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The acquittal of a neighborhood watch volunteer who fatally shot an unarmed African-American teenager reverberated throughout churches and city streets Sunday as protesters demanded justice, while others were left to question just how much progress the nation has made when it comes to race.
In San Jose, about 50 critics of the verdict gathered outside City Hall on Sunday evening, while in Oakland hundreds of demonstrators again marched through the downtown and blocked streets even as property owners continued cleaning up storefronts damaged in a chaotic overnight protest.
Aware of simmering tensions, President Barack Obama on Sunday asked the nation to accept a Florida jury's decision to acquit George Zimmerman, who is of European and Peruvian descent, in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin.
"I know this case has elicited strong passions," the president said. "And in the wake of the verdict, I know those passions may be running even higher. But we are a nation of laws, and a jury has spoken."
The Justice Department said Sunday it would review Zimmerman's case for possible federal civil rights violations.
Martin's slaying in the central Florida town of Sanford early last year set off a national debate about racial profiling and race relations.
Attorneys for Zimmerman, upset about break-ins in his neighborhood, said he shot Martin in self-defense during a struggle. Civil rights leaders, who fought for weeks to get criminal charges filed against Zimmerman, questioned why he deemed the unarmed teenager, dressed in a hooded sweatshirt, to be suspicious.
Oakland civil rights attorney John Burris criticized prosecutors and said their evidence didn't support a murder conviction.
"The travesty in this whole case is that a young man minding his own business was deemed suspicious and wound up dead," he said.
The late Saturday verdict sparked protests in several California cities, including Los Angeles and San Francisco, but Oakland's was the only one marred by violence and vandalism.
Protesters beat one man in a Broadway doorway near Frank H. Ogawa Plaza until other protesters ended the skirmish. The man was helped to his feet and did not appear seriously injured.
Other protesters took out their frustration on buildings. Sears, the Oakland Tribune, several banks and at least two restaurants all had windows broken. A BART police car was vandalized, and several garbage bins were overturned and set ablaze. Police made no arrests during the protest, which drew about 100 people.
In a Sunday statement, Mayor Jean Quan said the episode was "unacceptable" and would not be tolerated.
Protesters in San Jose talked about boycotting the state of Florida and hoped that Zimmerman would face civil rights charges.
"I have a problem when somebody acts as a vigilante and kills a child," Alicia Carbajal, 64, said. "This was not justice at all. Trayvon was murdered."
The Martin case touched a nerve in Oakland, the city where Oscar Grant was shot and killed by a BART officer four years ago and where the police department is under federal supervision in part over a failure to stop racial profiling.
"I think there's a rawness ... on both sides that makes it more profound here," said Olis Simmons, who runs the nonprofit Youth UpRising.
During a Sunday morning sermon, Pastor Zachary Carey of True Vine Ministries in West Oakland criticized the "senseless" vandalism, but gave a grim assessment of the verdict's underlying message.
"In America, it doesn't matter if you're just walking home," he said. "To them, we're all criminals. If you're black, you're a criminal."
For many in the pews at True Vine, the verdict confirmed two unpleasant but deeply held beliefs: that the election of an African-American president doesn't necessarily mean the nation fully values their lives, and that the most vulnerable people in a society rife with fear of young African-American men are those young men, who must deal with people clutching their bags or questioning them as they approach.
"You can see some of the other races, how they look at you with that suspicious eye," said 37-year-old Lamar Brantley, of Oakland. "A person that's fearful is liable to do anything. It does make me fearful at times."
Ronda Johnson said the verdict is a reminder that her sons face many threats, be it from gangs or the police.
"We raised our boys to be hypervigilant," she said. "They know that if a police officer talks to them, they need to watch their tone of voice."
Carey urged parishioners to turn outrage over the verdict into positive action.
"We should be marching on every state capital in America," he thundered. "We should march on Washington and tell them that this is no longer acceptable in America, and we're not going to take it anymore."
Simmons said she is still struggling with what to say Monday to the teenagers in her program.
"I have to tell them the same thing I told them during the Oscar Grant stuff," she said. "That violence isn't justice. And that civic engagement leads to justice."
Staff writers David DeBolt, Eric Kurhi and Sharon Noguchi contributed to this story. Contact Matthew Artz at 510-208-6435.


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Not even 367 days and nights can erase the memory of that dreadful loss to UNLV. Arizona State senior quarterback Danny Sullivan admitted he and his teammates still talk about it in the locker room. Coach Dennis Erickson alluded to it in his Monday press conference.
It appears the days of overlooking competition are over, though.
Listening to Erickson and his players and its clear they aren't looking ahead to next week's matchup at Georgia.
"We don't even discuss Georgia," Sullivan said. "We don't even have Georgia in our minds right now."
That's because the University of Louisiana at Monroe and its unorthodox 3-3-5 defense is coming to town.
ULM suffered a 59-20 loss to Texas in its season opener, a game the Sun Devils are sure to have studied closely. Erickson, of course, spent time with Texas coach Mack Brown this offseason, presumably to discuss offensive strategy.
Sullivan said he is confident in his team's ability to perform well against ULM, but noted the team must be deft at picking up ULM's blitzes from both the linebackers and the secondary.
"It's just a matter of making sure your protections are solid," Sullivan said. "They can move guys around and change where you're going. It's just a matter of being sharp in that aspect and I think in the last week or so we've been pretty good with that."
Sophomore Garth Gerhart (turf toe) was still out of pads Tuesday, but he did some individual work on the sideline and on the exercise bike. Even if Gerhart was able to suit up Saturday, Erickson said he probably wouldn't start at this point.
So it looks like senior tackle Tom Njunge and sophomore guard Matt Hustad will be holding down the right side of the line on Saturday. Both Erickson and Sullivan noted, however, the running backs will be leaned on heavily in pass protection on Saturday.
ULM forced two fumbles against Texas and picked off Colt McCoy once, but allowed 562 yards of offense.
ULM is anchored by its leading tackler Cardia Jackson, a 6-2, 230-pound middle linebacker. Defensive end Aaron Morgan is the team's most disruptive force up front, as he has recorded three sacks and five tackles-for-loss so far this season.
The ULM secondary features free safety Greg James, whose 13 career interceptions coming into the season were tops in the NCAA.
"They've got a bunch of athletes that can move around and get across the field and make plays," Sullivan said. "You know, they struggled against Texas but played pretty well against Texas Southern … But we have a pretty good idea of what we're trying to do and what we're trying to get done."
Erickson said he was pleased with the team's effort on Tuesday, but said it feels like his team is starting its season all over again.
Freshman linebacker Vontaze Burfict received reps with the No. 1s at middle linebacker flanked by seniors Mike Nixon and Travis Goethel.
Erickson and his staff also gave some first-team reps to freshman Gregory Smith at defensive end, but Erickson said he still hasn't decided whether he will redshirt Smith.
"[Smith] is a guy that didn't really play defense all that much [in high school]," Erickson said. "But he's our type of guy that you can put out at the end who can run like heck."
Smith played defense during his junior year of high school but played at tight end for Citrus Hill (Perris, Calif.) as senior. Erickson said Smith currently weighs about 250 pounds but said he expects Smith to weigh about 270 by next season.
Sophomore Lawrence Guy (biceps) fully participated in practice and is expected to make his season debut on Saturday.
"I don't think he's quite 100 percent yet but he's close," Erickson said.
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Hershey took control right away on Monday against Maxwell and the Panthers never let up to win 58-29 in the first round of the South Platte Valley Association tournament at North Platte Community College.
The Panthers (6-8) scored the first five points with a three-pointer by Landan Maassen and a basket by Josh Connell.
Then after Brandon Fletcher scored the first two points for Maxwell (1-12), Hershey scored the next eight points with the final six coming on a three by Colton Marshall and a three-point play by Connell.
"Our kids came out with a sense of urgency," said Jorgenson. "We played smart and we played good defense."
It was 20-5 at the end of the first quarter, which wasn't where Maxwell coach Travis Klein wanted his team to be because his team hasn't been able to generate enough offense to make runs from behind this season.
"It's hard for us to come back when we don't score the ball well," Klein said. "Hershey came out and they hit a lot of good shots. They just kicked our butts on the boards tonight."
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Ben Roethlisberger, who has won two Super Bowl titles as quarterback of the Pittsburgh Steelers, will miss six games this season for violating the leagues personal conduct policy.
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Published: July 29, 2010
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Before the two Super Bowl titles, the $102 million contract and the well-chronicled accusations of sexual assault, Ben Roethlisberger was a college quarterback in 2004, about to realize his dream of playing in the N.F.L.
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Roethlisberger went from an unheralded college program to the N.F.L. combine.
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Roethlisberger apologized in April for creating negative attention for the Steelers and the N.F.L.
Mike Iriti, a childhood friend and a teammate at Miami University in Ohio, was with Roethlisberger and others in the days before the Pittsburgh Steelers drafted him 11th over all. Roethlisberger slipped off to a room by himself, Iriti said, and cried.
He knew that it was going to be completely different, Iriti said. It was one of those ultimate realizations that life aint the same. I think he kind of had that feeling of, Who do I look at as my true friends? He lost that vision somewhere.
Indeed, as Roethlisberger prepares to report to the Steelers training camp Friday, life is not the same for the quarterback once affectionately known as Big Ben.
In the spring Roethlisberger, 28, was accused of sexually assaulting a woman at a Georgia nightclub, then scolded by the district attorney in the case, although no charges were filed. He also faces a suit filed last July by a woman who contends he raped her in 2008 at a Lake Tahoe hotel and casino.
In April, N.F.L. Commissioner Roger Goodell suspended Roethlisberger for six games for violating the leagues personal conduct policy and ordered him to get a behavioral evaluation. In discussing the penalty, Goodell cited not only the Georgia incident, but also a pattern of behavior and bad judgments.
To Roethlisbergers many fans, the revelations of his conduct have come as a shock. But to many who knew him growing up in Findlay, Ohio, played with him in college or saw his personality change in Pittsburgh, the seeds of his problems were sown long ago.
It took awhile, Ryan Hawk, a backup to Roethlisberger at Miami, said in a telephone interview, but its all coming out now.
Roethlisberger did not respond to an interview request through his agent.
Those who knew the young Roethlisberger described him as a person who was intensely driven to succeed in athletics but who was allowed little time to develop socially. He had friends, they said, but few were close. He could be charming at times, they said, but usually when it served his self-interests.
Childhood Focus on Sports
Roethlisberger faced considerable loss early in life. His parents divorced when he was 2, and he lived with his father, Ken. When he was 8, his mother, Ida, died of injuries sustained in a car crash. She was on her way to visit him.
By then, his father had remarried, according to news accounts. The family later moved from Lima, Ohio, to Findlay, a quiet town of about 37,000 in northwestern Ohio. Roethlisberger immersed himself in sports, excelling in football, basketball and baseball.
Tara McCullough, who also grew up in northwestern Ohio and dated Roethlisberger briefly when they were freshmen at Miami, said she had childhood memories of seeing him shooting baskets for hours on end at a recreation center.
He seemed really driven in terms of athletics, she said.
Roethlisbergers father, a former pitcher and quarterback at Georgia Tech, encouraged him.
Iriti said Roethlisberger could not spend the night at a friends house unless his father and stepmother had two days notice to check out the arrangement. Clayton Acheson, who played high school basketball with Roethlisberger, described him as sheltered.
Roethlisberger emerged as an intense competitor, even in recreational activities like table tennis and pool. Acheson described him as Michael Jordan competitive.
He pretty much knew how good he was, Acheson said. He was a good kid. Thats why I think a lot of this is going down now, because he never lived like any of us in high school, having fun, doing this and that. He was completely focused.
But as Roethlisberger began to succeed on the field, he also began to exhibit signs of privilege that later characterized his recent actions off the field, those who knew him said. Iriti recalled that Roethlisberger did not show up for a couple of practices for a youth travel baseball team and that Iritis father cut him.
He definitely had the thought that he didnt have to do things, Iriti said.
Roethlisbergers senior year of high school, when he became the starting quarterback and set state records, had its share of drama. Some of his receivers felt forced to befriend Roethlisberger out of fear that he would not throw the ball to them, said Josh Huston, a former teammate who went on to be a kicker for Ohio State.
Iriti recalled that Roethlisberger nearly quit the football team. At one practice, Roethlisberger was sent to the sideline after hitting his hand on a helmet while throwing a pass and could only watch as Iriti excelled. Roethlisberger, he recalled, sulked and said: I dont like it. I hate it.
The coach had to convince Roethlisberger that the team needed him, Iriti said.
Hes just that type of person, Iriti said. I dont think he understands who he is. He doesnt understand just because you have a talent doesnt mean that you have the right to just automatically dismiss everything. Theres more to being Ben Roethlisberger than just throwing footballs.
High school classmates considered Roethlisberger cocky, Acheson said, adding that he tried too hard and was difficult to talk to because he was so focused on succeeding athletically. Huston said he rarely spent time with Roethlisberger because he did not like his swagger, trash talk and competitiveness beyond sports.
I think he felt like he needed more respect than what he got off the field for being a good athlete, Huston said in a telephone interview.
Even rare conversations with Roethlisberger were forced, Acheson said.
He didnt care about any of us or what we were doing, he said. It was tunnel vision completely.
When the police were dispatched to parties, Acheson said, Roethlisberger was often chosen to talk to them and smooth things over. He got us out of a few parties with the cops, Acheson said. He wasnt ever drinking. Wed just have him go out there.
In an interview with a Pittsburgh television station in June, Roethlisberger said his father did not allow alcohol in the house.
High school classmates recalled that Roethlisberger mainly dated the class president.
No girls were throwing themselves at him, Acheson said.
In College, No Competition
Instead, he was attracting the attention of recruiters from Division I football programs. Iriti said Roethlisberger once told him that if a quarterback named Rick McFadden went to Ohio State, he would not play for the Buckeyes.
After McFadden announced his intention to attend Ohio State, Roethlisberger chose between Duke and Miami, neither one a football power.
Hes never had any competition, Iriti said.
The only competition at Miami came from Hawk, who eventually transferred. Hawk recalled Roethlisberger as a teammate who set his own rules.
As Miami freshmen they were going to redshirt, but Hawk was forced into action late in the season because of injuries.
Players like Roethlisberger, who traveled with the team but were not expected to play, were supposed to participate in 5 a.m. weight-lifting sessions the day before games. But Roethlisberger never showed up, which upset the older players, Hawk said.
Roethlisbergers absences, Hawk said, caused the team to institute a rule requiring freshmen to participate in the sessions unless they were playing. When Roethlisberger became the Miami starter the next season, Hawk said, his teammates openly laughed at him for missing the weight-lifting sessions.
It was little stuff like that that built up, Hawk said.
When McCullough dated Roethlisberger in college, she said, he was so shy that he came across as arrogant. She recalled that he often waited outside her dormitory for her to return from volleyball practice and that he wrote letters and notes that said, Youre beautiful.
McCullough said she did not notice anything unusual about Roethlisberger and that he was never sexually inappropriate. Like others, she did not recall his drinking alcohol heavily at Miami.
He was nice, McCullough said. He was flattering all in a good, fine way.
So she was stunned by the recent allegations against him.
It is hard for me to fathom just because its not the person that I knew, she said, her voice cracking. Its hard for me to wrap my mind around it.
When Roethlisberger was drafted, he celebrated with his family and friends at a New York hotel. Holding an alcoholic drink, he leaned over to his high school friend Scott Andrus and whispered, This is the first time Ive drank in front of my parents.
I was dumbfounded, Andrus said, but thats how much respect Ben has for his family.
In the N.F.L., a Change
When Roethlisberger arrived in Pittsburgh as a rookie in 2004, he was low-key. Stephanie Barnhart, who was a waitress at the now-closed sports bar Hi-Tops, said he did not drink alcohol.
He was very quiet and innocent when he first started, Barnhart said in a telephone interview. He was very, very polite.
But Roethlisbergers behavior, by many accounts, changed after he won his first Super Bowl, in February 2006. Four months later, he sustained head injuries in a motorcycle crash. He was not wearing a helmet.
As Roethlisberger became a fixture in Pittsburgh bars and clubs, word spread about his boorish manner.
Throughout the Pittsburgh area, he developed a reputation among waiters and bartenders for leaving without paying and, if he did pay, for tipping poorly. His behavior toward women grew increasingly aggressive and demanding, with those he dated and those he encountered at nightclubs, those who know him said.
It got to the extent the past two or three years that it was a phenomenon, said Jesse Herrle, general manager of Tads on East Carson, a bar on Pittsburghs trendy South Side. It grew into something he lost control of and it turned on him. He became a joke in this town and, in my industry, a laughingstock. People knew when he was in a bar or out and about; he was a punch line.
In the Pittsburgh television interview in June, Roethlisberger acknowledged that he was not prepared for his transition to fame.
To get thrown into that so fast, I got so overwhelmed with it that it consumed me, he said.
A woman who dated Roethlisberger shortly after he joined the Steelers said that when they met, he was a very down-to-earth guy who often talked about his family. But by the time she stopped seeing him after his first Super Bowl victory, he had changed.
It was quick fame, said the woman, who spoke on condition of anonymity because she feared her past relationship with Roethlisberger might harm her professionally. It was just different.
Whatever the reasons for the change the success, the money, the motorcycle accident Roethlisberger will return to the site of his greatest success on Friday. For him, the rules have changed, if not on the field, then off it.


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Dale E. Snow
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"System des transzendentalen Idealismus," The Literary Encyclopedia, published July 25, 2005.
""Pinkard on the Legacy of German Idealism," Bulletin of the Hegel Society of Great Britain, Vol. 49/50, 2004.
"Simpsonian Sexual Politics," in The Simpsons and Philosophy, ed. Irwin, Skoble and Conard, Open Court, 2001). Co-authored with James Snow.
Schelling and the End of Idealism, Albany: State University of New York Press, 1996.
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Randy is on vacation but he cannot go any where money issue. So he is gonna work around house and may be help out communtiy. But unless called for nothing around town to engage small town problem. Stan, meanwhile had assigment to write essay about meaning about 'love'. And he obviously ask his father figure who cannot give exact descriptions as well. Anyway he promised his son to help as he has plenty of time. "Just wait I will bring forth a types of Love exist between humans. Then suddenly he remembers how he was dancing to the song "what is Love" when he was at his love age. So, he tells Stan that for sure love is more emotional than honest eternal love. Then that question triggers in him old feeling of emotions for her first true love that he never expressed towards russian girl Anya <which is mine's too>. Everybody scared his father because he couldn't communicate enough and he dressed like MIB. At scool kids ignored her too. But she was russian beauty. ( She looked like Boxxy but too perfect ) Boys got intimidated by her presence and she enjoyed it. Meanwhile big event 80's promo was coming to town. But this event was organised but group of 4 people who looked like exactly Depeche Mode folks with agenda to study Stan. Billy Meier is the leader, Hilly Meier , Hot Meier (hot meyser look a like) and Kool Meyer(cold meyser). These brother pretenders are here from parallel universe where God doesn't exist but Universal Consciousness established universe many 311 trillion years ago and there time came to shrink to size of small flea. So before another slumbering period they want unique creature Stan to be included in their Universe as their Universal Consciousness gave task to them to find two creatures one is him and other is pony. Who are opposite and missing kind or types in their Universe as their law dictated to bring +/ -.
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So, when they arrived they talk to hunter guy to help find the most spontanious guy in their city for 80's promo who will cheer and encourage audience to dance. So, he brought Randy to introduce and he love it. At that moment kids were having some sort of emotional obsession with Boxxy phenomenon on internet. On chat rooms were war going on between kids for and against. And it didn't stop with kids. It actually infected adults too. Grown ups were recalling how they used to be nuetral on everything when they could see like paper clean without jumping into predisposition. Many folks could see with clear insight who is truthful and who is lying. Could you insert that fake pastor who talk so sweet and the same time full of lie on his permenant blinking eyes-Joel Osteen's speech on TV set behind? For some felt like born again 'atheist'. Across the nations religeos attendance fall by 4% and turning Athiests. But if this obvious assault is inapproprate then it could be put in this way that suicide rate and people's happiness suddenly went up. So, all religeos sects started to declare that this phenomenon have to do with delusional human's side freak effect. One of the Catholic church clerk invited all religeon, charlatan, soothsayers, and new age mambo-jambos to convey what's happening out there and who to blame Catho guy says she, Boxxy, with her 4 pointed minds managed to turn people into Neutral Positive Thinking evoking human's young age neutral thinking capabilites because child is the most nutral reasoning being. One of the attendant pointed out that box has 8 points. In remark he says that it will be 8 points too and worse. So, now we have this NPR problem source has to be eliminated or marginilized. What we need is opposite EPR. So they make statement that she takes drug. In response she has her "i don't do drugs video'. < U can get so many funny things between her video>. Every attept to redicule is "failure". Randy started to dance in the event to encourage others and visitors from all over country to the event 80's Promo. Promo has all sign and post commerating 'baby boomers' and giving them deserved honor of witnessing 80's phenomenon. (This is SP salute to the current parents which is you and me). First song is 'Take on Me by A-Ha'. Please include a factory pre-work stretch moves presicely so that could be very informative how warm-up is done. Then he suddenly gets band and wrap around his head to make some Karate moves classic punch and kick in the end. When song becomes a bit cheerful after few second he dance like Irish stomping. After many hours of cheering he is exhausted, but those Meier brothers watching and studying him from time to time looking at each other giving a nod. After first day party-concert they invite him back where brothers want to talk to him very important thing. And they tell him they want him to come along to their universe that is parallel to theirs"Dal Universe". He cannot believe, but they told him that he spoke to your universal god, who agreed. As a prove he can go to hill next to church. God will talk to him. Just he have to plea few moment and he will show a sign to go ahead as human has free will. And he went started to plea forgivness and cry if he offended God that he doesn't care about being with him. "Why?" . Song started to play "shake the desease by Depeche Mode". As he coudn't believe the god will agree to go as he is so confused for God's love. The same time these Meier Brothers showed him, prior, or plugged with their advance tech how beautiful and advanced in their consciousness next to theirs vibe. He was so ecstatic about what he felt thru. But he have to incarnate many million times to reach their level as their law states. They handed him "Goblet of Truth" he have to look thru and sign an agreement endorsed by god and Universal Consciousness. When he plea god next to Catholic church, song "shake the disease" some tune will be played by a Pastor on his church argon with smile on his face( to show how people fall under religeos tunes) and in their backgrounds many sheeps watching up to gods light making "maaa.." and cross on church of cause. They don't want him to understand all clauses that are included as this universes God demanded to be this 7 days to study other Universes laws and rules.
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He is distrotted that God agreed him to be let him go. God is made agreed that human has free will. So all he have to do is to sign agree in 6 days. But Meier Brothers doesn't want him to read Goblet of truth. As he have to live million life to reach their level only perk is Anya look a like will be with her on each incarnation. He goes home and Stan ask about if he found materials for love theme. Randy ... eh... pulls Goblet of Truth which is contained inside Goblet shaped thing. Started to quote that humans do not know true cosmic transending love. They thereby think that grasping feeling is love. wow awesome Dad. it actually makes sense, but he is confused himself. Well, Good nIght it is my turn. After few hours search he found her. She is still Boxxy like long dark-brown hair, and nice smile. Next morning he is walking down the street to promo event. Playing 'just can't get enough tune in his head and galloping. He let one promo attending lady to walk around while he kneeled as in ballroom. So, when he enters Promo Hall " new life" by depeche mode played, and he did some old awesome moves. All religeos, charlatan, soothsayers at catholic gathering listen clergy man who explains that it is their common worry to prevent rise of new age. He pulls Enoch Book and told them that in this pages talk about Rise of women as mother of earth. They are antichrist. You see and he puts Boxxy B-9, O-7, X-5,X-5, Y-1 this is from cabala folks helped me with their updated version MIB correction. (excerpt from Billy Meier report or refer to youtube search). In one respose she invents a response with a song " I am a Boxxy girl from Boxxy world, I am fantastic... and so on" just like Barbie Girl from 1990's song.
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He is so walked up. He sat down next to his son, Stan. Stan again ask more about love. And he pulls from goblet about 4 types of love between humans. <from Billy Meier>. He suddenly realizes that she is the reason that he has affection for her not only because of her look. She was indeed good to him as he remembered. He looked at computer screen and sees you see song playing by Boxxy, then he started to play in his head 'see you' by depeche mode. He is in deep thought walking into convineint store to pick some drink as he takes walk in the night. Those Meier brothers dressed as MIB watching and analysing his move punching buttons on device ( just like in video). He is back at home, when song says I will not touch you he touches her portrait, says no kiss, he kisses, no hug- and he hugs picture. And those MIBs on the window take picture of themselves and song finish and they are cloaked - gonna. He is so exhausted that he feels it now. He is late for next event. And again "don't let me down' by depeche mode plays and hunter with another old man look a like from video came to pick him up as Meier's asked to do so. They take him from upstairs like from original video. Put him on kitchen table with coffe in front, and they shift inside car they are taking him where he is needs to be. < this old guy has so honest true expression, unlike modern mask wearing folks> He is inside promo hall again. Hit Meier plays I ran(so far away) just like a looking the same as A Flock of Seagulls, looking at ceiling and around. Randy is not that happy and he is tired. On the wall flashes Anya like pics and cosmic star pictures. He is thinking about to get in touch with Anya at least sent some messages. While song plays he is running home like in video game Vice City. <You can add many things between> In the end he let them know that he is not leaving with them. He loves his universe and doesn't want to live forever in cycle. Will go to paradise afterward! Scratch his head because he is not sure. So, charlatan, soothsayers, and all religeos representatives cannot figure out where is she getting impulse or inspirations from. To the end Boxxy is watching My little Ponie ( freindship is magic ). Randy asks them what they gonna do. They said there are many other universes and will find eventually. Are sure? It is all probablilties man! Now let's go find pony. Pony? Yes, there are intellegent ponies out there next door universe and they are governed by head god creature unicorn. Can I see what they look like? Have a look? If you lived long enough in our universe one day you could travel just like us to see wonders from here to there. <There are Derp picture generated by one of the fan 3D> show it also. randy says well they are estremely cute I may think about becoming them. Nope, human can incarnate only as human. It is not for you bro. But that MIB Meier brothers did with Randy brohoof gesture in the end saying that's how they depart.
< by the way I forgot that when Randy beg God for sign he look up at sky and started to rotate like Muslim Moroco or Turkish dance to get into trance with God. In his robe at night he rotate like them too. He looks from top like flower. In the sky multiple stars twinkling that should make think people there many suns out there.>
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This whole thing is to introduce this Universal Consciousness idea into main stream.
1. It is better afterall Depeche Mode songs to be portrayed as they are singing it and each time they flash with their emotion gauging device and puff-gonna. They are actually present each time the song play and they are keep observing him in a hideout watching and singing of cause. This scene should become so memorable and fanny the same time.
2. Those assembling guys to counter spread of Nuetral Positive Thinking, it is actually Nuetral Positive Thinking that is requered each time human to assess anything without hyper emotion, to be changed into NPR as clergy man explained that this way it souds better. "NPR should be cut off and diminished. INstead we should promote EPR".
3. Catholic clergy man is from coutry that is mainly catholic and he has haevy accent. He cannot say properly word 'public" instead he says all the time something like 'pubic'. U as "yu".
4. Why Billy and Hilly - Hilly-Billy. Billy is Billy Meier after swiss guy. Who is author of Goblet of Truth.
5. When Hunter Guy and Old Folk with sincere face brought him Randy from his bed as in original video, there to be a Goblet in the beginning behind which they appear. Pretty much music video repeat.
6. Derpy is charachter from Little Ponie. His inspriration came from SP, indeed. His 3D realistic picture ( on internet ) is so wonderful that look real and intellegent with human like look and hair is blond or mesmerising something from Lord Of the Ring's scene. And Derp may even visit our Universe as usually appearing in SP town causing a huge sensation in another episode where Derp is treasure after which started to chase and adored by many. Well, that's totally different subject but just wanted to give an idea. Derp appearance on his own characterized cameo will cause minor or big disturbance from diferent fan base. You will see when you incorporate this creature, hooved folk, into SP.
7. Boxxy has very unique voice. She lives in SF area and she could invited to cotribute her own voice in some scene where invented originalty demanded. Visit boxxyphenomenon.blogspot.com
There are also 3:04 mins captivating " My name is Boxxy" song mix by Davidson 375 or something like that. If you could incorporate it would be awesome too.
As I like to say Feel free to Utilize.
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1. Can you include song "walking in my shoes" as how hard decision when god says 'up to you to decide'.
2. There are so many song that it should compensate for some lack of "very funny" side.
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There are Numeric Value of words present in Cabala and true Plejaren version that is original, void of mistakes. May be it should be mentioned improved or corrected numeric value of names? Go ahead spread The Idea of Universal Sized Consciousness. Consciousness above everything of alive and conscious. UC is only part of bigger picture and who knows our lump of Universes is part of another grand picture and so on.
Love is part of obsession. We humans jump from one obsession to the next, blind or unwilling to confess that what we pretend to fall in love which void of real love. It is just part of pure addiction like symptoms. Real love have to be nourished and come to conclusions with time devoted to it. Nothing like song, specially pop-song.
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So yeah, a lot happens. It could possibly be shortened but these all intertwine with each other so there's no way you could take one of the three plots out.
TL;DR Kyle tries to prevent himself from following a trend and "jumping on the bandwagon" while Cartman falls victim to one of his own pranks, caught by Sheila who wants to ban masturbation
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I am currently one of the southerns in NYC. I think this would be an amazing south park episode. I apoligize if I offeneded anyone. I do not think this is too soon but would be a great show!
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Guns, control, stupid politicians, mental illness, video games...
Come on guys, the squabble and gobble of politicians is right up the alley.
Imagine huge projector display in the senate with all the senators playing Call of Duty. Plus you all can pitch Stick of Truth.
Teachers with guns
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Phase 2 Study of Inhaled Lipid Cisplatin in Pulmonary Recurrent Osteosarcoma
This study is ongoing, but not recruiting participants.
Eleison Pharmaceuticals LLC.
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Last updated: January 19, 2016
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To establish whether treatment with Inhaled Lipid Cisplatin (ILC) is effective in delaying/preventing pulmonary relapse in osteosarcoma patients in complete surgical remission following one or two prior pulmonary relapses.
|Pulmonary Relapse of Osteosarcoma
|Drug: Inhaled Lipid Cisplatin (ILC)
|Phase 2
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Prevention
|Official Title:
|Phase 2 Study of Inhaled Lipid Cisplatin in Pulmonary Recurrent Osteosarcoma
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Primary Outcome Measures:
- Observed Relapse Free Interval (RFI) [ Time Frame: At relapse, estimated at 6-12 months average. ]Observed relapse free interval (RFI) will be compared to historical controls. Relapse free interval is defined as the time of diagnosis of the previous relapse to time of diagnosis of the new relapse.
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Median, 1, 2 and 5 year Overall Survival (OS) [ Time Frame: 1, 2 and 5 Years ]The percentage of patients alive at 1, 2 and 5 years and the median overall survival.
- Median, 1, 2 and 5 year Event Free Survival (EFS) [ Time Frame: 1, 2 and 5 years ]The percentage of patients surviving without disease relapse at 1, 2 and 5 years and the median event free survival.
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|August 2012
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|December 2016
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
|June 2016 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
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Experimental: ILC
Inhaled Lipid Cisplatin (ILC) will be administered every two weeks via nebulization and inhalation.
Drug: Inhaled Lipid Cisplatin (ILC)
ILC is provided as cisplatin in a lipid complex suspended in a saline solution. Every two weeks, the patient will receive 36 mg/m2 (measured as concentration of cisplatin) of ILC via nebulization. Treatment may continue for up to 1 year.
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ILC is a novel formulation of cisplatin, designed for inhalation by nebulization. The anticipated pulmonary benefits of ILC over systemic cisplatin therapy are threefold:
- Increased local cisplatin concentrations
- Sustained release of cisplatin in the lungs
- Minimal systemic exposure to cisplatin
In this study, patients currently in surgical complete remission (CR) following one or two prior relapses of osteosarcoma involving pulmonary disease will be treated with ILC every two weeks for up to one year. ILC will be administered via nebulization.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|13 Years and older (Child, Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- History of osteosarcoma metastatic to the lung(s). (First or second pulmonary recurrence(s) removed by surgery, and previous second-line systemic chemotherapy is allowed).
- Patients must be macroscopically disease free following pulmonary metastectomy of a single or multiple lesions. Complete remission surgically (free of macroscopic disease) is required. Pleural disruption and/or microscopic positive margins are allowed.
- Age ≥13 years.
- Patients must have recovered sufficiently from all acute adverse effects of prior therapies, excluding alopecia.
- Patients must have an ECOG performance status of 0-2. (Lansky score of 50-100 if < 16 years old).
- Patients must have recovered sufficiently from surgery and have adequate airflow and pulmonary reserve. This decision should be at the investigator's discretion taking into consideration pre-surgery pulmonary function. (As a guideline: adequate airflow defined by a measured Forced Expiratory Volume (FEV1) not less than 50% of the predicted value and adequate pulmonary reserve as evidenced by a FEV1/FVC ratio of 65% or greater).
- Patients must have adequate renal function as defined by a serum creatinine of ≤ 1.5 mg/dl.
- Patients must have adequate liver function as defined by total bilirubin of ≤ 1.5 mg/dl and ALT or AST < 2.5 times the institution's upper normal limit.
- Patients must have adequate bone marrow function as defined by an absolute neutrophil count (ANC) of ≥ 1,000/mm3 and platelet count of ≥ 100,000/mm3.
- Signed informed consent including, where applicable, the consent of the patient's legal guardian.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Current extrapulmonary disease.
- Current macroscopic pulmonary lesions.
- Greater than 2 pulmonary recurrences.
- Greater than 4 weeks since thoracotomy rendering patient free of macroscopic disease.
- Females who are pregnant or breast-feeding.
- Concomitant disease or condition that could interfere with the conduct of the study, or that would, in the opinion of the investigator, pose an unacceptable risk to the patient in this study.
- Contraindication to or unwillingness to undergo multiple CT scans and chest X-rays.
- Unwillingness or inability to comply with the study protocol for any other reason.
- Participation in an investigational drug or device study or treatment with any anti-neoplastic agent within 14 days of the first day of dosing on this study
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01650090
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01650090
|United States, California
|Children's Hospital Los Angeles
|Los Angeles, California, United States, 90027
|Stanford University Medical Center
|Palo Alto, California, United States, 94304
|United States, Florida
|H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center
|Tampa, Florida, United States, 33612
|United States, Illinois
|University of Chicago
|Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60637
|United States, Louisiana
|Ochsner Clinic Foundation
|New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, 70121
|United States, Massachusetts
|Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
|Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02215
|United States, Minnesota
|Mayo Clinic
|Rochester, Minnesota, United States, 55905
|United States, Missouri
|Washington University School of Medicine
|St. Louis, Missouri, United States, 63110
|United States, New York
|Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
|New York, New York, United States, 10065
|The Children's Hospital at Montefiore
|The Bronx, New York, United States, 10467
|United States, Tennessee
|Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center
|Nashville, Tennessee, United States, 37232
|United States, Texas
|UT Southwestern Medical Center
|Dallas, Texas, United States, 75390
|Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children's Hospital
|Houston, Texas, United States, 77030
|United States, Utah
|Primary Children's Medical Center
|Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, 84113
|United States, Washington
|Seattle Children's Hospital
|Seattle, Washington, United States, 98105
Sponsors and Collaborators
Eleison Pharmaceuticals LLC.
|Principal Investigator:
|Richard Gorlick, MD
|The Children's Hospital at Montefiore
|Study Director:
|Forrest H Anthony, MD, PhD
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|Study First Received:
|July 20, 2012
|Last Updated:
|January 19, 2016
Keywords provided by Eleison Pharmaceuticals LLC.:
Pulmonary relapse
Lung metastases
Pediatric osteosarcoma
Inhaled chemotherapy
Inhaled Lipid Cisplatin
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Disease Attributes
Pathologic Processes
Neoplasms, Bone Tissue
Neoplasms, Connective Tissue
Neoplasms, Connective and Soft Tissue
Neoplasms by Histologic Type
Antineoplastic Agents
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HOUSTON - It's the picture everyone is talking about -- Former President George H.W. Bush dined at Gigi's Asian Bistro in the Galleria.
It's one of his favorite Houston restaurants. The photo was taken Saturday night and was posted on Instagram.
Customers were not at all surprised when we told them Gigi's is a Bush family favorite.
"If it's good for the Bushes, it's good for us," said Herman Ruiz, a Gigi's customer.
The 88-year-old former president could be seen smiling in the picture as he poses with Mark Sullivan and Jason Reeves. Sullivan does public relations for the restaurant.
This may be our first look at the president since his release from Methodist Hospital last month, but a Bush family spokesman said this wasn't his first outing.
Bush was admitted to Methodist Hospital in late November and spent several weeks there as doctors treated him for a lingering cough and a stubborn fever.
Former First Lady Laura Bush said at a speaking engagement Monday that her father-in-law continues to make strides in his recovery.
"In fact, we got the word that he has already been out to dinner in Houston, so I think he's in good shape," Laura Bush said.
It's a Bush family tradition to dine at Gigi's on Christmas Day, so this Christmas had had the food delivered to the hospital.
"Gigi's is a great restaurant -- great food, great tradition. You've got Gigi and her parents. It's no wonder she's got quite a following," said Laura Van Ness, a Gigi's diner.
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O'Hare union workers call for re-bid on contract
Union workers and a group of Chicago aldermen want the city to rebid a controversial contract at O'Hare International Airport.
The city signed a $99 million contract with a new janitorial company called United Maintenance. The new contract starts Friday.
But janitors who are members of Service Employees International Union said the deal is costing them jobs.
Mildred Rueda has been a custodian at the airport for seven years. She's is one of almost 300 workers that will be out of a job.
"They're taking my job away from me and giving it to somebody else" Rueda said. "And I think it's unfair."
Four alderman: Scott Waugespack (32nd Ward), Rod Sawyer (6th Ward), Nick Sposato (36th Ward), and Rick Muñoz (22nd Ward) are calling for the city administration to move forward with a responsible bidders ordinance.
"We're seeing a push in city administration to eliminate good paying jobs and provide workers with lower wages through contracting agencies that do not follow a responsible bidding," Waugespack said.
Waugespack said this ordinance will require companies like United to provide workers with good salaries and benefits. The ordinance would apply to contracts for janitorial, security and window washing over $50,000 in Chicago.
Thirty-one alderman have already signed on. United Maintenance said it's offered positions to more than 100 laid off employees. The company also said that O'Hare workers are provided full health benefits.
Other SEIU members also can reapply for their jobs.
But some Chicago aldermen complain the airport workers could face lower pay.
"These men and women who have been laboring day in and day out are being let go," Muñoz said. "They're being replaced by employees that will be paid less."
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Use of Topical Lidocaine to Reduce Pain in Patients With Diabetic Neuropathy
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The purpose of this study is to see if an investigational drug known as the lidocaine 5% patch is safe and effective in reducing the symptoms of diabetic neuropathy, to examine how topical lidocaine affects the nerve endings, and to determine whether treatment with the lidocaine patch can prevent the potential progression to chronic diabetic neuropathy pain in subjects who did not report pain at the start of the study.
|Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy
|Other: Skin biopsy
|Phase 2 Phase 3
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Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
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|Use of Topical Lidocaine (Lidoderm 5% Patch) to Reduce Pain in Patients With Diabetic Neuropathy: Does the Density and Subtype of Sodium Channels Affect Response?
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- To determine if the lidocaine patch provides therapeutic benefit to patients with painful diabetic neuropathy. [ Time Frame: 4 weeks to one year ]
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Neuromuscular Diseases
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Diabetes Complications
Diabetes Mellitus
Endocrine System Diseases
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High schools outside the box: Jan. 21, 2011
Published 10:00 pm, Thursday, January 20, 2011
From inside the lines to out, Express-News staff writers Lorne Chan and Terrence Thomas take a look back and a look ahead at the high school sports landscape.
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20.1 Points per game for St. Gerard guard Zantwan Franklin. The Royals (18-4) are ranked No. 10 in the state among small private schools.
21 Matches canceled at area soccer tournaments Saturday because of inclement weather or poor field conditions.
21.7 Taft boys basketball team's average margin of victory in its nine District 27-5A games. The Raiders have a two-game lead, and have won 20 of their past 21 games.
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23 Churchill football players named on one of the Texas High School Coaches Association's academic All-State teams, more than any other school in the state.
26 Consecutive seasons in which Alamo Heights has hosted a boys soccer tournament, the longest-running event in the Greater San Antonio Area. Saint Mary's Hall held its 25th annual girls tournament in November, which is the longest continually run girls tournament in the state.
300 Victories for Reagan girls basketball coach Terry Barton. He reached the milestone with Tuesday's 65-41 District 26-5A victory against Johnson. Barton is 300-215 in 17 seasons, including 117-50 in five seasons at Reagan.
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Swing of things: The University Interscholastic League softball season officially begins today with schools allowed to conduct their first after-school workouts. Teams can begin playing games Feb. 14.
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From an audience standpoint, Uptown Players' inaugural Dallas Pride Performing Arts Festival has been a hit, with a wide range of shows at the Kalita, including rare mid-week performances.
The best of the lot: The New Century, easily Paul Rudnick's funniest play. Basically a series of three monologues or short scenes capped by a reunion of all the characters, it's a near-formless series of vignettes performed by a crackerjack cast: Marisa Diotalevi plays the world's most accepting (and put-upon) PFLAG mom; Paul J. Williams is Mr. Charles, a cable-access host known as the gayest man alive; and Lulu Ward is a Midwestern housewife and crafter whose recollections of her gay son are hilarious, poignant and beautiful. They are all fantastic, but Ward — modulating between absurdist shtick and repressed sorrow that squeaks out of the corners of her eyes — gives the best performance I've seen on a stage in Dallas this year. She'll leave a lump in your throat. Final performance: Saturday at 4 p.m.
The 1980 lesbian melodrama Last Summer at Bluefish Cove is something of a time-capsule, with references to David Susskind and Donahue and when feminism was still controversial in society, and not just on FoxNews. Coming as it does about the mid-point between The Boys in the Band and Love! Valour! Compassion!, it bridges those elements and changes the characters to women: A straight newcomer falls into a nest of sniping friends over a summer by the beach. While it's a bit hokey — cancer, romance, turning a straight girl gay — makes it feel occasionally formulaic, it's a fascinating piece well-acted by a cast led by Diane Box, Beth Albright and Mary-Margaret Pyett. (Although called a "staged reading," it is basically a full-on production with sets, lights, costumes and staging.) Final performance: Today at 8 p.m.
The mainstage show Beautiful Thing, based on the British film, it's a tender story of working class boys coming of age. It's a finely detailed piece full of heavy accents, specific imagery and a realistic, tentative relationship between young men coming into their sexuality. The tight cast especially the boys, Parker Fitzgerald and Sam Swenson, load it with charm. Final performance: Saturday at 2 p.m.
Not every show is worth recommending. Indeed, the centerpiece production, Crazy, Just Like Me, is a tortured bit of pop musical pabulum. Drew Gasparini wrote the score and co-wrote the book, and neither have a speck of creativity. Simon has been best friend and roommate of Mike for 23 years, but no one seems to have noticed that Simon is gay except Mike's new girlfriend Jessica. Simon, in a series of banal and redundant therapy sessions, finally comes to terms with his homosexuality but still manages to screw everything up. The indistinguishable tuneless songs are Jonathan Larson wannabes — call it Low-Rent — and the actors seem awkward delivering the cumbersome lines. You'd be crazy to like this one. Final performance: Today at 7:30 p.m.


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I am a federal worker who quite often commutes the Northeast corridor via Amtrak Metroliner from Philadelphia to D.C. and back in the same day. This grueling trek requires an early departure, so I always visit my humidor to pack away a good cigar for my visit in case the opportunity presents itself. One day, I finished my scheduled business and returned to the train station, just missing my train by seconds. Since the Metroliner runs on hourly schedules, I had an hour to stand under the station portico in the shade and enjoy my Don Tomás.
After lighting up, I was treated to a performance by a great jazz saxophonist, who was playing out on the traffic island for cash. What a great way to end the day! It got better, however, when the cigar aroma allowed me to transcend the age barrier and get the treat of a lifetime! I got to speak with Mr. Johnson, who was 89 years young. He remarked as he walked by, "That cigar smells real good. In fact, I used to smoke Phillys and Muriels." I felt bad about bringing just a single cigar, but he told me he couldn't smoke cigars anymore anyway, although he missed them greatly.
At that point, we talked for about 45 minutes about his life as a retired postal worker (he still carried around his retirement papers), how much a horn player makes in a day, and his wife, who had passed away several years ago. Before she died, she made sure he would still go for his daily walk that they both used to take religiously, and since he lived in D.C., he had to continue to dress in a dignified manner for his walk. He did cut a dapper figure at 89.
Unfortunately for me, trains do eventually arrive, cigars must burn toward their bands, and my meeting with Mr. Johnson had to end. It would not, however, be forgotten. I wrote this letter to make sure Mr. Johnson's tale never dies.
Russel J. Griffith
Bellmawr, New Jersey
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Dear Marvin,
My cigar odyssey began more than 12 years ago, when as a young man of 15 I would steal my father's H. Upmanns, which he shamefully kept in the refrigerator. Throughout my adolescence I watched the great men in my life celebrate their triumphs, bond with friends and relax after long days with a cigar. Consequently, I began to consider cigars as a symbol of success.
Entering the United States Military Academy after high school only furthered my beliefs. The American military has a great and colorful history of cigar smokers, and the Corps of Cadets does its best to continue that tradition at Army-Navy game tailgates and informal gatherings of future Army officers. Visions of Sherman vigorously chewing his cigar during the siege of Vicksburg, of Patton casually lighting up during his 1944 dash across France, and of the common grunt raiding wine and Cognac cellars in Lorraine during the race to the Rhine and finding the added bonus of aged cigars, permeate American military history.
My story begins in March of last year when I, along with thousands of my closest friends, deployed to Bosnia-Herzegovina as part of the NATO Stabilization Force. In addition to packing all the necessary military gear required for the mission, I had the daunting task of selecting which few cigars would deploy with me as part of my personal supply. One of the great benefits of serving the Army is having the opportunity to live in Germany--and having access to all the Cohibas, Montecristos and Partagas that I could ever desire. However, you can only pack and carry so much, and after conducting a thorough analysis of the Bosnian climate and probable transportation damage, I selected a box of Dunhill 1994 Tabaras for the trip. Unfortunately, peace enforcement operations are extremely stressful, especially in a country of nearly a million land mines, and my fellow officers and I quickly went through my smokes.
The U.S. Army has the greatest logistical and soldier support capability in the world, but for some unknown reason, our camp supply sergeants were unable to procure replacement cigars through the military. As a last-ditch effort to save the mission, I contacted a relief agency called Cigar.Com at their Web site. I explained to them that the fate of the NATO mission hung in the balance, and they quickly responded to our plea. In just a few weeks I received more than three thousand cigars for the soldiers of Task Force 2-2 Infantry. For the next few months the warm Bosnian nights were illuminated--not with artillery or mortars, but with the brilliant fires of soldiers enjoying the relaxing pleasures of the best cigars in the world--free ones.
The soothing draw of a cigar was not only a great source of pleasure for our soldiers, it was also a very effective weapon in the "psychological warfare" conducted by U.S. troops throughout our sector. Correctly recognizing the relaxing effect cigars have, our company and task force commanders began to use them to manipulate stubborn military and civilian leaders. During heated negotiations, when neither side would budge, it was often the soothing draw of [one of our cigars] that would bring out the better judgment of the parties involved. While the Department of Defense may never admit it, more so than any smart bomb or special operations team mission, it was the common cigar that maintained the peace in the former Yugoslavia from March to October of 1997.
As I crossed the Sava River heading north this past October, I was filled with a great sense of accomplishment. The mission belonged to someone else now, and it was my time to celebrate. I thought long and hard trying to determine the most appropriate means of celebrating the end of this chapter in my life, and I came down to two choices. I could emulate a great American general, George Patton, and urinate in the Sava as he did in the Rhine in 1945. Or I could sit back and light up one last Balkian cigar as my Hummer crossed over into Croatia. I did the latter, and tried my best to look like Schwarzenegger as we headed home.
Michael Donahue
Captain, U.S. Army
Bamberg, Germany
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Editor's note: The following letter was forwarded to our attention by the writer.
Dear Larry King,
You are a solid interviewer and the success of your TV show reflects your excellence. But, making statements like "nobody smokes anymore" (which you said last night on "Larry King Weekend" coverage of the Duke of Windsor auction) not only offended the smokers who were guests on the show, but offended all people who choose to smoke tobacco (of which I and millions of others are representative). Further, such a statement (which only the any-means-to-an-end-toward-prohibition antismoking industry would applaud) is, of course, blatantly absurd! If no one smoked anymore, why in heaven's name is the media (especially CNN) fueling the most fanatic, irrational and pious campaign of the decade toward a single, legal product? Why the ridiculous tobacco "settlement" congressional discussions? Why the continued growth of the tobacco industry worldwide?
Though I am not employed by the tobacco industry in any way, I have become more and more disgusted and angered over the paternalistic and holier-than-thou attitudes reflected over tobacco by politicians and the news media. Always cloaked in the safe, self-righteous and politically correct statement "for our children," the real impetus behind these attacks is greed and prohibition. Clearly, this fanaticism has got to stop.
The fact that you choose to no longer smoke is your business. In the "land of the free," however, kindly return the courtesy by getting off the backs of adult smokers who continue (and will continue) to enjoy smoking.
Dan Locklair,
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
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Dear Marvin,
My wife (of 34 years) and I were headed from our home in Windsor, Ontario, for our sixth holiday in Cuba. As our trip was in part related to cigars, I thought I would share some of my experiences with your readers.
Three years ago an acquaintance in Cuba had convinced me to try a Cohiba, and I have never looked back. The next Christmas, my daughter gave me a subscription to Cigar Aficionado, and my life was complete!
I had been extremely busy prior to leaving on this vacation and had not had time for my weekly cigar for about three weeks. We had a one-hour stopover at one airport in Cuba and I was pleased to see someone rolling cigars inside the airport terminal. A five-dollar bill got us two very cold beers, a "no-name" cigar of very high quality, and 50 cents change. What an enjoyable stopover.
Some three hours later, we were at our hotel, and after unpacking we headed for the store in the lobby. I had already decided that on this trip I would not purchase black-market cigars, but would only purchase from government-approved stores. Although I had previously purchased black-market cigars that I thought were of excellent quality at ridiculously low prices ($25 per box for Montecristo No. 4s), I reasoned that if I were at home in Canada I would not stoop to buying what could be stolen property, and that my values should be the same in Cuba.
Suddenly, my high ideals were brought under review when the store clerk told me that they were out of cigars. She said that they might receive a shipment later in the week, but I knew that she really meant a Cuban week, which really meant a Canadian month. When I complained to the resident Canadian tour representative (who had previously told us that black-market cigars would be confiscated at the airport by Cuban officials when we departed), she said not to worry, that we would be going on a tour of a major city in four days and that our tour would include a cigar factory.
I couldn't believe it! We were on vacation in Cuba and I didn't have a cigar. At that point my lofty ideals were set aside and I began to draw on my previous experience in searching out cigars on the black market. After finding a driver with limited English, my wife and I and a newly found friend, who was also interested in cigars, left the hotel property and soon found ourselves on a dirt road in a settlement of homes carved out of the forest. It was dusk and we were well off the beaten track in a settlement of very modest Cuban homes, among goats, chickens, pigs and other livestock. Had I been in any other country except Cuba, I would undoubtedly have been considering changes that I could have made to my will, but over the years I had learned to feel very comfortable and secure anywhere in Cuba.
Our driver pulled into the backyard of one of the homes and had a fairly lengthy conversation in Spanish with the owner. We were directed to a nearby home just down the road, which seemed to be uninhabited. The resident of the first home walked behind the car and we were instructed to stay in the vehicle as there was supposedly a "bad" dog, which was a threat to our safety. Through our interpreter, whose English was very limited, I found that I could not purchase Romeo y Julietas, but I could buy a box of Montecristo No. 2s for $32. With the acquisition of the cigars, our vacation suddenly was turned around. We were back at the hotel by 6 p.m., in time for a wonderful meal, followed by a fine cigar. Word had spread that I had "made a buy" and other guests of the hotel dropped by our table to inspect the merchandise.
Four days later we were in Santiago de Cuba, a city on the southeast coast. When we arrived at a small cigar factory, I was amazed as we left the tour bus at the number of people on the street selling boxes of black-market $25 Montecristo No. 4s. I was even more surprised as we walked through the factory when a young lad at one of the work stations reached under his table and offered me a box of Cohibas for $30. I opted instead to buy cigars at the authorized store where, unfortunately, the selection was not as great as from black-market sources. I purchased three boxes: Partagas, Sancho Panzas and El Rey del Mundos, for a total cost of $220. This was the most I had paid for Cuban cigars, but at least I was relatively certain that they were not fakes.
My last acquisition, on the following day, was a box of black-market Romeo y Julieta Churchills, which are among the best cigars that I have smoked in my limited experience. My goal is to be immediately able to spot fakes and poor-quality cigars, but this may take some time.
I never cease to be mystified by the Cuban cigar black market. Sales are never made in the open; rather, they are made by such means as using deserted offices at the hotel and by passing cigars wrapped in beach towels. On one occasion, we (my wife wouldn't let me go alone) were required to walk down a deserted road on a rainy night, past hotel security guards, to meet two hotel employees who rode up on bicycles, right on schedule. The mysterious part of the transaction is that if I can find people who sell cigars on the black market, why can't the Cuban officials also find and prosecute them? I have been told by hotel employees that they would lose their jobs if they were caught, but I don't necessarily believe them. Perhaps in the future, someone from your magazine will shed light on this mystery.
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District 14 councilwoman won't for mayor, but gay candidate James Nowlin pledges to stay in race and challenge three-term incumbent
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Dallas City Councilwoman Angela Hunt, a staunch LGBT ally who represents the heavily gay District 14, announced this week that she has decided not to run for Dallas mayor in the May municipal elections.
Hunt will, instead, run for re-election to her fourth term representing District 14. Mandated term limits mean that if she is re-elected, it will be her last two-year term on the council.
Although candidates cannot officially file to run in the elections until Monday, Feb. 14, four District 14 candidates have already filed paperwork with the city secretary designating campaign treasurers.
One of the four — Jim Rogers — told Dallas Voice last month that if Hunt decided to run for re-election to the council instead of for mayor, he would bow out of the race. But another, openly gay candidate James Nowlin, said this week he does not plan to withdraw.
The two other declared candidates for District 14 are Erin C. Lasseter and Vernon Franko.
"Angela made every indication that she was running for mayor, and our campaign team moved forward, and as we were moving forward we received tremendous support from voters across the district," Nowlin said Wednesday. "Her waiting put the district and the potential candidates in a very awkward position. I'm in it to win it and I'm moving forward to the May 14 election."
Nowlin told Dallas Voice last month he was confident that Hunt would run for mayor and that he had been discussing the possibility of running for the District 14 seat with her for more than a year.
"I'm not running against anybody," Nowlin said. "I'm running for the district, and this is about putting the district first."
Hunt said Wednesday that she had decided to not to run for mayor because she believes she can be more effective as a councilmember.
"For me, it's never been about what office I hold. It's about where I feel I can be the most effective and do the most good for my district and the city," Hunt said. "And the issues I feel most strongly about are issues I can address most effectively as a councilmember instead of as mayor."
Hunt said those issues are ones that focus "providing top quality basic city services" and projects that enhance the quality of life for the city's residents, including efforts to "re-energize" the Trinity River Corridor Project and making sure the river levees are repaired and the proposed park built.
Hunt said she is also concerned with the issues of redistricting and the upcoming 2012 bond elections.
"With all due respect to the other [District 14] candidates — I know them, and they are all good people — these are issues that need someone with experience to deal with them," Hunt said.
The three candidates that have so far declared themselves candidates for mayor are current District 12 Councilman Ron Natinsky, former Dallas Police Chief David Kunkle and criminal defense lawyer Jim Moore.
Hunt said this week she has not decided who — if anyone — she would endorse for mayor. But she did say she believes the city needs someone not currently serving on the council as its next leader.
"I think it will take someone new, someone coming in from outside the current council but who also has experience as a leader" to be the best mayor for Dallas, Hunt said, adding that she is looking for a mayor who will "focus on the issues that are really important to our neighborhoods, instead of on high-dollar, high-profile projects" like the Convention Center hotel, the Trinity River toll road and the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge — all projects that current Mayor Tom Leppert championed.
This article appeared in the Dallas Voice print edition Feb. 11, 2011.


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Shaun White throws triple cork
The Jeep Slopestyle Men's Snowboard showdown at X Games Aspen 2013 between Shaun White and, well, everyone else on the invite list, has dominated conversations on the ground this week in Buttermilk, Colo. The interest only increased Wednesday when ESPN cameras captured White during practice, attempting a triple cork 1440 on the last jump of the slopestyle course. Despite his revert to switch on the landing, it's clear White has the trick dialed.
While triple corks have become the go-to trick for big-air contests this season -- new competitors are throwing and landing them in almost every event -- no one ever has thrown a triple cork in a slopestyle competition. The question on everyone's minds here in Aspen is not if we will see a triple in Snowboard Slopestyle this year, but who will throw one first.
According to White's coach, Bud Keene, White learned the triple cork on a 67-foot jump in Breckenridge, Colo., last week. "He landed his fourth try," Keene said. "The first three attempts he butt-checked on. Then he landed five in a row after." Keene would not comment on rumors that White has other triple-cork variations in his new bag of tricks.
Mark McMorris reportedly also landed a triple cork 1440 on the same jump in practice Wednesday while ESPN cameras were turned off.
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Here are some of the stories making news in today's report from The Street, a leading financial news and information site:
Apple Is Set to Soar Again
NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Harvard Business School professor Clayton Christensen is the architect of and the world's foremost authority on disruptive innovation. On Friday he re-tweeted Todd Sherman's forecast that Apple's(AAPL) app-enabled television could be the biggest disruption in the video game space since the Wii enlarged the market.
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Apple iWatch Draws Heavy Interest
NEW YORK (TheStreet) --
Apple (AAPL) may not have announced its iWatch yet, but that doesn't mean there isn't demand for it.
TheStreet polled its readers, and an overwhelming majority of them would buy an Apple-branded watch, if such a product exists.
Of the 1,455 people who voted, 75% of them said they would buy an iWatch, if Apple released such a product. Just 13% of respondents said "No," with another 13% saying they weren't sure.
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Google vs. Apple: A Tale of Two Companies
NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Google (GOOG) and Apple (AAPL) have become polar opposites as of late, as Google's share price hits $800 for the first time, and Apple's freefall continues.
Shares of the Internet search giant surpassed $800 in early Tuesday trading, amidst positive sentiment, reaching a high of $804 before pulling back slightly. Google, led by CEO Larry Page, can seemingly do no wrong now. That was the prevailing sentiment surrounding Apple for much of the last few years, but that's changed over the past three months.
Shares of Google are up 20% over the past three months, whereas Apple's down 19%.
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