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A surprisingly public war of words has erupted between Denver's top two law enforcement officials, including accusations of being unprofessional, uninformed and reckless with public safety.
In the past week, Denver District Attorney Mitch Morrissey and Police Chief Robert White have sounded more like sparring political opponents than partners in crime-fighting.
The rare public disagreement arose over the role of civilians in the city's crime lab. White wants to replace 15 crime-scene investigators with civilian technicians by the end of the year to cut costs and put more officers on the streets. Morrissey criticized the chief's plan and told reporters that the short time frame for the proposed change showed "reckless disregard for the public safety of Denver."
White said Morrissey's comments were "absurd and inappropriate."
"For him to come out and make that inflammatory statement was unprofessional," White said. "He's uninformed."
The public display came as a surprise to some criminal justice experts, who wondered how it would affect the way the departments work together.
"For the public perception, there is always the need for there to be a united front. It would seem to me that they are united in their efforts to fight crime," said Joseph G. Sandoval, a professor of criminal justice and criminology at Metropolitan State University of Denver. "But administrative disagreements? My goodness gracious, I am not sure what to make of that. There has to be something more, and what that something more is, I am not sure."
Keeping a good relationship is important for police and prosecutors, who cross paths in almost every arena, from officer-involved shootings and homicide investigations to police academy training. So disputes at the top are uncommon or, more likely, unheard.
"What they should do is sit down, lock the door and talk their problems out, out of the press," said Robert Gallagher, who served as district attorney for Arapahoe and other counties from 1969 to 1997. "You have not only the right but the duty to disagree at times. It's healthy to disagree, but you don't do it in public and you don't do it on minor issues."
White said Morrissey's comments were "more than about the crime lab, absolutely. The DA consistently disagrees with the reorganization of the police department. ... There are things that occur in the DA's office that I think impact our ability to do our job effectively, but I brought them to his attention. I didn't go running to the media."
But the chief would not expound.
"I am going to extend him more professional courtesy than he has extended to me," White said. "I am not having a public disagreement. He is the person who decided to make this a public debate."
Still, White's frustration with Morrissey was evident.
"I'd like him to keep his hands out of the workings of the department. If it is something I am doing that impacts his job, he ought to extend me the courtesy of telling me what it is," White said.
Morrissey thought White was already aware of his concerns about the lab and was answering reporters' questions when he made the remarks, said district attorney spokeswoman Lynn Kimbrough. She spoke on Morrissey's behalf Wednesday while he was traveling.
"It's unfortunate that it has the appearance of this public disagreement," she said. She was unaware of other problems Morrissey had with White's changes.
"His only concern about changes in the police department would be if it has an impact on us here in the courtroom," Kimbrough said. "There certainly may be some other mutual issues that they disagree on or bring a different perspective on, but those conversations have been private."
White described his relationship with Morrissey as "professional. Period."
Kimbrough said Morrissey "feels he can reach out to the chief as needed."
"Past police chiefs who have come up through the ranks have had the luxury of a little more history and had some relationships already established," she said. "Having some institutional knowledge can be a helpful thing, but bringing in a new perspective from other departments can be good as well."
Kimbrough said the case was a sign that the two should communicate more regularly.
Gallagher said he met with police chiefs and sheriffs monthly, which helped smooth out troubles.
But public safety probably won't suffer, Sandoval said. Disputes at the top don't necessarily trickle down.
"They don't have to work together on anything. The main work that goes on is done in the trenches," he said. "The police officer who is doing the work and the deputy who is in the courtroom, their relationships will continue to be cordial."
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SMWC Student Receives Realizing the Dream Scholarship
November 12th, 2013 | SMWC
Realizing the dream takes commitment, hard work, and, most often, a helping hand from family and others. And that's exactly why 31 students from Indiana's independent colleges and universities were celebrated at the 24th annual "Realizing the Dream" banquet.
Now sophomores, they have realized the dream of being the first in their families to go to college, have been selected by their colleges for outstanding achievement in their freshman year and for successfully advancing towards completing their bachelor's degrees.
Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College (SMWC) recognized Cathleen Poole, class of 2016, as this year's recipient of the "Realizing the Dream" scholarship. Poole will receive a $2,000 grant from Independent Colleges of Indiana (ICI).
A graduate of Northridge High School, Poole had to meet certain criteria to receive this award. She had to be a first generation student, a graduate from an Indiana high school and a current sophomore at an ICI college. Additionally, she had to have achieved a superior GPA in her freshmen year and demonstrated leadership in activities on campus and in the community.
"Receiving this scholarship has helped me to realize that I am on the right path with my life and has encouraged me to continue working hard and being dedicated in all that I do," states Poole. "I believe that hard work pays off, maybe not immediately but always eventually, and this is one of those moments for me."
Poole is double majoring in Equine Training and Instruction and P-3rd Grade/Mild Intervention. She is a member of the SMWC Hunt Seat Team, a member of Presidential Corps, a resident assistant and a volunteer at Ryves Youth Center. Her goals after graduation include teaching while slowly building her own equine business on the side. Eventually, she would like to run her own barn, training and instructing full-time, and incorporate her teaching experience into her business.
As part of the award, Poole also had the opportunity to select a teacher who helped pave her path to college. She chose Ryan McClane from Northridge High School. McClane will receive a $1,000 Professional Development Grant from ICI for being selected.
"Mr. McClane always made our days better by being positive and allowing a little fun in the classroom," states Poole. "He motivated me and made me want to do better. I am honored to have had him as a teacher and one day I hope that I can impact students' lives as much as he has impacted mine."
Poole, along with her parents and McClane, were recognized at the 24th annual "Realizing the Dream" banquet at the Sheraton in Indianapolis at Keystone Crossing on Nov. 9, 2013.
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McCutchen's blast not enough to flip script in LA
LOS ANGELES -- The Pirates' stay in Dodger Stadium, appropriately overrun with movie and television glitterati all weekend, was like a lot of other Hollywood productions: Based on a true story.
But still a little hard to believe.
With Korean rookie left-hander Hyun-Jin Ryu extending their torment on Sunday, the Bucs were swept out of Chavez Ravine, 6-2. Jeff Locke, the Pirates' own young southpaw, couldn't quite keep up with Ryu, allowing four runs -- three of them delivered by Adrian Gonzalez -- in six innings.
Ryu got the Dodgers rotation's booby prize by allowing three hits (in 6 1/3 innings) against the Pirates. Before him, Zack Greinke and Clayton Kershaw had both allowed only two.
The Pirates had a total of eight hits in the three games. Three of the six in the last two games did not leave the infield: two by Starling Marte (including a bunt hit) and one by Jose Tabata.
So while Randy Newman's iconic song blared out of the park's speakers after the game, the Pirates were humming their own version: "I Love [To Leave] LA!"
"Yeah, pretty good rotation. All we could've hoped for in this series was to just battle every at-bat, because of the quality of pitching we're facing," said Pedro Alvarez, who had seven strikeouts and zero hits over the weekend. "After a series like that, you just want to see some different arms."
At least one of the Pirates' four total hits on Sunday left the park, as Andrew McCutchen connected for the team's first homer of the season in the first inning for a brief 2-0 lead.
McCutchen -- 4-for-17 overall and uncharacteristically hitless in five at-bats against lefties -- followed a single by Marte with his homer into the left-field pavilion.
"It was just the wrong pitch at the wrong time," Ryu said. "As the game went on I was focused a little bit more and I picked up my game."
The lead lasted until the Dodgers' fourth batter: Gonzalez singled to score Nick Punto and Matt Kemp -- who had set the table with a double into the right-center gap, his second hit of the season in 19 at-bats.
"That was a big hit. It gets us right back on the board. It was kind of like a do-over," Dodgers manager Don Mattingly said. "Hyun-Jin gets to be back square, he's not behind, and he just settles in and does his thing."
Is seeing a rare lead disappear that quickly painful?
"It is," Pirates manager Clint Hurdle said. "You throw a punch, go two up, and next thing you know you're even again. That's sport. Nobody felt worse than [Locke]. He battled. He bent, didn't really break."
"The first inning was rough. I had to battle through it, and it worked better for me as I went along," Locke said.
When Kemp's sacrifice fly gave the Dodgers a 3-2 lead in the third, it was the season's first lead change in a Pirates game.
Gonzalez helped ensure there would not be another lead change by making it 4-2 with an RBI single in the fifth.
Locke did not let any of his smoldering innings break into a full-fledged firestorm, which was the big issue during his callup last season, when one big inning appeared to mar his starts.
"It was one of those days when you had to take what you got and do the best you can with it," Locke said. "I feel comfortable here. This is where I belong."
Locke's six innings matched the longest of his brief career, reached last season on Sept. 9 and Oct. 1. That latter effort yielded his first career win, which remains his only one in eight decisions. On Sunday, Locke yielded eight hits and four runs, with a walk and three strikeouts.
It was a tenacious, not forceful performance: Locke made 86 pitches, and elicited only seven swings-and-misses (two of them by Ryu, his pitching adversary) -- not the sort of outing to wow a staff admittedly fond of swing-and-miss stuff.
"There's a lot for him to take away from this and learn from the experience," Hurdle said. "He needs to get ahead more. He got into some deep counts. The fastball command and the mix of pitches were better in his last two outings of Spring Training."
Locke did better at pitching than in the other aspects of a pitcher's game. He didn't break quickly to cover first on Juan Uribe's fourth-inning bouncer to first baseman Gaby Sanchez for the Bucs to have a shot at a double play. In the top of the next inning, after John McDonald had drawn a leadoff walk, Locke twice squared around to bunt but took called strikes both times, then swung through strike three.
And in the season's 45th inning, on the 674th pitch thrown to them, the Pirates finally hit one out. The honor belonged to the most likely candidate, McCutchen.
Going the first five games without a home run matched the Bucs' season-starting dry spells of 1998 and 1967, but fell far short of the drought of 1943. The Bucs' first homer of that season was struck on May 4, in their 12th game, by Vince DiMaggio.
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MBA Past President Edward P. Ryan Jr. has been appointed chair of the Joint Bar Committee on Judicial Appointments. The independent and nonpartisan committee is one of the last layers of review in the judicial nominating process and works to ensure that candidates for the tenured positions are both qualified and competent.
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A couple of weeks ago I was nosing around Google Maps and came across Brown's BBQ Pit in Delavan, so I headed over there for lunch on a Saturday.
It's located in a fairly unassuming building near the intersection of 8th and Geneva Streets. The KCBS logo caught my eye right away.
The cooker is a case of function over form, and Randy Brown was gracious enough to let me take a couple of shots.
Things are equally simple inside with a split counter and a few tables, and the decorations are definitely pork-oriented.
Mrs. Chicken ordered the pulled pork sandwich with cheesy hash browns (not a typical barbecue side but they're popular up here) and cole slaw. I was only able to get 1 photo because she was hungry and not in a mood to wait.
I chose the brisket with beans and jambalaya. I can take as many shots as I want of my own food.
We were both quite happy with our orders. I don't know why but for some reason I didn't think to halve the sandwiches between us so I only got a small taste of the pork, but it had a nice amount of smoke and good flavor. Most places around here serve brisket chopped so it was nice to get sliced for a change, and the beef was tender and not too lean. Unless specified otherwise the meat comes sauced but the sauce is homemade, only slightly sweet, and not ladled on by the gallon so it's complementary rather than dominant. The toasted buns are a nice touch, too. I couldn't tell if the beans were made totally from scratch or if they're a doctored commercial brand, but regardless I thought they were pretty good as they had a little bit of heat and smoke, and burnt ends are mixed in. The jambalaya was on the tomatoey side and definitely packed a peppery punch. My wife said the hash browns were a little dry so they were just OK, but she did like the creamy slaw. All in all it was a very good lunch, and next time I plan to get there a little later so that I can try the ribs and chicken.


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Dutch King Willem-Alexander, Queen Maxima and their daugthers (L-R) Crown Princess Catharina-Amalia, Princess Alexia and Princess Ariane wave on the balcony after the abdication ceremony of the King's mother at the Royal Palace Amsterdam, The Netherlands, on Tuesday. Royal Highness Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands in an official ceremony on Tuesday signed her abdication to leave the Dutch throne to her eldest son Willem-Alexander.
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Many people think of peace as the absence of war. But we can feel peace even in times of war, and we can lack peace even when no war is raging. The mere absence of conflict is not enough to bring peace to our hearts. Peace comes through the gospel—through the Atonement of Jesus Christ, the ministration of the Holy Ghost, and our own righteousness, sincere repentance, and diligent service.
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Even when the world is in turmoil all around us, we can receive the blessing of inner peace. This blessing will continue with us as we stay true to our testimony of the gospel and as we remember that Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ love us and watch over us.
In addition to feeling peace ourselves, we can be an influence for peace in our families, our community, and the world. We work for peace when we keep the commandments, give service, care for family members and neighbors, and share the gospel. We work for peace whenever we help relieve the suffering of another.
The following words of the Savior teach us how we can experience the peace that the gospel brings:
"The Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
"Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid" (John 14:26-27).
"Fear not to do good, my sons, for whatsoever ye sow, that shall ye also reap; therefore, if ye sow good ye shall also reap good for your reward.
"Therefore, fear not, little flock; do good; let earth and hell combine against you, for if ye are built upon my rock, they cannot prevail.
"Behold, I do not condemn you; go your ways and sin no more; perform with soberness the work which I have commanded you.
"Look unto me in every thought; doubt not, fear not.
"Behold the wounds which pierced my side, and also the prints of the nails in my hands and feet; be faithful, keep my commandments, and ye shall inherit the kingdom of heaven" (D&C 6:33-37).
"These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world" (John 16:33).
As we remember the Savior and follow Him, we truly can be of good cheer. We can experience real, enduring peace at all times. We can find hope in the Savior's first words to His disciples after His Resurrection: "Peace be unto you" (John 20:19).
See also Charity; Holy Ghost; Hope; Jesus Christ; Love; Service; War
Scripture References
Prophetic Teachings
This message from a previously given address by President Romney is printed under his direction.
"The Peaceable Things of the Kingdom"
Peace—real peace, whole-souled to the very core of your being—comes only in and through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.
Just as Jesus' anxious Apostles were given peace by "another Comforter," so today can all men and women receive the same marvelous blessing each day of their lives.
Additional Study Materials
Guide to the Scriptures
"The Gospel Brings Peace to the World in Troubled Times"
Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Joseph F. Smith, Chapter 45
Resources for Teaching Children
"A Pattern for Peace"
W. Christopher Waddell, Apr. 2016 general conference


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Robert Cormier
Photo: © James Patrick Langlands
About the Author
"I can't remember a time, really, when I haven't been a writer. . . . Reading and writing were the two great escapes of my life and I suppose they still are."—Robert Cormier
Robert Cormier is a Margaret A. Edwards Award winner, and his books repeatedly appear on the best books lists of the American Library Association, The New York Times, and School Library Journal.
Robert Cormier (pronounced kor-MEER) lived all his life in Leominster, Massachusetts, a small town in the north-central part of the state, where he grew up as part of a close, warm community of French Canadian immigrants and lived with his wife, Connie, also from Leominster, and where they raised their three daughters and one son—all adults now. They never saw a reason to leave. "There are lots of untold stories right here on Main Street," Cormier once said.
A newspaper reporter and columnist for 30 years (working for the Worcester Telegram and Gazette and the Fitchburg Sentinel), Cormier was often inspired by news stories. What makes his works unique is his ability to make evil behavior understandable, though, of course, still evil. "I'm very much interested in intimidation," he told an interviewer from School Library Journal. "And the way people manipulate other people. And the obvious abuse of authority." All of these themes are evident in his young adult classic and best-known book, The Chocolate War. A 15-year-old fan of Cormier's told him, "You always write from inside the person."
Cormier traveled the world, from Australia (where he felt particularly thrilled by putting his hand in the Indian Ocean) and New Zealand to most of the countries in Europe, speaking at schools, colleges, and universities, and to teacher and librarian associations. He visited nearly every state in the nation. While Cormier loved to travel, he said many times that he also loved returning to his home in Leominster.
Cormier was a practicing Catholic and attended parochial school, where in seventh grade, one of his teachers discovered his ability to write. But Cormier had always wanted to be a writer: "I can't remember a time when I wasn't trying to get something down on paper." His first poems were published in the Leominster Daily Enterprise, and his first professional publication occurred while he was a freshman at Fitchburg State College. His professor, Florence Conlon, sent his short story, without his knowledge, to The Sign, a national Catholic magazine. The story, titled "The Little Things That Count," sold for $75.
Cormier's first work as a writer was at radio station WTAG in Worcester, MA, where he wrote scripts and commercials from 1946 to 1948. In 1948, he began his award-winning career as a newspaperman with the Worcester Telegram, first in its Leominster office and later in its Fitchburg office. He wrote a weekly human-interest column, "A Story from the Country," for that newspaper.
In 1955, Cormier joined the staff of the Fitchburg Sentinel, which later became the Fitchburg-Leominster Sentinel and Enterprise, as the city hall and political reporter. He later served as wire and associate editor and wrote a popular twice-weekly column under the pseudonym John Fitch IV. The column received the national K.R. Thomason Award in 1974 as the best human-interest column written that year. That same year, he was honored by the New England Associated Press Association for having written the best news story under pressure of deadline. He left newspaper work in 1978 to devote all his time to writing.
Robert Cormier's first novel, Now and at the Hour, was published in 1960. Inspired by his father's death, the novel drew critical acclaim and was featured by Time magazine for five weeks on its "Recommended Reading" list. It was followed in 1963 by A Little Raw on Monday Mornings and in 1965 by Take Me Where the Good Times Are, also critically acclaimed. The author was hailed by the Newark Advocate as being "in the first rank of American Catholic novelists."
In 1974, Cormier published The Chocolate War, the novel that is still a bestseller. Instantly acclaimed, it was also the object of censorship attempts because of its uncompromising realism. In a front-page review in a special children's issue of The New York Times Book Review, it was described as "masterfully structured and rich in theme," and it went on to win countless awards and honors, was taught in schools and colleges throughout the world, and was translated into more than a dozen languages. I Am the Cheese followed in 1977 and After the First Death in 1979.
These three books established Cormier as a master of the young adult novel. In 1991, the Young Adult Services Division of the American Library Association presented him with the Margaret A. Edwards Award, citing the trio of books as "brilliantly crafted and troubling novels that have achieved the status of classics in young adult literature."
In 1982, Cormier was honored by the National Council of Teachers of English and its Adolescent Literature Assembly (ALAN) for his "significant contribution to the field of adolescent literature" and for his "innovative creativity."
8 Plus 1, an anthology of short stories that have appeared in such publications as the Saturday Evening Post, The Sign, and Redbook, was published in 1980. In later years, many of the stories in the collection, notably "The Moustache," "President Cleveland, Where Are You?" and "Mine on Thursdays," appeared in anthologies and school textbooks. The collection also received the World of Reading Readers' Choice Award, sponsored by Silver Burdett & Ginn, especially notable because young readers voted for Cormier to receive the prize.
I Have Words to Spend, a collection of his newspaper and magazine columns, was published in 1991, assembled and edited by his wife, Connie.
Robert Cormier's other novels include The Bumblebee Flies Anyway, 1983; Beyond the Chocolate War, 1985; Fade, 1988; Other Bells for Us to Ring, 1990; We All Fall Down, 1991; Tunes for Bears to Dance To, 1992; In the Middle of the Night, 1995; Tenderness, 1997; Heroes, 1998; and Frenchtown Summer, 1999. Frenchtown Summer won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Young Adult Fiction in April 2000. All his novels have won critical praise and honors.
In the Middle of the Night and Tenderness were short-listed for the Carnegie Medal in England, and Heroes received a "Highly Commended" citation for that same award, unique honors because the Carnegie Medal is traditionally awarded to a British book.
Cormier's novels have frequently come under attack by censorship groups because they are uncompromising in their depictions of the problems young people face each day in a turbulent world. Teachers and librarians have been quick to point out that his novels are eminently teachable, valuable, and moral. His novels are taught in hundreds of schools and in adolescent literature courses in colleges and universities.
Though many of his books are described as written for young adults, in fact people of all ages read and enjoy Cormier's work. His themes of the ordinariness of evil and what happens when good people stand by and do nothing are treated seriously, and he never provides the easy comfort of a happy ending. Cormier's gripping stories explore some of the darker corners of the human psyche, but always with a moral focus and a probing intelligence that compel readers to examine their own feelings and ethical beliefs.
In an interview, Cormier was asked if he had accomplished what he set out to do at the beginning of his writing career. He answered with characteristic humility: "Oh, yes. My dream was to be known as a writer and to be able to produce at least one book that would be read by people. That dream came true with the publication of my first novel–and all the rest has been a sweet bonus. All I've ever wanted to do, really, was to write." His writing has left the world a legacy of wonderful books, a body of work that will endure.
"Cormier is almost unique in his powerful integration of the personal, political, and moral."—The New York Times Book Review
"Imagine what might happen if Holden Caulfield stepped into H. G. Wells's The Invisible Man, and you'll have an idea how good Fade is. . . . I was absolutely riveted."—Stephen King
"Convincingly and enticingly complex."—Starred, Kirkus Reviews
"One of the eeriest of Cormier's thrillers, this account of vengeance and obsession provides the brand of suspense that has earned him so many fans."—Starred, Publishers Weekly
"Spectacular . . . unnerving and piercingly honest . . . it doesn't end at the end."—The New York Times Book Review
"From the very first page, readers will be caught up in the story."—Booklist
"Superbly written, with characters well developed and a tight, fast-moving plot. . . . A must read."—VOYA
"An intense and powerful exploration of the burdens of accusation and guilt."—The Horn Book Magazine
"Cormier is once again on top of his game. . . . His story will hold fans from first page to last."—Starred, Publishers Weekly
"Powerful."—Starred, VOYA
"[A] powerhouse novel . . . that will follow the reader long after the story has ended."—Booklist
"Compelling . . . and thought-provoking."—School Library Journal
"Superbly crafted. . . . A provocative look at the meaning of belief."—Starred, Kirkus Reviews
"Cormier is in top form in this chilling portrait of a serial murderer. . . . [A] gripping tale."—Starred, School Library Journal
"A mesmerizing plunge into the mind of a psychopathic teen killer that is both deeply disturbing and utterly compelling."—Focus Review, Booklist
"The novel has a wealth of depth and complexity . . . Cormier's best yet."—The Book Report
"Vivid characterizations. . . . Cormier performs literary magic by making us empathize with these two teenagers who live at society's far edges."—VOYA
"Suspenseful and chilling. . . . Vintage Cormier: short pithy sentences and bends in the text take the reader along startling paths."—The Horn Book Magazine


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>Look What I Can Do!>Over 1000 miles for the year
On Thursday I went past the 1000 mile mark. For me this is really great progress considering that last September was the first time in my life I had run more than 40 miles in a month. I ran my first half marathon this year, then my second and am coming up on my third one. I have also set new PR's in every race I have run this year.
I'm stalking another one in the HM (going for something sub 1:50) and the 5K (looking for 23:30) yet this year.
The advice of many on these forums, got me interested in upping my mileage and racing longer distances. It also helped me learn to do it the right way. Other than some lingering plantar fasciitis and one bout of posterior tibial tendonitis, I have been pain and injury free.
I know it is unlikely that I will maintain the rapid progress I have been making this year, but it has been fun watching my race times improve so much. I'm toying with running a marathon next season. We shall see.
Thanks to all who offered advice to me on previous posts.
"I aim to misbehave."
The King of Beasts
I'm stalking another one....
I'm stalking another one....
"As a dreamer of dreams and a travelin' man I have chalked up many a mile. Read dozens of books about heroes and crooks, And I've learned much from both of their styles." ~ Jimmy Buffett
"I don't see much sense in that," said Rabbit. "No," said Pooh humbly, "there isn't. But there was going to be when I began it. It's just that something happened to it along the way.""
Big congrats. In 2008, I had a horribly bout with plantar fasciitis.
I went into 2009 with no goals, hopes, or aspirations other than to be able to run, again, somehow.
Right now I'm 12 miles behind the 1,000 mile pace bunny. This is the closest I've been to the bunny since the first week of January. I hadn't run at all the second half of 2008 and the first half of 2009 was building up mileage slowly.
Now, it looks like I'll finish the year with (fingers crossed)... 1,000 miles.
I may not hit it until 12/31/2009 though.
Hearty congrats and best wishes with the goals ahead.
congrats on 1,000 kr/Mike! that is my goal now as well but have a bit to go. Gets tougher in next month & half because of family visiting in Dec. & the normal expected crappy PNW weather.
Mike, we have a very similar background this yr, I would also like to say a loud THANK YOU to Ra & all the RA people for the motivation & advice!! In fact now going out for hopefully a long slow easy run ??(recurring calf issue from trail race on Sunday)


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The Papers of Abraham Lincoln is a long-term project dedicated to identifying, imaging, and publishing all documents written by or to Abraham Lincoln during his lifetime (1809-1865). After locating the documents, project staff will prepare a high-resolution color digital image of each page. Working from these electronic surrogates, project editors will create authoritative transcriptions of the documents, markup their structural features according to the guidelines developed by the Model Editions Partnership and the Text Encoding Initiative, and provide explanatory annotations. The project will then publish the text files, linked to the graphic images of the originals, on a publicly accessible website.
The combined expertise of Lincoln scholars, nineteenth-century historians, information technology specialists, and historical documentary editors will produce a comprehensive collection of texts from the life of Abraham Lincoln. Drawing on the best practices of the now-mature discipline of scholarly documentary editing, the Papers of Abraham Lincoln will ultimately replace Roy P. Basler et al., eds., The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln (1953), which published only texts written by Lincoln. The Papers of Abraham Lincoln will consist of three series. The Law Practice of Abraham Lincoln: Complete Documentary Edition (2000) comprises the comprehensive component of Series I: Legal Papers. Series II: Illinois Papers and Series III: Presidential Papers will complete the edition.
The Papers of Abraham Lincoln will vitalize new generations of scholarship on Abraham Lincoln, antebellum America, and the Civil War era. While The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln was an extraordinary achievement, the series' lack of incoming correspondence, light annotation, and outmoded transcription policies limit its future usefulness. With the inclusion of incoming correspondence, richer annotation with full citation of sources, and closer attention to textual details, The Papers of Abraham Lincoln will offer scholars, students, and lay readers a fresh, new look at the words and works of America's most admired citizen and the thousands of statesmen, politicians, and ordinary citizens whose lives he touched.
By identifying hitherto unknown or obscure documents and making these and better-known texts readily accessible, the project will also open new vistas on a critical period of the nation's history. Any documentary editing project of high standards and broad scope inevitably provides new and exciting information about the historical context in which its principal subject lived. There is scarcely a more compelling context than the American Civil War and no more central individual than Abraham Lincoln.


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- Full Name:
- Columbus Joel Craycroft 3
- Also known as:
- C.J. Craycroft 3
- Person:
- Columbus Craycroft 4
- Age in 1860: 13 4
- Birth:
- 13 Dec 1845 1
- Male 1
- Birth:
- Male 4
- Estimated Birth Year: 1847 4
- Death:
- 17 Nov 1915 2
- Cause: Fall from top of business property, possibly caused by heart attack 2
- Residence:
- From: 1860 4
Columbus Joel Craycroft, Honorable Discharge
6 Mar 1866 — Little Rock, Arkansas
Honorable Discharge, Columbus J. Craycroft, Columbus J. Craycroft enlisted June 6, 1862, from Marion County, Illinois, for three months, and was mustered into the United States Service June 20, 1862, as a Private in a company not designated of the 68th Illinois Infantry Volunteers, under Colonel Elias Stuart, but was transferred before leaving Springfield, Illinois, to the 70th Illinois Infantry.
The said Columbus J. Craycroft was taken sick while on the road from Springfield, Illinois to Washington, D.C., with Typhoid Fever. He was in a hospital at Alexandria, Virginia, thence removed to Washington, D.C., and late sent to hospital camp in Rhode Island, between Providence and Newport, going from there to Springfield, Illinois, in time to be mustered out with his regiment at the expiration of his term of service.
He re-enlisted December 16, 1863, at Camp Butler, Illinois, for three years, as a Private in Company "F" 62d Illinois Infantry Volunteers, under Captain Jesse Crooks later Captain George B. Everingham and Colonel M. True. He enlisted as a Recruit and joined the Regiment at Little Rock, Arkansas, and was in all the engagements of the 62d regiment except while ill with Pneumonia fever, and in hospital at Pine Bluff, Arkansas. He was promoted to Corporal November 10, 1865.
The 62d left the state for Paducah, Kentucky, in June 1862, and was ordered to Tennessee, where it remained during the summer and autumn of 1862. In August 1863 it was transferred to Arkansas and on September 10th met the enemy near Little Rock driving him back and compelling the evacuation of the place. On January 9, 1864, the regiment re-enlisted as a veteran organization. On April 10, 1865 the veterans and recruits were consolidated into seven companies, and remained on duty at Pine Bluff until July 28th, excepting an expedition it made to Monticello, Arkansas, where it was on duty reconstructing the County Civil Affairs, after which it returned to Pine Bluff. Then it moved by river to Fort Gibson, Cherokee Nation, where it was stationed as a part of Brig. General Bussey's command in the District of the Frontier.
Columbus J. Craycroft received his final discharge March 6, 1866 at Little Rock, Arkansas.


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XY004 is the fourth episode of Pokémon the Series: XY.
Episode Plot编辑
Serena is given a Pokédex by Professor Sycamore, and she is allowed to choose one of the three starter Pokémon of Kalos. Serena decided who she would choose before she left home, and her choice is revealed to be Fennekin.
Meanwhile, Ash, Clemont, and Bonnie are resting in the woods as they make their way to Santalune City. Bonnie is gushing over Pikachu's cuteness and stroking it's tail. Ash allows Bonnie to feed his Pikachu and Fletchling some Pokémon food. However, a Dedenne runs up to Bonnie, snatches a piece of Pokémon food from her hand, and runs up a tree to eat it. The three are shocked, as they realize that this Dedenne is the same one that ran away from them in the previous episode. Bonnie still desperately wants the Dedenne, but it runs away again, and the three chase after it.
A humourous scene occurs when Dedenne digs mutliple holes in order to trick Ash, Clemont and Bonnie. Clemont ultimately ends up grabbing Pikachu, mistaking it for Dedenne, and Pikachu zaps him in surprise. Pikachu jumps down a hole and corners Dedenne before tackling it. The two tumble down the tunnel, into another tunnel, and end up falling out of a hole on the side of a cliff. Furious, Dedenne attempts to run away, but Pikachu manages to settle things between the two. Team Rocket spies on the two electric Pokémon, and decide that poaching Pikachu now is a good time, as Ash and his troublesome gang isn't nearby to stop them.
Later, Dedenne and Pikachu try to find their way back to Ash and friends, who in turn are trying to find the two Pokémon. Pikachu zaps a Sitrus Berry off a tree for the hungry Dedenne, but the Antenna Pokémon's meal is cut short by Team Rocket, who shoots a net that narrowly misses the two Pokémon. Team Rocket chases Dedenne and Pikachu to a rocky hillside, where the two Pokémon manage to put some distance between them and Team Rocket, despite Dedenne nearly falling off (Pikachu saves Dedenne, who is impressed by Pikachu's bravery). James decides to use his new Inkay for the first time, and Inkay manages to injure Dedenne with a Tackle and knock both of the electric Pokémon into a river. Team Rocket chases them on an inflatable boat but they end up crashing into a rock and deflating their boat, which sends them flying into the sky with all the air being released out of it.
Ash's Fletchling flies overhead and finds Pikachu and a weakened Dedenne. Ash and friends reunite with Pikachu and Dedenne, but the occasion is bittersweet as Dedenne is too tired to stand up. Clemont makes a machine that recharges Dedenne with electricity, but he pulls out an essential part of the machine by accident, causing it to explode. Although another one of Clemont's machines has been destroyed, Dedenne is recharged and as energetic as ever. Team Rocket returns and Clemont commands Dedenne in the fight. Dedenne uses Nuzzle on James's Inkay, paralyzing the Revolving Pokémon. Dedenne and Pikachu send a lightning bolt at Inkay and Team Rocket, blasting them off yet again. With Team Rocket taken care of, Clemont finally catches Dedenne. The three are overjoyed, especially Bonnie.
The episodes ends with Serena and her new Fennekin walking through the woods, looking for a Pokémon Center. A Vespiquen attacks them, and Fennekin manages to repel it's attacks. The Vespiquen escapes and Nurse Joy and Wigglytuff arrive shortly after. Nurse Joy helps lead the two to the nearby Pokémon Center.
- Pokémon Debuts
- Though Bonnie takes care of Dedenne, it is technically Clemont's since he caught it.
- Although Meowth says he couldn't translate between Dedenne and Pikachu's electric conversation, he did however translate between Zapdos and Pikachu's electric conversation in Pokémon The Movie 2000 - The Power of One. But this time, the Electric-types were communicating through their cheecks.


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How do I care for my wool garment?
The golden rule is wash as seldom as possible and air frequently. We call this 'wind-washing', hang your garment out in the air and you will be amazed at how fresh it becomes. Never machine wash; they should be washed by hand using wool washing detergent and in cool water below 30 degrees Celsius. Gently squeeze excess water off, never wring, twist or rub. Always dry flat and never put in a tumble drier.
What do the different stitches of the Aran sweater mean?
There are many stitches that make up Irish sweaters. They were passed down from mother to daughter and from generation to generation. Each stitch has a symbol and meaning. The main stitches are as follows:
- Cable stitch: symbolises fisherman's ropes and represents a wish for a fruitful day at sea.
- Zigzag stitch: represents the cliffs of the island, or the ups and downs of life.
- Diamond Stitch: Signifies the small farms throughout the island and some believe it represents wealth.
- Trellis stitch: Represents the stone walls of Ireland.
- Blackberry Stitch: Some believe that this has a link to religion.
- Moss stitch: This is the symbol of nature all around us
- Honeycomb stitch: This represents the hard working bee, signifying the hard work of the fisherman
Is my shipment subject to duty / customs?
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The two have been accused of making "crush videos," which are real depictions of animals being tortured or killed.
"Ms. Richards states that she made these videos at the request of customers … to satisfy sexual fetishes," Assistant Harris County District Attorney Belinda Smith said.
In one video, Richards allegedly tortured a pit bull puppy with a meat cleaver and knife before killing it, investigators said.
Detectives said that in another, Richards wore a pair of stiletto heels to stomp a cat to death.
Justice allegedly ran the camera.
The two were allegedly selling the videos online.
The case was sparked by a tip from People for the Ethical Treatment for Animals. That organization figured out that the videos were made in Houston, and that led police to Richards and Justice.
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While the review embargo for Skyrim is still in effect, those on the VGA voting council have played enough to nominate it as one the five finalists for Game of the Year! Skyrim joins Portal 2, Batman: Arkham City, Uncharted 3, and The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword.
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Peralta makes a strong second impression
Starter works three scoreless innings, allowing one hit and striking out three
PHOENIX -- The A's scored their second walk-off win of the spring on Tuesday when Luke Montz hit a two-run home run to beat the Brewers, 6-4, at Phoenix Municipal Stadium.
Brewers pitching prospect Johnny Hellweg inherited a 4-3 lead in the ninth inning and lost it quickly. He had Bruce Maxwell in an 0-and-2 count before Maxwell smacked a breaking ball for a double to the right-center-field gap. Max Muncy followed with an Arizona single that chopped over the second baseman and tied the game. Montz, a 30-year-old catcher and first baseman, won the game by hitting a fastball over the fence in left field.
"I wasn't going to let him bunt there, that's for sure," A's manager Bob Melvin said.
The A's lost their other split-squad game on Tuesday, 6-4 to the Cubs, and are 5-2-1 in the Cactus League. The Brewers fell to 3-4.
"I hate losing games like that," Brewers manager Ron Roenicke said. "It just drives me crazy."
The Brewers had led since the second inning thanks to a balanced offense that included RBIs from Khris Davis, Martin Maldonado and Caleb Gindl and a strong start by right-hander Wily Peralta. In his second spring appearance and first start, Peralta allowed one hit, one walk and struck out three batters in three scoreless innings.
He said he started throwing earlier than usual over the winter to avoid a repeat of last season's slow start.
"He looks great. Fastball command is good, velocity is great, movement is great," Roenicke said. "I'm glad to hear that he's trying to get off to a good start. He really hasn't told me that, but that's what we've talked about [in staff meetings]. We want to get him off to a good start, and right now, mentally, it looks like he's into it."
A's starter Dan Straily, meanwhile, didn't fare so well in his Cactus League debut, getting ahead of hitters but struggling to put them away. He retired each of his first four batters but put six of the next eight on base, via a pair of walks and four hits, and departed in the third inning with the bases loaded in a 2-0 deficit.
Only one of those runners scored against righty reliever Evan Scribner, who is vying for the A's final bullpen spot and remained in the game to rack up his fourth scoreless inning of the spring. He has struck out four in that span.
The A's got their first run from John Jaso, who belted his first homer of the spring to right-center field in the sixth. Jaso was making his first start at catcher since Wednesday's opener, when he was hit by a pitch above his right elbow.
Up next: Yovani Gallardo will make his second spring start when the Brewers host the A's on Wednesday at Maryvale Baseball Park, the second meeting of these teams in as many days, and their third meeting in the first week of Spring Training. Gallardo worked two scoreless innings in his unofficial season debut last week, holding the Giants to one hit, and is one of the candidates (with Kyle Lohse and Matt Garza) to start Opening Day against the Braves. Roenicke has yet to make his plan public. Wednesday's game begins a stretch of four consecutive home games, each of which will be televised on FS Wisconsin.
Jane Lee is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Recently I was in a kindergarten class with children who were just six weeks into their first year of school. Their shoes were still shiny and their eyes full of wonder as they hung on to the teacher's every word.
The students were working in groups playing literacy games as the teacher moved around the classroom. A bystander may have thought she was just chatting to her students but, as a teacher, I could see she was doing several things.
She was assessing the students' left to right movement, which is fundamental to learning to read; embedding phonics and sounding out words; using positive language to build the children's confidence for learning and interacting closely with each of them to understand their specific learning needs.
It reminded me how complex teaching is and how proud I am of this profession. But the profession has always evolved and we are at a point where teachers are preparing students for jobs that have not yet been created. Internationally, there is a greater emphasis on the four Cs - collaboration, critical thinking, creativity and communication - for students and teachers.
With NSW Institute of Teachers chief executive Patrick Lee and NSW Board of Studies president Tom Alegounarias, I have co-written Great Teaching, Inspired Learning: A blueprint for action. One of the important things about working on this blueprint for teaching was the emphasis on collaboration to improve teacher practice and student outcomes.
Collaboration, including teachers working together to prepare lessons and assessments, classroom observation and constructive feedback is standard practice in high-performing education systems in Finland, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Korea and Singapore. Teachers learn from each other.
In the OECD Teaching and Learning International Survey in 2008, many teachers reported they received little regular and effective appraisal on their classroom practice and that feedback was largely administrative and had little impact on their teaching.
We need to entrench a culture of collaboration in our schools. Some schools have excellent structures for collaborative professional learning activities; others pay lip service to collaboration because the classroom has traditionally been considered the private domain of the teacher.
I remember that even as a student teacher I learnt from my supervisors' feedback and their classroom observation of my lessons - in particular, to use and value my professional judgment.
Nowadays I go into some staffrooms and feel the buzz as teachers discuss a strategy they are collaborating on to improve their students' learning. But this doesn't happen in every school.
Teaching is personal and we all want to make a difference but it is important that we throw open our classroom doors, because the most effective education systems are those in which the responsibility for student learning is shared. It's when teachers and principals work together to evaluate what strategy they can use to take their students to the next stage.
Under the blueprint I co-wrote, teachers would have professional learning plans aligned to the professional standards that spell out the skills and knowledge they need at different stages of their careers. Greater recognition would be given to professional learning in the school to address these standards.
Teaching excellence and professional learning will be identified, shared and developed through collaboration and learning within schools and across sectors, and by using technology. Professional learning that has the greatest impact on teacher and school-leader quality will be researched, published and used as evidence to inform future learning practices.
Our research tells us that teachers in NSW public schools consider collaboration with their colleagues critical to improving their teaching.
A three-year study of 6000 teachers completed last year found that primary school teachers felt collaborating with colleagues on lesson preparation and resources was their most significant professional learning practice. Their high school colleagues named lesson observation as the clear favourite.
Teachers talked about the power of observing another teacher and then discussing what worked and why, to discover what the teacher did to get that result from a student; or finding a new direction to improve the students' learning outcomes. They talked of the importance of preparing lessons together to meet syllabus outcomes or to engage their students.
The desire by teachers is there for greater collaboration. But building a strong culture of collaborative inquiry in our schools will involve breaking down the assumption that teaching is an independent profession. It is not an independent profession. Teaching is a collaborative profession.
Michele Bruniges is director-general of the NSW Department of Education and Communities.


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Having moved out of The Gateway in downtown Salt Lake City, the Apple Store held a grand opening at its new location at City Creek Center on Main Street at 10 a.m. Saturday.
The Apple Store at City Creek is one of two such electronics stores in Utah owned and operated by Apple. The other is at Fashion Place Mall in Murray. The stores sell Apple hardware and software, including the iPhone, iPad, iMac and MacBook Pro laptops. The Gateway store opened in November 2005 and broke its lease to move to City Creek.


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A taboo is an inhibition resulting from social customs or emotional aversion. Taboos serve a useful purpose to society because they prevent people from getting into uncomfortable situations. However, taboos can cause people to ignore certain solutions to problems, even if these solutions are very good.
A popular example is to imagine a pipe stuck in the ground with a ping-pong ball in the bottom. How do you get the ping-pong ball out using a minimum of supplies and without damaging anything? The taboo answer is to pee into the pipe, thus floating the ball out. This is a very effective solution and you may have thought of this answer, but if you had been in a group of people, you probably would not have verbalized it.
Since taboos exist to protect other members of society, you do not need to censor yourself when you are working alone. You might not end up with a taboo solution, but sometimes you must think through incorrect or unacceptable solutions in order to reach a correct one.
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CLUBS remain largely in the dark about drugs. They don't know who is using what, whether a particular player has an serious issue and the only time they will know is when they are called, five minutes before the media, to be told that their player has struck out and will be suspended.
Mind you, this has only ever happened once, to Hawthorn's Travis Tuck. To the frustration of many dim-bulb observers, the object of the policy was - and will remain - rehabilitation, not punishment.
The summit can be seen as a push by clubs to be brought in to the loop. The policy, to date, has been explicitly designed to keep the information in the hands of doctors and not in view of CEOs, coaches or other footy officials.
In essence, this is what the ''summit'' - a very Bob Hawke-era concept - was really about. Clubs feel excluded, powerless to deal with the invisible phantoms of cocaine, ecstacy and cystal meth. They are selling themselves as a party that can help. The players are wary, but prepared to listen. After the talk, the substance of the policy, so to speak, is the same, with the only the self-reporting scam to be closed.
The current policy has been based partly on the notion that clubs do not have a player's welfare alone to take into account; they have sponsors to appease, appearances to keep and, not least, games to win.
The prevailing view has been that clubs, in Jack Nicholson's words, can't handle the truth. If they were told after two strikes, the average player might be cactus, the star put up for trade. But even that's not the issue, which is that confidentiality is more apt to vanish once a club knows; a CEO, as one explained, would be duty-bound to tell his board. And once the board knows, so will everyone else.
It transpires, though, that the clubs aren't completely out of the loop if they have a cluster of positive tests. The CEO is called in to meet with the AFL doctors if there are three ''strikes'' within a six-month period, as we believe has happened with two clubs fairly recently.
But the clubs still aren't told the players' identities. One would assume they should be able to find out once this alarm has been sounded.
Doctors aside, even the people running clubs are finding themselves on a Matterhorn-level learning curve on this subject. In the bombardment of expert opinion they heard on Wednesday, they received some - very measured - support for being told after two strikes from Dr Michael Carr-Gregg.
What the meeting heard, via the experts, was that there were three main types using drugs in the AFL.
Type A is the player who's had too much to drink, is contrite and after a talking to, will likely never do it again.
Type B is the player who has mental health or psychological issues and is, in effect, self-medicating with illicit drugs (rather than prescription stuff).
Type C is the player who uses drugs, doesn't give a fig about what anyone thinks and is effectively, as one at the meeting put it, extending his index finger to everyone, including his club.
No one, including the clubs, wants to punish Types A or B. They aren't the issue. One is a oncer, the other has an underlying health issue. Tuck, for instance, was clearly Type B.
But Type C is in the crosshairs of the clubs. They want to know about him and, presumably, to deal with him.
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Canada's touring side kicked off the Irish tour with a dominating 40 over warm up performance on Saturday vs Leprechauns CC at North Kildare in Kilcock, County Kildare. This was the only scheduled warm-up fixture for the tour.
Played under prodominately overcast, wet, and windy conditions, Canadian XI Skipper Jimmy Hansra was buoyant on the positive start to the team's tour.
"It was a well fought contest and a good experience for us playing in overcast and wet conditions. Everybody chipped in on the batting side with Gunasekera's knock being the stand out contribution."
Hansra was equally positive about his side's seamer's who grabbed the lion's share of the Leprechaun wickets.
"The bowlers bowled positively and used the conditions well. It's a good start to the tour and we will take this winning attitude and momentum into our series against Ireland"
The match was covered live with special thanks to Railway CC's Derek Caroll via a live Google Docs scorecard and regular updates on Cricket Canada's FACEBOOK and TWITTER feeds.
09.10.11 | 10:15am EDT | Canada have set the home side a target of 197 from 40 overs. Hiral Patel (36) and Ruvindu Gunasekera (59) were the noteable Canadian contributions with the bat.
09.10.11 | 11:15am EDT | Khurram Chohan has ripped through the Leprechaun top order claiming 3 wickets in his first 4 overs. Leprechaun CC are 39 for 3 after 9 overs.
09.10.11 | 12:00pm EDT | 4 strikes from Harvir Baidwan has Canada XI in control. Leprechaun CC is 62-7 from 14 overs.
09.10.11 | 12:45pm EDT | Zahid Hussain claims his first. Leprechaun CC are 103 for 8 in 27 overs. Play has been suspended due to rain.
09.10.11 | 1:20pm EDT | Match awarded to CANADA XI on D/L
09.09.11 | 1:00pm EDT Canadian paceman Henry Osinde was unable to depart with the team from Toronto on Thursday evening due to an unspecified travel document issue.
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