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Top Ten Thursdays: #9 – July 30, 2004 – Big Train 4, Herndon Braves 3
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Top Ten Thursdays is a weekly bigtrain.tv show that highlights the top 10 games in Bethesda Big Train history, as voted on by team historian Bill Hickman, manager Sal Colangelo and founder Bruce Adams. As each game is unveiled, we will bring you a written flashback here in on bigtrain.org.
Host Alex Drain, with the help of Colangelo and various guests, will break down each game, as those involved discuss what they remember and the significance of each contest. Each episode will serve as a flashback to classic moments in Big Train history, in lieu of actual games during the 2020 summer.
Today, we look at Game #9, from July 30, 2004 against the Herndon Braves.
The Herndon Braves met the Big Train at Shirley Povich Field for this late July game. The stakes were high as ever, as the Big Train entered the game tied with Herndon for the lead in the regular season standings. Winning the regular season title would be huge for Bethesda, as then-assistant coach Sal Colangelo put it: "We had come so close every year … we just felt this was our year."
Casey Baron (Maryland) started the game on the mound for the Big Train, facing off against a strong Herndon offense. The game remained scoreless until the top of the third, when the Braves plated a run on a walk and two singles. An inning later, the Braves increased their lead to 3-0 on a solo homer and a bases-loaded walk.
After plating one in the fourth, Big Train brought the score to 3-2 in the bottom of the fifth when Jonnie Knoble (San Francisco) stepped up, as he had many times before for this team, doubling and then coming around to score.
"The one thing in common from these important games in the era when we played is Jonnie's in the middle of it somewhere, either on defense, baserunning or offensively," noted teammate Greg Lemon (Salisbury).
Russell Durfee (Duke) then entered the game to relieve Baron. Colangelo stated that bringing in Durfee was an attempt to get the Herndon offense "off-balance". This strategy proved effective as he allowed only one hit, three walks and no runs over 3 ⅔ innings.
Still down 3-2, Bethesda's moment to take the lead finally came in the bottom of the seventh inning. With one out, Andrew Smith (San Francisco) singled and stole second; he then advanced to third when the following batter grounded out. Then with two outs, Smith sped home on a wild pitch to tie the game.
"To Andrew Smith there's only one type of game, and that's one that you try to win," Lemon said.
With the game tied 3-3 and two outs in the frame, the Braves turned to their lethal reliever, Dustin Pease. The left-hander, however, was no match for Big Train designated hitter Justin Martin (Florida Atlantic), who doubled off the right field fence, plating Trey Cuevas (Southern Mississippi) to put the Big Train up 4-3.
Bethesda brought relief pitcher David Hayes (Florida Atlantic) to the mound to secure the win, with an assist from Knoble in center field. Knoble caught a deep fly and took a shot at the Braves' runner tagging from second. His throw bounced perfectly to Smith at third, to end the inning and squash the threat.
Hayes sealed the win for the Big Train in the bottom of the ninth, retiring Herndon in order to close the game.
Following this exciting win, Bethesda moved one game up in the standings with only two games remaining in regular season play. The Big Train went on to come in first in the regular season standings, then topping it off by capturing the postseason championship for the first time in franchise history, in what would be their final season in the Clark Griffith League. It was a "breakout season" for Big Train, Colangelo noted, as it established them as a standout team in the nation.
Next Thursday on bigtrain.tv, Drain will highlight Game #8, which took place in July 2009.
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In this Thursday, Feb. 11, 2016 photo, black garbage bags filled with grass, soil, grass and soils, believed to be contaminated by radiation, are kept in a snow-covered field in Iitate, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan. Five years ago, these people fled their homes, grabbing what they could, as a nearby nuclear plant melted down after being hit by a tsunami, spewing radiation. All told, the disaster in Fukushima displaced 150,000 by the government's count. About 100,000 are still scattered around the nation, some in barrack-like temporary housing units and others in government-allocated apartment buildings hundreds of kilometers (miles) away. Although authorities have started to open up areas near the damaged reactors that were previously off limits, only a fraction of residents have returned. AP
TOKYO — They feel like refugees, although they live in one of the world's richest and most peaceful nations.
Five years ago, these people fled their homes, grabbing what they could, as a nearby nuclear plant melted down after being hit by a tsunami, spewing radiation. All told, the disaster in Fukushima displaced 150,000 by the government's count.
About 100,000 are still scattered around the nation, some in barrack-like temporary housing units and others in government-allocated apartment buildings hundreds of kilometers (miles) away.
Although authorities have started to open up areas near the damaged reactors that were previously off limits, only a fraction of residents have returned. For example, in the town of Naraha, where evacuation orders were lifted in September, 459 people, or 6 percent of the pre-disaster population, have gone back.
READ: Japan ends nuclear shutdown four years after Fukushima
Most say they don't want to return for fear of lingering radiation. Some don't want the upheaval of moving again after trying to start their lives over elsewhere.
With government housing aid set to end next year, many feel pressured to move back.
Tokiko Onoda, 80, lives with her husband in a cramped, cluttered apartment on the 21st floor of a high-rise in the edge of Tokyo where about 1,000 people displaced by the disaster live in rent-free housing.
Several Fukushima towns that were deserted now are urging residents to return, saying it is safe to live in certain areas. An ambitious effort to decontaminate vast swaths of land by removing topsoil and razing shrubbery has turned farmland and coastlines into stretches of dirt with rows upon rows of black garbage bags filled with grass, soil and debris.
When housing aid ends in April 2017, people in apartments under the government program will have to start paying rent or move out. Those whose homes in Fukushima that are in areas still off-limits for living will continue to receive the aid.
Onoda fears hers will be cut off because her home is in Namie, where evacuation orders are gradually being lifted in parts of the town.
She doesn't believe it's safe to go back. She feels duped because she had believed that nuclear power was safe.
Onoda angrily talks about how authorities are treating people like her. Why didn't the government give her land elsewhere to build a new home?
When she lived in Fukushima, she had a big house with a garden where she grew vegetables and peonies. She picked mushrooms and ferns in the hills.
"We worked so hard to build that house," she said, often stopping to wipe away tears. "We had no worries in the world except to plan vacation trips to the hot springs."
That home is now in shambles. Although it survived the 9.0 magnitude quake on March 11, 2011, burglars have ransacked it and rats have chewed the walls. The last time she visited, the dosimeter ticked at 4 microsieverts an hour, more than 100 times the average monitored in-air radiation in Tokyo. That's not immediately life-threatening but it makes Onoda feel uncomfortable because of worries that cancer or other sicknesses may surface years later.
READ: Can towns near Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant recover?
Before the disaster, the government had set the safe annual radiation dosage level at 1 millisievert. Afterward, it has adopted the 20 millisievert recommendation of the International Commission on Radiation Protection set for emergencies, and 1 millisievert became a long-term goal.
Onoda says she has done her best to cope. She has made friends. She keeps busy with tea parties, art classes and a sewing circle.
And now they want her to go back, after all she has gone through?
"Only someone who has gone through this evacuation can understand," she said.
Ryuichi Kino, a journalist who wrote, edited and compiled the 2015 book, "The White Paper on Nuclear Evacuees," believes people like Onoda have been treated like "kimin," which means "people who have been discarded" because they have been forgotten or abandoned by society.
"We don't even know their real numbers," he said, noting the government lacks a clear definition for "evacuees," and bases its figures on tallies of those receiving aid. A recent count in Fukushima and a neighboring prefecture found the total number may be as high as 200,000, Kino said.
"Evacuation is a term that assumes the situation is temporary, and there is a place to go back," said Kino.
The government is spending about 40 billion yen ($400 million) a year on housing aid for those displaced by the disaster. It's also financially backing Tokyo Electric Power Co., operator of the damaged Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant, to make monthly compensation payments, now at a cumulative 5.9 trillion yen ($59 billion) and rising.
Tests with volunteers who wore dosimeters for two weeks in the town of Naraha found average radiation exposure to be at a rate of 1.12 millsieverts a year.
Government official Yuji Ishizaki, who is overseeing the lifting of evacuation orders, says he is merely following policy.
"There is no clear boundary for what is safe or not safe for radiation," he said. "Even 1 millisievert might not be absolutely safe."
Fukushima Medical University, the main academic body studying the health effects of the nuclear disaster, says no sickness linked to radiation has been detected so far, although sickness from lack of exercise, poor diet and mental stress has been observed.
The more than 100 cases of thyroid cancer found among the 370,000 people 18 years old and younger at the time of the disaster the university calls "a screening effect," or a result of more rigorous testing.
Some scientists say that is unusually high, given that thyroid cancer among children is rare at two or three in a million. Thyroid cancers among the young surged in the Ukraine and Belarus after the 1986 Chernobyl catastrophe.
Seiichi Nakate is relatively content in his new life with his wife and two children, 13 and 11, in the northern city of Sapporo, 600 kilometers (370 miles) from Fukushima. There, some 1,500 people from Fukushima have formed a support network, often getting together for drinks and helping each other find jobs.
Nakate recently bought a house and started a company that refers professional helpers to disabled people, and has hired former Fukushima residents. He vows to never return to Fukushima because of the radiation danger.
He believes that from the beginning, authorities underplayed those risks. He doesn't trust them.
After the disaster, he immediately sent his wife and children to a relatives' home in southern Japan. The family started living together in Sapporo a year later.
The end of government housing support makes people feel pressure to return, he says.
"The government abandoned the people of Fukushima, even the children. Now the policy is to push us to go back," he said. "It's a policy that forces radiation upon people."
Megumi Okada, a mother of four, is fighting hard to keep her housing aid in Tokyo, getting people to sign petitions and meeting with government officials.
She scoffs at how officials keep saying that people are living "as normal" in much of Fukushima. She doesn't want her children eating the food or breathing the air. They get periodic blood tests to make sure they are healthy.
Her husband has found a job as a construction worker in Tokyo. Their apartment is just two rooms and a kitchen, but the rent is covered. Okada wants to work, but publicly funded child-care is scarce in Japan, and private ones are costly.
"Nothing has progressed in five years," she said. "We have the right to stay evacuated."
Okada says she wants to apply for U.N. refugee status and move to Europe with her family, if she could.
"I know Japanese can't become refugees now. But I wish we could," she said. "It is about our staying alive."
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In the class of affordable small cars, there are so many options to choose from. And depending on the features you're looking for, the options for different configurations can seem endless. Two of the most popular vehicles in the class today are the Nissan Sentra and the Hyundai Elantra. When you're trying to decide between the Sentra and the Elantra, there are several questions you should ask.
How do the two compare in terms of power?
On paper, the engine in the Hyundai Elantra looks more powerful. But the real difference between the two vehicles is in the drivetrain. Both vehicles are front wheel drive3 and come standard with a 6-speed automatic transmission. But the optional automatic transmission is much different in the two vehicles. The Nissan Sentra offers an Xtronic Continuously Variable Transmission. This transmission is fast-shifting and transitions are very smooth.
The Elantra offers a six-speed automatic transmission with SHIFTRONIC and an active ECO system. The Active Eco system might seem like a good thing, but not only does it not lift the fuel economy of the Elantra enough to meet the competitive efficiency of the Sentra, but it completely ruins the driving experience. It makes it sluggish to start, transitions take loner, and in general, it lags behind the competition.
How does their entertainment equipment compare?
The standard entertainment system in the Nissan Sentra is an AM / FM / CD audio system with a 5-inch color monitor. There are options to upgrade from four to six speakers or you can go full Monty on it and get the Bose Premium Audio system which has eight speakers, including two subwoofers. This system has a 5.8-inch color touch screen monitor and connects with your iPod through a USB, streaming audio via Bluetooth wireless technology or through an auxiliary input jack. Controlling your listening experience is simple with the illuminated steering wheel-mounted controls.
The standard entertainment options in the Hyundai Elantra are comparable to those in the Nissan Sentra. Where the real difference between the two lay is in the available upgrades. The Elantra offers an optional Bose Premium Audio system with a 6.8 inch color touch-screen monitor. The system has eight speakers including two subwoofers. The Elantra simply doesn't offer a premium audio though the maximum price is higher than that of the Sentra.
Which is safer: the Sentra or the Elantra?
The 2015 Nissan Sentra follows the tradition of the rest of Nissan's vehicles as a leader in the field in terms of technology. Not only is the Sentra equipped with technology to protect your investment when you're not around including the Nissan Vehicle Immobilizer system, the Sentra is fully equipped with the latest and greatest safety technology. These technologies include Brake Assist (BA), Electronic Brake force Distribution (EBD), Traction Control System (TCS), Vehicle Dynamic Control (VDC), Nissan Advanced Air Bag System (AABS), and a Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS) with easy-fill tire alert.
The biggest difference between the safety of the Nissan Sentra and the Hyundai Elantra is not in the safety features included in the vehicles but in the reputation of the manufacturer. While Hyundai has had to pull models off the road and is still dealing with quality control, Nissan is a frontrunner in the industry for reliable vehicles that last much longer than their counterparts. And what's safer than having a high quality vehicle with a great company backing them?
Where can you get your Nissan Sentra?
Come in to Montgomeryville Nissan and check out the Nissan Sentra for yourself. We have a huge inventory of new vehicles including the Sentra, and our professional and friendly sales team will be happy to answer any questions you have. Give us a call at (888) 431-2905 to set up an appointment or schedule a test drive online today.


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Paul Babeu's Mexican Ex-Lover Says Sheriff's Attorney Threatened Him With Deportation
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Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu — who became the face of Arizona border security nationally after he started stridently opposing illegal immigration — threatened his Mexican ex-lover with deportation when the man refused to promise never to disclose their years-long relationship, the former boyfriend and his lawyer tell New Times.
The latest of the alleged threats were made through Babeu's personal attorney, who's also running the sheriff's campaign for Congress in District 4, the ex-lover says.
He says lawyer Chris DeRose demanded he sign an agreement that he would never breathe a word about the affair. But Jose Orozco refused.
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The 34-year-old from central Mexico charges that the sheriff's lawyer warned against mentioning the affair with Babeu. DeRose said gossip about Babeu would focus attention on Orozco, attention that could result in his deportation, Orozco says.
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Melissa Weiss-Riner, Orozco's attorney, confirms her client's account.
She says she spoke directly to the sheriff's lawyer, DeRose, about the Babeu camp's threats that Orozco could be deported if he "revealed the relationship." She says DeRose falsely claimed that Orozco's visa had expired.
"Jose came to our firm because he felt he was being intimidated, and he was in fear for his life," Weiss-Riner says. "He wanted his legal rights protected."
(After this story was published online February 17, Babeu and DeRose denied Orozco and his lawyer's threat-of-deportation allegations, and — under pressure — the sheriff came out as a gay man and admitted that he'd had an affair with Orozco. The sheriff didn't dispute the authenticity of any text messages or photos appearing with this article.)
See additional photos from text-messages between Sheriff Babeu and his ex-lover.
Informed of the situation, Nancy-Jo Merritt, a longtime Phoenix immigration attorney, says a threat of deportation would be indicative of an "atmosphere that's been created politically in this state, so that if you get angry at someone who is Hispanic, you immediately jump down to the level of threatening to deport him.
"If what [Babeu's attorney] says is correct [about Orozco's being illegal], either the sheriff had a long relationship with someone he knew was undocumented, while all the time being Mr. Bluster about the border and using it for political gain," or he threatened to deport someone he just broke up with, Merritt says.
"That's just the worst kind of hypocrisy."
She adds that federal immigration-enforcement agents have better things to do than "take care of Babeu's boyfriends."
Antonio Bustamante, a criminal defense attorney and immigration activist, tells New Times that if the allegations against Babeu are true, "To use a position of authority . . . and make legal threats opens a Pandora's box of ethics issues for any law enforcement person or any elected person. In this case, he's both."
Orozco says he met Babeu in October 2006 on gay.com, a dating website. What started with an online invitation from Babeu for the two to get together, he says, turned into not only a personal relationship but a professional one.
Orozco says he created and maintained Babeu's campaign websites, his Facebook page, and his Twitter account. Babeu didn't pay him for his online services, he claims.
Orozco says Babeu told him that he loved him and was with him exclusively. But Orozco suspected Babeu was lying. The relationship soured, and Orozco believes that Babeu sent DeRose after him. He says DeRose demanded the passwords to Babeu's websites and social-media accounts. Orozco says he complied but that Babeu and his attorney also wanted Orozco to sign a document that would bind him legally to keep silent about the relationship.
Orozco admits that he lashed out on news websites featuring stories about Babeu. He says he commented anonymously that the sheriff was not who people thought he was. He says he once wrote a comment on Chino Valley eNews (on which Babeu had an account), where gay men arrange sexual liaisons.
Orozco shared text messages between him and Babeu with New Times. A September 4, 2011, text from the sheriff reads: "You can never have business after this and you will harm me and many others in the process . . . including yourself & your family."
A couple of minutes later, Babeu followed with: "And you say you have loved me? Papi . . . this is no good."
Orozco responded: "Good threats. Wont work. Im already hurt me . . . and you didn't care."
They exchanged more texts on September 6.
Orozco: "Dont threat me. Thats illegal. Im just speaking . . . true."
Babeu: "You have crossed the line. Better get an attorney. You brother will also be contacted."
The following day, on September 7, De-Rose sent an e-mail directly to Orozco ordering him to "cease and desist."
DeRose wrote: "If you are serious about an amicable resolution to this, it is critical that no further offensive actions against my client be taken in the meantime. This should go without saying."
Orozco says that's when he hired Weiss-Riner.
In addition to the text messages and e-mails, Orozco shared letters from Melissa Weiss-Riner to Chris DeRose and photographs of Babeu and of him and Babeu together. He and his lawyer sat for several extensive interviews with New Times. He says he reached out to New Times because he was tired of living in fear.
The text messages — many still saved on Orozco's cell phone — appear to be sent from Babeu's business cell phone. Babeu identifies himself on his voice mail and says he is the sheriff of Pinal County. (Babeu since has denied that he sent explicit texts on his PCSO phone.)
In a phone conversation with Weiss-Riner on September 12, Orozco's attorney says, DeRose launched a series of attempts to keep Orozco from posting comments and to get him to sign a non-disclosure statement about the relationship. She says DeRose brought up Orozco's supposedly expired visa, possible deportation, and threatened a defamation lawsuit. She says DeRose mentioned that Orozco's comments were "embarrassing" for Babeu.
Weiss-Riner responded to DeRose in a September 30 letter: "I'm sure I don't need to remind you that truth is an absolute defense to any of these claims. Therefore, even if my client's alleged comments regarding Mr. Babeu were 'embarrassing,' as you state, they were in fact truth."
Orozco says he contacted New Times because he's had to turn his life upside down to stay out of Babeu's reach. Since the two parted ways, he says, he's moved twice, is looking for a new job, and has spent his life savings to hire Weiss-Riner to defend against a series of claims by the sheriff.
As for the ones related to the unpaid website work, Orozco thought everything was settled after turning over the passwords. The ex-lovers left it that they would discontinue contact with each other, Weiss-Riner says. But several weeks later, after Orozco moved into an apartment with roommates — leaving no forwarding address — a Christmas card arrived in his new mailbox from Babeu.
"It was [Babeu's] way of letting me know that he knew where I was," Orozco says.
Shortly after the card appeared, Orozco says, he angrily posted more anonymous comments online about Babeu's sexuality.
DeRose again flew into action, Weiss-Riner says, e-mailing her that Orozco wasn't living up to his and Babeu's no-contact agreement.
She responded to DeRose in a January 17 letter: "My client requested that your client discontinue any and all contact with him. You advised me that Mr. Babeu would comply with that request. However, your client violated that promise and sent [Orozco] a Christmas card at his new address. Clearly, your client has no intention of leaving [Orozco] alone, but instead intends to continue to harass and threaten him."
She also wrote that Babeu's continued "harassment and intimidation have caused [Orozco] to live in fear. [Orozco] has done nothing wrong; he has a right to live in peace without worrying about himself, his family, and his friends."
Weiss-Riner told DeRose that if Babeu didn't leave her client alone, she would seek an injunction against the sheriff to prevent further harassment.
She says she had no more contact with DeRose after that.
Paul Babeu's slick presence and conservative views — particularly on border control — have garnered him national popularity among the Tea Party element of the Republican party. He's frequently appeared on national Fox News broadcasts as a border hawk.
Babeu's presence on the national stage reached a new high in May 2010, when he was featured in U.S. Senator John McCain's "complete the danged fence" TV ad. Babeu's inclusion was meant to bolster the senator's credibility on border security during a heated Republican primary race against former Congressman J.D. Hayworth.
In the ad, McCain and Babeu are shown walking along a slatted steel fence delineating the U.S.-Mexico border. The longtime senator asks the first-term sheriff whether the McCain plan is the "right plan" for the border. Babeu says McCain's plan is "perfect." Then, he gives his political nod to McCain: "Senator, you're one of us."
When Babeu was elected sheriff in January 2009, he made sweeping changes in the Pinal County department, replacing its command staff, and according to the county's website, "implemented high employee standards."
In January 2011, Babeu fired Pinal County Deputy Louie Puroll, who claimed he was ambushed in the desert by runners employed by a Mexican drug cartel ("Pinalcchio" and "White Wash," September 23 and November 25, 2010), saying the deputy violated several departmental rules.
Among them was that Puroll had "been abusive in attitude, language, behavior, or conduct" and that he "engaged in conduct, on- or off-duty, that is of such nature that it would tend to bring discredit to the county."
During the previous year, Orozco says, Babeu e-mailed explicit photographs of himself to an anonymous man he met on the gay adam4adam.com website.
Orozco knows this because he posed as this man after his suspicions resurfaced that Babeu was cheating on him.
He shared with New Times photographs that he says Babeu e-mailed to the anonymous love interest. In the photographs, the sheriff revealed himself shirtless, in his underwear, and naked from the waist down.
Attorney Antonio Bustamante said Babeu's alleged actions demonstrated bad judgment.
"To behave in a way that can threaten your own political career, it means that this person is a risk-taker," Bustamante says. The public "needs to know how far [politicians] are willing to go in taking risks."
Babeu's alleged profile — which since has been blocked — listed him as a "good guy looking for another." He called himself "studboi1," described himself as "str8 acting, hard working and loyal," and said he was openly gay, looking for friendship and "1-on-1" sex.
While still in what he thought was a monogamous relationship with Babeu, Orozco says, he had stumbled upon the sheriff's page on adam4adam, which is peppered with pornographic images of men having intercourse. He says he confronted Babeu and that the sheriff told him it was an old profile.
"I told him to delete it because he was the sheriff, and it didn't look right," Orozco tells New Times. "I told him that if you don't want [to be with] me, I'll stop helping you with your websites, and you move on with your life, and I'll move on with mine."
Babeu assured him that he would delete the profile, Orozco says.
When Orozco checked again, he says the account still was there — so he created his own profile under an assumed name.
He says Babeu then sent pictures to Orozco, thinking he was a guy named "Matt." In one photo, Babeu poses grinning in a pair of gray underwear in front of a mirror. In another photo, he poses naked with an erection. His face isn't visible, but the bottom edge of one of Babeu's unmistakable arm tattoos can be seen.
In one of more than 100 explicit text messages Orozco provided between Babeu and "Matt," Babeu wrote: "I'm in law enforcement . . . sheriff. Didn't tell you that earlier stud . . . that's why I must be discrete." This exchange occurred while Babeu was attending police-training classes in Denver in June 2010, and he also offered Matt help in becoming a cop.
Like the aforementioned text messages, these apparently came from Babeu's current cell-phone number.
In one exchange Orozco shared, Babeu texted: "I will suck you off as much as needed."
After another exchange, Orozco (as Matt) asked if Babeu was masturbating, and Babeu wrote: "I'm just leaving mtg and headed home . . . still in uniform."
Babeu added: "Dude, I can't send naked pics over e-mail . . . just can't for my job . . . you can have me in person and what ever else you want."
The following morning, Orozco says, the sheriff sent explicit pictures.
At that time, Orozco says, Babeu bragged in a text that he was the sheriff who had appeared in the aforementioned TV ad on border security with McCain.
The two planned to meet at San Tan Flat, a steak house in Queen Creek, in mid-June 2010, and Babeu texted Matt to bring an overnight bag.
Babeu was standing in the restaurant's parking lot when he drove up, Orozco says. For about two minutes, Orozco says, Babeu said nothing.
"He [finally] said he couldn't believe [Matt was really me]," Orozco says. Babeu had worried that "maybe it was a reporter trying to catch him," Orozco recalls.
The two wound up having dinner and going back to Babeu's place, Orozco says.
Orozco says he and Babeu first met in October 2006, after he got a message on his account from the then-Chandler police officer. That night, the two agreed to meet in downtown Chandler.
"We were supposed to go to a bar, but we decided not to go," Orozco says. "We went to a hotel in downtown Chandler instead."
The two met several times for dinner and movies from November 2006 to January 2007, and they usually ended up going back to a hotel, according to Orozco. With the exception of a couple of phone calls, Orozco says, they lost touch until September 2007.
"We ran into each other at a bar, but he was with someone else," Orozco says. "I was surprised. I didn't expect to see him. We started talking again, texting a few times. He was telling me he was going to run for sheriff."
The conversations turned to Orozco's potentially helping with Babeu's political websites, which he soon did. Babeu was elected sheriff in November 2008.
Orozco's suspicions that Babeu was cheating heightened when the newly elected sheriff asked him to make changes to a campaign website to prevent e-mails sent there from going to his political staff.
His suspicions were confirmed, he says, when he discovered that an enraged spurned lover of the sheriff's was sending e-mails through the site.
A native of North Adams, Massachusetts, Paul Babeu's first foray into politics was his election to the North Adams City Council at just 18 years old. He later served a term as a county commissioner in Berkshire County, Massachusetts.
In 1992, Babeu lost a state senate bid in Massachusetts, and he made two failed runs for North Adams mayor in 1997 and 2001. He was headmaster of the DeSisto School in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, a controversial boarding school for troubled teens, from 1999 to 2001.
Babeu arrived in Arizona in 2002 and worked as a Chandler cop until he ran for Pinal County Sheriff in 2008 against then-Sheriff Chris Vasquez on an anti-corruption platform.
When Babeu's deputy, Louie Puroll, claimed in April 2010 that he was ambushed in the desert by Mexican drug runners, it fueled anti-immigration sentiment in Arizona and nationally.
Babeu became a regular on Fox News and other conservative national broadcasts, touting the Puroll story and bashing President Obama for failing to secure the border and for suing Arizona over state Senate Bill 1070, the stalled law that calls for local police officers to enforce federal immigration law.
He became the go-to politician for the likes of Fox News on Arizona border security, even managing to outshine Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio. Indeed, he became known in some circles as the "new Arpaio."
His chest-pounding over border violence always had included a prediction that his deputies would have a violent showdown in the desert with Mexican drug runners, and Puroll's claim was manna from Heaven for the sheriff.
Even after it was proved that Puroll had engaged in no such skirmish, Babeu stood behind him. It wasn't until Puroll told a New Times reporter that he had met with a smuggler who threatened to kill the writer — and Puroll hadn't reported it to superiors — that the deputy was fired.
Undaunted by the Puroll scandal, Babeu has continued to pursue funding to prepare for such showdowns.
Openly gay Tucson state Representative Matt Heinz was one of two Democratic lawmakers who broke ranks with the party in March 2011 and voted to give Babeu $5 million to combat border violence. Other lawmakers opposed the measure, in part, because Babeu's county is at least 70 miles from the U.S.-Mexico border. The measure finally was pared down to $1.7 million and passed by the Legislature.
About a week after Heinz's nod to Babeu, the sheriff spent the night at Heinz's home, text messages that Orozco shared with New Times show.
"I'm at Mat Heinz and his boyfriend for dinner & ice cream...we are going out to bar and...to their house. [Am] staying over," Babeu texted to Orozco at 1:04 a.m. last April 2.
On October 23, Babeu announced that he was considering a run to represent Arizona's newly formed 4th Congressional District, which includes parts of La Paz, Yavapai, Mohave, and Pinal counties. (Heinz announced recently that he's also running for Congress — to fill Gabrielle Giffords' vacated seat.)
Babeu has since confirmed that he's running, and polls of voters in the extremely conservative congressional district have shown him with a strong lead over Republican opponents Paul Gosar and Ron Gould — the latter of whom is campaigning on a strong family-values ticket.


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If a person wants to promote anything, social media is the answer since it is free, and posts can be seen by billions of eyes. So, when conspiracy theorists start warning people against attending the planned "Justice for J6" rally at the nation's Capitol on Sept. 18, 2021, it should not be much of a surprise that the police and media outnumbered the protesters. Trump warned folks going to D.C. was an FBI-led plot to arrest them, whereas those in attendance boohooed the former president's remarks.
A CNN reporter on the scene told his co-workers and audience that he had shown several "Justice for J6" protesters videos from Jan 6th so they could understand the insurrection was more than a peaceful crowd walked into the building's rotunda. But, sadly, he relayed the video did not convince them.
While some commentators present mentioned the police and media outnumbered the "Justice for J6" rally attendees, the Capitol Police were more specific tweeted, "approximately 400 to 450 people were inside the protest area today (excluding law enforcement)."
Journalist/Author Del Quentin Wilber wrote:
At the J6 rally on the Mall, protesters are outnumbered by reporters. Massive police presence: helicopter, police dogs, dump trucks lining 3rd St. The cost per protester would be interesting to work out.
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The USCP and White House spent weeks in preparation for the "Justice for J6" event. As a result, the fencing surrounding the Capitol between the Jan. 6th insurrection and mid-July was reerected.
Only four arrests were made; a man with a knife was charged with a weapons violation; another man had a gun, he was charged with unlawful activities. The final two were arrested during a traffic stop near the rally "for felony extraditable warrants from Texas — one was possession of a firearm and the other for a probation violation."
'Justice for J6' Rally Dangerous
No matter how quiet the rally was, Julian Zelizer believes that "Justice for J6," was dangerous because of its purpose. It was not about demanding justice for the insurrectionists who have been charged and jailed. Instead, the "Justice for J6" rally was another attempt to rewrite history, to discount the violence and blatant disregard for the law.
Most importantly, the former president needs the world's memory rewritten as Jan. 6th would not have happened without his repeated lie about the election being stolen due to widespread election fraud. He urged his supporters to take action. Republican Congresspersons joined the chorus talking about stopping the steal — the big lie.
The "Justice for J6" organizer is a former Trump campaign worker. He says the organization's objective is to free many of the insurrectionists of responsibility and recast them as victims of the hatred. When submitting the "Justice for J6" permit application it explained that the rally's purpose was to "bring awareness to the unjust and unethical treatment of nonviolent Jan. 6 prisoners."
Former President Trump validated this narrative in his statement, in which he comingled facts of those charged for their parts in the insurrection and the big lie:
Our hearts and minds are with the people being persecuted so unfairly relating to the January 6th protest concerning the Rigged Presidential Election.
Written by Cathy Milne-Ware
The Washinton Post: 'Justice for J6' rally starts and ends with small crowds and tight security; by Emily Davies, Marissa J. Lang, Katie Mettler, and Peter Jamison
CNN: Opinion: What's really behind the 'Justice for J6' rally; by Julian Zelizer
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Anorak News | Terrible Manchester United tribute: Sir Alex Ferguson's 'absorbing, rhapsodic, infectious, enormous smile' would surely make him puke
Terrible Manchester United tribute: Sir Alex Ferguson's 'absorbing, rhapsodic, infectious, enormous smile' would surely make him puke
WHEN Alex Ferguson retired as Manchester United manager, The Guardian's Daniel Harris put pen to paper:
…his retirement is a loss not only to those with an affiliation to United, but to almost all who share the football obsession – even supporters of his club's greatest rivals will feel differently in his absence. This is because Fergie is never boring; he never lets us forget that we're alive, because he never forgets that he is.
And this gift extends far beyond football. He has a majestic turn of phrase, a wide and deep range of interests, and perhaps the most absorbing, rhapsodic, infectious, enormous smile in the history of faces. No one enjoys joy quite like him, and this, above all else, is his eternal lesson: the buzz of being alive is a good one; be damn sure to make the most of it.
Wonder how that goes down with The Guardian's Daniel Taylor, who wrote This Is the One: Sir Alex Ferguson: The Uncut Story of a Football Genius? Ferguson liked the book so much he saw to it that Taylor was banned from Manchester United press conferences for four years.
In 2011, Taylor spoke about that to The Republic of Mancunia:
Daniel Taylor: He has never read it. He asked his press officer to read it on his behalf and the press officer delivered him a report which basically says 'no problems whatsoever.' But I guess Fergie's Fergie isn't he? He banned me anyway and, once that happens, you try changing his mind… I emailed the club to say the book was being re-released for his anniversary and when they got round to telling him he went potty apparently. It's all a bit strange.
And here's a tip:
STR: What advice would you give to a journo attending his first Fergie press conference?
DT: It's always quite amusing seeing a newbie trying to get 'in' with him. You can shake his hand, introduce yourself, wear your best suit, the lot – he will just look straight through you and, to be honest, if you're under the age of 50, he really doesn't want to know. It's a trust thing. He's suspicious of faces he doesn't know, especially if they have a southern accent ("another one from London coming up here to make his fucking name"). The best thing a new journalist can do is sit there quietly and learn what is, and what is not, accepted. Because the 'rules' are complex and if you don't know them you won't last long.
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Russia, China veto UN resolution calling for truce in Syria
PanARMENIAN.Net - Russia and China have vetoed a United Nations Security Council resolution that called for a truce in the region of Idlib, the last rebel-held stronghold in northwestern Syria, Al Jazeera reports.
The resolution said, "All parties shall immediately cease hostilities to avoid a further deterioration of the already catastrophic humanitarian situation in Idlib Governorate, beginning at noon Damascus time on 21 September 2019."
Russia vetoed the call for action because it did not include an exemption for military offensives against the UN-blacklisted fighter groups.
It was the 13th time Russia vetoed a resolution on the Syrian conflict and the seventh in the case of China.
Equatorial Guinea abstained, while the remaining 12 members of the council voted in favour of the resolution, which was drafted by Kuwait, Belgium and Germany.
"As co-penholders of the humanitarian file for Syria in the Council, we would like to call upon all member states to vote in favor of our resolution," the three drafters said.
"Our draft resolution the Council will vote on today is a purely humanitarian one," they said, noting that half a million people have been displaced since the Idlib offensive began four months ago.
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NINE RECENT MUSICAL SCORES I REALLY LIKE
Last week I belatedly caught up with Foxcatcher, and was surprised by its unexpectedly lyrical score. It got me thinking of other soundtracks to which I have been listening recently, and then it became inevitable that a list would be compiled. Here, then, are Nine Recent Film Scores I Really Like.
I know bugger-all about music, so please forgive technical gaffes and fluffy layperson generalisations. I tried to find a tenth soundtrack so I could round it up to a nice even number, but was unable to settle on just one. So feel free to add your own suggestions in the comments, also to correct my mistakes and add proper musical terms and stuff.
Also, how do you add spaces in WordPress? I keep inserting spaces, and have even tried inserting them as code into the text, but WordPress keeps removing them and running paragraphs together. It's driving me nuts. What am I missing here?
You can find a list of some of my all-time favourite film music here.
by Chris Spelman
I don't think James Gray's film ever got a proper release in the U.K., which is astonishing considering it was well received at Cannes, has been nominated for (and won) a bunch of awards, and is a major film by a much-praised American auteur featuring terrific performances from Marion Cotillard, Joaquin Phoenix and Jeremy Renner.
Ironically, it's the first of Gray's films I have unequivocally loved, thanks in no small part to Chris Spelman's unapologetically Puccini-esque score, which emphasises the operatic nature of the story with its echoes of La Bohème and La Rondine, and Verdi's La Traviata. (Spelman even plays Arturo Toscanini in a cameo.)
I scoured the internet in vain, but this soundtrack was nowhere to be found on YouTube, amazon, iTunes, dailymotion – or anywhere else, as far as I could see. So I recorded the end credits music myself from the (legally) downloaded film, via my Mac + QuickTime.
Please forgive the resulting truly abysmal quality, but this will just have to do until the music becomes commercially available. Perhaps someone's finer acoustic sensibilities will be so outraged it will spur them on to upload a better version.
by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
Reznor and Ross outdo their cracking score for The Social Network with this wonderful mix of the ethereal, the romantic and the downright sinister. Nothing is as it seems in David Fincher and Gillian Flynn's masterful adaptation of Flynn's bestselling crime thriller, an acerbic dissection of modern marriage and the psychology of coupledom, as well as a satire of the media.
It's grim, chilling – and, for those of us with a warped sense of humour – deliciously funny. But the music is not kidding around; it's like an icy glimpse into the inside of a sociopath's head.
by Jonny Greenwood
This hybrid of Chinatown, The Long Goodbye and The Big Lebowski, adapted from a Thomas Pynchon novel is my favourite Paul Thomas Anderson film since Boogie Nights, or possibly Magnolia. It perfectly evokes the woozy feeling of watching a thrilling but not entirely comprehensible movie while stoned out of your gourd, so may not appeal to folk who like their stories cut and dried.
But there's real feeling both in Joaquin Phoenix's performance as an addled private eye whose moral code is at odds with 1970s Los Angeles, and in Greenwood's score, simultaneously sensual, idealistic and wistful, with lots of strings and strong echoes of Howard Hanson's Romantic Symphony (some of which was used in Alien).
Tracks from Can, Neil Young and Minnie Riperton don't hurt either.
I'm not normally prone to nostalgia, but Inherent Vice stirred up memories of a long-gone era when summers were hot and snoozy, and sex was sensuous and vaguely grubby and comfortable rather than the glossy, sterile, somewhat strenuous duty it's all too often presented as today.
by Rob Simonsen
Tinkly piano scores are usually intended as an indicator of simple-minded poignancy, either in romances or films about holy fools or illness, but not here. Simonsen's Satie-esque piano-rich music, with its occasional tangents into plangent GOP-type anthem, seems the opposite of the film's intensely physical visual approach, but serenely conjures up an old world of decadent privilege and doomed aspiration.
by Danny Bensi and Saunder Jurriaans
Danny Bensi and Saunder Jurriaans's music for Denis Villeneuve's doppelganger psychothriller, adapted from José Saramago's The Double, is probably the weirdest soundtrack on this list, and with its scuttling insect noises wouldn't have sounded out of place on David Cronenberg's early excursions into Body Horror. What's going on? What's that final shot all about?
I wasn't hugely impressed by the film when I first saw it, but the ambience conjured up by the ochre Toronto cityscape and nerve-jangling score embedded itself in my brain, and I started to appreciate it retrospectively. Now I think I love it. It's like a particularly perplexing dream, one in which (final scene aside) you can't quite put your finger on exactly why it's so disturbing.
ALLÉLUIA
by Vincent Cahay
I liked Fabrice Du Welz's version of the Lonely Hearts Killers (already filmed as The Honeymoon Killers, Deep Crimson and Lonely Hearts) from the outset, but when one of the characters burst into song (this is not a musical), the like turned to love. The story has been transposed to the film-maker's native Belgium and features bravura performances from Spanish actress Lola Dueñas and Laurent Lucas, who played the hapless victim in Du Welz's Calvaire, as lovers locked in an intense, murderous tango of passion.
I'm currently trying to get hold of the soundtrack CD, which seems to be available from just one record shop with branches in Bruxelles and Namur, but in the meantime this clip will give you an idea of Cahay's work. What it doesn't begin to convey, however, is that gloriously incongruous musical number, or the head-banging cathartic splendour of a final blast of Belgian thrash-punk. I guess you'll just have to see the film for those.
ETA: I've got the Alléluia soundtrack! And it's even better than I rememember. Highly recommended, plus you get lots of great bonus tracks, one of which is the insane dance music from Du Welz's first film, Calvaire. As far as I can see, it's currently available only from Veals and Geeks Records, Rue des Grands Carmes 8A, Bruxelles or Veals and Geeks, Rue des Carmes 3, Namur. (Veals and Geeks are the company putting out the CD, as well as selling it. On the CD cover spine they have shortened their name to VAG, which of course amuses me no end.)
by Cat's Eyes
Peter Strickland's funny, erotic study of the power dynamics in a dom/sub lesbian relationship in and around a big old house somewhere in a mittel-Europe seemingly populated solely by female entomologists has the perfect soundtrack from the alternative pop duo Cat's Eyes. Like several other films on this list, this one and its soundtrack have a distinct 1970s vibe – in this instance evoking erotic arthouse cinema and continental softcore chic – but transcends pastiche, instead creating its own special, hermetically sealed world.
by Disasterpeace
The most frightening horror movie in years has blood-curdling sound design that really gets under your skin, and a new kind of preternatural movie monster that harnesses all the creepiest aspects of the original Nightmare on Elm Street and Final Destination movies without ever descending into camp or self-parody.
The synthesizer score is enough on its own to announce that this film means business, marshalling nerve-jangling feedback and pounding rhythms, with a main theme that channels John Carpenter's spooky minimalism (that 1970s vibe again) and complements the non-specific retro production design.
by Alexandre Desplat
After years of brilliant work, Desplat finally won an Academy Award this year for The Grand Budapest Hotel. While his work on that is impeccable, it's not something I listen to separately from the film. His music for Zero Dark Thirty, however, is another matter entirely. Ominous, portentous, implacable and very, very dark. This is Evil Empire music. Star Wars eat your heart out.
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nebel says:
Nice list. The most recent score to make my heavy rotation is Hans Zimmer's "Interstellar."
As for spaces in WordPress, the way I do it is by combining a line break and a forced space, so in HTML: <br />
annebillson says:
Thanks. I've tried the &nbsp thing, repeatedly.
Next time I'll try it with br
Why on earth do they have to make it so complicated? It's a frigging line break, for heaven's sake; not as though you're inserting an interactive hologram.
ajgracesmith says:
Buying the Zero Dark thirty soundtrack NOW. It's going to come in very useful indeed…
I just bought it too! Decided listening to it on YouTube wasn't good enough, plus acutely aware that no royalties are going to anyone that way (even if it is the record company that grabs most of them).
A recent tweet from Geoff Barrow, a member of Portishead – who I thought were quite big and famous, and have been so since the 1990s…
"34,000,000 streams
Income After tax = £1700
Thank U @apple @YouTube @Spotify
especially @UMG_News for selling our music so cheaply."
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simonlitton says:
I finally got round to watching my Duke of Burgundy dvd last night, and I downloaded the soundtrack immediately afterwards. I'm listening to it right now.
It's a lovely score, isn't it. Did you enjoy the film?
Yeah, loved it. A real sensual pleasure but also smart about the way these relationships work.
Although I find it weird that someone would want to act out the *exact* same scenario, with the same dialogue, every single time. I'd get bored and need some variety. Surely not knowing what happens next would make it more exciting for them?
Make THAT film, Simon! Or write that story. Could be very funny.
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At his initial consultation, Pathway to Aus went through some study options that may be suitable for him. He had always been interested in boat building and we managed to enroll him in the Cert III of Marine Craft Construction. This is a 2 year package offered at Tafe QLD on The Gold Coast. Boat Building is on the Immigration Medium and Long-Term Strategic Skills List. Ian then spent 2 years undertaking this course. The course combines in class study with vocational placement at a boat builder.
Throughout his studies Ian was fortunate enough to find paid work experience at the boat builder where he did his vocational placement. On the student visa Ian could work 40 hours per fortnight and unlimited hours during school holidays. This allowed Ian to earn money to partially support himself during his stay.
Because boat building is on the Medium and Long-Term Strategic Skills List, upon graduating, we were able to apply for an 18 month temporary graduate visa for Ian. We then passed a provisional skills assessment and entered into the Job Ready Program run by Trades Recognition Australia. As part of the Job Ready Program Ian undertook a minimum of 1725 hours of full time work as a boat builder. Ian will then be able to obtain a full skills assessment in only 12 months, as apposed the usual 3 years. We have now used the full skills assessment to apply for general skilled migration under the skilled independent stream (subclass 189). After we lodged Ian's EOI, we received an nomination to apply for the visa in only 2 days!


The Freiburger Golfclub e.V. approved, through its AGM on the 13th November 2018, Himmel Golf Designs planning for its renovation of the 18-hole-course. Due to its location within water protection areas I & II the club is forced to give up two holes (2 & 7) by the end of 2020. Three more holes are touched by protection areas and need to be relocated or modified. To secure an attractive and functional course for the future, two new holes are planned on additional land and other re-routings within the course will be necessary. Very positive is the fact that henceforth holes 9 & 10 will end and start at the clubhouse, which was not possible up to now. The core area of the project is still the much needed renovation of the old greens, which will also receive a new design with more variaty in pinpositions and visual appearance. The attractiveness of the "Parkland-Course", scoring with its compactness, its streams and specimen trees (several natural monuments included) will not loose its existing character, it will even be enhanced.
The first phase will start on 2nd July 2019 with the second following in July 2020.


An article I posted here two days ago apparently gave an impression different from what I intended to convey. To begin with, the title ("Drawing Lines") was poorly chosen, since it implies that I'm in favor of making sharp distinctions between what technoprogressives should and should not believe. The title was only meant to indicate the subject matter—i.e., whether such lines should be drawn—and not to suggest that they definitely ought to be.
So, in this entry I'll take a slightly different approach to the issues and try to describe a somewhat more nuanced position.
Beginning again with the matter of religious belief…the concentric circles illustration could be interpreted to mean that atheism is the "best" or "most correct" attitude for technoprogressives to take, but that's not what I wanted to express.
Many, perhaps most, technoprogressives are atheists or agnostics. Some, however, are believers in a faith tradition, whether Judaism, Christianity, Buddhism, or something else. Where lines might be drawn is when tenets of religious doctrine start to overrule science and reason, but it's admittedly fuzzy.
Similarly on the question of anthropogenic climate change, there is no single "correct" way for technoprogressives to think. Most of us probably favor quick and rather dramatic action to combat global warming, although there are others who say it's not that urgent, since emerging technologies soon will make the problems fairly easy to solve. As I stated before, however, anyone who would flatly deny the existence of global warming does not demonstrate the scientific reasoning to be taken seriously within our community.
By introducing a different topic, the probability and imminence of a Technological Singularity, we can see that there are some areas where our opinions cover the spectrum. Many technoprogressives expect an "intelligence explosion" and/or a rapid change discontinuity to occur during the present century, but how soon that might be and how certain they are about it is not well defined.
We're open to discussion here about a full range of ethical, legal, and social questions raised by emerging technologies. Our preference is to approach such matters from a starting point of scientific rationality and political liberalism, and we'll certainly make an effort to guide conversations in those directions.
Glad you, um, blurred that up. Still, I enjoy visiting here for the wild variety of viewpoints, all delivered under the banner of this basic idea that technological progress should be a transformative force for good in peoples' lives.
I don't disagree with your subjects for discussion as individual items. But they are arbitrary. I just don't see no reason to play along with your litmus tests just so I can be a member of your exclusive Technoprogressive Club.
Hmm…. not bad you got me as Green all the way, but then it is rather broad shooting!
What troubles me somewhat about this whole site, (apart from a few places I have had chance to visit that is), is what appears to be a strong anti-religious attitude. Whilst I understand your organisations sentiments for this may be strong for your own reasons, (fear?) : not all religious followers are zealots. Not all religions follow the strong monism tenets strung out by the main parties Judaism-Christianity-Islam. These three stooges may hold the most responsibilities for our troubled social structures today, yet there are still many millions of folks out there that don't sign up.
Yet what is most important is that all religions usually contain a strong grounding in humanity, ethics, and compassion : these are the more positive aspects that should be embraced and improved upon.
And lets not forget "the" most important player in the game : philosophy. This should be embraced wholly, and there are thousands of years to draw from. It is impossible to ignore the philosophical debate in any subject matter regarding humanity. Philosophy is a human trait, and we are all the children of a blend of philosophical thought that has arisen over the past three! Millennia.
In short you can be sure that any subject matter you have the inclination to discuss and peruse has already been discussed at least a million times before by a million peoples : and it does not just begin with the Ancient Greeks.
Ps. Just to make it absolutely clear, I deem myself to be "borderline" Agnostic, at present. I used to claim I was Atheist, but lets face it, who didn't in their teen rebel years. Now I realise Atheism merely negates the existence of anything it does not wholly understand.
Frank Tipler : was he not an atheist also at some point?
The Scientific method does include the clause, (small print), that given the choice to "judge" whether a phenomena or entity, lifeforce, model of universal creation theory, God etc. may exist : we err on the side of caution.
It is logic that should dictate that since we cannot yet prove some thing does not exist, we must assume the possibility, and thus accept the beliefs of others, that they may exist.
Why should religion receive a special pedestal to stand upon? Its no different than any other hypothesis on how the universe works, so why are we constantly forced to wear gloves when dealing with religion? Why don't you tell the IEET that they have an anti-flat earth bias? Or an anti-flying saucer bias?
When religious claims are shown to be nonsense under the light of reality and scientific scrutiny there remains no reason for us to lend them any credence.
Tipler now considers himself a theist.
Although I understand that more scientific discussion should preside here over religious beliefs and ideas, my point is that you must not alienate the beliefs and discussion from "theists" and "non-theists" and philosophers alike. All have a valid and often interesting position and points to offer.
How do we know for sure that this has not already happened?
How can we be sure that we are not already living in a vast virtual simulation?
Is Frank Tipler a prophesier or simply a recipient of early counsel?
This is getting all a little too "matrixeee" for me, so I'll leave it here.


Has the Safe Schools program been mandated for publicly funded Islamic schools in Victoria?
Hillary Clinton claims her nomination for the Democratic Party candidate is a landmark for women. I was too young and born in the wrong country to vote for Margaret Thatcher.
First female president of the US? Great idea, long overdue. However, Hillary Clinton, a warhawk and chronic liar completely lacking in core principles and not trusted by many Americans and under investigation by the FBI, may not be the ideal choice to advance the feminist cause.
The average voter could appreciate the effects of cutting company taxes by looking at the example of Ireland where taxes for companies are low.
Many people in Australia with Irish connections will know that Ireland has been hugely successful in attracting foreign business including Apple, Google, Dell, Alcon and Allergan, a pharmaceutical giant. These companies could have chosen Britain with its lower rainfall but higher taxes.
Ireland is now proposing to cut tax by a further half for companies who base their R&D there. Does Labor think Australian voters are too ill-informed to know this? The geographical position of Ireland is different, of course, but many overseas companies would come here rather than other parts of the region if the conditions were favourable, and thus add to the Australian economy. Local business, for the same reasons, would also be better able to thrive and employ more people.
It is not surprising that most Australian Defence Force troops believe Islam promotes violence (9/5). Islam does promote violence as per the calls in the Koran for death to infidels, apostates, homosexuals and heretics.
ADF personnel are more perceptive than some of their generals and our politicians who apparently believe that "sensitivity training" can change facts. Islam was spread by the sword and shortly after the death of Mohammed an internal civil war erupted between Sunni and Shia factions which persists to this day, 14 centuries later, and is now being played out in the Middle East.
The violence inherent in Islam is also apparent in Pakistan and Bangladesh with the killing of liberals, Christians, and Muslim women who are perceived to have broken some archaic rule.
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has called for a reformation of Islam, so why can't our political and military leaders do the same instead of accusing those who have legitimate concerns of Islamophobia?
A famous, if fictitious, public servant once said that one should never commission an inquiry without first knowing the outcome. The army, in conducting a survey that found a significant number of personnel resist the concept of Islam as a religion of peace, seems to have overlooked the Sir Humphrey Appleby dictum.
For a soldier, I guess it's pretty hard to be objective if someone is trying to shoot you or blow you up while shouting God is great and waving the shahada flag.
Defence might be better off spending its "cultural sensitivity training" funds on our Islamo-fascist enemies, rather than on our troops. Such training might help them understand that a diversity of opinion is actually a wonderful thing, and that genocide, religious cleansing, suicide bombings and beheadings, and so forth, are not very nice.
It's a misconception to argue that because Marxist studies don't refer to gender and LGBTI issues, or that Marx was silent on gender fluidity, Marxism can't be the driving force behind activists such as Safe Schools founder Roz Ward.
Revolutionary sexual politics in 1917 proved so destructive to the social order of the Soviet Union that they were scrapped in 1926. What better reason then, to introduce those ideas to undermine the capitalist West?


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A hand crafted stained bone carving necklace depicting a lizard on a hanging branch by Kerry Thompson.
An amazing example of true wearable art by a master carver and artist.
Complete with a plaited waxed braid cord and carved bone toggle as well as a nice wooden Wakahuia gift box.


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Pawlowski Receives Livability Award
Allentown Mayor Ed Pawlowski received an Honorable Mention Large City 2017 City Livability Award Saturday during The U.S. Conference of Mayors' 85th Annual Meeting in Miami Beach.
Pawlowski was cited for his efforts to establish a Cultural Community Center at Alliance Hall.
The award recognizes mayoral leadership in developing and implementing programs that improve the quality of life in America's cities, focusing on the leadership, creativity, and innovation demonstrated by the mayors. This year's winning cities were selected by former mayors from a pool of more than 150 applicants.
"Our City Livability Awards Program gives us the chance to express our pride in cities' mayoral leadership in making urban areas cleaner, safer, and more livable," said Tom Cochran, CEO and Executive Director of the Conference of Mayors. "We are grateful to Waste Management for its many years of support for the City Livability Awards Program, and for the opportunity to showcase the innovation and commitment of mayors and city governments across the country."
This is the 38TH year in which cities have competed for the award, which is sponsored by the Conference of Mayors and Waste Management, Inc., the nation's largest environmental solutions provider.
Alex Gonzalez, Waste Management's Florida Area Public Affairs Director, presented the City Livability awards during Saturday's annual luncheon in Miami Beach.
"Through the City Livability Awards, Waste Management is immensely proud to honor US Mayors who are committed to strengthening our communities and enhancing the lives of their residents across the nation," said Susan Moulton, Waste Management's Senior Corporate Director of Public Sector Solutions. "For more than 28 years, Waste Management has sponsored the Awards, because the work these Mayors do to keep our communities safe, healthy, and vibrant aligns directly with our commitment to community vitality by providing innovative, safe and sustainable recycling and waste services."
This year's first place winners were Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti for a local program focused on keeping city streets and alleys clean, as well as Hattiesburg (MS) Mayor Johnny DuPree for a local literacy initiative where young people are able to access free books through library lounges in local restaurants.
"I am extremely honored to receive this award from the U.S. Conference of Mayors and Waste Management," Pawlowski said. "Allentown is a very diverse city and I saw an opportunity to bring so many of our young and growing groups together under one roof. Today, they are all meeting in household kitchens and living rooms across the city. They have no place to call their own. At Alliance Hall they will each have small office space and access to a second floor kitchen area where they can hold small events and joint meetings."
Honorable Mention citations for cities with populations of 100,000 or more also went to: Bridgeport (CT), Las Vegas (NV), and Plano (TX). Bethlehem was one of four cities cited with populations of less than 100,000.
For program descriptions for the Outstanding Achievement and Honorable Mention award programs please go to: https://www.usmayors.org/city-livability/.
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Brosi was unable to attend the event, but Master of Ceremonies Dr. Bill Atwood said Brosi hates the spotlight shined on him for all the charity work he does.
"He just wants all of you to remember to floss," Atwood said.
* Female Angel of the Year: Sandy Brinley: Brinley, retired from Sierra Tel after 30 years of service, has served as chairperson of the Heritage Days parade for 12 years, and has worked tirelessly on the Oakhurst River Parkway for 22 years. She is a member of the Soroptimist of the Sierras, and serves on the chamber foundation board.
* Male Hero of the Year: Darin Soukup: Soukup serves as the executive director of the Oakhurst Area Chamber of Commerce. When his family, wife, and two daughters, Mikayla, 7, and Aeva Mae, 3, lost their home to the Courtney Fire, he refused to be the face of the disaster. He continued his daily duties at the chamber and assisted with coordinating the Fall Festival that was less than a month away.
Soukup said about a year and-a-half ago he ran into one of the best definitions of an act of mercy. He said an act of mercy is when you see a person experience a tragedy, an injustice, or hardship and you are compelled to act — you are compelled to help — You use whatever resources that are available to you in the moment to help that person in need; you reach out and lift them up.
* Female Hero of the Year Hero: Katrina Poitras: Poitras, a Yosemite High School graduate, now serves as a Red Cross coordinator for victims of disasters. During the recent Oakhurst and Bass Lake Heights fires, she set up evacuation sites for residents and their pets at the community centers and churches for those affected by the fires and animals. In spite of dealing with the recent passing of her mother, Poitras continued to help others. She found homes for two injured firefighters who were not covered by benefits at the time.
* Business Angel of the Year: Norma Rodgers, Mountain Comforts: For 15 years Mountain Comforts has supported the Mountain Bear Fan Club with their "Mountain Beary Park" on the property adjacent to them on Crane Valley Road (426). Rodgers has provided water from her well to water the park's grass, trees and plants. The business helped with electricity, sharing their parking area and always saying "yes," even when the club was discouraged by vandalism, drought, and sink holes.
True Value made and provided, at no charge, framed screens so fire victims could sift through the ashes and possibly find lost possessions. When the community support event was held at the Oakhurst Community Center after the Courtney Fire, True Value supplied victims of the fire with buckets, brooms, shovels, cleaning supplies, dog food and other supplies for every home owner affected by the fire.
Atwood said the Bryant family is a "true value" to the community and is a great supporter of many organizations and education.
Miller's Landing held a fundraiser barbecue for fire victims after the Courtney Fire that raised more than $30,000 in cash and gift cards.
Atwood said the Millers are great representatives of the Mountain Area to the thousands of visitors who go to Bass Lake every summer.
* Couple Angels of the Year: Pat and Mary Helen Mierkey: The Mierkeys have contributed endless hours to Mountain Area children in elementary school and Yosemite High School music programs for 20 years. They teach children not only music, but ethical morals as well. In addition to the high school band, Pat instructs two jazz bands and assists with the direction of the Oakhurst Community Concert Band.
Mary Helen has been the key person in fitting the entire band for their uniforms. She fits, sews, and cleans the uniforms and keeps the uniform room stocked and organized. They recently lost their home in the Junction Fire, but they continue to show up for everything they have committed to.
"Although the Angel award is a wonderful honor, an even greater honor has been working with all the young children in the Mountain Area all these years," Pat said.
* Group Angels of the Year: Firefighters: Ryan Davis of Oakhurst Station 12 accepted the award on behalf of Cal Fire, Madera County,U.S. Forest Service and city firefighters from throughout the state and nation who responded to both the Junction and Courtney fires.
Other Angel awards were presented to John Livergood, Tom Bailey, Debra Myers, and Mike and Donna Ritchie (2T's Mini-Storage).
Each recipient is awarded a Teddy bear that has been personalized to fit the honoree's commitment to the community.
Other nominations included: Brad Ditton and Steve Welch, The Forks Resort, Linda Gott-Maddox, Kathy Kramer, Oakhurst Feed, Oakhurst Gift Works, Queen's Inn, Raley's, Sara Robison, and Jerry Roche.
Dr. Bill Atwood served as master of ceremonies for the event and Father Gordon Kamai, of Christ Church Anglican, gave the invocation prior to dinner.
Atwood told the gathering of 120 that, while people choose the area to live in because of the trees, clear sky, and the lakes, it is because of the people that they stay.
A silent auction and raffle were held to raise funds for the nonprofit Mountain Bear Fan Club, which has provided more than 10,000 Teddy bears annually to fire department's, sheriff's department, California Highway Patrol, hospitals, shelters, social service agencies, veterinary hospitals, churches, nursing homes, schools, and urgent care for families who have been affected by a traumatic incident.
The club was founded by Toni Lagunoff and the late Jean Eaton in 1991 when she gathered a small group of friends to share how Teddy bears comfort and help people smile during trying times.
Annual membership dues for the club are $20, and checks can be sent to Mountain Bear Fan club, P.O. Box 2071, Oakhurst, Calif., 93644.


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In July 2010 - Storewiz announced a definitive agreement to be acquired by IBM.