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The gathering of Bomber greats this week has been touched by tragedy with the passing of Frank Rigney.
The former standout offensive lineman died in Vancouver on Tuesday, two days after suffering a heart attack. He was 74.
You cant have too many Frank Rigneys on your team, his former coach, Bud Grant, said on Wednesday. If you dont have any, you cant win.
Grant was the one who signed Rigney, who played 10 years with the Bombers from 1958 to 1967. He appeared in five Grey Cups, winning four of them, and was voted the CFLs top offensive lineman in 1961.
Ken Ploen and Rigney not only spent a successful decade together in Winnipeg, but they were also teammates at the University of Iowa and remained good friends.
Frank Rigney was just a big moose of a tackle, Ploen said Wednesday. In short yardage situations it was never too difficult to come up with the play. I ran where Frank was or ran somebody where Frank was.
He was a great individual. Its a big loss. Sorry to see him go. He was still too damn young. He was something special.
Rigney was a three-time CFL all-star. He was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 1984 and into the Winnipeg Football Club Hall of Fame a year later.
Frank was a tremendous football player during his time in Winnipeg, Bomber president Jim Bell said in a release. He will always be remembered as a champion throughout the province of Manitoba.
Those who didnt see Rigney play might remember him as a colour commentator for CBC and CTV football broadcasts. He also covered other sports for CTV.
READY TO GO: The Bombers conducted their final practice on Wednesday, and Paul LaPolice, who will be making his pro head coaching debut, believes his squad is prepared.
Its been a long time since the last game, so weve gotten our legs back and weve had a long time to talk about Hamilton, especially since we played them in the last game, he said.
As for the plan of attack, LaPolice didnt hide the fact that they need to smack around former Bomber pivot Kevin Glenn a little bit.
We gotta make sure that we do a good job of making sure that we stop the run and make sure Kevin Glenn cant get in a rhythm, because hes pretty good when hes in a rhythm, he said.
KEY TO VICTORY: Considering hes guided four Bomber teams to Grey Cup wins, Grant was asked what it takes to win a CFL title.
Have the best players, he said. Its not the best coaches. You gotta have the best players. Most coaches will win with the best players.
BUDS FASHION TIPS: Grant had an interesting answer Wednesday when asked if Blue and Gold still ran through his veins.
Im not quite sure Im enamoured with the gold as it is today, he said. Its a little bit duller than I remember. They changed the colour a little bit. The gold could be a little brighter, if you want my suggestions.
LATE HITS: Receiver David Ball accepted a spot on Winnipegs practice roster and took part in Wednesdays practice The NFL Network will air 14 regular-season CFL games this season, including three Bomber contests Alex Suber and Brandon Stewart will start at defensive halfback for the Bombers on Friday According to the Hamilton Spectator, Ticats receiver Maurice Mann (ankle) hasnt practised all week and is unlikely to play on Friday.


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Banjo comments aside, Troy Westwood has been relatively quiet off the football field for the past three years.
It was just more than three years ago when the Winnipeg Blue Bombers placekicker missed three of four field goals in a 27-19 loss to the Calgary Stampeders in the 89th Grey Cup.
The Bombers head coach at the time, Dave Ritchie, not-so-subtly suggested that Westwood had a few too many balls in the air. The Selkirk product was boxing, he owned a couple of race cars, he was tap dancing and he was in a band called Eagle and Hawk.
The only noise Westwood has made since that forgettable Grey Cup -- aside from showing his love for Saskatchewan -- has been on the field. The boxing gloves have been put away, the tap shoes are gathering dust, his race car involvement has abated and he is no longer with Eagle and Hawk.
That doesn't, however, mean that music is no longer a part of his life. In fact, Westwood will release a solo album next month -- under his first aboriginal name of Little Hawk -- called 1492-1975.
The 14-track CD is essentially one long story about the exploitation and abuse of North American natives since Christopher Columbus arrived in 1492.
Westwood isn't sure if he has aboriginal blood in him, but he doesn't care, either.
"For whatever reason, ever since I was a little kid, I've always had a very strong attraction to the culture of the First Nations people," Westwood said yesterday from his Toronto home. "Now it's become a part of my life day in and day out."
If Bomber fans are worried that Westwood might pull a Ron Artest and ask for time off to promote his album, or that his coach or general manager will pull a Ritchie and tell him to concentrate solely on football, it's not going to happen.
"Me reading books and writing poetry and singing songs is in no way detrimental to my performance on any practice day or on any game day," Westwood said. "And anyone who thinks anything other than that is out of their mind, basically.
"Every single guy on the team has things that they do in their spare time. Mine is music, and it will be until I stop breathing."
Bombers GM Brendan Taman is happy to see Westwood embarking on such an ambitious project.
"Troy's a pro and he knows he gets paid by us to kick the football," Taman said. "So I don't think a CD making should interfere with that.
"It's good, actually, that he shows some kind of life outside of football. He's got a talent, so it's good. Thumbs up from me."
Westwood often went to fellow artist and teammate Khari Jones to talk about his project (which he started in 2000), but some of his other teammates weren't as understanding.
"The barbarians on the team, like Wade Miller and Brian Clark, they would just sneer and giggle as I was writing my poetry on the plane to road games," Westwood said.
Even though Jones is gone, Westwood still has support in the form of offensive lineman Matt Sheridan, who noted that most of the Bombers have businesses and projects on the side.
Making an album is no different.
"He still manages to find time to do music and satisfy that part of his soul and his spirit," Sheridan said. "Good for him."

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Residence Halls
Since so much of the CC experience happens outside the classroom, living on campus is a huge part of student life. With a few exceptions, all students are required to live in college housing unless granted off-campus status as seniors.
First-Year students live in one of three traditional residence halls - Loomis, Slocum, or Mathias - where they have the opportunity to learn about themselves and college life within the context of a larger community.
Sophomores live with friends in the larger buildings or pursue specific interests through a specialized housing program, like a Living Learning Community (LLC) or a language house. Small houses are also available for sophomores.
Juniors live in on-campus apartments, small houses, or Living Learning Communities, where they can learn to be more self-sufficient. These spaces often facilitate the transition in and out of a study abroad experience, allowing juniors to engage more globally with the community.
Seniors have the option to live on or off campus. Although a majority do live off campus, many elect to remain on campus to take advantage of the opportunities and convenience of on campus living. If they so desire, CC students are guaranteed on-campus housing for all four years.
Benefits of Living On-Campus:
- Proximity to academic and extracurricular activities
- Opportunities to develop close friendships with hallmates and neighbors
- Easy access to college resources and staff
- Themed houses such as The Synergy House (sustainability focused), The Lennox (Glass) House, language houses, and living learning communities.
- A wide variety of housing options, including single-sex and coeducational areas, substance free areas, 24-hour quiet zones, recently renovated modern buildings, halls on the National Register of Historic Buildings, and apartments for juniors and seniors.
Until granted off-campus status as seniors, all students are required to live in college housing except:
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As manager, Matheny not so high on collisions
As manager, Matheny not so high on collisions
Though his career was cut short because of the side effects of concussions, Matheny never regretted playing the position the way he did. Standing in and taking the impact of a hit was, as Matheny saw it, his job.
It was also Matheny's job as a catching instructor in the Cardinals' organization to teach players how to take those hits.
"I know the value of that play," he said. "It saves a run, but it goes deeper than that."
But a change in position has produced a change in perspective. And after watching Yadier Molina come off the field woozy, achy and suffering from a neck strain following a hit put on him by incoming runner Josh Harrison on Tuesday night, Matheny doesn't see the play as he used to.
"As a manager, I'd like to take those [earlier] thoughts and flush them, because I watch our catcher -- and how valuable a piece he is to us -- get trucked like that, and it's hard to watch," Matheny said. "I see why [Giants manager] Bruce Bochy is very outspoken about, 'Let's start making it mandatory to avoid that collision.' The game may go that way, especially with the heightened awareness of concussions and people understanding that it's not just a concussion, it's a brain injury.
Bochy became vocal about home-plate collisions last season, shortly after his own catcher, Buster Posey, suffered a season-ending leg injury while trying to block the plate. Afterward, Bochy, a former catcher, spoke out about the need to alter the rules so that baserunners would not be allowed to run directly into catchers.
He has since also directed Posey not to block the plate, even if it means sacrificing a run.
"Is there something that could be done? Probably," Matheny said. "And it's probably only been in the last six months that I've changed my viewpoint on it."


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Firefly Board Game at GenCon 2013
I aim to misbehave.
I got the chance to try out the new Firefly board game at GenCon, coming in September. The game is from Gale Force Nine, who came out with the Spartacus board game last year. I've never played that, or heard of the company really. I believe I've said before I'm very new to tabletop gaming. Getting to play this game was a treat though.
From what I can tell, it's really everything you would expect from a game based on Firefly. It can be a very open, sandbox game, or you can play with a story card to give yourself a specific goal and end game condition. You can even play the game by yourself, it's for 1 to 4 players.
Firefly: The Game really is, at the same time, simple and complex. All the individual parts of the game are pretty simple, but merge them together and you get an enjoyably complex game that is a lot of fun.
Basically, how the game works, you get your ship, choose your captain, and place yourself on the board where you like. Certain planets work as supply stops for your ship as you travel the 'verse, picking up jobs from various people, such as Niska, or Badger.
On the supply planets, which are places such as Osiris, or Persephone, you can pick up upgrades, weapons or crew for your ship. Of course there is a money component to this, including paying your crew when you complete jobs. Though whether you actually do that is up to you.
The board includes both Alliance and border space, with an Alliance cruiser and a Reaver cutter hanging out in their respective areas. I did notice that not all the stars from Firefly appeared to be on the board. Space for future expansions maybe?
My thoughts on Firefly: The Game
Learning the game and playing the demo was very fun, a lot of that was due to the man running the demo. That was actually Sean Sweigart, who I learned is one of the designers of this game. He did a great job explaining the game and teaching all of us the mechanics. But once everything was explained well, I was still having lots of fun. In the end, I want this game, a lot, and not just because I'm a Firefly fan.
Sadly, they ran out of all the advance copies of Firefly: the Game that they brought to GenCon, so I'm going to have to wait until September when the game comes out for real to purchase my copy. I can't wait!
Check out Firefly: The Game at their Facebook page.
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Subject: Re: [LANDRETH] Re: Looking for Cherokee ancestor
Date: Sun, 2 Apr 2006 16:35:00 EDT
William Jasper (Tennis) Landreth b. ca1858 in Missouri m. Mary Chastain.
Tennis was the 8th son of Aaron and Susanna Landreth. I am not sure about the
Cherokee blood. If you find more about that, please let me know. Who were some
of your kin that I could search for on Ancestry.com.? Could you give me their
Email or mailing address.
I have the following children listed for Tennis and Mary Chastain:
Zach A. Landreth
Lucy May Landreth b. 12 AUG 1886 d. 16 FEB 1936 m. Elick Farris.
Sadie Jane Landreth
Cora Elvina Landreth
Sallie Marie Landreth
Children of Lucy May Landreth & Elick Farris
Maudie Farris
Dee Farris
Flora May Farris
Jessie Farris
Rosa Lee Farris b. 9 APR 1909 d. 6 OCT 1996 m. Seaton Abshire.
Tennes Farris
I have 9 children listed under Children of Rosie Lee Farris & Seaton
Abshire: Lottie; Short; Syble Lorene m. Kenneth Edward Miller; Dorothy; Virginia;
Sherry; Ikie Joe; Clarence; Letha; and Joy Abshire. Do you by any chance have
any more dates, marriages, etc for those listed above?
I hope you will get a copy of my book. If interested, I can send you the
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Marco is a 4-year-old neutered male, cream cockapoo mix. His adoption number is A111198.
The shelter's featured pets, and many other animals, are available from Antioch Animal Services at 300 L St.
The center is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.
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ST. LOUIS -- The Cardinals will make a roster move to fortify their bullpen on Saturday, as right-hander Chuckie Fick will be called up from Triple-A Memphis, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
The Cardinals did not confirm the report, and the corresponding move was not yet known.
Fick, a 6-foot-5 righty, was a 15th-round selection by the Cardinals in the 2007 Draft. The 26-year-old is 1-0 with two saves and a 3.86 ERA in 21 innings over 21 appearances for Memphis this season, with 19 hits allowed, 10 strikeouts and seven walks. Opponents hit .241 against him.
He went 5-3 with a 2.30 ERA in 54 appearances for Memphis in 2011, and was a combined 5-1 with a 3.79 ERA in 32 appearances, six starts, between Memphis and Double-A Springfield in 2010.


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Address: Stationsplein 15 1012 AB AmsterdamOpening hours: Monday to Friday: 9am to 10pm
Saturday: 9am to 10pm
Sunday: 9am to 12am Trains operating in and from this station:
International trains (Eurostar, Thalys, ICE), High speed trains, Intercity, CityNightLine, Regional trains
Rail agents, Assistance for disabled persons and junior travellers, Lost and found, Police station, Tourist Information Point, Toilets, Luggage storage, Wi-Fi Internet, ATM and Phone cabins.
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Address: Wilsonova 120 00 PragueOpening hours: Monday to Sunday: 6am to 12am
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Amsterdam, capital city of the Netherlands
Amsterdam, the capital city of the Netherlands, is located in the province of North Holland. The city got its name from a dam in the river Amstel and was a small fishing village at its creation. Nowadays Amsterdam is a busy seaport and one of the top European financial centres as well as a major cultural hub. The canals, world-famous museums and historical sights makes Amsterdam one of the most romantic and beautiful cities in Europe. It has all the advantages of a big city: culture, nightlife, restaurants with international cuisine, good transport system. However, the city has also a quiet and relaxed atmosphere largely thanks to its extensive canals, low road traffic, small green parks and flower fields. In Amsterdam, places of interest are never far away, get a bike or hop on a tram for an authentic local experience. Amsterdam can be reached easily by train from other European capitals - Paris, London or Brussels.
Prague, the capital of Czech Republic
Prague is the most important city and the capital of Czech Republic. The city has a mysterious feel where the past is mixed with modernity. Prague has been host to several artists and important personalities such as Arcimboldo, Mozart, Copernicus, Galileo, and Tycho de Brahe. A walk in the city will allow you to feel the magic of its past. Discover the city's monuments, museums, galleries and other landmarks. For fabulous views over Prague, climb up to the monk's vineyards near the fabulous St Vitus Cathedral. While here visit the unique Toy Museum and you'll see the relics and playthings which previous generations enjoyed.
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Very nice journey, felt safe and comfortable.
This train was very good..my first experience in sleeper cars. A little concerned that I got woken up when someone else got on in the middle of the night, but I guess that cannot be avoided. The train attendant that was there when I got on was wonderful, but the older gentleman that came on for the day was gumpy, unhelpful, and put me off at the wrong station
Good seating, free tea and coffee - good staff.
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America's Got Talent's TellAvision Changing Face of Performance Arts With One of a Kind Mix of Technology and Talent
Coming off of Season 8 of "America's Got Talent," TellAvision offers unique blend of talent and technology.
January 7, 2014 (Newswire.com) - After becoming one of the most talked about and celebrated acts in "America's Got Talent" history, Florida-based TellAvision is making their second act even more impressive than their first.
Astonishing and dazzling audiences nationwide by infusing elements such as technology, music, and dance together, the first-of-its-kind live performance art group has been making waves since first showcasing their inimitable talent on the show during Season 8.
In fact, TV host, producer and a judge on the show, Howie Mandel exclaimed he has "never seen anything like" TellAvision before.
Since first appearing on "America's Got Talent," TellAvision has been invited to perform all over the country, having recently performed as the opening act at the Dream Foundation's 12th Annual Celebration of Dreams, which honored the humanitarian award recipient and legendary performer Barry Manilow. The group has also been invited to perform and surprise Rachael Ray with a special birthday performance live on her show.
The live act was initially conceived and developed by the creative team of Dorene Collier and AJ LeBlanc of Event Show Productions. Following two years of concentrated research, Collier and LeBlanc pioneered the concept for TellAvision, a groundbreaking moving storybook using wireless technology to incorporate choreographed video screens synced with live performers, thus helping to "tell a vision."
In addition to be hired as a main performance act, TellAvision's one-of-a-kind technology offers up the perfect element to enhance a live performance by supporting celebrity touring acts, awards shows, performance arts centers, or even a large-scale Vegas show. They can even be hired to help tell a story for a corporate brand with massive impact, through private events or industry trade shows, having recently been hired by a few corporate brands for a powerful trade show performance.
TellAvision's nimble nature also allows for the scalability of the troupe depending on the size and type of an event, as well as the impact looking to be created. This allows Collier and LeBlanc to narrow down its size to as small as six performers for an intimate stage show, or increase it exponentially for something as large as the Super Bowl or Oscars, for example.
"When AJ and I initially envisioned what would then be TellAvision, we hadn't considered the amazing journey we would both be taken on and take others on," said Collier. "We are so delighted to bring this unrivaled new technology that combines our passion for performance art and our love of innovation to the international stage, and we are eager to share it with others."
For more information, visit the official website at www.TellAvision.cc, or contact Creative Director Dorene Collier at (813) 760-0254. For Management & Booking Inquiries, contact Branding Agent & Talent Manager, Brandi Kamenar at 310-734-6180 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Cost for Yoga Classes:
For ongoing yoga classes the fees are
10 classes in 90 days, $135
10 classes in 30 days, $108
5 classes 90 days, $70
Single classes are $15
View current and upcoming classes on our online MindBody scheduler
Classes at the Rose City Senior Center are charged per class $4 or $18 for a six week session. Senior Center Membership must also be purchased and helps pay the teacher.
Yoga Tune Up®
Yoga Tune Up® is going to be offered as Embodied Total Fitness. It is a unique blend of yoga and conscious corrective exercises, derived from a variety of movement disciplines, designed to highlight joint mobility and stability. The results are immediate relief from chronic tension, increased strength and power through a greater range of motion, and healthy, supple joints. YTU allows yoga practitioners to fine-tune and custom-fit classical poses for a safer, deeper, pain-free practice.


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The Oakwood University SIFE Team is partnering with the La Sierra SIFE Team in an inspiring project that will restore hope and dignity for girls and young women in Kalaala, Ethiopia, a village outside of the capital city, Addis Ababa.
For many poorer young women in Kalaala, and elsewhere, there are few choices if she has not received an education and does not have the tools and skills to provide for herself. She may become a victim of abuse, forced early marriage, a sexually transmitted disease, or a host of other problems.
To help create a more safe, healthy and productive future for these girls, we are helping raise money to build a home for orphaned and vulnerable girls at the Learning Village in Kalaala, Ethiopia, in partnership with the International Medical Aid Association (IMAA). Our goal is to raise $5,000 by May 10, 2008.
This project is a small piece of an ongoing project I am involved in as a future member of the La Sierra University Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) Team. SIFE International is a global student organization that implements projects that create economic opportunity for others. Your participation in this project will help bring hope and choices to dozens of girls and young women each year.
The money raised for the girls' home will be used for:
(1) Teaching girls and young women a skill so they can earn an income;
(2) Educating girls and women on critical health issues; and
(3) Housing girls who would otherwise not have a safe and sustainable place to live.
The La Sierra University SIFE team is completely self-funded and works with partners such as IMAA, sponsors, donors and other students to help make projects like this one become a reality. If you would like to join this cause, we will accept donations of any amount, and plan to recognize larger donations on a more public forum.
If you know of any individuals or organizations who may also wish to contribute to this cause, please feel free to share this message with them. La Sierra University is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. All donations are tax-deductible; donation receipts will be mailed from La Sierra University.
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Daughters Rising is a human rights, non-profit organization that supports, educates, employs and empowers ethnic Karen women taking refuge from Burma in Thailand. Their sister company RISE is the eagerly anticipated ethnic and ethical handbags collection combining Italian leather and tribal textiles, hand made by Karen artisans in their villages.
In October 2015 I arrived at the Daughters Rising residence in Mae Wang to humbly volunteer my fashion expertise to aid the development of their promising new project. My aspirations were to learn from the inside out about Karen culture and to participate in the launch of a collaborative ethical handbags collection with an ethnic minority group. This has been the most profound and insightful experience of my adventures around Asia so far, leading to a change in my perspective and purpose for traveling in the future. In order to understand the ugency for such a project I will explain a brief history of the shocking situation that has hundreds of thousands of Karen people in this position.
Disclaimer: Before I start explaining and sharing my experiences of the past week I want you to understand that I am in no way an expert about the political actions and human rights concerns that surround the situation in Burma. All of the information contained in this post I have educated myself about in the last week via personal discussions with team members at Daughters Rising, Karen refugees working at Chai Lai Orchid and surrounding villages and using the links and resources listed below. If you see anything incorrect please politely advise in the comments at the end of the post. Thank you.
Ethnic Cleansing
200km away from the Daughter's Rising residence is the border of Burma where approximately 140,000 ethnic minority Burmese refugees are living in makeshift villages. They fled their homes over 30 years ago when the Burmese authoritarian military Junta began state sponsored ethnic cleansing of minority people who did not consent to their vision for the future of Myanmar. Persecuted ethnicities include Shan, Mon, Karenni, Arkanese, Rohingya and Karen people who in 1948 when Burma became independent from the UK wanted the right to govern their own states. Initially the junta only attacked the armed minority defences and rebels but soon after they began repeated massacres of peaceful ethnic villages in rural areas, burning them to the ground and orchestrating heinous crimes against humanity.
Refugee Rights
Refugees have no ID card in the country they are occupying, under Thailand's domestic law refugees are seen as visa overstayers and therefore criminals. It is also a criminal offence to shelter a Burmese refugee in your home. Refugee camps allow people to meagerly exist. Refugees are dependant on depleting international and outside aid as they are not allowed to work or leave the camp. After 30 years many residents have only known the confides of their camps and very little else about the outside world.
"It is so strict to live here. There is nothing to do. I am not allowed to go outside the camp. There is no job, no work. So much stress and depression. I feel that I am going to go crazy here." (Burmese refugee, Nu Po camp, Tak province, January 2012; Human Rights Watch, 2012e, p. 18)
Refugees are the easiest and most vulnerable targets to sex traffickers. Uneducated and desperate to support their families young girls are often lured away by the prospect of working in the city as a maid in a hotel or maybe behind a bar. They are tricked into believing they will gain an ID card, a place to live, minimum wages and new clothes. Grievously however once out of sight women are locked in room and beaten until they yield. They are told that if they try to escape and don't prostitute themselves their family will be killed and their sisters will be joining them in the whore house.


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Magic Valley Fresh Frozen Inc. says it is voluntarily recalling breaded okra produced under the HEB label from July 1, 2010, until Jan. 31 of this year because it may contain undeclared whey, a milk ingredient.
People who have an allergy or severe sensitivity to milk risk serious or life-threatening allergic reaction if they consume this product. No allergic reactions or illnesses have been reported.
Retailers are removing the okra from store shelves, and consumers can return the okra to their place of purchase for a full refund. Consumers with questions may contact the company at 956-994-8947.
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BROWN, MRS. JAMIE Mrs. Jamie Brown, age 51, passed away Sunday, December 22, 2013 at Hurley Medical Center. Family hour 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, December 31, 2013 from the Chapel of Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home, 906 W. Flint Park Blvd. with funeral service commencing at 11 a.m. Rev. Howard Johnson officiating. Family and friends will assemble at the Funeral Home 10:30 a.m. Tuesday. Mrs. Brown will lie in state in the Chapel of Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home and may be viewed from 12 p.m.-8 p.m. Monday.
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Memorial Day came and went, and with it went lower gas prices for many in the Midwest. Overnight, gas stations around Chicago and Indianapolis raised prices significantly. In Elgin, Ill., a Chicago suburb, prices rose 40 cents in 24 hours, reported WGN radio (720-AM).
According to AAA's FuelGaugeReport website, prices in Chicago were up an average of just six cents. In Champaign-Urbana, Ill., AAA reported an average price increase of 27 cents, while the national average moved up just a penny and states like California saw modest drops.
The price increase is being attributed to a nitrogen dioxide leak at an Exxon Mobil gasoline refinery in Joliet, Ill., that forced the plant to restart last Saturday. The incident's impact is isolated to the surrounding areas that require a special blend of gasoline for lower emissions like Chicago.
However, Indiana's average gas prices shot up an average of nine cents overnight. Bloomington, Ind., saw prices up 17 cents; Gary — near Chicago — had prices up 11 cents, and Indianapolis' gas prices increased 14 cents.
Ohio's average gas price jumped 10 cents, with Akron, Canton, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus and Toledo seeing spikes of up to 14 cents.
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A 19-year-old man convicted of assault for pointing a pellet gun at a girl outside a party in Valencia Park more than a year ago was sentenced Thursday to a nine-year prison term.
Derelle Oliver was arrested in December 2008 after two teenagers who had been at the party were gunned down as they walked home. He was charged with murder, but two separate judges determined later that there was no evidence linking him directly to the shooting.
The murder charges were dropped and Oliver eventually pleaded guilty to assault by means likely to cause great bodily injury.
In August, Judge David Danielsen ordered Oliver to undergo an evaluation in prison to help determine an appropriate sentence. Prison authorities, including a psychologist and a counselor, said Oliver would be a good candidate for probation.
But Danielsen said Oliver's criminal history showed a pattern of escalating violence. The judge noted the defense's assertion that Oliver was just a "wannabe" gang member, but Danielsen said Oliver acted like the real thing.
"You play that game, you are part of the problem," Danielsen said.
Oliver was sentenced under the state's three-strikes law because of his lengthy juvenile record. At the time of his most recent arrest, he was on probation stemming from a robbery case.
Deputy District Attorney Mike Still said Oliver was "out of control" when he went with fellow gang members into rival territory and threatened partygoers. The prosecutor said Oliver bragged about his behavior on his MySpace page.
Defense lawyer John Stathis argued that Oliver learned hard lessons in jail and was ready to turn his life around.
Reading from a written statement, Oliver told the judge he was ready to give up the "gangbanger" lifestyle. He said he hoped to go to college and become a teacher.
"I'm just ready to be that man that's been hiding deep down inside of me," Oliver said.
The judge was not persuaded, but he noted that Oliver was being punished solely for his own conduct and not for the shooting deaths of Monique Palmer, 17, and Michael Taylor, 15, who were shot Dec. 6. 2008 at San Jacinto and Groveland drives.
Their mothers spoke briefly Thursday about their loss and the gang violence that plagues some southeastern San Diego neighborhoods.
"If we don't do something to stop the problem, the problem is going to get worse," said Tracy Swafford, who said she "died inside" when her daughter, Monique, was killed.
"Michael didn't hurt nobody," said Denise Saunders, the boy's mother, adding that she believed Oliver deserved a 10-year sentence, the maximum allowed under the law.


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Twas a month before Christmas, and all through the place, not a creature was working, not even in one space. The paperwork was flung about with despair, with hopes that the boss wouldn't notice that no one was there.
Yes, it's that time of year again. So much to do. The Thanksgiving feast to plan, Christmas cards to mail, mistletoe to hang, cookies to bake, eggnog to make, guests to entertain and gifts to buy.
It's enough to distract the most conscientious of employees — and bring out the bah-humbug in the kindest of office managers.
Don't think they don't notice. Just like Santa knows who's naughty and nice, managers can sense who's slacking and who's not.
In a 2010 survey by Accountemps, a California staffing services firm, 34 percent of senior managers found their employees to be "somewhat" or "much less" productive the week before a major holiday. The poll was based on phone interviews with more than 1,000 senior managers at companies with 20 or more employees.
"We start to see it about that week before Thanksgiving, when people start to look at taking time off," said Andrew Sassaman, a manager with Robert Half International, a specialized staffing company.
That doesn't mean the holiday season, work-wise, has to be as unfulfilling as a Christmas fruitcake. There are ways to keep the time festive without it becoming a drag on productivity, Sassaman said.
He offers some tips to employees — and employers — to keep the holidays a holly, jolly time of the year in the office:
— Make a list. No, not for Santa, but for you to chart what work must be done, what deadlines must be met and how to accomplish both.
"People have a tendency to lose focus during the holidays. Because so much else is going on, keeping lists keeps you focused and on task for the holidays," Sassaman said.
— Tie up loose ends. Don't push off work simply because you have a lot to do around the holidays. If you're taking time off, find a co-worker who can cover for you while you're gone and offer to do the same for another co-worker who is going on vacation. If you're going to be off, make sure your voice mail and email alerts reflect that.
"No matter what happens, work still needs to continue. You don't want to be that employee who just leaves and abandons work," Sassaman said.
— When it comes to festivities, check that list twice — and purge some of it. Sassaman recommends that employees be selective in deciding what parties, family gatherings, concerts or other holiday happenings to attend. "If you try to do all of them, it can be overwhelming," he said.
For managers, Sassaman offers this advice: Don't be a scrooge.
While employees have work to do, managers need to be flexible with them, remembering that the holidays are a time for family and friends.
"It's important to have these distractions around the holidays," Sassaman said. "It's important to have something outside of work. You don't want work to be your entire life."
He recommends that managers spread some holiday cheer themselves by awarding achievement and hard work with gift cards or some other form of recognition.
"It can help keep people on task during the holidays," he said.
Workers who spend too much time rockin' around the Christmas tree when they should be working most likely will be recognized as well, but maybe not in a way that reflects the spirit of the season.
"That will get you noticed in a bad way," Sassaman said.
And that could make for a blue Christmas.
(Reach Mark Belko at email@example.com. Distributed by Scripps Howard News Service, www.shns.com)


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In Loving Memory of Adam Pytlovany
Adam Pytlovany, 25, of Scotia died Saturday July 5, 2008 at Ellis Hospital as a result of injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident.
Born in Niskayuna, he was the son of John and Katherine (Bates) Pytlovany of Scotia. Adam is a graduate of Scotia-Glenville High School and also received a Welding Degree and Auto Body Degree from Albany Vocational School in Colonie. He was employed as a Groundskeeper for the NYS Thruway Authority in Albany and was a member of the Teamster Local #72 for the NYS Thruway Authority. In addition to his full time employment Adam saved for his familys' future by working at Visco's Vley Road Pizza.
Adam was a man whose zest for life included his fierce loyalty to all his friends and his immense love of family. He was an adoring father to his daughter Ella, devoted fiancée to the love of his life Jen, and had an affectionate, playful presence in the lives of his nieces and nephews. He was known for his impartiality and unprejudiced views. Adam's truest enjoyment came from riding on two wheels with the wind in his face.
Besides his parents, Adam is survived by his fiancée Jennifer L. Smith of Scotia, his daughter Ella Grace Pytlovany of Scotia, his Grandfather John Pytlovany of Scotia, his brother Chas Pytlovany and his companion Sara Gorman of Schenectady, three sisters Katherine Cavaliere (John) of Ft. Drum, NY, Karey Duxbury (James) of Ft. Drum, NY and Holly Aldinger and her companion Tom Gleaves of Northville, his loving nieces and nephews Alexis, Ashley, Dan, Dylan, Emily, Jeff, Jordan, Mackenzie, Michal, and Nickolas, an Uncle, Bill Pytlovany and three Aunts, Cindi Pytlovany, Cathy Bates, and Lynne Gilgore. Several cousins including Erica Pytlovany, Amy Pytlovany, Megan Gilgore, Jennifer Pavone, Chris Cook, RJ Steverson and Courtney Steverson. It's unfortunate that there wasn't enough space to include everyone else who Adam always consider his family.
Funeral Services will be Wednesday 11AM at the First Methodist Church 603 State Street Schenectady. Relatives and friends are invited to attend. Calling Hours will be Tuesday evening 5-8PM at the Bond Funeral Home Broadway and Guilderland Avenue Schenectady. Internment will be in St. Anthony's Cemetery in Glenville. Contributions can be made in Adam's memory to the Ella Grace Pytlovany Trust Fund c/o First National Bank of Scotia 201 Mohawk Avenue Scotia, NY 12302Click below on "Comments" to leave a message to the family.
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These were the stories which were making headlines in the pages of the Milpitas Post this fourth week of July 50, 40, 30, 20 and 10 years ago.
1964 Milpitas school officials, parents and teachers were all waiting for word from Sacramento as to the plea made to the state Board of Education to allow a separate kindergarten through 12th-grade district limited to only Milpitas and its hill area's Airpoint elementary school. It would mean a break from the East Side Union High School District.
1974 A citizen's building advisory committee to the school district has proposed a unique solution to the growth in the Milpitas high school. The committee proposed evening high school sessions. The school board agreed to study the plan.
1984 The Rev. Bob Porterfield of the Mount Olive Lutheran Church has appealed to the city council to do something to curb the dirt and dust spread from a parade of quarry trucks which go by the Calaveras Road site at Piedmont.
1994 Two multi-family apartment complexes have been approved by the city to address needs for units with lower rents. The Monte Vista Apartments near the Great Mall and the Casa Grande units on Temple drive were passed.
2004 A countywide parcel tax to aid school districts has hit a road block in the state Legislature, where Republican lawmakers managed to kill the $195 per parcel special legislation required to put the measure on the ballot.
These were the stories which were making headlines in the pages of the Milpitas Post in the third week of July 50, 40, 30, 20 and 10 years ago.
1964 The first Mustangs have come off the Milpitas Ford assembly plant line. The new offering replaces the Fairlane and the Falcon, which have been the principal passenger vehicles produced by the local site.
1974 Many Milpitas leaders have joined in the new Citizens for Sane Airport Policy, a group aimed at the San Jose plan to relocate its airport to a site just south of Alviso.
1984 Newly named chair of the Milpitas Planning Commission, Bob Herriott, announced serious concerns about land uses surrounding the Elmwood Correctional Facility. He also said he was optimistic about the redevelopment of the Milpitas Town Center.
1994 Milpitas said farewell to Florence Strickroth, who died at 91. She was the granddaughter of the rancher who settled at what is now the southeast corner of the intersection of Interstate 880 and state Route 237. She operated the large ranch and orchard after the death of her first husband, William Sinnott Murphy. Her second husband, Henry Strickroth, was a retired professor at the University of San Francisco and later a local school board member here.
2004 Economists are predicting the current recession in Silicon Valley should turn around soon. Unemployment rates are more than 7 percent and the bursting of the dot-com bubble resulted in the loss of 200,000 jobs in the county.
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City officials in Sacramento are considering new restrictions on medical marijuana dispensaries.
The City Council voted unanimously this week to have city staff draft an ordinance that would prohibit dispensaries within 500 feet of parks, schools and other places where children gather. They would also have to be at least 500 feet away from churches and substance abuse centers.
The city currently has 39 marijuana dispensaries. City officials say only two or three of those would meet the proposed ordinance's guidelines although more could be allowed with special permits.
The language of the ordinance is expected to be finalized by late September.
Sacramento has also proposed taxing medical marijuana sales if voters pass a statewide proposition to legalize pot use by adults.
Information from: The Sacramento Bee, http://www.sacbee.com


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Posted July 2005
Nicolas Sarkozy has become the most popular French politician by diving headfirst into the country's most explosive political issues. If he has his way, this hyperactive, pro-American, Gaullist, free marketer will transform French politics for good.
Nicolas Sarkozy
Reason to smile: Nicolas Sarkozy, the French
right's most popular politican, is positioned
well for a 2007 presidential bid.
When Arnold Schwarzenegger was elected governor of California in 2003, all French politicians sneered, except one. For Nicolas Sarkozy, the leader of a center-right Gaullist party and the son of a Hungarian refugee, the rise to power of the Austrian-born Hollywood star was a sure sign of modernity. Commenting soon after Schwarzenegger's election victory, Sarkozy said, " [that] someone who's a foreigner in his country, who has an unpronounceable name and can become governor of the biggest American state—that is not nothing!"
Over the past three years, Sarkozy has become one of France's most popular politicians by pushing reform, fighting crime, talking straight, and injecting progressive ideas into the ruling center-right party, the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP). A politician who often runs against the grain, Sarkozy has challenged his fellow citizens' views on immigration, social welfare, and tax relief, and told them that, in some cases, France should look abroad for its inspiration to Prime Minister Tony Blair's Britain and, yes, even President George W. Bush's America. His emergence has breathed new life into France's ossified political landscape where the same leaders have been holding sway for decades. And his ultimate ambition couldn't be more clear: The 50-year-old politician, whose boyish energy and penchant for fidgeting has earned him the nickname "Speedy," is hoping that French voters will show a California-like openness and make him France's next president. Indeed, in 2003, he broke with French tradition by openly declaring his presidential ambitions and igniting a feud with his mentor, President Jacques Chirac. When I asked him about his political coming-out in a country where discretion is often preferred to ambition, he threw his arms up in the air: "What can I say? I'm ambitious. It's true. Should I pretend otherwise?"
Maybe. Such ambition has earned Sarkozy a fair number of detractors. His critics bemoan his arrogance. Some say he is simply a political animal, with no moral center. Others claim his originality is more a matter of tone than substance. There may be some truth to the charges, but pollsters and politicians from all sides acknowledge he has struck a chord with the French people—as his sky-high approval ratings show. When asked in recent polls whether they would like to see Sarkozy play a greater role in politics, 49 percent of the French said yes, which is more support than any other French politician enjoys. "There is clearly a Sarkozy phenomenon," says his close friend and fellow Gaullist legislator Patrick Balkany. "He has utterly outfashioned all other politicians." But the political rise of Nicolas Sarkozy may be no passing trend.
More than any other mainstream politician, Sarkozy is acutely aware that the era of French politics as usual is over, and that an increasing number of frustrated French voters either stay home or vote for extremists on election days. By sprucing up his core conservative agenda with audacious proposals to shake up the ailing French egalitarian model and by conveying them in simple words—a rarity in the somnolent world of French politics—he is creating a modern image. Unlike Chirac and other political leaders who are licking their wounds in the wake of the devastating non vote on the European constitution in late May, Sarkozy, despite campaigning for the "yes," is positioning himself as a possible last resort against the rise of extremist parties. He has recently returned to the post of interior minister, the position that propelled him to political stardom a couple of years ago. He also retains his job as chief of the UMP and plans to use both positions to bolster his credentials for the 2007 French presidential election. If elected, Sarkozy would be France's first baby boomer president. His advent would likely mark the end of an era of monarchic-style presidency and the ushering in of a more modest version of the office, one that's more in tune with the French people and more in harmony with France's position as a middle-tier power on the world stage.
A Reformer's Roots
Sarkozy's dual impulse to distinguish himself and yearn for approval can be traced to his family roots. His Hungarian father fled the communists at the end of World War II and ended up in Paris, where he married the daughter of a Greek émigré surgeon. The marriage was short-lived, and Sarkozy's mother worked hard to give, on her own, a typical bourgeois Parisian education to her three sons. "I like the frame of mind of those who need to build everything because nothing was given to them," he says when asked about his upbringing. "I quickly learned that in the swimming pool, I had to learn to swim on my own." He also realized that in order to propel the political career he chose to pursue in his early 20s, he would need a strong local base and patronage. He found them, respectively, in the plush Paris suburb of Neuilly and in Jacques Chirac—even though he now insists "Chirac never gave me anything."
In 1983, the 28-year-old Sarkozy outwitted a local party heavyweight in Neuilly to become France's youngest mayor, famously uttering, "I've screwed them all!" on the night of his election victory. Sarkozy's vivacious intellect and gift of oratory caught Chirac's eye, and he took Sarkozy under his wing. Sarkozy, in some ways, became the son Chirac never had. Sarkozy was a key political advisor to Chirac during the 1988 presidential campaign, and he stood with him when other Gaullists tried to take control of the party after Chirac lost the election to Socialist François Mitterrand.
After the right won the legislative elections in 1993, Sarkozy became budget minister in the government of fellow Gaullist Prime Minister Edouard Balladur, with the understanding that they would all work for Chirac's presidential run in 1995. But the symbiotic Sarkozy-Chirac relationship soured when Balladur, riding high in the polls, decided to run himself, and Sarkozy became his main underling, launching withering attacks on the Chirac camp. Sarkozy the prodigal son had morphed into Sarkozy the traitor. After winning the fratricidal competition, Chirac shunned Sarkozy, even reportedly urging his supporters to step on the young politician to bring themselves good luck.
An Interior Presence
If politics led to their split, it was politics that brought them back together. After Chirac blundered by calling snap parliamentary elections in 1997 that his party ended up losing, he gingerly accepted Sarkozy's return to the Gaullist leadership, allowing him to run the party campaign for the 1999 European elections. After capturing only 13 percent of the vote in a stinging defeat, Sarkozy heeded Chirac's advice and took some time off politics. During his "journey through the desert," he wrote a book, Libre, (Free) in which he owned up to his brash and impatient tendencies but also set forth an ambitious political program—a program that ended up serving as a basis for Chirac's reelection platform in 2002.
But all wasn't forgiven. After his victory, Chirac passed over Sarkozy for the prime ministership and instead offered him the top job at the Interior Ministry, which oversees police forces, elections, and religious institutions. Sarkozy quickly set aside his disappointment and saw his new post as an opportunity to address crime, his fellow French's utmost concern and the main reason why nearly 20 percent of them voted for far-right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen at the polls. In short order, Sarkozy directed crackdowns on crime, illegal immigrants, prostitution, and vagrants, and boosted the low morale of the police with his ubiquitous presence on the ground. These actions earned him particularly strong support from the right and far right, where he is nearly as popular as Le Pen.
At the same time (and more important for a conservative with presidential aspirations), he reached out to a sizable proportion of center-left sympathizers. He relaxed implementation of the so-called double penalty law, which ensured that illegal immigrants sentenced to jail would be automatically deported after serving their time, a measure first advocated by the left. He also reached out to the disenfranchised Muslim community by giving it an official voice and by advocating drastic measures to jumpstart its lagging integration. In another nod to the left during his brief stint as finance minister, he set aside his free-market beliefs and convinced supermarket bosses to lower prices to boost consumption.
Sarkozy burst into the limelight during a live, primetime television program in November 2003. After showcasing his rhetorical skills in a debate against Le Pen and Islamic intellectual Tariq Ramadan, he stunned the French audience by bluntly admitting later in the show that he was considering a future presidential bid. Soon after the program, he began publicly challenging Chirac's authority in ways unheard of for a French government minister, belittling the president's fondness for sumo and stressing at every occasion Chirac's old age and monarchic ways.
The tension climaxed last summer during the president's traditional Bastille Day television interview when a visibly exasperated Chirac, when asked about his unruly minister, blurted: "I decide, he executes." He eventually forced Sarkozy, who had moved to the Finance Ministry a few months earlier, to choose between staying in government and taking the reins of the UMP. Sarkozy chose the latter.
Although he is now obliged to support a president from his own camp, Sarkozy, through surrogates, is actively seeking to thwart a Chirac candidacy—it would be his fifth run—by depicting the 72-year-old president as a has-been who stands little chance of winning. "It is just unthinkable to tell the French, ?Elect me and I will be 80 when I finish my mandate,'" Yves Jego, a legislator and Sarkozy ally, says of Chirac. "Moreover, he runs a great chance of losing. And you don't want to have spent twelve years as president and leave on a defeat. This is why I think Chirac will not run."
Chirac's popularity is flagging, especially in the wake of the "no" vote on the European Union (EU) constitution. The president is seen as the main culprit for the referendum fiasco, and his appeals to grandeur and lofty ideals revealed how out of touch he has become with voters more concerned with concrete issues such as incomes, jobs, and schools. Although Chirac will likely wait until next year to announce his decision whether he will run again, polls show 72 percent of the French people oppose a Chirac reelection bid. Sarkozy, by contrast, can claim that he effectively rallied his party behind the "yes" vote. He can argue, as he already has, that the referendum result only strengthens his belief that France needs a major overhaul of its economic and social policies. Moreover, he is by far the most popular minister in the new government appointed by Chirac after the referendum and, in a clear indication of the shifting balance of power, he has been able to remain at the helm of the UMP—precisely what Chirac had forbidden him from doing a year ago.
To further bolster his position, he has proposed that, for the first time, the party's presidential candidate be chosen in a popular primary rather than by the party leadership. That prompted furious reactions from Chirac loyalists who argue that the move would break with the party custom of choosing the incumbent if he decides to run again. Still, Sarkozy prevailed, and, unless another Gaullist figure emerges, he is the early favorite to win his party's nomination for the 2007 race.
A Pro-American in Paris
Even in style and persona, Sarkozy strays off the beaten path of French politics. Short and dark haired, he is the inverse of the tall and balding Chirac. His grave, hoarse voice and steady tone evince a steely determination. Opinion polls show that Sarkozy's straight talk and pragmatism, as well as his avowed passion for the Tour de France, soccer, and popular artists endear him to the average voter. Unlike most of his peers, Sarkozy is a lawyer by training and did not attend the country's elite national school of administration whose alumni often struggle to connect with French society.
Traditionalists who decry Sarkozy's style see deeper danger in his substance: a pro-American free marketer who threatens to undermine not only France's economic model but also the secular fabric of French society. "I don't have a reference book in which I will find the solution to all problems," Sarkozy says. "I try to be pragmatic and efficient. Maybe in that sense I am Anglo-Saxon."
Although he is careful to stress that he does not see eye-to-eye with President Bush on many issues, he is unabashedly pro-American. "I like America and the Americans a lot and I say it. Do I need help, doctor?" he quips, raising his eyebrows. "Some of my friends tell me not to talk about it so [loudly]. Why? I don't get it."
He expressed similar warm feelings in April 2004 when, in an obvious stab at the reviled Chirac, the Bush administration rolled out the red carpet for Sarkozy, who met with Condoleezza Rice and Colin Powell during his visit. Of course, he knows the dangers of appearing too close to a U.S. administration that has confirmed many of the worst French fears of what an American superpower could be. Several close associates say that although he supported France's opposition to the war in Iraq, Sarkozy has privately said that Paris's use of its veto threat at the U.N. Security Council in the lead-up to the invasion of Iraq was a mistake. He has not crossed that line in public, however, out of respect for the president's primacy in foreign policy and probably because he realizes the decision is one of the most popular Chirac has taken in years.
But, in many other ways, Sarkozy is taking a page out of the American playbook. To remedy France's tepid growth, he has proposed lower taxes and a relaxation of the 35-hour workweek. His policy prescriptions, as well as long-standing personal ties to the country's top CEOs, have earned him the trust of the business community. "He is one of the few French politicians for whom a business success story is not suspect," says construction magnate Martin Bouygues, who is an old acquaintance.
Still, Sarkozy knows that advocating the streamlining of the comprehensive social welfare system that the French cherish is politically risky, if not suicidal. Part of the "no" vote was indeed driven by fears that a free-market-oriented EU would subsume the French welfare state. This is why Sarkozy used his short stint as finance minister last year to shed his "pro-market" image by supporting state intervention to help French companies. He is also careful to couch his pro-market discourse in moral terms, lamenting the lack of respect for "the France that wakes up early," and the "sclerosis" that has kept the unemployment rate at around 10 percent for more than two decades.
Political opponents, of course, say such actions are cynical ploys. Alain Bergounioux, a senior official with the Socialist Party, which will likely field the main challenger to the Gaullist candidate in 2007, branded Sarkozy's efforts to project a more progressive image as mere window-dressing by a wily politician fishing for crucial centrist swing votes.
To be sure, Sarkozy is not the first and only French politician to advocate economic liberalism and closer ties to Washington. But he is the first one to cater so carefully to "special interests"—such as unions, entrepreneurs and, most controversially, religious and ethnic groups—rather than the "general interest" invoked by most French leaders. Michel Maffesoli, a prominent sociologist at the Sorbonne, says that is exactly what makes Sarkozy popular. "He is the only French postmodern politician," says Maffesoli. "He does not mind groups and understands instinctively the mosaical nature of today's society, where the ideal is less integration than juxtaposition."
Sarkozy, for example, has openly courted Jewish and Muslim groups and built a strong following in both communities. While interior minister, he led the fight against a surge in anti-Semitic incidents, denouncing them forcefully and ordering swift police action against perpetrators. Similarly, in 2002, Sarkozy played a pivotal role in the creation of a representative body for the country's disenfranchised Muslim community. He has controversially proposed public financing of mosques and training of imams (to sever their ties to foreign funders) by modifying France's bedrock 1905 law strictly separating church and state. But his most daring move is undoubtedly his advocacy of a limited but comprehensive set of "positive discrimination" (affirmative action) measures, a major departure in the land of equality. "I think some people accumulate so many handicaps that if the state does not help them, they have no chance of making it," he explains, sarcastically adding: "So you could end up having colored ministers? Now that is shocking!"
While interior minister, Sarkozy appointed a Muslim as chief administrative official of one of France's 22 regions, a decision his critics mocked as cosmetic. He told me he intended to prove his commitment to diversity by opening up the overwhelmingly white ranks of the UMP to French citizens of foreign origin. Those actions explain why he may well end up being the first French politician to attract an ethnic vote by luring both Jews and Muslims. Sarkozy rejects any notion that his actions are driven by petty politics or that they represent a threat to the secular and egalitarian French society. He claims he is merely trying to provide innovative answers to France's glaring failure to integrate and promote the latest generation of mostly African and Arab immigrants.
On the related and equally sensitive issue of immigration reform, Sarkozy has proposed a quota system based on the needs of France's labor market—again, another idea borrowed from the United States. Illegal immigration, combined with high unemployment, crime, and the rise of radical Islam in the volatile suburbs of France's large cities, has been the main reason why Le Pen's extreme-right National Front has regularly garnered 15 percent of the vote over the past 20 years.
Sarkozy is quick to note that since he brought up and openly discussed many controversial questions, most notably the immigration quotas, his fellow politicians have rushed forward to offer their own views on topics they have studiously avoided for years. "A politician with no novel ideas serves no purpose," he told me, adding a moment later, with a smirk: "I must say my fellow politicians are granting me a wonderful space to operate."
Going Somewhere Fast
Despite his popularity, it's still unclear where exactly Speedy is headed. Stéphane Rozès of the polling institute CSA compares Sarkozy to Napoleon during the famous Arcole bridge battle, in which Napoleon charged ahead urging his soldiers to trust him despite not knowing what was on the other side. "Sarkozy charges ahead, begs his supporters to follow him and defy adversity but he does not tell them what lies ahead," says Rozès. "In his mind, the movement creates the destination."
Although many of his supporters urged him not to join the government after the referendum (fearing that he would be tainted by his new association with the unpopular Chirac), Sarkozy has once again shown his contrarian colors by deciding to jump onboard, both to regain a prominent position and to dispel any notion that he is refusing to help his struggling camp in trying times. Now back at the Interior Ministry, he is determined to enforce a zero-tolerance policy on crime that will enhance his appeal on the right. But, in order to burnish his popularity across the board, he has signaled that he is eager to push for change, especially on immigration policy, even if his proposals don't conform to the UMP party line. And, in keeping with his ambitious and outspoken persona, he has already indicated that he plans to leave the government in January 2007 to prepare for the presidential election that spring.
Sarkozy is convinced France is ready for a change and in dire need of it. When asked if a young, pragmatic, urbane, son of an immigrant with a funny name could reach the political pinnacle of a country where presidents tend to have old rural roots and embody a certain idea of "grandeur," he simply smiles. It would not be nothing.
Marc Perelman is a staff writer at the Forward.


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How do I change language and keyboard layout for Yo0 Linux?
I was hunting for a small Linux distribution and found Yo0 Linux for Yugoslavian people. It said that there's plenty of English documentation available for it. How do I change its Yugoslavian output to English? Also, how do I change the keyboard layout to something more familiar, say the US 104 key layout?
until you get a better reply and I have not bothered to d/l your distro consider this
/etc/rc.d/rc.sysconfig is the likely boot init script that calls /etc/sysconfig/console stuff and in /etc/sysconfig you are likely to have files i18n and keyboard.
2) assuming you make backups and or know how to use a live cd...change those defaults to kb for us and change your LOCALE settings......but because I have been lazy.....be aware that they may be over-ridden by a window manager or environment like kde or gnome so you may also need to check /etc/X11/xorg.conf or xf86free.conf as well.
That would certainly help me know where to look. I'm nowhere being good at Linux, so a lot of this simple stuff I need help on. If it had a window manager, this would probably be fairly easy. It's a 2-disk "portable" Linux on floppies, and does not have a window manager. It would probably be worth your time to experiment with it and see what it has. The third disk may have a window manager. Dunno yet.
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Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump called into Wisconsinite Charlie Sykes' radio show just days ahead of the state's primary, unaware that the show host is part of the #NeverTrump movement — and the conversation was brutal.
"Welcome to Wisconsin, and I know you realize that here in Wisconsin, we value things like civility, decency and actual conservative principles, so let's possibly make some news," Sykes charged.
The Radio 620 WTMJ host spent the first half of the 17-minute interview pressing Trump for an apology for his attack on GOP rival Ted Cruz's wife, Heidi, by retweeting a post featuring a flattering image of the businessman's wife, Melania, who is a supermodel, next to an unflattering image of Cruz's spouse, along with the text, "The images are worth a thousand words."
The controversial retweet by Trump came after a conservative super PAC unaffiliated with Cruz's campaign published an ad ahead of last week's Utah caucuses featuring a risqué image of Trump's wife along with the text, "Meet Melania Trump. Your next first lady. Or you could support Ted Cruz on Tuesday."
"You know, wouldn't it be a good way to start off your Wisconsin campaign by saying that wives should be off limits, and apologize for mocking [Heidi Cruz's] looks?" Sykes asked Trump.
The brash billionaire, however, stood his ground, telling Sykes that Cruz "totally knew about" the super PAC's ad. Trump said if he didn't believe Cruz knew about the Utah ad, "it would be a totally different thing."
"So is this your standard — if the supporter of a candidate and not the candidate himself does something despicable, then it's OK for you personally, the candidate for president of the United States, to behave in that same way?" Sykes pushed back. "I mean, I expect that from a 12-year-old bully on the playground, not somebody wanting the office held by Abraham Lincoln."
Trump continued his defense of his Twitter post, telling Sykes that the image he tweeted "was a retweet" and a "very minor response" to the Utah ad. In fact, Trump said, "I didn't even know it was necessarily a bad picture of [Heidi] versus Melania."
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Sykes also played an ad featuring women reading less-than-complimentary things Trump has said about women in the past, asking him how he will defend himself against those comments. In response, the brash real estate mogul said "women are just going to have to see what I've done," noting the "tremendous numbers of women" he's hired and placed in executive positions within the Trump Organization.
Additionally, Trump defended his past comments about women by saying he has been in the entertainment business and has "been quoted over the years by everybody from the time, almost from the time I started business."
"Are the rules different for celebrities?" Sykes asked. "Are celebrities allowed to insult women? … You have mocked Megyn Kelly, you have mocked Carly Fiorina."
Perhaps Sykes' boldest confrontation of Trump came when he asked the GOP front-runner how parents should "explain" his comments about women and his attack on Cruz's wife.
"How should fathers and mothers explain this? I mean, is this the way you would want anyone, do you want your sons to be behave—," Sykes said.
Trump cut the radio host off, dodging the question by telling him he thought the controversial retweet of Cruz's wife was a "dead issue" and that he would rather be talking about trade, border security and "the things I'm best at."
Among the issues the two discussed, Trump and Sykes talked about the New Yorker's liberal history, the many donations he has made to Democrats and trade, an issue that has given Trump some problems as many have said he is not truly conservative on the issue because he has suggested restricting free trade in order to keep jobs inside the United States.
"Why shouldn't conservatives here in Wisconsin think that your claim to be a conservative is just a giant fraud?" Sykes asked, to which Trump said he was Republican but "gave money to all politicians, … which is a thing that every businessman would do."
Toward the end of the interview, Sykes dropped a major, unexpected question for Trump: "Before you called into my show, did you know that I'm a #NeverTrump guy?"
"That I didn't know," Trump said. "But I assume you're also an intelligent guy – I know you're an intelligent guy — and you understand what's going on. Our country is getting ripped off left and right by every country we do business with."
Ultimately, though, Sykes ended the interview telling Trump he "failed in my effort to introduce you to Wisconsin in our tradition of civility and decency by getting an apology from you for Heidi Cruz."
But Trump stood firm, saying the Utah ad was not from an outside group and Cruz knew about it, asking Sykes, "Is Ted Cruz going to apologize?"
"Do you ever apologize?" Sykes shot back. "Most real men, when they screw up, they'll go, 'You know what, I was a hothead, I shouldn't have done that.'"
Trump refused to apologize until Cruz apologizes to him because "he started it."
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