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London: Radamel Falcao's agent Jorge Mendes admits the striker's future with Manchester United is uncertain. Falcao is on a season-long loan deal at United from Monaco which includes the option for the EPL side to buy.
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But there have been plenty of questions as to the likelihood of the Red Devils taking up that option, with the 28-year-old being left out of the squad altogether for Sunday's 0-1 loss to Southampton.
Mendes told Sky Italia: "He is a fantastic player, and I think it's very difficult for United fans. They have an absolutely brilliant player, one of the very best in the world, who would without any doubt play 90 minutes of the match, every time, with any other club.
The truth is, right now we don't know what will happen. What we do know is that he will play in one of the very best clubs in the world next season, whether that is United or not."


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NCBA Editorial: Government meddling threatens cattle industry's future
DENVER - Once upon a time, the 2007 Farm Bill was going to be about free market reforms that would reward the innovative, entrepreneurial spirit of our nation's farmers and ranchers. Time and again, we heard top officials in Washington, D.C., talking of the need to loosen government's grip on American agriculture. As a National Cattlemen's Beef Association (NCBA) member, this was music to my ears. NCBA embraces the philosophy of less government control and interference in our industry.
But now the heavy hand of government threatens to make this Farm Bill a disaster for cattlemen. The Senate Agriculture Committee's version of the bill contains several anti-competitive provisions, including a ban on packer ownership of cattle more than 14 days prior to slaughter.
Now I'm sure this idea has surface appeal to some cattle producers. After all, nobody wants to see packers gaining control over cattle production and squeezing out the small, independent producer.
That's a noble thought, but it has no basis in reality. Independent cattle producers all across the country are improving their bottom line through innovative, value-added marketing programs. These smart business options are helping cattlemen break out of the traditional price-taker role. When they produce high-quality cattle that meet particular criteria, they are reaping the rewards they so richly deserve.
But some members of Congress want to derail these business strategies that have taken us many years to build. They want to dictate how, when, and to whom we can sell our cattle. I don't know about you, but I think I can make those decisions for myself, rather than have them imposed from Capitol Hill.
This urge to play nanny over the cattle business might be more understandable if the large meat packers were actually gaining significant control over cattle production. But nothing could be further from the truth. Because of the capital required and the risk involved, we've seen very little growth over the years in packer-owned cattle herds. The free market is doing a better job of keeping packers out of the cattle-raising business than any new law ever could.
Congress even ordered an independent study recently to examine packers' influence over the market. In over 58 million cattle transactions studied between 2002 and 2005, only 5 percent involved any type of direct packer ownership. Does this sound like a trend that justifies a major government "rescue" effort?
This same study found that about 38 percent of cattle transactions involved some sort of alternative marketing arrangement. Some of these agreements may require transfer of ownership more than 14 days before slaughter, meaning this so-called ban on packer ownership places them in legal jeopardy. Even more revealing is the fact that these arrangements had a very minimal impact on the cash market – which still accounted for 62 percent of all transactions.
The bill advanced by the Agriculture Committee is bad enough. But a separate Senate floor amendment is also expected to outlaw the ability for cattlemen to engage in confidential, one-on-one business deals with prospective buyers, and ban the use of other marketing agreements that greatly benefit cattlemen. "The Captive Supply Reform Act" is dressed up like a proposal that will protect the role of the independent cattle producer. But in reality, it will penalize cattlemen who make the investment and commitment necessary to produce high-quality cattle. It will drag us back to the days of the average pricing system, put the government in charge of our businesses, and destroy many of the economic advances we have achieved in recent years.
If you feel you can run your cattle operation better than Congress can, call your U.S. senators today and tell them so. At stake is your ability to conduct business as you see fit, and the economic freedom on which our industry and our country were built.
John Queen is a cattleman from Waynesville, N.C., and president of the National Cattlemen's Beef Association.
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In many cities, the proposed 1 million-square-foot International Trade and Conference Center in Henderson would be one of the largest structures in town.
In the Las Vegas Valley, though, it wouldn't even be the biggest facility of its type.
That distinction belongs to the Las Vegas Convention Center, which offers 2.3 million square feet of convention space.
Where would the Henderson center fall on the list? No. 4. Here are the five largest convention centers currently in operation in Las Vegas.
Las Vegas Convention Center
The center is part of a complex sprawled over a staggering 3.2 million square feet. Its features include 16 convention exhibit halls, two restaurants that seat 1,300 people, 5,200 parking spaces and 144 meeting rooms for groups ranging from 20 to 2,500 people.
Mandalay Bay
Although its convention square footage of 1.7 million square feet ranks it No. 2 behind the Las Vegas Convention Center, Mandalay Bay offers more meeting capacity (75,994) and banquet capacity (38,885) than any other facility in Las Vegas.
Sands Expo and Convention Center
Convention square footage: 1.2 million square feet. Sands officials may quibble with being listed behind Mandalay Bay, since they generally include the adjacent Venetian/Palazzo Congress Center (See No. 5 on this list) as part of their convention offerings. Together, the Expo and Congress Center comprise more than 1.7 million square feet.
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The resort's 602,000 square feet of convention space includes the 380,000-square-foot Grand Conference Center and 92,000 square-foot Marquee Ballroom.
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Bail was set at $5 million Thursday for the president of an Oregon investment research firm whose obscenity-laced phone calls to prosecutors and FBI agents was described as disgraceful by the judge who will preside over his securities fraud case.
U.S. District Judge Deborah A. Batts said the bail for John Kinnucan can be secured with $100,000 in cash or property, but his lawyer said the defendant's home cannot be used because he owes more than it is worth.
The judge also ordered Kinnucan not to use any electronics such as computers or telephones while he awaits trial on charges that he used his position as president of Broadband Research LLC to lure secrets out of public company insiders. The government said he would then sell the information to hedge funds and money managers as if it were legitimate research.
A large video screen in the Manhattan courtroom showed Kinnucan sitting next to his lawyer, T.J. Hester, in Portland, Ore., where he has been held since his arrest last week.
Batts conducted the hearing after a judge in Portland said a day earlier that he could be released to the custody of his wife with electronic monitoring. She left in place the home-detention order but tightened bail conditions by telling Kinnucan he will be incarcerated immediately if he uses any communication device or contacts anyone in the criminal justice system. She also banned him from using alcohol or illegal drugs.
She asked him if he understood.
"Yes, your honor, I do," Kinnucan said. "I'll do my part."
Prosecutors asked Batts to order him confined until trial as a danger to the community. To support their argument, they played audio tapes of six messages Kinnucan left with prosecutors, FBI agents and, in one call, a cooperating witness in the case. The profanity-filled rants included religious and ethnic slurs.
"There's no defending the things that he said," Hester said, though he added that Kinnucan's wife of 17 years told him that her husband had progressed from a half bottle of wine each day to two or three bottles after his mother and two brothers died last year.
"The vile, filthy, inflammatory, insulting language the defendant has used frequently with officers of the government and even worse with potential witnesses is mindboggling," the judge said.
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A multidimensional assessment of social cohesion in 47 European countries
This paper presents a theoretically based, multidimensional and comparable measurementof social cohesion applicable in 47 European countries using the most recent micro-level data of European Value Study (EVS) from 2008. The analysis is conducted in four steps. In the first part, we create a set of measurable intermediate indicators that correspond to social cohesion dimensions suggested by the theory. In the second part, we verify whether these indicators empirically corroborate the multidimensional structure of the concept proposed by the theory. The third part examines whether the obtained intermediate indicators of social cohesion form the same constructs across countries and whether they can yield a cross country equivalent measure of social cohesion. In the fourth step, composite scores of all dimensions of social cohesion are calculated for all 47 countries to demostrate applicability of this constructed measurement in comparative research.
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The French don't want to be left out of the real-money online gambling opportunity. French social casino game startup Mandala Games said today it has teamed up with gambling startup Betable to offer real-money gambling versions of Mandala's social casino games.
The San Francisco-based Betable previously announced it has signed partnerships with Slingo, Digital Chocolate, and Murka Games. The news comes two days after Big Fish Games announced that it had launched a real-money gambling version of its Big Fish Casino game in the United Kingdom.
Betable makes it easy for companies to offer real-money gambling, helping them get around years of complicated legal and technical challenges. It offers a license so that they can offer real-money gambling to players on mobile devices or the web, provided the players are in territories where real-money gambling is legal.
"We believe that real-money gaming will help us grow to become one of Europe's largest social gambling game developers," said Nadya Jahan (pictured below), founder of Mandala."Thanks to our partnership with Betable we will be able to tap into this opportunity quickly, allowing our team to stay focused on what we are dedicated to: designing cutting-edge games."
Mandala will launch its Slots by Mandala social game with Betable integrated into it in the coming weeks. That will enable players to play Mandala's slot game for real money in the United Kingdom.
"Our partners can be based anywhere in the world, and we're happy to welcome Mandala Games as the first European developer on the Betable platform," said Christopher Griffin, the founder and CEO of Betable. "The quality of Slots by La Riviera is impressive and appeals to a demographic that we believe will make their game a huge
Founded in 2011, Betable's investors include Bullpen Capital, CrunchFund, FF Angel LLC, Greylock Discovery Fund, Morado Ventures, Start Fund/DST, Tekton Ventures, True Ventures, Venture51 and a bunch of individual investors.
Here's how we described Betable in a previous story:
In the U.K., Betable has a license to operate online gambling on a worldwide basis. It has the technology to verify where a user is, and it has antifraud technology that can overcome someone who "spoofs" their Internet protocol address to fake their location. It does so by checking into a variety of records, such as credit reports, bank accounts with real addresses, and voting records. If the location is spoofed, it rejects the user for real-money gambling. But if the user passes and it is legal to gamble in their actual location, Betable permits the gambling to take place.
Here's one of the clever tricks in dividing the gambling process: The developer creates and builds the front end of the game. Betable's servers handle the back-end processing. The user sees the front end, such as a slot machine. They bet money and play the slot machine. The game turns over this information to Betable, which then calculates the result of the slot machine play. If the user wins, Betable informs the game and credits their account. If the user loses, Betable deducts money from the their account. Betable handles the payment processing by itself, Griffin said.
This makes Betable's platform universal. Any game can be plugged into its API and converted into a real-money gambling game. Betable can handle all sorts of games, including bingo, card games, and slots. The game developer simply tells Betable what type of game it has built, and then Betable spits out the right result. Betable can also create new kinds of gambling games through custom mechanics. An example: In a horse-racing game, you could pay real money for virtual goods to raise a proper horse. Then you could enter that horse in competitions and bet real money it would win. If it does, you collect real gambling winnings.
Mandala recently launched its La Riviera slot machine game on Facebook. Jahan has become something of a celebrity in France, where she was in the first season of the reality web Les Influencers (The Influencers). The show will air on a weekly basis and follow seven online entrepreneurs.
Jahan founded the self-funded company in 2010 with a goal of bringing the "French touch" to social games with high-quality visuals. The company has around 12 employees.
Rivals include Playtika-Caesars, Double Down Interactive-IGT, Zynga, and others. This genre market is hot in part because of expectations that the legal barriers between online gambling and social casino games will come down in the U.S. in the future. On top of that, such titles with a free-to-play business model are proving to be very popular on Facebook.
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Here's yet another attack on Muslims for being too sensitive about seeing the Prophet Muhammed depicted or caricatured in the press, along with the usual indictment of the West for caving in and "self-censuring."
But when was the last time you saw the Pope, or Jesus, cartooned or ridiculed in a big newspaper or on a major TV program? I remember back in the 1970s when Boston magazine published what it thought was a humorous article about the city's cardinal, Humberto Medeiros. The public uproar was tremendous, and the editor-in-chief lost his job.
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HOUSTON - A father and son returning home were ambushed by two men who pulled a gun, demanded money and shot them.
Marcos Peralta's father, mother and brother had just parked their car at the Ranch At City Park complex early Thursday morning when they were attacked.
"They parked somewhere around here and my brother said the guys just came right after them, rushed them," Peralta, said.
The complex is located just off Highway 288 near Orem.
Peralta said the suspects "pulled a gun on them and shot [his brother] him up and then started shooting at my dad."
Police believe the suspects, who got away in a gold SUV, may have targeted others in the area overnight.
"The suspects do fit the description of previous incidents earlier in the evening, there were some robberies in the area," said Christopher Hassig with the Houston Police Department.
Of the family of three attacked, the mother was not shot. But the father and son both suffered gunshot wounds and were rushed to Ben Taub General Hospital.
Family members said the victims are expected to survive.
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Weapons call ends with pot arrest on Friday
A "man with a gun" call led police to search a College Street residence on Friday. Police didn't find a weapon but made an arrest for marijuana possession.
Samuel Harold Wesson, 46, of Lexington was charged with misdemeanor possession of marijuana (less than two ounces) and was released after posting $1,500 bond.
Officers Clayton Bekker and S. A. Smith answered the call.
Police are investigating the thefts of a lawn mower and cell phone, reported stolen during the past week.
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Police said vehicles operated by Jessica Aguilar of Rockdale and James Washington Jr. of Tulsa Oklahoma, were in collision at 12:54 p.m. Friday in front of Brookshire Bros.
No injuries were reported and police termed damages "minor" to both vehicles.
Citations issued during the past week included 14 for speeding, five each for no valid MVI sticker and failure to maintain financial responsibility, four for no driver's license, three for driving while license invalid and one each for failure to display driver's license, no seat belt use, operating a vehicle with expired license plates and running a stop sign.
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The Killers' debut album, Hot Fuss, catapulted the band onto the global stage upon its release in 2004, selling millions of copies around the world. Its follow-up, a love letter of sorts to their hometown of Las Vegas entitled Sam's Town, was released in 2006 and has so far sold 1.4million copies in the UK alone, winning the band two Brit Awards in the process. The Killers' third album, Day & Age, was released last November to great acclaim, and has seen the group making a joyous return to the dancefloor with massive singles Human and Spaceman. These will surely be among the highlights of the festival as the band takes to the stage at this year's V.
Oasis - With their latest number 1 album 'Dig Out Your Soul' and sold out stadium tour confirming their position as the premier rock n roll band in the UK, Oasis come to V on a roll. With a clutch of new anthems to add to old favourites and a live reputation that is second to none this is a special headline slot for V Festival
Razorlight's debut single 'Up All Night' proved to be both a pundit and fan success story. Their debut album followed and sold a million copies. The follow-up, 'Slipway Fires' is the kind of album that can only be made in an aftermath. It's a record about confrontation, heartache and being put to the test and will be sure to engage V fans at this year's festival.
Snow Patrol - It's worth remembering that Snow Patrol spent the 1990's so broke that at one low point Lightbody had to sell his record collection to pay the rent. Now, 14 years after they started out as a student band at Dundee University, they're still flying, gloriously and unpredictably, by the seat of their pants. This year festival goers will be in for a treat as Snow Patrol take to the stage at V Festival.
Fatboy Slim's unique musical blend of vaudeville and vodka had the sweat dripping from the ceiling of Brighton's infamous Boutique. A grinning Fatboy Slim dropped the needle on 'Santa Cruz', the record that had kick started the acclaimed Skint record label. Norman Cook has successfully helped take dance music from the clubs, into the living room and to the top of the charts - earning him a unique place in the nation's heart along the way. Expect to see Fatboy Slim getting the crowd dancing at this years V festival.
Keane - Avowed believers in never retreading old ground, Tom Chaplin, Tim Rice-Oxley and Richard Hughes returned in 2008 with Perfect Symmetry, a big, bold, shiny pop monster that's as likely to appeal to hearts and minds as it is to feet. Expect to be thrilled as Keane join the line up for V Festival 2009!
The Specials - Coventry's finest, The Specials. One of the most important bands in the history of popular music and recognised as one of the greatest live bands the world has ever seen join the V line-up this summer.
Elbow - With the Mercury Music Prize, the BRIT for Best British Band and an NME Outstanding Contribution to British Music Award in their collection from the last six months, Elbow are having the time of their lives. With 'The Seldom Seen Kid' back in the UK Top 5 and way beyond platinum status, V is thrilled to have this critically acclaimed band to join its line—up.
James - Seasoned V performer James returned with their first studio album in seven years in 2008 with 'Hey Ma'. The sharp fire sell out on their reformation tour last year of the entire set of dates demonstrated that they remained, at heart, a people's band.
Lily Allen - Three-time V icon Lily Allen is Britain's most consistently engaged and engaging pop star. In 2005 she began to post demos on her MySpace page. "Smile" was her first composition and "Alright, Still" eventually sold 2.5 million records., Lily Allen will also be singing hits from her second album, "It's Not Me, It's You" It's a potent combination. It could only be Lily Allen.
The Enemy - With their first album, 2007's We'll Live In And Die In These Towns, The Enemy produced a record with its sense of shared-spirit, crafted anthems that resonated so widely they became embedded in hearts and minds everywhere. This spring sees release of their second album and in the summer, The Enemy join a cracking line up at this year's V Festival.
Pendulum - Formed during 2002 by three musicians from Western Australia, Pendulum's mission has always been to pull together their production resources, ideas and influences from various styles of music, to create a new sound that they felt was missing from dance music. This years V Festival looks forward to Pendulum's bullish beats.
The Script are an Irish trio whose music boasts the kind of artful twists sure to turn all preconceptions on their head. It's got all the emotion and passion you would expect from across the Irish Sea. This summer festival-goers are in for a little bit of Irish soul as The Script hit the stage at V Festival.
Biffy Clyro - Formed in 1999, Biffy Clyro's released their debut album in 2002. Their second album 'The Vertigo of Bliss' followed in 2003 and was recorded in just one day. In 2007 the band released their first album through 14th Floor Records 'Puzzle', marking their transformation into a truly world-beating band. Biffy Clyro have climbed 'Mountains' to take to the main stage at V this summer.
The Ting Tings are Jules de Martino and Katie White. They met when she was just out of being a Wigan school-girl and bonded over a shared ambition to rock the foundations of pop music. Together they have configured a sound that represents the pure heart of British pop. Driven by personality, unstoppable momentum, friendship and the love of great pop music. The Ting Tings exist to play live and are welcomed on this year's bill for V Festival.
MGMT - After setting the internet alight last year with the likes of 'Kids' and 'Electric Feel', MGMT, the Brooklyn space-rock sonic magicians released their debut album 'Oracular Spectacular' which is described as 'Future 70s'. The brains behind MGMT, have conjured up a musical world where there are no limits, where the whole universe, including V Festival, is theirs as inspiration.
Katy Perry marked her entrance last summer with the anthem "I Kissed A Girl" which instantly established her as the brightest new pop artist to emerge in 2008 and with "Hot n Cold" she proved without a doubt that she is no one hit wonder. Having recently won an award for Best International Female at the prestigious BRIT awards V are delighted she will be joining this year's line-up.
The Wombats - 2008 was a year of immense success for The Wombats, and it only seems right that they take their place on this year bill for V Festival. The Wombats completed two huge sold-out UK tours in 2008, they were nominated for Best UK Act at the MTV Europe Awards in November. Brand new single 'My Circuitboard City' will be released this month and they are on their second album.
Peter Doherty - Vilified by the world's press and written off at every turn, Peter Doherty finds himself constantly at the centre of a media maelstrom, a frenzy that bombards his private life with allegations, accusations, invasions and intrusions. With the release of a new album in March, Peter has laid himself bare. This summer V Festival fans will get a taste of the new Peter Doherty as he takes to the stage.
The Streets - The first time people heard The Streets' Mercury Prize-nominated debut Original Pirate Material, they couldn't make their minds up whether the person making this music was black or white, from London or the Midlands, deadly serious or a total joker. The fourth Streets album is called Everything is Borrowed and this summer Skinner and friends are set bring these hits to life on stage at this year's V Festival.
Seasick Steve - Sparked into life after a staggering appearance on Jools Holland's Hootenanny, Seasick Steve's breakthrough album 'Dog House Music' passed 100,000 sales. Seasick Steve won a 2007 Mojo Award for Best Breakthrough Act in 2007 and he became the oldest Brit Award nominee in history when he was named in contention for this year's International Male Solo Artist award.
The Ocean Colour Scene story should already be the stuff of legend; a rip-roaring rock'n'folk odyssey set to a backdrop of fifteen years of U.K pop culture at its very best. Throw in eleven top twenty singles, the fact they supplied the soundtrack to the best scene in Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels and hundreds of righteous gigs and they could be forgiven for resting on their (tailored) laurels. Ocean Colour Scene will be making a much-welcomed return at this year's V Festival.
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Little rest was allotted the Yellowjacket boys basketball team as they hit the road for three games in five days coming up with victories in each contest. Perham upped their overall record to 16-1 after defeating Staples-Motley, 81-36, Breckenridge, 53-45 and Detroit Lakes, 60-50, all on the road. "They've been through a lot, physically and mentally," Head Coach Dave Cresap said.
Heavyweight and #2 ranked Jesse Hein continued to rack up the forfeits donating six points in a 42-25 victory over section rival Detroit Lakes. "The section is up in the air," Head Coach Robb Moser said. "It's anyone's title to win." The Lakers got off to a hot start.
Over 700 people attended last night's Park Region Conference match-up between the New York Mills Eagles and the Bertha-Hewitt Bears' boys basketball teams. It was a great local rivalry, but last night's game held a more important focus as the teams battled on the court. "It is something to be part of a group, team or organization, but to be part of an amazing area such as central Minnesota is something that I am most proud of," Dean of Students/Activities Director Travis Hensch said. "Thank you to all participants and donators from the game.
The Yellowjackets girls basketball team got off to an advantageous start against Wadena-Deer Creek, but dropped just their second game of the season, 66-55. Perham took advantage of transition baskets to get an early lead, but the Wolverines came back strong and once they took the lead in the first half they took control of the game. "We definitely did not shoot the ball very well, and when you combine that with mental mistakes and turnovers it becomes really difficult to beat a good team like Wadena-Deer Creek," Head Coach John Gullingsrud said. Perham had five less turnovers and stole 11
The New York Mills boys basketball team continued on a tear defeating Pillager 80-77 at home and on the road at Henning 67-55. The victories are the seventh and eighth consecutive wins after the Eagles got off to a tough 2-4 start to the season. NY Mills holds a record of 10-4. "We played some tough teams early," Eagle forward Isaiah Bauck said. Two of those early losses came to #3 ranked Sebeka, Battle Lake, who remains undefeated at 13-0 and 9-3 Bertha-Hewitt. On the contrary, Pillager came into the NY Mills gymnasium winless at 0-11.
The combined nature of heavy and hopeful Perham hearts was bolstered by sincere empathy from the West Central Area team and fans during and after the game Tuesday evening. Little sympathy was shown to the hosts on the floor, as the Yellowjackets improved to 12-0 after a 64-13 victory. Even missing Zach Gabbard, the Perham defense picked up right where it left off, holding the third team this season to single digits at the half.
The Concordia Cobbers had an historical evening at the Minnesota Duals Friday night in Perham. The Cobbers won three duals - including two against NCAA Division III top 10 teams - and also had two wrestlers break the school record for career victories. Seniors Justin Berns (157) and Phil Moenkedick (184) both won three matches to run their career win totals to 125, a new school record. "It was fun," Cobbers head coach Clay Nagel said.
Great teams have great leaders and the Yellowjacket gymnastics team routinely gets great performances from their leader, Kelsi Vomacka. Vomacka led Perham to their seventh consecutive State True Team title winning the all-around title with a score of 38.875, a new school record. Vomacka, the 2010 state runner-up in the all-around and on the balance beam, powered Perham to the title, with gold medal performances on the vault, balance beam and floor exercise. The only event she did not win was on uneven parallel bars, where Detroit Lakes' Amy Crawford took gold with a 9.725.
An injury depleted New York Mills girls basketball team came up a point short in a heartbreaker to Rothsay, 36-35 and were outgunned by Bertha-Hewitt, 58-34, both at home. "(Rothsay) was a game we knew we really had a good chance at winning, but we didn't play our best ball," Head Coach J.J. Weller said. Rothsay scored buckets early to take a lead and gain confidence.
Sam Pirrotta hit the mat and took care of business to quickly get Perham up 6-0 pinning Steve Holecek at 1:59 at 103 pounds. The high drama would come at 215 pounds, where with the help of a forfeit to heavyweight Jesse Hein, Cody Nylander brought home a 36-30 victory for the Yellowjackets in exciting fashion. The marquee matchup was to be Hein, ranked #2 in Class 2A versus #3 Nick Cervantes.


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Subject: Re: [TMG] Multiple Deletions
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Hans and Rowena Braaksma wrote:
> I have recently discovered new evidence which indicates that an
> individual currently in my dataset is not related, and would like to
> delete him and all of his descendants, including partners.
> Is there a simple way to export, and then delete, an individual and his
> descendants?
Since Hans has not indicated what version he is using I will assume 5.04
and leave the creating of new data sets with those you want and those
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long time until you are absolutely sure there is no connection. You can
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Date: 2011
Office: Cottee Parker Architects, Melbourne, Australia
Type: Multi residential and retail architecture, Melbourne, Australia
Head: Shane Williams (Associate Director, Manager Melbourne), Dan Potts (Project Leader)
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Rabbi of Western Wall Wants Immigrants' Welcome Ceremony Segregated
The Jewish Agency is considering whether to halt ceremonies granting identity cards to new immigrants at the Western Wall plaza after the rabbi of the wall said the immigrants must be segregated by gender, Haaretz has learned.
The ceremonies are part of a Jewish Agency initiative to speed up the citizenship process. As of this summer, newly arrived immigrants are taken to register for all the requisite services - such as health insurance and opening a bank account - on their first day in Israel and then to the Western Wall for a ceremony in which they receive their ID cards as Israelis.
Paula Edelstein, chairwoman of the Immigration and Absorption Committee at the Jewish Agency, told Haaretz the event takes place on the parade ground in front of the Western Wall, where men and women can pass freely. The ceremony would be mixed, with men and women sitting together.
But in late July, the Western Wall administration demanded the agency separate men and women at the ceremonies. It also demanded no ceremonies be hosted by women, and that the events must take place even further from the prayer area, on the pedestrian route across the plaza.
Edelstein said the agency was considering stopping the ceremonies at the Western Wall and noted that the last such ceremony took place at the Mount Scopus amphitheater of the Hebrew University.
Edelstein is a member of the Israel Religious Action Center of the Israel Movement for Progressive Judaism. The center's legal adviser wrote to the rabbi of the Western Wall, Rabbi Shmuel Rabinovitch, and to Religious Services Minister Yaakov Margi (Shas) to cancel the new request, saying it did not correspond with the sacred sites law.
"Forced segregation between men and women is humiliating and impinges upon personal liberties, including the very basic freedom to choose where a person takes his seat - such as with his family," the letter said. It noted that mixed ceremonies have "always" taken place outside the prayer area of the Western Wall plaza.
Conservative and Progressive Jews have long been struggling for the right to pray at the Western Wall as they see fit. There has been one appeal to the Supreme Court and several attempts at compromise; eventually Progressive Jews were allowed to hold their prayer ceremonies at the Robinson Arch area nearby.
Rabinovitch's letter of reply suggests he sees the Jewish Agency ID ceremony as a religious ceremony. "The permission we gave to hold the ceremony was only given because the Jewish Agency told us this was an event of joint prayer of those passing into the gates of the Land of Israel for the sake of their successful settling in the Holy Land... as such, this ceremony must be held in accordance with the relevant regulations, which demand segregation," Rabinovitch wrote. His letter concludes that unless the agency segregates men and women, the ceremonies should be held in the Progressives' prayer location.
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|Dellwood Hills Golf Club -- Excellent course, however a few downturns
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|I have played Dellwood and many of my friends that have played there also agree with me . It is a great course, spectacular, scenic holes and great design. It is a challenging course to the moderate skill level and probably normal difficulty to a pro. The only problem is that it is somewhat out of date. When it was created back in the 70s, some of the bunkers were added to challege a player whether to play their ball short or try to hit over it off the tee. Keep in mind this was when there still was the classic woods. Now with the new and improved steel head drivers, its not a problems for a good golfer to even hit a bad shot and still hit over it.
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There was no grand slam but has there ever been a championship the end of which has been more raucously, more euphorically, celebrated by the Welsh faithful? Wales won a grand slam here a year ago by beating France. It was barely a flicker compared with this. Schadenfreude you might call it, a relish at stripping the until now victorious English of their own grand-slam dreams – and how brutally – but, really, it was the joy of beating England with such rampant ruthlessness. And in the process Wales retained a Six Nations title that had seemed such an unlikely idea after they had been so roundly thrashed at the very same venue in round one a mere six weeks ago. No, grand slams are but a tickle with a feather compared with this. They have won three of them in the last nine years anyway.
It was never in doubt they will tell you. And, certainly, as each minute passed from the first, any doubts about the credibility of Wales's tilt at regaining their title – and there were a few even among the milling thousands out and about in Cardiff, clad in red – began evaporating at an exponential rate. England, exhausted from the Welsh onslaught, fell away ever more helplessly, so that by the mid-point of the second half it had become a procession.
Alex Cuthbert, put away twice by the brilliant Justin Tipuric, galloped clear for a brace. The first came with the score at 12-3 and England tottering; the second, in the final quarter, knocked the hapless visitors out of the ring. But they were little more than the executioner's final blows or the gymnast's final flourish. The game had been long won by that point. You can gallop free only once you have broken down the fences, and the work on that had begun from the off.
Five consecutive home defeats? It did not look as if there had been. Wales fairly burst into the game. Fireworks erupting from the turf are a fairly standard, gladiatorial gimmick at these games now but, with the roof closed and so much on the line, there seemed an added apocalyptic edge to proceedings. Cardiff was in special-occasion mode and that theme was carried into the main event by the home team.
England chasing a grand slam might be considered incentive alone to the Welsh but the prospect of defending their own crown with a big win lent extra lustre to the opening exchanges. Wales have grown into this tournament. Injuries to so many key players, faltering form from at least three of the four regions and the demands of the slug-fest that is the French championship took the teeth out of them at the start but by now they were fizzing.
Mike Phillips was one of those affected by French association. How far away such sluggish form seemed now, even if he had popped back to Bayonne to play his part in a 6-6 thriller only the weekend before last. Here his frustrated-back-row tendencies were enlivened by a resharpening of his eye for an opportunity. He tapped and went and mixed it as much as ever round the fringes.
The man who had made everyone's life a misery during Wales's game at Murrayfield last week, Craig Joubert, was on the touchline this time but Steve Walsh, the referee here, was almost as quick to the whistle, usually against the visitors. Tacklers releasing the tackled was his big bugbear and the English were obliging more often by not doing so to his satisfaction. When you throw in the dominance of Wales's scrum, which Walsh liked the look of even more than Joubert had the weekend before, the game looked in Wales's pocket more or less from the off. And yet they could not quite pull away. A remarkable tap tackle by Mike Brown was the first of the heroic English interventions to thwart the runaway George North while a more physical collision from Owen Farrell accounted for the second. Somehow the score read a mere 9-3 at the break.
But the queue of eager Welshmen never shortened. The lust for collision among the forwards was insatiable – and then there were the backs. Jamie Roberts sat his finals this week in medicine but he showed precious little concern for the health of the visitors. Yes, the famously physical Welsh backs, some of whom, Roberts included, have suffered mediocre form this championship, chose now to burst into life and turn the prospect of stopping the Welsh forwards into little more than a warm-up for stopping them.
But it was the smallest of those forwards who stole the limelight. Justin Tipuric had thrown himself among the shuddering collisions as willingly as any, on a one-man mission to discredit the gradual drift towards a game without opensides. He chose the build-up to those knock-out blows to demonstrate the enduring worth of a forward with lightness of touch to complement and enhance the belligerence of will. When the ball popped loose from the latest mighty collision he was on to it in a flash to initiate the sequence of passes that released Cuthbert the first time, then a bewitching tour de force of pace, changes of direction and dexterity put Wales's right-wing away for his second.
Cue an intensity of celebration that made round five of 2012 seem like a three-year-old's birthday party. It is so much sweeter to rediscover something you think you have lost than never to lose it in the first place. Wales thought they had lost their Six Nations title but they found it again here, the last place they had seen it.
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Andre Navarri si rivolge al Board of Trade of Metropolitan Montreal
BERLINO, GERMANIA--(Marketwire - 8 maggio 2012) - Prima di un seguitissimo pranzo del Board of Trade of Metropolitan Montreal, Andre Navarri, Presidente e CEO di Bombardier Transportation, ha proposto le sue prospettive sulle soluzioni per il trasporto pubblico e sul futuro del trasporto su rotaia.
"Sulla base della nostra esperienza globale, noi di Bombardier siamo convinti che la mobilità sia alla base della crescita e dello sviluppo economico sostenibile" ha affermato Andre Navarri di fronte ai leader economici di Montreal. "Molte nazioni rappresentano un'opportunità unica per noi di ripensare e trasformare gli approcci al trasporto. An opportunity to rebalance the three major modes of transportation - air, road and rail - to consume less energy, reduce congestion and lower pollution levels."
Mr. Navarri pointed to many regions around the globe where there were examples of initiatives to rebalance urban transport systems toward sustainable models, with some of the leaders - the Agence metropolitaine de transport (AMT), the Societe de transport de Montreal (STM) and VIA Rail located in Montreal. "The continuous increases in ridership and the level of service you've achieved clearly reflect the vision that went into planning your network. By focusing on the needs of your growing communities while providing fast transit for commuters, you set the example for many cities", continued Andre Navarri.
'Urban growth has also resulted in cities being more congested and wastes time, energy, money and creates pollution, Mr. Navarri said. He referred to Transport Canada studies which have shown that congestion costs residents and businesses between 2.2 and 3.7 billion dollars each year, in lost productivity and in wasted fuel.
Andre Navarri also cited the Quebec government's electrification initiative as an important step in facing the challenge of sustainable mobility. Currently, 50% of all public transit commutes in Quebec use an electric-powered mode of transport. Under its Action Plan, the Quebec government will put in place mechanisms to help transportation systems make a smooth transition and to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the transportation sector. By 2030, Quebec's target is that 95% of all public transit commutes will use electricity.
The current economic situation has not stopped investment in rail. Mr. Navarri pointed out that Infrastructure stimulus and concern about climate change have increased investment around the world resulting in a high level of activity taking place in public transit worldwide.
Analysts in North America predict that over the next five years, public transit needs in major cities will double. Areas like Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Vancouver, New Jersey, New York, Chicago, Washington and San Francisco are making substantial investments in all segments of the rail market.
In Canada, Mr. Navarri explained that Bombardier is now delivering the latest generation of metro cars with its cutting-edge technology for Toronto. The Montreal metro project is also progressing according to schedule, he said.
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Sale recruit Worcester's Collins
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Sale have completed the signing of flanker James Collins from Worcester and executive director of sport Steve Diamond has promised that there will be further additions to the squad prior to next season.
Collins, 25, is Diamond's ninth recruit since rejoining the Sharks. There has been a drastic overhaul of the squad, with veterans Charlie Hodgson and Ben Cohen both leaving the club.
Diamond has replaced Hodgson with Clermont Auvergne fly-half Tasesa Lavea but most of his recruitment has centred on bolstering Sale's forward pack. Moldovan prop Vadim Cobalas, Wasps hooker Joe Ward and Munster loose-head Tony Buckley will bring front-row depth while Leeds lock Kearnan Myall will move across the Pennines.
Their back-row options have also been strengthened, with the signings of Collins, Scotland international Richie Vernon, Toulon flanker Kris Chesney and Northampton No.8 Mark Easter.
"James has plenty of potential and will fit in well with the work ethic we are creating at the club," Diamond said. "We are four or five signings off yet. There are a number yet to announce and there are four or five other positions we've identified."
Diamond confirmed Sale owner Brian Kennedy had committed to spending right up to the £4million salary cap - but he insisted there would be no panic buying.
"We are waiting for the right people to come along and if we've got to be a bit more patient so be it," Diamond said. "We are not going to rush in and waste money. We've got very capable players already here and who are arriving and we are planning for years here not for weeks or months.
"The players that have agreed to sign will do us proud and we are still on the lookout for a big forward and we have got four or five to interview over the next few days."
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We all knew some art were selected for SOTD in 3 months. Some lucky ones were selected within 2 – 3 days after submission and I am happy to see a 6 month submission got printed recently; meaning every art we submitted still stand a chance to win. So if you wanna quit – just don't. Keep pumping in good art. All the best to everyone.
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Need a new Peavey guitar? Well, it looks like the fellows in Chasing Victory happen to have an extra one and they want to give it to one of you. While they're probably pretty generous dudes, this particular bit of generosity comes as the band celebrates the release of their new record, Fiends. The album finds the band moving away from hardcore and metalcore and incorporating more melodic elements that have been compared to bands like the Foo Fighters.
You can check out some music on their myspace page and you can visit this form to get your name in the running for the guitar.


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Ok well like I said I caved in once I realized the price Wald sells bars for. Once again, if anybody wants DiaCompe brake levers with suicide levers and Sakae Road Champion Custom bars (custom is the name), please let me know here.
Here are some pictures of how it looks now. Like I said, it was $40 including bars, levers, cables and 8ft of housing which I didnt need, so maybe the price was a little lower (edit: and 12 beers). It definitely looks much cleaner without any tape on the handlebars. I only have yellow electrical tape and I used that anywhere the housings for any cabels touched the front basket, at least it matches. I also wrapped up the tape real real thick since the bar is 7/8" and I had extra tape. Im probaly gonna give it a short test tonight.
Sorry for the kinda messy kitchen and clutter in the living room, I stay in an apartment..
(edit 2: the rear brake cable housing is too long but Im filing the ends by hand with a file so I just left it there. It shouldnt get in the way of any loads in the front basket since it has plenty of room to move. Any problems with that setup?)
I suggest using dropouts but other than that, great bike! I have an '88 Schwinn Sprint that has done me well since! You did not go wrong buying it!
Lookin' good!
Looks good. I would dramatically shorten stem shifter housings, that would eliminate a lot of the clutter. Invest in a good set of cable cutters. Heck, even the Nashbar/Spin Doctor cutters are pretty decent, and often go on sale.
Check out the Schwinn catalogs or pictures on the web for guidance.
$14.99 with free shipping:
That really does look LEAGUES better.
I don't mean to be picky, and I'm honestly not trying to be disrespectful or anything to you or your bike, I understand that you want to protect your housing from contact with other metal things- hence the electrical tape. If you feel you really need that, perhaps some black electrical tape would be less obtrusive?
I think you may be able to trim your housing so that you don't need any reinforcement of your housing.
I would like you to have a bike that is not only utilitarian, but also something you can be proud of. You have ALL the makings for it.
Best wishes.
edit: the shifter housings are original and they are cramped but worked, that's why they are too long in the first place. If I were to shorten I'm guessing I ould just get a new cable and housing.
You have a good thing going on now. Schwinn Travelers were decent bikes and I think it will serve you well. Just buy some good cable cutters (like others have said) and clean up the cable mess. Good work!
Can you see if a LBS would cut your housing for free? That way you have managable housing lengths, you may not need to have much of any basket contact.
Where do your cables run down your downtube?
I just did the "cross cable" thing on my bike- so the shifter for the FD crosses to the right hand cable stop, and then crosses over the other cable on the way down to the BB and on to the FD. The right shifter crosses to the left cable stop and crosses on the way to the BB then on to the RD.
That may make a gentle enough bend that you can not hit the basket.
As you can see from this link, the shift cables continued up towards the handlebars at approximately the same angle as the down tube, then they did about a 140 degree turn up to the shift levers. Yours dip down a lot towards the fork, creating a downward turn first, then they eventually loop up to the levers. No immediate rush job, its just one of those small details to keep in mind as you acquire some tools (or head to a co-op).
Also the housings were kind of clear, or more of a green by this point. They were the exact same as the brake housing. Every single other thing on the bike was original, so I just think it would be weird to change all the housings for brakes and shifters and that's it.
OK now I think I am all done for a while, unless I feel like polishing some aluminum. The brake cables were covered in black tape just to cover the yellow, and the shifter housings no longer touch the basket.
edit: you guys were right, the housing was probably twice as long as it needed to be. It is probably still a little bit longer than it needs to be, but not by much. It doesnt touch the basket, but still kinda slopes down towards the front wheel before it goes up to the stem shifter. Not much, and since it doesnt touch the basket I think it will stay this way.
Well I for one am sad to see this. It's never a good feeling to see someone cave to peer pressure. One more sheep in the wall. If I wasn't such a drop bar fanatic, I'd put them upright on mine just to be recalcitrant.:cry:
It becomes a lot easier once you develop an overall foul taste for your native culture ^^
I'm all for making your ride comfortable and work to the best abilities for what you need. There's just far more reasons to not ride with drop bars flipped upside down than to ride with them that way.
Regardless of all that extra work and money required for tape and appropriate levers, who really cares what some people think about you or your bike. The only negative I felt when everybody was staring at me is that they might think Im doing it to try to be cool, rather than just being comfortable and making the best with what I had or was cheap, but like I just said I shouldnt really care about that.
This guy really seems to like it, and it looks like he is doing this to other peoples bikes too. http://domotion2011.wordpress.com/re...ification-dyi/
Ok Im thinking I like the bikes where they have a painted line around the lugs of the frame. Are all of these from the factory like that? Or do some people use touchup paint or nail polish? Im thinking of doing either white or yello, or maybe a little of both if I can think of a nice way to do that.
Any suggestions? Just leave it? I would never paint the whole frame, but Im thinking just the little lines around the lugs would look nice.
Lots of bikes that I've seen here in Sweden have handlebars that are very similar to the Wald ones you used. I suppose the popularity is why Wald has made them for so long, even with such high manufacturing labor costs as you find in the USA.
I suppose the last modification barely took one bottle each of vodka and Jägermeister?
I see bars set up like that, and I think "hobo." I don't care if they're configured minutely differently. I wouldn't give them a second look. Hobo. Bum. DWI. You, yourself referred to them as "bum bars." I live down the street from a liquor store. I see these bikes laying on the sidewalk in front of the liquor store. I do not see these bikes out and about on recreational rides.
As to who cares... I do. I work hard for my stuff- I deserve to have stuff that I'm proud of because I've earned it. It seems that you're proud of your bike. Cool. It's a cool bike to be proud of, and it's in great shape and it's an immensely practical machine with the baskets you have set up. You were proud enough of it to post pictures on the internet and ask strangers what they thought. That's awesome. I think you have a really cool machine that's worthy to be proud of. I would like it to look nice for you. You've gotten more than 4 people in this thread that have made mention of the DWI-ness of the bike. It would be really nice if no-one made any comments about "bum bars" or "hobo" or "DWI" or "assload of beers" or 'less than a bottle of vodka and Jaegermeister.' I would be most happy if people saw your machine and ONLY thought that it was a cool bike with a variety of purpose.
I wish you the best, and I sincerely hope you enjoy your bike and riding your bike.
Regarding the "who cares", the owner obviously does, but you are saying you care what others think. My bike wasn't dirty, stinky, unsanitary, but it also wasn't the "right" way. The only thing you are proud of is doing things the exact same way 99% of people have done before you. That's like being proud of buying a fashion style.
Im sorry you don't like people talking about beer and booze, but that's probably 50% of what the bike will carry, maybe a little less. Also, yes, I like to drink a little every once in a while, especially if I'm at home working on a bicycle or instrument or anything. Sorry somebody noticed I had empty bottles on my kitchen counter, and made a joke about it. Actually, sorry it bothers you.
also yes, people mentioned they're called bum bars/ DUI bars, they did not say their opinion, just what they're called.
After saying all that, you don't have to leave me alone. I just think it's surprising how much you hate them "just cause." Did you have a bad experience with alcohol? Serious question.
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Most of the Angus beef El Dorado Hills firefighters encounter is on a plate. But on New Year's Eve Battalion Chief John Niehues' crew encountered some on the hoof, delivering a healthy bull-calf in a pasture off Bass Lake Road.
The crew was headed to Station 86 for a training drill when an EID employee reported a smallish black Angus heifer lying in a pasture off Hollow Oak Drive, in labor, seemingly struggling. Her calf's two front hooves protruded out her backside, but the birthing appeared to have stopped there.
Niehues grew up in a cattle ranching family and has witnessed the birthing processes many times, he said, but admits that not until the last day of 2010 had he ever been the one calling the shots.
"My first reaction was that this is probably just some flatlander that doesn't know about the bovine birthing process," he said.
The crew nonetheless responded and found a lone cow in a pasture off Hollow Oaks Drive in the process of becoming a mother.
They contacted Margie Yowell, who owns the pasture, and confirmed the situation. The cow is owned by Yowell's daughter and son-in-law, Karen and Stephen Marsh, who live in the adjacent property. Both were at work. Stephen is a San Jose firefighter. Karen works in Sacramento, and was on her way home. The veterinarian was unavailable due to the holiday.
The family had no idea the heifer was pregnant. A young bull had previously shared the pasture before getting mean and making the one-way trip from pasture to freezer roughly nine months ago.
The heifer was a first time mom, but seemed stable. Niehues knew from his days on the ranch that first time cattle births often require assistance.
The day had already contained an unusual mix of animal calls. Two dog-bitten residents drove up while the crew was trying to initiate their training. Paramedics treated the injuries and released them. The crew next had a loose horse on Bass Lake Road. During the roundup they got the heifer report.
The crew consulted with Yowell, a former horse breeder with some experience in these matters, and decided to give nature a little more time to take its course.
They retreated to Station 86 on Bass Lake Road to prepare for their training, but before they could get started, Yowell called them back. Her daughter had arrived but the heifer wasn't making any progress, and she didn't think the two of them could handle the birth.
The crew, including Capt. Jon Zellhoffer, firefighter Mike Lovinger and firefighter James Sommercamp returned. Niehues called his brother, an experienced dairyman, who encouraged them to extract the calf.
Lovinger donned sanitary gloves and a "Personal Protective Equipment" (PPE) Gown normally reserved for human subjects. Let the extraction begin.
The calf, however, wasn't quite ready. The product of a big bull and a small heifer, he was clearly stuck. His slippery front hooves offered no grip for the gloved firefighter/veterinary obstetrician. A webbed hose strap was deployed, but slipped off the hooves repeatedly.
Undeterred, they attached an emergency rope to the hooves with a lark's foot knot normally used to hoist tools onto rooftops. Niehues and Lovenger pulled with all their might, timing their efforts to the heifer's contractions, monitored by Sommercamp.
"It was a hard pull," said Niehues. "She wouldn't have been able to do it herself."
That's how the first ever El Dorado Hills Fire Department calf entered the world. He appeared healthy, if exhausted, and soon lifted his head and began discovering the world. Mom began cleaning her firstborn while Lovenger wondered if he had to fill out a Patient Care Report.
Ranch families rarely name their cattle, not wanting to get too close to something that will eventually end up on a dinner plate. But the Marshs made an exception this time. The family considered naming the baby bull Niehues, but thought the recognition might be awkward when it came time for the bull to become a steer.
With that thought in mind they simply named him "Chief."
Margie Yowell, an active senior who sits on the El Dorado Hills Senior Council, gushed with gratitude on Monday. "These guys were right there for us. They were very good Samaritans."
Stephen Marsh, who tried to coach his wife through the process over the phone before the fire crew arrived the second time, returned home on Sunday and got the full story. He also had one of his own to tell.
During the course of several calls on Friday, some of Marsh's fellow firefighters got the mistaken idea that it was his wife, not his cow that was giving birth.
"I'm saying things like 'I can't believe that cow's pregnant,' and 'Why do you keep calling me, just let nature take its course,' 'Don't just go in there and pull it out' and stuff like that," providing firehouse humor for Station 29 in San Jose for years to come.
Village Life arranged a meeting between a grateful Stephen Marsh, Niehues and little "Chief" on Monday. At three-days-old the calf was already taller than 2 feet, bouncing around, energetically pestering his mother.
Marsh was surprised the El Dorado Hills Fire Department was willing to help out in something so far afield from their primary responsibilities. "It just shows how much a fire department can do for the community," he said.
Niehues replied "You've be surprised all the stuff we do in El Dorado Hills."
What will become of young Chief? Like his father he was originally destined for the freezer, but with the media attention, "We may just keep him around as a pet," said Marsh.


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"Though, I'm sure that a uniformed Marine aiming a .45 at ones cranium and commanding said BG to drop his or her firearm might be more intimidating than a Police Officer or even a private citizen performing the same action."
Oh really, why would that be?
"I don't mean to offend anyone, but, it's known that a lot of cops can't shoot for crap, and the marksmanship of the average citizen may be questionable to the casual observer, but we all know what a Marine can do."
I was a marksmanship instructor for my company (Echo 2/6) when I was in the Corps, and shooting a rifle is alot different than shooting a handgun. The handgun course is ridicuously easy. Grunts handle and shoot their weapons often. Other MOS rarely shoot their carry weapons except for yearly quals.
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