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U.S. Congressman Trent Franks Addresses S.B. 1062 Controversy
WASHINGTON, DC -- Congressman Trent Franks (AZ-08), Chairman of the Constitution Subcommittee and co-chair of the International Religious Freedom Caucus in Congress, today released the following statement regarding the recent controversy surrounding Arizona's S.B. 1062:
"If one reads only political tea leaves, the politically safe thing to do is to avoid commenting on the media frenzy surrounding the Exercise of Religion bill in Arizona. However, if one reads the text of the bill, a rational and principled response becomes an obligation in spite of the political risks, and being fully aware that my comments are certain to be twisted beyond recognition."
"To quote a letter sent to Arizona Governor Jan Brewer by a bipartisan panel of legal scholars from wide-ranging political and religious backgrounds (the full text is included below as part of this statement), 'S.B. 1062 does not say that businesses can discriminate for religious reasons. It says that business people can assert a claim or defense under the existing Religious Freedom Restoration Act in any kind of judicial proceeding (discrimination cases are not even mentioned, although they would be included), that they have the burden of proving a substantial burden on a sincere religious practice, that the government or the person suing them has the burden of proof on compelling government interest, and that the state courts in Arizona make the final decision.'"
"S.B. 1062, which weighs in at barely two pages long, is a very simple clarification of an already existing Arizona law, the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA). The legislation reaffirms the basic principle that the fundamental rights of free speech and the free exercise of religion do not stop at the exit door of your local church, and instead extend to every area of life."
"It bears careful reflection that many men and women have died in darkness so that Americans could walk in the light of religious freedom. They gave all they had because they knew that religious freedom was the cornerstone of all other freedoms. The aim of the sponsors and proponents of SB 1062 was to defend against increasing and ubiquitous efforts by the secular left to do away with religious freedom in America as they have successfully done in many other parts of the world. Rather than join an honest debate about the actual text, legal application and effect of this bill, the secular left has resorted to their primary strategy of flooding the zone with gross distortion, political intimidation, and economic extortion."
"In America, every individual has the right to religious freedom and First Amendment expression so long as they do not deny the constitutional rights of another. True tolerance does not mean that we have no differences, it means that we are obligated as members of the human family to be kind and respectful to each other in spite of those differences."
Text of Letter to Governor Brewer from Bipartisan Panel of Legal Scholars:
Hon. Janice K. Brewer, Governor
Executive Tower
1700 West Washington Street
Phoenix, AZ 85007
Dear Gov. Brewer:
SB1062, which amends Arizona's Religious Freedom Restoration Act, is on your desk for signature. The bill has been egregiously misrepresented by many of its critics. We write because we believe that you should make your decision on the basis of accurate information.
Some of us are Republicans; some of us are Democrats. Some of us are religious; some of us are not. Some of us oppose same-sex marriage; some of us support it. Nine of the eleven signers of this letter believe that you should sign the bill; two are unsure. But all of us believe that many criticisms of the Arizona bill are deeply misleading.
The federal government and eighteen states have Religious Freedom Restoration Acts (RFRAs). Another twelve or thirteen states interpret their state constitutions to provide similar protections. These laws enact a uniform standard to be interpreted and applied to individual cases by courts. They say that before the government can burden a person's religious exercise, the government has to show a compelling justification.
That standard makes sense. We should not punish people for practicing their religions unless we have a very good reason. Arizona has had a RFRA for nearly fifteen years now; the federal government has had one since 1993; and RFRA's standard was the constitutional standard for the entire country from 1963 to 1990. There have been relatively few cases; if you knew little about the Arizona RFRA until the current controversy, that is because it has had no disruptive effect in Arizona. Few people had heard of the federal RFRA before the current litigation over contraception and the Affordable Care Act.
SB1062 would amend the Arizona RFRA to address two ambiguities that have been the subject of litigation under other RFRAs. It would provide that people are covered when state or local government requires them to violate their religion in the conduct of their business, and it would provide that people are covered when sued by a private citizen invoking state or local law to demand that they violate their religion.
But nothing in the amendment would say who wins in either of these cases. The person invoking RFRA would still have to prove that he had a sincere religious belief and that state or local government was imposing a substantial burden on his exercise of that religious belief. And the government, or the person on the other side of the lawsuit, could still show that compliance with the law was necessary to serve a compelling government interest. As a business gets bigger and more impersonal, courts will become more skeptical about claims of substantial burden on the owner's exercise of religion. And as a business gets bigger, the government's claim of compelling interest will become stronger.
Arizona's RFRA, like all RFRAs, leaves resolution of these issues to the courts for two related reasons. First, it is impossible for legislatures to foresee all the potential conflicts between the diverse religious practices of the many faiths practiced in Arizona and the diverse array of regulations enacted by the state and all its agencies, counties, municipalities, and special purpose districts. And second, when passions are aroused on all sides, as they have been in this case, it becomes extraordinarily difficult for legislatures to make principled decisions about whether to make exceptions for unpopular religious practices. Courts can generally devote more time to the question, hear the evidence from both sides, and be more insulated from interest-group pressure.
So, to be clear: SB1062 does not say that businesses can discriminate for religious reasons. It says that business people can assert a claim or defense under RFRA, in any kind of case (discrimination cases are not even mentioned, although they would be included), that they have the burden of proving a substantial burden on a sincere religious practice, that the government or the person suing them has the burden of proof on compelling
government interest, and that the state courts in Arizona make the final decision.
All of this is fundamentally different from the Kansas bill that has gotten so much publicity (HB2453). The Kansas bill does not enact a broadly applicable standard, give each side a chance to prove its case, and leave decisions to the courts. It enacts a specific rule about religious objections to same-sex marriages and civil unions, and it says the religious objector always wins, no matter what.
The Kansas bill appears to limit discovery for both sides. It authorizes awards of attorneys' fees against private citizens; the Arizona bill does not. Any religious objection triggers the Kansas law; it doesn't matter that a business may be so large and impersonal that there is no substantial burden on anyone's religion. Substantial burden on religion isn't required. There is no compelling interest exception, and no hardship exception; it doesn't matter if the religious objector is the only provider of some essential goods or services in a rural Kansas county. Government officials and employees are protected, and there is a hardship exception for the government. If all the employees in a government office object to serving a same-sex couple, the answer must always be that one of them has to serve that couple anyway. The Kansas bill's proposed answer is that if the government cannot serve them without undue hardship, the same-sex couple has to do without. This gets things backwards.
The problem with the Kansas bill is not that it proposes a specific rule. Carefully crafted specific exemptions can clarify the law for everyone and avoid the need to litigate the issue under the general standard of a RFRA or a state constitution. But specific exemptions for specific situations are very different from a general standard under RFRA, and it is important to recognize that difference.
The real problem with the Kansas bill is not that it proposes a specific rule, but that it proposes a very one-sided and unfair rule. We agree with Congress and a clear majority of states that government should not burden a person's religious practice without a compelling interest. But sometimes the government does have compelling interests, and then religious practices must be burdened. The Arizona bill recognizes that; the Kansas bill does not. People claiming that the two bills are similar are simply smearing the Arizona bill, disregarding the long and successful history of state and federal RFRAs, and trying to deceive you.
We should also say a word about the history of the two ambiguities in the Arizona bill. The Arizona RFRA was modeled on the federal RFRA, parts of which were copied verbatim. Language in the federal RFRA that authorizes relief against a government, inserted for reasons having to do with sovereign immunity, has been misinterpreted by a few courts to mean that RFRA cannot be a defense against a suit by a private citizen. The legislative history on how this ambiguity arose is very clear; there was never a congressional intention to preclude a RFRA defense against private citizens. This history is carefully reviewed in Shruti Chaganti, Note, Why the Religious Freedom Restoration Act Provides a Defense in Suits by Private Plaintiffs, 99 Va. L. Rev. 343 (2013).
Arizona copied the sovereign immunity language from the federal RFRA, and presumably had no intent to change the meaning. Defendants will assert RFRA defenses in suits by private plaintiffs whether or not you sign this bill. Without the bill, whether RFRA applies will be an additional issue for litigation; with the bill, the answer will be clear and the parties and the court can proceed to the merits. And keep in mind that these private plaintiffs may not be suing a business; they may be suing a church, a minister, a religious charity, an individual, or anyone else clearly protected by the Arizona RFRA.
If the state enacts a law that burdens someone's religion, and a private citizen sues to enforce it, the burden on religion is imposed by the state law, not by the private plaintiff. This has long been settled in constitutional law; common-law rules enforced by private plaintiffs are unconstitutional if they violate a defendant's constitutional rights. We believe that it this also the law of RFRAs. The most famous constitutional case is New York Times v. Sullivan, 376 U.S. 254, 265 (1964), protecting the First Amendment right to criticize public officials from overreach in the common law of defamation; that opinion cites earlier cases.
There is also good evidence that Congress thought businesses were covered by RFRA,
although of course that is disputed. Arizona's legislature may have taken a different view. But this too will be the subject of litigation if you veto the bill. If you sign the bill, the threshold issue will be resolved and the case will proceed to the merits.
There have been very few claims by businesses over the years, but there have been a few. It is true that some of these claims are based on objections to same-sex marriage, although that is not an issue in Arizona. The cases pending in the Supreme Court involve business owners who believe they are being asked to pay for abortions. Business regulations do not often require a business owner to violate a deeply held religious belief, but sometimes they do, and when that happens, the Arizona RFRA should be available. Keep in mind that it will not guarantee either side a win; it will test the government's claims and the religious believer's claims under RFRA's general standard.
Whatever judgment you pass on SB1062, you should not be misled by uninformed critics. The Arizona bill is fundamentally different from the Kansas bill. It resolves ambiguities that have been the subject of litigation elsewhere. It deserves your accurately informed consideration.
Very truly yours,
Prof. Mary Ann Glendon
Harvard Law School
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Stanford Law School
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University of Virginia School of Law
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|Al Pacino (Jack Kevorkian), Susan Sarandon (Janet Good), Danny Huston (Geoffrey Fieger), Brenda Vaccaro (Margo Janus), John Goodman (Neal Nicol), Cotter Smith (Dick Thompson), James Urbaniak (Jack Lessenberry), David Wilson Barnes (David Gorcyca), Ana Reeder (Lynn Mills), Sandra Seacat (Janet Adkins), Adam Mucci (Dave Gorosh), Eric Lange (John Skrzynski), Deborah Hedwall (Melody Youk), Rondi Reed (Judge Cooper).
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Love, Love, Love these Brush Holders!
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I really love the look and function of these brush holders. I have both 8" and 6" for my acrylic & watercolour brushes; and another 6" for other tools. I wish they had the 10" & 4" as well. I would buy them all!
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I've seen bamboo vase holders more finely finished than these: they are a bit on the rustic side. I don't mind, but for folks looking for a finely finished bamboo, these probably are not it. They are great for holding my short-handled watercolor brushes and smaller oil or acrylic brushes. They are a bit narrower than I expected, so I'm sticking with my quart mason jars for the larger/longer brushes, as the bamboo holders will tip over. I imagine I'll eventually re-purpose these to hold dry ornamental grasses, branches, etc. Or put some pebbles in the bottom to weight them. Or both. They'd look very attractive that way.
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I like these bamboo brush holders but I would not buy them again as the sticky labels were very hard to remove.
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Bought 4 and spent 1/2 hour scrubbing stickers off. Who orders nice brush holders and wants big inventory sticker on them??? They do not come off easily. Buff with sandpaper to rough up surface. Spray with Goo Gone (Brand name) let sit for 5 minutes. Immerse in hot soapy water and scrub again with sandpaper or rough scrubber sponge. Finally if this doesn't do it scrape the rest off with a knife. How long have we had easy-peel labels on items?Thanks Dick Blick
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By Shirley
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Removing traffic lights would boost economy and road safety
Eight in 10 traffic lights 'should be ripped out' over concerns they are detrimental to road safety, the economy and the environment.
That is the conclusion of a report from the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA), which says that an 'alternative approach' - shared space - can improve road safety without the 'colossal costs' associated with traffic lights.
'Seeing Red: Traffic Controls and the Economy' concludes that a two-minute delay to every car journey equates to a loss of approximately £16bn every year.
The report advocates the use of shared space schemes which involve the removal of conventional traffic infrastructure such as traffic lights, road markings and bollards.
The authors argue that evidence demonstrates that when regulations are removed, including the 'unfair rules' that give some vehicles priority over others, drivers behave with more consideration to other road users, improving safety and allowing traffic to flow more smoothly.
There are plans to introduce shared spaces in some UK towns, including Bodmin where almost two thirds of people who attended an exhibition on the scheme supported the proposed plans.
The authors point to a number of case studies, including Ashford, where they claim there was a 41% fall in injury accidents in the first three years after a shared space scheme was introduced.
However, there is strong opposition to the shared space concept. A report prepared by Lord Holmes of Richmond MBE claimed they cause 'confusion, chaos and catastrophe'.
The IEA report, published on 25 January, reveals that the number of traffic lights in England has increased by 25% since 2000. By comparison, vehicle traffic rose by 5%, and the length of the road network by just 1.3% in the same period.
Dr Richard Wellings, head of transport at the IEA, said: "For too long policymakers have failed to make a cost-benefit analysis of a range of regulations – including traffic lights, speed cameras and bus lanes – making life a misery for drivers nationwide.
"It's quite clear that traffic management has spread far beyond the locations where it might be justified, to the detriment of the economy, environment and road safety.
"The evidence of shared space schemes shows the transformational benefits of less regulated approach, whilst the removal of a high proportion of traffic lights would deliver substantial economic and social benefits."
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A traffic light near my house has been turned off for a few days now, and I wonder if it's part of some trial? As far as I could tell, very few drivers were stopping to let pedestrians cross. I did stop for a pedestrian, but my thinking was influenced by the idea that the light was broken. Normally, I would have to stop, so it seemed fair to do so. If there was no such requirement at all, I'm not sure I would have let these people cross. If it's the norm that drivers don't have to stop, then how do we know they will?
My own experience tells me that when trying to cross a busy road that has no lights, no one will allow you to cross. They very rarely even slow down.
And what about blind pedestrians, who rely on the crossings? Drivers are too selfish to be trusted with this kind of responsibility.
Alister, Portsmouth
This report is sheer fantasy. It claims that widespread use of 20mph started in 2013 with Islington when in fact it was Portsmouth in 2007 that set a 20mph limit for most roads. It was followed by Oxford and then Islington in 2011. Subsequent to that TfL set their main roads in Islington to 20mph.
The report makes much of the replacement of Traffic Lights in Poynton with a lightless shared space. However this cost £3,5m. Hence projecting this for 80% of the estimated 15,000 junctions with traffic lights comes to £42,000,000,000. I look forward to IEA asking George Osborne to dedicate such funds to this.
Comparison with Netherlands is also rather missing the point. Over there all the shared space implementations have low 30km/h(20mph) speed limits across communities. The very intervention that IEA are also campaigning against.
Rod King, 20's Plenty for Us
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David, Suffolk
This report cannot be taken seriously. It asserts that traffic lights, cycle lanes and traffic signs are responsible for increased congestion over the past two decades. What the report ignores is the increased number of vehicles on the roads over the same time span, the increased number of miles driven and the increased size of individual vehicles and the link between these and increasing congestion. The joint author of the report, Richard Welling, asked on twitter what would do more to reduce congestion, fewer bicycles or fewer motors, said, "Definitely fewer motors",thus negating his own report. Wellings added "but what about the economics?" Safety for pedestrians crossing junctions without signals or cyclists who need cycle lanes, it appears, is not a concern, only a particular form of economic theorising which sees economic value only in motors, not in all people whatever their mode of travel.
Paul Gannon, UK
Hugh - you are correct to pick us up on this. We have amended the para in question to reflect that it was 2/3rds of the 433 people who attended an exhibition who supported the Bodmin shared space scheme. Thanks for pointing this out.
Nick Rawlings, editor, Road Safety News
The 6th paragrah implies that two thirds of the population of Bodmin support such a proposed scheme, whereas the source says it was actually two-thirds of those who attended an exhibition supported it - and of those who did attend, apparently a third still didn't support it.
Makes you wonder how much of the rest of the report is honest and accurate. Expressions like 'should be ripped out' instead of simply 'remove' (less emotive) tells me a lot about the mindset of the authors as well.
Hugh Jones, Cheshire
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NORTH COUNTY - No one seems quite sure why, but the nationwide decline in auto sales is affecting car dealers in Escondido far more than their counterparts in Carlsbad.
Both cities pay close attention to how their auto dealers are faring, because those businesses produce millions of dollars in sales tax revenue every year that the cities use to pay for parks, firefighters, police officers and other services. Escondido and Carlsbad each have more than 15 dealerships, so they account for the majority of cars sold in North County.
In interviews last week, city officials and some dealers offered an array of explanations for the fact that the total value of autos sold rose 3.6 percent in Carlsbad during the first nine months of 2007, but fell 6.3 percent in Escondido during that time.
Some said the mortgage crisis has hurt the car buying power of inland families more sharply than coastal families. Others suggested the trend might be based on different approaches to advertising, or increased traffic congestion making it harder for wealthy coastal residents to go car shopping in Escondido.
"There are probably a whole slew of little things contributing to this," said Lance Roberts, a director at the New Car Dealers Association of San Diego County.
Whatever the cause, the trend is hard to miss when examining the auto sales data provided by the two cities.
Tax revenue from sales of new and used cars was down 6.3 percent in Escondido when the first nine months of 2007 are compared with the same period in 2006. In contrast, Carlsbad saw a 3.2 percent increase in auto sales during that time frame.
Revenue dropped from $4.22 million to $3.96 million in Escondido when the two periods are compared. Meanwhile, revenue climbed from $4.43 million to $4.57 million in Carlsbad.
While dealers virtually everywhere have reported slumping sales during 2007, Escondido's dealers fared worse overall than those in the county and the nation. Auto sales in San Diego County were down 4.7 percent when the first nine months of 2007 and 2006 are compared, and sales were down 3 percent nationally during that period.
In Escondido, sales tax shortfalls have prompted a city hiring freeze and more than $1 million in cuts from the city's $86 million annual budget. Carlsbad has avoided cuts, but city officials said they are still concerned that auto sales will soon start to tumble.
"We're holding our breath a little bit, because we're not sure it can last in this economy," said Lisa Irvine, Carlsbad's finance director.
Rich staying rich?
The possible cause of the discrepancy most often mentioned was the tumbling home values and rising foreclosure rates that began last year. Real estate industry reports indicate that these problems are having a far greater effect on inland communities such as Escondido and Temecula than on coastal areas such as Carlsbad.
That dynamic is probably encouraging many inland families topostpone buying new cars, said Tim Brecht, owner of Brecht BMW inthe Escondido Auto Park.
"The families impacted most by the housing downturn have been young families in Escondido and Temecula," said Brecht, explaining that roughly one-third of cars sold in Escondido go to buyers from the Temecula area. "The Carlsbad area has a lot more older people with wealth and roots. They're a lot different than younger people, who haven't learned how to budget their money yet."
The greater wealth on the coast might be helping Carlsbad in another way, because sales of luxury cars in San Diego County have been affected less than sales of cheaper vehicles, said Roberts, the official from the auto dealers association.
"They have a few more high-end dealers in Carlsbad, and many of the residents there can still afford those cars," said Roberts.
Escondido has BMW and Mercedes dealers and Carlsbad does not, but Escondido lacks the Lexus, Audi and Porsche dealers that Carlsbad has.
Some say the wealth in an area plays little role in the success of nearby auto parks because car buyers usually travel the entire county to compare prices.
"People will think nothing of driving all over when they can get a better deal on such a significant purchase," said Escondido Councilman Dick Daniels, who said he was stumped by the recent discrepancy in auto sales in the two cities.
But Carlsbad Mayor Bud Lewis suggested that traffic congestion might be reducing the willingness of people to shop around so aggressively.
"As long as prices are similar, people will be more inclined to buy closer to home," he said.
Aesthetics or advertising?
Sometimes one city's auto row will outperform another nearby based on the age and appearance of the facilities, but Roberts said such an explanation makes no sense in this case.
"If you drove me to one of those two auto parks blindfolded and dropped me off, I don't think I could tell you where I was based on how the dealerships look," Roberts said. "They both have attractive and modern dealerships that are similar in design."
Jo Ann Case, Escondido's economic development manager, said there are no obvious causes of the discrepancy. No new dealerships opened in Carlsbad, no dealerships closed in Escondido and neither city's auto row faced significant new competition from elsewhere in the region.
Roberts suggested one factor might be that dealers in Carlsbad making advertising a higher priority than dealers in Escondido, but that idea was quickly dismissed by leaders of the Escondido Auto Park Association and the now-defunct Car Country Carlsbad Association.
"It's definitely not about advertising," said Gladys Young, president of the Escondido Auto Park Association and owner of Young Buick, Pontiac and Cadillac. Young said she thinks the discrepancy will be short-lived, describing it as just another downturn in the "roller coaster" of auto sales.
Chris Baker, vice president of Bob Baker Auto Group and former leader of the Carlsbad dealers association, agreed that advertising is probably not a key factor.
"The Carlsbad dealers don't advertise as a group, and I haven't seen any big advertising push from individual dealers over here," he said.
Baker suggested that a small factor in the sales discrepancy might be the proximity of Camp Pendleton Marine Corps base to the Carlsbad dealers.
"Some of them come back from Iraq with a lot of money in their pockets," said Baker. "But I'm not sure there's been anything in the past year that's increased that."
Carlsbad Councilman Matt Hall said he found the many different theories about the discrepancy interesting, but not very convincing.
"I have no idea why it's happening," said Hall. "And at the end of the day, I think all the theories are just guesses."
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Thousands of supporters flocked to Nowlan Park on Sunday last to witness the end of the senior club hurling and the battle of the greats. Ballyhale were seeking their 3-in-a-row and James Stephens were hoping to prevent them reaching it. Earlier predictions saw a Ballyhale landslide victory. However, the men from the Village fought to the bitter end. They refused to hang their heads and were worthy opponents. Ballyhale's Trojan defence can be credited with their victory, they didn't give an inch with six of the Village scores coming from frees with the other points from David McCormack, Philly Larkin and Mathew Ruth. James Stephens's Achilles heal was their attack which at times lacked power and speed, whenever the ball was sent their way, it nearly always landed in Padraig Holden's grasp- who cleaned up for Ballyhale. Philly Larkin, Mathew Ruth, an injured Eoin Larkin and Peter Barry tried their best up front for the Village. While captain Jackie Tyrrell ran the length and breadth of the ground. Ballyhale were led to victory courtesy of the Reid brothers. TJ, Eoin and Patrick put in super displays and their ability to score in difficult situations proved decisive. Eoin and Paddy's goals put Ballyhale in the driving seat. Henry had a relatively quiet game, he was held firmly by the strength of Jackie Tyrrell who never allowed Shefflin to shine as he only scored one point from play and at times showed his frustration. However the day belonged to the men from Ballyhale, and while at times the score could have gone either way, their skill and strength won out resulting in a five point lead. The Kilkenny senior team wil, for another year, be led by a Ballyhale man.
Ballyhale Shamrocks – James Connolly, Paul Shefflin, Eamonn Walsh, Padraig Holden, Michael Dermody, Aidan Cummins, Bob Alyward (captain ), James "Cha" Fitzpatrick (0-2 0-1 sideline cut ), Michael Fennelly (0-1 ), Paddy Reid (1-0 ), Henry Shefflin (0-3 0-2 frees ), TJ Reid (0-2 ), David Hoyne (0-1 ), Eoin Reid (1-2 ), Brendan Costelloe.
Substitutes: Mark Aylward, Ger Fennelly.
James Stephens: Franny Cantwell, Tomas Keogh, James Moran, Niall McQuillan, Donncha Cody (0-2 frees ), Jackie Tyrrell (captain ), Shane Campion, Richie Hayes, David McCormack (0-1 ), Gary Whelan (0-1 ), Eoin Larkin (0-4 all frees ), Peter Barry, Matthew Ruth (0-1 ), Philip Larkin (0-1 ), Brian McEvoy.
Substitutes: David Walton (0-2 ), Eoin McCormack.
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A grass-roots snowboarding campaign, backed by Transworld and industry sponsors, is enlisting the help of snowboarders everywhere to overturn the ban on snowboarding at Taos, Ajax, and Alta. These are the last three areas that maintain a ski-only policy while operating on National Forest Service land. "As private companies operating on publicly owned land, the only reason these ski areas are allowed to continue their pointless and elitist ban snowboarders is because the National Forest Service allows them to," says Matt Kreitman, a New Mexico-based writer and frequent Transworld Snowboarding Business contributor, who is coordinating the FreeTheSnow campaign. A new website, FreeTheSnow.com, asks snowboarders to add their names and addresses to an e-mail letter that will be sent out to around 50 elected and appointed officials, including the secretary of agricultural, congressmen, and state governors, asking them to push the National Forest Service to change its policy on issuing operating permits.
In exchange for sending the letter, all writers will be sent a bumper sticker with either Free Taos, Free Ajax, or Free Alta on it. Bumperstickers have been paid for by Nike. Meanwhile a range of further actions will be taking place, many backed by industry dollars. For example, a road-side billboard paid for by Heelside will be erected next week on the main highway to Taos.
Several business owners in Taos, led by Jack Wilson, a bagel store owner and Lib Tech rider, are also working to educate other local businesses about the negative economic impact of the snowboard ban. The campaign will be presenting its economic data to the local Chamber of Commerce next month with the hope they too will endorse the campaign. Fundraising benefits and plans to leaflet skiers visiting the mountain are also underway.
"Local snowboard retailer Experience Snowboards started a Free Taos campaign a few seasons ago. And local riders such as Christof Bromwell whose family own a hotel at Taos Ski Valley, have been poaching lines and writing letters for years. But this is the first time we are coordinated with snowboarders from other areas and have a comprehensive plan of action. It's excellent that companies such as Nike and Heelside are ready to step up and support snowboarders at a local level," says Wilson.
In Aspen, Larry Madden of Pride Snowboards, is heading up efforts in his region, giving out bumper stickers and working to reach out other business owners and local riders.
"The ban is wrong because it is simple prejudice," he says. "Aspen is one of the world's best known ski areas but they are effectively saying as far as they are concerned, snowboarders are second class citizens. It reflects badly on our entire community." The FreeTheSnow campaign has already received extensive local coverage in the Aspen press and on local radio and strong interest is expected to develop in New Mexico.
"These three ski areas have absolutely no justification for their bans," says Kreitman. "At best these areas have policies that exclude a large percentage of their local community from a major community resource. At worst it has a serious impact on the local economy. And it's an insult to snowboarders everywhere."


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June 13, 1889: Missouri Valley College was founded at Marshall. The private college still endures today.
This post was contributed by Ross Malone. A historian and a retired school teacher, Ross has authored many books about Missouri's history, weird facts, and folk tales. He has also written children's historical fiction. Visit his website, and buy his books in the Missouri Life store.


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|Located in the Sunny Okanogan Country in Eastern Washington, 90 miles north of Wenatchee on Highway 97, Lockwood Vizslas and Dry Coulee Game Farm, LLC are family owned and operated.
Bill & Donita Lockwood are life long residents of eastern Washington. They know and love the high desert area called the Okanogan Country, which is named after the natives who hunted these gorgeous hills before settlers arrived.
Bill is an avid hunter and fisherman who has spent a large part of his life enjoying the outdoors. In pursuit of game birds, Bill has owned and enjoyed Vizslas for more than thirty years. Now, he's working to share his joy of bird hunting with others.
One of Donita's loves is the beautiful Vizsla's that have been a part of her and Bill's lives over the years. So much so that she has imported Vizslas not only from across the United States but from overseas as well to preserve and enhance this gentle and beautiful breed.
Bill & Donita have combined their passions to provide you the fruits of their labors.
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Dallas police have implemented two new 911 call classifications that put the highest level of priority on calls like the one Friday in which a woman was being killed while she was on the line with a 911 operator.
The new categories dictate that officers will respond "Code 3," meaning with lights flashing and sirens blaring, to calls classified as major disturbances in which a victim may be suffering or about to suffer serious bodily injury or death.
"Anytime there's a situation where there's a kind of reaction that leaves something to be desired, we're always looking to see how we might improve the system, our procedures," First Assistant City Manager A.C. Gonzalez said. "If something needs to be changed to make it better, we do it."
The high-priority response is not what Dallas police used for Deanna Cook as she was heard choking, gurgling and pleading for her ex-husband, Delvecchio Patrick, to stop killing her, according to law enforcement officials. Two officers arrived at Cook's southeast Dallas house about 50 minutes after the 11-minute call was placed and left after no one answered the door.
Cook's worried family members found her dead body in a bathtub of the flooded home two days later. Patrick, 35, was arrested on a murder charge. He has a history of beating and threatening to kill Cook, 32.
Dallas Police Chief David Brown has not responded to multiple interview requests this week. In an interview with KDFW-TV (Channel 4) on Wednesday, he said the Cook case should have been given the highest-priority response based on what was heard on the 911 recording.
"You hear in the background, obviously, Miss Cook being assaulted by Mr. Patrick and being assaulted pretty seriously; it obviously led to her death," Brown said. "[It] should have been escalated to the highest priority — lights and sirens — and that did not happen, and so we're trying to find out what breakdown in communication happened along the way between the 911 clerk, dispatcher and the officers that didn't allow that to happen."
As of Wednesday afternoon, no one from the Dallas Police Department brass had contacted Cook's family about how the 911 call was handled, according to family members.
The Dallas Morning News first reported that a training bulletin regarding the change was issued Monday but was abruptly pulled back. Police said in a written statement Wednesday that was done "to allow time for testing to be done with the computer aided dispatch (CAD) system to ensure the new classification did not create a conflict within the system."
Once the testing was finished, the bulletin was rereleased. The impact of the new call classification was immediately apparent.
Dispatchers and patrol officers were inundated with 911 operators coding what would normally be considered routine disturbances as Priority 1 calls. One such case involved a woman throwing coffee on her husband. Another involved a mom who saw a bruise on her daughter and suspected abuse.
Dallas Police Association President Ron Pinkston said he supports the new signals.
"It looks like it will increase the safety of the citizens of Dallas," said Pinkston, whose group is the largest Dallas police union.
Fraternal Order of Police President Mike Walton said he isn't so sure.
"We have enough signals," Walton said. "I don't think call signals is going to make a difference in what we do."
In Cook's case, she called 911 about 10:55 a.m. Friday from her cellphone.
In written comments regarding the call, operator Tonyita Hopkins noted that a woman was screaming for help and that there was a disturbance in the background. Such comments are immediately sent electronically to the emergency dispatch center and any officers in the field assigned to the call.
She noted that the call was "urgent!" and pinpointed the exact address by 11:04 a.m.
Twenty-five minutes later, by 11:29 a.m., the call was assigned to Senior Cpls. Julia Menchaca and Amy Wilburn.
In addition to knocking on the door, the officers had a call made to Cook's phone. It went to voice mail. They also checked windows of the house and spoke to neighbors, who said they had not heard a disturbance, police said.
Call logs indicate the officers stopped to answer an unrelated burglar alarm while en route to Cook's house on Crimnson Court near Interstate 20 and Dowdy Ferry Road. That's actually not the case, Pinkston said.
The officers had been on an earlier call when they heard the burglar alarm call come out. They stopped to check it out and determined there wasn't a break-in.
About that time, they were assigned the disturbance call on Crimnson. As they headed there, they asked dispatchers to assign them the burglar alarm call so they could then note in the system that they had checked it out, Pinkston said.
"They didn't delay going to the call one second," said Pinkston, whose organization represents the two officers. "They went straight to the call. It's just a paperwork thing."
Problems with the city's 911 center are not new.
The city transferred the 911 call center from Dallas Fire-Rescue to the Police Department in 2008 after The News and WFAA-TV (Channel 8) detailed problems with the system Dallas residents turn to for emergencies. The News' investigation found that the call center was understaffed and that operators often supplied incomplete and sometimes incorrect information to police.
In July, an east Oak Cliff fire destroyed a home while initial calls to 911 went unanswered. City leaders promised to seek upgrades.
Gonzalez, who oversees the police and fire departments, said city officials have been examining possible technological upgrades to the 911 center for at least several weeks.
"In some cases, it takes a little bit more thought and research to make sure that we're not, in making a correction, going to cause another problem," Gonzalez said. "I know the department … goes through that process and that's what you're seeing."
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The funeral for Deanna Cook will be at 12:30 p.m. Friday at St. John Missionary Baptist Church, 2600 S. Marsalis Ave.


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An institute to better understand the health needs of South Asians has been established in B.C. in hopes that chronic diseases such as diabetes can be prevented with lifestyle changes.
The Fraser Health Authority has launched the South Asian Health Institute in Surrey, B.C., home to the third-largest South Asian population in Canada.
South Asians are also more likely to suffer from cardiovascular disease due to a combination of hereditary and environmental factors.
The authority's president, Dr. Nigel Murray, says the institute's goal is early intervention and management of chronic conditions in a culturally appropriate way.
Dr. Arun Garg, the institute's medical director, says the cost of late intervention is significant for individuals, families and the province's health-care system.
He says the focus will be on preventing chronic diseases rather than fixing them.


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RIO DE JANEIRO, Dec 17 (Reuters) - Brazilian federal prosecutors on Thursday charged 12 people related to alleged bribery involving Dutch firm SBM Offshore NV, the world's top oil production ship leaser, and state oil firm Petroleo Brasileiro SA.
Former Petrobras executives Pedro Barusco, Jorge Zelada and Renato Duque, and SBM executives Robert Zubiate, Didier Keller and Tony Mace were charged, as were former SBM sales agents Julio Faerman and Luis Eduardo Campos Barbosa da Silva, according to a statement from prosecutors. (Reporting by Rodrigo Viga Gaier; Writing by Caroline Stauffer)


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Cleaning House at the DeYoung Farm
Restoration teams were especially enthusiastic about the waterwheel-driven powerhouse. The stream runs under the building and turns a waterwheel that once powered farm tools, and later, turned a generator, producing electricity for the house. Louis DeYoung Sr., the family patriarch, was the first in the area to bring electric lights into a family home.
This kind of building is a "rare form," said architectural restoration expert Jeff Weatherford, and the uses it was put to are creative and unique.
Weatherford, along with a team of graduate students, worked to replace the powerhouse's original glazed windows with accurate, handmade replicas. The windows are the fruit of perfectionism, all the way down to the hand-whittled pegs holding them in place. If it weren't for the absence of wood rot, nothing would separate them from the authentic 19th-century panes they are replacing.
Building restoration was crucial to the work being done at the farm; the safety of the structure is always a top priority, according to more than one team member. Equally important, though, was the home's "material culture." Historical Preservation students carefully sorted and painstakingly cataloged every item pulled out of the farmhouse. Rowe described the house as "a time capsule" and talked excitedly about all the "treasures" found inside.
The group uncovered a preservationist's dream at DeYoung Farm: a fully-furnished house, full of records and silverware, newspapers and personal correspondence. Louis DeYoung Sr., the last of the family to live there full-time, never moved his belongings out of the house, and continued to stop by even while living at a local retirement home, Rowe said
Enough was pulled from the house to crowd the floor of the barn, fill one of the outbuildings and spill out into tents on the lawn as the cataloging began. All the DeYoung farmhouse treasures are destined eventually to be divvied up between local museums and historical societies including the Grand Traverse Lighthouse Museum, the Leelanau Historical Society, the Grand Traverse Heritage Center, the Traverse City Historical Society and the Simms Farm.
Stefanie Staley is the executive director of the Grand Traverse Lighthouse Museum. She showed off the items she had staked her claim to: a metal stove plate, vinyl records, and a child's Donald Duck tea set, all of which, she said, were great finds.
Friday afternoon, the goals of the week were nearly accomplished: students sorted the material culture of the house as their teachers looked on, teams fit the last windows on the powerhouse and surveyors added final measurements to an updated plan of the property.
The goals of the conservancy are much more ambitious, though.
Rowe said she would like to see all the buildings on DeYoung farm restored and usable within 10 years. They would then be used for education: in farming and natural resource management, by EMU and other groups.
She also said she would like to see a water trail marked out along the property, from the stream diversion through the fields, to the remarkable little powerhouse and out into the wetlands past the farm.
"The story of this property is really the story of the water," Rowe said.
The students of the Historical Preservation Program had their own excitement for the project, but focused more tightly on the work they were doing and the skills they were learning.
"It's history and science and research all wrapped up together," said graduate student Susanne DeVries as she cleaned the powerhouse's new windows from atop a ladder. "There are just so many facets."


text: Hi, I purchased a 1971 Mustang Grande, about 3-4 years ago. The guy I bought the car from, only had a bill of sale, and had planned on stripping the car out. When I bought the car, he also provided me with a bill of sale, from him to me. Since then, I have moved and lost the paperwork. We're in the process of restoring the car and need to get a registeration. I live in New York state, and I have no idea how I would go about getting the necessary paperwork? I tried talking to someone at our local DMV, but the lady was rude and wouldn't help me out. I'm not sure if the guy I had bought the car from is still around or even if I could still find his house. If anyone can give me some ideas on how I can get the paperwork so, I can eventually register the car it would be greatly appreciated. I was told something about Maine from a local guy, who restored classic cars? Thanks.


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As we head into the last month in which you can make a registered retirement savings plan (RRSP) contribution for 2009, we've launched a special RRSP 2010 website and lined up a series of discussions to answer all of your related queries.
First up: On Monday, Feb 1st Dan Hallett, director of asset management at Oakville, Ont.-based HighView Asset Management Inc., answered your questions on how mutual funds can fit into an RRSP portfolio. Should stock-market wary investors buy balanced funds, which invest in stocks and bonds? Or is it time to return to equity funds?
Mr. Hallett has spent more than a dozen years doing research on investment funds, portfolio managers and financial markets. He holds the Certified Financial Planner (CFP) and Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designations. Formerly the president of Dan Hallett and Associates Inc. in Windsor, he is now reponsible for manager research, portfolio construction and investment program design at HighView. Mr. Hallett has a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the Odette School of Business at the University of Windsor.
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070613 DJ Geribo's works featured in July at Libby Museum (191 w/2 col. photo tiger oil)
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WOLFEBORO — Fine artist DJ Geribo is the featured artist for the month of July at the Libby Museum in Wolfeboro.
The opening reception for the show will take place on Sunday, July 7 from 1-3 p.m. Refreshments will be served. The public is welcome to attend.
Geribo, a nature and animal artist, is showing a selection of her animal paintings in a show titled "Animals: Wild and Tame". The show will feature a variety of Geribo's work from 30"x40" to 3"x5", from Bengal Tigers to Yorkshire Terriers.
All of her paintings are created using her mediums of choice: oils, acrylics, pastels, and watercolors.
Geribo is passionate about animals and uses her artwork to support a variety of wildlife conservation organizations through the website www.EyeHelpAnimals.com that she co-owns with her husband, internet architect James Fontaine.
They are also very passionate about helping shelter animals and, again using her paintings of over sixty breeds of dogs and cats, they support animal shelters throughout the country at www.HelpShelterPets.com.
DJ Geribo is the featured artist for the month of July at the Libby Museum in Wolfeboro in a show titled "Animals: Wild and Tame". (Courtesy photo)


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Thanks, whatnauts! As usual, I've been doing OTHER people's tough ones--June's Gollum one, and Hanne's Volcano Eruption...! The grass is always greener, and the puzzles always puzzlier...... :-)))
Phew, that was a bit of a toughie and I enjoyed it immensely. Thanks for the fun, PD!!! (61:58)


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Dr. GHAITH H. FARIZ
He is the Director of UNESCO Regional Bureau for Sciences in the Arab States;
Cluster Office for Egypt, Sudan, and Libya; and UNESCO Representative to Egypt
He is a strategic planner with extended international experience in the Arab and Asia regions in providing policy advice; planning; programming; and managing large portfolios in the fields of "knowledge societies/economies", education, cultural development, poverty alleviation, and socioeconomic development. Also, he is an expert, with hand-on experience, in change management and in piloting UN reform with special emphasis on evaluation of impact, effectiveness and efficiency.
He has authored, coordinated/directed and substantially contributed to several land mark publications and papers as well as regional and international level developmental reports (Director/Coordinator: "Arab Knowledge Report: 2014 -Youth and Localization of Knowledge"; "Arab Knowledge Report 2010/2011-Preparing Future Generation for the Knowledge Society"; "Arab Knowledge Repot 2009-Towards Productive Intercommunication for Knowledge"; "Water Governance in the Arab Region- Manging Scarcity and Securing the Futur". Coordinator of the "Arab Human Development Report 2005- Towards the Rise of Women in the Arab World"; and the "Arab Human Development Report 2004- Towards Freedom in the Arab World"; substantially participated in writing AHDRs of 2002 and 2003; and several other socioeconomic/cultural initiatives). He is the author of the first Arab Millennium Development Report 2003 and he supervised, and tangibly contributed to the formulation of several other developmental reports all over the Arab region. He also has publications in socioeconomic/population-environment dynamics. In addition, he is an expert in gaming and simulation.
Ghaith Fariz has a Ph. D. in Planning from the University of Michigan, USA, with main course of research involving socioeconomic development, socioeconomic environment dynamics, and gaming & simulation for research and training. He is Jordanian and he is married with four children.


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Okay, California Pacific Airlines ready again
FAA-certified, but start dates out of Carlsbad airport uncertain (psst, April)
Ken Harrison 8:30 a.m., Nov. 18
I was leaving California, and NOT looking back. Yet, every mile, my eyes returned to the rearview mirror. This was not out of some feeling of nostalgia — it was out of fear.
Was he out there? Had he found me? Was he following me? Was his "friend" out there, following me, perhaps? And who was this mysterious "friend," with whom he had been talking on the phone lately? He had never given me a name or reason for the calls, but every time he received a call from this "friend," he quickly took the phone out onto the back porch so I couldn't hear his conversations.
I looked at my speedometer. Slow down, Christi. The last thing you need right now is a ticket.
My mind wandered back to the events that precipitated this mad dash for the California border, on a trip to North Carolina — as far away as I could get. How had it all begun?
Perhaps, little changes in timeworn habits were the first red flags. The morning shower that doubled into an evening shower upon returning — late, then later — from work; the "old friend" (a male) that started calling, followed by quick retreats to the back porch. Knowing his background, any "old friend" was bad news. Then there were the lies. "I've joined the softball team at work — they've been after me forever to do it." This was coming from the biggest couch potato I had ever met.
Oh, yes! Then there was that first night, after practice, when he made an almost-formal announcement that he was too tired to have sex. Every other time he'd been too tired for his roll in the sack (we'd been together for ten years), he'd simply hit the sheets and gone to sleep. And what of the practices, lasting later and later, each followed by a night when he was too tired?
As the red flags multiplied, I became more suspicious. Finally, only half in a desire to support him, and more, perhaps, out of curiosity as to whether he was indeed playing softball, rather than something else, I told him I wanted to attend one of his games. He responded that he didn't want me to come because of all the drinking and stuff that went on. He was afraid he'd worry about me and lose his concentration.
More curious than ever, I checked online and found where the team was playing, and saw the notice, bold and clear: "No Alcoholic Beverages Allowed." Yes, the many lies mounted. I was beginning to see it grow. In my suspicion, I did more checking on him.
He had begun to stay out late an additional night of the week, to "give guitar lessons" to another "friend" with whom he was working. So, one morning, I flattened one of the strings on his guitar while he was showering. When he returned that evening, I checked the guitar while he showered (again), and it was still flat. The case had not been opened.
There was also his special "voice." Once in a while, somebody would call, and the "voice" would come out of him. He had used it in conversations with me, when we were courting. It was smooth, sexy and alluring. Now he was using it with somebody else.
Another voice was changing at an alarming rate — the one inside me. It started out softly and then screamed in my head, Get out! Don't wait! Get out, NOW!
One morning, when we were in the car, he asked if I'd ever been to Death Valley. Replying that I'd never been there, I asked why he wanted to know. He said that there was a hiking trail that went from the desert up into the mountains, where there was actually snow. He thought I might be "just crazy enough to like to do something like that." A chill went through me. I was still recovering from a motorcycle accident, and though I had loved hiking in the past, I was barely able to complete a mile at this point in my recovery. Another red flag! Up until my accident, he had been a complete couch potato. He never wanting to go hiking, much less to the desert — he hated the heat, couldn't stand it.
My own inner voice was now cautioning me incessantly. Was I being too suspicious? I did some research and found no such hiking path.
Finally, one triple-digit hot day, he suggested that we go out to Borrego Springs. ("Much closer," he had mentioned.) I exclaimed that I really didn't think the desert was a good idea. This was a man who hated the heat. And he was suggesting we go to the hottest part of the county. After some discussion, we settled on Laguna Mountain — higher and cooler.
On the drive up the mountain, he took out a map of Borrego, saying, "This is where we're going to go tomorrow."
I reminded him of the heat, to which he said, "Yeah, but we're tough — we can take it!" Nothing like this statement had never come out of his mouth before. I suggested that if he really wanted to go to Borrego, he could leave me at the mountain and drive down himself. He must have felt my edginess or heard it in my voice. He backpedaled, said that no one was going to force me to go anywhere I didn't want to go.
As he drove, one hand developed an extremely noticeable nervous twitch. Earlier, prior to our leaving the house, he'd overheard me talking with my girlfriend, telling her about our trip, and he'd become visibly upset. "What? Are you telling her where we're going?" I tried to be as nonchalant as possible in my reply that, yes, I was telling her where we were going.
And now I was twitching. I started to make plans to get out of there.
On the day I finally left, I called to have a sheriff come out to "keep peace," as they say. I also had my girlfriend Bonnie and her significant other, Jesse, there to help me. The first thing I had the police remove from the house was a gun, kept by his side of the bed. Inside the pouch, along with the gun, was a typed 23rd Psalm. One of the policemen said, "That's a suicide note."
This story would have been a lot more interesting if you had talked about what is up with you, that you are so scared of this guy, or so lacking in self-esteem, that you can't simply confront him and ask him what's going on? You don't have to wonder "If I leave, and I'm wrong, I have lost the man I have loved for ten years. If I stay, and I'm wrong, I have lost my life." This isn't hard to get to the bottom of. So I ask again, "what's up with you?"
Rickeysays, you're just plain nuts. Only a moron would suggest that a woman actually cause the situation to escalate like that, as if Mr. Honesty would tell the truth when asked about it anyway. "This isn't hard to get to the bottom of." Duh.
You're a chick, aren't ya, Rickey? A chick who's been in / is in a similar situation and is in denial about it. That reaction just smacks too much of somebody's own ego defenses. In addition, females have that lovely little trait of automatically turning each other anytime men are involved.
Either that, or a dude who's been wrongly accused. I think it's the first one.
Nice story, Christi. I'm giving you the benefit of the doubt that it's factual, since that's not always the case with these blogs. If not, still a nice job.
This story would have been a lot more interesting if you had talked about what is up with you, that you are so scared of this guy, or so lacking in self-esteem, that you can't simply confront him and ask him what's going on? You don't have to wonder "If I leave, and I'm wrong, I have lost the man I have loved for ten years. If I stay, and I'm wrong, I have lost my life." This isn't hard to get to the bottom of. So I ask again, "what's up with you?"
For once I agree with Rickeysays-what is up with this chick????
Hey sweety-grow a backbone and ask your 10 year BF who the hell he is talking to -who the hell he is hanging out with, who the hell he is giving "guitar lessons" to.
If the guy shines you on then you need to wake up and smell the coffee............
I'm sorry, but a bunch of wild, totallyu unsupported, speculation about being murdered with NO basis for it whatsoever is just plain off the wall.
Yes, your BF was probably cheating, but the wild claim that he may have been tyring to kill you is just weird.
I think her suspicion of him trying to kill her was right on. But I agree with the other posts. Once you find out one lie, you confront.
How hard would it be, for her to casually sip some lemonade on the porch, while he's talking to his friend? He'd obviously, move to another area. And she can follow. When he snaps at her (which he would), she could say "Why do you care if I overhear some of your conversation with your old friend Bob?"
She let the stuff go on way longer than it needed to. I give her credit for catching EVERY SIGN in the book...the late night excuses, the proclamations about no sex, etc etc. But for letting it go by one day after her first noticing this, was silly.
And this is why women end up with guys that kill them. It's like they just let it happen.
Something about this story just doesn't add up... Why did you run all the way to North Carolina when California was your home and you'd had this relationship for 10 years? Why did you confront him on the lies?
Why did you feel you had to leave the state when you could have just left him? Why didn't you cancel the insurance policy? There are many more logical things you could have done than just run from the state with all of these questions unanswered.
It makes me wonder if this story is even legit. In fact, there's many more unanswered questions about this story than there about your own life... Why would he take you to the desert to make it look like suicide? What would make you think that? Logically it doesn't make sense. If you were going to commit suicide you'd do it at home or near your home. Especially considering you were nursing injuries from an accident, why would you drive to the remote desert to kill yourself? Was your boyfriend that stupid? What does that say about your thought process in this? I mean where is the logic in thinking he was going to take you to the desert to kill you?
Also, was his lying behavior suddenly new after 10 years of a relationship? Or was he always a liar? Seems to me that that wouldn't just happen suddenly after 10 years.
I dunno, something's just not right about this story...


text: hello, this is somewhat urgent. i am auditioning for a respected conservatory next month, 3/13. I have prepared all of the standard technical and repertoire facets of the audition but i need to play an excerpt from a 20th century work. Just an excerpt; please keep that in mind. Any suggestions? I am at a standstill on this. Not as familiar with some of the 20th century works featuring double bass as I am the more classical repertoire. Stravinsky, Prokofiev perhaps? Maybe Hindemith? But what works/movements? Urgent!!! Greatly appreciate the help fellow db brothers and sisters.


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The "Top Rabbi Supports Islamization of Europe" story is making the rounds in a number of places. So let's begin with a few things.
1. The source of the story is Yediot Ahoronot, an Israeli tabloid tilted to the left which is not known for high levels of integrity, but is known for running crowd-pleasing anti-religious stories.
2. Rabbi Baruch Efrati is not a top Rabbi. Based on his picture he looks to be in his twenties or thirties. He is certainly not even the chief Rabbi of Efrat, a town of only 7,000 people. He appears to be the head of the Zayit Raanan synagogue and one of many local religious schools.
3. Rabbi Baruch Efrati's views on Islam have trended somewhat oddly politically correct in the past. For example when he suggested, extremely dubiously, that Jews should pray in a mosque, rather than at home. He has claimed on a number of occasions that Islam is a basically moral religion, aside from its propensity for violence.
4. There appears to be a history of Rabbi Efrati giving unnecessarily controversial and inappropriate responses to questions, occasionally then highlighted in places such as Yediot Ahoronot. It's hard not to suspect that this is his way of getting attention that would otherwise never come his way.
5. Efrat, despite being considered a settlement by the left, has a liberal fringe and it has Rabbis with a propensity for saying absolutely crazy things. Locals may be able to explain what happened to Rabbi Riskin, a formerly credible New York Rabbi who moved there. Or the antics of Rabbi Froman in nearby Tekoa who signed an agreement with Hamas.
6. There is a fringe in the settlements that believes that people can be achieved by reaching out to Islam on a religious level. This is a foolish and doomed dhimmi project.


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-There are five classes, which are wizard, paladin, adventurer, rogue, and a fifth unannounced class.
-The humor will be more focus on the games they have played in the past but Parker mentions that games have lampooned other games before so they don't want to do exactly that instead they are focusing more on RPG's on how big and bombastic they can get sometimes.
-The player will play as the new kid in town, the main theme of the game is fitting in and being accepted.
-If player initiates combat they will attack first and vice versa.
-X button is for melee attacks, pressing it in well-timed succession will result in multiple hits.
-Obsidian doesn't want the player to have to sit and watch animations play out; they're incorporating dynamic camera angels at certain times, such as a Ro Sham Bo attack that stuns an enemy.
Obsidian is using the Dungeon Siege III engine.
-There is a Summon System but they are not able to talk about it


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Mid-Prairie scores another first in IowaDistrict named No. 1 in college and career readiness among Iowa schools
WELLMAN — The Mid-Prairie School District scored another first last week when US News & World Report named it the number one district in Iowa for college and career readiness of its graduates. There are 314 school district with 349 high schools. Rankings include results from the student required math and reading state proficiency tests as part of graduation requirements. Another factor is the number of Advanced Placement classes which have a 68 student participation rate.
"To be the number one district in Iowa for college and career readiness is indicative of a lot of things," said Superintendent Mark Schneider. "We have parents and a community that places a high value on academics and support their child's efforts at school. To gain this honor, teachers and other staff members obviously put forth great effort, putting the student's interest ahead of their own. Finally, I think the students deserves recognition for taking learning seriously and wanting always to do their best."
He cautioned, though, "No matter how good we are, we can always get better. I look forward to seeing many future accomplishments."


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"Minor league. Major friendship."
The movie Ed (1996) is a sports comedy about Deuce Cooper, a man from a farm who decides to attend an open tryout for a minor league baseball team. After making the team he discovers that his new roommate and teammate is a chimpanzee named Ed. As time goes on, Deuce and Ed become friends, but they also become intertwined in each others personal lives and professional lives. As their Rockets baseball team gets better, questions become raised about how the friends will be able to continue on in the future of sports and home-life.
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text: Had a hankering for something beefy, so I thought I'd try my hand at some Dino bones. I went to my favorite store, Osseo Meats, and had them order me a 4 bone rack of the whole rib, as I wanted the classic presentation. I removed the membrane & silver skin, along with a big vein of fat that ran diagonally across a couple of the bones. I saved the fat to use for a drip baste, I'm sold on that, thanks Bear!! I wanted to get a deep, rich beef flavor, and I had some Brisket sauce left from the last smoke, so I did a 50/50 mix of that and some beef broth to use as a marinade. Let it soak for about 3 hours, drained, and then some of Jeff's rub (without the DBS, as I don't care for the sweetness on beef), and let that work it's magic for another 4 hours in the fridge. I fired up my modified MES, with Hickory in the AMNPS, set it to 225, and smoked for 3 hours. The cell phone rang, and like an idiot, I answered it. Into work for a couple hours, so I turned it down to 180, crossed my fingers, and turned on the radar detector. Got back about 3 hours later, and they were still at 165, relief! Cranked it up to 275, and in an hour and a half they were at 190, and looking b.e.u.tiful- Pulled them, let them rest, and chowed. They were everythinh I hoped they'd be, albight maybe a little too much spiciness. Mama seemed to like them, so that's what counts!! AND....The money shot- Now I have to wait by the door, as I've got a new Yoder 640 coming this week, time to stock up on pellets!!!!! You guys should have warned me about this addiction- Mbogo


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DAKAR Senegal - Senegal's coach Henryk Kasperczak today named Colorado Rapids goalkeeper Bouna Coundoul to his 23-man squad that will take part in the African Nations Cup in Ghana.
Coundoul earned his first cap for Senegal just recently as he was called up to his native country's national team for matches vs. Mali and Morocco in France. Bouna saw action in goal against Mali but did not play in the match vs. Morocco.
(Read ColoradoRapids.com's exclusive Q&A with Bouna about his experiences with the national team from this trip online by clicking here).
Coundoul is currently in training for the tournament in Senegal with his teammates. The Lions of Teranga are set to compete in two friendlies before taking on Tunisia in their first tournament match on January 23. They also meet Angola and South Africa in the first round.
Senegal took fourth in the 2006 edition of the tournament as they lost to eventual champions Egypt in the semifinals.
This season Coundoul missed only 32 minutes of action for the Rapids. He finished third in Major League Soccer with a goals-against-average of 1.08. His 120 saves placed him tied for second in the league and his nine shutouts were the most by a Colorado 'keeper since 2004.
Senegal may be best known for their 1-0 upset of France in the opening game of the 2002 World Cup. That team made it to the quarterfinals where they lost to Turkey in extra time. The Lions of Teranga are currently ranked no. 34 in the FIFA Rankings and are the fifth-highest ranked African team.
Senegal squad for 2008 African Nations Cup:
Goalkeepers: Tony Sylva (Lille) Bouna Coundoul (Colorado Rapids) Cheikh Tidiane Ndiaye (Creteil)
Defenders: Habib Beye (Newcastle United) Ibrahima Faye (Troyes) Guirane Ndaw (Sochaux) Abdoulaye Diagne Faye (Newcastle United) Ibrahima Sonko (Reading) Mohamed Adama Sarr (Standard Liege) Souleymane Diawara (Girondins Bordeaux) Lamine Diatta (no team)
Midfielders: Bayal Sall (St-Etienne) Pape Bouba Diop (Portsmouth) Ousmane Ndoye (Academica Coimbra) Malick Ba (Basel) Pape Waio Ndiaye (Genoa) Babacar Gueye (Metz) Diomansy Kamara (Fulham) Frederic Mendy (Bastia)
Strikers: El Hadji Diouf (Bolton Wanderers) Mamadou Niang (Olympique Marseille) Henri Camara (West Ham United) Modou Sougou (Uniao Leiria).


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ECE ILLINOIS staff, student organizations host soldering workshops
ECE News
Meg Dickinson, ECE ILLINOIS
Story Highlights
- Several ECE ILLINOIS student organizations recently worked with staff member Skot Wiedmann to host two workshops on soldering.
- The workshops were open to the public, and those who attended included high-school students, community members, and faculty members from other Illinois departments.
- Those who attended learned to solder while making a musical synthesizer Wiedmann designed.
After 10 seconds of applying hot air to soldering paste, it still looks dull, and doesn't seem to be doing much. But then suddenly, it happens - the solder melts in a silvery glow.
It transforms chips and a circuit board into a synthesizer that makes music.
"Sort of all at once, it's just this magical thing," said Skot P Wiedmann, who recently taught two soldering workshops for ECE ILLINOIS students and others. Wiedmann works in the ECE ILLINOIS Electronics Service Shop, but also has a master's degree in the fine art of new media.
Texas Instruments sponsored the workshop by providing many of the chips required. Participants also paid a fee to cover the rest of the materials.
The workshop had participants soldering to make the Hyve, a hybrid-octave synthesizer designed by Wiedmann that features a multi-touch keyboard and hexagons that play chords (which helped him name it, because they look like honeycombs).
For those unfamiliar with electronics, the HYVE Synthesizer Workshop helped demonstrate hot-air soldering, and how easily it can be done. Wiedmann applied soldering paste using a stencil to each circuit board, which helped ensure even and precise application. Students then used an instrument called a hot-air reflow to heat the soldering paste from an unexciting before to a melted and useful after.
"It's good for students to be exposed to that," he said.
But he thinks the workshop was especially successful because they weren't just there to learn a new skill. They were also making something fun and useful, he said.
"You inspire people to learn when you have a goal that's inspiring," Wiedmann said.
Wiedmann said he knows of one high-school student who attended who's now thinking about attending Illinois after attending the workshop. He also enjoyed helping other departments' faculty members, and designed the boards to be soldered in a clear way that wouldn't be too confusing to newcomers.
"We had a great time," he said.
Niranjana Sreekumar, a senior who is a member of IEEE, said the workshop also helped attendees learn about arranging parts and reading part numbers, circuit analysis, and testing.
"The best parts were interacting with the attendees while distributing parts and helping solve issues with their boards during testing," she said.
Emily McGowan, a senior and a member of WECE, said her organization's involvement came from a desire to educate everyone about electrical engineering.
"It was a great project and it helps promote our department in a positive way," she said.
At one workshop, she met a high school junior who, with her father, had driven two hours to attend. The student is considering Illinois.
McGowan also liked that the technique Wiedmann demonstrated is widely used in industry, but isn't necessarily well known by individuals.
"This was an excellent way to teach people about things they don't always think about," she said. "On top of that, I loved that it showed that [ECE] has projects like this that are interesting to people outside of electrical engineering. We often get caught up in the industry stuff that the community doesn't really see, and this was an excellent opportunity to show that we can create consumer products, too."
McGowan said she also believes those who attended felt proud about making a synthesizer that worked.
"You could see how proud they were and how cool they thought it was when they plugged their headphones in and heard the notes playing," McGowan said. "So many people stayed after to finish or just to talk with Skot. It really showed how interested everyone was not only in taking away a musical instrument but learning more about the process and how everything works."