and off she went."
Five-year-old Ellie Girdler, wearing all pink, had selected one her "going out dresses" for the occasion.
"It was really cool," she said of meeting her royal highness. "I gave her honeycomb and said 'That's for Prince George.'"
"She sounded like she was from a different country. She sort of had a good hairstyle and her dress was nice."
Sisters Alexandria, 12, and Sophia Witting, 9, from Sydney, were also chosen to meet the royals. Sophia gave them a rhyming poem she had written.
Pat Woods, 71, from Bathurst, chatted with Catherine after showing the Duchess her Highgrove souvenir bag.
"I was a bit overcome. She asked where I came from and said it was lovely to meet me. I was really delighted," said Ms Woods, who had driven two and a half hours to see the royals.
"She was just what I thought she'd be - really nice and just an ordinary, nice, down to earth person."
It was a well-timed royal visit that was heaped with more than simply local pride. In last year's bush fires, 212 homes were destroyed and a further 100 homes damaged. The disaster cost the Blue Mountains $100 million and 518 jobs were lost.
The message from Katoomba on Thursday was as clear as the much-loved view: the Blue Mountains is very definitely open for business.


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Mohamed Adnan is hyper-aware of the small mercies he now enjoys. Win or lose today's A-League grand final, he knows he can walk out of the stadium and not see his effigy alight should his performance be short of par.
He knows he will not be arrested, beaten or tortured by government officials for exercising his right to peacefully agitate for change. None of his relatives will be shot and killed before his very eyes, nor will his family or teammates be thrown in jail by association.
In the context of recent events in the decorated Bahrain international's life, today's match against Perth Glory at Suncorp Stadium is of little consequence. Exiled from his homeland, he values his safety, his freedom and his family above all else.
Yet at the same time, it means everything. Today marks the conclusion of a perilous football journey that began in Manama's Pearl Square and reaches its peak in front of 50,000 fans as Brisbane defend their A-League crown against Perth Glory.
For Adnan, today is an occasion laced with hope and optimism. And with any luck, an orange jersey will be central to his future plans.
After dramatically parachuting into Brisbane last year, unsure if he ever wanted to play football again, Adnan is now facing the difficult decision to remain or rejoin his close-knit family in Bahrain, perhaps risking his well-being in the process.
The man who played 79 time for his country but was made a pariah for taking part in pro-democracy demonstrations in the Bahrain capital in February last year.
Many of his teammates were arrested along with hundreds of athletes, many of whom suffered beatings and torture in prison as part of a brutal government crackdown.
The central defender said there had been overtures from clubs in Qatar and the Arabian Gulf but he would love to remain at the Roar with his young family. Settling in Australian permanently is not out of the question.
"I'm really happy to be here, in a different area, a different country. No-one can imagine I would be here in my life. I want to continue here, maybe the next two years or three years – if I can do I'll stay more," Adnan said.
Adnan said he missed his parents desperately but they had urged him to remain in Brisbane, where he has started a new life with his wife and young daughter far away from the troubles in Bahrain, which are still bubbling on the surface.
"I'm safe. They are happy. But I miss them. I want to go back to the Gulf to see them. Then I can take my decision," Adnan said.
"It's really hard to leave them. My father and my mother, they want me to stay here. They don't want me to go back and play in the Gulf. I told them there are some clubs, they want me. They tell me not to go back – just stay there if you are happy. If your family is happy, we are happy.
"For me, it's 80 per cent I'll stay here."
Adnan bravely told his story earlier this year when he spoke for the first time about his role in the protests, how we watched his cousin shot and killed by troops and how his close friend and national teammate, Ali Saeed Abdullah, had renounced him as a traitor on state television after alleged torture in prison.
The pair are once again close friends, while Adnan has made it publicly known he has forgiven all and wants to once again play for his nation.
More than 40 people were killed in the protests, which began as peaceful demonstration against the ruling Al Khalifa party, Sunni rulers of a Shiite majority. Adnan found himself right in the middle before he fled to Australia, linking with suburban club Oxley and then the Roar.
One of the biggest adjustments for Adnan has been the reaction of fans. When he famously missed a penalty against New Zealand that prevented Bahrain from qualifying for the World Cup, he was almost run out of the country, this time for non-political reasons.
"In the Arabian Gulf, it's not like here. When you lose the game, the crowd tells you 'thank-you Mohamed, or thank-you Erik (Paartalu)'. They still support the team," Adnan said.
"Over there, they shout at you, they make your life shit. You hate yourself – you can't go outside. I swear, you can't go outside. Here, they make me happy.
"I punish myself but the people try to support me. In the Gulf, when I missed the penalty, I needed three or four months.
"My owner with my Qatar club, he came with me to Malaysia for two weeks just to make me feel good. I told him I didn't want to play football anymore because we missed the World Cup."
Adnan feels deep gratitude to the Roar, the city and the fans and wants to repay them with a grand final win against the Glory. He will carry a knee injury into the game but knows this is the time to rise to the occasion.
"If we don't play well in front of 50,000 people, when are we going to play well? In front of 10 or 12,000 or 7000 people? We say thank you to them but in front of all of Australia, they look at us. This is our chance. We have to work hard," he said.
He will save a special thank you for close friend Matthew Nunn, an Oxley player who has taken Adnan under his wing. It was Nunn who helped facilitate his trial at the Roar, a move which has given him to start his football career and life off the field all over again.
"For that, I have to say thank you to Matthew Nunn," Adnan said. "I have to say thank you forever, not just now."


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Supporters of the Bolivarian Revolution Celebrate Chavez's Reelection
By Venezuelanalysis.com / Agencia Venezuela de Noticias
With the announcement last night of Hugo Chavez's reelection as president by 55% of the Venezuelan electorate, spontaneous crowds of Chavez supporters across the country gathered to celebrate the victory. Here are a selection of images of the celebrations, including some by Venezuelanalysis.com journalists who were on the ground in the Andean city of Merida and at Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, where Chavez appeared to give his victory speech.
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A women jumps with joy outside Miraflores presidential palace (Tamara Pearson / Venezuelanalysis.com)..
The view from the crowd of the Balcony of the People in Miraflores presidential palace (Tamara Pearson / Venezuelanalysis.com).
Chavez waves the Venezuelan flag while addressing the crowd from the Balcony of the People (AVN).
The crowd outside Miraflores (Tamara Pearson / Venezuelanalysis.com).
The crowd outside miraflores (AVN).
A women at a victory street party in central Caracas after the result was announced (AVN).
The street party (AVN).
The spontaneous street party in Caracas with Chavez supporters celebrating the result (AVN).
Within minutes of Chavez's victory being announced, a crowd of over a thousand people gathered to celebrate in the central Plaza Bolivar of the Andean city of Merida, with Chavez supporters continuing to arrive over the next few hours. (Ewan Robertson / Venezuelanalysis.com).
The atmosphere was festive, with people dancing and singing to loudspeakers from the back of a campesino van, hugging, drinking the odd rum, and setting fireworks off (Ewan Robertson / Venezuelanalysis.com).
Families arrived to celebrate by raising the Venezuelan flag. (Ewan Robertson / Venezuelanalysis.com).
Afternoon, Monday 8 October – Thousands of Chavez supporters stream into the city of Merida from the surrounding towns and countryside in large motorcade to celebrate. (Ewan Robertson / Venezuelanalysis.com).
Groups of activists waved flags and sang revolutionary songs as they drove down into the Andean capital (Ewan Robertson / Venezuelanalysis.com).
Smiles all round. (Ewan Robertson / Venezuelanalysis.com).
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Danny Denzongpa, Shahid Kapoor, Téa Leoni
You lose your cool when things change or when you are faced with a challenge. Though you like to splurge, you are good at managing money. You know exactly what makes you happy. Avoid pushing yourself more than your body can handle. Do not neglect your feelings while caring for others.
Kusum Bhandari


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LIMA — Rebecca "Becky" Sue Johnson, 56, died at 10:45 a.m. Tuesday July 22, 2014 at Shawnee Manor, Lima, Ohio.
She was born July 15, 1958 in Lima, Ohio to Robert and Bonnie (Watkins) Gillespie. Her father preceded her in death. Her mother and stepfather, Bonnie and Jimmie Dale Fruchey survive in Cridersville, Ohio
A Clinical Medical Assistant, Rebecca graduated from the Jackson Community College, Michigan. She had worked for Jackson Hospital, Michigan, after graduation. Her former husband's job had the family transferring frequently, making it difficult for her career. It was at this time when Rebecca's main goal in life turned to raising her four children.
Survivors include: one son, Joseph Johnson of Lima, Ohio; three daughters, Ashley Johnson, Kelsey (Stephen) McDonald and Alexandra Johnson all of Ada, Ohio; five brothers, Randy and Rick (Gay) Gillespie both of Denver, CO., Robert Gillespie of Jenera, Rod (Teresa) Gillespie of Palm Springs, CA. and Roy (Julie) Gillespie of Cridersville; one grandson, Wyatt McDonald; aunts and uncles, Shirley (David) Cartwright, Jerry (Phyllis) Watkins, Judy (Roger) Rayle of Columbus Grove and Jewelie Zimmerman of Elida; and two sisters in-law, Beth Johnson and Aaron Johnson.
She was preceded in death by her grandparents: Kenneth and Gynyth Watkins, Ferl Gillespie and Laura Blume.
Services will begin at 11 a.m. on Saturday July 26, 2014 at Hartman Sons Funeral Home, with Pastor Larry Molaski officiating. Burial will follow at Truro West Cemetery, Columbus Grove, Ohio.
Friends may call on Friday, July 25, 2014 from 5-8 p.m. and on Saturday from 10-11 a.m. at Hartman Sons Funeral Home, Columbus Grove, Ohio.
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A clothing firm has been accused of contributing to domestic violence after creating a shop window display of 'Cheeky Rio' t-shirts emblazoned with images of naked women for the World Cup.
Blue Inc in The Mall, Walthamstow, displayed a child's shirt featuring a woman covering her breasts with her hands wearing nothing but a small Brazilian flag .
The image sparked outcry on social network sites and a petition has been launched to have the product removed from sale.
Despite removing the child's t-shirt in the display, Blue Inc has replaced it with other t-shirts from its Cheeky Rio range.
Today, the head of a domestic and sexual violence charity NIA, Karen Ingala-Smith, said the clothing will have a negative social impact.
She said: "Blue Inc Tweeted that they had removed the child's t-shirt but when I walked past today there were three equally bad adult t-shirts.
"When we look at what the causes are of male violence against women, one of them is inequality.
"One of the ways in which this is exists is by portraying women as sexual objects which exist for the gratification of men.
"It is disgusting."
Ms Ingala-Smith, who has over two decades of experience in helping rape and domestic violence victims, believes the company has been irresponsible and is calling for them to recall the product.
"I don't like it at any time of the year but especially when the World Cup is on where research tells us that there is an increase in domestic violence," She added.
She said: "We need to be giving children positive images about what we are and what we are not.
"It is not right to make a profit from degrading women.
"Ultimately they are making a profit out of contributing to male violence against women.
"When police forces across the country are taking steps to prepare for an anticipated increase in violence against women relating to the World Cup this display shows us that Blue Inc clothing retailer does not care about male violence against women."
Research by Lancaster University showed that domestic violence reports in England and Wales rose by as much as 38 per cent during the last three World Cups.
Blue Inc has been asked to comment.
A petition has been started by Eliza Baines-Holmes.
In an open letter to Blue Inc company chairman Richard Rose she said: "I would like my daughter to grow up believing we are all equal beings and are not put on this planet as sexual objects to be leered at by men."
Click here to sign the petition.


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So you're an author, and your book is out there in the world. You've sweated and agonized and copy edited and re-read; in short, you've done everything you could to make sure your book is the best thing you can write at that moment. You wait nervously for its release. Will it sell? Will people like it? And then the reviews start to appear. Maybe it's a positive review (yeah!); maybe it's negative (ouch!), but the reviewer takes the time to explain what it is they didn't like about the book in a clear and fair way (still ouch, but okay, I get it, no book is for everyone).
The other day I learned that an author I like has a new book coming out. Of course I was interested and planned to pre-order the book. I also wanted to read any pre-publication reviews to see what the pros think about it, whether they feel it lives up to the author's previous high bar. I also wanted to learn a bit more about the story - but not too much.


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Former timelord David Tennant shared the stage with DJ Christian O'Connell when he played the Virgin Mary in an alternative take on the nativity story.
The actor, soon to star in BBC drama The Spies Of Warsaw, was joined by former Arsenal footballer Ian Wright and singer Newton Faulkner for the performance on Christian's Absolute Radio show.
The DJ played Joseph, with Ian starring as a dinosaur midwife, in the performance.
The three wise men were played by a trio of David's fans who won a competition to co-star with him.
Next year will see him team up with another former Doctor Who star when he appears in ITV drama Broadchurch with Arthur Darvill.
Arthur, who played Rory in the sci-fi show, will star as a priest while David plays a detective investigating a murder in a small town.


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West Papua:Teenagers are run-over & relatives gunned down
May 7, 2014
Media Release
West Papua – Bloody Moanemani incident: Teenagers are run-over and killed, then Indonesia Police machine gun three relatives
Yesterday, Indonesian BRIMOB para-military police, are reported to have shot three Papuan men, who are now in a critical condition. This shooting has occurred after local people tried to negotiate an outcome from an incident where a truck driver has run-over and killed two Papuan youths, returning from a Church service early that morning. After the shooting a non-Papua resident has been killed, apparantly to avenge the Police action.
Paula Makabory from Institute for Papuan Advocacy and Human Rights in Australia, said today, "The series of incidents in Moanemani highlights how military-style policing perpetuates the endless cycle of violence in the 50 year Indonesian occupation of West Papua."
Ms Makabory also stated, "The Indonesia Police Commander Insp. Gen. Tito Karnavian has misrepresented this bloody Moanemani event in the Indonesian press. The Police have escalated the incident by ignoring local custom and quickly resorting to shooting local people rather than any form of negotiation."


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In response to NBA veteran Jason Collins' decision to come out publicly on Monday, I reached out to several local athletes and coaches to get their opinions on his decision. About three years ago, I wrote a story on former Hen Hud star tennis and softball player Rachel Buckner, who went through her high school years as an openly gay athlete. She offered unique perspective, as did several others, about how they would react to a gay teammate and how they view Collins' announcement as a positive step toward acceptance.
Well before NBA veteran Jason Collins came out as openly gay on Monday, Hen Hud grad Rachel Buckner had the courage to do so. The former tennis and softball star did her part to stand up for tolerance and acceptance on a much smaller scale while in high school, and she offered some unique perspective in light of Collins' decision.
"I think that it's an incredibly important step," Buckner (pictured to the right) said. "It says a lot about the incredible pressure that these men are under; the masculinity that they have to hold for themselves. I think that's a very important aspect about this man coming out today… The stranglehold that masculinity holds on male sports."
With the simplest of sentences, Collins set aside years of worry and silence to become the first active player in one of the four major U.S. professional sports leagues to come out as gay.
In a first-person article posted Monday on Sports Illustrated's website, Collins begins: "I'm a 34-year-old NBA center. I'm black. And I'm gay."
Collins has played for six teams in 12 seasons, most recently as a reserve with the Washington Wizards after a midseason trade from the Boston Celtics. He is now a free agent and wants to keep playing in the NBA.
"I didn't set out to be the first openly gay athlete playing in a major American team sport. But since I am, I'm happy to start the conversation. I wish I wasn't the kid in the classroom raising his hand and saying, 'I'm different,'" Collins writes. "If I had my way, someone else would have already done this. Nobody has, which is why I'm raising my hand."
The news of Collins coming out garnered reaction throughout the country, and many locals viewed it as a positive step towards equality.
"I think it was a brave thing he did, especially being an active player and possibly risking his career," White Plains junior quarterback and right fielder Cameron Crabbe said. "I know at WPHS everyone is accepted regardless of their life preference, and I would have no problem with having a gay teammate."
Valhalla boys soccer coach Sandro Prosperino spoke about teaching his players to support each other in every life situation, but he did express concern as to how opposing teams and fans would react to an openly gay player.
"I think just the culture of watching a sporting event has changed for the worst," Prosperino said. "Whether it's a professional game, college or high school, they feel like nothing is off limits. At basketball games, they try to rattle a kid at the free throw line, but at the end of the day, he's just a kid."
For Buckner, Collins coming out is more significant because of his gender, as she points out that openly gay female athletes have not received the same kind of attention.
"Men are targeted by other men to uphold these heterosexual values, and a lot of the time part of that comes with devaluing women," Buckner said. "I think it's interesting that in one week we could have a really important female athlete come out (WNBA No. 1 pick Brittney Griner) without much being said, and then the next have a male athlete and it's all over the news."
Buckner, who is currently a sophomore at Occidental College in Los Angeles, views Collins' announcement as a critical step, but also considers it to be just the tip of the iceberg.
"This has to be the start of the conversation," she said. "I think there's probably going to be more men coming out with time, but again, it's incredibly important to have these open elements of support from athletes and commentators."
The Associated Press contributed to this report


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New Delhi/Hyderabad, Nov 7 (IANS) The Group of Ministers (GoM) on Telangana held a third meeting in the national capital Thursday to consider issues regarding the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh and the formation of a separate Telangana state.
An hour-long meeting presided over by Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde discussed reports submitted by various ministries and suggestions received from political parties and people.
The meeting is understood to have discussed the status of Andhra Pradesh capital Hyderabad, the sharing of river water and revenue between the two states, as well as education and other issues.
Shinde told reporters after the meeting that 18,000 suggestions were received by e-mail and letters from public representatives and individuals.
He said the GoM would hold a meeting with secretaries of various departments of the central government Nov 11.
The GoM has also invited eight political parties Nov 12 and 13 to hear them individually on various issues regarding bifurcation. Each party has been asked to depute one or two representatives to the meeting. Shinde said each party would get 20 minutes.
The GoM would also meet central ministers from the state Nov 18.
Earlier, the task force appointed by the central government to look into security related issues after the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh submitted its report to the GoM.
The task force headed by security advisor to Home Ministry K. Vijaya Kumar last week visited Hyderabad and met senior police officials.


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Will Nicki Minaj Return to Season 13 of 'American Idol?'
Oh, that Nicki Minaj loves to keep us guessing, and she's not giving any hints about whether or not she will return to Season 13 of 'American Idol' despite threatening to quit throughout Season 12.
During a conference call, Minaj remained coy and noncommittal, poker-faced through and through.
"Would I come back next season? I think people would rather be surprised," the hip-hop vixen said, refusing to drop any sort of hint. "I like to save the mystery and the drama. I'd never give that away. I always say this and I mean it from the bottom of my heart, just that people behind the scenes at 'Idol' have been a dream to work with. I'm just super grateful to have been given the opportunity."
Way to skirt the ish, Nicki. The 'Freedom' singer would not cave to further media pressure to cough up an answer, saying, "I'd rather not speak about that at this time. I feel like I've kind of already answered it, but I would rather not even give any insight because I kind of feel like it's exciting for people to not know who the next season's judges will be."
That's probably jargon for I have a one-year contract and haven't been invited back so I don't want to jinx it or speak out of turn, especially since I might be in contract negotiations that I don't want to jeopardize.
That said, it's entirely possible that 'Idol' might just be a check-cashing gig for Minaj to pass the time and to remain in the public eye while she is between albums.
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Hardin County Crime Victims' Assistance Center
Welcome To Our Pages Executive Director 24 Hour Crisis Intervention Services We Provide Domestic Violence Teen Violence/ Dating Violence. Protective Orders Other Types Of Crime Volunteer Coordinator Support Groups Favorite Links Guest Book CHILD ABUSE SEXUAL ASSAULT/ AGGRAVATED SEXUAL ASSAULT ELDER/DISABLED ABUSE ASSAULT/ AGGRAVATED ASSAULT Favorite Links Accompaniment Information and Referrals ANGEL VOLUNTEER NETWORK Primary Prevention Coordinator SAFETY PLANNING Types of Abuse Poems and Stories More Poems 2009 Crime Victims' Rights Week
Who We Are
THE HARDIN COUNTY CRIME VICTIMS' ASSISTANCE CENTER (formerly the Women and Children's Shelter Outreach, formed in Oct. 1991), was renamed in April 1992.Originally, it was formed as a result of the Women and Children's Shelter desiring to serve victims of domestic violence in the surrounding six counties. They wrote a grant that brought two VISTA Volunteers to Kountze. VISTA Volunteers are the same as Peace Corps Volunteers, but they are stationed in the United States. We than began to see the need to serve victims of all violent crimes. Another grant was written to ensure the agency would be staffed adequately. It was through a VOCA (Victims of Crime Acts) grant that this was made possible, supplying funds for salaries and some mileage. The success of this grant was tremendous. The agency now has a reputation for providing quality services to individual's ad their families who would not otherwise have means of obtaining assistance for various problems. Currently we are in our seventeenth year of funding (2007). We also have received funding from other grant sources such a VAWA (Violence Against Women Act). Since its inception, the agency has prided itself on having the insight and ability to cross any barrier within its means, and have not yet found one problem that could not be dealt with, unless the clients were not willing to help themselves. This is one job that all of us would like to see end. But will violence end? Growth at Hardin County Crime Victims' Assistance Center has been steady. We want to do what we say we can do, and do it well. Of course this growth could not have occurred without the assistance of many other sources and especially you the volunteer. Early in our history we were in what was not recognized as a profession; and at the same time, an unpopular cause. Many did not realize how many victims of violent crimes there were, with sexual assault and domestic violence being at the top of the list. The agency is still writing its history through its employees, volunteers and the services that is provides. This agency can be proud of the fact that it is overseen by a county, those who run it and citizens who are willing to take action on behalf of those who are suffering. I think it would still be easy at this time in our history, when violent crime is in the spotlight, to forget that violence affects millions of individuals and their families, but we have chosen to remember our mission:TO LESSEN THE TRAUMA SUFFERED BY VICTIMS AND THEIR FAMILIES AND TO PORMOTE A COORDINATED PUBLIC AND PRIVATE EFFORT TO AID CRIME VICTIMS AND ENHANCE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF DELIVERED SERVICES IN HARDIN COUNTY.


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Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Watch the Borellis Live Online on Fox's "Strategy Room" WednesdayBy David Almasi:
Project 21 Fellow Deneen Borelli is scheduled to discuss ACORN and the so-called "stimulus" bill and other current events as part of the group discussion on the Fox News Channel's online "Strategy Room" program on Wednesday, February 18 between 9:00 am and 10:00 am eastern.
Tom Borelli, the director of the National Center's Free Enterprise Project, is set to be participating in the"Strategy Room" discussion later on the same day - 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm eastern - to discuss the detrimental economic effects of "cap-and-trade" regulatory policy and breaking news.
To access the live Internet broadcast, click here and then click the "STREAM THIS NOW" headline in the center or the page under the photo.
To learn more about Fox's "Strategy Room" Internet talk show, click here to see an article about the program that appeared in this past Monday's New York Times.
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Written for a prompt on the BBC Sherlock kink meme on LiveJournal. I figured I'd post it here as well.
Pairing: John/Sherlock
Rating: R
Itsy-bitsy spoilers for ep. 3, "The Great Game".
When Sarah turns on the telly, home is the last thing that John expects to see.
His heart drops into his stomach like a lead ball. As he shrugs on his coat frantically, everything runs through his head at once, a flood of data and images and words.
Explosion… Baker Street… apartment… destroyed… emergency number… friends and family…
Before he knows it he's down the stairs, and Sarah is going to have to wait for breakfast because he's running, running, running, and the burn in his leg and his shoulder mean nothing, the burn in his lungs even less. He trips over his shoelaces twice on the way there and almost gets hit by a car while he's sprinting through a green light- the driver shouts a word you can't say on television but John doesn't hear it. He can't, because the blood is pounding in his ears and blocking out everything.
He turns the corner and sees the hole, the plaster coating the sidewalk like fallen snow. There are bits of cement strewn across the road and bright yellow police tape circling, circling, going on forever.
He pushes through the crowd, shoving the rubbernecking bystanders with more force than is strictly necessary, the words rolling off his tongue and through his lips, a mantra to stop him from losing his mind entirely.
Please please please PLEASE
He ignores the policemen in their stupid lurid orange jackets and their stupid pointy hats and tugs open the door of 221, muttering something to keep them off his back. Something about here, I live here, my house, MY flat, MINE… He can't be bothered to keep track of the words, the things he says.
His feet drum on the stairs like rain on a tin roof, fast and hurried and he's calling for him, calling his name, and his eyes are wide with fear and there's no answer and the panic is building, building, about to burst-
And Sherlock is sitting in the armchair with his violin, looking rather bored and slightly miffed in his rumpled black suit, with Mycroft sipping tea in the seat across from him. He glances up from the instrument to John as he stands in the doorway, panting, leaning against the wall heavily.
"John." He says nonchalantly, before turning back to the violin to pluck a single apathetic A-string.
John tries to slip into a calm tone of voice as he asks Sherlock if he's okay, tries to slow his breathing to make himself seem less winded. Sherlock waves it off with a "Fine" and returns to his argument with Mycroft, and John is left standing, always in the dust, with the shattered glass around his feet and motes of plaster drifting through the air around his face.
Mycroft leaves, smarmy as always, and Sherlock glares after him, torturing the violin angrily. Part of John wants to ask him why he's turning down the case (because it's not like they need anymore holes in the walls, the flat's ventilation is just fine, thank you) but the other, bigger part of him is still running around like a chicken with it's head cut off, having hysterics. John decides to go with his chicken half, and stomps over to Sherlock. He grabs the violin out of his long, pale fingers and throws it onto the couch. Sherlock makes a sharp sound of disapproval and reaches out, half-standing up from the chair.
John slaps him before he can stop himself. The loud crack rings through the apartment and Sherlock's head snaps to the right. The lanky detective stumbles, almost falling over the coffee table, and presses a hand to his swiftly reddening cheek. He looks over at John in disbelief.
"What was that for?"
The panic and fear that the doctor was feeling on the way over have been replaced with anger now, and he can feel himself losing any composure he might have gained with Mycroft in the room.
"You idiot!" he yells. "You couldn't have called, or sent a text? Maybe, 'Hey, John, the flat's exploded, thought you might like to know'?" he grabs Sherlock by the lapels and shoves him against the wall. "I saw it on the TV, Sherlock! I had NO IDEA what happened!" he slams him back hard, knocking his head against the pockmarked wallpaper, roaring. "Do you have any idea what I just went through?"
Sherlock stares down at him, his pale eyes wide, his mouth hanging open. "I don't- I didn't-"
"Well you should have!" John drops his head, bunching up fistfuls of Sherlock's jacket as he presses his face against the taller man's chest. There is silence in the stillness, their bodies pressed against the wall.
Sherlock speaks slowly, awkwardly. "Nothing was damaged except the windows."
"I don't care about the bloody windows." John's voice is muffled, his eyes still squeezed shut. His curled up hands are trembling and his bad leg twitches spasmodically.
"No one was hurt." Sherlock sounds confused.
"I didn't know that."
"I didn't know if you were hurt, or missing, or dead…" John's voice cracks a little on the last word, and he tries to cover up with a loud, "you IDIOT."
Sherlock is thinking. "You didn't sleep with Sarah."
"Of course I didn't sleep with Sarah." He doesn't bother asking how he knows.
"You were really worried about me?"
"Yeah. Yes. Yes, I was."
There is silence again for a moment before Sherlock says, "I'm sorry."
John lifts his head and looks into his flat-mate's eyes, his friend's eyes, and he sees that he means what he says. Before he can think better of it John stands on his toes and kisses him. Sherlock kisses back, and it's chaste and simple and a little bit shocking for the first few seconds.
And then there's a wave of something that washes over them and suddenly the kiss is all teeth and tongues, and John's hands are in Sherlock's hair, tugging him down to his level, down to the floor and Sherlock is flat on his ass, back pressed against the wall, and John is straddling him.
They break apart gasping and begin undressing each other frantically, John's fingers popping the buttons of Sherlock's shirt as Sherlock fumbles with John's leather jacket. The doctor leans in and nips along his throat, his hands pressed against Sherlock's pale ribs, his thumbs rubbing circles in the soft, warm flesh. Sherlock groans and reaches for John's fly, struggling with the zipper before finally undoing it and slipping a hand past the waistband. John lets out a moan as Sherlock cups his hardening cock through his underwear and pushes the detective to the floor.
Sherlock yelps as his bare skin makes contact with the floor. "John- glass…"
John pulls back. "Sorry." He grabs for his discarded jacket and Sherlock lifts himself up on an elbow as he lays it down on the floor beneath him. "Better?"
"Much." He presses his lips against John's once more, sloppy and frantic, and brings his hand back to John's pants. John returns the favor, pulling down Sherlock's trousers. The detective makes a startled noise as John grabs his thighs, yanking his legs up and over his shoulders, which are still covered by his half-unbuttoned red shirt. John sticks his fingers in his mouth, coating them with saliva before sliding one into Sherlock, who arches up off the floor, babbling something about how he can tell by how John takes good care of his fingernails that he's an extremely competent doctor. John slips in another finger and the babbling turns into straight-up swear words.
Sherlock's hands knead the jacket like a cat's paws, scrabbling against the silk lining, searching for purchase. With his free hand John pins one of them to the ground, trapped like a pale, elegant insect. When John replaces his fingers with his cock Sherlock lets out a gasp and throws an arm around the doctor's neck, pulling him close as he thrusts in jerkily, teeth set on edge as Sherlock clenches around him hard. Their movements stir up the ash and plaster on the floor and it rises, drifting around them and settling in their hair, light against Sherlock's dark curls, stuck in the sweat glistening on his bare chest. His mouth opens in a silent exclamation as he comes, spurting across his belly and John's shirt, his nails digging into the doctor's shoulder. John doesn't take much time after, spilling into the damp, tight heat of Sherlock, his body wracked with shudders.
They collapse in a heap, shifting to avoid the shards of glass strewn across the floorboards, a tangle of limbs and sweaty cloth and debris. They are silent for a long time.
"I'm sorry."
"I know. It's okay now."


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The strikes came in rapid succession. At around 5am on Wednesday at the school at Jabaliya refugee camp, where 3,300 Palestinians had taken refuge from the fierce fighting in their Gaza neighbourhoods, what appeared to be four Israeli artillery shells hit the compound.
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Gaza shelling hits UN-run school
At least 19 are killed after a UN-operated school being used as a refuge for Gaza residents is hit by shell fire.
One hit the street in front of the entrance, according to several witnesses. Two others hit classrooms where people were sleeping.
Palestinian health officials said at least 20 people were killed by what witnesses and United Nations officials said was the latest in a series of strikes on United Nations facilities that are supposed to be safe zones in the 23-day-old battle against Hamas and other militants.
"My house was burned and death followed us here," said Ahmed Mousa, 50, who was in the school courtyard when the shells hit. "Where am I supposed to go?"
The victims had fled their homes in other battle zones hoping they would be safe under the blue-and-white UN flag.
Abdel-Karim al-Masamha, 27, said he and his family had come to the school after fleeing fighting near their home in the northern Gaza Strip.
"We did not find safety here," he said. "People were martyred before our eyes. They were dismembered."
Colonel Peter Lerner of the Israeli military said no United Nations facility had been targeted during the operation. A military spokeswoman said Palestinian militants had "opened fire at Israeli soldiers from the vicinity" of the school in the Jabaliya refugee camp on Wednesday morning, and that the Israeli troops "responded by firing toward the origins of the fire".
The military had earlier denied responsibility for 16 deaths last week at a different United Nations school serving as a shelter, in Beit Hanoun, saying that the only piece of Israeli ordnance to hit the school compound, an errant mortar, struck when the courtyard was empty.
Robert Turner, the Gaza-based director of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, which is sheltering more than 200,000 Palestinians in 85 of its schools, said there had been at least five and perhaps seven strikes on the facilities since Israel's ground operation in Gaza began on July 17. He was still checking reports that a school in the Shati refugee camp and one in the Mamouniya neighbourhood of Gaza City had been hit overnight.
"What we've seen in our shelters is indicative of what we've seen more generally," Mr Turner said. "When they started naval bombardment, artillery and tank fire, that's just not as accurate as airstrikes. They can't see what they're shooting at, so we've seen more destruction, more damage, more death."
The Israeli military announced a four-hour humanitarian window on Wednesday afternoon (local time) but said it would not apply to the areas where soldiers were operating, and that residents should not return to areas they had been asked to evacuate. That only added to the confusion on the ground, after four days of on-again, off-again lulls and mixed messages from various leaders about cease-fire agreements and negotiations.
The "window" was to be from 3pm to 7pm, and the military promised in its announcement that troops would "respond to any attempt to exploit this window to harm Israeli civilians" and soldiers.
Hamas rejected the Israeli-declared lull, saying in a statement that it was "just for media consumption and has no value" because it excluded the areas near the border where hostilities continued, making it impossible to evacuate the injured from there.
The Israeli announcement came after it appeared to have intensified its assault overnight, even as Palestinian leaders struggled to co-ordinate their efforts to pursue some kind of cease-fire through talks in Cairo. The Palestinian death toll since the operation began on July 8 passed 1300 as more than 76 people died from strikes across Gaza, including those killed in the UN school.
At least 76 people have died in the latest Israeli strikes across Gaza, including 16 killed when shells hit a UN school, sending the Palestinian toll from 23 days of fighting above 1300. On the Israeli side, the conflict has also cost the lives of 53 soldiers, according to the Gaza-based health ministry; on the Israeli side, 53 soldiers and three civilians have been killed.
Israel struck five mosques overnight that a military statement said "were utilised for terror purposes," such as storing weapons or providing access to tunnels or lookout points. The military said that it had detonated in the previous 24 hours three more tunnels that Palestinian militants have used to infiltrate its territory.
"The progress is toward an offensive: We are shoring up the targets already reached and are taking over new locations," Brigadier General Motti Almoz, the chief spokesman for the Israeli military, told Army Radio on Wednesday morning. "There are a lot of targets in the Gaza Strip, and we are attacking from the northern to the southern Gaza Strip."
Israel has hit 4,100 sites in Gaza, 1,566 of them connected to rocket-launching, 167 places that stored weapons and 746 "command-and-control centres," the Israeli military said in its statement. The military said there had been 2,670 rockets and mortars fired toward Israel, and that about 280 of them had fallen short and landed within Gaza.
Only a handful of sirens signalling incoming rockets sounded in Israel on Wednesday morning, down from more than 100 in previous days. But in Gaza, there was little sign of a letup: An Israeli missile killed 10 members of the Astal family who had huddled in their diwan, or meeting room, according to news reports and the health ministry, among other major strikes.
Jabaliya, a refugee camp just north of Gaza City, has been under intense artillery shelling since Tuesday afternoon, killing 50 people over a 24-hour period, health officials said. Already one of Gaza's most densely crowded areas, its streets had been packed in recent days with people who fled their homes closer to the border when Israeli troops invaded. More and more had crowded into the Abu Hussein girls' elementary school.
Mr Turner of the United Nations said his agency had provided the GPS coordinates of the school to the Israel Defence Forces 17 times, starting July 16 and most recently Tuesday at 8.48pm, to ensure it would be spared. Ziad Yousef, who also works for the agency, said the doors were locked at 11pm on Tuesday so no one could come or go.
"People who saw that happen are now convinced there are no safe places left," Mr. Yousef said.
At least four strikes hit in close succession in a straight line across the school compound, indicating artillery fire, according to people who saw the attack; one struck a house behind the school. The drop ceiling of one classroom had collapsed, and the tin roof was peppered with shrapnel holes. The ground was covered with rubble, clothing and pools of blood. Sunlight shone through a hole in the roof of another classroom, also hit by a shell. At the edge of the schoolyard, some 20 donkeys lay dead, still tied to a railing.
At the nearby Kamal Adwan hospital, Saeed Adham stood over the bed of his 15-year-old son, Rizek, whose right leg had been shattered by shrapnel. An X-ray of Rizek's calf showed bones looking like an archipelago. Mr Adham said his family was sleeping in a second-floor classroom when a strike shattered the windows, so they ran to a hallway, where a shell hit the roof. As he waited for surgery on his son's leg, Mr Adham said his wife and other children remained at Abu Hussein despite the danger. "We have nowhere but the school," he said.
Mr Turner's agency, which in calm times provides education, health care and other services to about 70 per cent of Gaza's 1.7 million residents who are classified as refugees, has found rockets in three of its empty schools during the conflict, most recently on Tuesday. He said that the school attendant who had found the rockets in the third school evacuated shortly afterward and that the agency had been unable to return to the site on Tuesday or Wednesday "because of active fighting" nearby.
Criticised in the two previous incidents by Israel and its supporters for having given the rockets to Gaza-based security officials, Mr Turner said he hoped that United Nations experts would be able to dispose of the rockets found in the third school.
Robert Serry, the United Nations special co-ordinator for the Middle East peace process, released a statement saying that his agency's compound in Gaza had also been hit early on Tuesday morning "by a number of projectiles which caused damage to the main building and to United Nations vehicles." A preliminary assessment showed five strikes on the compound and two on the ground outside, the statement said.
Mr Serry "is deeply concerned about this incident and other violations of United Nations premises during the conflict," said the statement, which did not directly blame Israel. "We have to remind relevant parties to the conflict of their responsibility to protect United Nations operations, personnel and premises which must remain inviolable."
The New York Times, Reuters, AP