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Ida Mae Brueske has lived in her small, north Golden home since 1962. An affable 76-year-old grandmother who raised five boys in this house with her late husband, Brueske thought she'd spend the rest of her days on the quiet street of well-kept lawns and backyard barbecues that, appropriately enough, is named Iowa Drive.
"I intended to live in this house until they drug me out by the heels," she says.
But today she's thinking of moving. The reason is just on the other side of her backyard fence: a gabled, shiny-white addition now being put up by the Hillside Community Church. The addition towers over the one-story red-brick church that's been part of the neighborhood for over thirty years--and a good neighbor for most of those years.
The addition is either 35 or 42 feet tall, depending on who's measuring. It's a charming, Southern-style architectural design or a massive eyesore made of cheap vinyl siding, depending on who's looking. The City of Golden either went out of its way to help a struggling young congregation or failed miserably to enforce its own zoning code, depending on which side of a lawsuit you happen to be on. And from the pews of the church, members see a charismatic pastor working diligently to lead his flock to God, while across the street, neighbors see a charlatan who is fleecing his congregation in order to pay for a born-again barn-raising that has robbed the neighborhood of its peace and quiet.
"They came in with the attitude, 'We're taking over this neighborhood, and you people just don't matter,'" says Brueske.
Now Hillside and nearby residents are in the midst of a holy war, with the backyard fences that surround the church property marking the front lines. The Hillside congregation and much of north Golden are rife with tales of bulldozer engines being gunned intentionally late at night to rile neighbors, vindictive residents smearing dog poop on a preacher's car and pickets marching in front of the church with placards. And while neighbors say they're losing sleep over the construction, Hillside's pastor says their opposition puts them at risk of losing their souls.
Pastor Thomas K. Murphy, known to his followers as T.K., is a former Wheat Ridge High School basketball star who got his start in the ministry as a youth pastor at Denver's giant Riverside Baptist Church. Eager to start his own church, the lanky, blond Murphy founded Hillside in 1994 in Lakewood. Two years later, the congregation had outgrown that home and started looking for another.
The Ford Street Baptist Church had been calling people to worship at the small building on North Ford Street in Golden since the early Sixties. The congregation was always fairly small, and the church had its ups and downs. By summer 1996, Ford Street's Sunday services were drawing only about 25 people, and Southern Baptist officials became alarmed--especially since the church owed the Southern Baptist convention $23,000.
One member of the church offered to personally pay off the $23,000 debt, but the Southern Baptist convention had another idea.
Reverend Floyd Littlepage, then the pastor of Ford Street, says he was approached by Southern Baptist officials who told him that Hillside, a fast-growing congregation in south Jefferson County, was looking for a building. They suggested the two churches could merge, with T.K. Murphy's young congregation energizing the older one.
"I thought maybe this group could be good for us," says Littlepage, who wanted to stay with the new church and minister to the senior members. "We started out thinking we could merge and put the two congregations together. That's why we agreed to sit down and talk."
When the church went into debt, the convention gained title to the building. "That turned out to be our downfall," says Littlepage, "because it gave them the legal right to take over our building."
A Southern Baptist official says the church just wanted to make both congregations happy. "We facilitated in trying to use the building in a multi-congregational aspect," says Kenny Moore of the Denver Baptist Association. "Ford Street had talked about merging or disbanding."
Moore now calls the situation a "poster-boy case for miscommunication," but says he doesn't want to comment further on a deal that has created ill will between the two pastors and their followers.
"There's a lot of anger on the part of our members," says Littlepage. "A lot of them feel like T.K. was a thief. It was supposed to be a merger, but it turned out to be a hostile takeover. We asked to be part of their congregation and were told there was no place for us."
One Hillside member blames a generation gap for the hostilities, since many Ford Street members were elderly, while most of Hillside's congregation is in its twenties and thirties, and many members have young children. "I believe [the Ford Street members] wanted to have services at a different time," says Doug Faude, who lives near the church he attends. "There may have been some generational conflict."
Littlepage acknowledges that several members of his congregation were troubled by Hillside's lack of a traditional baptismal font and its emphasis on contemporary music. "There's a lot of symbolism in a church," says the former pastor. "There's no pulpit in that congregation. The pulpit should be in the center, and a baptismal pool should be in the back. When you do away with the symbolism, you lose a lot of subconscious teaching."
Veteran members of Ford Street complain that they were suddenly treated like guests at their own church. "They came in and just sort of took over," Wanda Hudson says of the Hillside congregation. "I thought at least they should have made an effort to include us. I felt like we were locked out of our own church."
And, in fact, by July 1996 they were: Ford Street worshippers discovered that the locks had been changed on their longtime spiritual home.
The Southern Baptist convention had sold the building to Murphy, who had renamed the church Hillside and changed the locks.
Murphy says changing the locks was actually Littlepage's idea. "I said to the pastor, 'We're about to take possession of the building. Who has the keys?'" recalls Murphy. "He said, 'I don't know who has the keys; maybe you should change the locks.' We'd moved in $7,000 worth of sound equipment and were concerned. But he didn't tell his people. When they came to the church to get their stuff, they said I'm this horrible ogre who locked them out. They still call me a thief and other things. We communicated, but at that point they were just incensed."
Murphy says the members of the old congregation have been waging a war of words against his church, spreading lies and misinformation. "The people from the old church are very gossip-oriented," he says. "They'll speak badly about us to anyone who will listen."
The bitterness of the Ford Street faithful was soon shared by people living near the church. In the spring of 1997, Hillside began construction on an addition.
Neighbors now charge that the church did so without the proper permits and variances required under Golden's zoning rules.
The church used many volunteers during the project, and one Golden official suggests that that contributed to the confusion over permitting and design. "When you've got a bunch of volunteers who are champing at the bit, it's hard to keep it straight," says Golden city planner Chuck Hearn. "The church people in general were pretty naive about the process, including the architect."
For example, Hearn says, the church's architect should have been aware of Golden's height limits, since the city staff had "red-marked" the blueprints to show how high the building could go--which was exactly thirty feet above the top of the small hill where the original church stood. "The architect didn't understand a thing," he says.
But in the beginning, the city wasn't keeping particularly close watch on the project--and neither were the neighbors. Although Hearn says the church broke ground without a foundation permit, Murphy disputes that. City records show that Golden granted Hillside a foundation permit in May 1997. At that point, much of the controversy over Hillside was inside the church, not outside; neighbors say they don't know the exact date the Hillside crew started moving dirt.
But soon the neighbors were watching every move and raising hell over the construction project.
One day last summer, Brueske was trying to have dinner outside with her seven-year-old granddaughter. She says the racket and dust from the construction site was so intense, they couldn't stay outside, and she went over to talk to the foreman. "It was seven o'clock," she recalls. "Finally, I'd had it. I said, 'Pardon me, but nobody along here can get any rest or eat supper. Don't you know you're disturbing the peace?'"
The foreman just told her he had to make a living, Brueske remembers. When she contacted a city zoning official to complain about the construction project, he acted like she'd done something wrong. "The code officer told me, 'You have no right to tell those people to turn off the machines,'" she recalls. "I said, 'I think I have the right to talk to anybody I want to.'"
After she complained, Brueske says, the construction crew ran a loud machine just behind her gate until 10 p.m. "They weren't doing anything; they just wanted to run it until 10 p.m.," she claims. "They were doing it just to show me they could."
And Golden didn't stop them. Brueske says she thinks the city allowed Hillside to blatantly violate ordinances simply because it's a church.
When she first called the city last summer to complain about the noise and dust, she says she was told that Golden wouldn't interfere with a church project. "The city told me, 'They're a church; they can do whatever they want to,'" Brueske recalls.
"The city was so protective of the church," she says. "I'm mad at the city; they haven't done anything for us. I've lived in Golden for forty years. My five boys all went to school here. These people claim to be Christians, then take advantage because they know the city will let them."
Hearn, however, says his office didn't receive any complaints from neighbors until earlier this year, when much of the new building was already up. When he went out to measure the height of the construction, he adds, he was surprised to see it was well over the limit.
"We went out there and measured it twice," Hearn says. "I couldn't believe what they had done to the back of the property. When they excavated, they removed ten feet of dirt, and that increased the height of the building."
Hearn rejects Brueske's allegation that the city staff didn't take any action against the project because it involved a church. "I don't think they were treated any differently than any other property owner," he says.
This spring, after the building was shown to be over the height limit, Golden issued a stop-work order against Hillside. A variance hearing was scheduled for a Golden City Council meeting in June.
The anger between the neighbors and Hillside came to a head before Golden City Council. Spirited testimony, tears and harsh words kept the June 18 meeting going until early in the morning.
"It was rather emotional for the church people," say Golden councilman Brian Starling. "But both sides were rather emotional."
Eventually the council granted the church a variance to the height limit, with Starling the only councilmember voting against Hillside. "I voted against it because of due process," he says. "The residents should have gotten a chance to review this prior to it being built in their neighborhood."
"I've sat through sixteen years of city council meetings, and I've never seen such a poorly run meeting," says former Golden mayor Frank Leek, who until recently owned a home in the Hillside neighborhood. "The people from the church were personally bashing the neighbors. They were weeping and sobbing, trying to make themselves out as victims. If I'd been mayor, I would have said, 'We're talking about a variance, not a bunch of sobbing.'"
After making his views known at the meeting, Leek says he found a tin fish on his front porch, which he believes was left by a Hillside member. "I took that as a slam," he says. "I figured it was a good Christian way of being neighborly. If that's Christianity, maybe I read the Bible wrong. It's amazing to me they wouldn't try to be the best neighbor, instead of the worst neighbor."
Many north Golden residents who attended the meeting felt like they were patronized by both the city council and Hillside's members. "We've basically been blown off as a bunch of hysterical women," says Judy Jones, who lives next door to Brueske. Murphy often tells his followers that he's praying for the church's angry neighbors, she notes. "I am praying for Mr. Murphy, as well," she says tartly.
After the city council granted the church its variance, Brueske and another neighbor, Marian Olson, filed suit in Jefferson County District Court against both Hillside and the City of Golden. The suit alleges that the church violated their rights by denying them access to an easement into their backyards, and claims the city grants preferential treatment to churches in enforcing its zoning rules. It also charges that the city violated legal guidelines in allowing the church to proceed with construction and in granting the variance.
Within days of the lawsuit's filing, a member of the Hillside congregation was walking up and down Ford Street with a sign saying "Save Our Church."
Last month, the two neighbors asked District Judge Leland Anderson for a temporary restraining order that would halt all work on Hillside's addition until the case goes to trial, but that request was denied. Murphy now predicts the addition will be finished this fall.
In the meantime, Olson, who lives next to the construction site, has covered the rear windows of her home to block her view of the church and keep out the dust. She listens to music on a Walkman to block out the noise.
"Every movement out there is a message from the City of Golden that they don't care," says Olson. "That building is a symbol of the abuse of power that goes on in Golden. It's like being next to the antithesis of the Statue of Liberty."
Pastor Murphy says the neighbors have become so vindictive, it's virtually impossible for his church to open a dialogue with Olson or others in the neighborhood. "One of the neighbors is throwing dog poop on my car," says Murphy. "I don't know where the hostility comes from. We've sent people to Mrs. Olson's house with flowers. We didn't realize she was so fired up."
Olson is so fired up that, even though she's lived in her home for seven years, like Brueske, she's thinking of leaving the neighborhood. "I can't live here now," she says. "I've essentially moved into my basement."
The clash with the church has become a crusade for Olson, who was on the phone one recent morning ordering aerial photos of the construction site. She believes her most basic constitutional rights have been violated by an uncaring city and a Baptist preacher out to build a religious empire. She thinks the new church building is even taller than the 35 feet the city measured--her own estimate is that the highest wall reaches 42 feet--and she insists Hillside would never have been allowed to violate city zoning codes if it weren't a church.
"If this were a 7-Eleven, they would have followed the rules to the letter," Olson says. She notes that Golden has required a new King Soopers under construction in the south part of town to be extensively landscaped. In order to mollify neighbors, King Soopers workers also hose down the dust regularly.
If the city has been lax, the church has been outright arrogant, she says, recalling one encounter with Murphy in January that left her in tears. "I went over there and spoke to him about the trash and dust," Olson says. "It was about then I said, 'What happened to "do unto others"?'"
According to Olson, the pastor flew into a rage. "He lashed out and said, 'Don't preach the gospel to me,'" she says. "I was in tears and a shambles. That conversation led us down this path."
Murphy remembers the encounter differently.
"She came into my office one day," recalls the pastor. "I had no idea anybody was less than thrilled with our progress. In the course of our conversation, I realized this lady was very angry. She told me, 'Whatever happened to "do unto others"?' I said, 'You're quoting Scripture to me, yet you're in here yelling at me.' I did what a pastor does. I said, 'If you die today and stand before God, will He let you in?'"
Brueske had her own confrontation with a church elder after she complained about the dust storm in her backyard at the city council meeting. She says Murphy's father-in-law, Douglas Kinner, a director of the church, approached her.
"The father-in-law said to me very rudely, 'We're sorry about the dust, but I'll come clean your house.' I thought that was an uncalled-for remark by a Christian man. He was very rude."
Brueske declined the offer of free housekeeping, but later she had second thoughts.
"My son said, 'Mom, you really goofed. You should have said, "I accept your offer, but please send Merry Maids."'"
"The neighbors think we tried to pull something over on them," says T.K. Murphy. "You had an ignorant pastor who was getting some bad advice. None of this was done maliciously."
But as a result, Hillside now faces a court battle, as well as a debt of more than $400,000 to pay for its new building. Murphy makes it clear that financial concerns weigh heavily on the 200-member congregation.
"We're not a money-hungry church," he says. "We're paying $4,000 or $5,000 a month in interest [for the addition]. We're having to get guys in the church to give up their savings. Myself and two other guys signed our houses over to get an interim loan."
During a recent sermon, Murphy alluded to the church's financial problems. Most Americans are caught up in materialism, he said, and "part of the sin in our material world is lawsuits."
Saving souls is the real work of Christians, Murphy reminded the congregation, and he made it clear that giving to the church was an important part of making a commitment to God. He drew a chuckle when he speculated on a church member saying to himself, "Lord, I give enough money to that church, I could be driving a Lexus."
"But those things do not last," Murphy told his flock. "I am simply saying do not store up treasures for yourself on earth. Use your earthly possessions as a spiritual investment."
One former member who lived next to the church says she was turned off by Murphy's constant appeals for money and eventually decided to leave the congregation. "It was above and beyond tithing," says Catherine Skelton. "They wrote every member a letter asking for money for the building fund. I felt there was too much emphasis on money."
But many of Murphy's followers remain tremendously loyal. "T.K. is an inspired speaker, and he really brings the word to people," says Faude. "We noticed an excitement level there. There's been steady growth in the congregation."
"T.K. and his family are so giving, they're incredible," says Renee Hirsch, who runs Hillside's children's program. "I have a very deep respect for him. He's devoted to studying the word of God and standing for the truth."
Those outside the church are less charitable. "I get the impression they don't worship God, they just go to worship T.K.," says Brueske.
"T.K. Murphy has turned out to be too aggressive," Littlepage says. "The same mentality that made him a good basketball star makes him a bad preacher."
For his part, Murphy believes the neighbors' hatred of Hillside is so intense that there must be some anti-Christian element involved. "I think they hate God," says the pastor. "I pray that they're just angry at me. It hurts me, and I just pray that they're not blaming God.
"I think until they come to Christ every action they take hurts them spiritually," he continues. "Do I think these people are Christians? No. Do I think they want to hurt us as a church? I do."
Murphy says he regrets all the animosity against Hillside and takes some of the responsibility for it. The church failed to communicate with its neighbors during construction, he says, and is now paying the price by enduring a gossip campaign that has sullied the reputation of Hillside in its adopted hometown. For example, he says, last month the church was invited to participate in Golden's annual Buffalo Bill Days parade--the city's largest civic event--but had to decline because of all the ill will.
"We just kept a low profile," Murphy says. "Right now we're seen as this bad group of people that's just trying to make amends." In reality, he says, he and his church are misunderstood.
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"I admit I've made mistakes," says Murphy. "But I don't tell people 'give me your money, and you'll be rich.' We're not funky or charismatic. We don't have snakes in there biting people. I'm saying you do have a responsibility to love your neighbor."
Love between neighbors may seem far off in north Golden, but Murphy says that's now the challenge facing his flock.
"Half the church is saying, 'Let's sue Mrs. Olson back,'" he says. "Talk about loving your neighbor and turning the other cheek. This is where the rubber meets the road.


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MARGARET WARNER: Late today, Pentagon officials told reporters that a military probe had cleared U.S. troops of wrongdoing in a raid last March in the town of Ishaqi, north of Baghdad. A warning: This report contains some graphic footage.
It was one of three known incidents under investigation into allegations that U.S. troops deliberately killed Iraqi civilians and then covered up the circumstances. All three probes pitted an early official U.S. version of events against charges by Iraqis on the ground.
Today, Associated Press television news re-released this graphic on-scene footage shot shortly after the Ishaqi incident. The U.S. military had reported in March that four people died when U.S. forces, pursuing a suspected al-Qaida member, destroyed a house in a ground and air attack.
Iraqi police and some local residents charged that the U.S. raid killed 11 people, most of them women and children. They also said U.S. forces deliberately murdered the Iraqis and then tried to cover up what they'd done by blowing up the building on top of the dead bodies.
This Ishaqi resident, who claimed to have witnessed the event, didn't want his face shown.
ISHAQI RESIDENT (through translator): Children were stuck in the room, alone and surrounded. After they handcuffed them, they shot them dead. Later, they struck the house with their planes. They wanted to hide the evidence. Even a six-month-old infant was killed.
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MARGARET WARNER: But late today, a Pentagon official told the NewsHour the investigation, quote, "didn't find any misconduct in the operation."
Separately, at Camp Pendleton in California, seven Marines and a Navy corpsman are being held in the brig, pending charges in connection with the shooting death of an Iraqi man in Hamandiyah, west of Baghdad, on April 26th.
And at least two investigations are under way into allegations that U.S. Marines murdered two dozen Iraqi civilians last November in the insurgent stronghold of Haditha and then provided false information about the deaths.
For an update on all of these investigations, we turn to New York Times Pentagon reporter Eric Schmitt.
Eric, welcome back.
ERIC SCHMITT, The New York Times: Thanks, Margaret.
MARGARET WARNER: This Ishaqi incident, first of all, is it official? Have these troops been cleared?
ERIC SCHMITT: Well, again, this is just breaking news, as you pointed out in your report, that the military is now exonerating the troops that were involved in this incident in early March of any type of wrongful death of civilians.
This has been an issue that had been reported, as you said, in March. And, again, there were disputes. But what made this interesting was these were actually Iraqi police reports that accused the American soldiers of killing unarmed women and children.
So the military has gone back in and -- again, just this evening, as these press reports were resurfacing today in the new light of Haditha -- the military is now coming back to say that the Army investigation has exonerated these, but we're still pressing for more details about that.
The investigation's conclusion
MARGARET WARNER: Well, two questions on that. First of all, when was this investigation concluded? I mean, did it just conclude, or was this something some time back? Well, just start with that one.
ERIC SCHMITT: Again, this is unclear. Right now, this was brought to the attention of the authorities in Baghdad in mid-March, right after this incident happened, and right after the Iraqi police filed their report.
It had basically been lying dormant, I think, up until that point, until, again, with the incident of Haditha providing new context for these type of incidents, suddenly this report became fresh again, and the United States and the military was forced to respond to it.
Again, there weren't a lot of details about this report put out tonight. We're still trying and pressing on them.
MARGARET WARNER: And is there any caution that we should say here in the fact that there hasn't been an official statement clearing them? I mean, we've all been briefed on a background basis, essentially?
ERIC SCHMITT: Well, I think we're all being very careful right now in reporting this, because, of course, this was the initial response to the Haditha incident, was that this couldn't possibly be, that reports like this and reporters pressing this news were being dupes of the insurgents.
So I think right now, until we see more concrete evidence coming out of the Pentagon or the military in Baghdad, we still need to be pressing those questions.
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MARGARET WARNER: All right. Let's turn to the Haditha investigation, because that is the incident that's generated the most attention, obviously. Now, there are two probes going on. Where do each of those stand right now?
ERIC SCHMITT: Sure, there's one of the first probes, who's conducted by -- is being conducted by Major General Eldon Bargewell of the Army. This was the inquiry that was started shortly after the initial investigating officer went to the scene in Haditha and determined there were enough inconsistencies in the Marines' initial statements about how these civilians were killed that additional investigations were warranted.
So the number-two commander in Iraq, Lieutenant General Peter Chiarelli, ordered this investigation by General Bargewell to determine whether or not there was essentially a cover-up of the information that came out of this.
The second investigation that's going on is by the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, and they are actually looking at the incident on the ground, the allegations that a small group of Marines shot and killed these 24 Iraqis in the town of Haditha last November.
The time frame of these investigations is a little uncertain right now. The military was hoping to present the investigation's findings to General Chiarelli as early as today in Baghdad. I'm told that has not happened, and it's going to be taking a little more time.
But even after General Chiarelli receives the findings of General Bargewell's inquiry, it's probably going to be at least a few weeks before he reviews them and sends them up his command of command, perhaps back to the Pentagon, as well, before there's any public release.
And we're told the second inquiry, the criminal inquiry conducted by the naval investigators, may not be completed until some time in July or later.
MARGARET WARNER: Now, Congressman Murtha, as we know, was briefed by the Marine commandant and I think other Marine officials. And he has used -- in terms of the criminal side -- he has said murder was committed and, two, he has said a cover-up was committed.
How far along are these investigations? Are they that far? In other words, have they determined that, even if everyone's individual culpability hasn't been decided, that there was at least some unjustified homicide committed and that there was a deliberate effort to cover up the events afterwards?
ERIC SCHMITT: Well, again, military officials and congressional officials I've spoken to, who have been briefed, say they fully expect very serious charges to be filed against some number of these Marines, including homicide charges.
As for the cover-up, it's looking like at least members of the individual squad that was involved in the incident may well have passed falsified statements up the chain of command in their reporting chain, so there's where you might end up in the initial stages of a cover-up.
Exactly how high up the chain that goes is what General Bargewell and the Navy investigators, as well, are looking at.
Haditha has unearthed incidents?
MARGARET WARNER: Now, finally this third incident in Hamandiyah, and we just referred to that in the taped piece briefly. This took place, I think, April 26th, but already some Marines are in the brig in Camp Pendleton. What were the circumstances of that? And what crime is alleged to have been committed there?
ERIC SCHMITT: Well, we learned last night from some of the defense lawyers who are representing these Marines that they expect these seven Marines and the Navy corpsmen to be charged with murder, kidnapping and other charges, involving the slaying of an Iraqi man in that town in April.
And then what these Marines and Navy corpsmen are alleged to have done is then staged the incident and laid the dead Iraqi down and put an AK-47 next to him to make it look like he was an insurgent, when actually he was, apparently, just some Iraqi man that was killed.
We don't know how many people actually participated in the killing and how many may have known about it and did not report it; that's why there's probably as many as eight people here implicated so far.
MARGARET WARNER: Finally, the senior Pentagon leadership that you speak with, do they think that there are more of these incidents taking place, that they have a growing problem with their troops on the ground in any way? Or is it simply that the Haditha incident now has unearthed a lot of other disputed incidents that ordinarily would be investigated, the soldiers cleared, and we would never hear about?
ERIC SCHMITT: I think, Margaret, it's a little bit of both. I think what you've seen so far is Haditha has brought to light some of the incidents that have been out there and thought were perhaps isolated or weren't given a whole lot of credence by the military.
Now the military is going back and looking through their files. Human rights groups, both in the United States and in Iraq, are going back and looking at their files to see what incidents may deserve greater scrutiny.
On the other hand, I think military leaders, both in Iraq and in Washington, recognize the stresses and strains that combat duty in Iraq pose. Just this week, for instance, Lieutenant General Chiarelli ordered mandatory sensitivity training for all coalition forces in Iraq right now, basically to go over things like cultural sensitivities with Iraqis, the stresses, the rules of war, and those important types of things, when you're dealing with combat situation. I think the Pentagon is looking at both those situations.
MARGARET WARNER: All right, Eric, thank you so much, Eric Schmitt of the New York Times.
ERIC SCHMITT: Thank you.


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The Phase I National System, as noted above, will be a
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.357 Sig, RCBS Standard dies: Do I need to Lube the cases???
Title pretty much says it all. I'm starting to reload .357 Sig for my P226. Do I need to lube the brass since the dies are not carbide, just a standard 2 die set??
My guess is yes, so the 10 test rounds I loaded last night were lubed, and all went fine.
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Yes. But a TWO die set? How do you bell the cases? MY sig die set is a standard handgun 3 die set from lee. It has the expander/bell die second in-line in the loading process.
An option that some are using is a 40 S&W carbide die is used to size the body, then the sig FL die is used to size the tiny/short neck. That eliminates the need to lube the whole case.
I simply spray lube the whole case, load them on my Dillon 650, then tumble the finished round, to remove the lube.
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I use a 40SW carbide die to size the body of the case first. Then I run the brass thru the 357 Sig die. That means I don't have to lube the cases at all as the body has already been sized. If you don't have a Lee factory crimp die, it sure helps in keeping the bullets where they belong. But if you don't have a 40 SW carbide die, you'll need to lube the cases.
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The standard RCBS .357 SIG die set is what I use, and it is indeed only two dies. The case is essentially a miniature bottleneck rifle case, so an expander isn't really necessary if you're loading jacketed bullets. And, like rifle cases, you do need to lube them. I guess you'd need to add an expander if you wanted to load lead, but I've never tried that with the .357.
I'm one of those who does the preliminary resizing with my .40 S&W carbide die, then uses the .357 SIG sizing die to do only the neck, which doesn't require lubing cases. I can fit everything in my progressive press, so there's really no additional work involved. Even if I only had a single stage, I'd still do it that way, accepting the extra step to avoid dealing with lube.
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I'm using the Dillon carbide sizing die and I lube them very lightly (spray a little squirt of oneshot in the cap and wave the cap over the brass). I just got the setup to do what Loader9 suggests but haven't set it up yet. Frankly, The slight additional step of the lube and the quick tumble doesn't add that much time to reloading these rounds for me. BTW, I tumble after they are loaded to remove the little bit of residual lube - maybe 30 minutes. I still put out the volume I need without much more time than .45 ACPs.
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Who Took Chrissy?
A/N-This is my first Growing Pains fanfic. I hope it turns out good. Also, this is set in Season 6, before Luke joined the family. The ages would therefore be placed as follows.
It started off like a regular Saturday morning. Maggie and Jason had invited the Sullivans over for a dinner party scheduled for that evening, so Mike was out shopping with Chrissy helping her pick out some clothes to wear.
"Hey, Mike, do you think this looks okay to wear tonight?" Chrissy asked. Mike, who was trying to find a good looking girl, turned around and saw that Chrissy was holding up a dark blue sweater with a beige skirt attached.
"I wouldn't know unless you go into the change room and try it on." replied Mike. Chrissy then disappeared into the change room, put on the outfit, and came back out to where Mike was standing.
"Now it looks good on you, Chrissy." Mike said.
"Thanks, Mike." Chrissy replied with a smile.
"You're welcome." Mike responded "Chrissy, are you absolutely sure this is what you want to wear tonight?" Mike asked. "Because if the answer is yes, then there's no backing out."
"I'm sure." replied Chrissy.
"Okay, then let's go pay for this outfit and go home so you can show Mom and Dad." Mike said. With that they went to the cash register, but little did they know that just outside the store, a suspicious looking man was looking through the window, waiting to grab Chrissy the moment she walked out of the store. Mike handed the cashier sixty five dollars and forty cents, which was the cost of the outfit, and he and Chrissy were out the door.
"Mike, do you think Mom and Dad will like the new outfit you just bought me?" Chrissy asked just before getting into the car with Mike.
"I'm sure they will, but don't say anything about how much it cost." Mike replied.
"I won't." Chrissy promised. "I wonder what Ben and Carol will think of this outfit." she pondered.
"I'm sure they'll like it too." Mike replied confidently. "Okay, are we ready to go home?" he asked.
"You bet we are!" Chrissy said with excitement. Just then, that same suspicious looking man that had been peering through the store window clamped a hand over Chrissy's mouth and started dragging her away.
"Help! Let me go!" Chrissy yelped. She tried squirming her way out, but the man was too strong.
"What's going on?" Mike demanded. Then he saw the man that was holding Chrissy. "Hey, that's my sister!" he yelled. He tried punching the man the face, but he turned away at the last second.
"Don't you dare say anything about this to anyone! You hear me!" yelled the man. With that, he threw Chrissy into the back seat of his car and drove away. All Mike could do was just stand there in disbelief, angry for two reasons. One, he couldn't do anything about what had just happened, and two, his youngest sister had just been kidnapped.
As Mike drove home from the store, he pondered over why this strange looking man would want to kidnap Chrissy for absolutely no reason at all.
"Wherever that man took Chrissy, I hope he doesn't do anything to hurt her or he'll have to answer to me." Mike said to himself. Back at home, Jason was working in his office, Maggie was ironing, and Ben and Carol were watching that week's CBS Sports Spectacular, which was a track meet out in Los Angeles.
Mike came home shaking his head and asking himself how something like what had happened outside the clothing store could have possibly happened.
"Hey, Mike, want to watch this track meet that's taking place out in Los Angeles?" Ben asked him.
"No thanks, Ben. I find track meets boring, which is why I don't watch them. Listen, could you guys turn the TV off for a second?" Mike asked. Ben turned it off.
"Guys, something happened today right when Chrissy and I were about to get in the car and come home from shopping from her clothes for tonight. It's pretty serious, so I need Mom and Dad in here too." Mike explained.
"Dad, Mike has to tell you something!" Carol yelled out.
"Mom, you better sit down for this too." Ben replied. Maggie stopped her ironing and Jason came out of his office with worried looks on their faces.
"What's this about, Mike?" Maggie asked.
"Well, it's something pretty serious that I don't think has ever happened to anybody in this family before." Mike explained.
"Mike, did you set something on fire again?" Jason asked.
"No." Mike answered.
"Then what is it?" Maggie wondered.
"Mike, whatever it is, we will do our best not to yell." Jason replied.
"Okay, here goes." Mike started out. "Chrissy and I were inside the clothing store, and Chrissy showed me what she thought was the best outfit in the store to wear tonight. She tried it on, and I said it looked good on her, and I paid the sixty five dollars and forty cents that it cost, and as we came out and were ready to come home, some suspicious looking guy who happened to be looking at us outside the store through the window came up and snatched Chrissy and took off." Mike explained.
"Mike, you mean to tell me that out of all that transpired this morning, the end result was that Chrissy was kidnapped?" Jason asked.
"Well, yeah, what I said pretty much sums it all up." Mike stated. "But this was not my fault."
"Mike, you're right. This was not your fault." Jason explained. "It could happen to anybody. But why some one we don't even know would go out of their minds and abduct our youngest daughter for absolutely no reason at all really puzzles me."
"Mike, it's going to be okay." Maggie reassured him.
"I hope so." Mike said. "I'm getting worried right now."
"We all are, Mike." Jason said. "I just hope she's okay and that nothing is happening to her." Ben turned the TV back on and saw that the track meet that had been on was being broken into for breaking news.
"We have some disturbing news to report at this time. Local girl Chrissy Seaver of Long Island, age four, was abducted earlier today. This occurred just outside a clothing store in the town's shopping district. Residents are urged to call police if they have any information on the abduction of this young girl. We will have more information on this story as it develops. We will now return you to the track meet." The newscaster replied. During that entire breaking news segment, a picture of Chrissy had been shown on the TV.
"That's our daughter in the picture." Jason realized.
"What do we do now?" Maggie asked.
"We call the police." Jason replied. He went to the phone and dialed 911.
"Hello, this is Jason Seaver. Yes, I'm Mike's father. Now, I'd like to…………..Yes, I have a nice speaking voice. Anyway, I'd like to report a kidnapping. Who was abducted? Don't you watch the news at all? Chrissy Seaver. Four years old, red hair. Beautiful looking hair, I know. 15 Robin Hood Lane. Okay, bye bye." Jason put the phone down.
"What's going on?" Mike asked.
"Well, I reported the kidnapping and the police want to stop by and ask a few questions. Relax, Mike, you're not in trouble. All you have to do is explain in every detail exactly what happened so that the police can assess the situation and figure out who took Chrissy." Jason explained.
Meanwhile, Chrissy was being held in a small square building with only one room, and was tied up in a chair that was facing the window.
"This is kidnapping! My family knows I'm missing!" Chrissy yelled.
"Well, I have news for you, young lady. Your family will never see you again unless you do what I say!" The man demanded.
"We shall see about that!" Chrissy yelled. She was very ticked off about being kidnapped in the first place.
"Oh, talking back, are we?" the man asked. "That will not do at all. Now, I have to go out and run some errands. You, young lady, will remain here for an undetermined amount of time."
"And what amount would that be?" Chrissy asked.
"Forever." the man answered. With that, he headed out the door leaving Chrissy tied up in the chair and with a look of sadness on her face.
"Mike, I'm counting on you to get me out of here." Chrissy said to herself. Just then, the man came back, placed a piece of duct tape over Chrissy's mouth and left again.
Back at home, the police were inside the Seaver home asking Mike some questions.
"Now, Mike, what was Chrissy wearing when she was taken?" the police officer asked.
"Well, she was wearing the new outfit that I had just bought her." Mike answered.
"And after you and your sister left the store, what was the man who took you sister wearing?"
"Well, he was wearing a t-shirt with a skull and crossbones on it, leather pants, tall boots, and a leather jacket."
"Okay, Mike, that'll be enough questions." the police officer explained. "We'll do our best to catch this guy and return your sister safely to you. If anything comes up, we'll let you know." With that, the police left after a thank you from Mike.
"Well, there's no easy way to say it, Mom. God hates me." Mike said.
"He doesn't hate you, Mike. You're just upset over the fact that your sister was taken." Maggie explained.
"I guess you're right, Mom." Mike replied.
"What do you mean you guess?" Maggie asked. "I'm your mother, of course I'm right." And Maggie went back to her ironing. A few hours later, Ben and Carol were helping Maggie set the table for the dinner party when the phone rang.
"I'll get it." Jason declared. "Hello, Jason Seaver speaking. Yes, I'm the one with the nice speaking voice. Really? That's great news! Thanks a lot, bye." Jason hung up the phone.
"Who was that?" Maggie asked.
"It was the police." Jason answered. "Looks like they've figured out who took our daughter."
"That's wonderful!" Maggie yelled excitedly. "Who was it?"
"According to the police, it was a guy by the name of Frank Dunbar. They also told me the address of the place where Chrissy is being held. Let's go." Jason said.
"But I haven't finished setting the table for tonight." Maggie protested.
"Ben and Carol can finish doing that." Jason stated. With that, they left.
Back at the small building, Frank had finished his errands and was back inside, thinking of more ways to torture Chrissy. Suddenly, they both heard sirens of a police car outside. Frank looked outside the window and saw that it was the cops. He tried to open the door to escape, but the police barged in followed by Maggie and Jason.
"Frank Dunbar, you are under arrest for the kidnapping of Chrissy Seaver! You have the right to remain silent! Anything you say or do will be used against you in the court of law!" the police officer yelled. He then placed Frank's hands behind his back, snapped the handcuffs on him, and led him away.
"You haven't seen the last of me, kid!" Frank yelled as the police shoved him into the back of the police car. A few seconds later, the police drove off. However, Chrissy was still tied up and the duct tape was still covering her mouth. Jason removed the duct tape from her mouth.
"Chrissy, are you all right?" Jason asked.
"I'm just fine." Chrissy answered.
"That man didn't hurt you, did he?" Maggie asked as she untied Chrissy.
"Not at all." Chrissy answered.
"Well, at least you're safe. Come on, let's get home." Jason replied. Back home Ben and Carol were finished setting the table and were watching a movie on TV. Maggie and Jason walked in with Chrissy right behind them.
"We got Chrissy back!" Jason declared.
"All right, Dad!" Ben yelled out. Chrissy ran over to where Ben and Carol were.
"Chrissy, we're glad you're safe." Carol stated. "By the way, who bought you this outfit?"
"Mike did." Chrissy answered.
"It looks nice on you." Carol complimented.
"That goes double for me." Ben replied.
"Thank you very much." Chrissy said. Later on in the evening, the dinner party went off without a hitch. Everything was pretty much back to normal in the Seaver household.


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Lehman said he drew some inspiration from a meeting he had on Monday with legendary Duke University basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski at his office in North Carolina.
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Ipswich: Man arrested on suspicion of sexual assault after a woman was touched inappropriately
PUBLISHED: 16:43 13 February 2014 | UPDATED: 16:43 13 February 2014
A man has been arrested on suspicion of sexual assault after a woman was touched inappropriately in Ipswich last weekend
The incident happened in Lady Lane outside a tattoo shop at approximately 2.30pm on Saturday.
A woman was standing in the street when a man approached her. He tried to speak with her and then touched her on the chest numerous times.
The woman ran away.
A 63-year-old man from Ipswich is currently at Martlesham Police Investigation Centre, after being arrested today, on suspicion of sexual assault on a female.
Suffolk police has called for any witnesses to come forward. If you can help call 101 and speak to PC Philip Burton, quoting crime reference IC/14/568.


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Las Vegas, NV, United States, 2016/03/01 - BD Exhibits Next Generation Wireless Diagnostic Test System at HIMSS16 [NYSE:T] - ATT.com / BD.com. NYSE: BDX
BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company), a leading global medical technology company, is utilizing AT&T* Internet of Things (IoT) services to connect wireless health devices. BD previewed the next generation BD Veritor System, a point-of-care (POC) analyzer with traceability and connectivity features at the 2016 Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) annual meeting held Feb. 29 to March 4 in Las Vegas.
The next generation BD Veritor System uses an AT&T Global SIM to send test results from the BD Veritor platform to the BD cloud. The BD cloud then transmits the data in a highly secure manner to a laboratory information system or electronic health records system. Clinicians can then access information and integrate test results into patient records in a highly secure way.
This collaboration with AT&T further strengthens BDs continued progress in health IT and is a significant step forward for the company in becoming a leader in medical IoT technology, said David Feygin, vice president, Health IT and Strategic Innovation at BD. We are continuing to evaluate how the addition of information technology to our current capabilities could further benefit our customers and patients.
As a leader in connecting all business and consumer assets, we continue to use AT&Ts services to help improve lives and increase productivity, said Mobeen Khan, AVP - Internet of Things (IoT), AT&T Business Solutions. The work we are doing with BD, a leading global medical technology company, is an example of how we are enabling connected devices and assets to enhance medical solutions.
BD and AT&T are working together to create similar wireless connectivity for other BD devices.
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Ex-chief of Census office files complaint
A complaint by a former manager depicts the Grand Junction census office as a den of backbiting and turf battles, as well as anti-Semitism, drug use and several varieties of unprofessional conduct.
The office at 573 W. Crete Circle also was hindered by frayed communications with meddlesome upper management in Denver, former manager Bill Hugenberg said in his complaint filed with the Census Bureau's Office of Civil Rights.
The Grand Junction building is the same as the one in which a malodorous marijuana-growing operation left several census employees overcome and the temporary manager, Russell Copelan, complaining that employees were being subjected to questionable working conditions.
Hugenberg was the first of four managers to be in charge of the office for the 2010 census and, according to his complaint, he feuded with Copelan, who originally was hired to be a regional technician for the head count.
Copelan did not respond to a request for an interview on a note left at his building, and his phone number was no longer working.
The Census Bureau also told The Daily Sentinel it would not comment on the personnel matters Hugenberg raised.
Copelan, according to Hugenberg's complaint, might have arranged for Hugenberg's dismissal by complaining about "my alleged but non-existent anti-Semitism" to higher-ups in Denver, Hugenberg said in the complaint.
Copelan also might have provided higher-ups with "maliciously false" information about him and a woman who worked in the census office, Hugenberg said in the complaint.
His dismissal was for "bogus, unjustified, and unlawfully discriminatory reasons, and the policies which allow local managers to be made scapegoats for the well-documented incompetence of others at higher levels," Hugenberg wrote.
Although he was hampered by relationships at the Grand Junction and Denver offices, he managed to complete the update-leave phase of the census on time, Hugenberg wrote.
"I overcame numerous obstacles to successfully manage the preparations for (update-leave) selection, orchestrated the acceleration of recruiting efforts so that the (Grand Junction census office) ended up with 'just enough' qualified applicants 'just in time'" to complete that phase of the operation, Hugenberg wrote.
Higher-ups "knew that there were no valid operational grounds for my termination," he said.
Hugenberg said he was doing well enough that he was told on Feb. 16 he was being considered for promotion. A week later he was terminated, he said.
Several times in his complaint, Hugenberg called for officials in Denver to be questioned under oath about their dealings with him.
Hugenberg said he suspected Copelan of some improprieties in the Grand Junction office, and when he communicated his concerns about Copelan to officials in Denver, Hugenberg said his concerns were dismissed as personal attacks on Copelan "because (Copelan) was Jewish."
Hugenberg said he wasn't allowed to forget that he had once compared Copelan's job as regional technician to that of a commissar in the Red Army, which was invidious given Copelan's religion. Hugenberg said he apologized profusely to Copelan.
Hugenberg said in his complaint that he was uniquely qualified to head the Grand Junction office because he had represented several American Indian tribes across the West as an attorney. The census had hoped to make inroads with Utes and the Navajo Nation in completing the head count.
His termination could have been the result of religious discrimination, age discrimination or several other causes, all of them subjecting him to violation of his civil rights, Hugenberg wrote.
"Prompt payment of $46,000 accompanied by a letter of apology from the bureau" would show his termination was wrongful and unlawful, "thereby restoring my stigmatized reputation," Hugenberg wrote.
The Census Bureau, meanwhile, "should utilize this thoroughly documented case study of its poor planning and 'gross mismanagement'" to ensure the Grand Junction office is properly staffed for its job, Hugenberg wrote.


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The Commonwealth of Learning (COL) named seven new Honorary Fellows of the Commonwealth of Learning at the Pan-Commonwealth Forum (PCF) on Open Learning, on 28 November 2016. The designation of COL Honorary Fellow recognises outstanding individual contributions to open and distance learning in areas such as: leadership and service, published work, mentorship, innovation, improving access to quality education and promoting learning for sustainable development.
The 2014-2016 COL Honorary Fellows are:
Mr Martin Bean
Professor Rajesh Chandra
Dr Luz Marina Longsworth
Professor Naveed Akhtar Malik
Professor Tolly Salvator Augustin Mbwette
The Honourable Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang
Ms Chetna Vijay Sinha
In his closing remarks, COL Vice-President Dr K Balasubramanian said: "I am sure that these seven Honorary Fellows, along with the 53 Honorary Fellows designated in the early PCFs will guide us through thought, action and spirit."
The 2014-2016 designations were conferred by COL President and CEO Professor Asha Kanwar. Consideration is typically limited to citizens of Commonwealth countries and designations are for life.
List of all COL Honorary Fellows


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Join us for our "I Heart HIFF" Membership Screening on Aug 22
We will be holding a film screening for HIFF Ohana members at the Regal Dole Cannery Stadium 18 & IMAX Theatres on Thursday August 22nd. We're pleased to present a sneak peek of Wong Kar Wai's new martial arts film THE GRANDMASTER (view official trailer here).
HIFF Ohana members from 2012 will receive up to 2 admissions for each membership, as well as new or renewing members who purchase a Fall 2013 membership. What's even better is there will be a 15% discount on new/renewal memberships at this event -in person only-. Admissions will be available at the door only, first come, first served.
Event starts: 5:30pm; Film starts: 7:00pm
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Directed by acclaimed filmmaker Wong Kar Wai, THE GRANDMASTER is an epic action feature inspired by the life and times of the legendary kung fu master, Ip Man. The story spans the tumultuous Republican era that followed the fall of China's last dynasty, a time of chaos, division and war that was also the golden age of Chinese martial arts. Filmed in a range of stunning locations that include the snow-swept landscapes of Northeast China and the subtropical South, THE GRANDMASTER features virtuoso performances by some of the greatest stars of contemporary Asian cinema, including Tony Leung and Ziyi Zhang.


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Last month we reported that Barnes & Noble had launched NOOK for Android. It was the first e-reader for Android to support e-book lending and the first app by Barnes & Noble to launch under the NOOK brand. Now Barnes & Noble has updated its e-reader software for other mobile platforms and the PC and has unified its apps under the NOOK brand.
NOOK for iPhone, iPad, and PC will all offer e-book lending as first launched with NOOK for Android. Specific improvements include in-app content rating for the iPad. The iPhone app has also taking some features from the iPad app in regards to customization. NOOK for iPhone will support personalized and professional themes and includes the ability to change the colors of fonts, backgrounds and texts as well as make adjustments to line spacing, font style and sizes. NOOK for iPhone has also been optimized so that e-book cover art and text take advantage of the Retina display on the iPhone 4.
Those who use the NOOK e-reader app on their iPad, iPhone or PC will also appreciate the fact that the last page of an e-book opened and a user's entire library are synchronized across all software-enabled devices making it easy to flip between platforms and not lose your place.
The e-book lending feature, included with all NOOK e-reader versions, utilizes LendMe technology to allow for an e-book to be shared with other users of the NOOK app or e-reader for up to 14 days.
Read more at Barnes & Noble.
Brian's Opinion
I love the fact that Barnes & Noble is giving Amazon and its Kindle some serious competition. Having two strong companies in the e-book and e-reader market space has already led to reduced e-reader prices and innovations such as e-book lending. As a result, e-book consumption is taking off as demonstrated by Amazon's first author to be admitted to it's Kindle Million Club.
What would be even better would be a strong 3rd competitor, but one doesn't look to be appearing anytime soon on the horizon. Borders is beginning to make some rumblings with its own e-book store and e-reader app, but the company has some serious room to make up before it can be considered a threat by Barnes & Noble or Amazon. Right now, when it comes to e-books, it looks like it's just a two-horse race.


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One of Minnesotas Top Country Bands Comes to Sauk Rapids This Weekend
Maiden Dixie in one of Minnesota's premier country music bands and this weekend the band will be at Benton Station in Sauk Rapids for a FREE show.
So, if you're ready to party this weekend, get out and watch some great LOCAL music. Maiden Dixie brings the energy every concert should bring and you'll have fun the entire night. This group likes to make it a party… seriously, sometimes the don't even put their drinks down while they play (see the picture below).
If you're ready to dance and party Saturday night away, there's no better band to do that with than Maiden Dixie. They'll play some of your favorite country hits and also some originals off their debut album, "Little Black Dress".
See ya tomorrow night at Benton Station!


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After initial reports that LL Cool J's clothing line was in danger [click to read], WooHa reports that Sears has opted to cease production of the Queens icon's signature line, which was announced in July of 2008 [click to read].
Sears purchasing sources told the industry insider publication that the cuts were a reaction to the recession, but also lack of interest in the marketplace. Cool J has spoken little of the line since his Exit 13 campaign.
Consumers will be able to purchase LL's apparel at 50-75% discount at retailers and through Sears online.


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April 24, 2012 BY Aaron Hope
LeBron James has a pair of Air Forces on the way, why not Maxes too? Just days before the King James/Black Mamba Pack of Air Force 1s hits retailers this Saturday, we have a look at a Nike Air Max+ 2011 that's arguably even more custom tailored to LeBron. The relatively simple white-on-red design evokes memories of the recent 'Christmas Day' Nike LeBron drops while the 'LJ' crown insignia on the heels applies the finishing touch on a design that's just as 'Cincinnati' as it is MIA. There's also the potential to see a slight Miami of Ohio tie-on, which seems appropriate for Akron's most famous son and a guy who still carries the 330 in his Twitter handle. Click through to see more of what 'Bron just tweeted and stick with Sneaker News for more rare player exclusives.
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Talk-show host Ricki Lake, taking a breather from blather, is shooting Mrs. Winterbourne in Toronto. The romantic comedy has Lake as a pregnant woman mistaken for a wealthy family's in-law. Shades of While You Were Sleeping? No, it's based on a 1948 novel, I Married a Dead Man, already twice made into films.
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His debut movie, Blue Chips, may have dribbled away, but this August, Shaquille O'Neal returns with Kazaam, a comedy in which the Orlando Magic center plays a genie vexed by a stubborn boy.
Up for the count:
In The Great White Hype, Samuel L. Jackson will play a shady promoter who pushes a has-been boxer (Peter Berg) back into the ring. Reginald Hudlin (House Party) starts directing the Ron Shelton-scripted comedy next month.


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Add this to the Consumerist toolbelt: Star Raids. If a company is pissing off a bunch of customers and refuses to change some aspect of their product, some consumers are finding it effective to band together and thrash the product's rating. An avalanche of "zero" ratings can make a ratings score plummet, and turn away potential customers. The fall-off in sales will definitely grab their attention.
"Star Raids" Thrash Product Ratings, Get Company's Attention
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Seahawks Overpower Bucs 10-4
CHARLESTON, S.C. - A rocky third inning spelled trouble for the CSU baseball team, as the UNC Wilmington Seahawks would put up six runs en route to a 10-4 victory over the Buccaneers on Wednesday afternoon at CSU Ballpark.
The Buccaneers started off quickly, picking up a run in the bottom of the first. Bobby Ison singled to third base, advancing on a sacrifice bunt. Alex Tomasovich singled to center field to drive Ison home and put the Bucs up 1-0 early on.
However the CSU lead was short lived, as a six-run outburst by the Seahawks in the top of the third inning put them ahead 6-1. Michael Bass singled to left field to start things off before Matt Campbell doubled down the leftfield line to drive Bass home. Andrew Cain followed that up with a double as well, scoring Campbell to put UNCW ahead 2-1. Hunter Ridge and Thomas Pope had back-to-back singles, with Cain crossing home plate on Ridge's hit to right center. Austin Weekley walked Drew Farber and was then replaced by Denis Buckley. Ridge would then score on a sacrifice fly by Jake Keonig before Corey Dick hit a two RBI single to score Farber and Pope as UNCW took a 6-1 lead.
The Bucs attempted to work their way back in the bottom of the fourth. Chase Shelton singled to right field before Walt Quattlebaum and Brian Welch drew back-to-back walks. Drew Woodall was hit by a pitch, scoring Shelton. Harrison Wilkins reached on fielder's choice before Ison walked with the bases loaded, scoring Welch as the Bucs cut the deficit to four at 6-2 after four innings.
The Seahawks returned the favor in the top of the fifth, taking back two runs. Pope walked to start the inning off, and then stole second. Farber doubled down the left field line to score Pope. Farber then made it home on a Bass single to put the Seahawks back up by five at 8-3.
Welch singled up the middle in the bottom of the sixth, stealing second soon after. Wilkins singled through the right side to score Welch as the Bucs would add another run to trail UNCW 8-4.
Cain had a ground-rule double in the top of the ninth for the Seahawks, advancing Molinaro who took first after being hit by a pitch. Ridge drew a walk before Pope reached on a fielder's choice. Cain advanced to second on the fielder's choice, scoring on an error by Tomasovich. Molinaro would also score on the error as the Seahawks took the 10-4 win.
Weekley took the loss on the mound for CSU. He gave up six runs on six hits in 2 1/3 innings. He also struck out two and issued two walks.
The win went to Seahawk reliever Christian MacDonald as he allowed one run in 2 1/3 innings of work. He gave up three hits and fanned two batters in the process.
The Bucs were paced offensively by their lead-off man, Ison, who went 2-for-4 on the day with a walk. Ison also drove in one run and scored a run for the CSU offense.
Charleston Southern will be back in action on Friday afternoon as they host Big South foe Gardner-Webb in the first game of a three game series this weekend at CSU Ballpark. Start time for Friday's contest is 2:00 p.m.


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IN the U16A Division, four goals from Jac Pride and a brace from Tom Neville gave Pentyrch all the points in their 6-1 win over Maindy Corries Red.
Marlboro Sports got their first win under their belts defeating Thornhill 4-1 and Llanrumney Utd defeated Maindy Corries 7-1.
In the B Division, a hat-trick from Tyrell Suleman, a penalty from Otis Simpson and goals from Ali Jafari and Lloyd Walsh secured the points for Canton in their 6-1 win over Cardiff Hibs.
Grangetown defeated Celts FC 3-1 and Pentwyn beat Rhiwbina 2-0.
Heol Hir recorded their second win of the season after a close-fought first half against Rafa FC.
Heol Hir quickly went into a 3-1 lead after 20 minutes through a fourth hat-trick of the season from centre forward Joel Roberts.
However, RAFA fought back to lead 4-3, but then on the stroke of half-time, Davey Morgan levelled the scoreline by hooking in the equaliser.
In the second half Heol Hir continued their dominance and led 7-4, a further three goals from the prolific Joel Roberts with assists from fellow striker Adam Threadgold, only for RAFA to pull a goal back.
The last 15 minutes belonged to Heol Hir as Roberts added an eighth goal (his seventh) and two long-range strikes from Ben Watermeyer and Luke Gill sealed a fantastic win. Radyr defeated Lisvane 4-1.
In the U15A Division, Butetown recorded a big 14-3 win over Maindy Corries.
After going behind to Marlboro Sports Black, Fairwater scored two second-half goals to secure all three points. Goal scorers were Gabriel Paines and the winner from Mason Lock.
Rhiwbina defeated Llanedeyrn 6-3 and St Albans beat Pentyrch 8-1 and remain top of the division. Pentwyn and AFC Whitchurch shared the points following their 3-3 draw.
In the B Division, AFC Llanedeyrn gained a well-deserved point drawing 2-2 with Caerau Ely. Scorers for Llanedeyrn were Jake Ormson and Sodul Hussain. Canton are top following their 7-1 victory over Urdd and
AFC Rumney got their first win of the season defeating Danescourt 5-3.
In the c division, FC Dragons remain top after bagging all three points in their 6-3 win over Cardiff Hibs.
A hat-trick from Mason Mahon and goals from Adam Smith and Jack Sheppard secured all the points for Gwaelod Rangers in their 5-3 victory against Lisvane Orange.
Matthew Harris scored all the goals for Marlboro Sports White in their 4-2 win over Maindy Corries.
Thornhill defeated AFC Llanedeyrn 6-2 with goals from Callum Baker (2), Ben Muggeridge (2), Chris Frost and Lewis Cubitt.
In the U14A Division, Maindy Corries and Cardiff Hibs entertained the spectators in a 3-3 thriller.
AFC Whitchurch extended their lead at top with a 4-1 victory over Rhiwbina and Ely Rangers defeated AFC Rumney 2-1.
In the B Division, Canton beat Llanedeyrn 3-1 and a hat-trick from Nathan Jones secured the points for Bridgend Street in their 3-0 win over St Albans.
Marshfield edged it 5-4 in their game against Urdd and Ty Celyn defeated Grangetown 4-3 with a hat-trick from Luke Hooper and a goal from Nathan Owen.
In the C Division, Marlboro Sports Black are proving they are too strong for the opposition with another convincing win, this time beating Llanishen 13-1 with goals from James Robinson (3), Marcus Moses (5), Jack Murray Jack Murray (4) and Evan Rowe.
Goals from Ellis Dyer (3), Charlie Cummings (3), John O'Duffy (2), Andrew jones and an own goal secured all three points for Thornhill in their 10-3 win over Pentyrch.
In the U13A division, Heath Park Rangers secured their first win of the season defeating Fairwater 7-1. Thornhill beat Rhiwbina 6-1, making it four played and four won.
In the B Division, Cule Ahmed, Tyrel Sullivan and Callum Short (2) secured the win for Llanedeyrn, who defeated Canton 4-3. Grangetown beat Urdd 11-3.
In the C Division, Ty Celyn still have a 100% winning record thanks to a 9-0 win against Danescourt
In the U12A Division, AFC Rumney beat Ely Rangers 5-2.


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Markets - Intelligent Investor - 01 Mar 2012
Mar 01st 2012 - International Business Times today published a report on Markets entitled "Intelligent Investor - 01 Mar 2012". In summary, the report says:
The Intelligent Investor reports cover the major events of the day in the UK including stock market news, company news, announcements, analysis expectations, broker recommendations, key events, economic indicators amongst others. They also include all major economic, political, company events which may move the markets on the next trading day.
International Business Times
The International Business Times is an online global business news- paper, comprised of 16 editions, published in 10 languages from 13 global bureaus. It is among the top ten online business news sites in the world. The mission is to create a platform where the exchange of ideas, goods, and services can take place to empower people to conduct global business. The company launched its website in 2005 with the vision of serving all the countries in the world. It is privately-held and wholly owned by its Board of Directors. Its global headquarters are on Wall Street in New York. The global editorial team of over 235 in-country staff provides in- depth reporting and analysis on the most important topics of the day. Created from the start as an international news organization, IBTimes maintains unbiased global interests. The International Business Times offers a truly international news platform enabling readers around the world to have access to real- time, global news and economic information. IBTimes offers news on economies, markets, companies, technology, business life, education, travel, real estate, luxury, autos, sports, entertainment, books, fashion, health, and more. Each country of the International Business Times produces its own complete edition, offering news coverage relevant to the readers of the respective country. The strong global network gives IBTimes deeper insight into the global business landscape and provides readers a balanced global perspective. Edition exchange content on a real-time basis through a shared database. Readers are business executives of global corporations, institutional investors, and innovative entrepreneurs. Our news follows the trends of globalization and benefit readers who see the world as their market. more »


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Most runners don't have a problem pushing themselves. But when you're focused on building endurance and speed, it's easy to forget how important rest is. It's when you're not running that the muscle rebuilds itself and becomes stronger. If you don't recover enough, you'll break down more than you build up. Make your rest days count for more than just a day off by doing something you enjoy that you don't have time for on your heavy-mileage days. Catch a movie or get a massage. Schedule a relaxing reward that you can use as an incentive to get through the next tough workout!
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