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Moderator: Good evening, and we're back once again with our popular new game show, "Welcome To Your Death." Our theme, as detailed in Ronald Wright's 132-page book, A Short History Of Progress, is how civilization is perishing by its neglect of its environment, as many civilizations have before it. We just covered the moribund pollution of potable water by "fracking," and now we're onto how we're killing ourselves with catastrophic oil spills. (Our love of money, as manifested by extracting profits as fast as possible by whatever means possible from non-renewable energy resources, particularly those which are oil-based, is unparalleled. Yay!) Would the two team representatives come forward and take your positions in front of the red buttons, please.
[Two people join the moderator, sitting at the table, one on each side of the moderator. They will simulate hitting the red answer buttons by slapping their hands on the table surface.]
Moderator: "'q." Now [is interrupted by one of the participants]
Participant 1: Excuse me. Did you say "'q"? Exactly what does that mean? Is that supposed to be the short form of some well-known nasty expletive? Because if that is the case, I'll tell you to your face, you're nothing but an a$$hole.
Moderator: Please allow me to correct my lax enunciation. "Thank you" is what I meant to say.
Participant 1: I withdraw my comment. Sorry.
Moderator: Now, first question. What are the dangers of pipelines carrying conventional crude versus bitumen crude?
Participant 1 [slaps table first, answers]: Bitumen crude is corrosive and is heated to high temperatures to thin it to facilitate transportation, so as a result, pipelines carrying this type of crude rupture more often than do conventional oil pipelines.
Moderator: A point to Team 1. Next question: are there any numbers on pipeline ruptures?
Participant 2: Alberta Oilsands pipelines (which carry bitumen crude) have ruptured approximately 16 times more often than US pipelines (which are mostly conventional crude pipelines).
Moderator: A point to Team 2. Next question: what type of pipeline is the proposed Keystone XL supposed to be?
Participant 1: The proposed Keystone XL pipeline, if built, will be a bitumen crude pipeline coming out of the Alberta Oilsands.
Moderator: A point to Team 1. Next question: what risks are associated with a bitumen pipeline rupture?
Participant 2: Bitumen crude is heavy. If it spills, it penetrates the ground right to the water table, which is contaminated and then is difficult to clean up. Oil contamination has been associated with carcinogenic health risks, such as cancer, unfortunately demonstrated in the Athabasca River First Nations settlements (bordering the Alberta Oilsands) and also in Nigeria, where oil pollution has gone on for 50 years.
Moderator: A point to Team 2. Next question: how often might a Keystone XL rupture occur?
Participant 1: One scientist, working from known data, estimates it will happen about twice a year.
Moderator: A point to Team 1. Next question: are there any other risks with building Keystone XL?
Participant 2: Keystone XL will increase carbon pollution, with the equivalent impact of adding about 5 million cars on the road.
Moderator: Good on both Teams, which are tied in points. So we see that building the Keystone XL pipeline comes down to sacrificing lives for oil. If one wants to be a god and make life and death decisions involving lives, then deciding to build the Keystone XL pipeline (or any other bitumen crude pipeline) is the right ticket. Thank you to both Teams for coming in today. In our next edition of "Welcome To Your Death," the topic will be: "Monsanto—will its creepy GMO food alterations turn you into a spider?" Au revoir, et bonne chance!
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RANCHO CUCAMONGA — The Alta Loma High School All Sports Booster Club will hold a rummage sale and pancake breakfast at the school on Oct. 20.
The pancake breakfast will be in the cafeteria from 7 to 11 a.m. The cost is $10 for a family of up to four persons.
The rummage sale will be in the lower east parking lot of the school from 7 to 11 a.m.
The proceeds benefit the school's sports programs to purchase equipment, uniforms and weekend transportation.
The campus is at 8880 Base Line Road.

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Mr Yotaro Kobayashi
Chairman, Fuji Xerox Co Limited
Asia Society AustralAsia Centre
Annual Dinner
Sofitel Wentworth Sydney
February 15, 2005
"Revitalised and Resurgent: Japan's New Business Climate"
Mr Morgan, thank you very much for your very generous introduction. Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, it is my great honour and pleasure to be able to be here as a guest speaker at the Asia Society AustralAsia Centre.
My mission tonight, as I understand it, is to talk to you about how the Japanese economy is faring today, and what it will look like, and if time allows, maybe a few comments about the political situation, and if even more time is available, maybe talk about the external relationship with major trading partners, particularly China.
I'm not at all certain whether I can manage all that, so at the very beginning, at the risk of perhaps being too brief, I will just outline a couple of conclusions and as you probably noticed when our Prime Minister spoke; maybe he was different when he spoke here, but usually when he speaks in Japan, he loves to speak in simple short sentences. I'm not trying to emulate Mr Koizumi, but just a few conclusions first.
The Japanese economy is at the moment in a plateau, but I think it is going to be temporary; fundamentally because the upswing of the Japanese economy that we have been experiencing since 2002 is fundamentally based on a number of structural changes that have taken place, both in the manufacturing and service sectors. But one big question mark is that, as you all know, the economy has been helped a great deal by the very strong economies in China and the United States. So of course we all share some questions about the US economy, their twin deficits, where the dollar will go relative to the yen or euro. But, if these economies stay relatively healthy, the Japanese economy will come out of the plateau fairly quickly, and from the latter half of 2005, my sense is that economic growth will be somewhere in the range of 2-3%.
Secondly, the structural changes. We all know and you all know what was described as "the Lost Decade," which came to Japan immediately after the burst of the bubble. We lost many things, but at the same time we learned a great deal, among which probably a lot of Japanese businesses learned how to get back to the fundamentals. The manufacturing sector has come down to a much lower break-even point. But during the course of restructuring, this is probably very important in the long run, Japanese society, including the trade unions, learned that we will never go back, at least in the foreseeable future, to the days of enjoying 2% or even lower unemployment rate. 4% is probably reasonable; we may experience probably the higher end of 4% or lower end of 5%, and that by itself will not be fatal. This is a very important lesson that the Japanese society learned during this whole process.


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Venturing Ranger Award Elective – Equestrian
To earn the Venturing Ranger award, a young man or woman must complete eight core requirements and four electives. One of the electives to meet the Ranger award requirements is Equestrian.
To complete the Venturing Ranger Award requirements for Equestrian, a Venturer must learn how to ride, saddle, and care for a horse. He or she must demonstrate this knowledge of horsemanship. Then he or she must share this knowledge with others.
Venturing Ranger Award Requirements – Equestrian Elective
- Explain the characteristics of each of the three distinct American riding styles.
- For your preferred style (one of three styles in 1), explain the equipment you would use, including parts of the saddle and bridle.
- Explain the difference in natural versus artificial aids used in communicating with your horse, such as use of hands, legs, weight, voice, whips, crops, martingales, bits, and auxiliary reins.
- Present yourself properly attired for the riding style you prefer.
- Explain the clothing and safety equipment a rider must have for your preferred style of riding.
- Demonstrate how to properly catch, bridle, and saddle a horse.
- Demonstrate and explain at least three steps in proper mounting and two ways of dismounting.
- Show how to test your correct stirrup length while you are dismounted and when you are mounted.
- Explain short stirrup length, medium stirrup length, long stirrup length, and why stirrup length is important.
- Explain and demonstrate the correct position of your body, feet, hands, arms, and legs while mounted.
- Demonstrate how all parts of your body should be positioned on your horse during a trot, a canter, and a gallop and explain why this is important.
- Demonstrate by using a pattern that you have control of your horse. On command, be able to slow down, speed up, stop, back up and be able to move your horse through its gaits.
- Properly remove tack from your horse and store it.
- Demonstrate proper care of your tack after riding.
- Demonstrate proper care for your horse after a ride, including cool down, brushing, and watering and feeding, and explain why each of these steps is important.
- Make a tabletop display or presentation on what you have learned about horsemanship for your crew, another crew, a Cub Scout or Boy Scout group, or another group.


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NUNSET BOULEVARD Comes to Three Stages, Now thru 1/16
Nunset Boulevard, starring Cindy Williams, will perform in Three Stages tonight, January 14, 2013; 7 pm, Tuesday, January 15, 2013; 7 pm, and Wednesday, January 16, 2013; 2 pm & 7 pm. Tickets are $29-$49; Premium tickets $59; 10% discount for Wednesday afternoon single tickets. They may be purchased online at www.threestages.net or from Three Stages Ticket Office at 916-608-6888 from 10 am to 6 pm, Monday through Saturday, and two hours before show time. Three Stages is located on the west side of Folsom Lake College campus in Folsom, CA, facing East Bidwell Street.
Cindy Williams is best known for her role as Shirley Feeney in the television series Laverne and Shirley, which recently won the TV Land award for "Fan Favorite." In April she won Best Actress at the L.A. Comedy Film Festival for the Indy film, Stealing Roses. In addition, she was honored with a star on The Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2004. Cindy reprises her role as Reverend Mother in this First National Tour of Nunset Boulevard. Her other stage credits include Mrs. Tottendale in The Drowsy Chaperone (Broadway); Deathtrap with Elliot Gould (National Tour); Moon over Buffalo; and The Odd Couple with Joanne Worley. Cindy's film credits include Travels with My Aunt directed by George Cukor, The Conversation directed by Francis Ford Coppola, and George Lucas' American Graffiti for which she received a British Academy award nomination in 1974 for Best Supporting Actress.
While reflecting on reprising her role as "Mother Superior" Williams said "She is always finding the wolf nipping at her heels. She gets everyone to toe the line, yet she has a sense of adventure and wants the best for her sisters in the covenant. She is fun-loving and fair above all else."
Nunsense, the creation of Catholic-school-educated author/composer Dan Goggin, premiered in New York City at the Cherry Lane Theater in 1985, where it won four Outer Critics' Circle Awards, including "Best Off-Broadway Musical." It then transferred to the Douglas Fairbanks Theater on 42nd Street, where it ran for over 10 years, and has been presented all over the world in over 8,000 productions (and counting), grossing more than $500,000,000. During its New York run, Nunsense became the second longest running musical in Off Broadway history, eclipsed only by The Fantasticks.
Three Stages at Folsom Lake College presents touring artists from around the world; partners with the best regional arts organizations, and supports productions by FLC students and faculty.
Three Stages at Folsom Lake College is a $50 million performing and visual arts center that opened in February 2011. Located on the campus, Three Stages includes three intimate performance venues (850, 200, 100 seats), an art gallery, a recording studio, ample rehearsal and classroom space, a full service ticket office plus all the amenities of a state-of-the-art performance venue. Parking is free on weekends and for those buying tickets in advance.
A renaming of Three Stages is currently under way. The new name, Harris Center for the Arts, honors Dr. Brice Harris, Chancellor Emeritus of the Los Rios Community College District, for his many contributions to the Capital Region, including providing the vision and leadership that lead to the opening of this regional arts center.


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A probation revocation hearing was held Wednesday after Clark was allegedly in violation for not attending a sex offender treatment program.
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Originally from California, Carmen Berger, MD attended the University of California at Berkeley, graduating cum laude in Molecular and Cell Biology. She attended medical school at Vanderbilt University, and then moved to the Pacific Northwest to complete residencies in Internal Medicine and Dermatology at the University of Washington. She began her Dermatology practice at Southlake Clinic in 2003.
Dr. Berger's clinical interests include general medical dermatology of adults and children, including disorders of the skin, hair and nails, skin cancer screening and skin cancer surgery. She provides minimally invasive cosmetic procedures including Botox and fillers. Dr. Berger lives in Seattle with her husband and two daughters. She enjoys running, cooking, reading and spending time with her friends and family.
Dr. Matthew Bremmer is originally from Oregon. After attending Oregon State University for undergraduate degree, he attended medical school at the University of Maryland. After graduating in 2008 he completed a year of Internal Medicine training at Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle. He returned to Baltimore for training in Dermatology at the University of Maryland. After completing his training he worked in private practice in rural Pennsylvania, prior to joining Southlake clinic.
Dr. Bremmer is Board Certified in Dermatology, and is a fellow of the American Academy of Dermatology. His interests are in medical and surgical dermatology, and he enjoys seeing adult and pediatric patients.
Dr. Bremmer and his wife live in Maple Valley. In his spare time he enjoys camping, hiking, boating, and triathlon.
Undergraduate: Oregon State UniversityMedical School: University of Maryland School of MedicineResidency: University of Maryland School of Medicine
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American Board of Dermatology, Dermatopathology, 2003
Dr. Kumasaka is a native Washingtonian. He grew up in West Seattle, went to the University of Washington for undergraduate studies in Biology and medical school, graduating from medical school in 1988. He trained in Internal Medicine at Providence Medical Center, Portland and Virginia Mason Medical Center before returning to the UW to complete his training in Dermatology. Prior to joining Southlake Clinic in 2001, he practiced at Virginia Mason in Federal Way. He remains on the clinical faculty at the UW medical school and has served as the president of the Pacific Northwest Dermatological Society.
Dr. Kumasaka is board-certified in Dermatology. His interests are in medical dermatology. This includes diagnosis and treatment of rashes, skin cancers and other conditions of the skin, hair and nails. He treats adults as well as children. His practice is based in Renton and he also sees patients in our Kent clinic.
Dr. Kumasaka lives in Seattle with his wife and three daughters. He enjoys the outdoors, golfing, skiing and playing tennis.
Undergraduate: University of WashintonMedical School: University of WashingtonResidency: Virginia Mason Medical CenterFellowship: University of Washington
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Volunteers over the age of 12 are being sought to participate in numerous community service projects in the Inland Valley for Mormon Helping Hands day on April 27.
This annual program is a partnership with members from congregations of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and various interfaith service groups, city, county and state officials.
More than 60,000 volunteers throughout Southern California will participate in this day of service. Projects include painting fences, improving school campuses, park clean-up, housing improvements, and food drives.
To join in this day of service, contact Craig Nelson/Inland Valley at 909-908-1401 or via email.
Further information on "Mormon Helping Hands" can be found at www.mhhcalifornia.org.


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In Fort Wayne, Brunswick Fort Wayne Operations, producer of Harris FloteBote and Cypress Cay pontoon boats, plans to expand its operations in northern Indiana, creating up to 200 jobs by 2016, the IEDC said. The company said it hasn't decided how many jobs will be needed to support its growing business, but it is looking for a new facility and hopes to move into a larger one by early 2014.
"I think we're sticking within the Fort Wayne area," said Jane Schlegel, marketing and product manager for the Fort Wayne plant. "We're working closely with Fort Wayne and Allen County."
In Bluffton, Inventure Foods, a marketer and manufacturer of specialty food brands, will expand its Bluffton operations, creating up to 80 jobs by 2015, the IEDC announced. The company plans to add bagging machines and distribution systems to accommodate product growth. With additional locations in Arizona and Washington, the company's products range from Jamba smoothies and Boulder Kettle chips to T.G.I. Friday's potato skins and onion rings.
Businesses in or coming to Marion, Elkhart, Indianapolis and Franklin also announced plans for new hiring in coming years. In all, the prospective new jobs add up to 2,552, according to the IEDC tally. Other coming expansions announced by the IEDC on Tuesday include:
Angie's List, a national provider of consumer reviews on local service companies, plans to invest approximately $1 million to expand its Indiana operations, creating up to 850 jobs by 2017. Angie's List currently employs more than 1,000 people in Indianapolis.
Elkhart-based Atwood Mobile Products, which makes components for recreational vehicles, will invest $5.9 million to consolidate manufacturing operations from Michigan and distribution and warehousing operations from Tennessee and other locations to Elkhart County, creating up to 132 jobs by 2015. With more than 700 associates nationwide, the company currently employs 368 employees at four Elkhart County sites.
BidPal, an Indianapolis-headquartered handheld bidding device company that helps nonprofits enhance charitable fundraising, will invest $3.5 million to expand its existing office space on the north side of Indianapolis, creating up to 172 jobs by 2017. As part of the project, it will also acquire additional information technology and telecommunications equipment to support growing customer demand and expand the company's service and support capacities.
BidPal received a $1 million grant from the state's 21st Century Research and Technology Fund (21 Fund) in 2009 and has since grown to more than 65 associates in Indiana.
Caf� Valley, based in Phoenix, Ariz., is a producer of baked goods - both private label and its own Caf� Valley Bakery brand - for restaurants, supermarkets and convenience stores across the United States as well as 50 countries. The company plans to construct a facility on the former Thompson Consumer Electronic site in Marion, creating up to 400 jobs by the end of 2018. The new facility is expected to open its doors in 2014 with approximately 100 employees.
ExactTarget will invest $55 million in equipment and real estate to expand its Indianapolis operations over the next five years, creating up to 500 jobs by 2018. The global interactive marketing provider employs more than 1,000 in Indianapolis.
Mitsubishi Engine North America will begin manufacturing turbochargers for automobiles in the United States and will invest $10.8 million to locate its first plant on Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Climate Control's campus in Franklin, creating up to 73 jobs by 2016. The turbocharger division will occupy approximately 18,500 square feet of the existing MCCA Franklin plant and add an additional 10,700 square feet of construction.
Moorehead Communications, doing business as TCC, the largest Verizon Wireless premium retailer in the nation, plans to expand its Indiana operations, creating up to 145 jobs by 2016. Founded in 1991, today the company employs 467 and operates more than 850 locations in 39 states across the nation. Over the last four years, the company has had a growth rate of more than 325 percent.


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The Avett Brothers might have felt "a little bit out of our element" on 2009's "I and Love and You" -- the North Carolina roots rockers' first Top 20 album -- but they were considerably more comfortable with the tools of the trade for last year's "The Carpenter."
"With 'The Carpenter' we felt like we had our sea legs, that point where you've been in the boat a while and don't feel like you're going to throw up any more," Seth Avett, who co-founded the group during 2000 with older brother Scott. "The songs felt more developed, and we felt more capable of getting them to where they needed to be.
"We feel like we were able to get what we hoped for and do what we needed with the songs in a really comfortable and thriving environment."
The Avetts felt so assured, in fact, that they helmed "The Carpenter" themselves, relegating "I and Love and You's" Grammy Award-winning producer Rick Rubin to more of an executive, oversight role. The group recorded primarily at home, with some work in L.A., though it did make use of West Coast session hands such as Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer and Detroit native Chad Smith and keyboardist Benmont Tench from Tom Petty's Heartbreaks.
The result: a No. 4 debut on the Billboard 200 in September.
"On 'I and Love and You,' Rick was right on top of us, in the studio with us every day -- which was cool. It's what we needed at the time," Avett, 32, says. "We felt like ('I and Love and You') was boot camp, and with this record Rick was like, 'Hey, I trust you guys. Do your own thing.' We stayed in contact and he gave us feedback, but it was really much more in our hands, which we liked."
The Avett Brothers perform at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 12, at Hill Auditorium on the University of Michigan campus in Ann Arbor. Tickets are $45 and $35. Call 724-761-1451 or visit www.theark.org.


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LEIGH Lights are to cover more of the town this year, but there will be no switchon ceremony.
Town councillors voted on Tuesday to extend the coverage of the Christmas lights further along Leigh Road, from the previous boundary of Woodfield Park Road to Fernleigh Road, covering all businesses on the street.
Despite comments from businesses beyond the boundary that they felt left out from the festivities, efforts to extend the lights in previous years had been slowed by the fact the town council's authority ends at Woodfield Park Road.
The extension will cost £2,155, though the cost will be partly offset by the council choosing to have no official switch-on ceremony this year, a decision councillor Carole Mulroney said was partly motivated by concerns over safety.
She said: "In previous years, we've had a switch-on by the triangle at St Clement's church and it causes major problems for pedestrians and, even when we've not had celebrity guests, it's caused a pinch-point effect, which can be really quite frightening.
"We've been working with the police on that because it's been a concern for them.
"We also feel that, if the lights are on when people arrive, they're walking into a welcoming atmosphere rather than a dark and gloomy environment and this will also be of benefit to the traders."
As a result of the changes, the annual parade which has traditionally preceded the switch-on will start in the opposite direction at 6.30pm on November 28, from the junction of Leigh Road and Kings Road, along Leigh Road and Broadway before finishing at Broadway West.
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Thanks for sharing your view, as snarky as it is, but really does not answer the question.chownah wrote: Mostly my post was intended to focus on the concept of "valid". It seems to me that when this term is used it often will elicit a response based on some unmentioned judgemental system unique to the the person responding....and often the judgemental system used by the one responding is not even known to them. The term "valid" often has the effect of hiding the real operative principle by substituting the sweeping and yet undefined principle of "validity". This of course can allow a group of people to calmly discuss some topic while the actual basic core meaning of what they are saying is hidden by the drop cloth of "validity". Unless the term "valid" is very clearly defined for a particular use then it is worse than useless in that it leads people to think they are discussing something when really they are discussing nothing. "Valid" is not only empty in the dhammic sense....it is also (unless clearly defined) empty in the conversational sense.
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If a lineage is valid doesn't this mean that the monk can turn wine and bread into the blood and body of Jesus? If so then just ask the monk to do it and you won't have to worry about it any more. (Explanation:If you want to know if a monks lineage is valid then it must be valid for some purpose...so just get the monk to demonstrate that purpose and you will know the answer.)


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Nonprofits list wishes for holiday season
November 21, 2012
As the holiday season gets under way, Tahoe Daily Tribune, in partnership with the Parasol Tahoe Community Foundation, is presenting the 2012 Nonprofit Wish List. This is the fourth consecutive year a Wish List has been provided to give readers an opportunity to make a difference during the holidays.This year, the list has a new twist: Each organization's wish is by specific dollar amounts — $25, $50, $100, $500 and $1,000.As you gather with friends and family during the Thanksgiving weekend, take time to talk about the joy of philanthropy and what it means to your family. Take time to select what you are passionate about and give the amounts you feel comfortable giving. For only $25, you can help in so many ways but you can always give more than the amounts listed.The Tahoe Daily Tribune and Parasol Tahoe Community Foundation do not endorse any of the nonprofits on the list, but all are verified 501(c)3 public charity organizations. We encourage you and your family to look closely at the list and give generously to your favorite nonprofits. Please contact the individual organization if you would like more information.


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Overnight French Toast
I LOVE French toast. Absolutely love it!! I love ordering it when we go out for breakfast. I rarely make it at home because Hubby isn't a huge fan of French toast, and you always have that issue of how to keep all of the French toast warm while cooking it. Same issue with pancakes. Although a good griddle pan does help (we love this one, although now we have a built in griddle pan as the middle burner in our stove). I also have yet to master making French toast that is crisp on both sides in a skillet. This French toast is definitely crispy on both sides!
Anyways, this French toast is great because you prep it the night before, then it soaks up the custardy goodness while you sleep, and all you have to do in the morning is pop it in the oven. It would be great to make if you have guests staying over or for any other weekend morning.
I used Challah bread because of it's softness. I let it get a bit stale prior to make French toast out of it. I cut it pretty thick and sprinkled some freshly ground nutmeg over the toast.
Overnight French Toast
Yield: 6
2 T butter, softened
12 - 3/4" thick slices of bread
6 eggs
1 1/2 cups whole milk
1/4 cup sugar
2 T maple syrup
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 - 1/2 cup powdered sugar
1 - 1 1/2 cups maple syrup
Berries, Nuts, Whipped Cream, etc for topping as desired
Spread softened butter in a thick coating over a large rimmed (about 1" sides) heavy baking sheet. In a large mixing bowl, whisk together eggs and sugar, add maple syrup, vanilla extract, and salt and whisk together. Add milk and continue whisking until well combined. Lay out bread slices on baking sheet. Pour milk mixture over the bread. Turn each slice, coating both sides. Cover the baking sheet with plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight.
The next morning, preheat oven to 400 degrees. Bake French toast for approximately 10 minutes and then flip each slice of bread. Bake another 5-10 minutes, flipping again if necessary until both sides are golden brown and crisped.
Sprinkle with powdered sugar and serve with warmed maple syrup and other toppings as desired.
Recipe from Homemade by Holman
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YUM this looks SOOOO good!
I love overnight breakfasts for holidays especially. This looks yummy.
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I have a whole loaf of challah bread sitting in my kitchen….now I know what to make with it 🙂
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The Waterford Senior Center Holiday Bazaar continues from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Thursday with free admission.
The event has many vendors, antique appraisals and wood crafts for sale to benefit the center's woodshop.
Seen at the Bazaar: Shirley Starick donning a blinking Santa hat, sells her jewelry; Hilda White crochets gifts; and woodworker Ron Fisher assembles some of the gifts made for the Bazaar.


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I honestly need to know what this is worth. Item is an authenticated, by PSA/DNA, autograph from John Wayne in 1944 on an Australian war bond during the "short snorter" time. I have seen them go as high as 20K !! But regular Bills current american issue signed by Wayne go for 4k in vegas, however all this info is from Pre-2008 so values have changed.
Please if anyone is an expert let me know i want to sell this and i am not going to give it away.


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Outside of a science fiction movie, it's a little strange to see a rocket fire up its engines, blast off, and then hover in the air.
But that's exactly what Hawthorne rocket maker SpaceX pulled off with its 10-story Grasshopper test vehicle.
In a 29-second flight, the rocket burst into the sky, rose 131 feet, hovered and landed safely on the pad using thrust vector and throttle control. To cushion its fall back to the launchpad, the Grasshopper has steel landing legs with hydraulic dampers, and a steel support structure. Video of the test was released late Sunday.
SpaceX, whose CEO Elon Musk also heads Palo Alto-based Tesla Motors (TSLA), is trying to prove out the Grasshopper's technology to develop what would be the first-ever fully reusable rocket -- the Holy Grail in rocketry.
A reusable system could mean big savings in developing and operating the rocket. The closest example of a reusable launch system is the retired space shuttle fleet, which were only partially reused after a tedious months-long overhaul.
The latest Grasshopper flight marks a significant increase over the height and length of hover of Grasshopper's previous test flights -- of 6 feet and 17.7 feet -- which took place during the fall. This test was completed Dec. 17 at SpaceX's rocket development facility in McGregor, Texas.
To provide a humorous perspective on the rocket's size, company placed a 6-foot dummy dressed as a cowboy on the outside of rocket. Here's a shot showing the dummy aloft with the rocket during the test.
In October, SpaceX successfully carried out a cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station. It was the first test of NASA's plan to outsource resupply missions to commercial companies now that the space shuttle fleet has been retired.


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Dev Diwali is observed on the full moon day (Purnima) in the month of Kartik in a traditional Hindu calendar and is the Diwali of the Devas or Gods. Dev Diwali 2017 date is November 4 and it is an important festival in Gujarat and other parts of
North India. Tulsi Vivah ritual comes to end on the day.
Please note that in some regions Dev Diwali is observed on the first day of Margashirsh month especially in Maharashtra.
Dev Diwali also marks the end of the Diwali celebrations. An important ritual on the day is the lighting of Diyas (lamps) after the sighting of the moon.
Legend has it that Lord Vishnu returned to Vaikunta, his abode, on this day after the Vamana incarnation and visiting King Bali.
Another legend has it that Lord Shiva killed three demons, who spreading Adharma and killing innocent people, and destroyed the three cities built by the demons on Dev Diwali day. Therefore the day is also known as Tripurari Purnima.


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The Use of DHEA in Women With Premature Ovarian Failure
This study has been withdrawn prior to enrollment.
(very poor patient recruitement)
Virginia Center for Reproductive Medicine
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First received: May 23, 2010
Last updated: January 26, 2013
Last verified: January 2013
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DHEA supplementation has been used in women with infertility and diminished ovarian reserve. There is a small report in 5 women with POF that benefited from the use of DHEA over several months. The investigators aim to evaluate further the use of DHEA in women with Premature ovarian failure (POF).
|Premature Ovarian Failure
|Drug: DHEA
|Early Phase 1
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Non-Randomized
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|The Use of DHEA in Women With Premature Ovarian Failure
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Primary Outcome Measures:
- The Use of DHEA in Women With Premature Ovarian Failure [ Time Frame: 3 years ]The following outcomes will be evaluated: FSH, AMH, estradiol, ovarian volume, antral follicle count, pregnancy in women seeking to conceive
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|January 2013
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|January 2013 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
|Experimental: DHEA
Drug: DHEA
DHEA 25 mg tid
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 40 Years (Adult)
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- women with POF
Exclusion Criteria:
- women without ovaries
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|May 23, 2010
|Last Updated:
|January 26, 2013
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Premature Birth
Primary Ovarian Insufficiency
Menopause, Premature
Obstetric Labor, Premature
Obstetric Labor Complications
Pregnancy Complications
Ovarian Diseases
Adnexal Diseases
Genital Diseases, Female
Gonadal Disorders
Endocrine System Diseases
Adjuvants, Immunologic
Immunologic Factors
Physiological Effects of Drugs
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Topic: Had appt w/ Surgeon Today in Prep for SBRT
Hi Everyone,
I was at Memorial Sloan all day today. Met with the surgeon and then had surgical pre-testing done. An exhausting day!!! Here's what's happening...
The radiation oncologist wants to have a "spacer" put in between my stomach and liver to prevent the SBRT from hitting my stomach and other clean organs. I met with the surgeon today - Dr. Sam Yoon at Memorial Sloan. He actually invented this procedure when he was at Mass General in Boston. He came to Memorial Sloan last year. The procedure involves putting this "spacer" - which is made from cadavers (ugh!) - in between my stomach and liver - it will also protect my bowel. This is a relatively new procedure and has only been done on about 30 people - with good results in protecting the clean organs. The "spacers" will stay in me even after I'm done with SBRT.
The radiation oncologist also wanted the surgeon to put gold seeds in the tumor at the same time (this would further help with hitting the tumor directly with the SBRT). But the surgeon told me today he doesn't think he'll be able to get the seeds to do that. He said he is capable of putting the gold seeds in but the interventional radiology area do not like the gold seeds leaving their area. They like to put them in themselves in their area. Supposedly, these seeds are very expensive and if they're inserted in the operating room then interventional radiology does not get reimbursed for them. The surgeon said it's a lot of red tape - he didn't seem to be happy about it but doesn't seem to know any way around the bureaucracy. So I will probably have to have a procedure to have the gold seeds put in after my surgery for the "spacer".
Anyway, I'm having the "spacer" put in on Monday, 3/25 and will have to stay in the hospital for a day or two. The hope is to do it laproscopically but sometimes that's not possible if there is a lot of adhesions (which I have) from other tumors that have been radiated. So it's possible he may have to make a larger cut to put the "spacer" in and then I may have to stay in the hospital a little longer.
I'm hoping this will help. I'm doing pretty good right now with very little pain but I'm afraid something will happen with the surgery (like infection) and I'll be made worse.
The surgeon said that he's seen the SBRT work with good results but their is a high significance of tumors showing up in other areas. Didn't sound very optimistic but I'm trying to stay positive.
Background for those who aren't familiar with my situation - I was diagnosed with adenocarcinoma - unknown primary in 8/2011. Had 12 cycles of chemo - 5-FU, oxaliplatin and leucovorin from 10/2011 through 10/2012. In between that I had 28 radiation treatments in Jan & Feb 2012 (no chemo while I was getting the radiation). In 10/2012, my scan showed that the chemo wasn't helping any so they switched me to gemcitabine. Started gemcitabine in 11/2012 and was scheduled to have it 3 straight weeks then off a week then back on again for 3 cycles. Unfortunately, I was never able to get 3 straight weeks in because my counts would go so low. They tried lowering the dose but my counts still plummeted. Also, the tumor wasn't shrinking so this was stopped the end of January this year. This is when they decided to try a different kind of radiation. Since I already had traditional radiation, I wasn't a candidate for that because this tumor is too close to the tumor they radiation last year - so it would be too much overlap of the same area. So now I'm hoping to start the SBRT soon after my surgery next week and hoping it will be successful!!!
Sorry for rambling but I think it helped me to put it all in perspective.


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On May 10,
2014, Zach Bauman's dream came true – Northern Arizona University's record
breaking running back signed a contract with the Arizona Cardinals to play
professional football in the National Football League. For Bauman, this moment
is the culmination of a lifetime of hard-work and dedication, and the journey that
brought Bauman here is about as storybook as they come.
In 2009,
Lumberjack football running back Zach Bauman came to Northern Arizona
University with something to prove—that he could achieve anything through hard
work and determination.
his entire life, Bauman has been underestimated. When he was younger, he was
told that he could not play running back, and that he wasn't fast or strong
enough to succeed in football. Not highly recruited after high school himself,
he watched his friends and teammates depart for the university football
"Even when I
was younger, the coaches wouldn't run plays for me, and focused on what they
thought I couldn't do," Bauman says. "They said I was too undersized. I've had
a chip on my shoulder since I was eight years old from those experiences, and
that helped me develop the work ethic to prove them wrong."
And prove
them wrong he did. Bauman concluded his Lumberjack football career with
extraordinary statistical accomplishments: 5,132 career rushing yards, another
1,181 receiving yards, and 51 touchdowns. Bauman is the university's all-time
leading rusher, and was twice on the watch list for the Walter Payton Award, an
achievement bestowed on the best offensive player in the Division I Football
Championship Subdivision.
"I knew that I
had the ability," Bauman explains. "I just had to work at it. I dreamed of one
day breaking records, being a candidate for the Walter Payton Award, and being
one of the best players at NAU. To actually have these things come true is
Finally, on
May 10, Bauman proved his doubters wrong again, and signed a free agent
contract with the Cardinals. Their interest is the ultimate testament to how
Bauman's incredible work ethic and fierce determination have paid off. Bauman has worked hard to reach this point,
and credits the university with providing him the opportunity to exhibit what
he is capable of achieving.
"So many other universities passed on me, and
that motivates me every day and lets me know I still have something to prove,"
Bauman says. "Northern Arizona University took a chance on me and put their
faith in me, and I'm so grateful for that."


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Hello all.
After bumps and stumbles I'm very happy being a total novice on the Thereavada trail- it's totally the way forward for me. I have to drive a fair bit to get to the Thai place I've started to attend, but i've learnt more in literally weeks going there than the previous 4 years of off- and on-line dhammic shenanigans. There are some odd folk out there claiming to be 'The Way'. Bit weirded out by the chanting at first, but I actually enjoy trying to follow along now. Really decent folks too. And no-one trying to 'outBuddha' anyone else or keep babbling on about right and wrong view cos they can't think of owt else to say in a 'discussion'. All sweet, like it a lot.
Happier/more content/calmer than I've been, possibly since primary school, and that's with the threat of redundancy/downgrading hanging over me. Last year I'd've gone nuts. I've been Theravaded and it's great.
I'll probably not be posting much if at all, but looking like I'll be a regular logger onner.Looking forward to reading all your posts. I probably won't 'get' the weightier stuff for quite some time!
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2014 Brammo Empulse RR Review — Riding The TTXGP Champion
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Currently calling Portland home, but with plans to move to Los Angeles later this year, Soft Metals are the boyfriend/girlfriend duo of analogue synth maestro Ian Hicks and vocalist/keyboardist Patricia Hall. Their debut full-length album is a strong set of dark, romantic, retro-tinged electronic dance music that skillfully mixes 80s synth-pop, brooding post-punk, slick Italo-disco, and early industrial styles into its own icy, seductive sound. 7/1/2011 - Alex


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DOCTORS diagnosed Keith Turley with a rare form of leukaemia when he was rushed to hospital after a fall at work in 2008.
He has spent the last four years in and out of hospital and currently has dialysis three times a week.
A few months ago he heard that the Jones family were taking legal action against the MoD and began to question whether his illness was due to the time he spent at Aston Down.
In 2002 Mr Turley helped to paint the inside of one of the buildings before the recycling company he was working for moved in.
"I had to brush down the walls of a lot of dust before painting and it is possible I breathed some in," said Mr Turley, 66, of Sherbourne Close, Stonehouse.
Six years later, while working at Southampton Docks, Mr Turley fell 3ft onto his back.
He went home but began to feel unwell and a week later was rushed to hospital and diagnosed with multiple-myeloma which doctors said had gone undetected for years and had left him in a serious condition which was compounded by the fall.
Mr Turley, who has three grandchildren, said: "Doctors told me if I had waited another 24 hours to get to hospital I wouldn't be alive.
"I don't want to blame anyone but I was a very healthy man before I started working at Aston Down.
"Someone should take responsibility if it wasn't safe when I was working there."
IN response to claims of radiation at Aston Down, Leda Properties released this statement.
"We have been advised that although the correct type of gamma surveys would be appropriate for these materials, alpha and beta surveys were, in fact, undertaken in 1990 in any case.
"The results proved that there was no residual contamination in the buildings from any test materials.
"The council do have the reports relating to alpha and beta surveys and are reviewing them.
"We are supportive of the approach of the council in seeking the HPA to review all the reports to date."
IN response to claims of radiation at Aston Down, SDC released this statement.
"When the airfield was decommissioned the MoD carried out testing to assess gamma radiation levels associated with the production of dials painted with luminescent paint.
"In recent weeks we became aware that there were no explicit references to alpha and beta radiation monitoring in those reports.
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Hey, Spike! offers a Thanksgiving Day JFK tale
November 22, 2012
Time – where does it go and why so fast? Yesterday, Nov. 22, 2012, marked 49 years since the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in Dallas in 1963.
It was a few months earlier when he and Hey, Spike! waved to each other on Pueblo's Abriendo Avenue following Kennedy's speech in a sun-baked, crowded football stadium on the banks of the Arkansas River.
Spike had hot-footed it down the median-divided boulevard, taking a begged-for break from his part-time job at the neighborhood's little Associated Grocery store across from his family home, to stand outside the fence and hear the charismatic president address a heavily Democratic, unionized community – once honored as the Steel City of the West.
Before your faithful scribe was able to return to his clerking and bagging post, the nation's commander-in-chief was already airport-bound in his shiny black Lincoln convertible – the top down, accompanied by a heavy police escort.
Spike was headed in the same direction, standing alone on what was a normally busy Chinese elm tree-lined street. The president's motorcade came by, our eyes met, we smiled and waved. The mind's eye picture remains clearly vivid all these years later.
The remaining summer was consumed with post Central High graduation fun and entering the newly-renamed Southern Colorado State College (formerly Pueblo Junior College) in the fall – for but one quarter. Army duty in France would soon follow.
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During that autumn quarter, filled with everything but studying, one day four of us found ourselves down on Main Street in a pool hall for lunchtime.
It was that day.
We happened to overhear some old regulars chatting about someone who'd been shot. We gave it little thought, thinking it was Pueblo history.
Returning to campus, we found out what had happened: The president had been shot and killed in Texas.
Stunned, we were. And, honestly, we still are.
That event was followed by grey days of mourning – televised in black and white – from Washington, D.C. The riderless horse and JFK's toddler son John's salute made us cry.
The presidential assassination and the many conspiracy theories have been hashed over and thrashed about, with still no clear answer as to whom and why? Russians, Cubans, Texans, mafia?
Brother Bobby's death would follow and still there are no real answers.
The closest Spike would come to the presidency again was when he orchestrated a press conference for former-President Gerald R. Ford at the Brown Palace Hotel in Downtown Denver in 1982, as he spoke in support of a Republican congressional candidate who didn't win; and a photo-op together with Gerry Engle at a Shell Wonderful World of Golf tourney at Vail's Cordillera.
Admittedly, it's satisfying to introduce the president of the United States, made even more special with your dad (mfpiii) and son (mfpv) attending.
It's those memories and many others in newspapering that has Spike saying thanks on this Thanksgiving Day holiday.
Meanwhile, in other current events worthy of mention, adding to last week's column on Spike's recent return to Puerto Vallarta, we became acquainted with a veteran foreign correspondent while at Nacho Daddy's for a night of music performed by friend Joe King Carrasco.
Larry Kaplow was there doing a piece on Joe, a Texas recording Tex-Mex star who now calls PV home.
"In 2011 I moved to Mexico after 12 years in the Mideast," says Larry. "I was a Baghdad bureau chief for Newsweek and a Mideast correspondent for Cox Newspapers."
In 2009, he summed up America's legacy in Iraq as "Iraqi Good Enough," and in 2010 helped report and narrate an Iraq episode of "This American Life."
Recently, reporting for ForeignPolicy.com, Larry described Mexico City's surprising security and profiled a Mexican activist on the run from attackers.
"I looked at the Mexico-US relationship through Mitt Romney," he explains. "I examined 'spillover' violence and the 2012 drug war for The Daily Beast."
Additionally, "I gave some Iraq-centric advice to Libya's new leaders on ForeignPolicy.com. I profiled Mexico's peace movement for TheAtlantic.com and visited the scene of a Guatemalan massacre for GlobalPost.com."
In another Mexican setting we met Barbara Buryiak, who runs Travels with Barbara, and was on a fam tour. She's based in Boston, but apparently doesn't spend much time there.
We also chatted with Caballito de Mar gallery owner Carolina Simonton at the RiverCafe, not far from her oceanside residence. She and sister-in-law Gloria Auch specialize in South of the Border antiquities.
Others we met included Lance and Chelly Sterman of New Jersey, who own Ferraris; and Gary and Merrylou Stillwell of Boise, Idaho, who have a stable of Corvettes.
Miles F. Porter IV, nicknamed "Spike," a Coloradan since 1949, is an Army veteran, former Climax miner, graduate of Adams State College, and a local since 1982. An award-winning investigative reporter, he and wife Mary E. Staby owned newspapers here for 20 years.
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No major fire-related incidents have taken place yet this morning as crews went on strike.
Members of the Fire Brigades Union went on strike between 6am and 8am this morning and plan to strike again later between 5pm and 7pm.
A fire service spokesman said: "Essex has strong resilience arrangements in place to protect the county and you should continue to dial 999 in an emergency and working Essex firefighters will respond.
"You can help us to help you during periods of reduced fire cover by being Safer, Slower and more Vigilant.
"Businesses, remember to follow up on automatic alarms with a phone call.
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PILOT POINT — The idea to shoot a short film about a giant tomato worm that served as a soldier in World War I started as a joke among a few friends in Pilot Point.
But as scenes were written and ideas were bounced around, sometimes over alcohol, many felt that the idea was "so crazy that it just might work" as a short feature.
Using a large, green worm puppet named Lowla, which hangs in Lowbrows Beer and Wine Garden in downtown Pilot Point, the filmmakers had their star and title character for the film The Legend of Lowla.
Bob Albrecht of Lowbrows made the 20-foot puppet to star in the Soapbox Derby held during the city's Bonnie and Clyde Days festival three years ago.
"The whole process and project turned out to be more than what I expected," director and actress Justine Wollaston said.
The idea for the film developed after a discussion about how horses played an important part in war.
Albrecht said worms also were used in combat in WWI and someone should write a story about them, too.
Wollaston then jokingly suggested Lowla could be the star, but Albrecht took her seriously and started writing war scenes.
"Initially, we thought we would create a trailer for a movie about the worm, so we wouldn't need an actual story but could have some fun filming the puppet up to various antics," Wollaston said.
The trailer can be seen on Facebook or YouTube by searching for The Legend of Lowla trailer.
As filming for the trailer began, word began to spread through the community, and residents began to show interest in developing a longer film.
"Next thing I knew, I had written Lowla's story in a 25-page screenplay," Wollaston said.
The Legend of Lowla is a movie about a large worm that lived near Pilot Point in the early 1900s.
According to the legend, Lowla was a decorated war hero, a moonshiner and the co-owner of a local bar.
The story is told from a 1970s perspective but takes place in the early 1900s and the 1930s.
In the movie, Wollaston plays a reporter who becomes interested in learning about a worm puppet she sees being used in a soapbox derby in Pilot Point.
She learns that the worm was based on a local war hero named Lowla.
Through interviews, the reporter learns more about Lowla and a young man named Jim who befriends the worm.
When the United States enters World War I, Jim is drafted and Lowla is working with the French Resistance.
During one scene, it appears Lowla pays the ultimate sacrifice by landing on a live grenade that falls into a trench near Jim and another solider.
But from there, the film is far from over.
"The magic of the film is that it is woven from countless anecdotes to create the delicate fabric of an entertaining story," Wollaston said.
She said the film was shot from December to February. She is now in the process of editing more than 100 hours of raw footage into a 20-minute short film.
She said she hopes to premiere the movie this summer in Pilot Point.
"It should be shown here first because it wouldn't have happened without the community's support," Wollaston said. "It was truly a community and regional effort."
Albrecht, Wollaston and more than 110 people, including kids and adults of all ages, volunteered to get the no-budget movie filmed.
Residents either volunteered to operate Lowla, play a character, provide access to locations to shoot or loaned clothing and antique vehicles.
"They asked, 'Could I help?' And I said, 'Why not?'" said Howard Kimble, an extra in the movie. "I figured the whole thing was crazy enough to be something great at the end."
Some credit the community's interest in the film to Wollaston's high energy, creativity and vision.
"When you meet her, you can really get a sense of how she is able to pull all these people together and achieve that collaborative effort," Kimble said of the director.
Wollaston said she hopes to submit the film to film festivals around the country.
She also said she's going to start a crowd-funding campaign on Kickstarter.com, where people would be able to donate to the project.
Wollaston and Albrecht said the support they received from residents for their project has been astounding.
"And because of their enthusiasm, I am excited to say we have a tall tale worth telling," she said.
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To the sheriff's deputy who blew through the four-way stop at 19th and Mozart streets at 1:09 p.m. Thursday, thank you.
I might have recognized you, and therefore thanked you by name, but you had your hand up to your face, perhaps holding a cell phone.
I want to thank you because a law-enforcement officer blowing the stop sign gives credence to my theory that people going through that intersection driving north or south are different from those of us going east or west.
Each year, millions of people dedicated to eliminating cancer in our lifetime participate in a unique event that helps communities celebrate cancer survivorship, remember loved ones lost and fight back against a disease that takes too much. That event is the American Cancer Society Relay For Life.
Fifty years after a deadly plane crash united residents of Perry County in grief, weekend services again proved how caring our community can be.
Relatives of several victims of the 1960 crash at Millstone of Northwest Orient Flight 710 attended March 13-14 events marking the 50th anniversary of the crash. Led by the local Kiwanis Club and a committee of community members, Saturday's memorial and Sunday's worship service honored the memories of the 63 people who died March 17, 1960.
Anonymous letters are common in my mailbag. One arrives every few days, many of them handwritten. Some are well-thought-out with very neat penmanship. Others are scribbled, obviously in anger or haste. Maybe both.
We don't publish nameless letters, but I read them nonetheless. Some are so profanity-laced they'd make a sailor blush in shame. Others are thoughtful and could otherwise be published unedited, had they come with the authors' name.
Eagles Bluff Park, which overlooks the Cannelton Locks and Dam on the Ohio River, is the crown jewel of Perry County's parks and has been open daily since renovations were completed there in 2008. But those who work until 5 p.m. — certainly a sizable part of the county's population — were never able to enjoy it on weekdays because the park closed at 5 p.m. (and this year winter closing time was changed to 4 p.m.). Effective today, though, that has changed. The park is now open until 7 p.m.
I once heard the saying that a man is never truly a man until he stands naked in front of a woman.
Editor's Note: The Quality of Life Committee sponsored by the Perry County Development Corp. is partnering with The News to present the stories of people who have moved to Perry County or who have returned here after several years away. This column was written by Kenneth Simpson. When it was requested I write an article concerning my family's move to Tell City and Perry County, I had many thoughts. But basically, it was a case of my wife Sandra and me moving back home.
"Alice in Wonderland," Tim Burton and Johnny Depp's latest collaboration, is equal parts strange and goofy. This is not a bad thing, I was just hoping for something a bit darker. The film is still enjoyable and it certainly held my interest.
Spring is still two weeks away but already candidates' campaign signs are springing up like yellow daffodils. The advertising in front yards and the pages of The News are proof that Indiana's May 4 primary is fast approaching and locally contested races for sheriff, treasurer, county commissioner and county council.
A candidate forum April 15 at the Schergens Center will give candidates a public chance to outline their reasons for running and their goals, if elected. So will questionnaires the newspaper will send to them in the next couple of weeks.
I know what many parents are concerned with these days ... Will their child excel in this harsh economic environment? What about preparing for future careers and challenges?
I'm going to let you in on a well-kept secret in Perry County. There is an organization that helps youth develop leadership and citizenship skills. They can also learn other important life skills such as wise use of resources (planning a budget), healthy lifestyle choices (eating right and exercising) and social skills. It's 4-H!
OK, let's get one thing straight: Percy Jackson is not Harry Potter. If you had read anything else about "Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief" (from here on out I'll just stick with "The Lightning Thief") then you've read that Percy doesn't stack up against Harry.
Last week, a Florida magistrate judge ruled that Katherine Evans, a 19-year-old journalism student at the University of Florida, has the right to sue her former high-school principal after being suspended in 2007. Evans, a high-school senior at the time, was given a three-day suspension by former Pembroke Pines Charter High School principal Peter Bayer after she had created a Facebook page titled "Ms.
March 14 is Pi Day. That's because pi, the ratio of the circumference to the diameter of a circle, starts with the digits 3.14159. So, March 14, at 1:59 p.m. (or a.m. if you're up) is the appropriate day and minute to celebrate pi. We should pay special attention to Pi Day in Indiana, because Indiana has a special place in the history of pi. Back in 1897, Dr. Edwin J.
The Oscar nominees are out and the Academy will name the best film of 2009 March 7.
I know the norm is a "top 10," but I couldn't help myself. I thought 2009 was a great year for movies, most notably sci-fi films. Before I set out my list, though, I need to name the films that I didn't get a chance to check out this year due mainly to availability: "Precious," "A Single Man," "Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans," "Fantastic Mr. Fox," "An Education," "Nine" and "Brothers."
"A Serious Man" - I'm a huge Coen brothers fan and I thought this dark comedy was brilliant.
Will Evan Bayh's decision to retire from the U.S. Senate do anything to change what's wrong in Washington? Call it what you want: gridlock, partisanship or catharsis. No matter the name, the lack of bipartisan dialogue or respect for the opinions of others and the downright poisonous atmosphere keeps reasonable legislators like Bayh from doing what they were elected to do, help ordinary Americans.
We don't blame him for throwing up his arms.
I recently heard a woman describe a friend of hers as leading "a hobo's life." Her friend, who I don't know, apparently switches jobs often, doesn't own a home and carries most of his belongings in the back seat of a 20-year-old car.
By this time you have probably heard it, seen it or read about Tell City U. S. Census 2010 coming in March. While we realize this is repetitive, we feel it is so extremely important we should repeat it once again.
Census 2010 data is used for a number of things, but we feel the three most important ones are:
We all want safe schools: for our kids, our communities. Illegal drugs, drug sellers and weapons have no place in classrooms, hallways or lockers. That's why we were happy to hear that police dogs from several departments, including Tell City's own canine, Jago, visited Tell City schools last week. The dogs and their officer handlers led their dogs around lockers inside the schools. Outside, they led canines around vehicles in parking lots.
As a small boy home from school on a snowy day, I liked to follow rabbit tracks in fresh snow. That seemed like a fun way to spend a morning but it didn't do me any good last week as I tried to dodge a snowdrift next to my house.
The rabbit that left the trail outside my sidewalk, had he been watching, would have laughed his cold, cottony tail off. I didn't think it was all that funny.
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text: This news item expired on 5/1/2014, so the information below could be outdated or incorrect. East Asheville Book Club: The Beginner's Goodbye Thursday, May 1 at 6:30pm East Asheville Library 902 Tunnel Road 250-4738 The book to be discussed is "The Beginner's Goodbye" by Anne Tyler. Pulitzer Prize-winning author Anne Tyler gives us a wise, haunting, and deeply moving new novel about loss and recovery, pierced throughout with her humor, wisdom, and always penetrating look at human foibles. Crippled in his right arm and leg, Aaron grew up fending off a sister who constantly wanted to manage him. So when he meets Dorothy, an outspoken, independent young woman, she's like a breath of fresh air. He marries her without hesitation, and they have a relatively happy, unremarkable marriage. Aaron works at his family's vanity-publishing business, turning out titles that presume to guide beginners through the trials of life. But when a tree crashes into their house and Dorothy is killed, Aaron feels as though he has been erased forever. Only Dorothy's unexpected appearances from the dead - in their house, on the roadway, in the market - help him to live in the moment and to find some peace. Gradually, Aaron discovers that maybe for this beginner there is indeed a way to say goodbye. All interested readers are welcome to attend.


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A group of people, including a 19-year-old and an elderly woman, tackled a would-be robber on Ouellette Avenue Monday afternoon, leaving blood stains, an X-ACTO knife and a black ball cap on the ground.
Citizens thwart purse robbery attempt in downtown Windsor
A group of people, including an elderly woman and a 19-year-old, tackled a would-be robber on Ouellette Avenue Monday afternoon, leaving blood stains, an X-Acto knife and a black ball cap on the ground.
The suspect had tried to steal the 70-year-old woman's purse, but was stopped by a swarm of witnesses who police say pushed him into a nearby wall.
Michael Nicholls, 19, said he was sitting on the brick ledge beside a bench at a bus stop near Wyandotte Street around 12:30 p.m.
A white man in his mid-30s ran toward an elderly woman sitting with her bags on the bench. He sliced the strap of her purse with a large X-Acto knife, trying to grab the bag and make a run for it.
"The old lady had a struggle with him at first," Nicholls said. "He ended up trying to get her purse by punching her in the face."
Police said the woman's nose was cut when she was struck by the suspect's hand holding the knife.
Nicholls said then a group of bystanders jumped on the would-be robber, tackling him to the ground. In the scuffle, the X-Acto knife landed on the ground near the bench. The suspect's black ball cap landed in a corner by the entrance to the Herb Gray Centre for Nonprofit Excellence.
Police said the man was about 250 pounds and wore a black T-shirt and grey cargo shorts. He had a short "blondish" haircut and a chubby face.
Nicholls said the man managed to get away, making a run down Ouellette Avenue.
Sgt. Roger McLaren, with the Windsor Police Service, said police are using witness testimony and a video camera from a nearby building to pull together information. He said at the moment they do not know where the suspect is.
"We're going to have to review the video cameras to see exactly what we find out from those," McLaren said, adding that at this point police do not know whether the suspect was acting alone.
"There was evidence left at the scene also," he said.
McLaren said the elderly woman was in fair condition after the incident. She was taken to hospital.
Nicholls said when the ambulance arrived there was blood all over the woman's shirt. Parts of the sidewalk were marked with splashes of her blood.
"I'm feeling kind of in shock that it happened in front of my face but I'm most happy that she's going to be all right," Nicholls said.
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JAMES Russell could return between the posts for Canvey next season – although Gulls boss Danny Heale said "nothing concrete" has been set.
A goalkeeper will be on Heale's shopping list over the summer with Arsenal's Josh Vickers, who has spent the season on work experience at Park Lane, set to be loaned out to a Football League side by his parent club for 2014/15.
Rumours have surfaced saying Russell, who became a Gulls legend after spending three-and-a-half years there, could possibly return having joined Boreham Wood in the Conference South in 2012.
However, Heale played down these suggestions saying nothing has been decided and he is no rush at the moment.
Heale said: "James is a good friend of mine having played together here for a couple of seasons.
"We have spoken about it as mates, but James is doing well at the moment at Boreham Wood so there is nothing to say he will come back here.
"But if he was available it would be great to have him back, but we'll just have to see how things go.
"We've got the whole summer to think about it so there is plenty of time to look at options."
The Gulls boss added the contribution made by 17-year-old Vickers has been brilliant and believes he is ready to step up another level.
"The goalkeeper is obviously a massive part of the team," he said.
"If you have a good goalkeeper then you're halfway there.
"Josh has done us a massive turn and there is talk of League One and League Two clubs asking about him and I am sure he'll do well."
On Monday, Canvey were able to complete the signing of central midfielder Jack Edwards.
The youngster joins the Gulls from Southend United on loan until the end of the season.


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The 2009/10 UEFA European Women's Under-17 Championship resumes this week with four places in the finals up for grabs in the second qualifying round.
Only the four group winners will progress to the finals at the Colovray stadium in UEFA's Swiss home town of Nyon, played from 22 to 26 June. Italy stages the first of the qualifying mini-tournaments to kick off, welcoming 2007/08 semi-finalists England, the Netherlands and Serbia for Group 1 from Thursday until Tuesday.
The other three groups run from Saturday until next Thursday with all eyes on Group 4 in Austria, where the hosts, 2008/09 semi-finalists Norway and Finland have the unenviable task of halting Germany, who have won both previous editions of this tournament and have never lost a game. Defender Luisa Wensing and midfielder Jana Blessing remain from last year's squad although the prolific star of that championship, Kyra Malinowski, has been promoted to the U19s since playing in the first qualifying round.
Spain, beaten 7-0 by Germany in the 2009 final, stage Group 2 hoping to get past a Switzerland side aiming to compete in the showpiece on home soil, as well as Belgium and 2007/08 bronze medallists Denmark. First-time qualifiers are ensured in Group 3, where Ukraine entertain Poland, the Republic of Ireland and Sweden.
In the semi-finals on 22 June, the winners of Groups 1 and 2 will meet and the teams finishing top of Groups 3 and 4. Four days later the final and third-place play-off will take place on a Saturday for the first time. The top three finishers at the final tournament will qualify for the 2010 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Trinidad and Tobago from 5 to 25 September.
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"Mortar" by Sara Mumolo
(Omnidawn Publishing, 2013, $17.95)
Sara Mumolo's "Mortar" is a succinct and daring collection of poetry that critiques the centrality of money in the modern American mind.
She achieves this by simultaneously analyzing what it means to be a "self" in relation to a world governed by the complexities of contemporary need. The poems sparkle with the observations of a self-aware speaker who is both public and private. The book in its entirety solves the postmodern dilemma of how to be an individual while constructing new realities and fresh perceptions. These poems are bright and original without being self-indulgent. Mumolo sings of our multi-faceted humanity in simple phrases that bite and sting so adroitly that we are moved to a new level of consciousness about the world we inhabit together.
The book is divided into two parts. Part I is untitled and contains individual poems with short titles. Part II is called "Money On It," and the individual poems do not have titles but are identified by their first lines. Both Part I and Part II reflect on the relationship between a vulnerable self and the somewhat baffling modern world.
In the opening lines of the first poem, "In Regard To," the poet addresses the idea of individuality with regard to a booming world population: "Trying to avoid a billions-/of-people-type perspective." Next, she approaches the notion of gender with a workable concept of androgyny: "It is popular for me as a man/to introduce himself/as a woman in this feeling." She mentions the homeless before again professing an androgynous solution: "Listen Chekhov was a woman." The poet then establishes a geography for the activity in the poem by firmly placing us in an urban environment: "Bouquets of buildings,/so what if the city wilts around us." The poem concludes with a defense of collective humanity from those who would conquer the world in general: "In regard to your wish to trap a world/we are not here, not dead."
In "Current," she criticizes money by describing a highway as "a moneyed wilderness." She elaborates as she defines money: "Money is what happens/when one turns to luxury/for solace."
Mumolo expresses the fragile relationship of self to world in several poems that utilize nudity as their central metaphor. In "Left Nude," the nude subject triumphs in her vulnerability: "the main ability of a nude is how her figure triumphs/when earth rehearses her irrelevance."
In "Landscape with a Calm," she again describes the overwhelming presence of money in our collective life: "I transfer money from one imagination to another." In "Nudes at Dusk," the monetary relation becomes one of commerce: "so spoke the voice of trade/money's defensive dignity."
In Part II, the poet situates life in the cities of San Francisco and Oakland as well as public spaces as disparate as a rock concert and the San Francisco Zoo.
In "I haul my lungs to the road, unharvested with echo," she unearths the origins of Oakland: "We built this city on graves and stone: Oakland nuances."
The poem "I am not a school on fire" describes the relationship of youth to money. The young are "young doves" (who) "all have obvious names and role-play." She continues by stating: "skinny-legged jeans/go where money is."
In "Earth, our unlived life," Mumolo suggests that an individual finds no outlet for self-expression except at a public event: "No body can be, except when at a concert,/hands flailing. A communal art/where we fail to examine."
In the later poem, "I put on cooking music," she describes how rush hour really occurs in slow-motion: "What we call Rush Hour is a skill/and its product is that nothing feels rushed:/running through water."
The volume concludes by acknowledging humanity's perpetual engagement with strife: "Rolling over onto backs, we're conflict's mascot."
As a whole, Sara Mumolo's "Mortar" is a book that leads us to act on behalf of a humanity that is crippled by the darker aspects of a money culture. As such, her poems incite us to rebel against even darker tyrannies such as war or our own mortality. These graceful and elegant poems of humanity's potential to refuse that which limits us are not to be missed. Mumolo deftly teaches us to redefine what it means to be human and to persevere in a world that threatens to engulf us.
Sonja James is the author of "Baiting the Hook" (the Bunny & the Crocodile Press, 1999), "Children of the Moon" (Argonne House Press, 2004) and "Calling Old Ghosts to Supper" (Finishing Line Press, 2013).
Poets are invited to submit recent books for review consideration. Contact Sonja James at email@example.com.


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For most Willits residents the only sign of construction of the Highway 101 bypass has been the sudden appearance of road construction signs on city streets and county roads crossing the pending project.
CalTrans limited its activity during the past week to ground crew surveys along the route, using wooden stakes to mark the different work zones. Further work activities depend upon the nesting preferences of migrating birds.
CalTrans and the California Department of Fish and Wildlife were still working out the final details on work procedures which must be in place to avoid disrupting the wildlife as of press time. The highway agency and DFW are very close to an understanding, according to CalTrans spokesman Phil Frisbie, and anticipate having letters of agreement in place by today.
Frisbie anticipates the bird surveys will start immediately, using the new protocols, and crews will be completing the fence installation in areas where the vegetation has already been disturbed.
Details on the new biological survey protocols were not available at press time.
While protests are expected to continue by those opposed to the bypass, those in support of the bypass are also hosting a rally.
Operating Engineers Local No. 3 is organizing a rally in support of the bypass today in the Safeway parking lot from 9 a.m. until noon.
"The Willits bypass project will put hundreds of people to work in Mendocino County and millions of dollars will be injected into our local economy as this project moves forward," says organizer John Galeotti. The rally is meant to "bring attention to the benefits the Willits bypass project will bring to Mendocino County and the surrounding region."
"We welcome anyone who wants to support the bypass to join us at the rally," says Galeotti. "We want to see local people get to work and make a living close to home. Lots of our membership live in Willits and commute to the Bay Area to work. We want them to be able to work in their own back yard."
California State Senator Noreen Evans sent a letter to CalTrans Director Michael Dougherty last week proposing to meet and discuss the project with him.
Evans' letter raised several points saying, "It is disconcerting when, after all these years, many ranchers, farmers, local businesses, environmental groups and ordinary citizens agree the Willits bypass, as it is presently conceived, should not be built."
The crux of her letter focuses on the two-lane project that has evolved. "Caltrans has clearly stated in its environmental documents that a two-lane project does not meet the 'purpose and operational need of the project,' yet this is the project that is going forward. Because of CalTrans insistence on a four-lane project, two-lane alternatives were summarily rejected and not examined in the EIR/EIS.
"How can we determine whether the current two-lane project is the superior project? There is a perception that CalTrans has refused to seriously look at other two-lane alternatives."
Evans also reflects some of the concerns locals have expressed about the existing Highway 101. "Local residents say much of the traffic in the City of Willits could be effectively relieved through traffic management programs at the Highway 20 intersection. Why is this not considered as a partial solution to the problem, especially since about 70 percent of current Highway 101 traffic through Willits is locally bound?"
Evans' letter ends with "I understand the need and fully support an alternative transportation solution, and am willing to work with you for a project that addresses the transportation needs of Willits and the region."
The bypass protests were quiet this week, with Warbler still tree-sitting in her pine at the south end of the bypass. A petition is circulating around town urging elected officials to reconsider the current bypass. So far, more than 1,000 signatures have been gathered, according to Willits City Councilwoman Madge Strong.
Warbler said she had a rough night perched in her tree during last week's heavy rain, wind and hail. Her tarps proved no match to the stormy weather.
"It was miserable," she said. "The wind was so intense, the tarps were pointless. It was definitely my worst night. I'm glad it is over."
Her bouts of nausea have mostly passed, she said, taking advantage of many remedies provided by her supporters.
Of particular concern was a quiet visit during the past week to the protest site by Capt. James Epperson, commander of the Ukiah California Highway Patrol office. Warbler says it was a cordial meeting between Epperson and about five protestors. She says he spoke about the growing pressure on CHP to remove the protestors, and offered the group another site for a more permanent protest venue.


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The Clippers' 101-92 season-opening victory over the Memphis Grizzlies on Wednesday night at Staples Center was many things at many times. Mostly, it was wild and frantic and physical and tons of fun for the Clippers.
It also looked like a continuation of the teams' first-round playoff series last spring, won by the Clippers in seven taut games. At times, it also had the feel of another exhibition game, by turns sloppy and filled with moments of indecision.
When the game got tight and only a few points separated the teams, the Clippers had enough in reserve to hold off the Grizzlies in front of a sellout crowd of 19,060. Backup guard Jamal Crawford scored a team-leading 29 points in his Clippers debut.
Blake Griffin and Zach Randolph, his Grizzlies counterpart at power forward, got tangled up several times in the closing minutes.
Randolph's takedown of Griffin after a key Chris Paul basket was very much like a professional wrestling move.
"Yeah, the first game after the series we had with them last year, you'd expect that a little bit," Clippers coach Vinny Del Negro said of the rough stuff. "It's going to be a physical thing. We enjoy that. We have plenty of depth now."
The Clippers built an early 12-point lead, thanks in large part to the energetic play of Crawford and their second unit. The Grizzlies erased it all by halftime and it was clear this wouldn't be an easy opening-night stroll for either team.
When the Clippers surged late, they did so forcefully. Paul gave them a 91-86 lead with a jump shot from 14 feet with 4 minutes, 18 seconds remaining, and the crowd bellowed ever louder. Paul scored only 12 points and Griffin added 11.
Later, Paul tossed a lob pass to DeAndre Jordan for a thunderous dunk that gave the Clippers a 100-91 lead with 1:05 remaining.
Clippers fans rose to their feet and stayed there for the final moments. They didn't care about the Clippers' imperfections.
Del Negro did, however.
"We had so many turnovers tonight my head's still spinning," he said.
The Clippers had 22 turnovers, which the Grizzlies turned into 26 points.
Memphis had 21 turnovers, which the Clippers turned into 29 points.
"We have to do a better job of not turning it over and do a better job on the glass," Del Negro said. "The turnovers were the big thing for us. Our defense in the fourth quarter, we held up and got some stops when we needed to (late in the game).
"We were able to control the tempo a little better."
The Clippers held the Grizzlies to 15 points on 5-for-18 shooting (27.8 percent) in the fourth quarter. The Clippers scored 28 points on 10-for-17 shooting in the final period (58.8 percent). Crawford scored 12 points on 5-for-7 shooting in the fourth.
Crawford made 10 of 14 overall, including three of seven from behind the 3-point arc in his first game after signing with the Clippers as a free agent in the offseason. At one point, he played with fellow guards Paul and Eric Bledsoe as the Clippers went very small.
"When I'm scoring like that, it's never about me," Crawford insisted.
Bledsoe scored 13 points on 5-for-8 shooting, and Lamar Odom added two points, six rebounds, two assists, four blocked shots and an infusion of energy in 16:36 in his return to the team that drafted him fourth overall in 1999.
Odom spent an unhappy season in Dallas after the Lakers traded him last December, after they tried and failed to deal him to New Orleans to get Paul. Now he's back with the Clippers, the team that gave him his professional start.
"It's funny because it's not like I can't jump as high or run as fast, it's because I'm missing time," Odom said of sitting out for nearly three weeks because of sore knees during training camp. "The speed of the game is way different from practice.
"It's nothing like being out there."
Rudy Gay led the Grizzlies with 25 points, and Marc Gasol added 20.
Randolph scored 15 points and grabbed a team-leading 16 rebounds, incurring the wrath of Clippers fans, who chanted profanely after his fourth-quarter takedown of Griffin.


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Would You Eat A Bratwurst With Gummy Bears In It? [VIDEO]
Some things were meant to be together: peanut butter and chocolate, strawberries and cream, chips and dip…but pork and Gummy Bears?!
Grundhofer's Old-Fashion Meats in Hugo makes a Gummy Bear brat and actually sells hundreds of pounds of them every week. KARE 11 did a story on this perplexing combination and I thought it was worth sharing.


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Astros' moms throw out first pitches
HOUSTON -- The mothers of Astros players Wesley Wright, Trevor Crowe, Paul Clemens and Robbie Grossman threw out the ceremonial first pitches prior to Sunday's Mother's Day game against the Rangers at Minute Maid Park.
Ruby Wright, Patti Grossman, Terryl Crowe and Patty Clemens wore their sons' jerseys and tossed pitches to their sons.
"Growing up, we weren't around Major League Baseball parks a lot, and the fact I'm a Major League Baseball player and she's going to have the opportunity to throw out the first pitch, it's something I think we'll both remember for a while," Wesley Wright said. "It's a moment she deserves. She's sacrificed a lot for myself and my older brothers. I'm happy to be able to have this opportunity for her to be able to get out on the field and throw a pitch to me."
Paul Clemens credited his mother with helping foster his love for baseball by playing catch with him when he was a kid.
"She's a big reason I'm here," he said. "She was the one in the backyard playing baseball with me before kindergarten. You never forget those days hitting the ball off the tee, running around with mom. It's going to be fun and we'll enjoy it."
Brian McTaggart is a reporter for MLB.com and writes an MLBlog, Tag's Lines. Follow @brianmctaggart on Twitter. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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