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Located in the heart of Columbia, this hotel is 2.5 mi (4 km) from Riverbanks Zoo and Garden and within 6 mi (10 km) of South Carolina State House and Palmetto Health Heart Hospital. Governor's Mansion and Finlay Park are also within 6 mi (10 km).
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This hotel features an outdoor pool, a fitness center, and coffee/tea in a common area. Free buffet breakfast, free WiFi in public areas, and free self parking are also provided. Additionally, a seasonal outdoor pool, a business center, and laundry facilities are onsite.
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Comfort Inn Columbia features an outdoor pool and a fitness center. Public areas are equipped with complimentary wireless Internet access. A business center is on site. A complimentary breakfast is offered. This Columbia hotel also offers multilingual staff, coffee/tea in a common area, and laundry facilities. Complimentary self parking is available on site.
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa.; December 14, 2012 - Penn State senior linebacker Michael Mauti (Mandeville, La.) has been named a first-team All-American by Phil Steele's College Football, earning his second All-America recognition.
A team co-captain, Mauti previously was named an ESPN first-team All-American, giving Penn State 11 first-team All-Americans since 2005. He also was a Pro Football Weekly honorable-mention All-American, one of just four outside linebackers recognized by the publication (two first-team, two honorable-mention).
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Penn State's 97th first-team All-American, Mauti is the 83rd Penn State football student-athlete to earn first team All-America recognition, a total of 97 times, dating to W.T. (Mother) Dunn's selection to the Walter Camp All-America squad in 1906.
Mauti is the Nittany Lions' 23rd first team All-American since starting Big Ten Conference competition in 1993 (27 total selections). Mauti is the eighth "LinebackerU." first-team All-America selection since 1999, joining standouts LaVar Arrington (1998, '99), Brandon Short (1999), Paul Posluszny (2005, '06) and Dan Connor (2006, '07). All-Pro linebacker NaVorro Bowman was a second-team All-American in 2009 at Penn State.
A semifinalist for the 2012 Butkus Award, Mauti was selected the Big Ten Butkus-Fitzgerald Linebacker of the Year. He earned first-team All-Big Ten honors by the coaches, media, BTN.com and ESPN.com.
Mauti was the only Big Ten player ranked in the top 10 in the conference in tackles (7th, 96), interceptions (4th, 3) and forced fumbles (3rd, 3). He also led the Big Ten in interception return yards (125). Mauti had 4.0 TFL, 2.5 sacks (minus-25), three interceptions, three forced fumbles, one fumble recovery and two pass break-ups.
The former Mandeville High School All-American started the initial 11 games this season, suffering a knee injury in the first quarter vs. Indiana on Nov. 17 that ended his season. Mauti was selected the Nittany Lions' 2012 Outstanding Senior Player.
Led by first-year coach Bill O'Brien, the ESPN National Coach of the Year, the Nittany Lions posted an 8-4 overall mark and finished second in the Big Ten Leaders Division with a 6-2 record. Penn State won eight of its final 10 games, with the only losses coming against division winners Ohio State and Nebraska. In the season finale, the Nittany Lions beat eventual Big Ten champion Wisconsin, 24-21, in overtime.


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Hi dianebeard41, There are a great number of schools and nurseries to choose from in the March area, and obviously it will be fully dependent on where exactly you are planning to live in terms of catchment areas for each school. However, you can find a list of schools that are in the area in and around March by following the below link. Looking into that list though, you can see that there are a large number to choose from in this area, including the likes of All Saints Interchurch Va Primary School, which also has an associated playgroup, and Benwick Primary School. There are also various different nurseries including Bluebell Day Nursery and Buttercup Day Nursery, all of which can be found by following the link mentioned above.
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I was a sprouting ten-year-old girl in Westchester County, right outside of New York City, and all was well. I'd hop on my bike and help my older brother deliver newspapers up and down the streets of my town. I'd swim in Long Island Sound, a short bike-ride from our house. And I had a new baby sister! I was in fifth grade. One day while walking home from school for lunch, kicking a stone down the road, my legs began to hurt. After a peanut butter and jelly sandwich and glass of cold milk, I said, "Mom, I can't go back to school today." My neck got stiff, my fever rose alarmingly, and what started as small pains turned into large ones. The doctor came and soon I was rushed to the hospital in an ambulance, diagnosed with polio.
August 4, 2014
Today's blog post is by Robert D. Hicks, PhD, Director, Mütter Museum/Historical Medical Library, William Maul Measey Chair for the History of Medicine, The College of Physicians of Philadelphia. The World Health Organization has been debating the future of smallpox. The debate concerns what to do with existing stocks of infectious smallpox virus given its eradication from the planet decades ago, one of the most significant public health achievements ever. Assuming a method could be devised to dispose of these smallpox stocks safely to avoid their being used as a terrorist weapon, can we be assured that all of it has been destroyed? Is destruction a good thing, since future technologies may be able to elicit from virus samples answers to fundamental questions about epidemic diseases, their origins, evolution, and treatment? What if possibly infectious samples of smallpox still exist . . . in museums and libraries?
July 31, 2014
Many thanks to my great high school interns Arkiea and Mercedes for writing this review and summary of World War Z. When I first heard about World War Z I thought "ugh, another zombie movie." It was a movie that I did not want to see because honestly I hate zombie movies. Almost all zombie movies have the same plot where it's people awakening from their grave to become a brain-eating zombie. Not that I'm against that, it's just I did not want to sit through another movie that's two hours long for eleven dollars just so I can predict the outcome. So, I decided to avoid World War Z at all costs, meaning that I stayed home on a Saturday night while my dad and sister went to the movies. Three hours later my sister returns home and she tries to persuade me to see the movie but because of my stubbornness and utter dislike for zombies, I tell her no. After months of listening to my sister rant about the movie, I finally decide it would be in our best interests if I saw the movie.
July 14, 2014
Today's blog post is by College Librarian Beth Lander, MLS. "To the memory of Fellows of The College who have fallen whilst in performance of duty during pestilence or war" begins a plaque hanging near our Historical Medical Library. The memorial not only offers a gentle reminder of the sacrifices made by physicians in the care of their patients, but also is a reminder of how closely mortality hovered prior to the age of vaccines. The summer of 1793 was unusually hot and dry. Wells and creeks were low, and the people of Philadelphia were plagued by flies and other pests. By mid-August, people in Philadelphia fell ill with symptoms similar to an outbreak of fever that Benjamin Rush, a founder of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia, had witnessed in 1762: "These patients were generally seized with rigors, which were succeeded with a violent fever and pains in the head and back. The pulse was full, and sometimes irregular. The eyes were inflamed, and had a yellow cast, and vomiting almost always attended. The third, fifth, and seventh days were mostly critical, and the disease generally terminated in one of them, in life or death. An eruption on the third or seventh day over the body, proved salutary. An excessive heat, and burning about the region of the liver, with cold extremities, portended death to be at hand"
June 5, 2014
In 1982, Françoise Barré-Sinoussi was a young researcher in Luc Montagnier's lab at the Pasteur Institute, studying the control of retroviruses by their hosts. Late that year, a French virologist made an urgent request to her lab: would they look for signs of retroviral infection in a group of patients with a troubling new disease? As she says in her 2008 Nobel Prize biographical sketch, "It would have been a relatively routine procedure to detect the presence of a retrovirus" in cells. That statement is excessively modest, because, in fact, the task was not easy and rested on decades of earlier work. One immediate problem was that the unidentified pathogen, obtained from a patient's lymph node biopsy, threatened to outrun the cells in culture. But once she thought to add more lymphocytes to keep up with the infection cycle, Barré-Sinoussi wrote that "isolation, amplification and characterisation of the virus rapidly ensued, and the first report was published in Science in May 1983."
May 14, 2014
The sight of a red cross or crescent on a white background is supposed to signal medical aid, neutrality, and safety. In conflicts around the world, however, hostile actors are flouting decades of protocol and the Geneva convention itself: they are killing and kidnapping Red Cross, Red Crescent, and other emergency aid workers. Al Qaeda-associated militants kidnapped an International Committee of the Red Cross/Crescent (ICRC) team in Mali in February this year (military forces freed them about a week later). ICRC polio vaccination workers and staff were killed in Afghanistan in April 2014. Polio vaccinators and their guards have been killed in Pakistan and Nigeria as well.
April 29, 2014
A Monday afternoon session at the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases Annual Conference on Vaccine Research was entitled "Current Challenges in Immunization Policy." The topics ranged from vaccine hesitancy, effectiveness of acellular pertussis vaccine, and the burden of adverse events from rotavirus vaccination. Saad B. Omer, MBBS, MPH, PhD, of the Emory Vaccine Center, is widely published on vaccine refusal and its consequences in relation to disease. Most of the work he presented Monday explored the relationship between vaccine hesitancy and pertussis incidence.
April 25, 2014
Sixty years ago tomorrow the largest clinical trial in history began. On April 26, 1954, thousands of U.S. schoolchildren rolled up their sleeves to take Jonas Salk's inactivated poliovirus vaccine. Newspapers reported that Randall Kerr of McClean, Virginia, was the first child in the trial to get the vaccine. (Thousands of others in earlier stages of research had received the vaccine, including Salk's wife and children.) The 1954 trial was blinded, meaning that the children didn't know whether they received the vaccine or a saline placebo injection. Regardless, most viewed themselves if not exactly as test subjects (which they certainly were) but as Polio Pioneers, as they and their parents were encouraged to think of them.
Disease and conflict are unfortunate companions. We've seen this recently in the Syrian Arab Republic, where polio has surfaced after violence uprooted millions of people. Other outcomes of conflict for children in Syria and elsewhere are hunger, displacement, interruption of education, and other harms. Please join us May 8 at The College of Physicians of Philadelphia to commemorate World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day. Christiaan Morrsink, PhD, director of the United Nations Association of Greater Philadelphia, will give an overview of conflicts around the world and their effect on children. Pavan Ganapathiraju, MPH, will discuss how the war is interrupting polio eradication efforts in Syria. World fusion artist Farah Siraj will perform, and Clara Barton, U.S. Civil War nurse and founder of the Red Cross, will appear.
April 9, 2014
Leaders and innovators in global health met yesterday at the United Nations to provide guidance about partnerships as the UN considers the next iteration of the Millennium Development Goals. This particular meeting was a side event, sponsored by the Institute for Strategic Threat Analysis and Response, to the UN Economic and Social Council's two-day meetings on the role of partnerships. Many of the MDGs have been achieved as their 2015 target date approaches. Those successes, and failures, now must inform the setting of new goals, or, as the UN calls them, the Post-2015 Development Agenda.


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Beautiful 1 owner custom built contemporary home located on a level lot with a pond and over 400 feet of waterfront situated on 1.47 acres. Imagine walking out your door and canoeing, kayaking, fishing or ice skating with family and friends. Sit on your huge deck overlooking nature in the serenity of Washington, NH. Home includes large vaulted ceiling living room with a new gas fireplace insert with sliders to the deck. Sun room with therapeutic hot tub, large dining room and eat in kitchen with large island, newer stove, and refrigerator. A large master bedroom suite with sliders to the deck, walk in shower and soaking tub. Off the garage entrance there is also a large mud room with a first-floor washer and dryer hook ups. Upstairs there are 2 large bedrooms and a loft for reading or studying. There is also an attached 2 car garage and a full basement with a walk out. Come see this beautiful home and make it your own. Seller is motivated.
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Rooms: 9
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List Agent: Roger Schnebel
List Office: RE/MAX Synergy
Price - List: $294,500
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Full Baths: 2
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Bedrooms: 3
Year Built: 1997
SqFt-Apx Total: 4,490
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Total Baths: 3
Style: Contemporary
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Basement Access Type: Walkout
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SqFt-Apx Unfn Below Grade: 1,720
SqFt-Apx Fin Above Grade: 2,656.00
Cooling: None
Heat Fuel: Gas - LP/Bottle
Heating: Baseboard
Water Heater: Gas - LP/Bottle
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Garage Capacity: 2.00
Lot - Acres: 1.47
Garage: Yes
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Color: Baige
Garage Type: Attached
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Road Frontage: TBD
Construction Status: Existing
Construction: Wood Frame
Driveway: Gravel
Exterior: Vinyl
Foundation: Concrete
Roads: Public
Roof: Shingle - Architectural
Sewer: Septic
Water: Drilled Well
Deed - Book: 1485
Deed - Page: 504
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International Rally of Whangarei
The International Rally of Whangarei is a rally racing event held in Whangarei, New Zealand. The first event was run in 2007 replacing the International Rally of Rotorua as New Zealand's round of the Asia Pacific Rally Championship (APRC).[1] With the World Rally Championship's move to a rotational calendar means that the International Rally of Whangarei becomes in the years Rally New Zealand is not held, New Zealand largest rally event. The rally also hosts a round of the New Zealand Rally Championship. While originally being a late season event, today it is held in May and is the season opening event in the APRC. The rally has been sponsored by automotive lighting manufacturer Hella for most of the events history[2] but is now unsponsored.
The Whangerai area in the northernmost part of New Zealand's North Island, is a former host of Rally New Zealand.[1] The event has had remarkably few winners over its history with local driver Hayden Paddon having won four of the seven events held with Australian Chris Atkinson having won twice.
The first event saw Paddon take victory after a rally-long battle with Cody Crocker. The following year former New Zealand champion Chris West took victory over Paddon and Crocker. Paddon defeated Crocker again in 2009 and took his third victory in 2010 over Emma Gilmour. 2011 was the first time the rally was won by a non-local with Chris Atkinson winning over Paddon. Atkinson won again in 2012 ahead of Per-Gunnar Andersson. 2013 saw Paddon take his fourth win ahead of Esapekka Lappi.[1]
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- ^ a b c "The History of Rally Whangarei". rallywhangarei.co.nz. Retrieved 2013-07-09.
- ^ "Motor Sport". Hella New Zealand. Retrieved 2013-07-09.
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Testosterone Muscle Mass, The decrease in testosterone levels are associated with loss of muscle mass and lower body strength in older men, according to a new study.
The loss of muscle mass and strength contributes to frailty and is associated with mobility problems, falls and fractures, the authors say, and men lose more muscle mass and strength than women as they age.
That suggests that the levels of sex hormones, particularly testosterone, may influence the age-related changes in body composition and physical function, according to researchers led by Dr. Erin LeBlanc, Kaiser Permanente Northwest in Portland, Oregon
The study included nearly 1,200 men aged 65 years who had sex steroid levels measured and were followed for an average of 4.5 years. Their body composition was verified byanlysis of high technology, and physical abilities were assessed through exercises that assess lower extremity power, grip strength, walking speed and ability to rise from a chair without using the weapons.
"Our study reveals that men 65 years of age, with higher testosterone levels lost less muscle mass, especially in your arms and legs than men in this age group had lower levels of testosterone," LeBlanc said in a statement of the Endocrine Society.
"Men with higher testosterone levels before losing the weight he lost the leg and less could function more easily support a chair that men with low testosterone levels before losing weight," he said.
"The number of men have testosterone in their bodies can contribute to the amount of muscle and strength, lose as they age," he said LeBlanc.
One expert was not surprised by the findings, but added that there is no reason to urge older men supplemental testosterone.
The study "confirms that increased blood levels of testosterone in older men is associated with less loss of muscle mass that occurs with aging," said Dr. Stuart Weinerman, chief of the division of endocrinology Health System North Shore-LIJ in New Hyde Park, New York, but noted that "this is a prospective epidemiologic study, not a controlled trial, so that variables may be present. For example, patients with low levels testosterone were more likely to have diabetes. "
Weinerman added that "this study should not be interpreted as evidence that men with hypogonadism [those with decreased output of testosterone] should begin testosterone replacement. The risks and benefits of testosterone replacement can only be studied in large , randomized controlled trials. "
Another expert said the levels of testosterone may be necessary to see that men get older.
"Physicians should monitor the levels of testosterone in men over 65 years, speaking of muscle mass loss and the potential for falls and fractures as a result," said Dr. Spyros Mezitis, an endocrinologist at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York . "More research is needed to define the association of low testosterone levels and decreased physical function," he said.
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A NOTORIOUS muscle-obsessive has vowed to change his bizarre ways after a ten-year order stopping him from touching blokes' biceps was thrown out.
Akinwale Arobieke – known as Purple Aki – was slapped with the order in 2006 after he was released from prison for indecent assault and harassment.
It meant he was barred from touching, feeling or measuring muscles, asking people to do squats, or hanging around gyms or sports halls.
The 6ft 5in-tall bodybuilder from Liverpool is famous in the area for approaching young men in public places and harassing them to show off their physiques by doing exercise.
He first became notorious in 1986 after the death of 16-year-old Gary Kelly, who was electrocuted on a railway line in Wirral, Merseyside, when he was allegedly running away from him.
The 54-year-old was convicted of manslaughter in 1988, but the decision was later overturned after judges rules he'd not acted unlawfully.
In 2001, the bodybuilder pleaded not guilty to 50 indecent assault and harassment charges against more than a dozen teens between February 1995 and September 2000, but was convicted of threatening behaviour and banged-up for two-and-a-half years.
"There's no doubt you have an interest in, some would say an obsession with, the musculature, or muscular build, of the male form"Judge Richard Mansell
Just months after his release, he was charged with 15 counts of harassment and sexual assault following a massive investigation by Merseyside Police and given a six-year jail term after being branded a "danger to young men".
It was after his latest release from jail in 2006 that Merseyside cops took the unusual decision of applying for the muscle-ban Sexual Offences Prevention order, despite the fact he's never actually been convicted of a sex offence.
Continuing his creepy ways, he was arrested and jailed for 15 months in 2007 for approaching a man in a Preston shopping centre and commenting on and touching his biceps without permission.
But despite numerous convictions for breaching his order – including caressing a 16-year-old lad's calf and quadricep muscles in 2010, Arobieke has accused Merseyside and Greater Manchester Police of a witch-hunt, saying he's been arrested for loads of things he has not been convicted of.
Yet just this week The Liverpool Echo reported Arobieke appeared in Manchester Crown Court and had his bicep ban lifted.
Judge Richard Mansell was originally asked to deal with Arobieke's case because he was one of the few judges that hadn't heard of him.
He told the muscle-lover: "There's no doubt you have an interest in, some would say an obsession with, the musculature, or muscular build, of the male form. You have approached 20-plus year olds, and you have approached males between 15 and 17. Is it because younger males are in better shape than older men? Why are you interested in younger men?"
But Arobieke denied he was sexually interested in young lads, saying the sexual offences prevention order made it difficult for him to move on with his life after being released from prison.
Arobieke has now vowed he was not "going to run around touching everybody's muscles" as he wants to "reinvent himself".
He added that although he knows his convictions had turned him into the "bogeyman", he said he was an "honourable man" who'd control his urges to touch men's pumped-up physiques.


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In my continued journey to become more practiced in the art of Social Media and Communications I attended an event called "Like Minds" held in the Capital of the South West, Exeter. I wasn't sure what to expect to be honest, especially as a relative novice, but I thoroughly enjoyed the whole experience. The event was very well put together by Drew Ellis and Scott Gould and they managed to attract some of the best known names in the Industry such as Chris Brogan, Joanne Jacobs and Oliver Blanchard.
The theme was "People" more that "Tactics" and Drew and Scott created a great formula of varying depths. Firstly a "expert" Key Note presenter would address the audience for about 20mins, giving insight into some of their experiences and theories. They were then followed onto the stage by a Panel of 4 "experts" who took questions from the crowd; answering them from their own individual perspective. The final level of interaction was over lunch, where the "expert" engaged with smaller groups and created stronger connections in restaurants all over Exeter. A clever idea facilitated by the City Manager who was also fully behind the conference.
As well as the experts we also heard from several Charity Endeavours throughout the day. Some truly inspirational 5-10mins slots from people that not only are doing the right thing, but also using Social Communications to do it.
So was the audience just full of Devon and Somerset folks? Well no. There were certainly lots of people from the South West, however I met people that have travelled down from London, Birmingham and indeed Scotland. It seems that Like Minds has the right balance between being an Industry event and encouraging the local community to embrace Social Media to create a little pocket of skills outside of Soho. Certainly the audience was very Agency heavy and at one stage I was almost nervous to raise my hand when the question was asked, "who is from a client". But Like Minds isn't a place where you'll get sold to, its more of a community.
So I guess the next question you'll ask, is "what did you get out of it?" Well, quite a lot really; I was inspired by some great speakers, I made some excellent connections and a learned a hell of a lot. I joked on Twitter yesterday that I've had a 4 day headache since Like Minds finished and I suspect its because my brain is now full to the brim with Social Media knowledge. My Moleskin note book most certainly is full! Some of my favourite bits of advice are:
- Social Media enables Communities and Networks, its doesn't create them.
- If you met your Brand at a party, how would you describe them?
- We are not "Experts", we are Influencers
- Apple iPhone only has 14% on the market
- Games make people want to participate
- Focus! Always Strategy before tactics and tools
- Make the Guest Experience fun and relevant
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- There is still no cardio machine sign-up board and waiting in line for a treadmill or Precor is common on each visit for me. Have you ever been to the gym when it wasn't crowded?
- The quality of the group classes fail on each try for me. With the exception of the lunchtime yoga class on Mondays, but I can only take that on work holidays.
- The free weight area is a free-for-all; I often end up standing and using the window as my mirror.
- Very rarely do I see someone wipe down an exercise mat, on the main floor or in class. Eww.
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My ongoing disappointment with Washington Sports Club
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- Anonymous said...
Mint is the exact opposite of all these issues. Its fantastic, and cold minty towels await you after cardio
- February 27, 2009 at 10:02 PM
- Anonymous said...
are you kidding. The WSP is great. They have a pool and a basketball court! I love it. Pilates class is pretty great as in Zumba. I usually work out in the morning or late at night and I rarely have to wait.
For the location and the size the WSP is amazing!
- February 27, 2009 at 11:46 PM
- Anonymous said...
I go because it is close but that's about the only positive. A huge step down from Results and other clubs I've belonged to.
Daytime group classes are awful, people have complained but management doesn't have to care.
One of the instructors told the class that a student got ringworm from the mats. Ew. I'm bringing my own mat these days.
- March 2, 2009 at 1:46 AM
- Anonymous said...
They put in extra treadmills a few months ago, but you still have to wait most days. I used to go at 6 am to get a treadmill. However, when I do wait for a treadmill, I never wait more than 15 minutes. It's really not too bad.
- March 2, 2009 at 2:59 PM
- Anonymous said...
You people wait for a treadmill, and 15 minutes??? For reals??? I have a gym at work that only costs $10 every two weeks. It doesn't have a pool or basketball court but damn, I don't have to wait to do cardio or lift weights, and they have towel service with shampoo and soap provided. You peeps are complete suckers!
- March 13, 2009 at 6:39 PM
- Anonymous said...
I could see waiting for a weight machine, but waiting for a treadmill? Could you just jog around the block a few times and accomplish the same exercise without the wait?
- March 13, 2009 at 7:49 PM
- CynicalSyndicalist said...
Come on, that's just a half-empty-glass view of the club. Yes it is crowded after work and I've had to wait like 6 minutes for a treadmill once. I'm usually there for the weights though, and yes, it's busy and people are sometimes on the machine I want, but I just skip it, go to something else, and come back later. Isn't that just life in any gym during peak use?
Overall, I really like the place and can't say the boys aren't too bad looking either ;)
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But after the Utes crashed the BCS party and beat Pittsburgh in the Fiesta Bowl, he was hailed as a miracle worker, the next "hot coach" likely to receive an opportunity to lead a major program.
Florida gave Meyer his chance, hiring him to replace Ron Zook.
As this season arrives, Boise State's Dan Hawkins is a popular choice to receive similar consideration.
In just four years, "Coach Hawk" has led the Broncos to three consecutive WAC championships and a sparkling 44-7 record. However, it's his offensive system and the points it produces that's most intriguing.
Under Hawkins, Boise State led the nation in scoring and total offense two of the past three years. Detractors point out those numbers have come against inferior competition in the WAC, and some wonder how well Hawkins' system would work with a stable full of top athletes.
Regardless, Boise State is no longer a secret and one can bet the 44-year-old Hawkins will be one of the first names mentioned whenever there's an opening at one of the major Division I-A programs.
"I've passed a lot of opportunities and a lot of money, a lot of money at places that are supposed to be better and all that," Hawkins said. "But I don't judge my self-esteem by the logo that's on my chest. Plus, I'm very excited about what we have going on here. For the first time, we've got the president, the professors, all on the same page - and that's fun."
There's more.
Hawkins points with pride to the new $10 million indoor practice facility that's being constructed and the fact that the school has already sold half of the luxury boxes being constructed at Bronco Stadium and scheduled to open in 2008.
"Those (luxury boxes) have only been on sale for two months, and half of them are already sold," Hawkins said. "This valley is going to be about one million people here in about five years, and I just keep thinking ... 'If you can do it in Lincoln, Nebraska, and in some of those other places, why can't you do it here?' "
Boise State officials are doing their best to make sure Hawkins sticks around.
On Dec. 7, the school awarded Hawkins with a new five-year contract that pays a base salary of $525,000 per year and includes merit and raises and incentives.
If Boise State wins six or seven games, Hawkins will receive a 5 percent raise. Eight or nine wins guarantee a 10 percent raise, while winning 10 or more games gives Hawkins a 15 percent raise.
Boise State's Dan Hawkins, who often quotes Ghandi and Chinese philosophers, is nicknamed "The Zen Master."
Hawkins will receive 1/12th of his salary if Boise State finishes in the top 25, and he will get an additional $10,000 bonus if the Broncos finish in the top 10. The contract also gives Hawkins 1/12th of his salary bonus for a conference championship and a 5 percent bonus for a bowl appearance without a conference championship.
If Hawkins stays at Boise State until 2008 he will receive a $350,000 bonus and if he stays until 2010 he gets an additional bonus of $150,000. The contract also features an $850,000 buyout.
Broncos athletic director Gene Bleymaier hopes such a deal will be enough to keep his coach in Boise for the foreseeable future. However, he realizes there may come a day when a school with a budget much bigger than Boise State could come along and make Hawkins an offer he could not refuse.
"Unfortunately, that's the world we live in and I don't think there's any protection to keep that kind of thing from happening," Bleymaier said. "Georgia could lose its coach to the NFL, or to another big program. No university is insulated from that threat. You hope that you're in that situation because that means you're having some success.
"On the other hand, we would love for Hawk to be the Bobby Bowden of Boise State, or the Joe Paterno of Boise State where he's found a place he enjoys living and can build that program and sustain it. We will try to make that happen, but we can't control it either."
If it were up to Boise State fans, Hawkins will have no reason to leave.
Fans - like building maintenance contractor Sid Rose - practically gush over the job the coach has done and wonder why he would ever consider leaving a program that he's worked so hard to build.
"Heck, no, he won't leave, he loves it here," Rose said. "The community loves him, and he knows it. So do his players. I get the impression they respect him because he gets so many of them into games. Everyone gets a chance to play. The national notoriety is great."
But Hawkins isn't ruling out anything, either.
The California native concedes there's a part of him that might one day take on what some might consider the ultimate challenge, be it a job at a big-time college or in the NFL.
"I always tell people, we all know how liquid this profession is. Things can changes and move. You just never know," he said. "I enjoy a challenge. ... At some point it's like, well, maybe we're going to do something else.
"I guess what I'm saying is, I don't have that urge or binding feeling of like, 'Ok, I've got to get to that next spot.' But at the same time, I'm open to things. People ask if I want to coach in the NFL. I think no, then I think it might be cool to go and do it, just to experience it and say I was there. I got my fanny burned a few times but stuck with it and figured out a way to rally."
Figuring out a way to keep Boise State in the national limelight has its own appeal.
Although facilities at the school are much better than they used to be, Bronco Stadium still seats just 30,000 and the football offices are modest by most college standards.
"Are we behind a little bit? Our stadium and our facilities aren't what Georgia has, but I keep telling people, in five years, we might be looking at this thing and saying 'Are you kidding me?' " Hawkins said. "To me, that's awesome."
What's also awesome, Bleymaier said, is the way Hawkins motivates his football team.
It's definitely a different style.
Nicknamed "The Zen Master" by some of his players, Hawkins regular quotes Ghandi, along with other Chinese philosophers. Hawkins appears to have the yin and yang thing down.
"He definitely has his quotes. He reads a lot of books, written by quite a few people," quarterback Jared Zabransky said. "When we were getting ready to play Oregon State, he quoted a samurai warrior story: 'It's not the armament, or the uniform on the outside of the warrior that matters. It's what inside.' "
"Coach Hawkins does a tremendous job physiologically and mentally with the players, probably moreso than I've ever seen from another coach," Bleymaier said. "The amount of time and effort than that he puts into the mental part of it. To me, that's why this team has been able to stay at such an even keel throughout the entire season."
And that's why, as cliche as it may sound, why Hawkins isn't getting overwrought worrying about making a statement to the rest of the country on Sept. 3 in Sanford Stadium against the Bulldogs.
"I'm very philosophical about how we run things. I hear people say, 'We need to make a statement, we need to do this and we need to do that.' But to me, life isn't about that," Hawkins said. "We ought to be going out every day trying to be our best. For us to be our best, it shouldn't be because we're going out and trying to prove something to somebody. It ought to be that's who we are."
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Arkansas Tech University athletic director Steve Mullins announced Monday night that head basketball coach Mark Downey has resigned to accept the head coaching position at his alma mater, the University of Charleston. The University of Charleston is an NCAA Division II school that competes in the West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.
"I would like to send my thanks out to (Arkansas Tech President) Dr. (Robert C.) Brown and Coach Mullins for the opportunity and all the support they gave me here at Arkansas Tech University," Downey said Monday. "Tech was good to me and I wouldn't have left for any other Division II job but this one.
"I am very prideful my West Virginia roots and this opportunity at UC allows me the chance to go back home and be close to my mother and all my siblings."
Downey will replace Greg White, who stepped down as the Golden Eagles head coach on March 18. White coached Downey when he played for the Golden Eagles from 1993-95, and Downey also served as an assistant on White's staff at Marshall University from 1996-98.
"Coach Downey has done an outstanding job in re-establishing Arkansas Tech as a basketball program that wins championships. More than that, he is an outstanding person who runs a high quality program," Brown said. "It is a rare thing when someone is called upon to serve their alma mater and this is one of the highest honors that can be bestowed on an individual.
"While we will miss Coach Downey, we are extremely happy for him and his family. He goes home with our sincere good wishes and deepest appreciation."
Downey recently finished his fourth season at the helm of the Wonder Boys. In his four seasons at Tech, he compiled a 77-43 overall record, including a school-record 30-2 mark in 2009-10 as the Wonder Boys won its first-ever Gulf South Conference West Division title, repeated as GSC Champion for the second consecutive season and finished the season as the No. 1 ranked team in the final NABC/Division II Coaches' Top 25 Poll. Downey's final team at Tech advanced to the second round of the NCAA D-II South Regional for the second straight season before falling on its home court to Valdosta State, who advanced to this year's Division II Elite Eight.
Tech has compiled a 53-11 record the last two seasons, including opening this past season on a school-record 25-game win streak before suffering a 58-51 loss at Arkansas-Monticello in the second to last regular season game. During his tenure at Tech, Downey, who was named this year's GSC West Division and the NABC's South Region Coach of the Year, led Tech to its first-ever postseason win (2008), its first-ever NCAA D-II Tournament appearance (2009) and its first-ever GSC title in men's basketball (2009). Prior to Downey's arrival in Russellville, the Wonder Boys had posted a 71-115 record over a span of seven years and had only qualified for the GSC Tournament one time during that span.
"We appreciate all the hard work and effort Mark has put into our program and bringing back championship basketball to Tech," Mullins said. "We wish him and his family nothing but the very best."
Prior to coming to Tech, Downey spent five years (2001-05) as an assistant coach on Monte Towe's staff at the University of New Orleans. Before going to New Orleans, Downey spent two seasons (1999-01) as the head coach at Independence Community College in Independence, Kan. In addition, he began his coaching career as an assistant at Barton College (1995-96) in Wilson, N.C., then spent two seasons as an assistant at Marshall University (1996-98) in Huntington, W.Va., and then spent one season (1998-99) as an assistant on Chris Jans' staff at Independence, before assuming the head coaching role with the Pirates.
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Holland went 5-4 with a 5.10 ERA in 12 games, 11 starts, striking out 59 and walking 24 before being placed on the DL. He gave up one run in three innings during his first rehab start with Round Rock, going 0-2 with a 6.00 ERA in his two Minor League starts. "I did what I had to do make myself ready for this start," Holland said. "I want to be a starter and a closer. I want to start the game and I want to close it."


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Like it or not, Republican nominee Donald Trump "lost" the first presidential debate which took place last Monday. I am not supporting either major party candidate, but I agree with the undecideds who say that Hillary came out on top once the Cheeto dust settled.
With only two presidential debates left (thank goodness), both candidates are looking to increase support as election day nears. Both are polarizing in different ways, though, so the task before them is great.
Preparation on the Trump side of the aisle for the first debate was minimal at best, as The Washington Times reported:
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump didn't need mock debates or other traditional prepping for the big debate Monday because he was born for this moment, according to his running mate.
"He's been preparing for tonight for his entire life," Republican vice presidential nominee Mike Pence said in a CNN interview shortly before Mr. Trump took the stage to face-off with Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton at Hofstra University in New York.
"He's someone who loves his family, loves this country and I think tonight people are going to see that lifetimes of experience and that authenticity come through," he said.
Obviously, all that patriotism and family pride didn't go far with voters who have yet to make their choice. The guy who cannot be tamed by advisors, media, or flesh and blood insists the next debate, scheduled for Sunday, October 9 will be different. He must be forgetting that we have his past, his personality, and those GOP candidate debates to look back on.
Reuters reports:
…he may take up the attack line going forward.
"I may hit her harder in certain ways," Trump said in a telephone interview with "Fox & Friends."
Trump sought to deflect criticism of his debate performance, saying the debate moderator, Lester Holt of NBC News, asked him "very unfair questions" and that he was given a "very bad" microphone.
Typical Trump. If things don't go his way he'll accuse others of not playing the game correctly so as to excuse himself of much of the responsibility.
I'm sure most of us (of the non-Trump variety) would give much to see another candidate debating Hillary with substance and strength. But here we are with Trump. As the September 26 debate wore on, he became less disciplined, and turned into a primetime version of his occasional tweetstorms. Hillary Clinton knew which buttons to push and pushed them.
With Trump, what you see is what you get. He'll go on a less than presidential rampage on social media in the early morning hours. How he is outside of the debate stage is how he is on it. He doesn't believe there should be rigorous preparation, he's focused on spewing insults instead of bringing facts, and post-debate reactions are accusatory more than anything.
Donald Trump is incapable of hitting Clinton harder in their next scheduled debate encounter. There is a great deal of factual ammunition to send her way, but he's uninterested in conventional tactics that others might use.
He won't do a better job because he can't do a better job. He's not capable of it.
If he does manage to "win" Sunday's debate, it won't be because of a steady, focused performance. The best he has at his disposal are one-line zingers and the ability to constantly interrupt. These may play well in soundbites and among his base of current supporters, but they will not win over undecideds who will be voting next month.
The post You Know Why Trump Won't Attack Clinton Harder In Next Debate? He Can't. appeared first on RedState.
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Has BINNED got a Comedy section now?
Here's a good reference for the rest of the morons who think that Donut STrumph has any abilities to become a president:
PBS FRONTLINE: The choice 2016 – takes the 2 candidates from their CHILDHOOD to NOW.
"Typical Trump. If things don't go his way he'll accuse others of not playing the game correctly so as to excuse himself of much of the responsibility."
It's always funny when these Hillary shills try to make impartial and intelligent impression. They are just not capable of doing it…
He is going to bow to his cousin and let her win ! http://theantimedia.org/it-turns-out-hillary-clinton-and-donald-trump-are-distant-cousins/ They are using the same stacked deck to play the Public that they have 'always" used ! http://themindunleashed.com/2013/11/12-year-old-discovers-all-us-presidents.html The real power brokers go unnamed and unidentified,business as usual. http://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/sociopolitica/esp_sociopol_blacknobil05.htm
IF we ever had to go full up against Putin, Kim Jhong, China, Iran, or Radical Islam, I sure as all Hades would rather have Trump in charge of the military instead of having to wake up Hillary, prop her up and steady her enough to help her understand what Huma and Soros want her to do. I'll take a "Mr. T" against a fragile "Frau Bleucher" ANYDAY.
If the US would stop funding Israel and their insane "Greater Israel" genocidal project, there would be no impetus for war with anyone.
It comes from the Vatican = Jesuits = Zionists
The Vatican took control of planet earth and mankind in 1306.
It is like an octopus stretched out in every direction which includes Israel.
You are joking right? If you think "Putin"… "China"… "Iran" or NK are a threat to America then you have not been paying attention …
1. Russia has never threatened the USA (Even the cold war was a Military Industrial complex contrived B.S. to loot the people)..
2. China is making deal while it is the Zio-Nazi psychopaths who have infiltrated & subverted our government that is going around spilling our blood & treasure in illegal wars of aggression…
3. Iran has never threatened or attacked America and has in "FACT" has not started a war of aggression in over 300 years…
4. North Korea is no actual threat to anyone, they are still living in the 1950′s. This is just another fictitious Boogie-man to give you 2 minutes of hate.
5. Here is a clue, the only foreign power that has actually "Attacked" America in the last 100 years is "ISRAEL"… Ask the crew of the USS Liberty or the victims of 911.
6. Here is another clue,
Which country has "infiltrated" every department of the US Government?
Which government must all Congressmen must sign a "Loyalty Oath" to?
Which country is extorting Trillions of tax payer dollars in violation of US & International Law?
Have you ever heard of AIPAC ?
…."ISRAEL" YOU DUMB ASS".. The only enemy that Trump needs to save America from is Israel & their Neocon sock puppets & until you brain washed, skull plugged trendy lemmings figure that out nothing will ever change pal…
Hey idiot, you clearly are not the one paying attention or playing with a full deck. Nor are you living in or facing reality as it exists in the U.S., or in today's world.
You are either an outright fool, a paid shill, i.e. professional liar or extremely misguided. I suspect all four. It's because of morons, or rather criminals like you who are deceived, and deceiving others that the U.S. is in such a mess.
Do us all a favor and go back under the rock you came from, or better yet, go check yourself into an asylum, take your meds, and go back to watching your cartoons.
BINGO! Are you still allowed to tell such truths in America?
And WW3 just like the previous 2 world wars will be from the same tribe.
… except that AIPAC has already put their stamp of approval on Trump. No matter who wins in November, AIPAC wins.
What a terribly biased article. These liberals need to be purged. They are out of control narcissists who cannot reason. These liberals are all, essentially, liars – they construct ideas and try to backfill them with anything they can find regardless of true context. It's the opposite of logic and scientific thinking. It's emotional sharia baggage masquerading as independent thought.
Yes, Trump lost the debate, but Hillary didn't win it. She brought nothing but lies and personal attacks. She failed on policy, which is where Trump actually dominated her and it was the only relevant part of the debate to America. But, he let the moderator and the personal Clinton jabs get to him, and his lack of debate experience showed as he let his emotions take over. It was his first debate after all. I actually like the way Trump wears his heart on his sleeve, but I understand that ideas are better communicated calmly and let to speak for themselves. Decorum prevails in the minds of many.
To liberals narcissists – your feelings are bullshit, stop ruminating on them and use your minds.
Trump may have appeared to "lose" the debate at the time, but the more the "fixed" nature of the event comes out, the more people will realize Hillary will not stop at anything to win.
Bad audio on Trump's mic, and no effort to correct it. 6 questions to Trump, 2 to Hillary. Lester challenges Trump directly (even with false statements), which the MODERATOR should not do. Lester also responds to Hillary's direct signals to him (video below).
And by the way "stop and frisk" is NOT unconstitutional. If "Racial Profiling" is used to select the candidates for it, then THAT may be. Even CNN know that:
The constitution guarantees a right to be secure in person and property. If there is no warrant issued by a judge and no consent was given, then the search is not legal.
Being fondled at the whim of some dim witted stooge in a costume in order to determine what type of property you might be in possession of is equivalent to an unwarranted search.
Stop and search is unconstitutional indeed regardless of how much the corporation/goverment wishes it wasn't and how many excuses they use to justify it.
Trump will need to be on the look out for electronic aids given to HC as well as collusion between she and the moderator. I would suggest the inspect the podium set up for HC and mix it up so she cannot go off her pre-planned script with canned answers to the questions she no doubt will be given in advance.
This taken advantage will make her weak and exposed every time Trump changes the subject matter and she does not have an answer ready, an ear bud or a TelePrompter to read answers off of.
Yeah, whatever. Voting for Trump anyway.
Sorry to break it to you "Red State" but Trump won the First Debate. Lester's moderating style was only worthy of Professional Wrestling where everything is fixed….he should be banned forever from ever moderating anything.
Honestly, Shillery doesn't have to do a thing except sit back and watch the orange-colored a$$-head bury himself.
Now confirmed his mike was rigged, the audience could not even hear it. As always, Trump told the truth. You gove't trolls are going down hard! haha! you're finished!
"No, this is definitely NOT pro-Clinton propaganda at all!"
Can't even type that with a serious face. Nice try douchebags….nice try…try harder next time.
Typical GOP establishment propaganda coming from RedState. What's new? The folks who hate Trump would find something wrong with Jesus himself if he came back to run for POTUS. No cure for stupid.
How much is Soros paying you shill's to name and post on this deceptive ' RED STATE ' page. ..and you get front page posting.
BIN should ban you for false representation.
You are totally 'BLUE STATE' pro-Hillary and 'left-wing' ..BS. From the get-go!
Best take your own advice. He hasn't made himself a billionaire by being stupid. How much do you have in the bank clown?
There is NO list of qualifications anywhere in the Constitution about becoming President save for the 35 year old age and natural born citizen ones.
Trump is a joke whoever votes for him is brain fried Hillary is bad too but I still prefer Hillary over Trump.
How will Trump make America great again?? He's got no legit plan.
He will start by not starting WW3 so weak minded people like yourself can wake up tomorrow
at all. Since you like criminals and murderers not to mention traitors then Hillary is for you.
Short on brains and too lazy to research the web to see the hundreds of crimes the Clintons
have been involved with vote Hillary. Too lazy to see the truth from their friends and associates
that the Clintons are the super-racists not the Trumps then vote Hillary. Too dumb to see that the
Bush crime family who was behind the 911 inside job that murdered 3000 at the WTC is backing
Clinton then back Hillary. Not smart enough to see that Clinton guarantees your future is finished
then vote Hillary.
Prosecute the Clintons for a start !
actually the polls show trump won the debate. I'm glad to see all the commenters are giving redstate grief.
Are all of you aware of how much you think just like the two candidates that are running for President of the United States? Were all regular folks conditioned to think alike without being aware of it.
Oh yes he can!
No where but in america could a candidate like Hilary be ever taken seriously as a candidate for president – even idiots know which way the wind is blowing. There is an insanity which accompanies greed one of the fruits of which is inanity – which she displayed in spades during the debate.
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I have a black husband and children (who, although multiculti, would usually be viewed as black by a police officer), and black nieces and nephews, so trust me, I am outraged by and terrified of racial profiling and police brutality. At the same time, I don't see any justification for demonizing police officers. I am appalled by the divide that has opened between the Black Lives Matter Movement and law enforcement. It has gotten to the point at which a police officer who publicly expresses a need for change is called a traitor by others in law enforcement and where someone like myself who speaks up in defense of police officers is lambasted by lefties (those who did this are not even black, by-the-way).
How have all police officers suddenly become racists? That type of blanket stereotyping is what racism is all about, isn't it? When we stop seeing people as whole individuals with value and start not really seeing them at all then we have a dangerous "ism" going on. All police officers do not use excess force. Police officers work hard and don't get paid enough for it, like other ordinary folks. On top of that, police officers regularly risk their lives at their job, which is hard on their families as well as the officers themselves. How is it OK to literally or metaphorically beat up on hardworking public servants? I fear that liberals have a knee-jerk reaction to authority and too easily view law enforcement as an evil machination of the power structure. C'mon people. Some police officers are racist, some are not, like everyone else. Some police officers use undue force, some do not. Many police officers have not received proper training, which can result in tragedy. Some are ignorant. Some are well-trained and sensible. When I was arrested peacefully protesting the manufacture of nuclear weapons at the Lawrence Livermore Lab in 1983, the arresting officers I encountered were careful, restrained, respectful, and well-trained. I had a brief, deep, genuine conversation with one of them while he was cuffing me and leading me away for transport to jail.
No genuine dialogue can happen in the midst of violence. Violence simply breeds more violence. I am mystified as to how a violent protest will solve the problem of police brutality or racism. How are the violent protests supposed to address the injustice meted out in the courts in Ferguson and NY? How do violent protests inspire change? So people are angry. I get it. They need to grow up and formulate a constructive response. Everyone needs to communicate. Communication is not head-bashing, mace spray, rubber bullets, punching one another, storefront windows being broken, and theft of TVs and sneakers. We need creative solutions and alliance. We need rallies like the one that happened yesterday when the mothers of slain black boys and men spoke out in the Capitol.
Not all protesters are looters. Not all police officers are racists. All of the above have the capacity for transformation through peaceful means. I am heartsick that we, as a nation, seem to have managed to grossly simplify a complex dynamic, deeply rooted in the shameful history of this country spanning centuries. Brown and Garner are the latest in waves and waves of unjust murders going back and back and back. There have been so many, too many to name them all. Too many mothers' sons. I fear for my own sons. I also have friends and relatives who are fine police officers, who went into law enforcement to preserve the peace and to help people. Seriously, who could possibly believe that people go into law enforcement with the express goal of killing black boys and men? Jon Stewart recently said, "You can truly grieve for every officer who has been lost in the line of duty in this country, and still be troubled by cases of police overreach. Those two ideas are not mutually exclusive. You can have great regard for law enforcement and still want them to be held to high standards." Thank you. Because I mourn Brown and Garner does not mean I have no regard for the sacrifice and hard work of police officers.
I am hopeful because the discussion of training for police officers is now in the limelight. Officers need better training in how to diffuse a tense situation, how to de-escalate a confrontation, how to make good decisions when lives are on the line. They need training in appropriate response. Also, officers need to be screened better when they apply to become officers. Not everyone is cut out for law enforcement. It takes a special kind of person. Those who have served in combat in the military and who suffer from PTSD are, in my opinion, not an appropriate choice as police officers. A couple of years ago an incident occurred in Sonoma County where an Iraq War combat vet (known to suffer from PTSD) who was a police officer killed a 13-year-old child playing with a toy gun because the officer misinterpreted what he was seeing. I don't think that someone with PTSD from combat should have been in that situation to begin with.
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The lives of our children down through the generations depend on this peaceful dialogue. It will not happen while people are hurling bottles and epithets at one another. I am for my black brothers and sisters and I am for hardworking police officers. These are not mutually exclusive, as Jon Stewart points out. I can support both. Moreover, it's not about them, them, them. What "they" need to do. What "they" need to change. It's about us. We must be the change. You and I must change. Let's start.
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