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I wanted to walk through the last five minutes of the Trailblazers game from Wednesday night and see if we could glean any insight into the late-game offensive stagnation that continues to rear its ugly head. I expect we might be revisiting this as the season progresses.
The Celtics had this game well in hand. With 5:09 remaining, it was 96-80. The Celtics were shooting over 60% from the field. Paul Pierce was on fire, having hit all four of his three-pointers to that point (he eventually finished 9-11 for 28 points). Shaquille O'Neal had 14 points on 5-7 shooting but was anchored to the bench, from which he'd watch the rest of this one. Glen Davis finished the game with 16 points on 7-9 shooting, but none of those points would come in the last five minutes.
At this point, I'd argue the Celtics had already banked this victory. The sense of urgency, so palpable with Pierce imploring his teammates during the timeout between the third and fourth quarters, had dissipated as the lead stretched to 16. The players were ready to cruise home.
Let's pick it up on Offensive Possession #1 with the Celtics up 14 at 96-82.
The Celtics walk the ball up the floor, and make their first pass with 15 seconds left on the clock. Rondo misses a wide-open 21 foot jumper with 13 seconds on the clock. Note where Pierce is standing. It's going to be a recurring theme for the rest of this one.
Offensive Possession #2 – Off a Portland missed shot, the Celtics again walk the ball up the court. They make the entry pass into the post for Davis with 13 seconds left on the clock. He finds Ray Allen for an open three. A good look – but a miss.
Offensive Possession #3 – The Celtics again run the ball through Davis at the free throw line. A wide-open Rondo makes a sharp baseline cut to the hoop but by the time Davis delivers the ball, Portland has recovered and they force the ball back up to the wing to Pierce, who travels with it.
Offensive Possession #4 – The Celtics work the right side of the floor with Rondo finding Allen for another missed jumper. Pierce remains on the weak side, essentially uninvolved in the play. Note too, that we're now four plays into this stretch and Rondo has yet to push tempo from the start of the shot clock or create off the dribble, the way he had been previously in the game.
By now, things are starting to get tense. The Celtics haven't scored in a couple of minutes and Portland is creeping back in with a combination of tough shot-making and Andre Miller overpowering Rondo. But given the score, it's still a longshot for the Blazers to pull this out. Assuming the Celtics can make a basket.
Offensive Possession #5 – The Celtics get a good look this time down the floor. KG gets Brandon Roy in a mismatch and despite the help arriving, he has a good look from about eight feet. The ball rims out. The Blazers recover. You could argue that with three defenders collapsing on him, KG should have kicked this out but in previous games, we've criticized him for overpassing and he did have a good look at it. I'll take this shot any day of the week. He just missed.
Offensive Possession #6 – The game is tight. The lead has been cut to five. The Celtics make a curious play call, almost clearing out the right side of the floor for Davis in the post. The Blazers send Rudy Fernandez to help LaMarcus Aldridge (who already has a significant height advantage on Baby). Davis dribbles to the baseline then spins back to the middle, trying to beat the double coverage. With nowhere to go, he throws a bad pass back to Rondo that's picked off. The Blazers race down the court for an easy layup. 96-93.
Offensive Possession #7 – With 1:20 left, the camera finds Doc Rivers imploring his team to push the ball as Rondo meanders up the floor. Pierce finally gets a good look at the basket, albeit from 23 feet out. He airballs a three with six seconds left on the clock. Note on the screenshot here – it took Boston until 10 seconds left on the shot clock to make the entry pass to the post. And save KG's borderline interior shot, they still haven't gotten a look in the paint during this critical stretch.
Offensive Possession #8 – After a tough Roy fallaway over Pierce (and a helping Garnett) the score is 96-95 with 41.2 seconds left. The Blazers have rattled off 15 unanswered points. Desperate for a hoop, the Celtics go to… a three pointer from the ice-cold Allen with 15 seconds left on the shot clock.
Offensive Possession #9 – Finally, the Celtics get the make they need so badly. Pierce has the ball at the top of the arc, with KG coming over to set a screen. Inexplicably, Miller, who appears to be directing traffic on defense, forgets his cover is Allen. Pierce reads it perfectly – finding Ray on the wing for the splashdown three. Celtics win.
But it shouldn't have been nearly this difficult.
Four takeaways from all this:
So, anyway, there's some thoughts on an ongoing area of concern. Let's see if we get any echoes against the defensively potent Bulls tonight.


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MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. - After hours of classroom instruction and raid exercises, Marines from the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit had a chance to hear first-hand accounts of what it was like to be a Marine Raider in World War II.
Ken O'Donnell, an original member of the 4th Marine Raider Battalion, spoke with Marines from Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine regiment, 22nd MEU, aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., Dec. 17.
The Marine Raiders were elite units established by the Marine Corps during WWII to conduct amphibious light-infantry warfare, such as landing in rubber boats and operating behind enemy lines. According to O'Donnell, the units sometimes operated for as many as 30 days behind enemy lines, using captured weapons and ammunition to continue the fight.
"The Marine Corps was fortunate or unfortunate, depending on how you look at it," said O'Donnell, a native of Belle Fourche, S.D. "There was always a battle, and the Marine Corps was fighting all those years."
As he talked, Marines looked at a black and white photo of young O'Donnell posed atop a hill, Thompson machine gun in hand and Colt model 1911 .45 caliber pistol on his hip. O'Donnell even brought a camouflage jacket he wore during his time in the Pacific theater, a ragged hole still in the sleeve where he took a Japanese bullet through the wrist.
"There's still blood on it," a Marine exclaimed as he examined the jacket. Other Marines crowded closer to inspect.
As Marines listened, they could understand how O'Donnell's stories apply to their experiences today.
"We all can relate somehow to what they did," said Sgt. Aaron C. Huffman, a Light Armored Vehicle commander and native of Olathe, Kan. "They're the ones who made the name for us back in World War II."
After O'Donnell told his stories, Huffman and other Marines showed him what type of equipment the Marine Corps is currently using compared to what was used in the past.
As a Marine showed O'Donnell a M240B medium machine gun, O'Donnell told the Marine of the medium machine gun his unit carried -- the Browning Automatic Rifle, or BAR for short. The young Marines, who are more accustomed to carrying hundreds of rounds of ammunition into battle, were shocked to hear the BAR only had a 20 round capacity.
"It makes us all feel proud to have him come out here and speak to us," said Staff Sgt. Jonathan M. Breeden, the platoon sergeant for the Combined Anti-Armor Team and native of Dry Ridge, Ky. "It was his generation that helped us progress to where we are today."
O'Donnell said, during his time as a Marine Raider, if a Marine went down, there was always someone there to help them, much like the Marines of today.
"The Marines here look out for each other the way we did," said O'Donnell. "The strength of the Marine Corps is the guy behind you, beside you and in front of you."
The 22nd MEU is a scalable, multipurpose force of more than 2,200 Marines and sailors. Commanded by Col. Gareth F. Brandl, it consists of its Ground Combat Element, Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment; Aviation Combat Element, Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 263 (Reinforced); Logistics Combat Element, Combat Logistics Battalion 22; and its Command Element.
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McCabe said he wants a collaborative funding effort to serve both public libraries and public schools in the counties that had Board of Education library subsidies overturned by the Feb. 22 court ruling.
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McCabe said he wants to review the proposal with legislators before discussing specifics of the funding plan.
He made the comments following the Department of Education and the Arts' budget presentation to the Senate Finance Committee.
During Library Commission Secretary Karen Goff's presentation, McCabe asked, "Doesn't it make sense to bring more closely together our public libraries with our county public education programs?"
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About 17 percent of West Virginia public television viewers rely on the over-the-air broadcasts because they do not have cable or satellite TV subscriptions, Finn said.
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Since filing for divorce from NBA player Lamar Odom last Friday, Khloe Kardashian has kept her head high and maintained her silence – until now. Yesterday, the Keeping Up with the Kardashians star finally addressed the elephant in the room, going to Twitter to give fans a glimpse into what she's going through right now.
"This, in and of itself, is heartbreaking and torture to my soul," Khloe wrote on the social media site, sharing for the first time with followers how she's feeling.There have been a few cryptic messages, but up until yesterday, the 29-year old reality star has been fairly close-lipped about her relationship with Lamar. The former couple, who married in 2009 after dating for just a month, separated several months ago after the basketball player began using drugs, but it was his admitted dalliances with other women that proved to be the final straw for Khloe.
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After my interview with Congresswoman Diane Watson, I felt compelled to follow the Guantanamo torture theme.
Jim Moran (D), a 10-term Congressman representing Virginia's 8th Congressional District, accompanied Congresswoman Watson on one of her trips to Guantanamo.
The Congressman generously took time out of his busy schedule to grant me the following interview:
Kathleen Wells: First, I'd like to know when did you and Congresswoman Diane Watson visit Guantanamo Bay?
Congressman Moran: Well, I accompanied her in April. I've gone two or three times, but at least one of those trips was with Diane. And I think both of us are glad that we went. But in terms of informing us as to the conditions in which the prisoners are kept, I think it was only marginally informative. We didn't get a chance to get near the prisoners, let alone talk with them. And Guantanamo was set up to be a bit of a dog and pony show for the visitors, certainly. They have more visitors than they have prisoners. They are very adept at trying to communicate a message -- public relations.
Kathleen Wells: Were you able to witness interrogation procedures of the detainees?
Congressman Moran: Not at all. They had no interest in showing us the way in which they (detainees) were interrogated. They showed us videos, but the videos weren't necessarily representative.
Kathleen Wells: So, what are your thoughts about that; being in the Congress and not being informed or having any access to the methods used when detainees are interrogated?
Congressman Moran: Well, I wasn't surprised. But bear in mind, this was during the Cheney-Bush Administration. They had no intention of informing the Congress about anything. And for six years of that time, the Congress had no interest in learning anything. They were simply a rubber stamp. So the fact that we weren't given the respect of seeing any actual interrogations or having any communication with the prisoners was certainly consistent with the way in which Congress had been treated by the Cheney-Bush Administration.
Kathleen Wells: Congresswoman Watson indicated to me that the interrogators were private contractors. Would you agree with that characterization?
Congressman Moran: Some were. But that was largely in the beginning. I think the majority are government employees; in fact, military personnel. They do contract with some psychologists and other interrogators, but that's more the exception than the rule.
Kathleen Wells: Do you think those that violated the Geneva agreement, those that condoned torture, should be prosecuted?
Congressman Moran: I do. Because it's not about what we have done in the past, it's about what we will do in the future. And if we want to avoid these kinds of illegal and unconstitutional, harmful actions, people need to be held accountable.
Now from a political standpoint, it isn't a pleasant thing to do. It's a loser politically, except for a relatively small portion of the people who want to go through all that.
Kathleen Wells: What do you mean, "it is a loser politically?"
Congressman Moran: I think the Obama Administration understands that this will ignite the right wing. It will be more fodder for the hate radio networks. And it will distract people from their very full agenda of healthcare reform, cleaner environment through cap-and-trade, things like that.
Those are very high priorities. It is not the priority of the Obama Administration, I know, to bring these people to justice. They are in charge now. These people are past, history.
But I do think there is a responsibility, at least on the part of the Congress, many of whom stood by and let it happen, to bring these people down to justice so that it won't happen again.
Kathleen Wells: So, when you say, "part of the Congress, who stood by and let this stuff happen," are you saying that there is some accountability actually in the Congress?
Congressman Moran: I don't think there is much accountability in terms of actually knowing what was happening and not doing the right thing. But the culpability is in not figuring out what was taking place. The reality is the people who would have done anything about it were in the minority. It wasn't until the Democrats were elected to the majority of the Congress in 2006 that (there) would have been any opportunity to change any of this policy. But clearly there were some people, primarily those working with the White House and in the Republican Party, who did have some idea of what was going on and sanctioned it. I don't think it is likely that they will be held accountable because they didn't write the memos. They simply, at most, looked the other way.
Kathleen Wells: And we know that Gonzales and Bybee did write the memos, so...?
Congressman Moran: Yes, Bybee seems to be culpable. Gonzales clearly knew what was going on. John Yoo appears to be one of the apologists for unconstitutional actions. So, those people who wrote the justification for doing things that were in violation of the Geneva accords, I think, should be held accountable.
Kathleen Wells: So, is there anything else you'd like to address?
Congressman Moran: I know we all feel a temptation to move on and to leave this wretched eight years behind us and just kind of label it the worse administration in American history.
But unless we know the full extent of their actions and unless we undo the damage, we are basically sending a message to future generations that this kind of stuff should be tolerated. And I think that's the wrong message. Future generations ought to be able to read a history book and be at least maybe saddened by what happened over the last eight years. But they should at least be heartened by the fact that this generation, my generation, saw fit to hold people accountable and to put research into what took place, so that we will never go through the same kind of national nightmare where our reputation aboard is torn asunder and we've lost thousands of lives in a war that should have never been fought and we destroyed the economy and undermined our own values and principles that define who we are as a nation.
It's serious enough that there needs to be some accountability. And I think the Congress is the best place for that to occur. It doesn't mean we can't do other things while we are holding people accountable. The judiciary can look into this stuff. They can ask the (current) administration to release what's appropriate. And we can continue to move forward in terms of healthcare, infrastructure, investment and recovery from this deep recession.
Kathleen Wells: And do you feel that Congress is moving forward in investigating the wrongdoings of the last administration?
Congressman Moran: I think there is reluctance on the part of the legislative and executive branch. I can understand that reluctance. I sympathize with it from a purely expedient standpoint. I think you'd much rather move forward and let history take its toll on people who got in this mess.
But my own personal feeling, for whatever it's worth, (is) there does need to be some formal accountability process that takes place. Those who are culpable need to be judged by their peers and I think we need to put in place some kinds of structures to ensure that we never repeat our mistakes.
Kathleen Wells: If the American people put pressure on politicians to hold an investigation, to hold those responsible, that may have some influence on Congress, right?
Congressman Moran: Well, that's the way the system is supposed to work. We represent the people. The legislative branch doesn't necessarily act on its own initiative. We are there to represent the will of the American people. And once that will is determined, the executive branch's role is to carry out the laws as representative of the will of the people. So, basically, the executive branch's judgment is much more constrained than Congress. Their job is to carry out the laws that we make. Our job is to inform and be responsive to the will of the people. And then, hopefully, the media acts in a responsible enough role that the will of the people represents an informed judgment.
Kathleen Wells: Tell me how do you feel that the Obama Administration is different from the Bush Administration?
Congressman Moran: Well, the Obama Administration wants to do the right thing for America. I think there is a much better appreciation of who we are as people.
People calling the shots in the Bush Administration suffered from deep male anxiety, constantly trying to prove themselves. What's probably reflective of that is none of them were willing to serve in the military. They were cheerleader types still looking to prove themselves. And, of course, they used that military to try and do so.
The Obama Administration handles things very differently. He is intellectually secure and is not afraid to listen to other opinions. And he has the courage of his convictions.
To get back to your original question, Guantanamo is such a case study on how not do things. Here you've brought in 772 people, without any clear idea what you are going to do with them, without any basis upon which to hold them and, yet, deciding to hold them indefinitely; mischaracterizing them as the worse of the worse, when only five percent had been involved in any hostile action against the United States.
Here were 772 young men. You had an opportunity to expose them to all of the world's great literature. We have it all translated from the Library of Congress into Farsi or whatever language they understood. We could have given them the best literature ever in the world and enabled them to read that. Just as in the movie, "The Reader." Once the female prison guard was able to read and understand she was able to empathize.
Once anyone learns to read, then they enhance their ability to empathize. We had an ability to teach these young, impressionable men what it is that we, as a nation, stand for. Over a five-year period, they could have become people who could have served as our allies on this war against ignorant, violent extremism, which is orthodoxy.
We blew that chance. We kept them in a little cell. We only gave them the Koran to read. We know that our philosophy is far superior to this kind of medieval orthodoxy that they were taught. We did everything possible to radicalize them -- to the torturing, to the confinement, to only allowing them to read, one religious doctrine, the Koran, without the benefit of enlightened interpretation.
Kathleen Wells: And why was that? Why did that happen?
Congressman Moran: Because that's who Cheney and Bush and the people they hired were all about. Even the torture issue. I'll give you an example and, again, I'm digressing here. During World War II, we captured a number of Nazi officers and put them in a camp in Virginia. They needed people who spoke German and who they could trust and they brought in dozens of German Jewish men who had every reason to hate their captors. Instead they befriended them. They got to know them and they elicited more information than any interrogation camp in the history of interrogation. History is replete with those examples.
We don't take the Chinese Communist manual on how to elicit false confessions as the manual we apply. What you do is understand them, try to work with them to gain their confidence and you get the maximum amount of information. We didn't do that. We didn't try to understand them. We didn't try to work with them. We treated them like animals. And what information we got from the torture was not helpful. And I think that the reason why we did that is because of the very limited psyche, imaginations of the people who were in leadership. They were people who were not intellectually or emotionally secure. They were trying to prove themselves. They spent eight years trying to prove what tough guys they were.
Cheney at one point said, "We don't negotiate, we dominate." It wasn't him dominating. He was trying to use these young military men to overcome his own insecurities, apparently.
So, for eight years, this administration conducted itself in the most counter-productive way imaginable and we are left with a whole lot of damage. Basically, we are left with a manual on how not to do things. Well, I think we need to make that clear this is the wrong way. This is not who we are as a nation. And by exposing the people who made those decisions and the people who gave them the legal underpinning to act in illegal, let alone ineffective ways and that we show that we fully understand that. And that this is not reflective of who America is and America is much greater than this and that's the point of reviewing all of this and making clear that these people who acted in this way were not acting true to America's values.


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Good Signs from Boston
February 5, 2004
A telltale sign of an improving job market...The Boston Globe reports that "two Boston-area networking groups for unemployed HR executives report dwindling ranks as their members land jobs."
One network of unemployed human resources professionals--the King & Bishop HR Roundtable--has gone from 150 members last summer to only 50 now.
Small businesses as well as large, growing corporations such as Raytheon are hiring recruiters to help fill jobs. "If you're going to hire, you need hirers," said Nicholas Perna, a Conneticut economic consultant. "We don't have to sit around and wait for the governments's next payroll survey to come out for me to add up the pieces that hiring is rising."


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MMD Principles Speak at AIA National Convention in Philadelphia
Remembering Chuck Brown With Tributes and New Music
Ward 8's LaRuby May Shares Her Thoughts on The New Entertainment and Sports Arena in Washington Post Op-ed
MMD Selected to Participate at World Humanitarian Summit Exhibit in Istanbul
Marshall Moya Design's Daniel Soya Featured in BroadFutures Article
Excitement Builds for New Entertainment and Sports Arena in Ward 8
Michael Marshall Joins DCBIA Panel Featuring Architects Shaping DC in the 21st Century
Marshall Moya Design Awarded New Entertainment and Sports Arena for Wizards and Mystics
Michael Marshall Talks Black History Month on WTOP Radio
DC United Announces Marshall Moya Design as Associate Architect for New Stadium
University of District of Columbia Celebrates Student Center Grand Opening
A Sentiment That Transcends Time and Place
The Pursuit of Creativity
Horace Mann Elementary Students Participate in Creating Meaningful Art Installation
UDC New Student Center Opens in January; Associate Architect Michael Marshall Participates in Media Preview Event on December 8
Paola Moya Joins DCBIA Board of Directors
AIA|DC Exhibit Includes Horace Mann Elementary Project
MMD's Jenny Lopez Visits DC School for Latino Youth
Michael Marshall Joins DCBIA "Build DC" Panel on October 20
The Wizards' John Wall Makes Donation to Support Homeless Families
MMD Anacostia Mixed-Use Project Covered in Washington Post, Urban Turf
Marshall Moya Design Joins AIA DC Event on September 24
DCBIA is Back to Business with a New Brand
Paola Moya Joins Alumni Panel at Catholic University
Back to School at D.C.'s Horace Mann Elementary
MMD Urban Plan Included on World Humanitarian Summit Website
Paola Moya Joins DCBIA Panel
Paola Moya Honored as one of Washington Business Journal's 40 Under 40
Construction Full Speed Ahead at UDC's New Student Center
Michael Marshall Accepts 2015 SmartCEO Skyline Award
Paola Moya to Introduce Keynote Speaker at ULI Real Estate Trends Conference
Paola Moya Honored With 2015 SmartCEO Brava Award
Marshall Moya Design Helps Restore District's Iconic Howard Theatre
Marshall Moya Design Delivers Identity and Sustainability for UDC New Student Center
Marshall Moya Design's Innovative Graphics Transform D.C.'s Payne Elementary School
Marshall Moya Design's Award-Winning Work for Media Executive's Home
Paola Moya Interviewed for Huffington Post LIVE
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Paola Moya Speaks at Penn State's Stuckeman School of Architecture
Architecture DC Features Chuck Brown Memorial and Marshall Moya Design
Michael Marshall Named Finalist for Smart CEO "Skyline Awards"
Local Media Covers Marshall Moya Design's New Hire
Michael Marshall Interviewed on "Let's Talk Live" News Channel 8
Washington Hispanic Magazine Features Marshall Moya and inNuevo Digital
Michael Marshall Welcomes UVA Architecture Students
MMD Principals Featured in AIA DC News
WPFW Interviews Michael Marshall and Paola Moya!
MMD Featured in El Tiempo Latino: Spanish version of The Washington Post
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DCist Profiles MMD and Chuck Brown Memorial
MMD Wins National Graphic Design Awards!
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FOX 5 Tours with MMD at Chuck Brown Memorial
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WTOP Interviews Michael Marshall
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The Bachelor: Brad Womack's Possible Final Four Choices
October 29, 2010 07:00 AM by Allyson Wells
Brad Womack's season of The Bachelor is currently filming and an insider source has revealed more spoilers to Reality Steve. Brad may be looking for a second shot at love and sincerely want a wife, but the spoilers reveal that some of these women are there to simply help their careers take off.
Reality Steve previously reported that Brad would be attending the wedding of a business partner and friend, Jason, in Mexico. However, it appears that Brad did not attend the wedding and it won't be featured on the show.
He is reporting that the oldest of the 30 women cast for the show is Melissa Schreiber, and she is a 31 year old waitress from Boca Raton. Another potential is Michelle Money from Salt Lake City, Utah. She has a modeling and acting background, complete with her own IMDB page. There have been many wannabe actors/singers/models to appear on this show. It will be interesting to see if Miss Money is sincerely looking for love or fifteen minutes of fame.
It is being reported that some of the filming locations take place in St. Martins and Nguilla in the Caribbean. It appears that it is a group date, as 6 to 7 girls were reportedly there on some sort of beach date.Â
In a major spoiler, Reality Steve revealed that Brad is in Charlotte, North Carolina today filming a hometown date. Reality Steve has deduced that both Emily Maynard and Kimberly Coon live in Charlotte. According to his sources, Kimberly is already back at home, so Emily is likely in the final four.
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MOBILE, Ala. (NNS) -- Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus delivered the keynote address at the christening ceremony of the future USS Jackson (LCS 6) March 22 at Austal in Mobile, Ala.
Dr. Katherine Holmes Cochran, daughter of U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran, sponsors Jackson, the third Austal-constructed littoral combat ship to be christened.
"Kate now becomes an honorary member of the Jackson's first crew," said Mabus. "She will maintain a special relationship with this ship and her Sailors, a special relationship that will be shared by the city of Jackson and her people, and by all the people of Mississippi."
Mabus went on to discuss not only Cochran's role in the future of the ship, but Jackson's future as well.
"When USS Jackson joins the fleet," he said, "it will represent not just America's interests, but also the story of Jackson and Mississippi and her people, around the globe."
Jackson will be a key enabler of the U.S. Navy's ability to maintain a worldwide presence.
"Today, the Pacific and Indian oceans are again a focus in U.S. defense strategy, and littoral combat ships like the Jackson will play a critical role," Mabus said. "She's fast, agile, modular, shallow draft, and will allow us to work in many different ways with our partners."
Mabus also took time during his remarks to commend those who worked so hard to build the Jackson.
"The ship before you is a modern marvel, but so too is this incredible shipyard and its workforce," said Mabus. Nearly 3,000 American craftsmen have made this ship possible, both here in Mobile and all around the country making components of the ship and its systems."
These very systems were featured in another portion of Mabus' remarks.
"This is a completely new type of ship, a new concept," he said. "The weapons systems on Jackson can be traded out to fit whatever mission it is given. Those same systems can be upgraded as technology changes without having to build a new ship or changing anything out but that particular weapons system."
Prior to Cochran breaking a bottle of champagne across the bow of Jackson to officially complete the christening ceremony, Mabus left the crowd in attendance with a final reminder of the Navy's history and tradition.
"Now it is time to christen this incredible new ship so the crew can take it to sea and can defend our nation, just as their predecessors have for 238 years," he said.
For more news from the Secretary of the Navy, visit www.navy.mil/local/secnav or www.facebook.com/SecretaryoftheNavy.


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College Hockey:Union Suffers 'Brown' Out at No. 9 Princeton
Senior Forward Nets Hat Trick in Victory
PRINCETON, N.J. — At the start of the penultimate regular-season game of her college career, senior forward April Brown had zero goals for the season. In less than a five-minute stretch during the second period, she had a hat trick. Brown would end up scoring a third of her team's goals as No. 9 Princeton rolled over overmatched Union.
Brown, who was surprised by her family coming to visit from her native Minnesota, brushed aside all glory. "We were just trying to win," she said.
The Tigers (15-8-5, 9-7-3 ECACHL) got rolling quickly coming off a tough loss to Yale last Wednesday that cost them home-ice for the ECAC playoffs. Sophomore forward Tarah Clark followed a rebound that bounced off the post for the first goal 1:10 into the game. Union (5-26-1, 0-19 ECACHL) was down 4-0 before the first period was over.
The Dutchwomen tried switching out sophomore goalie Mandy Hansen for junior Dana Smullyan, but the result was the same. Brown scored the first three goals of the second period, and the eighth goal was tallied by freshman forward Brittany Salmon.
The third period was mostly a game of keep-away by the Tigers. Union spoiled the shutout on a 2-0n-1 with freshman forward Ashley Kilstein beating Tiger goalie Rebecca Allen on a feed from sophomore Elise Nichols. The scoring ended when Princeton junior forward Sarah Butsch netted the ninth Tiger goal.
Princeton outshot Union 58-10. Salmon, Clark and freshman forward Marykate Oakley also had three-point nights in addition to Brown's heroics.
Union had problems even before the game began. Three top forwards–sophomores Stephanie Burlton and Meghan O'Connor and freshman Courtney Chais–were out with injuries. In addition, Union had to travel on game day because of the snowstorm that hit the Northeast on Thursday.
"I thought we moved the puck pretty well at times," said Union coach Tim Gerrish. "When I came here in September, I wasn't sure we could put together three passes at any time during the season. So we were able to string passes, we got a couple breaks. That's better than we were when we started, and that's encouraging."
With the playoffs ahead for Princeton, Coach Jeff Kampersal had to keep his team playing hard without showing any disrespect for their opponent.
"We play hard all the time, but we still struggle to score goals," Kampersal said. "Tonight their goalies struggled a little bit. I think you always want to be professional and have the kids work hard. Union works hard, they were missing three of their better players, so that doesn't help them. We want to have respect for their players, and I work with their coach during the summer and I have a lot of respect for him."
Kampersal was pleased with his team's approach offensively.
"I thought we moved the puck pretty quickly, and tried to get as many shots on net as possible," he said. "Step over the blue line, crank away, go hard to the net. This is what we'll work on all week to get ready for the playoffs."
Before the playoffs begin, Princeton and Union will play one more game on Saturday at 4 p.m. Tiger seniors April Brown, Katharine Maglione, and Becky Stewart will be honored before the game.
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The 2014 Shell Houston Open will serve as the tune up to the first major of the year in The Masters next week. The Golf Club of Houston has undergone renovations throughout the years to try and make it as Augusta-like as possible.
That's why this tournament gets many of the world's elite to play in it every year. In fact, 20 of the top 40 players in the Official World Golf Rankings will be in the field this week to hone their skills for The Masters.
This par 72 stretches out to 7,441 yards and will certainly benefit the long hitters. It averaged 71.868 strokes last year and the field hit the greens 70.13 percent of the time. However, each 25-yard range from 100-200 yards ranked inside the top-10 longest in proximity to the hole last year.
That means that getting up and down around the greens becomes one of the key factors this week. Golf Club of Houston was the 13th-mist challenging in scrambling (55.54%) last year. For the fifth consecutive year, it ranked hardest on TOUR in getting up and down from the rough (40.85%).
Collection areas surround most of the greens, so missing them in the right spots will be key. These bentgrass greens can reach up to 13 in the stimpmeter and featured undulations galore. Players average 4.78 on the par 5s last year, which ranked 10th-toughest on TOUR.
D.A. Points is your defending champion. He ranked T10 in greens in regulation, 10th in strokes gained-putting, 5th in scrambling and 8th in average distance of putts made. His biggest key to victory was ranking 1st in par-4 scoring (3.75). The winner this week will get an automatic invite to The Masters.
The weather is sure to be windy in Texas as it always is for this event. I'm going to go through and offer my Pick 5 for the Shell Houston Open. I list my top four contenders as well as a long shot pick, and recommend a small bet on each player.
Top 4 Contenders
Dustin Johnson (+1400) – Has finished in the top 10 in all five stroke-play events in 2013-14, including a T4 in his last start at Doral. Johnson is a bomber who is the ideal fit for this course. He leads the TOUR in a number of different categories and shared fourth place at the Shell Houston Open last year.
Henrik Stenson (+1750) – Stenson is rounding into form with a T5 at Bay Hill in which he ranked tops in fairways hit and greens in regulation. He has a great history here, finishing T3 in 2009 and T2 last year. Most importantly, he'll be motivated knowing that a win at Golf Club of Houston would make him the 17th different player to reach No. 1 in the Official World Golf Rankings.
Matt Kuchar (+2700) – With five top 10s in 2013-14, including a T4 at TPC San Antonio last week, Kuchar's game is coming togetehr leading up to the masters. He has finished T8 in his last two starts at Golf Club of Houston (2010, 2011), so he loves it here, too.
Graham DeLaet (+3400) – Tied for third as a rookie in 2010 at the Shell Houston Open. He still has yet to earn his first PGA Tour victory, so you know that has to be eating at him despite ranking No. 30 in the world. He has posted a runner-up at Torrey Pines (also a Rees Jones design) and TPC Scottsdale this season. DeLaet closed with a 68 for a T8 at Copperhead last time out, so he is rested. This is a ball-striker's paradise, and DeLaet leads the TOUR in ball striking.
Long Shot Pick
Ricky Fowler (+9500) – Ranked No. 40 in the world, there's no question that Fowler is among the most talented golfers on the planet. Sure, he is going through swing changes, but he has still shown enough that a breakthrough isn't far away. He has a knack for playing difficult courses well. Fowler was 3rd at the long, Bentgrass-greened par 72 set-up at Dove Mountain in the Accenture Match Play. His career has included excellent results at long formats like Torrey Pines, Muirfield, Firestone and Quail Hollow, where he won in 2012. At this price, he's certainly worth a look this week.
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Justin Bieber Gets Very Sick — Cancels Concert in Argentina!
Justin Bieber's likely to remember the South American leg of his Believe world tour for many a decade to come. To add to his list of travel memories, which already includes frequenting a Brazilian brothel and being filmed while asleep: getting food poisoning.
"This sucks. #sick food poisoning," Justin tweeted November 10. Later he added: "Not feeling so good. Actually pretty sick. Pulling it together. Argentina we got a show to do. Love u." Unfortunately, though, that wasn't the case with the Biebs's bellyache getting so bad he had to cancel a scheduled performance in Argentina.
A shirtless Justin took to the stage November 10 to send his fans on their way.
"Before I went to sleep last night, I started to feel sick and I wanted to come out here and give you the best show but I'm not feeling so good. I think I'm out of energy," he tells the wildly screaming masses. "I want to say that I hate to do this because I hate disappointing any of my fans but I love you with all of my heart. You guys are incredible. And I'm sorry once again."
He then hands the mic over to a translator and slowly the screams of joy turn to screams of anger. The only thing that briefly quiets the crowd? Justin whispering "Te amo" before making his exit stage left, boos shouted in the background.
Sources: Justin Bieber on Twitter, Valeria Viteri on YouTube


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Tuesday, April 2, 2013
The Center for Diversity and Inclusion is pleased to announce the annual Older American Sock Drive. This year's drive, themed "Unleash the Power of Age," is in conjunction with Older American Month, celebrated since 1963. The drive will be open until April 26 in Row Hall room 217 and the campus mail room.
With hopes of meeting this year's goal of obtaining 500 new pairs of socks, students, faculty and staff are encouraged to donate as soon as possible. At the end of April, all socks will be donated to local nursing homes in Carroll and Haralson Counties during the month of May.
One in every eight or 13.1% of the population is an older American, defined as 65 and over, and there are an estimated 53,364 centenarians in the United States today.
The drive is co-sponsored by The National Pan-Hellenic Council, Pan Hellenic Council, Black Student Alliance, the Interfraternity Council and Student Government Association. For more information about the sock drive, please call the CDI at 678-839-5400. For more information on Older Americans Month, please visit Older Americans Month Website.


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U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Gail Williams with the South Carolina Army National Guard, poses for a photo with Brig. Gen. Darlene Goff, assistant adjutant general, after being presented with the Legion of Merit during her retirement ceremony held July 13, 2013, in Columbia, S.C. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Brad Mincey/Released)
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First Order For Wärtsilä's New RT-flex35
Wärtsilä announced that it has received the first order for its new Wärtsilä RT-flex35 two-stroke engine. The Wärtsilä licensee, Yichang Marine Diesel Engine Co. (YMD), manufacturing low-speed marine engines in China, has signed a contract with Ningbo Donghai Shipping Co. Ltd. to deliver five Wärtsilä RT-flex35 engines for a series of five chemical tankers.
The 17 000 dwt chemical tankers will be built by the Ningbo Shipyard Group in the province of Fujian, China. The shipowner is Ningbo Donghai Shipping Co. who will operate the ships in international trade between the Far East, the Middle East and Europe. The contract signed in January with Ningbo Donghai Shipping Co. is the first order for Wärtsilä RT-flex35 engines.
Wärtsilä started the product development project for Wärtsilä RT-flex35 engines three years ago as a cooperation project with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. in Japan and YMD in China. YMD is one of China's leading marine engine manufacturing companies and part of China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation. YMD began manufacturing low-speed diesel engines in 1983 and manufactures engines with power outputs in the range 3000 to 17 000 kW. Under license from Wärtsilä, YMD manufactures low-speed marine engines with bore sizes in the 35 to 60 cm range, including Wärtsilä RT-flex50 common-rail engines.
Delivery of the first engine is scheduled for August 2011. The scope of the contract includes five 6-cylinder Wärtsilä RT-flex35 common rail diesel engines with a power output of 5220 kW.
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Everyone's clamoring about the rise of the Indie author. Editors, designers, publicists, printers and even sales people can be hired. Real ones. Good ones. Often the very same ones you'd have worked with in house.
Couple that with blended printing and distribution channels, like LightningSource, who'll spank out print on demand books so fast, they'll let you remain listed as in-stock online, and you've got a recipe for Indie author world domination...maybe.
There are still a few major missing pieces of the puzzle.
1. Distribution. It's true, more and more sales are being funneled through online channels and ebooks are quickly growing into real elements of the bookselling mix. But, traditional publishing is still the fastest and easiest way to get your book on the shelves of the big box stores. And, those shelves, revered or reviled, still sell a ton of books every year.
Not that it's impossible to get books there yourself. Build a strong enough platform to push your book to the top of Amazon and bn.com for a few weeks or months and fuel an endless sea of people to badger local managers enough, you're very likely going to end up on the shelves. Slowly, but surely. It's doable. Witness Peter Bowerman and his still indie, yet widely distributed and always stocked Well-Fed Writer series.
2. Mega-Filters. Here's where one of the real value propositions of traditional publishing is right now. It may not be there tomorrow, but for now, a book that's out from a major publisher AND is on brick and mortar shelves is assumed to have been vetted and filtered. Meaning, it's worth the read.
Is that assumption always true? Not a chance.
But, in a world where we're constantly bombarded by millions of bits and bytes of shiny new units of information and entertainment, filters have value. And, a lot of it. If something comes out from one of the bigs, we're often more inclined to pony up our precious minutes and dollars.
But, here's the thing about filters. Used to be, the houses themselves were the ultimate filter and the major newspaper book section and occasional magazine served as second-level vetting engines. But, nowadays, the filtering function is becoming massively diluted by websites and bloggers.
And, here's my prediction, as more and more great authors go indie, the most powerful people in publishing will be the marketing-minded authors and filters. Because, properly armed, authors can build an army of evangelists, hire a production team and the right filters can help drive enough buzz and sales to allow you to back your way into brick and mortar distribution.
3. Pay to Play. This is still a major benefit for a lot of authors. With traditional publishing, you get your money on the front end, instead of the back end. Publishers have essentially become joint venture partners. Authors create the product, publishers fund the venture, pay along the way for development and roll-out, then have a substantial say in the the way the product is packaged and brought to market.
For a lot of authors, there is still a lot of value there. The vast majority of authors I know would still opt for a livable advance. Because they're not venture-minded. They're fundamentally risk averse. Money up front matters.
But, with an estimated 70-80% fail rate, you've gotta ask why publishers keep on funding so many projects by authors who want only to write, then walk away. Name me one VC who'll write a check to a start-up when the team launching the business openly proclaims wanting nothing to do with the business after the product has launched.
Yes, I get that most authors just want to write and cringe at the thought of platform building or marketing. I want to live in 3,000 square foot photo loft in the West Village for $600 a month. Doesn't mean I can. The world is changing in a profound way. Publishers are struggling to find their place in the new book economy and will very likely have to endure huge, painful change.
But, it's not all about the publishers. Authors, yes, we who love nothing more than to craft great stories and change the world, need to own up to a new writing economy, too. We need to do what's necessary to own not only our craft, but our businesses and lives. Because, rare will be the 21st century hermetic author who lives beyond the life of an ascetic scribe.
Truth is, nobody in the world of books and publishing has all the answers right now, save one.
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While no one even knew they were engaged until they married, Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively sure know how to keep their relationship on the DL. But let's face it, in order to have a successful relationship in Hollywood, that's something you kinda have to do.
Things appear to be working out for one of Hollywood's hottest couples, and one of my personal favorites too, I might add.
Just recently, Reynolds opens up on the August issue of Details on why he and his wife are so private.
"I don't intentionally try to be evasive about that stuff. If you ask me to describe my relationship, I mean – words are too clumsy to accurately describe how I feel in that regard, particularly in an interview," Reynolds told Detail.
"It's a strange thing. I understand the climate we live in and why people are curious. But it's just tough and almost emotionally violent – for anyone, I think – to see your personal life summarized in a sentence."
As far as his plans for fatherhood, he discusses how excited he is to start his family saying, "We'd love to have a big family. We both come from big families – my parents did four, Blake's did five. A lot of people say it's crazy, but we'll only know when we're there, you know? We'll walk through that fire pretty happily, I think."
This is one Hollywood couple I hope makes it. I'd love to see some Blake and Ryan babies sometime soon!


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Could You Live Without AC in This Heat Wave?carolyncastiglia
A heat wave has blanketed much of the nation today, but if you're surfing the Internet, chances are you're indoors enjoying a cold blast of air conditioning. Many Americans, such as the elderly, or those residing in desert climates, literally could not live without it. But should we be using as much AC as we do?
Stan Cox has written a book titled "Losing Our Cool: Uncomfortable Truths About Our Air-Conditioned World (and Finding New Ways to Get Through the Summer)," that calls us Americans out on our energy-hogging ways. Salon's Ryan Brown interviewed Cox, and reports that, "Nine out of 10 new homes in this country are built with central air conditioning, and Americans now use as much electricity to power our A.C. as the entire continent of Africa uses for, well, everything."
Cox confirms what I have long suspected to be true: that our overuse of AC is actually heating up the planet, thus requiring us to use more AC. Ironic that cooling should cause warming, but it's a vicious cycle that harms us in more ways than one. Brown says, "We stay inside longer, exercise less, and get sick more often" as a result of the often arctic blasts pumped into office buildings and public transport. If you're like me, you think it's just plain wrong to have to carry a sweater with you on a 95 degree day in order to navigate the freezing tundra of overly cooled public spaces. Do restaurants, theatres and shops really have to run cooling systems from April to November?
Cox says "our biological tolerance for the heat is eroded if we spend almost all of our time in climate-controlled bubbles. And it's suspected of being a factor in weight gain because we tend to eat more when we're in cool conditions." Maybe that's why Chili's feels less like summer in Mexico and more like Maine at Christmas.
My mother recently told me a story about a man she used to work with who chastised her for complaining about the heat. He said, "Hot weather is not the problem. It's having to work in hot weather that's the problem. You'd like the heat if you were rich enough to enjoy it on a boat or at the beach." Cox echoes that sentiment in an anecdote about life at his AC-free home in Kansas. He says, "A couple of weekends ago… I was in my living room with the ceiling fan going, and I thought, man, it's really nice in here, so I went and got a thermometer, and it was 84 in the living room… Warmth in and of itself is not bad at all. It can even be quite enjoyable."
Cox says the cold, hard truth is that "people could give up refrigerators or stoves or drive 9,000 miles less a year or stop using electric lighting, but none of those things would cut emissions as much as eliminating air conditioning."
I spent the holiday weekend at my mother's house in Central New York – without air conditioning. Granted, she has a swimming pool, which certainly helps beat the heat, but to keep cool indoors we created a cross-breeze by opening doors on either side of the house. Additionally, she has a ceiling fan in the kitchen and runs small fans in the bedrooms at night. It reminded me of being a kid, experiencing the sticky sweetness of summer, little drips of sweat letting me know I'm alive.
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Nice room close to city center II.
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thank you for your interest in my living, I glad that you stopped by at my listing.
The room is 18m2 with balcony and its fully furnished very cozy, sunny and well located.
The room is facing the courtyard overlooking the garden, is spacious with possibility to accommodate two guests. The room is fitted with a double bed very comfy and a private balcony, perfect to relax and enjoy the sunny days, there is also a desk and a chair. The linen are provided. There is high speed internet connection in the flat with WiFi. There is a fridge, electic kettle to prepare a tea or cafe and corn flakes or cereals for a breakfast.
For accommodated I have prepared maps and points of interest from Prague, also I am sending prepared (website hidden) map where you can find in Prague interesting places, bars, city views, where advantageous to change money, etc.
The city center is well accessible by bus, tram (it takes 10mins) or by walk across the Vitkov park. Tram and bus stop is located 2min. from the apartment. The night city transport from the city center goes every 15 minutes directly to my place. Opposite to the apartment is situated the cafe with quality coffee, close is located the most famous restaurant with tanked Pilsner Urquell beer. There is patisserie, bakery, supermarket closely. The location is very safe.
Prague is one of the most beautiful cities in the world. Still reasonably cheap and safe to travel. No matter if you are going just for a short break or for longer - there's so much to see and do. There's something magic about that city. We don't know if it is Franz Kafka who's attracting many Jewish to see Old Synagogue. We don't know if it is view from famous cafe Slavia over river and castle where former president used to go. Definitelly Prague has got a GENIUS LOCI...
Home rules:
1/ leave the flat as clean as it was before your arrival. I am not charging you cleaning fee. If you decide to not clean the flat at all, please leave 10EUR for the cleaning lady and I will add another 5EUR (I am giving this job to old ladies or single mothers only to get better their financial situation). I have a good experience so far with that.
2/ To protect the wooden floor, please, take off your shoes and use the slippers next to entrance or yours and please, do not pull the heavy luggages across the wooden floor. Keep in mind that Wimdu do not provide insurance, all demages/loses will be charged.
3/ It is strictly forbidden to smoke at any part of the flat, balcony (if there is any), coridor and main entrance of the building. Security and neighborhood reason
4/ Please, do not be loud at the flat, corridor/hall of the building as there are living other people too.
Thank you, Jakub :-)
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Thats was our first Travel with a Wimdu-lodgings. All in all was correct and good. The flat is clean. The landlord - Jakub - is very friendly and caring. We was
satisfied, although we are`nt 20 -years! This is a very good alternative to a expensive hotel. We suppose our next Travel we making again with Wimdu.
es war einfach,freundlich,still und sauber.für uns genau richtig,um dem trubel zu entkommen.wir haben uns sehr wohl gefühlt.d a n k e
I am delighted with my stay at Jakub´s place. The room is big enough for all my needs, with a desk and internet connection and a big bed, also some closet for your clothes, and the bathroom was just for my use, which is very convenient.
The location is perfect, close to the city center and to Zizkhov area, full of nice restaurants and bars.
Jakub was a perfect host, giving me in advance all kind of information I needed, and not only that; he even helped me moving my suitcases and called a taxi for me when I needed. He offered help but also complete independence; he was there everytime I needed him, but no more :)
I would repeat the experience and I totally recommend Jakub´s house!
Jakub ist ein großartiger Gastgeber, sehr freundlich und hilfsbereit bei Fragen und Problemen.
Das Zimmer war ausreichend groß für zwei Personen und sauber, ebenso das Bad.
Zudem ist es nicht zu nah von der Innenstadt entfernt, der Weg ist auch einfach, unkompliziert und auch zu Fuß zu bewältigen.
Alles in allem ein sehr zufriedenstellender Aufenthalt für kleines Geld!
Piękna wycieczka do tajemniczych, z bogatą historią, miejsc w Starym Mieście. Wspaniała architektura z właściwym tylko Czechom zamiłowaniem do pięknych szczegółów. Znakomita komunikacja tramwajowa i autobusowa. Wszędobylskie metro, którego stacje są zawsze w odpowiednim miejscu.
Mieszkanie u Jakuba bardzo dobrze usytuowane w bliskiej dzielnicy, wygodne i przytulne. Mili sąsiedzi, mnóstwo sklepików kawiarenek i pubów.
Comfortable and cozy room. Easy to get to Florenc, metro stations, the city center. And close to the pub for a really good beer ;) Highly recommended.
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Prison riot suspects argue with judge
They argued and argued more.
For hours and hours Monday, a group of state prison inmates accused of instigating a riot bickered with prosecutors and the judge who will try their case.
Andre Jacobs, 30, Carrington Keys, 32, Anthony Locke, 34, and Derrick Stanley, 43, are slated to stand trial this week, but first they have to hash out some usually routine pre-trial matters.
But nothing is routine when this crew comes to court. They are acting as their own attorneys and things often get chaotic - like repeatedly shouting out of turn and interrupting the prosecutor.
On Monday, Locke argued with Luzerne County Judge Lesa Gelb, claiming he should be allowed to fire his stand-by attorney.
"I don't need his expertise. I have 24 hours a day in the penitentiary to study by myself," Locke said.
The chaos in court used to be worse. Another suspect, Duane Peter, 41, was supposed to be tried with the group, but he was ruled incompetent to stand trial after he repeatedly claimed he was immune from prosecution because he is the emperor of the Moor Empires.
Of the four facing trial, Stanley is the only one who is no longer jailed. He sits at the defense table, while Keys, Locke and Jacobs sit in the jury box. After every issue, Gelb asks them one-by-one to respond, but it often leads to a large group discussion that frazzles the stenographer.
Police allege that on April 29, 2010, the men barricaded themselves in their cells in the restricted housing unit at State Correctional Institution at Dallas with mattresses and used cloth to secure the doors shut. When an extraction team entered the cells, Keys pelted six guards with feces and urine, police said.
The inmates are charged with rioting. They want to use the defense that they were justified in blocking their cells because they claim the correctional officers threatened to torture and kill them.
"Our position is the guards threatened our lives," Jacobs said. "That's our defense."
Luzerne County Assistant District Attorney James McMonagle countered that "a violation of the law is not a defense."
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Yeah suppose your right Morque, havent heard a peep from that Italian rider who is wallowing around on that sleek, fast, Ducati.
Morque, the boss is a decent bloke who will fix the problem. The supervisor is a young 26 yr old(extremely smart) kid, who knows everything and wouldnt think of telling the bosses if we need something in regards to our work wear.
I usually dont like going over the head of someone immediately in charge, but at my age I just dont give a sh!t and do and say whatever I think needs to be done.


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