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The McInnish-Goode case against former Alabama Secretary of State Beth Chapman has definitely not been quietly dismissed according to a spokesperson for the Alabama Supreme Court. "It's still pending," the court clerk told CiR on Thursday, December 19, at 3:06 p.m. EST. She said the case has not been dismissed, stating, "I don't know where they got" the information that case was tossed. CiR was checking web reports that on the very day Attorney Larry Klayman won his blockbuster NSA spy scandal case against the Obama administration, his other big case concerning the Obama Birth Certificate forgery and authentication was dismissed.
Attorney Klayman is plaintiffs' counsel for Hugh McInnish and Virgil Goode, two Alabama Republican party officials who are challenging former Alabama Secretary of State Beth Chapman's decision to allow Obama and other candidates to appear on that state's 2012 presidential election ballots without first fully vetting them for eligibility. At stake, says investigator Mike Zullo, is "deception of voters and state election commissioners."
This huge case was taken to appeal for oral argument in front of the AL Supreme Court after lower courts tossed its premise, a typical legal action taken across America by most other lower judiciary challenges to the Obama Birth Certificate issue. Carl Gallups, Freedom Friday's radio talk host in northern Florida, has for weeks been pointing out there actually are three birth certificate filings on record in this case. "Now a third birth certificate has been submitted by AL Democrats. The Obama, WH generated web birth certificate was shown by Sheriff Joe Arpaio's forensic investigators to be a document forgery. Obama supporters have submitted yet another BC for consideration.
Meanwhile, several major developments are causing tensions to rise. The first concerns the inexplicable death of the main Hawaii Department of Health official linked to issuance of the "real" Barack Obama BC, 65 year old Loretta Fuddy. Hers was the only death in a nine passenger plane crash last week that saw the pilot reportedly swim to shore to get help, after which, according to another Honolulu print outlet, he actually drove himself home. Attempts by CiR to re-verify this account were thwarted because print access became limited. Pilot Clyde Kawasaki was reported as saying, "All I know is 'bang,'. . .OK, I'm in trouble now."
Attorney Orly Taitz now has entered into the plane crash reconstruction. Unclear is what happened to Fuddy's body immediately after the plane hit the water. Taitz issued a recent press release saying she "was contacted by Mr. Larry Fenton who tried to serve Fuddy with a Taitz subpoena. "He said he received a Facebook request from Loretta Fuddy to be friends," says Taitz. Fenton was not allowed to serve Fuddy with the subpoena in person as required by law, but "was told to leave it at the gate."
Lead Arpaio investigator Mike Zullo filed a 207 point affidavit in the case against Sec of State Chapman, citing possible "fraudulent creation of an official document, forgery of a governmental birth record, and deception of voters and state election commissioners across the county." Point #35 of the filing states: "It was now demonstrated beyond reasonable doubt that the WH website document was an utter forgery." Gallups is reporting Zullo has gone to ground because of a history changing news tip the detective is chasing all over the country.
One commenter summed up these latest developments by saying, "When conservatives are hitting the target, they get the most flack!" Just recall how CNN talker Don Lemon and his liberal guest attacked Attorney Klayman. "Cut his mic, " cried Lemon.


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helloFriday, January 04, 2008
Hello and Happy New Year.
It is a little slow going over here. I think I sort of lost some steam after the holidays. Lately, I have been happy just sitting perusing the blogosphere. Really, I wish I could do it all day. I love reading about every ones new projects and new years resolutions. One of mine, was to get back on track, for the rest of the school year, with our cookie of the week.
The requested cookie was for lemony snickets from Melana. They were such a huge hit, my children asked if I would make them again. My husband said they were the best Christmas cookie I have ever made. There is noway these will be a Christmas time only cookie. They are just too good to make only one time a year.
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I'm knitting it in Silky Wool. I'm up to the cable yoke, but I'm waiting to dive in until after the kids are back in school since that part requires concentration. I have to admit that it's a very boring knit until that point. This is one that I'm knitting for the end result, not for the process.ReplyDelete
I'm knitting that sweater too! The ribbing about ended it for me, it was soooooooooooooo boring. I'm on sleeve number one and have to put it down and pick something else up often. I can't wait to get to the top and see how the intricate detail works up. What yarn are you using? It's beautiful.ReplyDelete
Hi Leslie,ReplyDelete
I love anything lemon it's my weakness indeed! Your peppermint baking pieces were my thing over the holidays. It's a good thing they aren't available all year! Good thing is you only need a few at a time.
I am making the twisted cable hat that you just made. I don't understand this increase round. Is it that you make 2 M1 stitches in a row or do you do the whole round twice? Sorry to bother you on this .. I am in Puerto Vallarta and I have ripped it out several times.
Drooling over the lemony goodness AND the beauty of the grey wool as well. I understand the feeling of slogging through, but I am confident you will look terrific in Tangled Yoke once it is complete.ReplyDelete
Those cookies are so enticing...I loved your lemon shot over on Flickr.ReplyDelete
Try to embrace the mindless ribbing as the perfect zone-out project!
A lot of ribbing is enough to boar anyone out - stay strong! ;) That Tangled Yoke is a beautiful design!ReplyDelete
Happy New Year and Happy Friday to you too!
happy new year, leslie!ReplyDelete
those cookies look delightful...and your sweater will be fabulous, I am sure!!! I love the gray yarn. great color choice.
I like any cookie with lemon in it. The pistachio lemon trees are my traditional Christmas cookie. It's not really a Christmas cookie, perse; but, it's the only time I make it. Huh. I think everyone who casts on for the TY talks about it being something of a slog when they first cast on. You'll find the mojo again. Happy New Year!ReplyDelete
i love the color you chose for your tangle yoke. please get past the ribbing and tell me it is not boring. i so need not boring. :)ReplyDelete
I've seen this sweater all over the place and it seems like I hear the same thing: that it's slow going at first but it picks up... I'm sure you'll love it when you get further along.ReplyDelete
Those cookies look delicious. Great photo of them!
Enjoy your surfing & Happy New Year...;-)
Those cookies look so yummy! The ribbing is part of the charm of the tangled yoke cardi, so it'll be worth it!ReplyDelete
Ribbing can really kill the knitting mojo. I hope it goes quickly becaue I can't wait to see the sweater.ReplyDelete
Happy New Year to you too!ReplyDelete
My response to the end of the focus and drive of holiday knitting is a serious case of Startitis! As if I didn't already have enough UFOs. Hopefully we'll all be able to get back on track soon. The Tangled Yoke is such a great pattern, I'm sure yours will be a beauty.
The cookies look de-lish!
Another yummy cookie! One of my favorite flavors and scents is lemon. So refreshing! These turned out so beautiful and I know they had to taste so good too.ReplyDelete
Love the color you are knitting the sweater in!
Mmmm, lemonysnickets...mmmm. I do love that tangled yoke sweater, such a cool pattern!ReplyDelete
I love that Tangled Yoke pattern, hmmm, maybe I should join you, although I really hate knitting rib in spite of the fact that I really like the look of rib. Life can be so cruel!ReplyDelete
The lemon cookies look so nice, I really need to work out how to convert american recipes to metric.

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These Wiebke Ladies Black Leather Gloves are the perfect accessory for your winter wardrobe. Smooth buttery deerskin leather and a soft unlined interior make for a comfortable fit and classic look. A slight slit at the wrists let these gloves go on over sleeves and the elastic at the wrists keeps out the snow and cold. Elegant and completely classic, these gloves are the perfect fit. Available in Black or Brown.


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Bail set for three Schaumburg officers
DuPage County State's Attorney Robert Berlin, center, is joined by DEA Special Agent in Charge, Jack Riley, left, and Chief of the State's Attoney's narcotics unit Audriana Anderson at a press conference in Wheaton today. A DuPage County judge set a cash bail of $750,000 for each of three Schaumburg police officers accused of ripping off drug dealers. A female companion of one of the officers was also charged. The accused officers are John Cichy, 30, Matthew Hudak, 29, and Terrance O'Brian, 47.
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Over the weekend I watched, The Wings of The Dove on Netflix to get into a Venetian state of mind. Utterly lush...
Monday, August 01, 2011
The Wings of the Dove
Over the weekend I watched, The Wings of The Dove on Netflix to get into a Venetian state of mind. Utterly lush...
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Love these Carol...xvReplyDelete
I hope we have it on Netflix..sometimes my daughter across the street gets a movie..and we don't:(ReplyDelete
I will look for this..we love all movies that bring us back there:)..to other areas of Italy.. and to Provence..
Watched The Tourist ..it was Venice too..
LOVE the watercolors..
Thanks for the movie tip..
We watch one almost every night..
WINGS is streaming now in NYC...but they do rotate as I understand it.
Wings is much more romantic/dreamy/divine than The Tourist.
MUCH more!!
Love the immediacy of these lush little Gondola water colors, Carol. They capture the essence, like Venetian Haiku poems.ReplyDelete
I have loved Wings of the Dove since I first saw it on the big screen many, many years ago. I think there are some of the most beautiful "blues" in that movie, in mosaics, walls and gowns that I have ever seen, eclipsed only by Venice herself. It's a beautiful film and the soundtrack is magnificent and unforgettable. Thanks for reminding me with your beautiful watercolors. I'm glad I own Wings.......
Beautiful watercolours!! I especially like the Blue Dusk.ReplyDelete
Sigh. Now I want to go to Paris AND Venice!!
(Totally irrelevant comment: I just got "bozoness" as my word verification. Interesting word, eh?!)
Really beautiful. I especially love "Purple Moon."ReplyDelete
The clothes were magnificent..It 's funny.. went 3 yrs ago..it looked the same:) We stayed outside of Venice..would have loved to stay in a palazzo such as Millie's..Just for once..ReplyDelete
Not necessary..but it would have been memorable..
Sad ending:(
Hope I am not spoiling it..
I love the way they caprured Venice at night..and in the rain also..Thank you for recommending it.
I predict a run on Wings of the Dove! It's at the top of my queue!ReplyDelete


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Country girl Yu Hong leaves her village to study in Beijing. At university, she falls madly in love with fellow student Zho Wei. Driven by passion that neither can control, their relationship becomes one of dangerous games. All around them, their fellow students begin to demonstrate, demanding democracy and freedom. As the protests collapse, Yu and Zhou lose each other amidst the social chaos and panicked crowds. Zhou Wei is sent to a military camp, and on his release moves to Berlin. Meantime, Yu finds a job and a lover, but can not forget Zhou. In Germany too, social unrest is mounting. A familiar story for Zhou, still haunted by Yu, he returns to China as the Berlin Wall crashes down. He finally finds her, in a small town. From evening to dawn, their future stretches before them, two changed souls in a changed world.


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Tribal ceremonial locker explained
Tribal members have been asking questions regarding the Tribes' Ceremonial Locker such as how it's used, when it began and who can benefit from it, the Colville Fish and Wildlife department state last week.
The department seeks to manage the big game population for the benefit of the membership for subsistence and cultural needs.
"One of the things that the tribe recognizes is the need to give the animals a rest in the winter months, to survive and reproduce in the spring," said Randy Friedlander, interim Fish and Wildlife director.
The "Ceremonial Locker" was developed with the idea in mind that animals and fish could be collected during the appropriate harvest periods, then stored during the winter and spring months.
The Ceremonial Locker is in its second year. Last year, the locker mainly held beef with a little deer and elk. There were also six "trespass beef" placed in the locker, as well as one that was donated from a tribal rancher -- Mike Marcellay.
"Any animal that is poached and confiscated also goes into this locker," Friedlander said. "In 2011, that was a rough year for getting enough fish to put in the locker, but that wasn't the case in 2012. We have a lot of sockeye and Chinook in the freezer this year for ceremonies."
Tribal members can request meat from the Tribes' Food Distribution Center for ceremonies as well as other items that may be available. There is some meat and plenty of fish available for subsistence purposes.
"There aren't that many requests for subsistence, though, as most people have seven months to prepare for the winter and harvest their meats throughout the season," Friedlander said.
Subsistence meat and ceremonial tags can be requested through the main Fish and Wildlife office at 634-2110. Those with questions can call Friedlander at 634-2113.


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In 2011 (Junior): Holly's domination in the circle continued in her junior campaign, as she pitched a team-leading 173.2 innings, and finished the season with a record of 16-9...her 131 strikeouts was tops on the team and ranked fifth in the OVC...Holly's 3.78 ERA tied with Claudia Harke for the best on the team and her opponents batting average of .209 was third among all pitchers in the conference...she was one of just five OVC players who did not commit an error with at least 50 chances...Holly pitched her second-career no-hitter against IUPUI (2/25) at the Frost Classic, striking out nine and walking just two...she hurled five shutouts, including two in her last five games...Holly dueled a career-high 14 innings against Eastern Illinois (4/2) without allowing an earned run...named to the OVC Commissioner's and TTU Athletic Director's Honor Rolls.
In 2010 (Sophomore): Holly stood strong on the mound in 2010, compiling a 16-14 record alongside a 2.81 ERA...her 176 innings pitched led the team in that category...also led the team with 143 strikeouts and opposing batting avg at .243...her ten strikeout game against Alabama State (2/20) was the highest for any Tech pitcher all season...named to the all-OVC second team for her stellar postseason play...earned her first career OVC Pitcher of the Week honor by shutting down Morehead State (4/25)...recognized by the All-Tournament team for her excellence in pitching.
In 2009 (Freshman): Holly started 27 games at
pitcher in her debut season, striking out 118 batters in 183.1
innings and earning the team awards of Pitcher of the Year and
Freshman of the Year...an OVC All-Newcomer Team honoree, she
finished the year with a 14-16 record and team-best 2.90
ERA...pitched a no-hitter against Tennessee Wesleyan (3/19),
striking out seven and allowing just two walks...finished the
season with three shutouts and 19 complete games...hurled two
shutouts late in the season against eventual OVC Tournament
Champion UT Martin...on the offensive side, belted five home runs
and four doubles and led the team in walks with 24...went 3-for-3
with a home run and four RBIs in her first collegiate game against
Campbell (2/6)...went 2-for-4 with a home run, two runs scored and
three RBIs against Kennesaw State (2/14)...earned a spot on both
the OVC Commissioner's Honor Roll and the Athletic
Director's Honor Roll.
High School: Holly played two sports, softball and volleyball, while at Ooltewah High School including playing softball all four years for coach Norma Nelson...lettered each year on the diamond as a pitcher and outfielder...helped her team to a 20-6 record her junior season with an ERA of 0.35 and batted .430...helped OHS to the 2008 Tennessee State Championship with a record of 46-3...was named All-City Best of Preps Player of the Year and Tennessee Gatorade Player of the Year.
Personal: Holly Ellen Thomas is the daughter of Norman and Ellen Thomas of Chattanooga, Tenn...birthday is March 29, 1990...majoring in pre-physical therapy.


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At this time of the year, I look forward to going to Rockaway Beach to relax and enjoy the summer.
I went to the beach the week after Memorial Day weekend, when the beaches are supposed to be ready for summer. The Rockaways are far from being ready to be enjoyed by beach goers.
In order to get on the beach you have to find an opening. Due to sand erosion, you need to find a spot along the fence because the water comes up to where you are sitting. Then if you want to swim there are only two areas open for swimming. How are just two areas going to accommodate 10,000 people visiting the beach each day?
I didn't expect to find the boardwalk completed, but I did expect to find a beach where I could relax and swim. I called an elected official that represents the Rockaways. Not only was he curt with me, but he also said that contractor bids started right after Sandy. This is the only progress these contractors have made in all these months?
Perhaps someone should be overseeing these contractors or does a free beach for the public not matter to the city. Rockaway Beach needs to be just as strong as the other beaches in New York and New Jersey!
Maria Concolino


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Titans make statement with win over EG
After five straight losses to open the season, the Toll Gate volleyball team is starting to hit its stride right in time for the second half of the year.
The Titans defeated East Greenwich 3-1 (25-18, 25-21, 22-25, 25-10) on Tuesday night, giving them two wins in their last three matches.
Toll Gate beat winless Warwick Vets last Tuesday before losing to undefeated Pilgrim on Thursday. Against East Greenwich, however, the Titans seemed to put it all together.
They got all-around performances from a number of players. Nick Carr led the way with eight aces, 12 kills and six blocks, but he was far from the only one with strong stats. Wellington Araujo had six aces, 10 kills and two blocks, Jackson Burgos had six aces, seven kills and five blocks and George Greenhalgh added 12 aces.
"It's not one guy," Toll Gate head coach Claire Baggessen said. "That's the great thing about this team. It's not just one guy. It's all 10 guys, who are going to make this possible."
Toll Gate is now 2-6, but has eight games remaining in the regular season.
And the team is excited about all of them.
In the early season, while playing some of the top teams in the league, the Titans were trying to get their own team together. Players were in and out of the lineup, and it was a struggle.
Now, with players like Araujo, a middle hitter, and Greenhalgh, the team's setter, fully in the fold, the hope is that the second time through the schedule produces some different results.
"We're getting more players," Carr said. "We got two new players – George and Wellington – and they both bring a big portion of the game to us."
The difference in the team was clear in Tuesday's second game.
After the Titans took an early lead and kept East Greenwich at an arm's length all the way through game one – winning 25-18 – the Avengers came out hot in game two and took a 9-0 lead.
But Toll Gate didn't seem worried.
The Titans made it 9-1 when Greenhalgh pushed a ball into an open area for the team's first point, before East Greenwich came back with two more points on back-to-back kills by Patrick Wong and Anthony Petrone, extending the lead out to 11-1.
Slowly, but surely, however, the Titans chipped away. Two EG hitting errors made it 11-3, and not long afterwards two hard serves from Greenhalgh got Toll Gate back within 12-6.
Two kills by Araujo and a service error by the Avengers helped The Titans climb within 16-10, but they still couldn't seem to get much closer.
However, down 20-14, Carr picked up a kill. That sent Greenhalgh back to the service line, and he went to work.
The junior served nine consecutive points, picking up three aces in the process. Araujo added a big kill, and by the time Greenhalgh had lost a point, Toll Gate was out in front 23-21.
"We just told each other to calm down, relax and have fun," Carr said. "That's what we did, and we came back."
East Greenwich committed a hitting error on the next point, and Araujo powered a ball into the ground to finish off the dramatic comeback.
"Any time a team can come back from having that type of point differential says a lot about them," Baggesen said. "I always try to emphasize for them to not watch the score. Play your game. It's like life's lesson. Play your game, play it well, and play well as a team, and the score will always take care of itself."
East Greenwich fought for a victory in a back-and-forth game three, holding off a late Toll Gate charge to win 25-22 and extend the match.
The Titans had the game tied as late as 21, putting them only four points away from victory. Instead, they had to play another game, and they clearly didn't want to let the match go any further.
They jumped out to a 7-1 lead and remained in thorough control the whole way. Two aces from Matt Davis made it 10-4, an Araujo ace and two kills by Burgos made it 19-7, and an ace by Dimitri Mylers pushed the lead to 23-8. Araujo had a kill to make it 24-10, and an East Greenwich hitting error ended the game and match.
It was a statement game.
"We knew we could beat them," Carr said. "We just got back together, came back as a team and played."
Now the Titans will find out if they can really make some noise over the final eight games.
They play today at third-place Exeter-West Greenwich at 6 p.m. The first time the two teams met, on April 3, EWG won 3-0.
The hope is that with some newfound confidence – and a full squad – the Titans will become a second-half team.
"Now we just have to prepare," Baggesen said. "We're never too late in the season. We'll just take it one game at a time."


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Saturday, 23 March 2013
More Trams
10 comments:
- downsie21 said...
Happy memories at a more leisurely pace!
- Saturday, 23 March, 2013
These are wonderful photos of the old trams, don't they look classy, I absolutely love them, (think I was born too late!) Thank you so much for sharing them.
- Saturday, 23 March, 2013
- Chris Han said...
When I'm in Blackpool or down Manchester, I always ride the trams, I think my love of trams comes from growing up down Brook Street which was very close to the Tram Depot on Mottram Road.
Although the trams had long since gone when I was a little kid back in the early 70's, I can still remember the tram building, and also seeing the tram lines which had been left in the road when it was undergoing re-tarmacing work.
But this photo gives me an opportunity to bring up a bit of a fascination of mine, the building behind the trams to the left, it must stand where Nat' West' & Boots stands now, it's always there in the background of old photos of Hyde Square, and it's always interested me. What is the history behind this building and is there more detailed photos of the building as it looks very handsome?
- Saturday, 23 March, 2013
Interesting to see that the Joint Board tram is open fronted, but the number 19 has an enclosed cabin for the driver. Much more civilised.
Does anyone know which company is operating the number 19 and where did that service run?
- Saturday, 23 March, 2013
Barry in Oz. I rode the last trams in Hyde, the 210 from Hyde to Piccadilly. As slow as a wet week.
- Sunday, 24 March, 2013
I think the building Chris is referring to was the one which housed the District Bank, and yes it was very attractive.
- Sunday, 24 March, 2013
Barry in Oz, bit like the 210 trolley bus which replaced it then!
- Sunday, 24 March, 2013
- Leebro said...
Bill, I'm fairly sure that service No.19 was operated jointly by SHMD and Manchester Corporation,whose tram is in the picture and it went from Hyde Town Hall to Manchester Exchange Station, termination near to the old Cromwell statue.
- Monday, 01 April, 2013
- Jeff Sherwin said...
Did the seat backs hinge so passengers could face forward as the trams were driven from either end?
- Wednesday, 22 May, 2013
Hi Chris just to say that the building where Natwest and Boots stand now, was definately the Old District Bank. I used to live there with my parents and my sister. My mum was the caretaker of the bank at the time. I lived there from the age of 12 till I was about 17 yrs old. It was a fantastic old building. I remember when Hindley and Bradey were taken to the courts behind the town hall,they were held up at the lights and I could see one of them in a car from our front room window. I also spent many an hour watching the trams going past our house and the gaurds jumping off to change over the power lines with a long pole, fascinating.
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Tracy, CA
George Anthony Bogetti
June 11, 1930 - January 23, 2013
George Anthony Bogetti passed away the night of January 23rd, at the age of 82 with his loving wife
Martha, and family by his side.
He was a devoted husband, father, grandfather, brother and will be
missed by many.
Son of Antone and Jeanne Bogetti, he was born in Ventura, California and later moved to the Tracy area in the early 1930's, where they established their family's farming operation.
George attended New Jerusalem School in Vernalis and graduated from Tracy High School, Class of 1949.
George was a long standing member and supporter of both 4-H and the FFA. George also achieved the title, California State Farmer his senior year of High School and was later named American Farmer in 1950. He was a charter member of the Elks Lodge in Tracy and member of the Knights of Columbus.
He met and married the love of his life Martha June Sasser in 1950. They settled in the Vernalis area, where they raised their children. For George and Martha, family always came first and they worked hard to instill strong values of faith, family, and hard work.
George enjoyed many activities in life. Some of his favorite past times consisted of farming, hunting, traveling and always rooting for 'his' Giants and 49ers. Golfing later became his most prized hobby, where he enjoyed playing at his favorite Country Clubs, Del Rio, Seascape and Spring Creek. He will forever hold bragging rights for his hole in one on #12 at Spyglass Golf Course.
We will always cherish his strong whit, charming sense of humor and infamous one liners, which has helped him to make many friends along the way. He will also be remembered for his tough work ethic, strong Catholic faith and love for his family.
George is survived by his wife, Martha. Their children, Vince (Rita), Georgette (Chuck), Andrew (Lynne), Matthew (Stephanie),
Nathan (Louise), sixteen grandchildren, twenty five great grandchildren, his brothers Albert and Robert and sister Antoinette Reece. Preceded in death by their infants, Mary Katherine and Baby Boy Bogetti, George's parents, brother John and sister Bertha Thoming.
All Services will be held at St.
Bernard's Catholic Church, 163 W. Eaton Avenue, Tracy, CA. Rosary will held Wednesday, January 30th at 7:00 pm. Mass will be Thursday, January 31st at 12:30 pm. In lieu of flowers, please send donations to Community Hospice, 4368 Spyres Way, Modesto, CA 95356.


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SAN LEANDRO, Calif. (KGO) --The search for a dog, abducted from a park, had a happy ending Thursday night. It was a frantic day of worry for its owner -- he's in a wheelchair and depends on the toy poodle as a service dog.
The anxious moments disappeared the second Arthur Renowitzky was reunited with his dog named Love.
"I'm 100 percent sure this is Love, huh Love," he said while giving his beloved poodle a kiss.
Renowitzky, a motivational speaker, spends most of his time working to bring an end to youth violence. The Life Goes On Foundation is the nonprofit organization he started in 2007 after he was shot point-blank during a robbery in which his assailant made off with his wallet and $20 bucks. The injury left him paralyzed from the waist down. Through it all his companion, a tiny light brown toy poodle, was there.
"She's my companion dog," he said. "She's been with me through everything. I do a lot of activism and speak out with my organization, 'Life Goes On.' She comes with me to hospitals."
But someone snatched Love while he was busy getting out of his car at Marina Park in San Leandro. It sparked a 24-hour ordeal that involved news coverage, a Twitter campaign, and a Hollywood movie star.
The hunt to find the toy poodle inspired NCIS actress Pauley Perrette to offer a $5,000 reward.
On Thursday morning she tweeted, "People! This is my friend @AR510 Stolen service Dog. $5000 reward from me #BringBackLove PLEASE RT."
Once the stolen service dog was found, she tweeted, "WE GOT HER! #BringBackLove is with her daddy @AR510 THANK YOU ALL! GOD BLESS YOU!"
Renowitzky met the actress at a charity event in Los Angeles after he was shot. The two have remained friends.
"And I saw this guy on the news," said Good Samaritan Daymond Dixon. "And that's when I called my auntie and told her we have to take this guy his dog,"
Dixon, a disabled garbage truck driver, says his aunt, Ettie Carter, recently lost her dog after it was hit by a car. He was approached by a man and woman at a Walmart in Oakland. He paid $375 for what he thought was a puppy.
"We were hoping, all the way here, that it wasn't his dog," said Dixon. "Because my auntie kind of fell in love with this dog."
"I grew to love him," said Carter through tears. "This is hard for me."
Dixon turned down the reward money, and even refused when Renowitzky offered to reimburse him the money Dixon paid for the dog.


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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An outside lawyer could act as a public advocate on the secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court that oversees the U.S. government's electronic eavesdropping programs under a bill introduced Friday in the House of Representatives.
The court makes its decisions on government surveillance requests without hearing from anyone but Justice Department lawyers, raising deep concerns about whether enough is done to protect Americans' privacy.
U.S. Representative Adam Schiff, a senior Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, said his plan would create a pool of independent attorneys to weigh in at the court on significant constitutional cases and reviews of major surveillance programs.
"Even though the FISC's deliberations are necessarily secret in nature, it's vital that the American people have confidence that there are voices within the process arguing forcefully and effectively on behalf of the Fourth Amendment and privacy concerns of ordinary Americans," Schiff said in a statement.
The court's activities have come under new scrutiny since disclosures by former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden that the government collects far more Internet and telephone data than previously known.
The idea of allowing outside parties into the court has attracted some support.
President Barack Obama said last month he supported having a civil liberties representative weigh in on the court's deliberations.
Democrats Richard Blumenthal, Ron Wyden and Tom Udall, have introduced similar legislation in the U.S. Senate.
In July, James Robertson, a retired judge who once served on the court, said the system would work better if some approximation of an adversarial system existed.
Robertson made his suggestion during a public meeting held by the bipartisan Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, which was set up in 2004 to advise the White House on civil liberties concerned raised by intelligence gathering.
Schiff's measure would enable that oversight board to set up the pool of independent lawyers.
(Reporting by Patricia Zengerle; Editing by Doina Chiacu)


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If an investigation of the Benghazi attack should reveal that there were members of the Obama administration, including the president himself, knew what really happened, then all of them should be forced to resign from their positions, including the president.
The American people have every right to know the full facts and truth about this tragic incident.Why can't our government ever admit that it was not totally honest with the American people? It is time for accountability.
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I'm starting in the fall at a tier 4 school, and I have found some of the comments in this thread surprising. I was accepted to "better" schools (even a tier 1), but decided that this tier 4 school will be the best fit for me for a variety of reasons. I do not intend on transferring, and kind of resent that so many people attending tier 4s are so incredibly quick to point out that they are going to end up transferring. Can't anybody just be happy, even for a second? I really don't see what the big deal is. Tier 2-4 schools are all regional schools for the most part, so I strongly doubt that it really makes a huge difference between a tier 2 and a tier 4. It reminds me so much of stupid girls (and guys, too) who get so label obsessed that they can't be seen in public without their fill-in-the-blank purse (or whatever). Rankings are just labels, and it's pathetic to get so caught up in it and make major life decisions based on a silly magazine (and the people who subscribe to it). Just do what makes you happy.
I don't know about that. There are a lot more Brooklyn grads (Tier 2) with good NYC jobs than grads of NYLS, Hofstra, or Pace.I would say in big cities, you are correct, and your point is well taken. I was thinking more of schools in the middle of the county (Chicago excluded), where the school is one of 1 or 2 school in the general area. Lets take Kentucky for example. There's UK in Lexington, U of Louisville in Lousiville (duh), and Northern Kentucky (one of the schools mentioned in the "law schools to avoid" orginal post)(NKU is just outside of Cincinnati, BTW). If you look at it from a regional perspective, I'd say that none of these schools really place that much better than the next. Really, law firms surrounding schools like these tend to gravitate toward schools in their particular region, despite the fact that these schools are ranked differently (tier 1, tier 2, and tier 4). Anyway, my point is that you're probably right when talking about schools that are in big cities (and are in high competition with other school), but I'd be inclined to say that for the rest of us (the majority), schools tend to be regional feeders. If you want to practice in Akron, Ohio for example, you should go to U of Akron (a tier 3) over, say, U of Brooklyn (a tier 2), and so on and so forth. This is, of course, assuming that your Career Services is worth a damn (which I think is more important than the rankings).Furthermore, if you aren't interested in BigLaw (I'm not), I really don't think rankings matter very much at all. I think that it is more important to go to a school where you want to practice, and do well. In a lot of cases, firms, organiztions, and businesses develop strong ties to their local school, and would rather hire a local student (assuming they did well in law school), than similarly qualified student from a better school. Of course, there are always exceptions. I am just speaking generally.Hopefully, that makes sense.


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With the help of a baseball bat, a 52-year-old East Tennessee woman foiled one man's home invasion plans and landed him in jail.
According to Kingsport Police, the victim answered a knock at her door Saturday night to find a woman holding a flyer about a lost dog.
Right when she opened the door a masked man stepped into the doorway, grabbed her arm, and tried to pull her outside. When the woman wouldn't budge, police said the man pushed the woman back inside the home and shouted, "This is a robbery!"
The two then struggled and the woman partially removed the suspect's mask and recognized him as Joe M. Sotello, a longtime family friend.
After seeing what appeared to be a handgun in his waistband, the victim grabbed a baseball bat from behind the door and fought back in "clearly justifiable self-defense," according to a Kingsport Police release.
Two 18-year-old women who were also inside the home then joined in driving Sotello out of the house and onto the front lawn. The woman who had been holding the flyer, later identified as Sotello's girlfriend, drove off.
"Mr. Sotello attempted to get into the car with her; however, he could not escape the three women who continued to get the better of him," the release noted.
Authorities explained that Sotello was eventually able to run away, but then showed up at a home belonging to one of the victim's relatives. He got into a fight there too and the relative detained Sotello until police arrived.
He has been charged with aggravated robbery and aggravated burglary. His girlfriend told police she cooperated out of fear and has currently not been charged.
Police said that Sotello confessed to the crime, stating that he "had been going through some hard times." He is being held in the Sullivan County Jail on a $35,000 bond.
Kingsport Police also noted that the victim, at only 4 feet 11 inches tall, was one foot shorter than her attacker and 18 years older than him. "Yet, despite being at a clear physical disadvantage, she successfully defended herself and her home from Mr. Sotello's unprovoked attack," the release said.


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5 Big Tech Predictions for 2012
With 2011 nearly in the rearview mirror, it seems like a good time to peer into next year's cloudy crystal ball. The technology of 2012 is likely to look fairly similar to what's popular now, but with several notable improvements. There are a number of companies poised to ride a wave of big data to big gains, including several lesser-known players driving this revolution from the inside.
The Internet is (almost) everywhere
The age of dumb machines is nearly over. Ford (NYS: F) wants to sell you a car that's hooked up to the cloud. Microsoft, Apple (NAS: AAPL) , and Google (NAS: GOOG) are all making serious inroads toward turning your TV into an intelligent entertainment hub. Wristbands can keep track of your health; your coffee pot remembers when to brew; and your refrigerator notices when you're low on milk and places an order for more. That's the essence of the Internet of things, a connected existence that's within the reach of ordinary consumers.
A number of appliances now come with an Internet connection as part of their functionality, and city planning has taken on an increasingly digital tint. While we're not yet at the point where pervasive connectivity follows everyone beyond their cell phones, 2012 should be a major tipping point past which a cell phone and tablet alone no longer cut it. The companies that supply the processing and connectivity hardware should see major growth in this area as traditional computing growth tapers off.
Targeted social advertising booms at the expense of privacy
According to a study released this July, that "tipping point" I mentioned earlier is just over 10% of the populace. By that measure, we've long since passed that point when it comes to giving up privacy for price cuts -- 52% of US consumers don't mind being tracked in exchange for discounts or free swag. That number isn't likely to drop as consumers connect more aspects of their lives to the Internet.
Constant connectivity combined with consumers' willing acceptance of tracking offers major opportunities for companies that have the most options for keeping tabs. Google is embedded in so much of its users' lives that it seems optimally poised to control this increasingly precise flow of information. Its greatest threat comes from Facebook, which could be valued at $100 billion when it goes public next year, but Amazon.com, Microsoft, and Apple also have access to extremely specific user data.
Data analytics becomes pervasive
Wholesale business adoption of analytics has so far been hindered by costs, personnel competencies, and computing capability. Next year could be when these issues are overcome as various analytics operations consolidate under more streamlined umbrellas. IBM (NYS: IBM) is on the vanguard, with several analytics-based acquisitions set to bolster its services in the coming year -- to say nothing of Watson, which has far wider-ranging capabilities than simply schooling Ken Jennings on Jeopardy.
Analytics will be necessary to understand the data flowing out of an ever more connected populace. While some companies now succeed by telling people what they want (think Apple), the majority of future business successes should be highly data-driven, with a deeply statistical and highly granular understanding of their target market.
Mobile data use outpaces carriers' abilities to handle it
Most users haven't noticed this yet, but they will. As of this writing, AT&T, Verizon, Sprint Nextel (NYS: S) and T-Mobile are all implementing plans of varying degrees to throttle or cap their subscribers' data use. The average smartphone user consumed 435 megabytes of data per month this year (well under current data caps), but last year's monthly average was a comparatively minuscule 79 megabytes. This is just smartphones -- each tablet tracked last year used five times the bandwidth of a smartphone. Neither AT&T nor Verizon offers an unlimited data plan for 3G-enabled iPads, and it's easy to see why when you look at the numbers.
What will users do? Boingo Wireless (NAS: WIFI) believes many will turn to Wi-Fi connectivity to keep the bits flowing, and with the world's largest hotspot network, it's ideally poised to capitalize. The company points out that Verizon's upgrade to LTE (4G to users) will increase capacity four times, far less than is needed to meet the 39-fold growth of mobile data use over the same time frame.
Futuristically Foolish final thoughts
I have no way to be certain that all these predictions will be true, but they're likely to bear out sooner rather than later. All of these thoughts are based on technology we have right now, which has been progressing toward mass adoption for some time. Tomorrow's great technology already exists today; it's just not mature yet. In that spirit, The Motley Fool has just released a brand-new free report on the companies driving the mobile revolution forward. Their hardware's found in the hottest smartphones and tablets and is likely to play a critical role in powering the Internet of things. Join the thousands who know every detail, and request your free copy now. It's not just for smartphones any more.
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In 1997 sisters Titi and Miko opened Miss Jessie's Salon to respond to the demand for expertise in natural hair and naturally curly hair. Their experience with curls started over 20 years ago. Born to a Japanese mother and African-American father Titi and Miko had a head full of hair that was multi textured. "Back then our parents were attending school so this left little time to care for our hair" lamented Titi.
At that time going to a Japanese salon was not an option. Salons that catered to Black hair were more interested in taming what they thought was unruly hair. This usually meant relaxer straight styling or greasy hot combing. Visits to salons that catered to straight hair was always an adventure as they watched the stylists eyes bulge with fear due to their lack of experience with varied hair textures. " So , if we wanted to look cute on picture day we had to do it ourselves!" They have been doing hair ever since.
The Salon soon became the go-to place for natural and naturally curly hair attracting clients nationwide. In 2004 Miss Jessie's Products were introduced consisting of styling cremes, moisturizers and deep conditioning treatments. From the very beginning it was always about listening to our customers, understanding their issues with their natural and naturally curly hair and finally offering the Miss Jessie's product line that helps our customers overcome the issues that they traditionally face.
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STOCKTON - A representative of the Stockton Ports said Thursday he's not playing ball with city officials who want a peek inside the minor league team's financial records.
STOCKTON - A representative of the Stockton Ports said Thursday he's not playing ball with city officials who want a peek inside the minor league team's financial records.
Attorneys driving Stockton's Chapter 9 case are asking U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Klein to force Pat Filippone, the baseball team's president and part owner, to hand over internal business documents.
Filippone believes he doesn't have to comply.
"We're a private business," he said. "They don't have a legal right to open our books."
Stockton filed for bankruptcy on June 28, 2012. Shortly thereafter, the city entered into closed-door mediation with a long list of creditors in an ongoing attempt to restructure its finances.
Ports representatives have been in those talks.
The city expects to file a plan of adjustment later this month or in early October and hopes that a majority of the creditors will agree to haircuts, taking cents on each dollar, or new agreements.
Stockton will pay nearly $2.4 million in subsidies this year to SMG, the firm that manages Stockton Ballpark, Stockton Arena, Bob Hope Theatre and Oak Park Ice Arena.
Of that subsidy, $445,670 went to ballpark operations, according to SMG's annual report. Filippone said that the city's subsidy does not go to the Ports.
In developing its bankruptcy exit plan, the city said it needs the Ports' financial documents to decide whether it will accept or reject a new agreement.
"We need to understand the economics of the team's operations," city spokeswoman Connie Cochran said.
The city financed $47 million in 2004 and built the events center, which includes a 5,200-seat waterfront baseball stadium next to the 10,000-seat arena, home to the Thunder, a minor league hockey team.
At that time, the city entered into a 25-year agreement with 7th Inning Stretch LLC, which owns the Ports, including options to extend two additional seven-year periods.
Attorney Marc Levinson, who represents the city in bankruptcy court, cites law that he says gives the city access to Ports' records.
Levinson wants access to the past five years of the Ports' budgets, internal revenue statements and records detailing the number of home games, average turnstile attendance and ticket prices.
Filippone would not divulge details of the confidential mediation, but he allayed any fears that the bankruptcy could drive the Ports out of Stockton.
That's not going to happen, he said, expressing the team's appreciation to residents for their support for many years.
"We love Stockton," Filippone said. "Stockton has been a great home for the team for over 70 years. The future for the Ports in Stockton is great."
It's unclear when the judge will rule on the city's requested order.
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Dad in Indian child case seeks Oklahoma adoption
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The biological father of an American Indian child who is the center of a custody suit that went to the U.S. Supreme Court has now filed to adopt the child in Oklahoma.
The Post and Courier of Charleston (http://bit.ly/171EAVp ) reports that Dusten Brown and other relatives filed the court papers in Oklahoma on Monday.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled last month that South Carolina courts should decide who gets to adopt the 3-year-old named Veronica. South Carolina courts originally said the federal Indian Child Welfare Act favored her living with her father and Brown took custody in 2011.
Matt and Melanie Capobianco of James Island, S.C., who raised Veronica for the first 27 months of her life, appealed. Their attorney says the Oklahoma filing will further delay South Carolina proceedings.
Information from: The Post and Courier, http://www.postandcourier.com


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Find Out How Old Google Thinks You Are
Good news, bad news. The bad news is that Google has been monitoring all your online activity and is using it for their own personal gain. The good news is at least it's fun to see if they guessed your age, gender and interests correctly. That's pretty good news … right?
To find out what Google presumes about you, you have to go to your ad preferences manager within your Google account. Or you can just click here – if you're still signed into your Gmail account, you won't even have to sign back in and also Google will know so much more about you!!! (More good news!!!!)
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It's the 10 o'clock hour on 10-10-2010, and across the Los Angeles Times, we're creating top 10 lists. Here at the Hero Complex, we are using the occasion to celebrate sidekicks — those trusty pop-culture pals who forever trail in the shadow of alpha figures but often win the hearts of fans. It was a tough list to assemble, and there were plenty of near-misses. Strong cases could be made for Tinker Bell, Boo-Boo, George Costanza, Dyna Girl, Danno, Renfield, Art Garfunkel and Al Gore — we're sorry, but really at this point they must be accustomed to the also-ran role. So let's get on with our companion countdown, in which we nod to a loyal pal, smile and say, "He's with me."
10. Mini-Me: The minions of Dr. Evil wanted to keep the criminal mastermind on track with his plans for global domination, and what better way than with a clone? Well, the plan was downsized a bit when the finished product was just 2-foot-8. The villain didn't mind too much — he just dubbed the small-scale copy "Mini-Me," and big laughs ensued for the "Austin Powers" franchise. It's all completely tasteless but, well, pretty funny. The character is a spoof of Nick-Nack, the diminutive henchman from "The Man With The Golden Gun," but thanks to actor Verne Troyer, the parody is more famous than the original.
9. Rose Tyler: Nobody goes through sidekicks like the Doctor — they come and go and with good reason since their human limitations emphasize the immortal and cosmic nature of the Time Lord who skitters through the universe in his TARDIS on "Doctor Who." There have been some sparkling "companions," as they are called, in 789 episodes of the British sci-fi show that dates back to November 1963 — among them Sarah Jane Smith (played by Elisabeth Sladen), Martha Jones (Freema Agyeman) and Captain Jack Harkness (John Barrowman), but we go with former pop singer Billie Piper and her Rose Tyler, the saucy and smart character who was key to the success of the Russell T Davies relaunch of "Doctor Who" in 2005. She fell in love with the Doctor in a way that made the audience fall in love with her and believe that, just maybe, time was on her side.
8. Patrick Starfish: There are scores of cartoon duos, but sometimes it's hard to sort out who's the real sidekick — it gets a bit murky, for instance, to puzzle out the power distribution in the partnership of Shaggy and Scooby-Doo or Rocky and Bullwinkle — but not when it comes to "SpongeBob SquarePants" where No. 2 doesn't try harder. The pink, lazy and no-so-bright seastar named Patrick lives under a rock, watches way too much TV and shows no evidence of recognizable skill or ambition. In other words, he is exactly like 71% of the adult audience who reach for a bong before watching the Nickelodeon show. The character is voiced by Bill Fagerbakke, by the way, who was also the towering mental midget Dauber on "Coach." "SpongeBob" celebrated its 10th anniversary and some of the best episodes ("Big Pink Loser" and "Patrick SmartPants" spring to mind) were all about this layabout echinoderm who was both a stoner-nation version of Barney Rubble and a latter-day doofus carrying on the grand tradition of Ed Norton from "The Honeymooners," so we like to think he represents both of them on this list.
6. Bucky Barnes: He's only the second-most-famous sidekick in comics (holy hint-dropper, you'll see the other one later in the countdown!), but we can't leave Bucky Barnes off this list. With Jack Kirby's kinetic magic, the sidekick of Captain America seemed to jump off the page in the 1940s, but his persona took on a whole new element in the 1960s when Marvel Comics revived Captain America but listed Bucky as one of the casualties of World War II. Captain America was haunted by the death — and the fact that maybe a 15-year-old didn't belong in combat? — and it added new layers to the character. The mythology would be tweaked and changed through the years — Bucky came back as the Winter Solider and even took on the Captain America costume himself. But for us, Bucky remains the famous fallen sidekick, and we salute him.
5. Igor: When Marty Feldman played Igor (with a long "i") in "Young Frankenstein," he was standing up (um, sorta) for a lot of Hollywood horror history. The vertically challenged lab assistant has a long heritage on screen — there was Rotwang in the 1927 film "Metropolis" and the hunchbacked Fritz in the 1931 landmark "Frankenstein," for instance, or the grave-robbing Ygor played by Bela Lugosi in a pair of "Frankenstein" sequels who was a bit too independent to be a henchman, but he did have that great name. There's also "House of Wax" where young Charles Bronson played a great Igor, a deaf and devoted disciple of an evil boss. "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" gave us an Igor named Riff Raff, and "The Nightmare Before Christmas" went traditional by actually calling the sidekick "Igor." In 2008, the creepy little guy of pop culture finally realized the sidekick fantasy — he got his own film with the animated "Igor."
4. Tonto: One thing about radio shows, it's best if your hero has someone he can talk to, especially if he roams the Old West where it can get lonely sitting around the campfire. That was the reason behind Tonto, the faithful Native American companion to Lone Ranger who began as a narrative aid but became far more than that as the Western masked-man mythology took hold of young imaginations across America. The Lone Ranger and Tonto were created by George W. Trendle and Fran Striker (the same tandem behind "Green Hornet," in fact), and through the years, some have found the character to be offensive (most often due to his fractured, article-free version of English), but others see the brave hero as noble and an equal to the fellow who rides Silver. How big is Tonto in our collective memory? Well, "kemo sabe" was added to Webster's New Millennium Dictionary in 2002. Actor Jay Silverheels is the definitive Tonto in the public memory, but Disney announced in 2008 that Johnny Depp (who has some Cherokee heritage) would take on the role in a new film version of the Lone Ranger, although the project seems to have lost momentum.
3. Dr. John Watson: This pick was … elementary. There's a strong argument to be made, however, that Watson, faithful companion of Sherlock Homes, belongs at the top spot of this or any sidekick ranking. A subtitle of the first Holmes adventure, "A Study in Scarlet," from 1887, labels the mystery: "Being a reprint from the Reminiscences of John H. Watson, M.D., Late of the Army Medical Department," and from that point on, the marvelous mind of Holmes is presented to the world through the filter of Watson's perceptions. And, indeed, author Arthur Conan Doyle made a sublime decision with the choice of the brave, big-hearted sidekick who, over the course of their many adventures, became like brother to the brilliant but detached detective. Watson has been portrayed on screen by many fine actors, among them Nigel Bruce, André Morell and Robert Duvall, and these days the role belongs to Jude Law, who is now on the set in London filming with sleuth-star Robert Downey Jr. and director Guy Ritchie. There are so many other bookshelf sidekicks — the earthy and ironic Sancho Panza from "Don Quixote," Friday from "Robinson Crusoe" and assorted Hobbits spring to mind — but if we put them on this list, we wouldn't have room for a goofy cartoon starfish.
2. Robin the Boy Wonder: It's fashionable to think of Batman as the ultimate humorless loner (hey Chris Nolan, why so serious?), but let's not forget that long before the "The Dark Knight," there was the Dynamic Duo. Batman was introduced in May 1939 in the Detective Comics No. 27, but his crusade against the criminals of Gotham City didn't stay solitary for long — just 11 monthly issues after his debut, Bruce Wayne took on the most famous junior partner in comic books as Robin the Boy Wonder burst on the screen. Just like Batman, young Dick Grayson was orphaned by crime, but instead of responding with rage, he put on a green Speedo, moved in with a rich guy and back-flipped into pop-culture history. The character — shaped by Jerry Robinson, who was a teenager at the time and also a sidekick of sorts to the Batman creative team of Bob Kane and Bill Finger — was a sensation with 1940s readers who saw themselves in the young acrobat who was like a playful, pint-sized Robin Hood, tagging along with the two-fisted Dracula figure of DC Comics. The 1960s television series "Batman" gave Robin his defining moment in the spotlight with actor Burt Ward and his ludicrous trademark, those oddball exclamations. "Holy 4th Amendment!" "Holy interplanetary yardstick!" "Holy priceless collection of Etruscan snoods!" (And, yes, those were all used on the show, here's a list).
1. Chewbacca: When it comes to sidekick contests, there's a simple rule: Let the wookiee win. We never understood a word he was saying, but there was no one we would have wanted in the copilot seat next to us more than the big walking carpet himself, Chewbacca, the rangy, loyal Bigfoot of the Jedi universe. In the movies, he was born on the spelling-bee planet of Kashyyyk, but he was conceived in the front seat of a car owned by George Lucas — the wizard of Skywalker Ranch got the idea of a devoted, hirsute copilot by driving around with his Alaskan malamute, Indiana, who also would lend his name to a certain action-minded archaeologist. In the films, the towering Peter Mayhew brought Chewie to life, but he got plenty of help from costume designer Stuart Freeborn (he knitted the costume with mohair and yak hair) and sound designer Ben Burtt, who blended the recordings of bear, walrus, camel and badger to create the guttural lexicon of the wookiee. Chewie is deeply beloved by fans (I myself risked heat stroke back in 1978 when I wore a homemade costume made of shag carpet to my South Florida elementary-school costume contest), but it's not easy being a sidekick in space — we hear Chewbacca did that sad moan-growl of his when he was the only non-robot that didn't get a medal for blowing up the Death Star at the end of the original "Star Wars" film. Don't worry, big guy, you're No. 1 with us.
— Geoff Boucher
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For the first time in his life, Tyler Beede didn't dominate on the mound last season. Now that the Vanderbilt right-hander looks back on it, he's convinced that his troubles on and off the field helped make him a better pitcher.
For the first time in his life, Tyler Beede didn't dominate on the mound last season.
Now that the Vanderbilt right-hander looks back on it, he's convinced that his troubles on and off the field helped make him a better pitcher.
Beede, 19, of Auburn took some criticism for deciding to attend Vanderbilt in Nashville, Tenn., instead of accepting a $2.5 million offer from Toronto after the Blue Jays drafted him with the 21st pick in 2011.
After becoming the only 2011 first-round pick not to sign, Beede was 1-5 with a 4.52 earned run average, allowing 78 hits and 32 walks in 71-1/3 innings as a freshman last year.
The 6-foot-4, 215-pound Beede has been a much better pitcher as a sophomore, however. He's 5-0 with a team-best 0.84 ERA for the No. 2 ranked Commodores, who took a 19-2 record into Wednesday's game at Middle Tennessee. In 32 innings, he has allowed 16 hits, 3 earned runs and 21 walks while fanning 31.
Those are the kinds of stats that Beede is more used to compiling. In two years with Auburn High, he went 12-1 with 169 strikeouts in 92 innings and helped the Rockets win a 2009 state title. Then he was 14-1 with an 0.80 ERA and 189 strikeouts in 96-1/3 innings over two seasons for Lawrence Academy in Groton.
"I think it's all confidence," Beede said. "Last year I went through some adversity and had some failures that I haven't had really before. Going into it, I didn't know what to expect. SEC (Southeastern Conference) baseball is tough competition. You prepare yourself mentally, but you haven't gone through it yet. Just going through those experiences and getting through the adversity and failure really prepared me and motivated me to get better this year."
Beede wishes he handled it better when some social media sites took him to task for passing up the $2.5 million offer when Toronto wouldn't give him the $3.5 million he wanted.
"People have their opinions," he said, "and they're entitled to them. It's just whether you pay attention to them or not. I was young. I looked at the social media and that was something I shouldn't have done. I didn't really let it get to me, but it's in the back of your head. That goes back to overthinking things and letting the outside things distract you. I've done a better job of really not paying attention to what people have to say."
"Tyler may have struggled," Vanderbilt's first-year pitching coach Scott Brown said, "with the expectations a little bit last year being the only first-round pick not to sign, but he's worked hard and our staff has worked hard to remove those expectations and treat him as a normal college baseball player that's just trying to improve each day."
Beede took last summer off from baseball and gained 20 pounds of muscle while working out at Cressey Performance in Hudson. This school year, he's done a better job of adjusting to his class schedule. He said his classes in poetry and philosophy have helped him become a better rapper.
Beede is scheduled to start Saturday night at home against Florida. His father Walter plans to make the six-hour drive from his home in Louisiana as he does for each home game he pitches, and his mother, Cheryl Rivers, will travel from Auburn.
Last Saturday, he no-hit Auburn University for 6-1/3 innings and left after allowing two hits in the seventh in an 8-1 victory. Beede battled all game to overcome six walks.
"The thing I was most impressed about him," Brown said, "was the way he attacked the hitters even though he was struggling to command the strike zone. He had to pitch out of numerous self-induced jams and he just kept competing."
Beede admitted that as a resident of Auburn, Mass., he got a kick out pitching in Auburn, Ala.
"It was kind of funny," he said. "It was kind of cool. I pretended I was going back like I was going back home for a second."
Beede did not wear one of his old Auburn High T-shirts under his baseball uniform that day.
"Now that I think about it, I probably should have," he said. "That would have been cool, but I didn't have one."
Brown has worked with Beede to become more aggressive.
"I want him to be in the attack mode," Brown said, "to have the mentality of a fighter, a boxer. Get on top of people. Work in good pace. He's bought into that. That's leading to a little more success this year than last year. Less thinking, more reacting."
Brown understood where Beede needed to improve after speaking with Derek Johnson, last year's Vanderbilt pitching coach who left to become pitching coordinator for the Cubs' farm system.
"He kind of overanalyzed each pitch," Brown said, "and wanted to throw a perfect pitch each pitch. We all know, for us who have been up there on that mound, you're not capable of doing that every time. We strive for that, but you have to have the ability to get rid of it and move on to the next one and just win the next pitch and that's what he's doing a better job of this year."
"I try not to be too picky," Beede said, "and trust my stuff in the zone and throw competitive pitches. When you start to be too picky and you try to make great pitches, you start throwing balls outside the zone, start walking people and you're not letting your defense play. You've got to keep the pace, keep the tempo of the game going in the right direction."
Beede rooms with Andover's Mike Yastrzemski, who is hitting .310 and plays right field for Vanderbilt. He's the grandson of Red Sox great Carl Yastrzemski. Beede is tied for the team lead in victories with another Massachusetts resident, junior left-hander Kevin Ziomek (5-0) of Amherst.
Brown said Beede's fastball ranges between 90 and 95 miles an hour, but he can also get hitters out with his two-seam fastball, changeup and breaking ball.
"His command of the two-seam fastball," Brown said, "has probably improved the most over the course of the last three months. We've spent some time working on that and getting some late action in the zone, which has certainly helped him miss some barrels."
The Commodores have their sights set on reaching the College World Series for the second time in three years.
"We know we have the experience," Beede said, "we know we have the talent and we're just getting better each week. If we keep doing that, I think our chances are very good to make it that far."
Beede isn't eligible to be drafted again until after his junior season next year. If he keeps pitching the way he has this season, he could go in the first round again.
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Dave Solomon's State House Dome: School choice bill fading fastBy DAVE SOLOMON
April 21. 2018 3:23PM
The prospects for passage of a school choice bill have gone from bad to worse as SB 193 limps toward the legislative deadline, now only weeks away.
There is still some hope that the House will pass the bill, which has already cleared the Senate and is a centerpiece of Gov. Chris Sununu's education policy platform. But a much-anticipated vote of House Finance Committee members last week could well be a harbinger of things to come.
Finance has such a broad mandate, and deals with so many bills, that it breaks out into three separate divisions to consider various bills that affect different agencies. Education falls to Division II, which voted 7-1 on April 17 to refer the "freedom savings accounts" bill to interim study.
In the second year of a two-year session, interim study means SB 193 is dead. The concept could be revived under a newly elected Legislature in January 2019, but it would be a new bill.
SB 193 would create a scholarship program from state education funds for qualified parents to send their kids to private schools, if they so choose.
There are five Republicans and three Democrats on Division II, and it would be a mistake to conclude that only one Republican on the committee supports SB 193. An earlier vote on a motion to endorse the bill failed 3-5, which is a more accurate reflection of GOP sentiment.
The two Republicans who voted with the three Democrats on the 3-5 vote were Finance Committee Chair Neal Kurk, R-Weare, and Rep. Robert Theberge, R-Berlin.
So the full Finance Committee of 26 members has received an interim study recommendation from its subcommittee, and is scheduled to vote on the bill Wednesday.
"I'm disappointed," said House Education Chair Rick Ladd, R-Haverhill, the chief sponsor of the House rewrite of the Senate bill. "I certainly understand some of the financial issues they are talking about. I'm going to wait and hold my remarks until I see what happens in the full Finance Committee."
In the past several weeks of negotiations, every change made to appease one faction resulted in losses elsewhere.
"We've gotten to the point where we've looked at accountability, eligibility and finances," said Ladd. "We've tried to strike that middle path weaving through this minefield."
A negative vote from the full Finance Committee could still be overturned on the House floor, but Ladd is not optimistic about that outcome.
"That would be a long stretch," he said.
Meanwhile, both sides are mobilizing their forces for the stretch run. The public education advocacy group Advancing N.H. Public Education posted a call to members: "Most everything that can be said about SB 193 has been said. More important than detailed closely reasoned arguments at this point is just that Finance Committee members hear from parents and citizens."
That's probably a statement both sides could agree with.
Rising star gone
Many in the House were surprised to hear the clerk's announcement on Thursday that Yvonne Dean-Bailey, a two-term Republican representing Northwood, Nottingham, Deerfield and Candia, had resigned on April 12.
"It was my hope to serve for the remaining few weeks of the session," she wrote, "but unfortunately, I have transitioned to a new employer that requires me to work a standard, full-time schedule."
Dean-Bailey, a 17 year resident of Northwood, was first elected in 2015 in a tight special election, running on fiscal conservatism and individual liberty.
At the time of her resignation, she served as vice chair for the Election Law Committee and was appointed by Republican Speaker Gene Chandler as the co-chair of the House Republican Elections and Fundraising Committee to help recruit candidates for office.
The House has seen 19 vacancies since the 2017-2018 session got under way - 13 by resignation and six by death.
Only 10 have been filled by special elections, leaving the House nine short of its 400 vote total.
The turnover has been evenly distributed among Republicans and Democrats, leaving Republicans with a majority of 215 to 173 over Democrats, with three libertarians.
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Nashua board to discuss delaying Common Core testsBy Barbara Taormina
Union Leader Correspondent
November 12. 2013 10:17PM
NASHUA — A proposal to delay the Common Core high-stakes assessment tests and reconsider other aspects of the educational reform movement is on the agenda for special Board of Education meeting scheduled for next Monday, Nov. 18.
David Murotake, chairman of the BOE's Curriculum and Evaluation Committee, is calling for a two-year delay in launching the Common Core-aligned Smarter Balance Assessment Tests that will replace the New England Comprehensive Assessment Program tests in the spring of 2015. Smarter Balance will test student progress according to the Common Core math and English language standards that define what students are expected to know at each grade level. The standards were adopted by the state Department of Education in 2010.
Murotake, who is also a state representative for Nashua, is expected to file a bill in the next legislative session calling for a state-wide moratorium on assessment tests. Other representatives are planning to file bills that would examine or limit certain parts of Common Core, and Lenette Peterson (R-Merrimack) has a bill in the works calling for New Hampshire to end its participation in the reform program.
Murotake said his resolution for a two-year delay in Nashua mirrors calls from the American Federation of Teachers and the National Education Association, two of the largest teachers unions, to delay the new assessment tests and give schools more time to adjust to the standard and curriculum changes. Part of the Common Core Initiative's emphasis on assessment and accountability calls for using test scores as part of a teacher's evaluation.According to a national survey of teachers conducted by Hart Research Associates, 75 percent of those polled said they liked the standards but felt that hadn't had enough time or professional training to successfully prepare kids for the first round of Smarter Balance Assessment tests.
"Three quarters of teachers do not feel they are ready," said Murotake. "When I talk to Nashua teachers, they are in full agreement with that survey."
Even some of Common Core's staunchest advocates, such as U.S. Department of Education Secretary Arne Duncan, have acknowledged the fast-paced reforms could lead to unintended results such as plummeting test scores.
"There are a lot of people worried about early deployment," said Murotake. "Everyone seems to be rushing it, and it could endanger the whole reform movement."
Murotake's resolution also calls for the formation of a study group to investigate the types of personal student information that will be collected through the assessment tests and the intended uses of that data.
There have been conflicting reports on Smarter Balance data mining and the potential to exploit student information for commercial uses. A local study group could sort through conflicting claims and determine how any of those reports may affect students in Nashua.Nashua has a strong and vocal group of parents and residents who are concerned about the loss of local control, agenda-driven textbooks and materials, and the cost of Common Core. Murotake is looking at ways to address those concerns and the possibility of using the Common Core standards as best practices rather than the state's required minimum standards.He said he doesn't know whether the two-hour meeting, which starts at 7 p.m. in the lecture hall at Nashua High School North, will lead to vote by board members or more plans for public meetings on Common Core.
"The public can come and hear the resolution and discuss it," he said, adding that the board members are particularly interested in hearing from Nashua parents. "We need due diligence from the state, the district, local schools boards and the public."


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Suppose the patients are perfect twins with the exception of a single difference. Then Greenland's example shows that randomization cannot even balance a single nuisance factor. To remedy the defect, it is straightforward to increase n . However, no quantitative advice is given here or elsewhere. Thus it should be worthwhile studying a number of explicit and straightforward models, quantifying the effects of randomization. Moreover, quite early, statisticians—in particular of the Bayesian persuasion—put forward several rather diverse arguments against randomization [ 23 – 29 ]. At this point, it is not necessary to delve into delicate philosophical matters or the rather violent Bayesian-Frequentist debate (however, see Section 5), since fairly elementary probabilistic arguments suffice to demonstrate that the above criticism hits its target: By its very nature a random mechanism provokes fluctuations in the composition of T and C , making these groups (rather often) non-comparable.
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Despite randomization, imbalance in prognostic factors as a result of chance (chance imbalance) may still arise, and with small to moderate sample sizes such imbalance may be substantial.
Suppose there is a nuisance factor X taking the value 1 if present and 0 if absent. One may think of X as a genetic aberration, a medical condition, a psychological disposition or a social habit. Assume that the factor occurs with probability p in a certain person (independent of anything else). Given this, 2 n persons are randomized into two groups of equal size by a chance mechanism independent of X .
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What's really unique about Dan is that he makes science practical for the social media world. He takes a deep look at what's going on with social media activity and he extracts knowledge or nuggets that are really amazing and very helpful for marketers.
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Sebasitan Vettel insists Red Bull can still deliver a title in 2014 despite failing to beat Mercedes in any race so far this season.
Vettel fell to sixth in the drivers' standings in Monaco after his early retirement, meaning he is already 77 points behind Nico Rosberg, while Red Bull is a massive 151 points adrift of Mercedes in the constructors' championship. Christian Horner believes Red Bull's competitiveness is in the hands of engine supplier Renault and, amidst reports of a major upgrade being planned for the team's home race at the Austrian Grand Prix, Vettel is adamant the team can make it a two-horse race.
"Mathematically we are right in there", Vettel told Austrian media during an event at the Spielberg grand prix circuit on Tuesday. "We are looking at the situation race-by-race. Of course it did not go well recently but we are looking forward to the next races.
"For sure we made progress and this proves we are on the right path. We won't be favourites in the near future, but over a race distance, anything can happen. There are always reasons for setbacks, and I do not believe in bad luck. We just have to sort the problems out."
Vettel also says he finds it amusing how quickly some media outlets have linked him with a move away from Red Bull following his struggle to adapt to the RB10.
"I'm fascinated that journalists react so quickly. It is not long ago that Red Bull had some very successful years. Now we have had six races and we are not so successful and there are already discussions about my future.
"We are still the second force in Formula One, ahead of Ferrari for example, so it could be worse."