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Anti-Gitmo North Coalition holds protest, press conference

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Protesters line up at the intersection of US-23 and M-61 on Friday.

STANDISH — Expectations for a 500 to 1,000-person protest at the corner of US-23 and M-61 were well off, but people against the transfer of Guantanamo Bay detainees to Standish still stood out in the rain Friday to voice their opposition.

Afterwards, protesters, as well as other community members, gathered at the Resurrection of the Lord Catholic Church for a press conference held by the Michigan Coalition to Stop Gitmo North.

Debra Burlingame, Founder of 9/11 Families for a Safe and Strong America, was one speaker at the press conference. She said Standish would be in danger if the detainees were transferred to the empty prison.

“This will be the new ground zero. Make no mistake,” she said. “If you’re not afraid, then there’s something wrong with you.”

She also said the detainees would be accompanied by their attorneys and human rights groups that would fight for the detainees.

“They (attorneys, human rights organizations) would unleash hell in your community,” Burlingame said.

Dave Munson, a local member of the coalition opposed to the transfer, encouraged the approximately 75 people at the pres conference to keep fighting to be heard.

“We have to keep protesting,” he said. “The only choice we’ve got is to stand up and say no.”

Lincoln Township’s Supervisor, Dave Hertzberg, said that if a larger perimeter was put up around the prison, it would hurt residents of the township, which is where the prison is physically located.

“I have 26 homes in this block,” he said. “Do they have to sell? We have no idea. … It would take our SEV (State Equalized Value) down quite a bit in the township.”

Federal officials toured the Standish Maximum Correctional Facility on Aug. 13 to observe its viability as a federal prison or detention center.

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Where do these people come from? Burlingame and where does she get her expertise to make such inflammatory comments? The sad part is no body challenged her they just sat there with their stupid face on and lit the inane comments wash over their heads. Hertzberg I bet the prison was their before the houses. So now we should bury a economic opportunity for the county with your inane and feckless comments. The flapdoodle that abounds reminds me of the same nonsense that was around 19 years ago when they were contemplating building the prison. Question, did any of the I/M get out and molest the old folks of the county? Did the families of the inmates move into Arenac county? These were some of comments made by the couillons of the county back I the day. the michigander of 62. Old number 60....

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Haiku: The Family Omnibus

Our offerings:

From Dan

I'm dreaming of a
White Christmas -- right up until
Sidewalks need shoveled.

Wrapping paper piles
Children buzzing on sugar
Is it springtime yet?

If you have a heart,
Put an end to slave labor:
Help us free the elves!

Santa? Oh, who cares?
It's the booty that matters
On Christmas morning

A major award,
Glowing brightly from the street,
There for all to see.

Suppose that Santa
Is lactose intolerant
And diabetic?

From me

Christmas tree needles
Working into the sofa
Prick butts at Easter.

Time to see who can
Blow out the Advent Candles
And burn their noses.

Kids singing off-key,
Getting all the lyrics wrong.
They are all groan deaf.

If they could just see
Underneath all of her clothes
Mom's in an elf suit.

Anna doesn't want
The Red Ryder Beebee Gun.
She likes bunny suits.

Where it's happenin:
In the living room doorway,
Mistletoe Central.

From Paul

Depression, Pt. I
Family gathering
The presents and wrapping strewn,
The headach has come

Depression, Pt. II
The eggnog, the tree,
The presents and the snowmen,
Fights over presents.

Depression, Pt. III
The red truck is good
But the blue truck is better:
No one is happy.

Depression, Pt. IV
The lights are tangled.
they will never come undone.
Why did we save them?

Depression, Pt. V
Candy all over.
The kids have a sugar high.
Sugar everywhere.

Depression, Pt.VI
Santa Clause scares me --
He's an overweight prowler...
Why the big red suit?

Depression, Pt VII
Santa has reindeer,
but why not something cooler?
Polar bears maybe.

Depression, Pt. VIII
Santa is to me
What wins are to the Clippers:
Nothing but a myth.

Depression, Pt. IX
Blinking Christmas light,
Why do you torment me so?
Will you please stop it?

Disclaimer:  My son, Paul is not a depressive fellow.  Really.  He's actually quite the good-time Charlie.  And, he's heading off to Mexico for ten days tomorrow morning, for heaven's sake!  And, seriously, Christmas around here is lots of fun -- regardless of the sugar highs and wrapping paper strewn everywhere.  Truly.  Really.  (I'm not kidding.)

Postscript:   Almost didn't have anything to contribute, but called an emergency session of the Davis Creative Think Tank to brainstorm after dinner tonight.  A good excuse for a good time and a good visit with Paul and Nicole before they turned in.  Didn't have time for pictures (except the mug shots and the elves) -- which pains me.  I so love illustrations!  But, we made it before the deadline.  Woohoo!  We may not be organized, but we can be silly on a dime.

Etcetera:  I hilighted my favorites in green. (Mama's prerogative...)

Last, but most defintely not least:  Make sure and run over to Laura's and check out all the Bad Haiku contributions.  Cute, hysterical, the gamut!  A fun time!

Laura said...

How can ONE family be so good at this?
I'm jealous.

Bia said...

excellent, and kudos for getting the family involved!

your husband, with his free the elves campaign, reminds me of Hermione in Harry Potter!

GrandmaK said...

This was a grand respite from te wedding preps! You all made me smile!!! Wedding in two hours and I am calm as a cucumber! :) Thanks again! Cathy

Bonnie said...

The funny thing is...these are all so true!!! lol!

I wish I were heading out to Mexico for 10 days!! Lucky duck

Lora said...

Love the family contribution! :0)
And I was nodding along the whole time.

Jason said...

This is a great site you have here. It's pretty funny. I have a humor blog as well and I'd like to exchange links with you. This will spread some traffic around between us. Let me know if this is cool.

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MightyMom said...

stop the blinking dear
easy enough thing to fix
remove blinkin' bulb.

Aubrey said...

Good heavens! How funny. :)

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The next installment in the award-winning series is here - welcome to Strike Force Heroes 3!

Bigger and better than ever before, Strike Force Heroes 3 brings the series to a new level with more content and faster gameplay. Shoot your way through dozens of missions and a variety of game modes as you build up your own custom squad - and if you're tough enough, challenge your friends to beat your team using the new "Squad Code".

More guns. More classes. More maps. More missions. Strike Force Heroes is back.

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v20 === Fixes === - Critical soldiers (1hp) with adrenaline are no longer invincible - CTF daily missions no longer instantly end in victory - Fixed some graphcal issues on the Factory map - Scavenger perk now works properly - Single bullet guns (rockets) no longer become infinite with the Drum Mag - Now plays the Equip sound when equipping mods - Owned or build blueprints no longer appear as not found - Final cutscene will no longer trigger after quickmatches - Achievements now properly check all missions for completion (not just up to stage 40) - Slot machine no longer shows success when it actually failed - Can no longer upgrade weapons that have been sold or removed by fired heroes - Achievements for beating stages on hard/insane now work properly - Buying a mod from the store now properly removes the mod - Fixed a few spelling errors - Using the Aimbot killstreak properly lets you do more headshots (instead of enemies doing headshots on you) === Changes === - All daily mission lengths reduced (They can be beaten a bit quicker) - SquadCode changed, should no longer get corrupted by the comment system (if your code was corrupted, make a new one in game). Old working codes will still work. - Phospherous Rounds changed to Ignotion Rounds (didn't fit before) - Character names max at 20 char limit (to avoid bugs) - Sky9 Iron's effect increased. (Sends enemy corpses flying even further!) - Mission based achievements reworded for better clarification - Blueprints now sorted based on number instead of date received - No longer displays 'Killsteal!' when using the Killsteak perk (it was often spammed) === Additions === - Quests Added! - New character added: Rusty, the Knight

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Our world is now very different from what it was ten years ago and it’s amazing how far we’ve progressed over the last decade itself. Even the way we communicate and connect with each other has tremendously changed. Accessibility has always been a huge factor in consumerism and the advent of mobile smart phones has given us unlimited boundaries to obtain information.

Your target audience can now easily search for your brand and buy your products at anywhere and anytime. Plus, your audience’s attention span is getting shorter especially when there are so many things going on in their daily lives. You have to keep in mind that business is all about people, and everyone is always on the go. In other words, everything has to be fast and simple! These are the reasons why you need to be extremely efficient on the mobile platform.

Almost everyone owns a smartphone these days and approximately seven million Aussies are on tablets. More importantly, online purchases from mobile devices have grown by 79%, which signifies a huge shift in the way consumers shop for products or services. Imagine the endless revenue possibilities that you can generate for your business if you have optimum visibility on mobile!

1) Mobile Design

Your mobile website has to incorporate a layout that is different from its desktop version. A responsive design is the most ideal layout for a website as it will automatically detect a device and adapt according to it. Plus, according to Google, a responsive design trumps over mobile URL redirect as it loads much quicker. This is highly important for user experience (UX) and usability. More often than not, when a mobile site takes too long to load or users find it hard to navigate, then they will move on to your competitors who can provide them with a better mobile experience.

In addition, a responsive design is also better for SEO because search engines will only have one page to index and rank instead of having to crawl two separate desktop and mobile websites.

2) Local Search

Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) is extremely important for mobile so that potential customers can find your business when they are searching products or services around your area. That is why it is highly important to optimise your website with location based keyword phrases. On top of that, don’t forget to register your business information with Google Places and Google+ Local for Businesses. The details that you provide will be listed on Google Maps and it will be much easier for users to find your website or phone number as it will appear near the top of the search results.

3) Page Load Time

This is highly important as part of your mobile SEO strategy as it affects user experience (an integral part of Google’s Quality Score). The higher your quality score, the better it will be for your site’s ranking on mobile! And as mentioned before, the faster users can access your products and services, the more likely they will stay on your website until the end of the sales funnel.

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Your target audience are using social media apps on their mobile devices to check in, share photos, and write reviews on social business pages. So, it is imperative that you stay connected with them and encourage two-way interactions with them on mobile. When you have effective social media pages that are linked to your mobile website, it will send out social signals to search engines. Social signals are an important ranking factor for search engines and the better you perform on social media, the easier it is for your business to gain visibility.

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Workers replaced with contractors

October 22, 1990|By Mark Stevens

With the high cost of employee benefits hitting small companies where it hurts most -- on the bottom line -- a growing number of owners are fighting back by replacing employees with independent contractors.

The benefits are clear: Rather than paying employees fixed wages plus costly benefits, employers using contractors pay only for work performed. Although this approach can cut payroll costs, it can bring head-to-head conflict with the Internal Revenue Service.

The potential for conflict revolves around the definition of an independent contractor. Simply removing an individual from the payroll, and paying him on a per-project basis, does not mean he is no longer an employee. Not as far as the IRS is concerned.

"The IRS has a vested interest in making certain that those who are treated as contractors qualify for that designation," says Stuart Duhl, a partner with the law firm of Schwartz & Freeman.

"That's because employers are required to pay payroll taxes for employees but not for independent contractors. So every person removed from the payroll may mean less money for the government."

To prevent abuses in this area, the IRS has established a series of guidelines to determine if an individual qualifies as an independent contractor. If these provisions are not met, the individual will be considered an employee by the IRS, which may assess back payroll taxes plus interest and penalties.

With this in mind, employers will want to exercise care in designating workers as independent contractors. To determine whether contractor classification is fair, the IRS will apply the following tests:

* Independent contractors should have considerable discretion over when and how often they work. Unlike employees, who must conform to a set work schedule, contractors generally work on a per-project basis. The case for treating them as independent contractors is also enhanced if they work for more than one employer.

* Workers performing most or all of their duties at a single place of business are most likely to be treated as employees -- especially if their tools or equipment are provided or paid for by the company.

* Workers who participate in a company's training programs, or are given extensive instruction by supervisors, will likely be viewed as employees by the IRS.

Employers seeking to safeguard the status of independent contractors are advised to take the following steps:

Execute a written contract with the worker, specifying that he is an independent contractor and that he will be responsible for his own payroll taxes.

Give the worker explicit permission to work for other employers.

Permit the contractor to set his own schedule, including the number of days and hours he chooses to be on the job. However, to make sure that the work is finished on time, you can specify a date for completion of the project.

"The IRS crackdown shouldn't deter companies that legitimately treat workers as independent contractors from continuing to do so," Duhl says. "But it's more important than ever to document that these people are independent, and as such that they are not subject to the same control you exercise over employees."

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City Council members vote to lift container tax

April 30, 1991|By Ginger Thompson

The Baltimore City Council voted to lift the controversial container tax last night -- effective May 31 -- leaving City Hall to find other revenue to fill a resulting $6.9 million budget gap for the next fiscal year.

One proposed alternative: Reimpose the bottle tax at half the current rate.

That suggestion was part of a $5.5 million revenue-raising package introduced last night by Councilman Anthony J. Ambridge, D-2nd, that would also place a tax at the wholesale distributor level on non-recyclable items such as cars, car batteries and tires, motorcycles, and major kitchen and laundry appliances.

Already, legislation is pending before the council that would place a 16 percent tax on fees charged for the pickup of trash generated bybusinesses in the city. That measure could raise as much as $4.5 million and, combined with proposed tax on non-recyclables, hold out the hope that the council could grant an election year cut in the property tax.

"I think we could lower the tax rate as much as 4 cents," Mr. Ambridge said. "It's not much, but we must give them [property owners] some relief."

The current bottle tax -- 2 cents on bottles 16 ounces or less and 4 cents on larger bottles -- has been unpopular since its passage two years ago in the wake of a similar tax's enactment in Baltimore County. The county repealed its tax in December, increasing the pressure on the City Council to do the same.

Last night's vote to end the tax was 13-6. The issue now goes to Mayor Kurt L. Schmoke, who has said he would not support such a repeal unless the council had devised some way to replace the lost revenue.

"Let the container tax rest in peace. Amen," said Councilman Martin E. "Mike" Curran, D-3rd.

Its rest may be short, however. The tax proposed by Mr. Ambridge last night would reimpose the bottle tax at a lower rate -- a penny on bottles of 16 ounces or less and two cents on larger bottles. That, Mr. Ambridge said, would reduce the bottle tax from about 13 percent per bottle to 6 percent or 7 percent.

But what may make the reduced bottle tax more palatable to bottlers, Mr. Ambridge said, is that other businesses selling non-recyclable goods would be taxed as well.

"The bottle industry has said that they wouldn't oppose a tax if other distributors were included," Mr. Ambridge said. "And under my bill, the tax would be cut in half."

Other taxes would include $1 for every tire and automobile battery sold by distributors, $5 on each car and motorcycle and $2 on each major kitchen or laundry appliance.

The revenue raised by the combined, proposed new taxes would more than make up for the $6.9 million that will be lost by the repeal of the current bottle tax, according to the council members. With that extra money, some council members hope to be able to lower property taxes and others say they would like to beef up the Police Department.

"We need more officers walking the streets and cleaning up the neighborhoods," said Councilman Carl Stokes, D-2nd. "The Police Department has 104 positions vacant, and we should look for ways to fill those."

However, Mr. Stokes and other council members had hoped to stall the repeal of the container tax until the new taxes could be approved.

"This is not the General Assembly," Mr. Ambridge said. "We cannot be so easily cajoled and intimidated by special interest groups. Before we repeal the container tax, we should have a pretty good idea how we are going to replace it."

Councilwoman Vera P. Hall, D-5th, who had asked that the repeal of the container tax be postponed until June 30, said the city would benefit by the additional "cushion of funds" generated by such a postponement.

However, supporters of the repeal were adamant.

"We are not succumbing to lobbyists and special interests," said Councilman Wilbur E. "Bill" Cunningham, D-3rd. "This repeal is fair to our constituents and to our small businesses."

"There's been too much emphasis on this $6.9 million shortfall," said Councilman Joseph J. DiBlasi, D-6th. "There are many ways to meet the projected budget."

For example, Mr. DiBlasi said, the city could defer capital spending and pass the proposed tax on garbage pickup for businesses.

Mr. Cunningham expressed concern about Mr. Ambridge's proposal, which has been sent to the Policy and Planning Committee for study. "Everything is crisis management," he said. "We need to step back and take time to study these issues before we rush to adopt these taxes."

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Tribune Athletes Of The Week

November 01, 1985

Erick Anderson, Glenbrook South--The junior fullback-linebacker rushed for 65 yards and 1 TD, intercepted a pass and was credited with 10 solo tackles against Deerfield.

Joe Aigner, Notre Dame--The junior quarterback passed for 173 yards and 2 TDs and rushed for 131 yards against Holy Cross.

Dave Casey, Benet Academy--The junior quarterback passed for 307 yards and 3 TDs against Immaculate Conception.

Rick Labiak, Providence--The running back rushed for 260 yards and 7 TDs against Nazareth Academy, setting a school record of 1,680 yards for a season. Rob Lessig, Lyons--The senior tailback rushed for 233 yards and 4 TDs against Oak Park.

CeCe Cahill, Hinsdale Central--The junior won the singles title in the girls` state tournament.

Kristen Beaudoin and Anna Sloan, Oak Park--Beaudoin, a junior, and Sloan, a sophomore, won the state title in doubles.

Cross country

Mike Maciukenas, Lincoln-Way--The senior won the Tinley Park regional title with a time of 15:29.5 for 3 miles.

Darby Harper, Glenbrook South--The junior won the Glenbrook South regional girls` title with a time of 11:44 for 2.05 miles.

Dan and Mike Farnham, Wheaton North--Dan, a senior forward, had five goals and twin brother Mike, a fullback, had three goals in three tournament wins.

Mike Kelley, St. Joseph--The senior sweeper back helped his team to two tournament shutouts.

Carol Dickey, Lisle--The senior was 54-for-55 with one ace in serving as Lisle won the Lake Park Invitational.

Sue Gasper, Lockport--The senior was 73-for-76 in sets as her team won the Lyons Invitational title.

Kim Yager, Oak Forest--The sophomore won the 1-meter diving title in the Stagg Invitational.

Field hockey

Beth Kuenzli, Homewood-Flossmoor--The sophomore scored all the goals in a 5-0 tournament victory over Chicago Latin.


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Hormel Lures Some Strikers In

January 14, 1986|By James Warren, Chicago Tribune.

AUSTIN, MINN. — A handful of striking unionists crossed picket lines Monday, union officials said, as George A. Hormel & Co. sought to reopen the nation`s most modern meatpacking plant for the first time since the start of a 5-month-old walkout by 1,500 workers.

About 400 members of the United Food & Commercial Workers assembled at the plant`s front gate by 6 a.m. to chide those who would accept the company`s offer of re-employment at the $100 million facility built three years ago.

But their verbal barbs were few and far between on a morning in which the temperature hovered near zero and containers of hot coffee were more prevalent than picket signs.

A few unionists, aided by extensive plant security, had entered around 4 a.m., or three hours earlier than expected. A few more followed in succeeding hours as the rising of a bright sun made the protest vigil only slightly less arduous.

Union leaders said seven members crossed picket lines, but a company official said the figure was higher. ``The number of employees announced by the Local P-9 union--seven--is inaccurate,`` said Charles Nyberg, Hormel senior vice president. ``A significant number of employees elected to cross picket lines. We`re not releasing the exact number.``

``Scab, scab, scab!`` some chanted in staccato fashion as one tall colleague, his head bowed and hands stuck in the pockets of a tan parka, sheepishly exited a car at the gate, consulted with police, then began a solitary walk to the nearest entrance several hundred yards away.

``Oh, I know that guy, he works in day shipping,`` said a picketer scornfully.

Despite warnings by local media of violence, there was no trouble. Moreover, an unusually stringent court order has limited the union to three pickets at each gate, so protesters had to assemble behind police barricades atop a snow bank across the street from the main gate.

Several workers who crossed the picket lines, and declined to give names, said they received only a brief orientation in the plant. It was unclear how long it might take Hormel to lure enough unionists or outsiders to begin production, notably the labor-intensive slaughter and butchering of hogs.

The plant was shut Aug. 17 when the members of UFCW Local P-9 struck in a dispute pitting the local against both Hormel and leaders of its own international union.

The meatpacking industry nationwide has been wracked by rapid change. Nonunion competition, bankruptcies and automation have, in a short period, caused the basic wage rate to plummet from $10.69 to $8.25 an hour for most unionized workers; workers at nonunion facilities earn as little as $6.

Hormel sought and got wage concessions from the UFCW at its other plants but not the highly automated flagship facility here. Unionists in this town of 23,000 rebelled largely because Hormel is one of the industry`s stronger firms, with earnings of $36.8 million in fiscal 1985 on sales of $1.5 billion. The company threw oil on the labor-management fire by unilaterally slicing the hourly wage from $10.69 to $8.25. After the union filed grievances, an arbitrator hiked it to $9.25, but still no progress was made on a new contract and, on Aug. 17, the union walked out.

Bargaining has gotten nowhere and the two sides did not actually meet face-to-face in the same room until last Saturday. That session, in a church basement, was fruitless as Hormel stuck by its demands for concessions that workers have already voted down twice.


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Concert Videos Let Fans Groove, Groove And Regroove

July 08, 1988|By Steve Dale.

If you`re waiting for Barbra Streisand to perform at Poplar Creek or the Rosemont Horizon, you may have an awfully long wait. But you can see her and other artists ranging from the Irish rock group U2 to contemporary Christian singer Sandi Patti in the comfort of your own living room.

Admittedly, there`s nothing like the excitement of hearing and seeing a favorite performer live in concert. There are advantages to seeing a concert at home, however. There`s no fee for parking and no claustrophobia as you battle the crowds. In some cases, the sound quality is better-or at least you can control the volume-and you can see the people on stage without binoculars. For real fans, concert tapes can fulfill the need to see their favorites over and over again. For instance, if you love hearing and seeing David Bowie or Linda Ronstadt, you can rent the concert videos over and over again, or perhaps buying the tape will prove a better investment.

And if you don`t have cable, most Home Box Office music concerts are also available on video; ``B.B. King & Friends: A Blues Session`` and ``Roy Orbison & Friends: A Black & White Night`` are two recent examples.

What follows are descriptions of some recent concert video releases:

David Bowie, ``Glass Spider`` (MPI Home Video, $29.95). This isn`t just another concert, it`s a rock opera starring David Bowie, the ``Renaissance Man of Rock.`` Bowie`s band and dancers are all over the stage, acting out impeccably choreographed routines or just having fun. There`s so much happening, it`s difficult for the cameras to capture it all. It`s like a three-ring circus. While performing ``Heroes,`` Bowie gets tied up, and that`s just the first of many surprises. Bowie demonstrates his wide-ranging vocal skills in ``Loving the Alien,`` ``Fame`` and ``China Girl.`` Even watching Bowie on video is an experience-one that shouldn`t be missed. By the way, look for 1970s teen idol Peter Frampton in the Bowie band.

``Freedom Beat: Artists Against Apartheid UK`` (Pacific Arts Video, $19.95). Although most certainly well intentioned, all-star benefit specials are rapidly becoming the equivalent of TV`s ``Battle of the Network Stars.``

But don`t let that deter you from watching this tape, a scaled-down version of a concert in one of London`s largest parks featuring a cast of international artists. Although some of the performers-Lorna Gee, Gil Scott Herson, Billy Bragg and Princess-may not be household names in the U.S., don`t judge until you hear their music. South African-born Hugh Masekela, fresh from the Paul Simon ``Graceland`` Tour, tells the story in song of workers shuttling on and off the South African coal train. Little children join Maxi Priest on stage for ``Strollin` On.`` The crowd of about a quarter-million people joins in while Sting sings ``Message in a Bottle.`` Sade gracefully slides through

``Why Can`t We Live Together?`` and Elvis Costello and the Style Council also show up. The entire all-star cast teams up for the rousing ``Free Nelson Mandela,`` and then they`re led by Peter Gabriel for the anthemlike ``Biko.`` This concert transcends international borders.

Joe Jackson, ``Live in Tokyo`` (A&M Video, $19.98). There aren`t many tunes in the Joe Jackson songbook not included in this show, which has three encores (though, oddly, two megahits-``Steppin` Out`` and ``Is She Really Going Out With Him?``-are not performed). An effectively sorrowful version of ``Breaking Us in Two,`` accompanied by only a piano and acoustic guitar, is impressive. However, the real highlight is to hear Jackson perform tunes with social consciousness. For instance, Jackson sings what he calls ``a song that describes the American dream and American greed`` (``Wild West``) and ``Right and Wrong,`` based on a speech by President Reagan. Jackson is also at his best when he re-creates cuts from his 1981 swing LP called ``Jumpin` Jive.``

No wonder critics have dubbed him ``the new wave Duke Ellington.``

``B.B. King & Friends: A Blues Session`` (HBO Video, $19.99). Not that he needs it, but B.B. King gets a little help from his friends, ranging from Paul Butterfield to Billy Ocean. King opens with ``Everyone Wants to Know Why I Sing the Blues.`` He doesn`t have to really explain why, we`re just glad he does. He teams on ``Please Send Me Someone to Love`` with Gladys Knight, and later accompanies Etta James and Chaka Khan. Eric Clapton and King match guitars in ``The Thrill Is Gone,`` and it will undoubtedly be recorded as one of the great moments in concert history. The British rocker`s raw intensity and King`s hard edge combine for an exciting sound. Stevie Ray Vaughan, Phil Collins and Dr. John also contribute. King and his guests close joyfully with ``In the Midnight Hour.`` Here`s hoping there`s a ``B.B. King: A Blues Session, Volume 2.``


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Suddenly, H-F blossoms

Bloom no match for improving young Vikings

Homewood-flossmoor 67, Bloom 52

February 08, 2003|By Reid Hanley, Tribune staff reporter.

Gary Meyer didn't have any excuses, and his Bloom basketball team didn't have any answers for Homewood-Flossmoor sophomore Julian Wright or junior Cyrus Tate.

No. 6 Bloom saw its nine-game winning streak come to an end in a 67-52 loss Friday night in Flossmoor. The Blazing Trojans, with only one player taller than 6 feet 3 inches, were dominated by H-F's front line, which includes the 6-7 pair of Wright and Tate plus 6-6 junior Brian Nussbaum.

The visitors (20-3, 6-1 SICA East) couldn't stop Tate and Wright on offense and had problems inside and outside against the Vikings' 2-3 zone.

"The game got away from us, but a lot of that was H-F," said Meyer. "They had a great energy level tonight. I thought they got us on our heels early.

"They were the better team tonight."

Tate and Wright combined for 41 points before a large--and loud--home crowd. Wright scored 18 points while Tate led all scorers with 23 points for the Vikings (15-6, 5-2).

"They really couldn't match up with us," said Wright, who had missed H-F's earlier loss to Bloom with an injury. "We have mismatches with our inside presence.

"The first game, we didn't run our offense. Now we're getting our offense down."

Homewood-Flossmoor, with a starting lineup containing two sophomores and three juniors, took a 34-21 lead at the half thanks to that tight zone defense. The Blazing Trojans didn't break into double figures until 4 minutes 13 seconds of the second period.

H-F also forced seven turnovers in the first half, choking off Bloom's passing lanes.

Bloom trailed by as many as 21 in the fourth quarter. H-F's defense held Bloom to single digits in the first and third periods. Only a 25-point final period kept the score within reason.

Bloom, led by Kevin Howard's 17 points, was able to cut the margin to 60-50 with 1:15 left in the game.

H-F got 15 first-half points from Tate, nine of them in the first quarter. The Vikings went on a 22-4 run from the end of the first quarter to midway through the second, and the issue was never in doubt. H-F played the last three periods with a double-digit lead.

"This group has a lot of room to grow, " Vikings coach Roy Condotti said. "By no means are we as good as we can be. These kids are going to grow and get better."


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Roddick king of Queen's

June 18, 2007|By Tribune news services

Andy Roddick won his fourth Queen's Club title in London on Sunday, saving match point in the second set before beating France's Nicolas Mahut 4-6, 7-6 (7), 7-6 (2) in the final of the grass-court tuneup for Wimbledon.

Roddick also won from 2003-05 and joined Lleyton Hewitt, Boris Becker and John McEnroe as four-time winners of this event.

"I think it's nice winning at tournaments that you really enjoy playing at," Roddick said. "To have won four is great. I'll have chances to get five. My focus now is on getting No. 1 at Wimbledon."

* Tomas Berdych won the Gerry Weber Open in Halle, Germany, beating Marcos Baghdatis 7-5, 6-4.

* Jelena Jankovic won her fourth title of the year, beating Maria Sharapova 4-6, 6-3, 7-5 to capture the grass-court DFS Classic in Birmingham, England.

* Gaston Gaudio, the 2004 French Open champion, withdrew from Wimbledon.


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Theriot tries to tamp down reaction to remarks

Former Cub says it's 'dumb' to take his take on fans or rivalry with Cardinals too seriously

May 10, 2011|By Dave van Dyck, Tribune reporter
  • Former Cub Ryan Theriot hugs Kosuke Fukudome before the start of Tuesday night's game at Wrigley Field.
Former Cub Ryan Theriot hugs Kosuke Fukudome before the start of Tuesday night's game at Wrigley Field. (Phil Velasquez, Chicago Tribune)

Ryan Theriot wasn't sure which was more ridiculous, Cubs fans being upset or Cardinals fans being upset. Apparently he has become an equal opportunity upsetter, putting his foot in both sides of his mouth.

Before this week's series began Tuesday night, Theriot sat in the visitor's dugout wearing formerly taboo Cardinals red and trying to explain himself to Chicago and St. Louis media.

"A thousand percent too much is made of it," he told the Chicagoans about winter comments about being on the right side of the rivalry now. "… I think it's really dumb. C'mon, it's like who do you love more, your mom or your dad? It's extremely blown out of proportion."

And this to St. Louis media: "I like jean shorts. What's wrong with tank tops?"

That was in response to a blog on the St. Louis Post-Dispatch website with the headline: "Another error for Theriot?"

Columnist Bernie Miklasz took Theriot to task for joining the fun on WMVP-AM 1000 when the hosts characterized Cardinals fans as wearing tank tops and cuff jean shorts, with Theriot chipping in: "Tank tops, jean shorts and some Timberland boots."

Wrote Miklasz: "Wow, dude. Taking shots at Cardinals fans? … And should Theriot be talking about boots, given all of the ground balls he has kicked around (eight errors)? Sheesh."

So mild-mannered, usually-under-the-radar Ryan Theriot apparently has tossed more fuel on the age-old rivalry. Or maybe it was the rivalry that made either of his comments a big deal in the first place. Is he really stirring things up all by his little self?

"No, not at all," he said. "I don't want to be the straw that stirs anything. I just want to go out there and win. … Apparently it's a lot bigger deal than I thought."

We think he was talking about the "right side of the rivalry" comments there, although it applies to either one.

So exactly what is the "right side?"

"I was a Cubbie, now I'm a Cardinal. What do you want me to say?" he asked. "I guess there's no real right or wrong answer, but now I'm a Cardinal and I stand by what I said.

"It's the right side of the rivalry for me now. You can't say you wish you were on the other side, that's not right."

As for comments during the Cubs Convention, including those by ex-teammate Koyie Hill about throwing at Theriot during games, he said:

"I know how the Cubs Convention is. They get excited and the fans are there. It is what it is. I talked to (Hill). I don't even remember the conversation."

By now, there are several conversations Theriot he would like to forget. Cub fans booed his return Tuesday. He won't taste St. Louis reaction until Monday.

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New York Yankees - PlayerWatch

August 18, 2012|Reuters

CF Curtis Granderson hit his 31st home run of the season Friday, the 10th against a left-handed pitcher. The home run snapped a 10-at-bat hitless streak, as he finished the night 2-for-4. With two hits against LHP Franklin Morales, Granderson now has three multi-hit games against a lefty this season.

RHP Rafael Soriano recorded his 30th save in 32 opportunities this season, throwing a scoreless ninth against the Red Sox Friday. He is the seventh Yankees pitcher in history to record a 30-save season for New York since the save rule was established in 1969. The last pitcher to save 30 games for the Yankees other than Mariano Rivera was John Wetteland, who had 43 saves in 1996.

1B Mark Teixeira sat out Friday's win over the Red Sox, his sore left wrist continuing to bother him. Teixeira had a cortisone shot in the wrist on July 31, though an MRI showed no structural damage. "The wrist is a little sore, same thing I had two weeks ago," Teixeira said. "We've played 14 days straight. So it's gotten sore the last few days. We just want to give it a day or two to calm down a little bit."

C Russell Martin hit his 13th home run on Friday, his 10th at Yankee Stadium. Martin is hitting .258 (16-for-62) with three home runs and eight RBI in his last 18 games.

RHP Phil Hughes earned his 12th win of the season Friday, allowing four runs -- all unearned -- on four hits over seven innings against the Red Sox. Hughes' own throwing error opened the door for a four-run Boston third, which included a three-run homer by 2B Dustin Pedroia that erased a 3-0 New York lead, but the right-hander retired 13 of the final 15 batters he faced, giving the Yankees a chance to come back. It marked the second time this season and the fifth time in his career that Hughes threw at least seven innings without allowing an earned run.


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With conventions over, final campaign sprint begins

September 07, 2012|Reuters

* Obama and Romney hit campaign trail on Friday

* Camps anxiously await pending jobs report

* Focus on eight to 10 battleground states

By John Whitesides

CHARLOTTE, N.C., Sept 7 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama
and Republican challenger Mitt Romney launch a two-month sprint
to the Nov. 6 election on Friday, hours after Obama closed the
Democratic convention with an urgent plea for more time and
patience to finish his economic agenda.

Obama's high-stakes nationally televised acceptance speech
for a second term capped two weeks of back-to-back nominating
conventions for Obama and Romney.

The address opened the last phase of a White House battle
that polls show is essentially deadlocked amid deep voter
concerns about the economy, which the president argued he had
put on the road to recovery even though growth remained

Both candidates will hit the campaign trail on Friday hours
as the U.S. Labor Department releases its jobless report for
August, a crucial economic indicator that both camps are
watching anxiously.

With unemployment remaining at a stubbornly high 8.3 percent
nationally, even a slight shift could strengthen the economic
arguments for either Romney or Obama during a campaign dominated
by the debate about job creation.

A rise in unemployment would boost Romney, the former head
of a private equity firm who has made his business experience
the centerpiece of his campaign. He argues he is uniquely
qualified to create job growth and says Obama is not up to the

But a dip would bolster Obama's case that job growth is
moving in the right direction, even if it has taken longer than
expected to turn the economy around.

Private employers added 201,000 jobs in the month of August
while jobless benefits fell last week in a potential sign of a
slightly improving jobless rate.

"Despite the frenzy of the conventions, Friday's jobs
numbers should not result in great political shifts despite
great political scrutiny," Republican strategist Tony Fratto
said in a note to clients.

Obama and Vice President Joe Biden head on Friday to the
toss-up states of Iowa and New Hampshire for joint campaign
events. Romney also will head to those two states, which could
be critical to piecing together the 270 electoral votes needed
to win the White House.

They are among eight to 10 battleground states that are
likely to decide the election, a list that also includes
Florida, Virginia, North Carolina, Ohio, Colorado, Nevada and

Those states have been flooded by tens of millions of
dollars in television advertisements by the campaigns, and
hundreds of millions more from outside groups allied with both

The Romney camp announced that it would release 15 new
television ads on the economy, called "A Better Future," in
eight states on Friday - Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Nevada, New
Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio and Virginia.

Polls show the economy is the top issue for voters, and
Obama addressed their anxieties head on in his acceptance speech
on Thursday.

"You elected me to tell you the truth, and the truth is, it
will take more than a few years for us to solve challenges that
have built up over decades," he said.

"But know this, America: Our problems can be solved. Our
challenges can be met. The path we offer may be harder, but it
leads to a better place."

Republicans were unimpressed.

"Americans will hold President Obama accountable for his
record - they know they're not better off and that it's time to
change direction," Romney campaign manager Matt Rhoades said in
a statement.

The Obama speech, moved indoors to a 20,000-seat basketball
arena after threats of severe weather canceled plans to hold it
in a 74,000-seat football stadium, in many ways failed to
capture the energy and excitement of his 2008 nomination in

But Democrats said they were pleased with the three-day
convention, which also featured energetic speeches by first lady
Michelle Obama and former President Bill Clinton that galvanized
the crowd and sent Democrats home with a renewed energy for the
fall campaign.

"That was inspiring. I'm more motivated than I've ever
been," Azziem Underwood, a delegate from Renton, Washington,
said after Obama left the stage.

With the conventions out of the way - Republicans met last
week in Tampa, Florida - the next big event on the political
calendar is the first of three presidential debates on Oct. 3 in

Vice President Joe Biden and Republican vice presidential
contender Paul Ryan also will meet in one debate on Oct. 11 in
Danville, Kentucky.


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By Pati Nash. Special to the Tribune | February 10, 2000
Hauling in a dusty box of toys from the attic to find a collector willing to pay hundreds--even thousands--of dollars for an old robot or Tonka truck is the stuff of dreams. But area residents have the chance to realize that fantasy this weekend when the International Toy Collectors Association brings its Toy Roadshow to Joliet. The three-day toy fair, sponsored by the 5,000-member association, brings together vintage toy collectors with people looking to determine how much that old Hot Wheels car or G.I. Joe doll is worth.
By Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar | September 28, 2002
Dear Annie: Please tell cat owners that letting their cats outside can cause a great deal of distress to their neighbors. Our backyard is fenced in, but our new neighbors' cats jump over our gate, get into our garage, use our son's sandbox as a litter box, claw holes in our inflatable swimming pool, and kill the birds and squirrels that we have been watching and feeding for years. Cats that are allowed outside are in danger of getting hit by a car, attacked by other animals or contracting illnesses.
By Jan Crawford Greenburg | June 20, 1996
You can practically forget about the Bud Bowl, the "tastes great/less filling" debate, the Riunite on Ice thing and, fortunately, those giant Coors people playing football in the snow. If Rep. Joseph Kennedy II has his way, those and all other similar alcohol advertisements will be banned from prime-time television. The Massachusetts Democrat, whose famous grandfather, Joe, made a fortune in spirits, has introduced legislation that would prohibit all alcohol ads on television between 7 a.m. and 10 p.m. He also has introduced a bill to ban all hard liquor ads on television and radio.
By Prof. Richard Hellie, University of Chicago | September 24, 1987
It was obvious that it was not "trade unionism as usual" when the Chicago Teachers` Union went out on strike, for a mature and pragmatic union never strikes its employer when it is obvious that funds to pay for demanded raises simply are not in hand, when the issues have not even been discussed and when a strike will damage the employer's product. Thanks to The Tribune, the public was finally informed that the real issue, according to CTU President Jacqueline Vaughn, was "black man" vs. "black woman" in the "black community."
By Nancy Watkins | June 11, 2006
AS CIVIL RIGHTS demonstrations were raging on city streets and VIETNAM WAR PROTESTS were heating up on college campuses, it appears that even Orchard Hill Farm School was ROILING WITH UNREST. Of course it was really the school administration taking advantage of kindergarten graduation to take a wry look at the national zeitgeist. OR WAS IT? The private school's farm setting allowed its 200 pupils to feed the animals, plant bulbs and make applesauce from the fruit of the farm's orchard.
By Robert Koehler. Bob Koehler is an editor at Tribune Media Services | January 1, 2002
Shimmer, incubate, latex, God . . . Take these words and a couple hundred more, magnetize 'em, shake well and scatter across the surface of your refrigerator. What you have now is sheer possibility--raw, electric, pregnant, mud--a verbal play pile, a poetry sandbox. Dig in! Thanks to one of the luckiest sneezes in the recent history of human expression, the English language has been blown out of context, its words--at least a juicy, $13.95 selection of them--freed from habit, dogma, windbaggery and cliche.
By Wailin Wong and Tribune reporter | November 1, 2011
Sandbox Industries, a Chicago-based business incubator and investment firm, is backing a new personal shopping service for professional women.   Called CakeStyle, the fashion startup has been in beta since August and is launching officially on Tuesday. Customers sign up on the CakeStyle website and provide information such as their size, wardrobe requirements and favorite stores. The service's stylists choose items of clothing and send them to the customer, who pays for what she wants to keep and mails back the rest.
By Michael Wilmington, Tribune movie critic | December 16, 2005
If you're looking for purple romance with a social conscience, it doesn't get much more purple than "God's Sandbox," which opens for a week-long run Friday at Facets Cinematheque. A double-stranded tale of cross-cultural Israeli-Arab relations in the 1960s and today, "God's Sandbox" begins in the present, with the soapy story of weary middle-aged Israeli author Liz (Razia Israeli), trying to get back together with her estranged young daughter Rachel (Orly Perel), who's staying near a beachside cafe in the Sinai Desert.
By Andrew Martin | September 11, 1987
"I was supposed to start, but the teachers took the day off" said Crystal Scrimgeour Thursday, giving a 4-year-old's interpretation of the strike by Chicago public school teachers. So Crystal, who was supposed to start kindergarten Wednesday at Garvy Elementary School, 5225 N. Oak Park Ave., instead was pedaling around her grandmother's house on a tricycle. "She's not really disappointed because she's been pretty nervous about kindergarten anyway," said her mother, Debra. "She really wants to go back to preschool this year like her sister."
By Jerome Holtzman | April 27, 1993
There are sportswriters and there are sportswriters and then there is John Feinstein, the James Michener of the craft. Like Michener, Feinstein refuses to stay put. He roams from one sport to another and, at the finish, again like Michener, usually winds up on the best-seller lists. His latest effort, "Play Ball" (Villard, $22.50), is an exhaustive accounting of eight months inside big-league baseball, from the 1992 spring-training exercises through the World Series. His previous works have been on college basketball and tennis; next on his agenda, a year on the pro golf circuit.


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January 19, 1986

I like Dennis Hunt.

I like the Faces interviews he does with musicians like Sade, Alison Moyet, Gary Kemp of Spandau Ballet and others who have been given thumbs down by critics such as Robert Hilburn and Richard Cromelin for being "boring."

I like Tops in Pops, which only he can put together so well.

I like his list of the year's Top 10 albums. He was the only critic to include Alison Moyet's "Alf," an album virtually overlooked by everyone in the United States.

I like his taste in music.

I like the way he looks (Calendar Letters, Jan. 12).

I like him, I like him, I like him.

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A Candidate With Many Lives

Colombia: Likely new president has been targeted by guerrillas and accused of drug ties.

BOGOTA, Colombia — This nation's violence has marked Alvaro Uribe like a firing squad wall.

Three of his childhood friends, all brothers, grew up to be infamous drug traffickers. His father was killed by leftist guerrillas. He helped create citizens defense groups that human rights activists say evolved into vicious paramilitary gangs. He has been the target of assassination attempts.

Now the diminutive politician--whose center-right politics make him a Colombian version of former New York Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani--is set to become the Latin nation's next president. Uribe, 49, holds a commanding lead going into the first round of voting today, with polls showing him close to winning the 50% of the vote needed to avoid a runoff.

He insists that his personal history matters less than his desire to set Colombia right.

"I'm not bent on vengeance," Uribe said in a telephone interview. "I'm running because I feel a commitment to change my country, to give a new generation a better country than the one our generation received."

If he wins, Uribe has promised to take on the guerrillas, who have battled the government for nearly four decades. He wants to double the size of the military, boost the defense budget and persuade the United States to directly fund the anti-guerrilla war here.

But for many in Colombia, as well as in Washington, Uribe remains something of a mystery, a newcomer to the national stage whose past is filled with both victory and violence.

Colombians have embraced Uribe as a hard-liner--even a right-wing extremist--bent on beating the guerrillas into submission. His popularity peaked in February at nearly 60%, shortly before the collapse of three years of peace talks that had seen the rebels grow in power and reach.

The guerrillas have taken the threat seriously. By his count, Uribe has survived 15 assassination attempts, the most recent a bomb attack in April that left four people dead and destroyed the armored car in which he was riding. Uribe no longer campaigns in public for safety reasons.

But by U.S. political standards, Uribe is a moderate with a conservative bent, a mix of pragmatist and populist. He is described by friends as intense, focused, bookish.

His most controversial proposal, taken as proof of his militant stance, has been the creation of a million-member citizens defense group, armed with radios, to alert the army to impending violence. Critics charge that it will only turn civilians into targets.

But in a 100-point agenda, Uribe has also proposed slashing the size of Congress, creating 1.5 million educational slots for students and lifting trade restrictions to boost job creation.

What remains unclear is whether Uribe, running as an independent, will have the ability to get his agenda through Congress. Even more uncertain is whether Colombia's failing economy will allow him to implement his ambitious goals.

More than anything, Uribe is a man of contradictions. A politician with a gripping life story, he comes off in person as a humorless technocrat. An avowed proponent of law and order, he spent two academic sabbaticals abroad studying education reform and peace negotiation strategies.

Uribe's closest competitor is Horacio Serpa, a traditional politician who has failed to excite Colombians. Polls show Uribe trouncing Serpa if there is a June runoff.

"Uribe is more complicated and has a wider range than most people think," said Malcolm Deas, an Oxford professor who studied with Uribe and is a Colombia expert. "I don't think he's a single-issue politician."

Uribe is also a man dogged by controversies, so many that they have spawned a hastily written unauthorized biography subtitled "Lord of the Shadows."

Human rights groups have questioned his relationship with Colombia's violent right-wing paramilitary groups. Journalists have tried to link him and close associates to narco-traffickers. Other reporters have accused Uribe of threatening them.

Uribe dismisses the accusations, which have been neither proven nor well documented. Most seem to rest on guilt by association.

A close advisor, Pedro Juan Moreno, once had a shipment of chemicals seized by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration on suspicion that they would be used for manufacturing cocaine. Moreno, who was never criminally charged and whose company was recognized as being "reputable" in a later hearing, called Uribe "honest and hard-working."

Uribe's financial support comes mainly from Colombia's top 300 companies, according to Alberto Velazquez, his campaign treasurer. The country's attorney general recently reviewed about 2,000 donors and concluded that none of them had paramilitary links. Colombian law does not require the release of donor names until after elections, so the claim could not be further investigated.

Uribe said his record speaks for itself.

"On one side is my trajectory of 30 years in politics in Colombia," he said. "On the other side, you have rumors and gossip and attacks. You can compare yourself."

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Bush sends Rice to conflict

Upping ante, he promises 'vigorous' Georgia aid

August 14, 2008|Peter Spiegel and Julian E. Barnes | Times Staff Writers

WASHINGTON — President Bush escalated the American response Wednesday to Russian military action in Georgia, ordering a humanitarian aid effort and dispatching Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to the stricken region as Pentagon officials announced plans to rebuild the Georgian military.

Speaking in the Rose Garden, Bush accused Russia of seizing territory in Georgia and continuing its military campaign despite agreeing to a cease-fire.

The new words and actions from the White House came after sharp criticism from conservatives, including some in Georgia and the Bush administration, that his initial response was ineffectual.

"The United States of America stands with the democratically elected government of Georgia," Bush said. "We insist that the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Georgia be respected."

Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili on Tuesday said he would accept Russian terms for a cease-fire to end the fighting. The agreement, backed by France and the European Union, included a call for Georgia to return its troops to the positions held before hostilities broke out last week when Georgia defied Russia by launching an attack in South Ossetia.

On Wednesday, Russian tanks surrounded Gori, home of Georgia's biggest military base, cut off roads leading out of town and began to rumble south toward the Georgian capital of Tbilisi before turning back. Witnesses reported widespread looting and lawlessness both in Gori and the smattering of villages that lead up to South Ossetia.

By midmorning today, Russian troops had begun to pull out of Gori but had not entirely handed over control.

Georgian soldiers in pickups lined up on the main highway from Tbilisi. At the final checkpoint into Gori, Russian and Georgian troops chatted as they awaited instructions.

The Pentagon emphasized that its initial concern would be providing relief supplies, but announced Wednesday that it would also begin efforts to rebuild the Georgian military.

"Our focus right now is on delivering humanitarian aid and taking care of the immediate needs of those who are caught in this conflict," said Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell.

The Bush administration's position could make for a more confrontational relationship with Russia. Washington has threatened to keep Russia out of various international groups, such as the World Trade Organization, because of its military action.

Deterioration of relations between Washington and Moscow could complicate a Bush administration push to build a missile defense system in Europe and its efforts to pressure Iran to give up its nuclear program.

Georgia has strategic significance, partly because a key pipeline that carries oil from the Caspian Sea to the West passes through it.

Since 1997, the U.S. military has spent approximately $277 million in military aid to Georgia on uniforms, ammunition, communications equipment and vehicles.

A senior military officer involved in planning the mission said the new military assistance under consideration for Georgia could include more joint exercises, stepped-up military training, closer ties to the Georgian military command, and sales of equipment to replace vehicles and weapons destroyed in the five days of fighting.

The official acknowledged that there were risks to sending additional U.S. military equipment and personnel into the war-torn region. But the official said U.S. European Command, the Belgium-based headquarters responsible for organizing the mission, had determined that because Russia acquiesced to U.S. military flights bringing Georgian troops back to Tbilisi from Iraq, the chances of conflict were minimal.

"It's never zero risk, but I think it will be OK," said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to publicly discuss the mission.

An Air Force C-17 plane loaded with tents, sleeping bags and medical supplies landed Wednesday in Georgia, and another cargo plane is due today. A military humanitarian assessment team is surveying the damage from the conflict.

Pentagon officials had hoped to send one of the Navy's medical ships, the Comfort, to Georgia, but it is docked in Baltimore and it would take nearly a week to stock it and reassemble its crew. Instead, the Pentagon is considering chartering commercial ships in the region to get supplies to Georgia more quickly.

In his Rose Garden comments, Bush promised an extensive aid effort.

"This mission will be vigorous and ongoing," he said.

News of Bush's speech heartened Georgians who felt the United States had abandoned them. "It means the West realizes that we shouldn't be left alone under siege," said Mikheil Dolidze, a hospital director in Tbilisi.

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Money Also Is The Root Of A Very Fine Car Road Test

August 17, 1985|by LEONARD KUCINSKI, The Morning Call

The Mercedes-Benz 380SE has lots of class, lots of engineering, lots of style andlots of road handling ability. It also costs lots and lots of dollars. So much so that some people looking over the window sticker skip sticker shock and, instead, fall into a deep coma when their eyes hit the bottom line. Fortunately, they can easily be revived by splashing them with champagne from a silver bucket. (Actually, beer from a foam cup works just as well but it is so declasse.)

But it has never been a secret that Mercedes-Benz is an expensive car. What else can you say about a brand that has models ranging from $23,000 to $57,000. For starters, you can say "wow." After that you might ask: "Is it really worth it?" Without getting too heavily into a socioeconomical treatise, let's just say that apparently a lot of people must think so since so many of them are handing over bread to buy one. To be sure, Mercedes-Benz has no intention of putting the world on wheels. But if you have a yen for the finer things in life, and a bank account (or, at least, good credit) to match, here's a company that will be thrilled to do business with you.

Mercedes-Benz has been in business for a long, long time. Although there is really no true inventor of the automobile - like so many other things in life, it was an idea whose time had come - the co-founders of the company, Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz, are recognized as very early pioneers. Both had vehicles running in the 1880s. After years of success and rivalry, the two companies merged in 1926 to become Daimler-Benz A.G. About now, you may well ask, why isn't the car called a Daimler-Benz? Well, back in 1901 Gottlieb Daimler received an offer he couldn't refuse. An accociate offered to buy all the cars built that year if Daimler would name the car after his daughter. So, since that time Daimler-built automobiles were called Mercedes after Mercedes Jellinek.

Anyway, the test car (supplied by Knopf Automotive, 34011 Lehigh St., Allentown) drove as well as it looked and once again proved that while money may not buy everything, it certainly can buy a lot in an automobile. So, as not to stretch the suspense too much further, we might as well get the price out of the way. The test car's total came to $44,454, a somewhat untidy though impressive sum. Base price on this car is $42,730 and includes all of the equipment you would expect on a high-ticketed luxury vehicle - and then some.

It comes with the anti-lock braking system, anti-theft alarm system, automatic antenna, automatic climate control, 4-speed automatic transmission, central locking system, electrically adjustable front seats and headrests, heated front and rear seats, heated rear window, power windows, electronic AM/ FM stereo radio with cassette and four speakers, cruise control, first aid kit, forged light-alloy wheels, fuel economy indicator, halogen fog lamps, plasticized undercoating, power four-wheel disc brakes, power steering, quartz chronometer, steel belted radials, tinted glass and electrically powered sliding sunroof. There is only one optional available on this model and the test car had it - leather upholstery at $1,124. The other cost was a $600 Guzzler Tax. The 380SE does like its gasoline. But if someone can afford the car, he/ she should be able to afford the gas and the guzzler tax.

Down to basics. The 380SE has a wheelbase of 115.6 inches, overall length of 202.6 inches, width of 71.7 inches, height of 56.5 inches and curb weight of 3,740 pounds. As you can see, it is a good-sized car. In fact, with an EPA index rating of 109 cubic feet (94 passenger/15 luggage) it is one foot short of being a mid-size car (110-120 cubic feet). It is a large compact. It is a five-passenger car with room for five adults. Theseating, in typical German fashion, is firm. Someone just jumping out of a big, luxury car into it, will no doubt consider it on the hard side. As mentioned, the test car had the optional leather upholstery. Rather interestingly, the standard upholstery is vinyl. Now could you imagine vinyl upholstery in a car costing almost $45,000?

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April 14, 1986|The Morning Call

Lower Saucon Township police are looking for information on property damage at Hedricks Garage, Route 412, in the township.

Police reported yesterday that a vehicle, possibly a tractor trailer, hit and moved a telephone pole and two cement vehicle stops about 270 feet south on Route 412 between 3:55 and 4:42 a.m. yesterday.

No damage estimates were available yesterday.

Anyone with any information on the incident should contact police at 865-1161.

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Francis J. Engler

May 03, 1986|The Morning Call

Francis J. Engler, 76, of 1243 W. Minor St., Emmaus, died Thursday in Allentown Hospital. He was the husband of the late Bertha (Schaeffer) Engler.

He was a track inspector for the Reading Railroad for 42 years before retiring in 1972.

Born in Kunkletown, he was a son of the late Willis R. and Edna L. (Frantz) Engler.

He was a member of St. John's United Church of Christ, Emmaus, where he was a deacon for many years.

He was an Army veteran of World War II.

Surviving are two sons, Bruce of Emmaus R.1 and Maynard of Paducah, Ky.; a daughter Jean, wife of Ronald Fries of Crofton, Md.; a sister Arlene, wife of Edwin Butz of Emmaus, and six grandchildren.

Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday in the Keller Funeral Home, 20 N. Church St., Fogelsville. Calling hours will be 7-8:30 p.m. Sunday.

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Fhp, Disney Plan To Work Overtime

April 4, 1985

Mickey Mouse and the Florida Highway Patrol will be working overtime until the end of the Easter holiday.

To accommodate the expected 25 to 30 percent increase in the number of vacationers, Walt Disney World will open one hour earlier and stay open three hours later until April 13.

And most of those anticipated tourists -- 70,000 to 130,000 each day -- are driving. From 9 a.m. to noon during the Easter break, they sit in a line of cars a mile long.

The FHP will be out in force, but Sgt. John Czernis said troopers don't mind the extra duty: ''It creates a problem, but we're more than happy to handle it. It's our job.''

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Matra To Court County With New Financing

December 12, 1985|By Gary Marx and Jim Heaney of The Sentinel Staff

The prospective developers of a computerized train system to Walt Disney World are expected to submit a revised financial plan today aimed at reversing the county commission's decision last week to kill the project.

After meeting twice Tuesday with Commissioner Vera Carter, who cast the decisive vote against the project, transit developers said Wednesday the revised plan hopefully will allay her concerns.

Jean-Marie Aubriot, point man of the consortium trying to build the system, said late Wednesday that his group still was revising the plan and was unsure of its details.

One Orange County official, however, said the revised plan calls for the federal government to pay Orange County's $46 million share of the construction costs. The consortium first called for the county to pay an annual service fee that would increase yearly from $10.9 million. Under the original plan that fee would have paid the county's share of construction costs.

To cover the county's portion of operating costs, the revised plan would require the county to use gasoline tax revenue and property taxes collected from landowners along the route. The first plan did not require the use of gas tax revenue.

The county levies a gas tax of 6 cents and uses it to build and maintain roads. Under the financing proposal, 2 cents would be set aside for the project, a portion for 15 years and a portion for 30 years.

The county has to vote on the new proposal no later than Tuesday, the day the consortium's franchise with the county expires. The consortium is headed by the French high-tech conglomerate Matra.

The consortium has proposed to build an 11.7-mile system between Walt Disney World and International Drive that would carry about 26,000 passengers a day and cost $394 million.

Matra's initial plan, turned down Dec. 2 in a 3 to 2 vote, called for the consortium to build and operate the system for the proposed service fee starting at $10.9 million a year.

The fee would be combined with passenger fares, state and federal grants, landowner donations, private investments,bank loans and bonds to finance the system's construction and operation.

Carter said she voted against the plan because she thought the service fee was too high and the county could end up liable for running the system if its private operators went bankrupt because of poor ridership.

Minutes before the vote, she proposed lowering the service fee and having the consortium assume full financial responsibility for the system's operation if it went bankrupt. Matra turned down the offer.

Carter refused to comment on whether she would support the new proposal.

Even if the commission decides to back the new proposal, Matra and the county still would face two major obstacles: The federal government would have to come up with the $46 million, and Disney would have to allow the project on its property.

Ralph Stanley of the federal Urban Mass Transportation Administration told The Orlando Sentinel Friday that although he would like to help the project, he wouldn't know if the federal government has the money to until Congress passes a budget.

Disney officials have not said if they would support the project.

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December 21, 2011

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1. Bulls officially start this weekend. What’s your season prediction?

2. Kobe Bryant could miss the Christmas Day game against the Bulls. Symbolism here?

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May 29, 1991|Staff reports

DELRAY BEACH -- Gov. Lawton Chiles vetoed legislation that would have allowed the city`s Community Redevelopment Agency to sell or lease its property for less than market value, city lobbyist Kathy Daley reported on Tuesday.

Daley told commissioners she is still trying to learn Chiles` reasons for the veto. City officials have been working on passage of the bill for five months and received only favorable comments, she said.

If adopted, the law would have given the CRA leeway to offer favorable deals to developers who could revitalize downtown instead of having to accept the highest offer.

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KARACHI: Governor Sindh Dr. Ishratul Ebad Tuesday said that restaurants and eateries across the province should strictly maintain health and safety standards, ARY News reported.

Addressing a meeting at Governor House on cleanliness of kitchens at hotels and restaurants, the governor vowed that no leniency would be demonstrated in this regard and instructed officials to pay surprise visits to eateries.

The governor instructed that there should be separate uniform, gloves and gowns for kitchen staff at hotels and restaurants, and separate dress for waiters so as to distinguish between them.

He also instructed that health certificates or health cards should be issued to waiters, kitchen staff and other employees to ensure that there adhere to basic health and safety standards.

Ebad said that food cleanliness and hygiene should be strictly enforced at kitchens and restaurants as it was in the interest of the people. It was the foremost duty of the government to ensure this and this will work together with restaurant owners, administrations and unions for the implementation of laws.

He also order that the list of all unregistered hotels and restaurants be compiled after taking all relevant stakeholders in consideration. He said that authorities should not confine themselves and take prompt action on public complaints.

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IRC Client for Dummies
May 22, 2007 2:34 AM   Subscribe

IRC for dummies - what's the best client to reccomend for serial Internet Explorer users, that supports irc:// links?

I manage a forum for my better half, and we've been looking for a way to include real-time chat functionality. After having found PHP browser-based chat scripts to be slow and clumsy, and some of the new flash-based chat options (like Meebo Rooms) to be unconfigurable, I've decided that good old fashioned IRC might be the best way to do things.

A certain percentage of members on the forum would probably get frustrated by installing and configuring a separate IRC client, particularly if they have to configure the server and room options (clients tend to come packed with dozens of IRC networks built in). For Firefox users, I'm going to send people a link to install Chatzilla, then provide an irc://... URL for them to click on to enter chat, and that works great. My problem is with IE users - I can't find any add-on for Internet Explorer with the equivalent functionality as Chatzilla.

So, my question specifically is:
- Is there an IRC add-on for Internet Explorer available, that works with irc:// URLs?
- If not, what's the simplest free Windows IRC client that reliably supports being opened by irc:// URLs?
- Failing that, any other ideas? I've ruled out a browser-based IRC client, like PJIRC, on the grounds that all the ones I've tried have pretty much sucked - have been slow, and buggy, and haven't worked for a certain proportion of users.
posted by Jimbob to Computers & Internet (3 answers total) 1 user marked this as a favorite
mIRC has IE support. Other than that, you may want to look at IE Add-ons, but then you will have problems if your users have IE 6.

If neither of those ideas work out too well, you can look into a java based irc client that can be hosted on your site.
posted by dnthomps at 4:04 AM on May 22, 2007

Have you considered a campfirenow account? There is an unofficial SportsFilter chat on campfirenow run by DrJohnEvans. SportsFilter members use it mostly for gameday chats, and it seems to work very well. The downside is it isn't free. The upside is one can create multiple rooms, users can share images and files (which are archived), and it seems to work on most browsers.
posted by terrapin at 6:21 AM on May 22, 2007

They're going to have to install some client (and all the mess that entails) and most likely have admin rights on their machines to do it the irc:// way. Seconding the java client.
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Aquarius Aquarius Compatibility

Another average compatibility would be the Aquarius Aquarius compatibility. Although both parties in the relationship are of the same zodiac signs, they’re not among the types of relationships who have the best compatibility, and it can be said that they’re also not among the worst ones. Below is a closer analysis of the Aquarius Aquarius compatibility

Aquarius Aquarius compatibility:

Aquarius is most commonly symbolized by the water bearer or water carrier. In Astrology, Aquarius is considered a masculine zodiac. It is also considered a positive or extrovert sign. People who have the Aquarius sign are believed to be shy, sensitive, patient, and gentle. They are also very opinionated and outspoken, so saying what they want to say is not a problem for them. Aquarians are also usually intelligent, logical, and cool. They also love to set the trend than follow it. Another characteristic of Aquarius is that there are times when they love to be alone, because they prefer to have quiet times in between busy schedules. Being a zodiac sign with the element of air, people with the Aquarius zodiac sign are best paired with zodiacs of the same element such as Libra or Gemini. This doesn’t mean, however, that they don’t pair well with their fellow Aquarius.

Aquarians are very outgoing and are socially active. Because of this, they easily count on every person they meet as their friend. Because Aquarians are socially active, pairing with a fellow Aquarian may result to a relationship that is filled with fun and excitement. A partner Aquarian will very much understand the ideology of having an alone time, since he or she would want that as well. Furthermore, fellow Aquarians would value and respect freedom and individuality, some traits that Aquarians usually have.

Since Aquarians are playful in nature, their relationships may not contain too much intensity. Because of this, they might end up having a superficial kind of relationship. The good thing, however, is that their relationship will never go deep into boredom, since Aquarius Aquarius compatibility would always find ways on how to make their relationship as fun and as active as possible. Although the bond will not be one with too much warmth or passion, it will be one that is very forthcoming and relaxing, and one that will not be subject to resentment and possessiveness.

Aquarius Aquarius compatibility

The parties in the Aquarius Aquarius compatibility are more often than not irregular, and this trait can actually aggravate them both. If not solved soon, it could potentially lead to serious problems that both might find hard to resolve. Aquarians should learn how to understand each other and should learn how to compromise. When enough efforts have been exerted by both parties, then problems may begin to veer away from the relationship.

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Prof. Lisa Randall (born June 18, 1962) is an American theoretical physicist and a student of particle physics and cosmology. She works on several of the competing models of string theory in the quest to explain the fabric of the universe.

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Knocking on Heaven’s Door: How Physics and Scientific Thinking Illuminate the Universe and the Modern World.

Her best known contribution to the field is the Randall–Sundrum model, first published in 1999 with Raman Sundrum. However, the Large Hadron Collider has failed to provide any evidence to substantiate the validity of this theory. She was the first tenured woman in the Princeton University physics department and the first tenured female theoretical physicist at both MIT and Harvard University. She has also written two popular science books and the libretto of an opera.

Randall studies particle physics and cosmology at Harvard University, where she is a professor of theoretical physics. Her research concerns elementary particles and fundamental forces, and has involved the study of a wide variety of models, the most recent involving extra dimensions of space. She has also worked on supersymmetry, Standard Model observables, cosmic inflation, baryogenesis, grand unified theories, general relativity. Randall's book Warped Passages: Unraveling the Mysteries of the Universe's Hidden Dimensions was included in the New York Times' 100 notable books of 2005.

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