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Same-sex rights debate continues in Gensee County
Tue, 25 Feb 2014 23:25:10 GMT —
For now same-sex couples are unable to legally marry in Michigan. And while their marriages are not recognized the state, some Michigan based businesses are now choosing to recognize the unions and provide benefits to same sex couples.
"I spend 24 years hiding who I was because I feared losing my job," said Phillip Hubbard.
Hubbard, an openly gay man, is continuing his fight for gay rights after a recent surgery complication kept his partner from checking on him.
"My partner is trans male to female," said Hubbard.
Without legal marriage or a shared employer health plan, the hospital can not legally give out information about his condition to Hubbard's partner.
"My partner was unable to get answers from the doctor."
Companies like General Motors are extending benefits to same sex couples. They call it evolving hiring. Itâ??s something economists say could catch on with smaller businesses.
"Maybe they start providing benefits for previous same-sex partners," said University of Michigan-Flint Economics Professor Chris Douglas.
However, Governor Rick Snyder is supporting the states ban on partner benefits for same-sex couples working in state and local government.
"There would be a cost associated with providing those benefits to state and local governments and local school districts," said Douglas.
"The states are going to have to open their eyes and see its discrimination and see that itâ??s happening one state at a time," said Hubbard.
The fight for gay rights is nationwide; Arizona Governor Jan Brewer is weighing the options on whether to allow legislation that would allow business owners to deny service to gay and lesbian customers.

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Following the news today that a requirement for a federal Balanced Budget Amendment has been included in the House of Representatives' federal debt reduction proposal, Florida Governor Rick Scott, Senate President Mike Haridopolos, and House Speaker Dean Cannon released the following statements:
"I applaud the proposal released today to require a federal Balanced Budget Amendment as a part of the debt reduction package in the House of Representatives. It is time for the federal government to begin making the tough choices Americans expect to end irresponsible spending and the crushing national debt.
"I am committed to working with our legislative leaders to ensure that if Congress passes a Federal Balanced Budget Amendment to the United States Constitution, Florida will be the first state to set a Special Session to ratify it. This is exactly the type of reform that Floridians have been asking for from Washington, D.C., and the type of leadership our state and nation need to continue growing jobs and the economy."
"It is clear today that the message of fiscal discipline that Floridians have been sending to our leaders in Washington, D.C., may finally be sinking in. In Florida, voters have demanded that we make the tough choices necessary to balance our budget, despite a record shortfall, without raising taxes or fees. We did just that, and also passed a proposed constitutional amendment that would cap government spending, ensuring it never grows faster than a family's ability to pay for it.
"This is the type of reform that Washington needs to enact--and now. I look forward to working with Governor Scott to make certain that Florida is the first state to set a date for ratification and continues to lead the nation in the type of reforms that will grow our economy for future generations."
"Balancing a budget means making difficult decisions and prioritizing critical needs over important wants. Families, businesses and the majority of states already make these hard choices every day, while the federal government seems content just kicking the can down the road.
"It is clear that America has a severe spending problem that our leaders in Washington haven't had the will to address. If given the opportunity, I am confident that the states will show restraint where the federal government has failed.
"I look forward to Florida leading the way towards ratification of a federal balanced budget amendment."
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The Sausalito Woman's Club remains as strong today in its historic mission as it was at its founding. Members still carry on the civic involvement and charitable efforts that the founders embraced. Just as Grace MacGregor Robbins envisioned, the clubhouse is a center for the full spectrum of Sausalito community life, from elections, holiday open houses and performances, to weddings and memorial services.
Moreever, the clubhouse itself is a hallowed building that bears the imprint of Julia Morgan, one of California's most celebrated architects. The clubhouse has also borne witness to the struggles and triumphs of scores of extraordinary Sausalito women over the past century.
As the Sausalito Woman's Club approaches its second century, its future path is in clear focus: to safe-keep the history, traditions, civic activism and beloved clubhouse for generations of Sausalito women to come.


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May 20, 2014
The U.S. House of Representatives passed a $12.3 billion water infrastructure reauthorization bill on Tuesday, The Hill reports.
The conference version of the bill, dubbed the Water Resources Reform and Development Act (WRRDA) of 2014, would authorize funding for waterway projects, including construction and maintenance. If the Senate passes the bill, it will be the first water infrastructure bill Congress has authorized since 2007.
The initial version of the bill passed in October 2013.
During a press conference on Tuesday, Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) praised the bill for a lack of earmarks.
"This bill will help create jobs, help strengthen our economy and it's the first time this bill has ever been produced where there are no earmarks in this bill," Boehner said. "It's a significant policy achievement."
House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill Shuster (R-Pa.) has worked to promote the bill since its introduction in September 2013.
Shuster noted that the bill cuts authorization for projects such as $18 billion worth of projects that the Army Corps of Engineers deems outdated.
"We should be proud that this is the most fiscally responsible WRRDA in history," Shuster said.
Rep. John K. Delaney (D-MD) also applauded the "fiscally-responsible" nature of the bill.
""This water resources infrastructure bill makes our country more competitive, reforms and streamlines the project delivery process, and improves our water transportation networks," Delaney said in a prepared statement. "It's extremely encouraging that a large bipartisan consensus was reached on this important bill, which includes input from both sides of the aisle and is fiscally-responsible."
However, Delaney noted that work doesn't end with the bill's passage.
While today's vote is another step towards maintaining current levels of investment, we have more work to do. Building a truly world-class and twenty-first century infrastructure grid should be our number one economic priority," he added.
National Stone, Sand and Gravel Association (NSSGA) President and CEO Mike Johnson noted that a need for infrastructure investment has again produced a bipartisan bill. The Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee approved a bipartisan highway bill last week.
"Senate Environment & Public Works Committee Chairman Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill Shuster (R-Pa.) and all the conferees on the WRRDA legislation should be proud of this important achievement," Johnson said in a prepared statement. "The overwhelmingly bipartisan margins by which this legislation was passed in each chamber prove once again that nothing can bring the two parties together quite like the need to invest in and strengthen America's infrastructure."
NSSGA Chairman Paul I. Detwiler III noted the importance of WRRDA in improving all infrastructure.
"It is heartening to see Congress step up to the plate when it comes to finding solutions to the crisis facing the country's water and surface transportation network," Detwiler said in a prepared statement. "Monumental steps, including increased investment, must be taken immediately to repair and revive our aging infrastructure if we intend to remain competitive and prosperous in a global marketplace. The WRRDA bill is an important initial step toward that goal."
For more information about WRRDA, visit transportation.house.gov/wrrda.
To view a copy of the conference report, click here.


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Top girls team
Nature Coast appears an overwhelming favorite to defend its Class 2A, District 6 title. Coach Louise Downey returns three of her top four singles players, including the state-qualifying doubles tandem of junior Rachel Conter and senior Olivia Williams. Conter, the incumbent at No. 1 singles, has been battling Williams for the spot. At the lower seeds, Downey replenishes her lineup with freshmen Mallorie Pickersgill and Delanie McCabe, whom Downey says were the No. 1 players last year at Challenger K-8 and West Hernando Middle School, respectively. "They're a very, very good team," Downey said. "I have high hopes for them."
Top boys team
Nature Coast and Wiregrass Ranch could wage a Bjorn Borg-John McEnroe-style duel in the Class 2A, District 6 tournament in April. Wiregrass returns everyone from last season's district runnerup squad, and the Sharks return nearly everyone from their third-place team.
How balanced are the Bulls? Senior James Mudge, a district champ at No. 3 singles, for now has supplanted senior James Reilly — last year's No. 1 — for the top singles spot, coach Dave Wilson said. Nature Coast returns six of its top seven, including senior No. 1 player P.J. Watterson, who defeated every local opponent not named Chris Nyholm in 2008. As a doubles team, Watterson and sophomore Simon Toftegaard reached the 2A state tournament last season.
Top girls player
River Ridge sophomore Tijana Subotic didn't surrender a set last year until suffering a pair of straight-set defeats in the postseason. A year-round player, she'll anchor a Royal Knights team that must rebuild the bottom of its singles lineup.
Top boys player
Normally, this would be a no-brainer. Hernando junior Chris Nyholm, below, was the Times' North Suncoast player of the year and a district singles champ in 2008. Problem is, we don't know if he's playing. After being disqualified from last year's 2A individual state tournament when his team arrived late, Nyholm said he wouldn't play for Hernando in 2009. So far, neither Nyholm nor new Leopards coach Reid Sellers have responded to numerous phone messages and e-mails. Ex-Leopard Eric Lawson, Nyholm's close friend and 2008 doubles partner, said he doesn't think Nyholm is playing. If that's the case, the race for local boys supremacy is wide open. Nature Coast's Watterson, Wesley Chapel's Yuya Burkhart and Wiregrass Ranch's Mudge all could stake a claim by season's end.
Other boys teams to watch
Sunlake: Look for the Seahawks to be in the thick of that intense 2A-6 battle. Coach Sam Koleduk returns everyone, including solid No. 1 player Nicolai Atkinson and No. 2 singles district champ Garren Dial, from an 11-4 team. Watch for freshman Lang Phi Tran Pham, who could work his way into the No. 3 singles spot.
Central: The Bears lost only one of their top five singles players from a 2008 squad that placed third in Class 3A, District 5. Among the returners: T.J. Armstrong, a district champ at No. 5 singles.
River Ridge: The Knights graduated the top of their singles lineup and said farewell to coach Paul Scolaro, who stepped down to pursue other interests. But this program always seems to replenish itself effectively.
Other girls teams to watch
River Ridge: Subotic and sophomore classmate Nicola Wellman give the Royal Knights arguably the area's best 1-2 punch, and a lethal doubles tandem. That alone makes another undefeated regular season conceivable. A playoff run, however, depends on how well coach Doug Howery's newcomers develop at the Nos. 3, 4 and 5 singles spots.
Wiregrass Ranch: The Bulls, runnersup to Nature Coast at last season's 2A-6 tournament, will mount a formidable challenge again. Sophomore Hannah Still, who defeated Sharks star Rachel Conter once last season, and junior Amber Fahrner lead a team that might be deeper than it was a year ago.
Ridgewood: The return of seniors Tamara Bustard and Aleesa Williamson make the Rams a team exactly no one wants to play.
Did you know?
• Danielle Fotopoulos, a member of the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup team and star of the University of Florida's 1998 women's soccer national title team, is coaching the Land O'Lakes girls. We don't know how the Gators will fare this spring, but we like their chances if any of their matches come down to penalty kicks.
• Wiregrass Ranch has 16 players on its boys team.
• Nature Coast junior Brittany Barrett, one of the area's top wheelchair players, makes her high school debut Tuesday against Springstead at Delta Woods Park. The Florida High School Athletic Association, in accordance with USTA guidelines, will allow Barrett two bounces on her side of the court.
Joey Knight, Times staff writer


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So far, Canada's banks have gotten a free pass from the mess for financial stocks. Sure, they have sold off, but nothing compared to what's happening to banks in Europe, which are getting savaged.
Do our lenders deserve the kid-gloves treatment? No, argues a blog post making the rounds from Zero Hedge blogger Tyler Durden, who despite inexplicably naming himself after the Brad Pitt character in Fight Club often makes some pretty good points about financial markets and has a large following.
So, is he right on his contention that "there is one place that has been very much insulated from the whipping of the market, and one place where banks are potentially in just as bad a shape as anywhere else in Europe. That place is....Canada."?
His argument is based on running a screen of global banks to look at their tangible common equity ratios. He's looking for banks that would have their equity wiped out by a smallish reduction (4 per cent or less) in the value of their assets. What does he find? A lot of European banks and a lot of Canadian banks.
Five of Canada's big six banks show up in the screen as lenders with tangible common equity ratios of less than 4 per cent, meaning that a drop in the value of their assets of 4 per cent would wipe out basically all the equity in the Canadian banking system. (Bank of Montreal is in best shape at 4.15 per cent.) Scary stuff at first blush.
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce is right at the top of the list, with a TCE ratio of 2.8 per cent, not even as good as BNP Paribas. National Bank of Canada Bank of Nova Scotia , Royal Bank of Canada , Toronto-Dominion Bank and Bank of Montreal are all right behind in the top (should we say bottom) 21.
Now wait, say those of you who have been paying attention to Canadian bank disclosure. Canadian banks routinely disclose TCE ratios north of 10 per cent. Well, yes, but it's a case of apples and oranges. The banks talk about tangible common equity to risk weighted assets, while Mr. Durden (am I the only one who feels strange calling him that?) is looking at TCE to total assets. Risk weighted assets adjust for the chance that the assets will go bad, and that's hardly a science. Total assets doesn't allow for such judgement calls.
On that basis, Canadian banks are just as leveraged as European banks, and far more so than American banks. Is the legend of Canadian bank invincibility starting to shake for you just yet?
Is Canada ready for a beatdown by the bond market vigilantes? Are Canadian sovereign and bank credit default swap spreads going to blast higher when people realize the hidden danger in Toronto's bank towers, as Mr. Durden argues they will?
Before you can answer that question you have to decide if the odds of an asset haircut are the same in Canada as they are in Europe.
Over yonder in the euro zone, the banks face the very real prospect of losses on the value of the bonds they hold that were issued by countries like Greece, Ireland, Spain and Portugal. Losing four per cent of total assets doesn't seem like a stretch.
In Canada, the concern would have to be the housing portfolios, the biggest chunks of Canadian banks' assets. If you believe that housing is in for a severe correction in Canada, and that Canadians won't repay their mortgages when the value of their homes falls, and that the banks will have to take significant write downs on the portions of their mortgage portfolios that are not insured by the federal government, then maybe you will come to the conclusion that Mr. Durden is onto something.
If you are one of those who believes housing can never fall, or if you believe that Canadians will continue to pay their mortgages even in a housing correction, as they have always done in past, then maybe you can breathe a little easier.


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We'll vote Vision out
Vancouver city council has really done it this time. The redevelopment of Oakridge approved last week wasn't wanted by the people.
We are not against development, but towers up to 44 storeys … are you kidding me?
Did council listen to anyone at any of the meetings?
This was yet another rubber-stamped project; it is abundantly clear that Vision does what it wants with no respect for the people that live in South Vancouver.
Mayor Gregor Robertson says that by focusing on a new development like Oakridge we can save our single-family neighbourhoods. Is he smoking crack?
Vision hasn't listened to anybody from any community, to date, on their project.
By giving this development the green light you put the nail in your own coffin come election time.
I can assure you, Mr. Robertson, that come election time you will see a turnout from people from South Vancouver like you have never seen before.
We all can't wait to toss you and your arrogant party out on the street.
Bryan Wilson, Vancouver
No thought to citizens
The approval of the Oakridge redevelopment shows how out of touch our politicians are.
Concerned citizens waited for three days to be heard — well over 100 of them.
It was most likely a done deal at city hall before last week's public-hearing meetings.
If Vision Vancouver wanted to show true leadership, it would have put a project of this magnitude to a vote by the citizens.
Vision's behaviour clearly shows that it is not interested in how citizens feel or what they care about.
The citizens — and by their proxy the elected government of a city — must tell developers what they want rather than have developers tell the citizens what they will get.
Vancouver used to be very good at this, what happened?
David Jones, West Vancouver
Condo owners beware
Justice Minister Suzanne Anton recently introduced Bill 17 (Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2014) that includes a proposed amendment to section 23 of the Real Estate Development Marketing Act. This is the legislation that governs the marketing of real estate by developers to consumers like you and me.
The amendment would make a purchase agreement enforceable against a purchaser where the developer's disclosure statement included misrepresentation of a material fact and the developer was not aware of the misrepresentation at the time the agreement was entered into.
This amendment would remove the ability of the purchaser to terminate or renegotiate the agreement upon discovery of the misrepresentation.
It also enables a developer to recklessly include unsubstantiated information in a disclosure statement since he can later claim he did not know about the inaccuracies, while still enforcing the purchase agreement against the purchaser who relied upon the misrepresentation. This would enable an "open season" on purchasers by irresponsible developers.
The amendment must be stopped to maintain protection of consumers from the corrupt business practices of some developers.
Deryk Norton, Mill Bay
Unionized workers 'gave their all'
Re: Rocky Mountaineer op-ed by Susan Martinuk.
Martinuk's opinion piece was based on her imagination of events rather than facts. She does not talk about the sacrifices, anguish and, yes, heroics, of those Teamster members who were locked out — employees who gave their all to help make the Rocky Mountaineer train the experience it is.
She certainly fails to mention that the proposals put forward by the Teamster members were ones of fairness and respect. Those members certainly did not expect a further erosion of a collective agreement that had just endured a three-year wage freeze.
I take comfort in the fact that the vast majority of British Columbians do not share her opinion.
Stan Hennessy, president, Teamsters Local 31, Delta
Canada isn't Canada without Quebec
Quebec should go, according to the letter-writer Tony Paone. But what will Atlantic Canada look like after Quebec's extraction?
Canadian Alaska? Canada without an important tooth?
Sorry, Mr. Paone, that would not be my vision of a country.
Jerzy Rudowski, Langley
Minister is crazy
Rev. Adriaan Geuze of the Reformed Congregation of North America in Chilliwack needs to be publicly shamed for his comments about measles being God's will.
What rubbish!
Apprehend the children of those parents who refused vaccination and return them only when the outbreak is over and other children in the families are vaccinated.
Withdraw any public funding from that school. Their right to freedom of religion stops at the door to their church.
We would certainly no allow some cult to beat, starve or in any other way neglect their children.
Why do we let them put their children and other people at risk of a preventable disease?
Greg Middleton, Victoria
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The Chinese name for the Red Panda is "hunho" or firefox.
The Gila monster's body is squat and heavy with a large head. The scales have a granular surface, providing excellent camouflage with texture and color among the desert sand and pebbles. Scales have the appearance of blue, hot pink, silver, pink, orange, baby blue or yellow beads, laid down in intricate patterns. The Gila monster possesses large forefeet and short but sharp claws, ideal for digging. The tail is short and thick, and it contains a fat store enabling it to survive periods of food shortage.
Slow moving and awkward, this lizard is unable to catch anything but eggs and newborn animals. It searches for nests of prey by following trails with its tongue and Jacobson's organ (which is a special scent organ). The Gila monster's bite contains venom that attacks the nervous system of its prey. The venom is strong enough to kill mammals and birds, but does not seem to be important for hunting as most prey are small enough to be subdued with jaws and teeth. Unlike other venomous reptiles, the venom flows from salivary glands into a groove on the teeth, making its way into the wound.
Both of our Gila monsters here at PPZ come from Seattle's Woodland Park Zoo, and have been with us in Lansing since 1993! Visit them in the Bird and Reptile House year round.
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MEMPHIS — A day into one of the city's biggest murder investigations in decades — two men, two women and two boys shot and stabbed — police conceded Tuesday they had virtually nothing to go on.
Investigators said they believed the attacker or attackers were not among the dead, ruling out a murder-suicide.
But detectives faced a broad window for the killings: some time between Saturday night and Monday evening, when the six bodies and three wounded children were found in a small brick home on a dead-end street in a poor neighborhood east of downtown.
Officers went door to door looking for tips that could lead to a suspect or a motive.
"We're working with a blank sheet of paper," police spokeswoman Monique Martin said.
None of the victims had been identified. Most had been shot, and at least one child had been stabbed, authorities said. The children ranged in age from about 1 to 12 years old, police said.
The surviving children were hospitalized, two in very critical condition and the other in serious, according to police. Their families asked that no details of their conditions be released.
Meanwhile, authorities hoped for leads from the rough-edged community called Binghampton, where low-income houses and apartments sit near cheap motels and junkyards.
"We know there are people out there who have heard things, seen things, known things" that might help "put together pieces of the puzzle on what occurred in that home," said Lt. Joe Scott, a homicide detective.
It was not immediately clear how the killings could have gone unnoticed — police said five of the six victims were shot — though the neighborhood does experience some drug- and gang-related violence.
The weekend attack appeared to be the worst single shooting in Memphis in at least 33 years. In May 1973, a man with a history of mental illness randomly shot and killed five people, including a police officer, before he was killed by police.
More recently, a firefighter killed four people in 2000, including two other firefighters and a sheriff's deputy.
Even in a city accustomed to violence — last fall, the FBI ranked Memphis eighth in the country for reports of serious crimes per capita, though local law enforcement questioned the FBI's methodology — the killings stunned the neighborhood. About 30 residents gathered for a prayer service Tuesday morning at the First Baptist Church, where Pastor Keith Norman said the grandfather of one of the victims was a member.
"I feel a sense of vulnerability," church member Cheri Wells said. "I feel pain and hurt. I feel we have been robbed. Our peace has been snatched from us."
Wayne Bolden, who lives across the street, said the family kept to themselves.
Rob Robinson, who owns the home, said the man who rented it lived there with his girlfriend and at least three children. Robinson estimated the man and woman to be in their late 20s.
"I would categorize them as good tenants. … They were always very courteous and polite," he said.


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Amid the dark, stormy clouds of the Florida Gators' 2011 season, one ray of hope has come from the defense, specifically the improvement of the front seven.
They say every cloud has a silver lining.
Amid the dark, stormy clouds of the Florida Gators' 2011 season, one ray of hope has come from the defense, specifically the improvement of the front seven.
"I feel like the defensive line is coming together better than ever now," fourth-year junior defensive tackle Omar Hunter said. "It's starting to feel like we're doing some good things, getting after the quarterback a little bit better now. That's good to see."
Florida is fifth in the Southeastern Conference and 14th in the nation in total defense, giving up 297.3 yards a game. UF is also fourth in the SEC and 22nd in the nation in scoring defense (19.5 points per game).
Defensive coordinator Dan Quinn singled out a few players Wednesday after practice when asked about his defense's play-makers.
In the front seven he praised linebacker Jon Bostic and defensive tackle Dominique Easley.
"Although you may not see the numbers, there's a calm about (Bostic)," Quinn said. "He has a good sense about where the ball is."
"And then Easley I would say is one of the most disruptive guys for us up front."
While he will acknowledge the front seven's improvement, Bostic still insists the Gators' expectations are much higher.
"We've improved, but we're still working on the little things," Bostic said. "We want to work on holding the running back to less yards.
"There's a lot of stuff we can work on."
One of the keys to the Gators' defensive line surge in recent games has been the development of sophomore defensive end Sharrif Floyd.
"As I moved to d-end that was something I really wanted to work on, and I actually have been improving at that position," he said Wednesday. "So I'm starting to feel a little bit more comfortable with everything."
Floyd attributes his improvement to working on technique after practice and going to Quinn's office for extra study.
"Accenting things like what should I be looking at, how do I understand things," he said, "just learning everything that I can about the position."
The extra work is paying off and showing on the field, Quinn said.
"It's true with all players, you'd hope that as we go on and they gain some experience and gain some playing that their skills will improve," Quinn said. "And I think he's an example of that, where as the season's progressed, he's getting better and his skills are improving.
"You know he moved to defensive end. We did that in training camp and then he missed a couple ballgames. So I think for him, he's kind of coming into his own at that position and we're excited about that."
Overall, Quinn says there's a lot of room for improvement for a defense still adjusting to a new scheme.
"What else can we do to make it better?" he said. "Certainly from our end we could do a much better job of giving the offense the ball more and affecting the quarterback. So, to me, those are things I certainly think we can do better."
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What was the reason for the visual field test?Did you have the blind spot present in the right eye?What did the doctor say about it?
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AMP breaks new ground in effort to educate Americans
(CHICAGO 02/01/2012) – Kristin Szremski, AMP director of media and communications handily won a debate against the Israeli Deputy Consul General Tuesday night in front of a packed house at Kankakee Community College in downstate Illinois. Szremski's concise answers filled with facts and statistics left the career diplomat, Shahar Arieli, looking disorganized and unprepared.
Kankakee Community College is in Kankakee County, about 60 miles south of Chicago. With few Muslims or Jews in the region, Palestine is not much on the radar of the mostly blue-collar and farming communities.
"That's why this event was so important to AMP, which is reaching out into new and untapped audiences," said Awad Hamdan, AMP national programs director. "We are so happy that those who attended were able to see Israeli propaganda melt away under the weight of the verifiable facts, statistics and quotes our media director conveyed."
Each presenter had 30 minutes to make a case, followed by a 5-minute rebuttal. The remainder of the event was dedicated to a spirited question and answer session, where AMP once again dominated the discussion.
Instead of debating the issues, Arieli obfuscated the facts on the ground by instead trying to paint Israel as a small, vulnerable victim under siege by Palestinians who, he said, have "created a culture of hate."
"Israel cannot argue the facts," Szremski said. "That's why they turn to smears or distorting the truth or even outright lies to try to deflect the discussion away from the fact their policies violate international laws and deprive Palestinians of their basic human rights."
One attendee said she had come as with a pro-Israel viewpoint but was leaving with a pro-Palestinian viewpoint, based upon the facts AMP presented.
AMP, in carrying out its theme, "A New Era of Activism," will be engaging in activities such as this debate throughout the year. Other new national
programs include the Discover Palestine tabling event and the monthly Palestine Chronicles, intimate gatherings to discuss current events in Palestine that emphasize how to advocate for Palestinian rights in the United States.


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Lucille C. Hokanson, 96-year-old resident of Little Falls, passed away Saturday, April 26, 2014 at Little Falls Care Center.
Funeral Service will be at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, May 2, 2014 at Grace Covenant Church in Little Falls. Pastor Steve Anderson will officiate along with Rev. Merrill Kindall, and burial will be at Oakland Cemetery in Little Falls. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 PM on Thursday, May 1st at Shelley Funeral Chapel in Little Falls, and from 9:30 to 10:30 AM on Friday at the church.
Lucille was born Jan. 12, 1918, in Dresser, Wis., to the late Albin and Hilda (Surrell) Johnson and was their only child. When her mother Hilda died in the flu epidemic of 1918 at the age of 19, Lucille was only 11 months old. She went to live with and was raised by her grandparents Nels and Hannah Surrell, in Dresser, Wis. Lucilles grandfather passed away in 1936 and in 1942, Lucille and her grandmother Hannah moved to Minneapolis. Lucille worked for the Twin Cities Army Ammunition Plant in New Brighton making parts for ammunition during the war. When the plant was closing at the end of the war, she went to work at Honeywell Corp. in New Brighton. Lucille was united in marriage to Knute Hokanson, May 19, 1951, at First Covenant Church in Minneapolis. She joined him on the Hokanson farm in Little Elk Township, Todd County, where they farmed until retiring in November of 1975. They moved to an acreage near Little Falls where they had a home built, and lived there until May of 2001 when they moved into Bridgeway Estates in Little Falls. In December of 2010, Lucille moved into the Little Falls Care Center. Lucille was an active participant on the farm with Knute, helping with the chores and field work. In addition, she had a large garden and she canned and froze much of the produce from it. Her yards have always had many flower gardens as well as the flowers she grew indoors. Even with poor vision, she continued to care for them and they always bloomed for her. Lucille was always active in her church, including First Covenant in Minneapolis, Randall Covenant and when that church closed, Grace Covenant in Little Falls. Lucilles faith was strong and she shared it with her family.
Lucille will be dearly missed by her daughters, Karin and her husband, Dr. Byron Carlson of Forest City, Iowa and their sons, Bjorn Carlson of Des Moines, Iowa and Anders Carlson of Cedar Falls, Iowa; and Betty and her husband, Mark Lundeen of Little Falls and their sons, Joshua Lundeen and his fiance;e, Sarah Paycer of Taylor, N.D., and Mitchell Lundeen of Crookston; Sister-in-law, Gladys Hokanson of Little Falls and special friends, Doreen Lundeen and Doris Christenson.
She was preceded in death by her husband. Knute (in 2004); parents; grandparents, as well as cousins, aunts, uncles, brother and sister-in-laws, and many good friends.
Lucille C. Hokanson
Lucille C. Hokanson, 96-year-old resident of Little Falls, passed away Saturday, April 26, 2014 at Little Falls Care Center.


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"Gosling's back, ALL RIGHT!" The songs practically write themselves!
It's true: Both Ryan Gosling and original Backstreet Boy A.J. McLean confirmed this week that the blond, blue-eyed Ontario native was this close to getting in on the BSB action from the ground floor. Gosling recently told Celebuzz that he knew the tattooed McLean while living in the same building in New York City, when Gosling was working on the "Mickey Mouse Club" and McLean and his four bandmates were getting together.
"They were just forming that band, so he was saying how big they were going to be -- and he had a poster of them in his house," Gosling said. "We were like, 'It's never going to happen. Didn't they already do that with New Kids? You're a little late.' Cut to: I was wrong."
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But when the Backstreet Boys began their race to the top of the pop music charts, Gosling apparently realized his mistake and tried to get in touch with his old friend. "They're not returning my calls. I try not to think about it," he said.
Luckily, McLean gave his side of the story to TMZ and insisted that he never intentionally ignored the mega movie star, who currently stars in "Gangster Squad." In fact, McLean says Gosling would have made a killer BSB member, pointing out that the actor is also a great singer and a great-looking man.
See also: Ryan Gosling and Will Ferrell sell knives on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!'
Thanks to YouTube and Gosling's days as an adorable cast member of "The Mickey Mouse Club," fans around the world are quite knowledgeable about the now 32-year-old's skills.
Like this one, for example, which shows an 11-year-old Gosling crooning to "When a Man Loves a Woman" and then busting out some crazy dance moves with his sister Mandi:
We also know that Gosling can slow it down for those romantic ballads while simultaneously pulling off that whole early-'90s baggy-sweatshirt-and-pants combo:
Who knows? With his kind of talent, Gosling could have been the Backstreet Boy equivalent to Justin Timberlake. On one hand, we wouldn't have gotten that scene from "The Notebook." On the other, we'd have a Gosling cameo in the "Quit Playing Games With My Heart" video. Who can really decide which one is better?


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VIDEO: Mrs. Snyder Speaks At LuncheonPosted by on October 26, 2012 – 2:06 pm
(Video courtesy of the Loudoun County Chamber of Commerce)
Mrs. Tanya Snyder, wife of Redskins owner Daniel M. Snyder and NFL Breast Cancer Awareness Spokesperson, was the keynote speaker at the Loudoun County Chamber of Commerce Women in Business/Leadership Luncheon today at the National Conference Center in Lansdowne, Va.
Mrs. Snyder, who was interviewed by Larry Michael, the Voice of the Redskins, discussed her leadership efforts in creating the national platform for the NFL and Zeta Tau Alpha's (ZTA) THINK-PINK!® breast cancer awareness campaign, in addition to her role as the NFL's spokesperson for the league's "A Crucial Catch" breast cancer awareness initiative
Mrs. Snyder, who was instrumental in the foundation and inception of the Redskins' Women of Washington, the team's official women's fan club, also talked about the organization and its initiatives, as well as her involvement with the NFL in creating the league's women's apparel line.
Founded in 1968, the Loudoun County Chamber of Commerce has grown to become the largest chamber of commerce in Northern Virginia. With more than 1,200 members, the Loudoun County Chamber has a premier network of businesses and community leaders from some of the nation's most economically vibrant and fastest-growing counties.
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WOW Members: Join The Pre-Game PartyPosted by on October 5, 2012 – 10:58 pm
Women of Washington Redskins members: do you want to take part in a members-only party before Sunday's game against the Atlanta Falcons?
You can have that opportunity — which includes the chance to mingle with Redskins players' wives, girlfriends and moms and other WOW members, as well as exclusive Redskins raffle prizes and giveaways — by taking part in the WOW Pre-Game Party from 11 a.m. to noon on the Audi Club Patio at FedExField.
Joining the party is easy.
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Exclusive Look At Redskins' Pink GearPosted by on October 5, 2012 – 8:34 am
Other than raising awareness and money for breast cancer research and initiatives, one of the coolest things about October in the NFL is that the league is somewhat lax on its strict uniform rules.
The players are really allowed take the "think pink" idea and run with it if they so choose, which, for the most popular sport in America, is awesome.
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Griffin III: I'm Wearing Pink SleevePosted by on October 1, 2012 – 9:26 pm
Washington Redskins rookie quarterback Robert Griffin III confirmed via his Twitter account tonight that he'll be wearing a pink arm sleeve as part of this month's NFL breast cancer awareness initiatives.
Griffin III — who has always worn a sleeve on his left, non-throwing arm during his time with the Redskins — originally told a follower that the league would not allow him to wear a pink sleeve, but that message apparently changed pretty quickly:
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To Infinity … And A Pink Cast?Posted by on October 1, 2012 – 5:13 pm
Injured Redskins long snapper Nick Sundberg can't exactly participate in October's Breast Cancer Awareness Month festivities at FedExField, so he's doing whatever he can to make up for it.
Sundberg — who played an entire half with a broken arm Week 1 against the New Orleans Saints before being placed on IR — today tweeted out the above photo of his new hot pink cast.
The shades are also a nice touch, Nick.
And one more thing: I'll look beyond the fact that this photo is the typical "picture of yourself in the bathroom mirror" shot that often plagues my Facebook feed simply because Sundberg has an awesome Toy Story shower curtain.
Anyway, Sundberg has great timing, considering tomorrow is the official kickoff of the various Redskins' "Think Pink" initiatives this month.
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Breast Cancer Awareness Month Kicks OffPosted by on October 1, 2012 – 4:22 pm
The Washington Redskins are embarking on several initiatives to promote National Breast Cancer Awareness Month throughout October at both FedExField and Redskins Park.
Tanya Snyder — wife of Redskins owner Daniel M. Snyder and NFL Breast Cancer Awareness Spokesperson — Chris Cooley, the Redskins' franchise leader in receptions by a tight end, and the Washington Redskins Community Relations Department, in partnership with the American Cancer Society, will kick off the month-long campaign by hosting the fifth annual All-Star Survivors Celebration at Redskins Park tomorrow.
More than 20 area women currently battling breast cancer, or "All-Stars," will attend an afternoon of pampering, support and celebration. The breast cancer survivors will receive new jeans donated by Gap Inc., as well as new wigs, scarves, makeup and a custom-made pink and burgundy Redskins jersey.
The All-Stars will also be wearing pink New Era caps on-field during player introductions at the Redskins breast cancer awareness game, which will be held during Sunday's game against the Atlanta Falcons. The game will feature:
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Spirit Friday At Redskins ParkPosted by on October 14, 2011 – 4:30 pm
As the last business day before Sunday's home game against the Eagles, Redskins Park is shrouded in Burgundy and Gold today, with a little bit of Think Pink flair.
As always, the staff of Redskins Park gathered on the balcony to welcome players in from practice:
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Redskins Recognize Breast Cancer Awareness Month In A Bunch Of WaysPosted by on October 7, 2010 – 10:10 am
At this Sunday's game against the Packers, the Redskins — along with Zeta Tau Alpha fraternity and GlaxoSmithKline — will be recognizing Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Tanya Snyder, NFL Spokesperson for Breast Cancer awareness, will be helping to distribute 60,000 pink ribbons to fans at FedExField, alongside cheerleaders, volunteers from ZTA, and wives of the Redskins players and coaches.
Sunday is also a Think Pink! game, with the players wearing pink gloves, shoes, do-rags, skullcaps, etc. Much of the pink gear debuted last week at Philly (as you can see in the Brian Murphy photo above) but it will make its FedExField debut this Sunday.
And, of course, Chris & Christy Cooley and Derrick & Emma Dockery, along with the Redskins Community Relations department and the American Cancer Society, hosted the Third Annual All-Star Survivors Luncheon earlier this week, which honors women battling breast cancer. I wrote about it here, Larry Weisman wrote about it here, and Redskins.com TV put together this excellent piece about the event:
And, speaking of the Redskins Wives, cancer benefit events, and Redskins.com TV, let me take this opportunity to make one more reference to the Redskins Wives — or, to more accurately use their official name, the Women of Washington — and their charity basketball game against the Eagles Wives last Saturday. I've mentioned the event more than a few times — WAY more than I expected — but I'm bringing it up again here because Redskins.com TV put together a full post-game highlight-and-interviews package that's worth watching, even if you've already watched the CSN video I posted earlier.
There's more reactions to the game from Redskins players, including a fired-up DeAngelo Hall. There's more of the pushing-and-shoving, and the ladies inciting the crowd by pointing at the scoreboard while the boos rain down. Even more of post-game coach Mike Williams explaining the fiery D.C.-Philly women's basketball rivalry. And reactions from the players themselves, including Roxi McNabb and leading scorer Annabelle Williams.
If you watch only one internet video about a charity women's basketball game this week … well, it was probably the CSN one from a few days ago. But I highly recommend that you step it up to TWO internet videos about a charity women's basketball game and check this one out as well. Read more »
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On January 9, 2013, newly elected Terry Gipson was sworn in to be the New York State Senator from the 41st District. He is the first Democrat elected from the Senate district in Dutchess County in over 100 years. He was accompanied by his wife, Michelle Donner, and his parents, Jim and Lydia Gipson.
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Sometimes Bandcamp is beautiful. Sure it's vast and chaotic, but amidst the chaos often hides a bit of peace. Many times I'll stroll through the "Baltimore" tag just to see what oddities are occurring in my hometown that avoid PR, labels, and email hype. What I happened upon this instance is the glorious found-sound samplings of Hugging.
Hugging is the side project of Jason the Swamp, a Baltimore artist whom I know nothing about. When Jason isn't swamping, he's skirting the art-rock experimental pop vibe. It's pretty stunning in its own right (check his most recent EP, Remember, Resemble). What he's doing with Hugging is somewhat different—creating exceptional melodic instrumentals with bits and pieces of samples from all over.
Today is his newest LP, filled with a wide array of moods and moments that tell a lonely story of hope and mystery. While most of the tracks build to a higher beat or energy, the song I was most captivated by was "How Many Marigolds?" This song is a peaceful summer dream x10. It's hard to listen and not immediately imagine floating down an undiscovered waterway, birds darting through the distant clouds that thankfully cover the sun's heated rays.


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I checked the time and date on my Kobo. The date was correct, but the time wasn't. I know I set it when I first got the device, but something reset the time. I fixed it.
My firmware is version 1.4. I have the original Kobo (no WiFi).
The desktop app is up to date.
I've never used Calibre. Should I be using it? What is it for?
The thing still isn't working. I tried removing just the library book, but it didn't make any difference. I've still got two books that won't open, and two messed-up format copies of the same books that will (but that I can't delete because the software says they're not there).
Everything works fine in ADE. There seems to be a breakdown in communication between my computer and the Kobo device.
How do I reset this thing?
Update: Never mind. I found it. Everything seems to be working now. I hope this was just an isolated incident and not something that's going to happen every time I use the library!
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Review: 'Life According to Sam'
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Tom Hardy has signed on to star in "Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell," Ubisoft's film adaptation of its popular videogame franchise that Eric Singer ("The International") will write for the company.
Mumblecore star Greta Gerwig collaborates with her "Greenberg" director Noah Baumbach to deliver an affectionate, stylishly black-and-white portrait of a still-unfledged Gotham gal.
Aussie thesp Xavier Samuel ("The Twilight Saga: Eclipse") is set to join Emily Browning and Cam Gigandet in Catherine Hardwicke's indie thriller "Plush."
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Sam Raimi has signed on to direct "Warcraft," the live-action film adaptation of the fantasy videogame franchise "World of Warcraft."
Samuel L. Jackson has buried the hatchet with Marvel Entertainment, making a deal to play the role of Nick Fury in "Iron Man 2," and potentially many other films.


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We may be seeing the death spasms of lol, and few will mourn its passing. Emerging a couple of decades ago as an initialism for laugh[ing] out loud, it suffered misuse through most of its brief life by well-meaning parental units who construed it as lots of love. Since the millennium it has devolved through irony to sarcasm until it arrived, as Katie Hearney at Buzzfeed points out, at meaninglessness.
What's brought lol into prominence recently is its appearance in Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's e-communications, in situations where the supposed meaning of the term renders the accused bomber eerily heartless: Lol those people are cooked and the like. As it turns out, Tsarnaev was most likely referring, not to the victims of the Boston Marathon bombings, but to members of Westboro Baptist Church who picket funerals; and the word cooked here most likely means "crazy" or "high from marijuana." So the message, translated—"Laugh out loud, those WBC people are crazy"—isn't quite as chilling as it first appears.
Still, no one is laughing, out loud or silently, and few have laughed alongside lol for years. Its chief use has becomes sarcasm—magnified, as Urban Dictionary points out, by spelling the initials phonetically (Ell oh ell real funny joke). My colleague Anne Curzan has pointed out this application of lol, and my students take her one further. "It can be difficult to see sarcasm in a text," one student emailed me, "but the lol helps it come across." Another wrote, "We understand that abbreviations are mainly for ditzy teenagers, so we think that using it now can be seen as a joke. Everything is done ironically in our generation."
The term has become, in other words, an interjection, similar to well, yeah, really, and other terms and phrases that begin, end, or interrupt speech without meaning anything:
Well, it's a long way to Tipperary.
Yeah, I don't know if I want to go.
It's a pretty day, really, but I'm not up for a picnic.
Let's get together later lol.
It strikes me, though, that what my students call irony or sarcasm (and what another student named "the crutch of the verbally retarded") has the same provenance as most of the lol uses listed in Buzzfeed. That is, whether it starts a sentence or ends a sentence, whether it expresses "This is not a joke" or "Did you get that?" or "I'm trying to flirt with you," the use of lol boils down to Buzzfeed's No. 8, "I am uncomfortable with my feelings and expressing them." Isn't sarcasm often a smokescreen for this very discomfort? Don't other interjections often convey—albeit without a leftover reference to laughing—the speaker's feelings of awkwardness or ambivalence? Such avoidance is understandable among young adults; one student described lol as "a comforting word between awkward teens who don't understand emotion in text." But even those of us who have never typed lol in social communications have been known to spring for irony as a mask.
Which brings me back to the pathetic spectacle of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. We don't know much about him, and his texts and tweets are unlikely to paint a full picture of his psyche. But however "chilling," "cold-blooded," or "dark" that picture ends up being, one thing seems clear from the lols sprinkled through his social communications: he was distancing himself from emotions he might otherwise have felt or expressed. His last tweet, "I'm a stress free kind of guy," takes such ironic distancing to its limit.
John McWhorter writes that lol "no longer 'means' anything. Rather, it 'does something.'" I take his point in terms of grammar. But we shouldn't be too quick to empty lol of its meaning. When a laugh becomes a smirk and "out loud" is reduced to cryptic silence, lol can mean SOS, the Good Ship Sincerity lost in a storm of sarcasm.Return to Top


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The second night of the Ottawa Jazz Festival doesn't disappoint
by Joel Hurd on June 21st, 2013
- Night #2 here at the Ottawa Jazz Festival, and what a night! Right now Willie Nelson is doing an enthusiastic call and response with the lively crowd here in Confederation Park. His opening act was the Ottawa-based jazz singer Kellylee Evans (who played the Norwood Village Green Concert Series just last night). Alan Neal of the CBC introduced her and called her a national treasure. I'm no expert on Canadian treasures, but by the way she sounded, he's got to be right.
But the highlight of the night for me was the rare opportunity to see trumpeter Tom Harrell in the intimate Studio Theatre at the National Arts Center. Seeing him live has been on my musical to-do list since the 80s, when he was a regular in Phil Woods' band. But tonight was extra special. It was a concert organized by the festival to include five string players joining Harrell's quintet playing arrangements just for tonight. What a treat.
The festival continues through July 1st with upcoming performances by The Spanish Harlem Orchestra, The Bad Plus, Ladysmith Black Mombazo, Kurt Rosenwinkel and many, many more. Learn more at www.ottawajazzfestival.com.
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Working with streaks a useful tool in fantasy leagues
Owners can find success in bucking trends, selling high and buying low
There's no doubt that Major League players go on streaks. They get hot and go on long hitting streaks. They get cold and seem barely able to hit the ball. The question is whether those streaks are meaningful. In other words, are they the result of something that will continue? Whether it's "seeing the ball well" or a bump in confidence, does it mean to expect the good results consistently? Or are they just a byproduct of randomness? With so many players competing in so many games every single day, we're bound to see some streaky play just from chance alone, right?
When you start to dig into this issue deeper, you realize that it's easy to identify past streaks, but difficult to turn that information into something actionable to make better predictions. Sometimes hot streaks continue, other times, they don't. However, our concern in the Official Mini Fantasy Game of MLB.com from DraftKings should not be the philosophical discussion regarding streaky play and randomness, but rather the potential predictive nature of streaks.
The overwhelming evidence suggests that it is difficult to predict the continuation of a streak. Even if non-random streaky play exists, we'd still expect random streaky play to exist, too. Again, it's just a numbers game; you can flip a quarter 10,000 times and see all kinds of patterns in the data, but it won't change the fact that you have a 50 percent chance to get heads on the next flip.
While we don't know if non-random streaky play exists or how prevalent it might be, we do know some streaks are just the result of chance. As a result, we can expect "hot" batters to hit worse in the future than they have in the recent past (and vice versa for "cold" hitters). It's not that hitting the ball well guarentees hitting it worse in the future, but just that we'd expect stats to regress toward the mean across the long haul.
When a pitcher opens the season averaging 15 strikeouts per nine innings with a 0.50 WHIP, we can be pretty certain that his production is going to regress, right? Even if he's indeed "hot" in a non-random way, we still know his future stats are more likely to resemble his career numbers than those from his other-worldly start to the year. In that way, it can be smart to perhaps avoid "hot" players and target "cold" ones if others are on or off of them for reasons that aren't likely to endure.
Another reason to target players who appear to be slumping and bypass those who are on a tear is that daily fantasy baseball is very much a marketplace. It's not a static entity, but rather a market with ever-changing player costs, i.e. salaries. When players get hot, the Official Mini Fantasy Game of MLB.com accounts for it by bumping up their salaries. When players are cold, they dip in price.
But if all, or even most, streaky play is due to variance, the changing prices aren't reflective of real-world value. In other words, if salaries fluctuate to represent expected changes in production based on the very recent past, then there's probably value in going against the grain. This means that skipping over hot players whose salaries have soared and targeting those who aren't performing well and have seen a drop in price is a solid strategy. Note that this is true even if some form of non-random streaky play exists; if the Official Mini Fantasy Game of MLB.com overcompensates for streaks, there's value to be had by doing the unconventional thing.
Jonathan Bales contributes DraftKings-related content to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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- Leo and Bar hit the food court — TMZ
- Drew Barrymore is just that into being blonde — BellaSugar
- Amanda Seyfried and Dominic Cooper join the GG kids in NYC — Lainey Gossip
- Whitney Port's man Jay makes a music video with his ex, Miranda Kerr — JustJared
- Your daily dose of Kanye wisdom — D-Listed
- Elisha Cuthbert's hotness isn't that Complex — Egotastic
- Amanda Bynes's legs need a job — Hollywood Tuna
- Jennifer Love Hewitt and Ross McCall fight for dog custody — Hollywood Rag
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Samuel Wurzelbacher aka Joe the Plumber is running for Congress. Why? Apparently, because God said so. While Mr. Wurzelbacher, or is that Mr. Plumber, did not specifically mention receiving a Divine call, he previously stated in May of last year that any decision to run for office would be in light of "sit(ting) down and talk(ing) to God about it". Apparently Wurzelbacher and God have chatted, and the Almighty apparently said yes.
Wurzelbacher will compete against already announced GOP candidate Rob Frost for the right to then compete for Ohio's 9th Congressional District seat in the House of Representatives, a seat currently held by Democratic Rep. Marcy Kaptur. However far his candidacy goes, the plumber's appeal for divine guidance in making his decision will certainly become an issue for many in the race. But is that really fair? The answer is 'yes' and 'no.
Many people will find it easy to mock the spiritual process in which Wurzelbacher likely engaged. They will point to his appeal for a personal calling from God, and to the danger of an elected official relying on something beyond himself to direct him in making such an important decision. They may even raise the question of the propriety of relying on a theological belief to determine the appropriateness of holding a secular office. While those are real questions to be raised about his process, is it really so different from what other, less overtly theological candidates do?
How different is it to appeal to God, than it is to "search one's soul or conscience" as candidates often describe themselves doing in order to reach a decision about whether or not to run for office? In some ways, it's not very different at all, and if the issue is Wurzelbacher's use of God language, then its an unfair critique.
The important distinction between the two approaches is not the use of God, but in the candidate's willingness to assume personal responsibility for his decision. Having appealed to God for an answer does candidate Wurzelbacher accept full responsibility for deciding to run, for the response of those who will question what expertise he possesses, etc. He cannot simply say, "God made me do it". Like the candidate who search's his own heart, the one who turns to God for inspiration, must still accept full responsibility for the decision and its results.
To those who say that invoking God is simply an easy way for religious people to rubber stamp the decision to which they would have come anyway, or worse, to which they had already come, I would caution, some use of caution. It is however something with which all theologically grounded people, especially candidates for public office, have to be careful. Does the God in whom they believe ever surprise them? Does the God to whom they listen always agree 100 percent with their beliefs? If so, then they probably are just listening to themselves.
Seeking guidance from a greater power is neither problematic, nor should it be mocked. But I hope the Joe the Plumber, like any candidates who claims to do so, treads lightly and with great humility about the answers they receive. That's often the most important difference between appealing to faith in the public square and abusing it in the same location.


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Residents in tornado-ravaged Joplin are being asked to help design bow ties that will be hawked to raise money for an arts center and ongoing recovery efforts.
The Joplin Globe reports that BowTie Cause is partnering with Joplin's George A. Spiva Center for the Arts for the effort.
BowTie Cause was founded by former NFL linebacker Dhani Jones. The charity has designed signature ties for more than 80 organizations around the country, including the Ronald McDonald House.
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Jeff: 4.1 freeze is now imminent, delayed due to ISP/RAS departure and certifications
Jeff: We'll need to build everything, and put the packages out for testing
Jeff: Trial use - need to make a decision - ALSA, NSS, Java, xdg-utils
Jeff: For beta1, I think we can keep them as they are
Russ: Is there any question that Java can't go in for a couple of years?
Robert: Based on the latest news, doesn't look like it can go in. Might as well drop it now.
Jeff: Mats, how involved is it to remove something? I don't know that we've done it before.
Mats: A little bit of work involved
Jeff: Do we want to move things from trial-use to "in" at the same time?
Robert: ALSA is going in. We should act now on the 2
Jeff: What about xdg-utils? It didn't go into 4.0 because I think it was SLES10 that was missing it. Any comments?
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Yes but if you do that you still can't have your own screensaver images. You just get a K3 that's complaining about the missing ads.
I'm new to Kindle and did not even know an ad supported device existed. When I asked why one Kindle was $114 and another was $139 a store employee told me they were the same but one was older than the other. I'd never heard of this before, but I'd also never really heard of an ad-supported agreement on a piece of hardware. Anyway, I feel a little ripped off now and every time I see the banner or shut off my kindle it only reminds me. I'll probably be contacting Amazon to see if there's a way for me to buy myself out of the ad-supported feature. I don't care if there are good deals - I don't want to see ads for makeup I'll never wear and cars I'll never buy on my kindle. If I could afford those things, I would've spent the extra $75 on a 3G/Wifi kindle. Had I known they were going to put ads on this one, I would've paid the extra $25.
Anyway, after hours of trying to JB this thing, I finally gave up and tried my own approach. I backed up all of my books, reset the kindle to factory settings, connected to my wifi.
Upon registering, once I saw that it was registered I quickly switched down to the wifi settings and turned it off. I then removed the wifi from my settings just to make sure it didn't reconnect on its own. You have to make sure that you shut off the wifi after it registers and before it downloads the screensavers.
You won't be able to connect to wifi after this without those ads downloading, but I don't plan on using my kindle for wifi anyway. Also, I simply moved my back-up folder back onto the kindle and all of my books were back.
I've yet to figure out a way to replace the factory screensaver without Jailbreaking it, but at least this way you can sort your library into Collections and still use the default screensaver instead of the ads. Somebody will more than likely come up with a hack within the next few weeks, so this is just a temporary pacifier for myself.
If you bought the ad-supported version knowing full well that it was cheaper because of the ads, then yeah the ethical thing would be to allow the ads...but, as weird as this may sound, hacking is about saving $ about as much as rape is about sex. It's the same thrill that people driving 10 under while blocking off lanes of traffic get when they make everybody behind them late for work.
If they let me pay the $25 to remove the ads I'll do that, until then I'll be looking at dead authors.
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|February 1, 2009, 01:16 PM
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I voted in favor of deleting the posts for reasons someone else put quite eloquently:
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|February 2, 2009, 02:44 PM
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I voted for deletion. They don't really add any real knowledge that people can use, just alot of finger-pointing and "what ifs."
Of course, the Mayan calendar ends on 2012, and some asteroid is going to hit the earth. If you're not already in league with the Secret Alien Cabal That Runs Everything, you're out of luck, anyhow, so it's all moot.
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|February 2, 2009, 02:48 PM
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I originally was for locking but seeing how the Revolution thread went down the drain - I'm switching to deleting. They just bring out the worst.
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|February 2, 2009, 03:16 PM
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I'd like to see the endless and duplicative "ALERT-HR (insert number here) to Confiscate all Guns Introduced in House" threads deleted too
One is OK, 15 trillion are boring
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|February 2, 2009, 11:26 PM
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I enjoy reding them, if they are well written
which most aren't. I will admit a small degree of frustration not being able to reply to a closed thread, especially when I have a killer answer that is sure to make all of them see the light. Oh well.
Leave them or delete them, I care not, there are equally valid arguments both ways.
I would like to point out that conspiracies have, and do exist. That cannot, and should not be denied. Where the trouble comes in is those theories which have the "root cause" as something beyond what we consider reasonable or rational. Those are the ones called kooks. And most are. BUT...
As pointed out already, some of the things that have been done, and are being done are conspiracies, even if they are not being done by giant space ants.
All else being equal (and it almost never is) bigger bullets tend to work better.
|February 2, 2009, 11:46 PM
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I abstained from voting, because as was pointed out, it's ambiguous what a "conspiracy thread" is. WA put it well in that worrying that someone's watching is paranoid in and of itself. Mike Irwin goes to the other side but makes an equally strong point - just because it's far-featched doesn't mean it's not true. If you'd have told me two years ago that we'd be throwing around a trillion dollars, fast-tracked to try to hide that 3/4 is baloney, I'd have probably looked at you a little funny. Ultimately, reasonable people will differ (same ol', I know ). I would certainly like to see the more detrimental (for lack of a better word) threads - revolution, 9/11 "truth", alien coverup and anything suggestive of an honest politician in Chicago - deleted outright. But then again, I may be an inadequate judge of what is detrimental.
So I'm no help. But if we're doing something with them, I guess I would favor deletion over locking, because a prompt locking does not allow the board members - who I would aggregate as reasonable - to "wash" the thread and inject some well-thought counterpoints into it for the record. While merely locking it makes the point that it's not tolerated, it still leaves an otherwise undisputed negative artifact in the archives indefinitely. I didn't vote it though because I'm not convinced that it's necessary to do something unless they otherwise violate the board rules, which they tend to do anyway.
|February 3, 2009, 12:02 AM
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I voted to lock but keep them. It might have a few benefits...
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|February 3, 2009, 03:23 PM
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Assuming this sub-forum is indexed by google (and I assume that, like the rest of the forums, it is) I'd say we should be mindful about how much junk we let our crazy uncles leave in our front yard.
I'd say the optimal solution would be to leave them until they drop off the front page, both so we can all share a good double-u-tee-eff and to serve as an example to any new members who might need an example of what not to do.
No need to leave them longer, because if said newb isn't going to read the rules sticky he's not going to go much past the front page looking for cautionary notes (and wouldn't get it even if he did). Leaving them longer just raises the odds that TFL will come higher up when somebody punches "black helicopter" into google.
However, that's probably more a pain in the butt than it's worth (keeping track of them, that is) for the mod staff, so I say we just nuke them from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.
|February 3, 2009, 03:29 PM
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|February 4, 2009, 10:41 AM
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Put them in their own spot, and if anyone wants to view that type of thing; they can get all they want there. Let's not mix them into laws and rights. They are opinions ...
|February 4, 2009, 12:58 PM
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TFL has never been a conspiracy board, regardless of the number of posts, and opinions, that might cause someone to think otherwise. There are many places on the interwebs where you may go to read and/or comment upon such. TFL is not that place.
With that, firmly in mind, we are not entertaining even a hint of a place to put such... except perhaps the trashcan. Hence the advisory poll for this thread.
|February 4, 2009, 01:10 PM
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I will not add anything here because it gets me in trouble. But as I read through this thread, I realize we are no closer to a resounding resolution. Back in the beginning, when I voted, it was 5 - 5 for and against. Now it is 33 - 34. Good luck taking this one to the board for a decision. I hope you have an odd number on the court. 'Cause I am seeing a 5 - 4 decision.
34 to 34 I like it.
The parting shot...
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|February 6, 2009, 08:52 AM
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Ah, but remember kirpi97, those who voted who do not post regularly in this area of the board, will not count as heavily as those who do post in this section, regularly.
Like all data points, some votes are given more weight than others.
|February 12, 2009, 07:24 PM
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As in "Everyone is equal, but some are more equal than others?"
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|February 13, 2009, 02:25 AM
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OK, where are the hanging chads?
Here I thought the idea was to vote and vote often. This way one person could sway the outcome. And now you are telling me it ain't so. That is so unAmerican. Even "Dancing with the Stars" gives one five votes. I learned my politics on the east side of Chicago. And with a few more deceased members voting and I could be a contender.
If I gain a little more weight, will that help my vote carry more?
Are we getting any closer to a decision on the initial question? I see a few Staff members voicing their position.
The parting shot...
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|February 18, 2009, 09:25 PM
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I must admit that I find them entertaining, but it perpetuates the stereotypes of gun enthusiasts being paranoid delusional people. Gun people who believe that the government is trying to control us all, are not our best representatives.
|February 18, 2009, 09:33 PM
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|February 18, 2009, 09:40 PM
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I told my wife I was scheduling a mid-life crisis. It was either a Harley or guns. Secretly, I've already decided on guns. :-)
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|February 20, 2009, 11:05 AM
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Prepare for the robot conspiracy. Now can you imagine that thread. What round for robots? Do we need FA for robots. Is Cheney the first wave? Is Arnold really Ar-nuhld? I fought the robots when I was a Navy Seal.
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|February 21, 2009, 06:08 PM
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Why not let them get fleshed out
Seems to me that if the board is sanitized, people running into conspiracy stuff wont have a decent place to learn the truth. Just the kook boards. Is that helping?
Being afraid to discuss this stuff here or anywhere else is volentarily silencing ourselves.
I dont blame the moderators for being burned out with the same threads coming up so often. Instead of closing threads and forbidding people to talk about this stuff, make a sticky thread that fleshes out the details of the particular issue and, if they come up, people can refer them to the sticky.
Driving people to kook boards and silencing people looking to this board for decent info isnt helping gun owners, it is silencing them and feeding the conspiracies.
|February 21, 2009, 06:14 PM
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Its the GreenCheese Conundrum.
I would hope this Board remains a place for normal gunowners to hang out. Plenty of places for the "others" to go
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|February 21, 2009, 07:43 PM
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I voted to lock but leave in view. After a number of years as a mental health professional in an isolated rural area, I think I have heard them all. But clearly I haven't. I know the Air Force is not spraying mind control agents from high flying aircraft. And I don't often give much credence to folks with tinfoil hats (actually had one as a colleague in grad school - until he was arrested for contraband herbage). But I would rather that everything be in the open and let folks read them for whatever reason.
|February 21, 2009, 07:50 PM
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Conspiracy theory threads are entertaining for a few minutes but after that..... I pay more attention to the responses than anything else. Kooky and scary at the same time because these people are serious. I say allow for responses but lock them if it gets too crazy. It takes so called experts and kooks to make this whole thing work anyway. This board is filled with both.
Hey El Paso Joe, are you sure the Air Force isn't spraying mind control agents from high flying aircraft? I live down the street from Langley, AFB and I've heard rumors.
|February 28, 2009, 03:27 PM
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Lock them and delete them. There is enough bad information and phony reality running around the 'net without adding to it.
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