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United States of America, Plaintiff-appellee, v. Bernard J. Mcintyre, Defendant-appellant, 836 F.2d 467 (10th Cir. 1988)
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit - 836 F.2d 467 (10th Cir. 1988) Dec. 29, 1987. Rehearing Denied March 10, 1988
Warren Gotcher, of Gotcher, Brown and Bland, McAlester, Okl., for defendant-appellant.
Arlene Joplin, Asst. U.S. Atty. (William S. Price, U.S. Atty., with her on the brief), Oklahoma City, Okl., for plaintiff-appellee.
Before McKAY and McWILLIAMS, Circuit Judges, and BROWN, District Judge.*
McKAY, Circuit Judge.
Defendant was indicted on twelve counts for his conduct in purchasing and distributing cocaine,1 and subsequently was found guilty on counts one, six, seven, eight, nine and ten. The remaining counts were dismissed on the Government's motion. Defendant filed a motion for new trial and a motion for judgment of acquittal. Both motions were denied. Defendant appeals his convictions and the denial of his post-trial motions.
"In setting forth the circumstances giving rise to this appeal, we view the evidence in the light most favorable to the jury's verdict." United States v. Kendall, 766 F.2d 1426, 1429 (10th Cir. 1985), cert. denied, 474 U.S. 1081, 106 S. Ct. 848, 88 L. Ed. 2d 889 (1986).
Defendant became the focus of an FBI investigation in May of 1985 when Dorris Patillar, a friend of the defendant, made a plea agreement with the Government which required her cooperation in investigating the defendant. Between 1982 and 1985, before her plea agreement, Ms. Patillar, the defendant and others were allegedly involved with the possession and distribution of cocaine. Defendant purchased cocaine from certain individuals, and on one occasion purchased cocaine and shared it with the seller and Ms. Patillar. In the winter of 1983, Ms. Patillar purchased cocaine for the defendant, received $700 from him upon delivery which she, in turn, delivered to the seller. Additionally, an employee of one of defendant's friends testified that defendant offered cocaine to her in 1983. In April 1985, defendant met Ms. Patillar and a friend at a club in Oklahoma City. The three went to Ms. Patillar's apartment to share a "rock" (a form of cocaine) defendant had brought from Tulsa.
The defendant approached Ms. Patillar several times, allegedly to buy cocaine, after she agreed to cooperate with the Government. In June 1985, at the request of the FBI, Ms. Patillar recorded a telephone call from the defendant in which she asked him if he could get some cocaine. He replied that his sources in Tulsa were no longer available. Apparently Ms. Patillar and the defendant communicated after that but did not meet again for nine months.
On March 24, 1986, Ms. Patillar met the defendant at his office. She was wearing a concealed tape recorder and a body transmitter provided by the FBI. The two discussed defendant's unavailable sources in Tulsa. Defendant told Ms. Patillar he had $50; she told him she could get some money if he had a source for cocaine. The two then went to an apartment belonging to Edwynna Royal to buy cocaine, but no one was home. The couple separated, and Ms. Patillar went home. She called defendant later at a restaurant to see if he had contacted anyone. Defendant hung up, called her back and arranged to meet her at a Howard Johnson's. At Howard Johnson's defendant went inside to make a telephone call, and received a busy signal. When he came out, he and Ms. Patillar returned to Edwynna Royal's apartment.
Ms. Patillar gave defendant $300 she had obtained from the FBI. The couple entered the apartment, and defendant gave Ms. Royal $375. Ms. Royal left and returned about forty minutes later with three packages of cocaine. Defendant picked up the packages, left the apartment with Ms. Patillar, gave her two packages and kept one. Ms. Patillar dropped defendant off at Howard Johnson's, met an FBI agent, gave him the tape recording and one package of "a white powdery substance." She subsequently found another package that she also turned over to the FBI.
II. Counts 6 to 10--Admissibility of Tape Recordings
Defendant objects to all his convictions on the ground that the trial court erred in admitting the tape recordings secured by Ms. Patillar. Defendant raises four arguments with respect to the recordings: (1) the tapes should not have been admitted because they contained substantial inaudible portions which rendered the recording as a whole untrustworthy; (2) foundation requirements for admitting the tapes had not been satisfied; (3) defendant was denied his right to a public trial under the sixth amendment because the public's ability to hear the tapes was much worse than the jury's; and (4) the jury should not have been allowed to use the transcripts from the recordings during the playing of the tapes because the transcripts were inaccurate.
The "admissibility of tape recordings that are partially inaudible" as evidence is within the "discretion of the trial judge." United States v. Devous, 764 F.2d 1349, 1353 (10th Cir. 1985). See also United States v. Watson, 594 F.2d 1330, 1335 (10th Cir.), cert. denied, 444 U.S. 840, 100 S. Ct. 78, 62 L. Ed. 2d 51 (1979). Recordings are usually admissible unless "the inaudible portions are so substantial as to render untrustworthy the recording as a whole. Admission is especially appropriate 'where a witness who heard the statements also testifies and the recording gives independent support to his testimony.' " United States v. Davis, 780 F.2d 838, 846 (10th Cir. 1985) (citations omitted). In upholding the admissibility of the tapes, the Davis court noted that the trial court listened to the tapes in camera before ruling on their admissibility, that a party to the conversation testified as to its accuracy, that the unintelligible portions did not seem to have been altered, and that an agent testified as to the chain of custody. Id.
In this case the trial court conducted a hearing on the admissibility of the tapes and discussed its concerns regarding their audibility. Record, vol. 4, at 1-59. The court listened to the tapes prior to trial and found them to be sufficiently audible. Record, vol. 6, at 433-36. The trial court also gave counsel two extra days to work with the sound enhancing equipment to be used at trial. Record, vol. 4, at 1-59. Ms. Patillar's testimony that the recorded conversations were as she remembered, record, vol. 6, at 358, and the FBI's testimony establishing the chain of custody, record, vol. 5, at 173-74, also support admissibility of the tapes. In light of the evidence, we conclude that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in admitting the tapes because they contained some inaudible portions.
Second, defendant claims the tapes should not have been admitted because the Government failed to satisfy two parts of the seven-part test for laying the foundation of sound recordings announced in McMillan v. United States, 508 F.2d 101 (8th Cir. 1974), cert. denied, 421 U.S. 916, 95 S. Ct. 1577, 43 L. Ed. 2d 782 (1975). Both parties erroneously conclude that the seven elements enumerated in McMillan are binding precedent in this court. The McMillan criteria were originally set out in United States v. McKeever, 169 F. Supp. 426 (S.D.N.Y. 1958), a case which, in 1979, this court cited with approval. United States v. Carter, 613 F.2d 256, 261-62 (10th Cir. 1979), cert. denied, 449 U.S. 822, 101 S. Ct. 81, 66 L. Ed. 2d 24 (1980). However, since Carter, we have "specifically rejected the adoption of 'inflexible [foundation] criteria applicable to all cases.' " United States v. Jones, 730 F.2d 593, 597 (10th Cir. 1984) (citations omitted; brackets in original text) (quoting United States v. Smith, 692 F.2d 693, 698 (10th Cir. 1982)). "We recognize that the factors set out in McKeever ... may assist a trial judge in ruling upon foundation questions, but we will not upset the judge's admission of a recording unless the foundation was clearly insufficient to insure the accuracy of the recording." Jones, 730 F.2d at 597.
Defendant's arguments that there is no testimony as to the accuracy of the tape and that Ms. Patillar was induced to secure the recorded conversations are not supported in the record. Thus, on its face, the record does not indicate that the trial court abused its discretion by admitting the tapes without first establishing adequate foundation.
Third, defendant claims that he was denied his sixth amendment right to a public trial. The Government notes that defendant did not make this objection at trial. Defendant was both able to raise the objection and had ample opportunity to do so when the court addressed the issue of the difference in the ability of the public and the jury to hear the tapes in a hearing. At the hearing defendant opposed releasing the tapes and transcripts to representatives of the media, but did not object to the public's inability to hear the tapes. Record, vol. 6, at 462-69. Defendant is therefore precluded from raising this claim on appeal. United States v. Mitchell, 783 F.2d 971, 976 (10th Cir.), cert. denied, --- U.S. ----, 107 S. Ct. 208, 93 L. Ed. 2d 138 (1986).
Finally, defendant claims that transcripts of the recordings should not have been provided to the jury because Ms. Patillar testified the transcripts were inaccurate. Defendant argues that the tapes only confused the jury and resulted in prejudice. As it was for the tapes, the standard of review for the use of transcripts is abuse of discretion. Devous, 764 F.2d at 1354. The court in Devous commented that, when the parties had not stipulated to use the transcript, the best procedure for testing its accuracy is for "the trial court to make a pretrial determination of accuracy by reading the transcript against the tape...." Id. at 1355 (quoting United States v. Slade, 627 F.2d 293, 302 (D.C. Cir. 1980)).
The trial court examined the transcripts in a pretrial hearing on the admissibility of the tapes. At that time, some areas of dispute in the transcripts were corrected, record, vol. 4, at 41-42, and the court found the transcripts to be accurate and carefully done. Record, vol. 6, at 436. Before allowing the jury to see the transcripts, the court instructed them to disregard the transcripts if particular words were indeterminable from the tapes. Record, vol. 6, at 355-56. The court also permitted the jury to read only the pages of the transcript that related to the tapes being played. Defendant's citation to the record does not make clear that Ms. Patillar found anything more than minor errors in the transcripts. In view of these precautions, we find that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in allowing the use of the transcripts.
III. Count 1--Conspiracy to Distribute Cocaine
Defendant objects to his conspiracy conviction on the ground that the Government has not produced sufficient evidence to show that he was involved in a conspiracy to distribute cocaine. Defendant maintains that the evidence merely reveals that he was a buyer in several unrelated transactions. We have held that the "proof of the existence of a buyer-seller relationship, without more, is inadequate to tie the buyer to a larger conspiracy...." United States v. Watson, 594 F.2d 1330, 1337 (10th Cir.), cert. denied, 444 U.S. 840, 100 S. Ct. 78, 62 L. Ed. 2d 51 (1979). In order for the Government to establish a case of conspiracy against the defendant, it must sufficiently prove that the defendant had a common purpose with his coconspirators to possess and distribute cocaine. United States v. Kendall, 766 F.2d 1426, 1431 (10th Cir. 1985), cert. denied, 474 U.S. 1081, 106 S. Ct. 848, 88 L. Ed. 2d 889 (1986); United States v. Dickey, 736 F.2d 571, 581-82 (10th Cir. 1984), cert. denied, 469 U.S. 1188, 105 S. Ct. 957, 83 L. Ed. 2d 964 (1985).
As evidence of a conspiracy, the Government points to (1) the defendant's conversation with Ms. Patillar in which he disclosed that his former sources in Tulsa were unavailable but that he had a source in Oklahoma City, and (2) the couple's subsequent purchase of cocaine from Ms. Royal. The Government also recites two other instances in which defendant purchased cocaine from other sources and shared it with Ms. Patillar and others. This evidence does not reveal a common goal of the defendant with Ms. Patillar or the various sellers to possess and distribute cocaine. There is no indication that defendant was making a profit or distributing cocaine when he merely shared his purchases with his friends present at the time of sale.
The Government argues that, although a buyer-seller relationship may be insufficient to reveal a common goal and purpose to distribute cocaine, an inference may be drawn as to defendant's awareness of the scope of the conspiracy from the evidence of the volume and nature of the operations. Watson, 594 F.2d at 1340. Even considering the evidence in the light most favorable to the Government, there is no evidence of any conspiracy.
To make a finding of a single conspiracy, the jury must be convinced beyond a reasonable doubt that the alleged coconspirators possessed a common, illicit goal. To satisfy this "common objective" test ... the essential element of interdependence must be met--each alleged coconspirator must depend on the successful operation of each "link" in the chain to achieve the common goal. [The important question in a drug transaction is whether the separate transactions] "constituted essential and integral steps toward the realization of a common, illicit goal."Dickey, 736 F.2d at 582 (citations omitted). The Government here has failed to show any common goal or larger scheme beyond each single transaction in which defendant possessed cocaine and distributed it to those who happened to be at the sale. Nor does the Government contend that defendant knew of a broad conspiracy or that the relatively small amounts of cocaine he purchased should have alerted him to a conspiracy. See Watson, 594 F.2d at 1340. In Dickey, the conspiracy was to possess and distribute marijuana and cocaine for profit. The court noted the scheme for distributing drugs for profit undeniably depended on the success of each transaction. The same is not true here. The Government has not shown that if defendant had failed to possess and distribute drugs on any one of the named occasions, the failure would have had any effect on the success of the other transactions.
Although defendant must satisfy a high standard of review--sufficiency of the evidence--the Government has not shown sufficient evidence or satisfactorily explained its theory of a larger conspiracy. We conclude that the conviction of conspiracy was improper. Therefore, the conviction on count one is reversed.
IV. Appeal from Denial of Motion for New Trial on Grounds of
Defendant claims that on March 24, 1986, he told Ms. Patillar he only had a limited amount of cash with him and that he had used it to pay for his motel room. After the trial, defendant submitted a receipt for his motel room payment which, he argues, shows that he had no money with which to purchase cocaine. Defendant argues this new evidence entitles him to a new trial.
To overturn the trial court's denial of his motion for a new trial, defendant must show the trial court abused its discretion. United States v. Latimer, 780 F.2d 868, 870 (10th Cir. 1985). The Government states that Ms. Patillar gave defendant $300 (which she obtained from the FBI) toward the purchase of cocaine on March 24, and that defendant gave Ms. Royal, the seller, $375 for the cocaine. Defendant claims he had no money but does not contest these allegations stated in the Government's brief and accompanied by cites to the record. Therefore, the new evidence does nothing more than corroborate defendant's statement that he paid the motel bill in cash. The jury could have inferred that defendant also paid $75 for the cocaine, even though he paid the motel bill in cash. Defendant does not elaborate on how exactly the court abused its discretion.
Defendant also argues that the verdicts in counts 9 and 10 are inconsistent and that the newly discovered evidence could clear up conflicting accounts of the events on the evening of March 24. The jury found defendant guilty of count 9, using a telephone to facilitate the distribution of cocaine, and of count 10, possession with intent to distribute cocaine. Apparently plaintiff wonders how he can be convicted of using a telephone to facilitate distribution of cocaine when the underlying offense is not distribution of cocaine but only possession with intent to distribute. Possession with intent to distribute and distribution are violations of the same statute, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a) (1) (1982); and pursuant to 21 U.S.C. § 843(b) (1982), the plaintiff can be convicted for using a telephone to facilitate "any act or acts constituting a felony under any provision of this subchapter...." Thus, plaintiff's conviction on count 9 could be based on either distribution or possession with intent to distribute. The verdicts on counts 9 and 10 are not inconsistent. Furthermore, defendant does not explain how the new evidence would shed any light on the jury's alleged inconsistency or would be likely to change the verdict. Thus, the court did not abuse its discretion in denying the motion.
V. Appeal from Denial of Motion for Judgment of Acquittal
Based on Insufficient Evidence to Support a
Conviction for the Use of a
Communication Facility
Section 843(b) of title 21 provides:
It shall be unlawful for any person knowingly or intentionally to use any communication facility in committing or in causing or facilitating the commission of any act or acts constituting a felony under any provision of this subchapter or subchapter II of this chapter.
21 U.S.C. § 843(b) (1982).
To prove "facilitation" this court has required a showing that the use of the communication facility, a telephone in this case, makes the commission of the offense easier. United States v. Watson, 594 F.2d 1330, 1343 (10th Cir.), cert. denied, 444 U.S. 840, 100 S. Ct. 78, 62 L. Ed. 2d 51 (1979). The Government argues that when he telephoned, by reaching a busy signal defendant inferred that Ms. Royal (a known source) was at home; and he therefore immediately went to Ms. Royal's apartment where he obtained cocaine. The jury could have inferred that if he had not reached a busy signal, defendant would not have gone to Ms. Royal's apartment, and might have gone to other efforts to procure cocaine elsewhere. Therefore, the call facilitated the transaction by making it easier for him to get the cocaine, because he went directly to Ms. Royal's house and made the purchase.
Although prior cases in this area have generally involved telephone calls when there was some actual conversation with reference to drugs or arrangements for the possession of drugs, see United States v. McLernon, 746 F.2d 1098, 1106 (6th Cir. 1984); United States v. Reese, 775 F.2d 1066, 1075 (9th Cir. 1985); United States v. Phillips, 664 F.2d 971, 1032 (5th Cir. Unit B, Dec. 1981), cert. denied, 457 U.S. 1136, 102 S. Ct. 2965, 73 L. Ed. 2d 1354 (1982), we conclude that the busy signal to a known source did facilitate the crime. Thus, the trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying the motion.
Defendant attacks a single instruction to the jury in which the court stated: "the evidence, when viewed in its entirety, must generate more than mere suspicion of guilt, and where the evidence is equally consistent with both guilt and innocence, you must return a verdict of not guilty." Record, vol. 9, at 1129. Defendant contends that this instruction constitutes prejudicial error because it permitted the jury to find defendant guilty by a preponderance of the evidence rather than beyond a reasonable doubt.
The sufficiency of jury instructions must be determined by looking at the instructions as a whole. United States v. Burns, 624 F.2d 95, 105 (10th Cir.), cert. denied, 449 U.S. 954, 101 S. Ct. 361, 66 L. Ed. 2d 219 (1980). The record indicates that the jury instructions, as a whole, clearly state that the burden of proof was on the Government to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt, and that the court also explained the meaning of beyond reasonable doubt. Record, vol. 9, at 1118. The challenged instruction when viewed with the entire jury instruction does not constitute prejudicial error.
Defendant's convictions on counts six, seven, eight, nine and ten are AFFIRMED. Defendant's conspiracy conviction on count one is REVERSED. The trial court's denial of the motions for new trial and judgment of acquittal are AFFIRMED.
This case is REMANDED to the district court to vacate the sentence on count one.
Honorable Wesley E. Brown, United States Senior District Judge, District of Kansas, sitting by designation
Counts in Defendant's indictment:
Count 1: 21 U.S.C. § 846 (1982)--conspiracy to distribute cocaine;
Count 2: 21 U.S.C. § 841(a) (1) (1982)--possession with intent to distribute cocaine on or about October 17, 1982;
Count 3: 21 U.S.C. § 841(a) (1) (1982)--distribution of cocaine on or about October 17, 1982;
Count 6: 21 U.S.C. § 841(a) (1) (1982)--possession with intent to distribute cocaine on or about April 29, 1985;
Count 7: 21 U.S.C. § 842(a) (1) (1982)--distribution of cocaine on or about April 29, 1985;
Count 8: 21 U.S.C. § 843(b) (1982)--using a telephone in facilitating the distribution of cocaine on or about March 24, 1986;
Count 10: 21 U.S.C. § 841(a) (1) (1982)--possession with intent to distribute cocaine on or about March 24, 1986;
Count 11: 21 U.S.C. § 841(a) (1) (1982)--distribution of cocaine on or about March 24, 1986;
Count 12: 21 U.S.C. § 843(b) (1982)--using a telephone in facilitating the distribution of cocaine on or about March 26, 1986.
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WTF Is A True Gamer Anyway?
Joel Taveras
October 4, 2011 2:00 PM EST
The internet is one hell of an interesting place, if I do say so myself. If there's anything you want to read, listen to, watch, or talk about, it's available within moments. This freedom is really what makes it great. A never-ending supply of information and conversation. With the good comes the bad, and with the bad — well then you get these "true gamers".
I don't know about you but my upbringing with gaming wasn't a pleasant one. I'm not sure what's more embarrassing as an adolescent: walking out of the adult section of a video store (you know, the one with the beaded curtain), or walking out of a Funcoland with your socially awkward gaggle of friends carrying bags full of games as the hot girls from school watch you, then point and giggle. All in all, gaming wasn't exactly the coolest thing to do, especially not in my day.
Back then we'd play anything and everything. The first system I played was Atari 2600 and the first one I owned was the original NES, a system that to this day was known for its classics. Along with those classics came titles that were so bad, they were good. Imagine if titles like Deadly Premonition defined a whole generation of gaming; that was the best way to describe a lot of the stuff released back then. But as bad as some games were… we played on.
There were no fancy graphics. No compelling voice acting. Barely any story. But you still enjoyed it because it was all just video games, and that alone was enough.
Gaming has come along leaps and bounds from where it came from. Humble beginnings would be an understatement. Just search "80's and 90's video game commercials" on youtube, but then come right back here. Yep, that totally happened. But that should help give you an idea of how laughable things were at one point. Now compare it to present day where games are getting teaser tv-spots during some of televisions biggest events.
We didn't need all that. In that time it wasn't about the glitz and glamour. Even launch events are nowhere near what they are now. If you liked video games you'd subscribe to a magazine or two, read said magazine cover to cover, and just enjoy gaming as a whole. There wasn't this segregation that some people are facilitating lately.
I guess what I'm trying to get at is that people would play games just to play them, to be — you know… entertained! Even when it was cheesy to do so. Now that it's in the mainstream all of a sudden we have this sect of "true gamers" policing and trolling the comments sections of gaming sites across the web and spreading their ignorant poison.
I guess as any medium gets bigger and bigger, it's only natural that people start breaking off into different sub sections. It's almost like the spread of religion, minus all the bloodshed of course. But as gaming broadens its reach you now have different gamers. Indie, retro, modern, classic, casual and now even dare I say artsy? Anyway I think you get the idea.
But now we have, Duh – Duh – DUUUUUUUUUH ,"TRUE GAMERS".
Which for the most part I believe this group of wasted DNA consists of douche bag MLG wannabees who are as "pro" as their branded speaker tags on their Astro A-40's. These deviants also think that video games were invented the same year as Xbox Live, and that their KDR (kill death ratio) adds inches to their privates.
You can spot these creatures from a good distance. They're usually too busy bashing titles that either they don't understand or probably can't understand if they wanted to. They think Super Meat Boy is a porno. They laugh at phone games because they aren't "hardcore" enough for them. Meanwhile these "20 minute experiences" as they would call them sell 10 times more to a much wider audience than their "true gamer" shooter of choice.
Some may argue that by writing this I make myself look as bad as those I'm trying to single out. Others though (those with common sense at least) will wholeheartedly agree with me.
Here's a quick heads up to the "True Gamers" out there. Just stop. Stop defending the PlayStation Move. Stop thinking Halo Wars was "a good idea." Don't think for a second that because you're really good at one game (one that was built to be accessible in the softest generation of gaming thus far, mind you) that it makes you a "true gamer".
You're the minority. You don't speak for me or the industry and among the reasons why people still don't take gaming seriously. Instead of "true", why not try "blinded" or "jilted" gamers. I think it suits you all much better.
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Mina, the daughter of the goddess that cuts time, is a divine being that played a significant role in the development and resolution of the Big Crystal incident.
Mina has the appearance of a human girl with long flowing white hair and a white dress. She wears no shoes.
Ancient legends inscribed in stone tablets state that Mina had been "born from the Eye of the Goddess" (Big Crystal) and sent to watch over the world and determine whether time was used wisely by its inhabitants. Should she report anything to the Goddesses that offends them, the threads of time would be cut, disrupting the time flow of the entire universe.
When the Tom Toms destroyed the Big Crystal, the Goddesses were quickly aware despite no apparent communication from Mina, resulting in their reaction as predicted by legend. Mina protested, though the Goddesses refused to refrain from destroying time, forcing her to guide the Time Sweepers and Tom Toms to prevent the universe's destruction instead.
Her appearance before the Time Sweepers was limited entirely to a single unidentifiable appearance on the monitors of the Time Factory control room, which succeeded in indirectly alerting the CEO of the Big Crystal having been broken. This led to the Time Sweepers' efforts to recover the Big Crystal throughout the rest of the incident. Her interactions with the Tom Toms were more numerous and involved, in which she pleaded with Benito in his dreams for the gathering of the Big Crystal fragments and provided small pieces of information, such as the dreams of those who have touched the Big Crystal becoming real. This convinced Benito to force the Tom Tom Gang to acquire the four Big Crystal fragments that the Time Sweepers did not, allowing for the entire crystal to be used to defeat the Scissor Demon in World A000. Following the Scissor Demon's defeat, the Big Crystal reformed with Mina appearing alongside it and then in front of Benito to offer her gratitude. The Goddesses expressed pleasure with her actions and stated that they would not destroy the world as originally intended as a result of her help.
"Mina" is from 皆 (mina), meaning "all"; makes sense for a Goddess.
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Steve Earle erzählt seine Geschichte und spricht über die erste Begegnung mit Guy Clark.
If you were from Texas, and serious, Guy Clark was a king. Everyone knew his songs, 'Desperados Waiting For A Train,' 'LA Freeway,' he'd been singing them before they came out on Old No. 1 in 1975. So I was pretty excited when I went into the club and the bartender, a friend of mine says, 'Guy's here.' I wanted him to hear me play.
Clark hörte sich die Songs an und ein paar Monate später spielte Earle Bass in Guy´s Band.
2016 starb Guy Clark nach langer Krankheit und Earle der nicht aufhören konnte an seinen Freund und Mentor zu denken, widmet ihm nun das Album "GUY".
"No way I could get out of doing this record," Steve said when we talked over the phone from Charlotte, North Carolina, that night's stop on Earle's ever peripatetic road dog itinerary. "When I get to the other side, I didn't want to run into Guy having made the TOWNES record and not one about him.
Es gab noch einen weiteren Grund "GUY" aufzunehmen.
"You know," he said, "as you live your life, you pile up these regrets. I've done a lot of things that might be regrettable, but most of them I don't regret because I realize I couldn't have done anything else at the time.
With GUY, however, there was this thing. When he was sick – he was dying really for the last ten years of his life -he asked me if we could write a song together. We should do it 'for the grandkids, ' he said. Well, I don't know…at the time, I still didn't co-write much, then I got busy.


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El marquesado de Zabalegui es un título nobiliario español creado en 18 de marzo de 1691 por el rey Carlos II, con el vizcondado previo de las Torres, a favor de Francisco Juániz de Muruzábal y Ocáriz, presidente de las reales chancillerías de Valladolid y de Granada, obispo de Murcia y de Cartagena y caballero de la Orden de Santiago.

En 1690, el primer marqués adquirió la jurisdicción civil y criminal de Zabalegui en Navarra y de ahí la denominación del título concedido un año después.

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  Francisco Juániz de Muruzábal y Ocáriz, también llamado Martín Francisco Juániz de Muruzábal y Echálaz (baut. 29 de diciembre de 1624-Murcia, 17 de diciembre de 1695), I marqués de Zabalegui. Era hijo de Martín Juániz de Muruzábal y Echálaz y de Luisa de Ocáriz, casados en 1610. Le sucedió su sobrino, hijo de su hermana Fausta (m. Obanos, 27 de marzo de 1693), natural de Muruzábal,  y de su esposo Diego Pérez de Rada y Vidazun.

  Francisco Pérez de Rada y Juániz de Muruzábal (Obanos, 20 de diciembre de 1653-Pamplona, 1703) II marqués de Zabalegui, alcalde de la Real de Corte Mayor de Navarra, Consejero Real de Navarra y caballero de la Orden de Santiago.
 Se casó con Antonia María de Castro y Espinosa.  Le sucedió su sobrino, hijo de su hermano José Pérez de Rada y Juániz de Muruzábal y de su esposa Josefa de Zuría Ximénez de la Puente y Atondo.

  Juan Agustín Pérez de Rada y Zuría, III marqués de Zabalegui.
 Contrajo matrimonio el 20 de julio de 1711 con María Teresa de Vidaurreta y Rada.  Le sucedió su hijo:

  José Francisco Pérez de Rada y Vidaurreta (Muruzábal, 26 de diciembre de 1712-ibid., 11 de noviembre de 1761), IV marqués de Zabalegui
 Se casó el 24 de junio de 1753 con Ana Timotea de Gaztelu y Apezteguía. Le sucedió su hijo:

  Miguel Ramón Pérez de Rada y Gaztelu, V marqués de Zabalegui.
 Se casó con Joaquina de Miranda y Bernedo.  Le sucedió su hijo:

 Manuel Joaquín Pérez de Rada y Miranda, VI marqués de Zabalegui.
 Se casó en Tafalla el 19 de agosto de 1848 con Vita Cruzat y Miranda.  Sin descendencia.

 Rehabilitado en 1884
  Alberto Pérez de Rada y Calatayud (Olite, 7 de diciembre de 1859-Villabona, 18 de mayo de 1910) VII marqués de Zabalegui, por Real despacho del 23 de junio de 1884. Era hijo de Joaquín Pérez de Rada y Arellano (m. 6 de febrero de 1878) —hijo de Bernardo Pérez de Rada y Gaztelu, hermano del V marqués, y de Francisca Rodríguez de Arellano y Arriaga—, y de su esposa Damiana de Calatayud Irigoyen Larumbe y Larrea, con quien había casado el 26 de marzo de 1848, y bisnieto de Francisco Pérez de Rada y Vidaurreta, el IV marqués.
 Se casó en Mondragón e 3 de mayo de 1893 con María Gorosábel Mendía Sagasti y Echezarreta.  Le sucedió su hijo:

  Joaquín Pérez de Rada Echálaz y Gorosábel (Muruzábal, 11 de febrero de 1894-Madrid, 22 de diciembre de 1957), VIII marqués de Zabalegui.
 Se casó en 1924 con María Manuela Díaz Rubín y Fontela, hija de Santos Díaz Rubín y de María de la Gloria Fontela y Campomanes. Le sucedió su hijo:

 Alberto Pérez de Rada y Díaz Rubin (m. Madrid, 7 de agosto de 2017), IX marqués de Zabalegui.
 Contrajo matrimonio con María Cristina González de Castejón y Aritio.  Le sucedió su hijo:

 Joaquín Pérez de Rada González de Castejón, X marqués de Zabalegui.

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Tunnels are always being tried under the Israeli border barriers too, try telling them that walls don't work.
The majority of US illegal immigrants come over the southern border, a secure barrier would reduce that number and the corresponding drugs, murders and rapes.
Walls work, ask anybody who has one.


We made it through the winter. Yes, it was a little harsher than we are used to, but if you were anything like me you had that chance to stay in and be thankful for our warmth, a roof over our head, and that time when we can take time to talk with God.
Easter is close at hand and we can now see the start of God's renewal of trees budding, plants poking through the ground, and robins bouncing around.
week. How saddened he must have been to see so many greet him with shouts of joy, and seeing some of those same people shouting CRUCIFY HIM!!! at the end of the week.
How are we with Holy Week? Are we crucifying Christ or are we standing with him? Are we denying him as Peter did? Or do we say YES I know that man?
This Easter season let us say YES, JESUS we know him and want to follow him. Ask for forgiveness and ask him to come into your heart. Allow him to work on you and through you. Give him the opportunity to use you for the betterment of our world. As we come to Spring allow him to renew you for his names sake.


Jesus forgives. Have you read that somewhere? Well I'm not surprised - Jesus forgave many. Forgiveness is central to Gods gospel message. What about Matthew 9v2 where some men brought a paralysed man to him, obviously to relieve him of his paralysis, but the first thing Jesus did was to forgive him: "Take heart, son; your sins are forgiven". What's that all about?
A lot of people would not be impressed by the offer of forgiveness. Thats not the kind of "bling" to impress your modern man in the street. Money! money! money! materialistic things, cars, holidays and the shiny objects of technology all come much higher up their list of priorities. Most would not be that bothered about being forgiven and in truth wouldn't even feel the need or see the need for forgiveness. Forgiveness is a foreign language to godless men and women.
So you have to feel the need for forgiveness. We call those feelings "conviction". You will never feel the need for forgiveness if you don't first feel or recognize your wrongness (thats sin). The Holy Spirit can illuminate these things in our lives so that we become aware of them. So having these feelings makes us suddenly receptive to any free offer of redemption or forgiveness. Well, "take heart" (be encouraged) - when you come to Jesus, you've come to the right place.
By choice some people won't have a TV in their homes. Did you know that? I know at least a couple of homes where they don't have a TV on religious grounds. I think thats a bit extreme personally, but each to his own I suppose. Ok -their lives are not polluted by a load of shallow day'time rubbish but there's a lot of great TV and, more importantly, its a window on the world that we would not otherwise have and which words can never fully portray.
Without a TV you might walk away with the idea that Aleppo is a pleasent "garden city" where people spend their afternoons and evenings in leafy avenues eating, drinking and socialising outside cafes and restaurants on spacious boulevards with friends and family. We (with "tellies") now know its not like that. Neither is it like that for thousands of refugees and asylum seekers scattered across France and the rest of Europe, including our own town of Doncaster.
Our male voice choir (WRMVP), which performed at St.James Church on Yorkshire Day 2016, has been singing these poignant words from Laurence Binyon's poem For the Fallen, over their last few engagements. They are well known, oft quoted words. Less well known, indeed not known by most, are the names of the fallen from the Parish of St.James Doncaster, some belonging to St.James church congregation itself. We have a War Memorial inside the church to the 146 men who gave their lives in World War 1 (1914-19) for us and our children, grand-children and great grand-children. So, we will be laying two wreaths in church this Remembrance Sunday; one from the boys and girls of St.James who may not even be aware of their heritage and a wreath from the Congregation at St.James - lest we forget.
J.Ansbro, E.Andrews, W.Atack, P.Atack, W.Avill, A.F.Baker, W.H.Bassendale, J.Bates, F.Bath, R.Beatty (MM), E.H.Bennett, F.Bell, H.Bell, H.Y.Bell, C.Bills, A.Bothamley, H.Bowers, J.Bradley, J.Bristow, H.Brooke, C.F.Brookes, A.Brooks, A.R.Burley, F.Burley, J.H.Byers, H.Capell, F.Cardwell, S.W.Chapmen, F.Clarkson, J.E.Clarkson, H.V.Close, F.Cooper, L.Cooper and W.Coulson.
H.Day, R.Day, C.J.Delahoy, P.F.Douthwaite, C.W.Durant, W.E.Elsom, T.Fevre, E.Fletcher, A.Frith, J.Gabbitas (see note), M.Glennon, E.Golledge, F.J.Goodwill, J.Graham, H.Graham, W.H.Graham, W.A.Green, H.Gregson, G.Gyles, S.G.Hedger, F.H.Hefford, H.S.Hemingway, H.S.Hibbard, W.H.Hickson, H.Hilton, H.W.O.Hirst, W.Hobson, H.Holland, J.C.Holdroyd, A.S.Hooper, A.Horstead, H.T.Houghton, F.Howsham, C.A.Hoyle, C.H.Hudson, H.Hudson, S.B.Jackson, W.R.Jackson, C.Jepson and H.F.Johnson.
S.C.Kimber, T.C.Lane, E.Lambert, S.H.Lawson, W.E.Lawson, C.H.Ledger, W.Lerigo, J.Long, W.Major, C.H.Mallinson, W.H.Marshall, C.E.Martin, J.Mole, H.F.Mountain, F.Mullins, H.Naylor, J.W.Neale, J.H.Pagdin, T.A.Pagdin, E.Pallister, H.Panks, C.Parkin, W.H.Parkin, W.Paton, S.Pepper, W.Piddock, W.H.C.Pyatt, J.Quinn, J.A.Ramsbottom, A.Reynolds, H.Reynolds, C.Richardson, R.Richardson, J.C.C.Ripley, A.M.Roberts and J.H.Ronbinson.
J.Sagar, A.Sampson, C.W.Saxton, E.H.Schofield, A.Scott, H.Selby, J.W.Sharp (MM), J.H.Sharper, J.Shaw, J.W.Shaw, C.Shillito, S.Shillito, H.Scissons, A.Slough, S.Stace, A.Stocks, A.Stokes, J.Stott, E.G.Taylor, F.C.Taylor, C.R.Tindall, J.K.Walker, F.J.Watson, L.E.Watson, F.Webb, J.Whitfield, H.Wigglesworth, J.H.Wilkinson, T.Wilks, F.Woodwiss, J.Woodwiss, G.E.Woolsey, C.W.Wyatt and A.E.W.Young.
Yes, we will remember them. 13 November 2016 StanH.
Note: J.Gabbitas is buried in Hyde Park Cemetery, Doncaster - he died in 1917 - probably as a consequence of his injuries sustained in battle.
"Horses for courses!" Have you ever heard that expression used ? It seems quite an appropriate turn of phrase for the town of Doncaster with its own racecourse. I suppose it means some horses run better on certain courses than others or rather the condition of the course on the day of the race. Some respond better to "soft going", others to a harder drier surface - not that I know a single thing about horse racing you understand. King David and King Solomon - father and son - were very different. David learned his craft as a shepherd boy. He quite unashamedly thought he was qualified to fight the giant Philistine, Goliath, so he told King Saul, as you do: "Your servant has been keeping his fathers sheep. When a lion or a bear came and carried off a sheep from the flock, I went after it, struck it and rescued the sheep from it's mouth. When it turned on me, I seized it and killed it. Your servant has killed both the lion and the bear; this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, because he has defied the armies of the Living God", (1 Sam 17v34-36). David was to become a great warrior king at a time in the history of the nation when it needed a strong leader; horses for courses. It was said of David by his many adoring female fans that - "Saul has slain his thousands and David his tens of thousands". I don't think we should necessarily take those numbers literally but you get the picture - his reputation preceded him. David was a brilliant musician who could sooth and enthrall King Saul when he had the black dog on him. He wrote many of the Psalms from which we can clearly see that he had a great faith in his God (greater even, I suggest, than Solomon). He saw the hand of God on his life and in creation. Davids life was a very hard life - but thats another blog for another time. I mention it only at this point because we, the people of today, walk on the shoulders of our parents who had it a lot tougher than we have it.
Solomon was, as I've already said, altogether different than his father. Have you heard expressions like, "He's just like his father.." or "He's his fathers son" ? Well Solomon wasn't! Our parents had it hard so, comparatively speaking ,we could have it easy and in the same way Solomon benefitted from the sacrifices his fathers life represents. David had had many enemies in his time and warfare dominated his life but if Solomon had any enemies it does not appear to have been what the Bible record remembers of him - so I think not. Solomon is remembered for his great wisdom.This comes out in his letter to King Hiram of Tyre: "You know that because of the wars waged against my father David from all sides, he could not build a temple for the Name of the Lord his God until the Lord put his enemies under his feet. But now, [yes I do understand the sacrifices my father made], the Lord has given me rest on every side....". He understood that God had created the circumstances of his life for a purpose just as he has created ours for a purpose; that is why we should pay attention to Solomon. It may sound an odd comparison but children, and grandchildren, now go to school, now play sport and have fun in their lives, have a better life, because they no longer have to work down a coal mine, or clean chimneys or work amongst the dangerous moving parts of mill looms or work in East End sweatshops, because former generations have already made those sacrifices.
Solomon was a complex man of many parts. He is known for his wisdom, for invention, for grandeur. The Queen of Sheba was fascinated by him. 1 Kings 10v4-5 says this: "When the Queen of Sheba saw all the wisdom of Solomon and the palace he had built, the food on his table, the seating of his officials, the attending servants in their robes, his cupbearers, and the burnt offerings he made at the temple of the Lord, she was overwhelmed". She had to say to him: "...I did not believe these things until I came and saw with my own eyes.Indeed [she famously said] not even the half has been told....".
We had a mass baptism service this morning at St.James Doncaster. Twenty-two (possibly twenty-one in the end) men, women, boys and girls got baptised by full-immersion. Nothing on this scale has ever happened at St.James before as far as we know and it was as much a blessing for the onlookers that cheered each soul who went under the waters of baptism (especially when they came up again!), as it was for the candidates themselves; not that the title "candidate" really does justice to those blessed souls. There was something on the faces of these that spoke of such an amazing transformation in lives changed. We are reminded of and can now better understand those words in Acts 2v41: "Those who accepted his message were baptised and about three thousand were added to their number that day". Again there's a category of men and women described in Luke's verse that is as wholly inadequate as was the category "candidate" that we used in our Baptism Service on Sunday - its that anonymous word "those"; those who accepted. Luke of course wasn't there in Jerusalem at Pentecost - he had to back-track and research the events of that day in order to tell Theophilus the story of Acts - so he couldn't put a name to a face or tell individual "changed-life" stories. Wouldn't it be good though, if we could go back and share in some of those changed lives. Thankfully, we can do that with "those" that got baptised at St.James because we can put a name to a face. 27 November 2016 StanH.
In my last blog I wrote about those anonymous three thousand that got baptised after Pentecost. On this last day of November my thoughts are on another anonymous group of "those". I didn't realise my last blog would lead me in the direction this has but here we go.... Today we finished our Operation Christmas Child 2016 shoeboxes, processed in Doncaster thanks once again to Doncaster Deaf Trust for yet another year - probably our best result since we started doing shoeboxes here in Doncaster. We've been very thankful of course in our daily prayers for our dedicated team of box checkers who've worked tirelessly alongside us - many of whom have been faithfully coming to us for years. They've worked so hard this year and so its a big thankyou to them once again for yet another year. But my thoughts today are for the hundreds of "anonymous those" - those that assembled and anonymously gave the vast majority of our six thousand plus boxes. We know of course that some come via specific churches that we know and some by specific schools but we've no idea who the individuals are. A good number of shoeboxes, for example, just turn up in Main Reception at the Deaf School because its a Drop-Off Centre, but in all honesty we haven't a clue where they came from, who brought them as they never meet us but just trust us to ensure that their precious gifts get to a needy child somewhere in the world. In the end that's what it's always been a about - "those children". Thats why we are Operation Christmas Child. 30 November 2016 StanH.


A: Parents need the power over their children's education. I have a 4 and 2 year old. As a parent I am worried about what will be taught and how my children are taught in school. Personally I would love to have a voucher system for my children. While opting out would be good as I could see as a parent, ok I want my child to be taught subjects and skills not test taking. However, unless I had some assurances that my child will not face the test taking culture I can not see how a decent way to implement this unless we have a voucher system that removes the money with the child. Right now I would say I would need more details to support this unless it was a voucher system then I would say yes.
A: Childhood is fleeting and treating children like cattle does them no good. I have 2 sisters that teach and the subject of lunch came up. As a parent I believe there are certain life lessons we need our children to face and learn. One of those is how to handle money and what to do when you loose it. I want to have my children handle money and see how much things cost. A credit system denies children of that experience and money becomes and intangible. One of my sisters said "Craig, we have to have the credit/charge system otherwise we can not get the children through lunch in the 25 minutes we get." I was appalled 25 minutes to obtain, eat and cleanup. No wonder we have a childhood obesity issue. Our children are herded into a lunch room, fed and moved back to the classroom all in order to pay homage to the almighty Standardized test. Our Children have lost their playtime the chance to be just kids. No wonder they are stressed and bored they are placed in a system at age 5 that focuses on results of tests not the complete development of children. So yes, I would support efforts to give children proper time to relax and play.
A: As a parent I am worried about one size fits all education system. A national standard should never come into existence as each State and each Community is unique and has unique needs. I would only want to see universal standards go only as high as the State level but in very limited role. The reason is as I stated before I would as a parent love to have vouchers for my children and under a voucher system with local control we would create a very strong consumer model that allows schools to adapt the best teaching techniques to draw the students into their schools. So yes I would be willing to support more local control but still keep the State involved and the Federal level completely out.
A: As I mentioned above in lunch and recess I would like to see children have the time to relax and play during the school day. My sister's who are teachers say they are under pressure to teach materials and subjects on Standardized tests. More school could be beneficial if we had more days to school year to allow for the longer lunch and recess. We could also use extra days as prep days for Standardized test thus returning the regular school year to instruction of subjects and eliminating some of the pressure on students and teachers. This could also be a means to allow a parent to opt their child out of the testing by allowing the parents to place their child in an elective subject during the extended school days. I am not against a longer school year but it must add value to the total education system.
A: I had to talk with my sisters about this and how it affects them in the classroom. They were telling me it is necessary in order help a special needs child develop while in the classroom as they are sometimes not getting basic skills such as hand washing taught at home. I can see how that would be beneficial in that situation. However having PBIS being used on all children then in the long run probably does not help our children and most likely will hurt them. I have worked as a Manager in retail I have had employees that expect only praise and do not have the ability to handle negative feedback. While we all do work better with praise there are times that negative feedback must be give. It is how you handle and deliver negative feedback is a skill children need to learn. Basically its development of proper manners that PBIS would hinder. Therefore as a parent if PBIS would be used to manipulate my child into perfect behavior as the school determines then I would not want it. I want my children to behave with proper manners and using PBIS to elicit proper behavior is denying children the chance to implement proper manners and instead dehumanizes them by turning them into a Pavlov dog. So based on my information of PBIS I would not want this in the schools system and probably would not support any law that allows such method into the school system.
A: Our children are more wired than any generation before them. Their means of socialization has adapted and changed due to being wired. As such we should be reaching out to our children in a means that they are comfortable with. That is increase class size could be used if we use more online instruction in the class room. Rural schools are shrinking and using online methods where the students take their lecture and home online would allow more students to be taught at the same time and more detailed instruction would be given to students as a group only on the areas they are weak in. Thus a child that understands adding fractions but struggles with multiplying fractions would only go to the multiplying fractions group. Thus multiple Rural schools could pools resources and have the lecture given to their students and say the Math teacher at each school would guide the groups. This could allow for larger class sizes while still giving small group instruction. I would support methods that use more technology and bring our schools out of the 20th century and into the 21st century.
A: It is no secret Left no child behind is a failure. I would like to see it out of the school systems and considering the recent Supreme Court ruling on health care that says the Federal government can not force the State to expand Medicaid or face financial penalties. Then the State might have a way by using that ruling to opt out and not loose federal money. I would like to see left no child behind taken out and if Iowa could fund its school system without Federal money then I would not be opposed to that either.


Cross out ramos now.....barako bull head coach..
But what is his coaching credential?
He did win some championships during CrIspa's PBL stint in the late 80s - early 90s.
Oh yes. I already forgot that there was a Crispa team in the PBL back then hahahaahhahaha. Thanks bro.


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Had enough of imported U.S. spicy Cherry Rubs with unknown ingredients?
We have created a simple and pure Gluten Free Vegan sweet pink CHERRY SUGAR that can be used to add a tasty Glaze on Pork Ribs, Pork, Chicken, Fish, and Vegetarian Foods. It melts into a colourful glaze that is actually good for you! Shake generously on Pork Ribs. Also use on desserts like Fruit, Ice-Cream, Cakes, Yoghurt, and Milkshakes & Protein Shakes.
The Cherry Powder is made from crushing Aus Cherries into a Puree, then drying it into a fine Powder. It takes 7kgs of Cherry Puree to make 1kg Powder. Contains Gluten Free anti-caking agent Silica 551.
For richer colour and flavour, we added Blueberry Powder that is made here from imported rich flavoured Canadian Blueberries. It takes 9.8kgs of Berries to make 1kg Powder. Contains Gluten Free anti caking agent Tapioca Maltodextrin.
We mixed the Berry Powders with Glucose instead of sugar as it has only ½ of the sugar molecule and no Fructose.
Aus Sweet Cherry Powder (Prunus avium) is rich in phenolic acids, contains powerful antioxidants like anthocyanins and cyanidin which are extremely important to our health as they preserve cell structure, anthocyanins also boost insulin levels to protect against Diabetes and heart disease, flavonoids, ascorbic acid, vitamins, minerals, melatonin, serotonin, carotenoids.
Canadian Blueberries contain a host of nutritional benefits. They are a valuable source of Iron and B Vitamins which promote healthy blood development. They also provide Silicon, ensuring good blood circulation, brighter eyes and healthy hair and teeth.