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By directing their enormous joint military and economic power against a poorly
armed, nonindustrialized country of 6 million people, the imperialist states of
North America and Western Europe have imposed a criminal regime on the Libyan
Part of Libya's continued resistance to this attempted imperialist
takeover of an African state is the ideological struggle within the left and
workers' movement internationally. The only legitimate position for the
left in the imperialist countries is to support the Libyan resistance to
imperialism, whatever form it takes.
As Libyans continue to battle the takeover, the U.S.-NATO forces may still come
in on the ground. The new Transitional National Council regime, however, has
already been invited to represent Libya in imperialist-dominated international
bodies even as its armed gangs are massacring Libyans and the mostly
sub-Saharan guest workers remaining in the cities it dominates.
The TNC is not a real government at present, but a racist gang of hoodlums and
mercenaries looting homes and museums in Tripoli and other cities. This is
fitting, as its U.S. and European Union masters aim to loot all of Africa as
freely as they did until the 1960s.
Remember though that in Afghanistan in 2001 and in Iraq in 2003, the
imperialists won what appeared to be quick and easy military victories. But an
active resistance movement has stalemated the U.S.-NATO occupation of
Afghanistan. And the Iraqi puppet regime is still shaky enough that the U.S.
occupation will be extended. Reimposing colonialism in Libya may be no
Air war, propaganda war
The U.S.-NATO forces' advantage can be easily explained. Libya's
GNP was $96 billion in 2010, much of it in oil production. The combined GNP of
Western Europe and the United States was $29 trillion, or about 300 times
greater than Libya's. Much of Libya's wealth from oil sales was
deposited in imperialist banks, which simply confiscated it when their campaign
to destroy the Libyan state began.
This enormous wealth advantage yields military dominance. The Pentagon has half
the world's firepower. Britain, France, Italy, Spain and Belgium have a
good piece of the rest. This hydra-headed giant faced Libya's tiny
The imperialist propaganda machine yields another monopoly of words and images.
It demonized Moammar Gadhafi and his family. It disguised the TNC as a
"democratic" movement, when it was a small collection of
pro-imperialist Libyans, mercenaries, monarchists, reactionary religious forces
and opportunist defectors from the Libyan government, with a narrow popular
base only in the region around Benghazi.
The media exposed the decisive role of NATO forces only after the TNC entered
Tripoli. It probably did so because the imperialist military agencies then
wanted credit for what they proclaimed was a victory.
In the Sept. 1 Workers World, Abayomi Azikiwe cites the International Business
Tribune, the London Daily Telegraph and the Associated Press, all of which
point out the decisive role of Britain's MI6 and special forces, U.S. and
French special forces, U.S. air intelligence and heavy bombing by NATO in the
battle for Tripoli. The truth is that without NATO leading the way, the TNC
forces would never have made it out of Benghazi.
The Qatar-based agency Al-Jazeera has also given the news from Libya an
anti-Gadhafi and pro-NATO slant throughout the last five months. Qatari troops
are part of the TNC armed force that entered Tripoli on Aug. 21.
Ideological battle
There is another small contribution to imperialist war propaganda that deserves
discussion. Political analysts who have an undeserved reputation of being
progressive have brought the same arguments to a part of the left movement.
These analysts only carry weight because their "leftist" argument
coincides with what the imperialists need and want.
Following the Aug. 21 invasion of Tripoli, two such analysts were guests on the
Democracy Now! news show, which is popular among progressives.
One "expert" was Juan Cole, a history professor at the University
of Michigan. Cole argued that "Libya has reignited the flame of liberty
in the Arab world." He claimed the TNC could enter Tripoli easily because
it had popular support. Cole ignored the role of NATO's bombing, bribing
and intelligence.
The other was Gilbert Achcar, a professor at the School of Oriental and African
Studies in London. He chided NATO for allegedly first trying to broker a deal
between the TNC and Gadhafi. He also presented the TNC as a legitimate popular
leadership. Since March, Achcar has promoted the misleading idea that Libyans
could "use" NATO to back a legitimate popular uprising without
being owned lock, stock and barrel by the imperialists.
Neither "expert" added that the NATO powers have waged this war for
oil profits and a military foothold in Africa.
These and similar "experts" around the U.S. and Europe — who
pretend to be progressive — are not acceptable as voices of the left and
must be countered by honest anti-imperialist forces, just as one answers any
imperialist spokesperson.
Fortunately, there is an attempt to mobilize anti-imperialist ideas — and
action — in the United States. Former U.S. Rep. Cynthia McKinney has been
on a North American tour organized by the International Action Center, bringing
the truth about NATO's war against Libya. Most of these rallies have
attracted between 200 and 500 people. Much support has come from the
African-American community, which knows of McKinney's principled
anti-racist and anti-war stand when she represented the people of her Georgia
congressional district.
The tour is an example of how to build an anti-imperialist alliance that can
answer the phony "leftists" and give political support to the
resistance from within Africa.


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Police are on the lookout for a male assailant who walked into Sapporo Restaurant, 50 E. Main St., and shot a person three times with a pellet gun tonight.
According to a be-on-the-lookout announcement heard on police scanners, a man, approximately 5 feet, 9 inches tall and with a slim build fired a black pellet-style pistol and hit his victim three times. The condition of the victim was not available tonight.
According to the scanner report, the assailant's ethnicity was unknown and he was last seen fleeing on foot in the Willow Street area of Westboro.
The assailant is possibly still in possession of the black pellet gun, according to the police scanner report. The assailant allegedly spoke a foreign language before firing the three shots, the scanner report said.

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In December, six weeks after hiring Interpublic Group's DraftFCB as its new advertising agency, Wal-Mart fires both Draft and Wal-Mart senior vice president Julie Roehm, who led the agency search.
Roehm reportedly attended an expensive dinner paid for by Draft at a hip Manhattan restaurant, in violation of a Wal-Mart policy that prohibits employees from accepting gifts from vendors.
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NY Times Publishes Pro-Muslim Brotherhood Op-Ed
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Of course, this is one of the great things about American democracy (don't start with the "it's a Republic" thing), based on the 1st Amendment: allowing other viewpoints. Which is interesting for the NY Times, because, at best, they rarely allow more than super-squishy Republicans to publish op-eds. Anyhow, here's the Brookings Institute's Shadi Hamid, director of their Doha center, based in Qatar, which is a rather Islamist country
WHEN Mohamed Morsi became Egypt's first democratically elected president last year, it was an especially sweet victory for the Muslim Brotherhood, the region's oldest and most influential Islamist movement. After a long history of repression, the Brotherhood had finally tasted triumph. But their short-lived rule ended Wednesday when Egypt's army deposed Mr. Morsi.
They were repressed exactly because of their hardcore Islamist beliefs, wanting to institute Sharia law as the basis for government. How's that type of government work out? See "Afghanistan" prior to the US invasion in 2001. Also see "Taliban", which were surely more hardcore than the Muslim Brotherhood. See Iran, and the way the Clerics are involved in all politics.
The Brotherhood's fall will have profound implications for the future of political Islam, reverberating across the region in potentially dangerous ways. One of the most important political developments of recent years was the decision of Islamist parties to make peace with democracy and commit to playing by the rules of the political game. Leaders counseled patience to their followers. Their time would come, they were told.
They made the decision to "play by the rules" in order to infiltrate governments and institute their hardcore brand of Islam. The Muslim Brotherhood has long been the political arm, the arm that isn't heavily violent like al Qaeda, Hamas, Hezbollah, Islamic Jihad, and the other Islamic terrorist groups. Groups like the Muslim Brotherhood look to quietly and (mostly) peacefully transition governments over to Islamist ones. We see this same type of infiltration throughout the world, including Europe and America. In Egypt, though, they had a prime opportunity to take over the government and institute their agenda with ouster of Mubarak and the elections. They made the mistake of moving too fast in their agenda.
Now supporters of the Brotherhood will ask, with good reason, whether democracy still has anything to offer them. Mr. Morsi's removal will breathe new life into the ideological claims of radicals. Al Qaeda and its followers have long argued that change can't come through the democracy of "unbelievers"; violence is the only path. As the Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri once said, "What is truly regrettable is the rallying of thousands of duped Muslim youth in voter queues before ballot boxes instead of lining them up to fight in the cause of Allah."
The Brotherhood and its supporters were never about democracy, except as a tool to institute their hardcore ways. At the end, though, the Brotherhood is behind lots and lots of violence, repression of women, harsh criminal penalities (stonings and such). Yet Hamid is trying to tell us that the MB getting thrown out of office due to protesters, with the help of the military, who did not want the hardcore political setup, is a Bad Thing.
To limit the fallout from this week's events, Egypt's new government must ensure that the Brotherhood and its Freedom and Justice Party are reincorporated into the political process and free to contest – and win – parliamentary and presidential elections. Otherwise, Islamist parties' faith in democracy could be irrevocably damaged.
There's not much information out there regarding Hamid and what his leanings are, but I just have to wonder what his motivation is. The People of Egypt wanted Morsi and his MB hardcores gone: why would they be let back in? Would we accept the Nazi party being integrated into government? How about the KKK (well, unless you're the Democrat party, and hold a KKK member as a paragon of virtue)? Would Hamid support a political party based on instituting the Christian or Jewish religions throughout government? In the comments, NY Times reader Kurt writes
Democracy is more than holding periodic elections. It also entails acceptance of limits on governmental and societal power to compel individual conscience. And, since such suppression is the very reason for being for Islamist parties such as Mr Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood, Mr Hamid's laments ring hollow.
Good point. One that many in our own government here should learn.
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Glory Be …
The law of the Lord is perfect,
reviving the soul;
the decrees of the Lord are sure,
making wise the simple;
the precepts of the Lord are right,
rejoicing the heart;
the commandment of the Lord is clear,
enlightening the eyes;
the fear of the Lord is pure,
enduring for ever;
the ordinances of the Lord are true
and righteous altogether.
More to be desired are they than gold,
even much fine gold;
sweeter also than honey,
and drippings of the honeycomb. (Psalm 19:8-11)
Loving God, as you inspired Thomas to teach to the generations to follow, open all minds and hearts to the sweetness of God, and allow our faith community to flourish under his patronage, as faith seeks understanding among believers and seekers alike.
Concluding Prayer
Grant me, O Lord my God,
a mind to know you,
a heart to seek you,
wisdom to find you,
conduct pleasing to you,
faithful perseverance in waiting for you,
and a hope of finally embracing you.


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Experts Group on Trafficking in Human Beings
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These categories group together and put in context the legislative and non-legislative initiatives which deal with the same topic.
Justice freedom and security > Fight against trafficking in human beings
Experts Group on Trafficking in Human Beings
This Decision sets up a group of experts to provide the European Commission with expertise in preventing and fighting trafficking in human beings.
Document or Iniciative
Commission Decision 2003/209/EC of 25 March 2003 setting up a consultative group to be known as the "Experts Group on Trafficking in Human Beings".
Trafficking in human beings is a serious violation of human rights. Since 1996, the European Union (EU) has taken a comprehensive and multidisciplinary approach to the fight against this phenomenon by adopting various legal instruments such as the Framework-Decision 2002/629/JHA) and a series of programmes including:
- A programme of incentives and exchanges for persons responsible for combating trade in human beings and the sexual exploitation of children (STOP I and II);
- A programme on preventive measures to fight violence against children, young people and women (DAPHNE Programme);
- A framework programme on police and judicial cooperation in criminal matters (AGIS).
As part of the STOP II programme, in September 2002, the European Commission, in conjunction with the International Organisations for Migration (IOM) and the European Parliament, organised the European Conference on Preventing and Combating Traffic in Human Beings – Global Challenge for the 21st Century.
The final result of the Conference is the Brussels Declarationwhich states that "trafficking in human beings is an abhorrent and worrying phenomenon involving coercive sexual exploitation, labour conditions akin to slavery, exploitation in begging and juvenile delinquency as well as domestic servitude".
The recommendations attached to the Declaration call for an experts group to be set up to consolidate and develop the validity and performance of standards and best practices of the counter trafficking policy.
Provisions relating to the experts group
The Experts Group will take the form of a consultative group in accordance with current practice in other areas. The aim is to provide the European Commission with expertise in the shape of opinions or reports relating to the prevention of and the fight against trafficking in human beings. The group is required to submit a report within nine months of being set up, to enable the Commission to launch new initiatives at European level.
The group will consist of experts in the fight against trafficking in human beings. They must have acquired experience from activities in entities involved in the fight against trafficking in human beings. They will be appointed by the Commission by a procedure involving all the actors concerned. There will be no remuneration.
For the sake of balance, the number of experts in the group is set at 20 including seven from the administrations of EU Member States, four from the administrations of the candidate countries and nine from inter-governmental, international and non-governmental organisations engaged in activities at European level with proven competence and experience in the fight against trafficking in human beings.
The one-year term of office may be renewed. The decision to renew the term of office will be taken on the basis of the results obtained by the group.
Activities of the group
In order to fulfil its mission, the experts group may set up ad hoc working parties comprising eight members at most.
The experts' opinions and reports are transmitted to the Commission, which can publish them on the Internet. If these documents are unanimously adopted by the group, it may establish common conclusions
Additional experts
Under the decision, the experts group can invite official representatives of the Member States, candidate countries or third countries and of international, inter-governmental and non-governmental organisations to hold a dialogue at an early stage between the States and organisations which will have to implement future measures possibly based on the group's recommendations.
|Entry into force – Date of expiry
|Deadline for transposition in the Member States
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|Decision 2003/209/EC
|26.3.2003 – 16.10.2007
|OJ L 79 of 26.3.2003
Related Acts
Commission Decision 2007/675/EC of 17 October 2007 setting up the Group of Experts on Trafficking in Human Beings [Official Journal L 277 of 20.10.2007].
This Decision repeals Decision 2003/209/EC as of 17 October 2007.


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Embark on an adventurous journey with Taiwanese immortals to the sound of the new opus by the Taiwanese masters of Orient Metal.
It might have taken five years for one-of-a-kind Taiwanese Melodic Black/Death/Folk Metal icons Chthonic to strike again with their high-end fusion of a captivating storytelling and their unique and exotic music that several people like to call "Orient Metal", but the excruciating wait was definitely worth it. Over those past years, since the release of their 2013 masterpiece Bú-Tik the five members of the band have turned new pages of their lives, with lead vocalist Freddy Lim (林昶佐) having organized a new political party and being successfully elected to a seat in the Taiwanese parliament. Nonetheless, they never forgot their promise to their fans to deliver a new album, culminating with the release of Battlefields of Asura (政治) now in 2018, the prequel of their four albums with related story including Seediq Bale (2005), Mirror of Retribution (2009), Takasago Army (2011) and the already mentioned Bú-Tik, all combined with the acoustic album from another dimension Timeless Sentence (2014), the expanded novel Day 578 After the War (2014), and the movie Tshiong (2017).
And the story told in Battlefields of Asura by Freddy and his bandmates Jesse Liu (劉笙彙) on the guitars, Doris Yeh (葉湘怡) on bass and backing vocals, CJ Kao (高嘉嶸) on keyboards, synths and piano, and Dani Wang (汪子驤) on drums throughout the album's 11 tracks is an adventurous journey with Taiwanese immortals, as explained in detail in the band's "Souls Resposed" series. What lies ahead is full hostility, murderous emotions, walls of iron that are difficult to conquer, and lusts and desires that are not easy to bid farewell to, but there is also courage that inspires infinity. At the end of the adventure, it turns out to be a quest for the perpetual prajna. When you feel tears on your face, that's when you will finally realize this is where all the stories told in Chthonic's past albums come from, always embraced by the band's harmonious, thunderous and unparalleled metal music.
Drawing Omnipotence Nigh, featuring Fang-Yun Chen on dizi (a Chinese transverse flute), is an insurgent battle-like intro only Chthonic can offer us, setting the stage for the melodic and imposing The Silent One's Torch, the perfect opening for their upcoming live concerts with Dani dictating the rhythm with his piercing beats while Freddy's roars grow in intensity and rage as the music progresses, not to mention CJ's always inspiring keys. Even more harmonious and thrilling, Flames upon the Weeping Winds has all it takes to become a fan favorite, with Doris not only shaking the foundations of earth with her bass punches, but her backing vocals also sound superb; followed by A Crimson Sky's Command, another inspiring creation by Chthonic where CJ's keys and synths sound and feel the most "Taiwanese" of the entire album (if we can say so), with highlights to the passionate growls by Freddy and the cutting riffs by Jesse.
Featuring Lamb Of God's own frontman Randy Blythe on additional vocals, Souls of the Revolution is a flammable and rebellious anthem thoroughly crafted by our beloved Taiwanese horde where Jesse and Dani are on absolute fire and in perfect sync, elevating the song's impact to a whole new level (not to mention it's perfect for singing along with the band), whereas Taste the Black Tears carries a beautiful name for a crushing and epic tune, with Doris and Dani spearheading the band into the battlefield. Furthermore, the keyboards and synths by CJ bring an extra dosage of epicness to the overall result, with the music flowing powerfully form start to finish. And in One Thousand Eyes a dense and bold intro evolves into classic Chthonic, with Freddy gnarling like a demonic entity while CJ brings balance to the sonic havoc blasted by the band with his smooth keys, all boosted by the song's extremely effective and exciting backing vocals and Jesse's gripping guitar solo.
Then we have Masked Faith, a whimsical and at the same time fierce bridge to Carved in Bloodstone, bringing elements form Epic Metal to their core Orient Metal. However, what starts in a promising way loses its strength after a while despite its imposing backing vocals and pounding drums, but that doesn't last long as Chthonic are back on track with the fulminating Millennia's Faith Undone, featuring Denise Ho (also known as HOCC) on vocals and Su-nung Chao on erhu (or hiân-á violin). This is undoubtedly the closest song to their previous installments Bú-Tik and Takasago Army, sounding epic, dense and electrifying, with highlights to the slashing work done by the band's stringed duo Jesse and Doris, resulting in a true battle hymn by those unrelenting Taiwanese metallers, flowing into the ominous and stylish outro Autopoiesis. In addition, don't forget to check the song's acoustic version called Millennia's Faith Undone (The Aeon's Wraith Version), just as epic as the regular one.
It doesn't matter if you're a longtime fan of Chthonic or a newcomer to their sonic realm of rebellion and war, you'll certainly have a blast listening to the top-of-the-line music found in Battlefields of Asura, proving why they're perhaps the best metal band the East has ever provided the world. Needless to say, this is a must-have album in your metal collection, available at several locations such as IndieMerch, but if I were you I would go for the Battlefields of Asura Box Set available from the Ciong Zo webstore, including a long-sleeve shirt reflecting the song "Flames upon the Weeping Winds", a cap reflecting the song "A Crimson Sky's Command", prayer beads reflecting the song "One Thousand Eyes", a badge of honor reflecting the song "Taste the Black Tears", a candle cup reflecting the song "The Silent One's Torch", the Taiwanese version of the album in CD format, a special "Millennia's Faith Undone (The Aeon's Wraith Version)" 7″ vinyl single, and a treasure box reflecting the song "Carved in Bloodstone". Then, and only then, you'll be properly (and fully) armed to join Freddy, Jesse, Doris, CJ and Dani into the Battlefields of Asura.
Best moments of the album: Flames upon the Weeping Winds, Souls of the Revolution, Taste the Black Tears and Millennia's Faith Undone.
Worst moments of the album: Carved in Bloodstone.
Released in 2018 Ciong Zo
Track listing
1. Drawing Omnipotence Nigh (feat. Fang-Yun Chen) 2:07
2. The Silent One's Torch 4:02
3. Flames upon the Weeping Winds 3:10
4. A Crimson Sky's Command 3:31
5. Souls of the Revolution (feat. Randy Blythe) 4:39
6. Taste the Black Tears 4:49
7. One Thousand Eyes 5:15
8. Masked Faith 2:18
9. Carved in Bloodstone 2:57
10. Millennia's Faith Undone (feat. Denise Ho & Su-nung Chao) 5:05
11. Autopoiesis 2:04
English Version bonus track
12. "Battlefields of Asura" Album Concept Description by Freddy Lim 1:55
Limited Edition Box Set Disc 2 (Vinyl) bonus track
12. Millennia's Faith Undone (The Aeon's Wraith Version) 6:15
Band members
Freddy Lim (林昶佐) – vocals, erhu
Jesse Liu (劉笙彙) – guitars
Doris Yeh (葉湘怡) – bass, backing vocals
CJ Kao (高嘉嶸) – keyboards, synths, piano
Dani Wang (汪子驤) – drums
Guest musicians
Randy Blythe – additional vocals on "Souls of the Revolution"
Denise Ho – female vocals on "Millennia's Faith Undone"
Fang-Yun Chen – dizi on "Drawing Omnipotence Nigh"
Su-nung Chao – erhu on "Millennia's Faith Undone"
Chi-Jen Chen, Ching-Lan Hsu, Chun-Yu Yang, Hsiang-yi Wei, Hsuan-Yi Chen, Joey Kuo, Po-Jen Liao & Wei-Shun Liu – backing vocals, choirs


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Most people know how the story ends: "Singer Marvin Gaye shot twice by father on the eve of his 45th birthday."
But not as many know the lifetime of events that culminated on that fatal afternoon in 1984 in a 25-room Hollywood mansion, when Marvin Gay Sr. retrieved a .38-caliber revolver, pointed it at his son and squeezed the trigger, shooting Marvin twice in the torso, once at point-blank range.
Among fans of Marvin Gaye — the R&B icon who sang about love, pain, war and social injustice in hits including "What's Going On?," "I Heard It Through the Grapevine," and the Grammy-winning "Sexual Healing" — questions have lingered all these years: Why would his father, an ordained Pentecostal minister, kill his own son? Asked in a jailhouse interview whether he loved his son, Gay said: "Let's say that I didn't dislike him."
The shooting was one of those moments carved into cultural memory. If you are old enough, you remember where you were when you heard the news. The scene is echoed by one in Spike Lee's "Jungle Fever," and even now, videos of Gaye's concerts remain popular on YouTube.
In the play "My Brother Marvin," the singer's younger sister, Zeola Gaye, sets out to answer those lingering questions and to tell her story of growing up with a father who was a strict disciplinarian and who said more than once to his children: "I brought you into this world and I will take you out." The play, starring Lynn Whitfield, Clifton Powell and Keith Washington, opens Tuesday at Warner Theatre.
"For all these years, so many people have been angry with my father, but my father was not a monster," Zeola Gaye said in an interview Sunday night after the last performance of the play at Lyric Opera House in Baltimore.
Zeola, 67, a retired accountant who sang background on "What's Going On," said her reason for producing the play, which is based on her memoir, was to help "the audience to find closure. They need to know what actually happened. I'm honest about the dynamics between my brother and my father. The audience needs to know how there were generational curses."
"The play is not a musical," she cautions. She was denied permission by Gaye's estate to use his music. "My play is not a Motown play," she says. "The play is about the man behind the music. I tell my story. I was there."
Jeanne Gay, Marvin's eldest sister, said she supports the play and the book. "The book was very good and truthful," she said, "and the play portrayed the book and it, too, was truthful."
A spokesman for Sony/ATV Music Publishing confirmed that "the songs had not been licensed to be used in this play." Gaye's estate, which is controlled by his children, makes decisions on how his music is used.
Whitfield, who won an Emmy for HBO's "The Josephine Baker Story," said the play explains the dynamic between Marvin's mother, Alberta, and his father. "I don't think people know just how complex his relationship was with his father and just how much he adored his mother, this gentle rock who was there for him," she said.
The play begins with a scene in Southeast Washington where Marvin Gay Jr. (he added the "e" later) grew up in a house on First Street near the wharf and railroad tracks. "We were poor," Zeola recalls, "barely making it."
There was a coal stove in the living room, and Marvin and his brother Frankie were assigned to shovel the coal for it. "There were rats in the neighborhood, and Mother used to have rat traps laying around inside the house. We had a TV with an antenna you make from a clothes hanger. But we always had food."
Alberta worked as a domestic. "Mom would go to work and bring home food. Father had a disability check from a slipped disc in his back."
"Father, sometimes when he drank he was very friendly, sometimes he would be mean," recalled Zeola, who was six years younger than Marvin. "But I didn't connect it to alcohol. I connected it with a full moon." He wouldn't let the children go outside and play with other children because of the strict teachings of his religion.
The house contained secrets. Their father was a cross-dresser. He loved soft, pretty things. It was a secret that would torment Marvin as he rose to fame and battled depression and cocaine addiction. Zeola, too, battled drug addiction.
"Father had some effeminate ways that made him seem gay, such as how he crossed his legs and his affinity for feminine clothing," Zeola says. "Maybe my father's feminine side showed stronger than the masculine, but he was definitely heterosexual. . . . I know he loved women because he cheated on Mom quite often."
She says her father's mystique was only heightened by his dress. "He wore short wigs and cashmere, silk and satin dinner jackets and silk pajamas. . . . Father took pride in his beautiful legs, and wore pantyhose and knee-high stockings to protect against varicose veins."
Their father was especially hard on the rebellious Marvin, she said. "When my father spanked us, he believed in hitting on the butt, which is what the Bible said. Marvin would stuff his pants with washcloths."
Marvin, she said, was her protector. "He would take the blame so I wouldn't get a spanking," she recalled.
As a child, Marvin began singing in the church choir and in school. He attended Cardozo High School before leaving home at 17 to join the Air Force. He received an honorable discharge and returned to Washington to join a group called the Moonglows. He eventually moved to Detroit, where he was discovered by Berry Gordy Jr. of Motown and produced his first of many hits, "Stubborn Kind of Fellow."
As Marvin became more successful, he moved his family to the mansion in Hollywood. He provided stacks of money to his parents, always trying to win the approval of his father, who believed he sang "the devil's music."
Despite his success, Marvin struggled with his addictions, depression and paranoia. He married and divorced twice, engaged in titanic custody battles over two of his three children and wound up broke and desperate.
Zeola said she understands why crowds line up to attend her play. "They want to know why, why my father shot him. But the truth is, Marvin didn't want to live."
He had just gone through a divorce and had not seen his two youngest children in months. "He had troubles with the Mafia not giving him money from his last tour," she said. "He was depressed and addicted."
Days before the shooting, Marvin Gaye had jumped out of a speeding car. He was scraped up badly. "He said: 'I don't feel creative anymore. I just don't want to be here,' " Zeola said. "He wanted to die. People needed to know how he planned his death. Father always said, 'If you put your hand on your parents, I will kill you.' "
Her father had always thought Alberta was too doting on Marvin. On that fatal afternoon, the mother was attending Marvin's injuries. The father entered the room and saw the mother cleaning his wounds. "He saw him lying there with no clothes. He had a robe on but nothing else," Zeola says. The scene, which enraged his father, was orchestrated, Zeola believes.
"Marvin planned his death," she said. "By this time, the addiction had taken a toll." She said that Marvin Gaye was paranoid and believed someone was trying to kill him. "Demons had set in. He just went off on my father. He pushed him down and kicked him. Father came back in the room and shot him. Marvin knew if he ever touched Father, my father would kill him. . . . It was a mercy killing. Father took Marvin out of his misery."
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Federal Fish and Wildlife Services' Junior Duck Stamp Program
Supplement Habitat Studies with the Junior Duck Stamp Program
Western Massachusetts is home to a wide variety of duck species. These beautiful birds make their homes in wetland areas, a habitat in need of conservation. Students can learn about duck species and help to promote wetland conservation by participating in the Federal Fish and Wildlife Services' Junior Duck Stamp Program! This contest calls for students to create their own stamps, featuring a specific duck species portrayed in its habitat. Students should learn about their species of choice, so as to make the best and most accurate depiction possible! Their design should reflect the group's goal in creating the stamp – to share the beauty and importance of the species of the duck depicted.
Students should learn to understand the relationship between the duck and its specific environment, and should understand why the duck has such specific habitat requirements. Students can also study other stamp designs to learn what makes a good stamp!
Entries in the contest will be judged in four different age groups, and the winning entry will be made into a stamp and released in June. The contest is an opportunity for students to learn about local biodiversity, and to work on their understanding of the interrelatedness of species and their habitat. Students can also work on their art skills, working carefully to clearly portray their duck. The contest deadline is March 15th. For more information visit www.fws.gov/juniorduck.
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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) The Kansas House and Senate are set to act on their respective versions of a $14 billion budget for the upcoming fiscal year.
The House planned a final vote on its budget bill Wednesday after debating it for more than four hours Tuesday. The measure would spend about $6 billion in general state revenue in the fiscal year that starts July 1.
Senators are scheduled later Wednesday to debate their version of the budget, spending roughly the same amounts as the House on public schools, social services and public safety.
A final version of the budget will be reconciled by negotiators from the two chambers before lawmakers begin a monthlong break at the end of March.


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You will never believe what happened last Saturday at the UGA meeting. I accepted a nomination as Vice President because I knew I was running against some fabulous people and I could never be elected. You should have seen my face. Astounded isn't even the word.
I'm so excited though. One of the things I really am passionate about is helping people improve their genealogy skills. I've grown tremendously with that the last couple of months and want to see others become better at it too. I'm amazed at how you can be a genealogist for many years and not necessarily get better at it. But UGA has been a wonderful source of genealogy education and I think it has even more potential ready to bloom.
So the first responsibility I've volunteered on for UGA is to tell you about Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy and make sure as many of you as can take advantage of this wonderful opportunity. I've never been able to go because I was always working but I've always wanted to. But this is THE place for indepth knowledge taught by the experts. They have Paula Stewart Warren teaching the American Records track, Mary Hill teaching Mid-Atlantic Research, Kory Meyerink on Immigrant Origins, Tom Jones on Advanced Research Methodology and Craig Scott on US Military Records and several other wonderful instructors and topics. This is a great indepth look at these subjects. You can see the course outlines here. I'll be there. Hope to see you too.


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Raising Politically Incorrect Christians - Sharing Your Faith
- JoJo Tabares Contributing Writer
- 2007 10 Aug
"But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal." 1 Corinthians 12:7
Perspective is an interesting thing. Our personal backgrounds, experiences, knowledge, or current circumstances can all impact how we view an idea or situation and cause us to see it in a different way than others.
Just ask any police officer! He will tell you how ten eyewitnesses can yield eleven different accounts. One saw the gunman wearing a red shirt. Three are positive it was green. The rest aren't sure if he was wearing a shirt. Seven of them think he had brown hair, while two think his hair might have been blond. One thought he was bald, but later admits the sun was shining in his eyes. Five of them saw the gun as a huge sawed-off rifle. Three thought it was a small, hand-held gun, and two of them didn't see a gun at all. One isn't sure, but she thinks the gunman might have been a woman.
"For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit..." 1 Corinthians 12:8
What makes people who witness the same thing see it in such different ways? Let's take a closer look. Mary is pro-gun control and is only five feet tall. She's the one who was held at gunpoint. How big do you think the gun was to Mary? Eyewitness Bill is a big man who has extensive security training and is a 30-year member of the National Rifle Association. Bill was watching the gunman from behind the aisle. How big was that gun, Bill?
It turns out that the gunman's shirt was red with green stripes. The woman who wasn't sure he was wearing a shirt was only able to see the back of his head. The seven witnesses who thought he had brown hair were standing in the shadow while the three who saw lighter hair were standing in the sunlight. The witness who thought the gunman might have been a woman was the same witness who was only able to see the back of the gunman's head and his long hair.
"To another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit..." 1 Corinthians 12:9
What kinds of things can affect the way someone sees the world? Just about everything we experience will have an impact on how we view the world: childhood memories, upbringing, religious training, health issues, life events, experiences, and sensitivities all have an affect.
A person's experiences and beliefs affect how they see political and religious issues as well. Those who have been repeatedly hit over the head with the Bible by antagonistic Christians more eager to make a point than demonstrate Christ's love have built a wall around themselves to protect against further attack. Those who feel convicted about something they have done in their lives may be searching for information about God. Still others have never seriously thought about eternal life, and this is all Greek to them.
"To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues..." 1 Corinthians 12:10
How should we share our faith with others if everyone sees and reacts to things differently? When sharing our faith, it is important to remember two very important things about communication skills: 1) communicate so they can understand, and 2) know your audience.
The first rule of communication is that it is the speaker's job to be understood, and not the listener's job to understand. It is my job to speak in a way that allows you to understand what I am saying. It is not your job to try to decipher what I just said. If we understand this principle, we will make more of an effort to make our communication clear, and we will not get frustrated with our listeners if they need clarification. In addition, we will tailor our communication to speak directly to them.
In order to tailor our communication to a specific listener or audience, we will need to understand them better. This is called knowing your audience. The more you know about the people you communicate with, the better you will be able to relate to them. An obvious example would be that if you know Mildred's mother recently passed away, you wouldn't ask her what she got her mother for Mother's Day. Similarly, if you knew that Sally's aunt had badgered her for years about going to church, but that she was open to a discussion about God, you could share what you believe with Sally and be reasonably sure that she would listen unless you invited her to church on Sunday.
It would be helpful if everyone had a sign hanging around their neck that gave you a synopsis of their worldview, wouldn't it? How about introducing a new communication custom whereby each participant in a conversation announces their beliefs so that all parties involved understand them better before engaging in a discussion? The likelihood of these ideas being implemented anytime soon isn't high, so how can you get to know your audience better?
God gives us discernment, and effective communication skills can help bring people's views to light. Sometimes the person will come out and tell you what they think about a topic: "I'm Pro-Choice!" Sometimes you can discern what they think by their body language. If, after you begin sharing your faith, John suddenly takes an unusual interest in the floor, he is probably uncomfortable. If he changes the subject, suddenly develops an uncontrollable craving for borsht, or remembers that he has to pick up his grandmother from the airport in five minutes, you can be reasonably sure he isn't open right now. Knowing your audience requires active listening. Active listening allows us to hear what they say as well as discern by what they do not say. Active listening takes some practice to cultivate.
"But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will." 1 Corinthians 12:11
Knowing your audience is vital because it isn't just what we say but how we say it that can draw people closer or push them further away from the Lord. When we share our faith with others, the goal isn't to get them to church. The goal is to have them make a thoughtful decision to accept Christ as their Lord and Savior. When we treat evangelism as a one-size-fits-all proposition, we not only limit our ability to reach an individual and bring him or her to a point of understanding, but we can actually push our listener further away from it.
Consider Fred. Fred is an atheist who has been badgered by relatives, tricked into going to church on the pretext of going out to breakfast, and had people knock on his door shouting "Sinner!" and "Repent now!" He thinks he is a good person because he is kind to others and respectful of their beliefs, but he doesn't feel that Christians are respectful of his.
"For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ." 1 Corinthians 12:12
Enter Jane. Jane is a new believer and on fire for the Lord. She takes evangelism seriously and can often be found telling strangers on the bus about what Jesus did for her. She begins all of her attempts at "conversion" with "Do you know Jesus as your Lord and Savior?" If they answer no, she follows it up with, "Well, then you're going to hell!" As you can imagine, if Fred ever met Jane, it probably wouldn't be pretty!
Along comes Nelly. Nelly is a sweet patient lady who understands what it's like to wrestle with the decision to accept Christ. She knows that every encounter is a stepping stone leading the unsaved closer to that decision. She begins each evangelistic opportunity by getting to know this unique individual. She shows God's love in everything she does and everything she doesn't do. She is never pushy, but she never misses an opportunity to gently lead her willing student ever closer to Jesus by sharing what she knows and who she is. She sets the example and follows through, showing how much she cares for him. Eventually, perhaps a few years later, Fred is finally willing to discuss the possibility of learning more about the Bible. A few months later he agrees to go to church with her, just to see what Jesus is all about.
Fred may not ask Jesus into his life right then, but he has allowed a precious child of God into his life to minister to him. One day Fred just may go forward in church or get down on his knees and pray the sinner's prayer, asking Jesus to be the Lord of his life. One day, because of the gentle patience of one Christian, Fred may even lead someone else to Christ!
"For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit." 1 Corinthians 12:13
Each person is a unique individual with special qualities and unique talents who sees the world in his own way. He comes to his decisions and understanding of the world honestly, as do we. As Christians, it is our responsibility to share Jesus with others, but we must do it in a way that is respectful. This, in turn, is more likely to be effective. If we don't, not only is our message lost, but it is tainted so that the next Christian God sends along will be met with an even bigger challenge. He or she will not only have to share the gospel, but will have to get the gospel through all the filters that have been put up to defend against Christian attack.
With the knowledge of the Bible and effective communication skills, we can go out and make disciples to the glory of God. Amen!
"For the body is not one member, but many." 1 Corinthians 12:14
JoJo Tabares holds a degree in Speech Communication. Her Christian and humorous approach to communication skills has made her a sought-after speaker. She is the author of the Say What You Mean communication curricula, including Say What You Mean: Defending the Faith. Grace Talk Soup is her latest project. Each Thursday morning she boldly serves up God's Word with a side order of grace and humor. JoJo and her husband live in Southern California, where she homeschools their two children. For more information, please visit www.ArtofEloquence.com.
This article was originally published in the July/Aug '07 issue of Home School Enrichment Magazine. For more details, visit http://HomeSchoolEnrichment.com


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YALTA, Crimea (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin traveled to a much-hyped meeting in Crimea amid
expectations of more saber-rattling over Ukraine, but he instead struck a conciliatory note and called
for peace in a speech Thursday that received surprisingly brief coverage on Russian television.
Putin's cautious statements and the terse reports in state media could signal a Kremlin desire to
de-escalate the worst crisis in Russia-West relations since the Cold War. Putin's remarks contrasted
with hawkish speeches by senior lawmakers in a carefully choreographed performance apparently intended
to contain the nationalist fervor that has become a problem for the Kremlin.
Putin's show came as a large Russian aid convoy pulled close to the Ukrainian border amid tense arguments
over its route and border clearance. Ukraine has threatened to use all means to block it if it's not
duly inspected by Ukrainian border and customs officers and the Red Cross, but Russia sent it toward a
rebel-controlled checkpoint instead in a clear show of defiance.
During a meeting with hundreds of lawmakers, Putin spoke with a restraint that contrasted sharply with
lawmakers' bellicose speeches.
Referring to a suggestion by firebrand nationalist Vladimir Zhirinovsky that the Kremlin should take as
an example the czar's decision to enter World War I and test new Russian weapons on Ukrainian forces,
Putin said that "Russia should learn from mistakes."
Contrary to the long-established pattern of broadcasting key Putin's speeches live and covering them
prominently in every news program throughout the day, Russian state television stations had no live feed
from Yalta and buried the event deep in their programs, only showing Putin with a voiceover.
Other television crews in Crimea were not allowed into the room to film it, even though the meeting had
been advertised as a major political event.
There was no explanation for the unprecedented brevity of the media coverage, but it could reflect
Kremlin efforts to tone down rhetoric and soothe passions over Ukraine.
Russian state media have for weeks clamored over a "fascist junta" in Kiev and purported
atrocities committed by Ukrainian troops in their campaign against pro-Russian rebels in the east,
whipping up rage among ordinary Russians. In a seeming response to the public's indignation, Russian
lawmakers who met Putin at a giant conference hall in the resort town of Yalta called for blood.
Sergei Mironov, leader of the Just Russia party, called for Russia to assume "a tougher stance"
against Kiev, arguing that "the lack of a vocal position of our country prevents us from fully
protecting the people and stopping the bloodshed."
But Putin called for a quick end to the conflict: "The country has plunged into a bloody chaos, a
fratricidal conflict, a humanitarian catastrophe has hit southeastern Ukraine. We will do all we can to
stop this conflict as soon as possible and end bloodshed in Ukraine."
Putin has resisted nationalist calls for sending the Russian army into Ukraine, apparently realizing that
it would trigger devastating Western sanctions that could send the Russian economy into a nosedive and
quickly erode his power.
The Kremlin has dismissed Ukrainian and Western claims that it was fomenting the rebellion in the east
with soldiers and weapons and insisted that Russian citizens fighting there were acting on their own.
Moscow also has rejected U.S. and NATO claims of a military buildup along the Ukrainian border.
Speaking Thursday in Arendal, Norway, NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said the alliance
expects Russia to pull back its troops from the border and stop supporting the mutiny.
"If it's a sincere attempt to de-escalate the situation, I would warmly welcome the speech and the
following steps from the Russian side," he said, asked about Putin's remarks. "Unfortunately,
we have seen such statements previously without seeing them transformed into concrete action."
Putin listened on impassively as the flamboyant Zhirinovsky suggested that Russia call itself an empire
and change the title of the head of state to Supreme Leader. The president later took the microphone to
say that Zhirinovsky was expressing personal views that do not reflect the government's position.
While issuing conciliatory statements, Putin said the government would modernize the military and beef up
its forces in Crimea, which Russia annexed in March after the ouster of Ukraine's pro-Russia president
following months of protests.
He also warned that Russia was developing new strategic nuclear weapons that would catch the West by
surprise. "We will give joy to our partners with those ideas and their implementation, I mean those
(weapons) systems," he said, adding that they so far have been kept under wraps.
Speaking about the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty banning an entire class of nuclear missiles
that President Ronald Reagan signed with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in 1987, Putin said that Russia
feels concerned about Pakistan and some other countries developing such weapons, and is analyzing the
The U.S. administration last month accused Russia of violating the pact, a claim that Moscow rejected.
Without specifically referring to the INF Treaty, Putin warned that Russia could opt out of some
agreements if it sees them as failing to meet its security needs.
Matti Huuhtanen in Helsinki and Vladimir Isachenkov in Moscow contributed to this report.
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Most software is only fired up after much of the hard work is completed.
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Iran's president returns home to cheers – and jeers
President Hassan Rouhani returned to Iran Saturday mostly to appreciation. But a few protesters pelted Rouhani's limousine with eggs and stones in anger over his direct contact with Obama, the first between Iranian and U.S. presidents for 34 years.
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Hundreds of Iranians cheered President Hassan Rouhani on his return from New York on Saturday after his historic phone call with U.S. President Barack Obama but a smaller number of hardliners shouted "Death to America" and threw eggs and shoes at his official car leaving the airport, Iranian media reported.
While an anticipated handshake between Rouhani and Obama at United Nations headquarters failed to materialise, they held a 15-minute call on Friday at the end of the moderate new Iranian president's trip for the U.N. General Assembly.
Iranian media said hundreds of Rouhani supporters keen to see him make good on pledges of "constructive interaction" with the world to ease Iran's international isolation and win relief from punitive sanctions turned up to hail his U.N. visit.
They greeted the president with chants of "Rouhani we thank you" and "Iran calls for moderation" and held aloft portraits of him, the student news agency ISNA said.
But about 100 conservative hardliners also appeared, shouting "Death to America", a standard refrain at radical rallies in Iran since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, and "no compromise or surrender to our national interests".
Witness reports posted on Twitter said protesters pelted Rouhani's limousine with eggs and stones in anger over his direct contact with Obama, the first between Iranian and U.S. presidents for 34 years.
The semi-official Mehr news agency ran pictures of some protesters banging the sides of Rouhani's car as it began to depart the airport. Mehr said one protester threw his shoes at the vehicle, a gesture of deep insult in the Islamic faith.
U.S. officials said the phone call - which focused on how to resolve the standoff over Iran's disputed nuclear programme - was requested by the Iranian side but in comments to journalists after his return, Rouhani indicated it was an U.S. initiative.
Rouhani won election in a landslide last June, buoyed by many voters keen for steps towards moderation and reform after eight years of intensifying repression at home and isolation abroad under confrontational predecessor Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
The contacts Rouhani and his foreign minister had with U.S. officials during the U.N. General Assembly were unlikely to have happened without the approval of Iran's ultimate authority, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
But the polarised reactions on Rouhani's return hinted at the challenge he faces in winning over anti-Western hardliners, especially in the powerful clerical and security establishments, to his conciliatory approach.
Iranians at home and abroad posted hundreds of messages on Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif's Facebook page. "You have made the people of Iran happy, especially the (Rouhani) phone call with Obama," read one. "We are proud of you" read another. "Don't be tired. We are hopeful that one day there will be direct flights from Tehran to Washington", said a third.
There has been little reaction so far from Iran's political leadership but one influential parliamentarian was upbeat.
"This (phone call) shows that Iran's place in the world is of critical importance. That the president of America insists on a telephone call is a sign of sincerity," Mehr quoted the head of parliament's committee for national security and foreign affairs, Alaeddin Boroujerdi, as saying on Saturday.
The reformist-leaning newspaper Etemaad ran the headline: "Historic contact on the return flight", with a mocked-up picture of Obama and Rouhani sitting beside each other.
Conservative media chose to stick to coverage of Thursday's nuclear talks between envoys of Iran and six world powers and a separate, rare meeting between Zarif and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry.
The United States and its allies have accused the Islamic Republic of seeking covertly to develop a nuclear weapons capability. Tehran says it is enriching uranium only for civilian energy purposes but restricts U.N. inspections.
After years of increasing fears of a new Middle East war over the nuclear dispute, word of the Rouhani-Obama phone call appeared to raise hopes of detente and led to a 2 percent rise in Iran's rial against the dollar on the open market on Sunday.
Obama said on Friday he and Rouhani had directed their teams to work quickly toward a settlement on Iran's nuclear activity.
Rouhani said the two men "expressed their mutual political will to rapidly solve the nuclear issue". On Tuesday, he told the U.N. General Assembly that Iran would never develop nuclear weapons and he later called for a nuclear deal in three to six months.
The phone contact signalled a striking shift in tone between Iran and Washington, which cut diplomatic relations a year after the revolution ousted U.S.-allied Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and led to the U.S. Embassy hostage crisis.
Obama has said for years he is open to direct contact with Iran while also stressing that all options - including military strikes - were on the table to prevent Iran building atom bombs.
Before leaving the airport Rouhani told journalists that contrary to reports in Western media, he had not refused a meeting with Obama earlier in the week but there was insufficient time to coordinate it.
"To have a meeting between the presidents of these two countries there are many necessary steps. If this meeting had been compressed into the programme, it would have been premature," the official news agency IRNA quoted him as saying.
An Obama administration official said Washington had briefied Israel about the Obama-Rouhani call. Israel, Tehran's arch-enemy, is deeply mistrustful of the change in Iran's rhetoric and has warned its allies to be wary of Rouhani.


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Yankees beat Orioles behind Ivan Nova's three-hit shutout
- Nova%27s three-hitter was his first career shutout%2C requiring only 104 pitches
- The Yankees moved past the Orioles by a half-game in the AL wild card race
- Robinson Cano had an RBI double in the first and homered in the eighth
NEW YORK (AP) — Ivan Nova was so dominant that Ichiro Suzuki decided he was going to make the game interesting in the ninth inning.
Nova threw a three-hitter for his first career shutout and Robinson Cano supplied the offense as the New York Yankees edged Baltimore 2-0 Saturday for their second straight win over the Orioles.
The only scare for Nova came with one out and a runner on in the ninth, when baseball's home run leader Chris Davis sent a soaring high fly to right field. Suzuki knew he had it — "absolutely," he said in English, laughing — so he gave a little deke as he drifted back onto the warning track to make it look as if the ball might be trouble.
"I was just having fun. I'm a professional so it was good to get things excited," Suzuki said through a translator. "If the fans thought 'Oh, no,' then you make the play — I think humans want to come from a bad place to a good place."
Did Suzuki think he made Nova worry?
"I kind of feel bad about that, but obviously, once again, he feels really good afterwards," Suzuki said to laughter. "There's always ways of enjoying the game and showing the fans a good time."
Nova sure made it easy for the Yankees to have a good time.
New York's most reliable starter for more than a month, Nova (8-4) outworked Scott Feldman in an efficient 104-pitch outing for his second complete game. His effort helped the Yankees move past their AL East rival by a half-game in the wild-card chase. New York entered the final day of August trailing Tampa Bay by 4½ games. Baltimore trailed by four.
"Everything I kept seeing was positive, positive, positive," Yankees manager Joe Girardi said.
The Yankees were looking for another big offensive day after beating Baltimore 8-5 on Friday night. But Alex Rodriguez was scratched due to flu-like symptoms and Feldman (4-4) shut them down for seven innings after allowing a leadoff double to Brett Gardner and Cano's RBI double in the first.
Cano later drilled a line drive to right field off Troy Patton leading off the eighth for his 25th home run.
The Orioles have lost five of seven, scoring only 11 runs in the losses. But manager Buck Showalter doesn't think his team is slumping.
"When pitchers are on top of their game and hitters are on top of their game, the pitchers win," he said.
Acquired from the Chicago Cubs on July 2, Feldman had won his previous three starts, giving up just four runs. After Cano's run-scoring double, Feldman did not allow a hit until Ly Overbay led off the fifth with a single.
The Yankees had runners on first and second in the fifth, sixth and seventh but Derek Jeter grounded into double plays to end the fifth and seventh, and Suzuki hit a flyball to center to end the sixth.
Feldman yielded six hits, struck out five and walked one.
"We kept battling and today he was just that good," Feldman said. "You just try to take the positives out of it and tip your cap to Nova. He pitched a great game."
After an injury and demotion to the minors, Nova has excelled. Using a big curveball to complement a fastball that reached 95 mph, he had Baltimore swinging and missing throughout New York's eighth win in his last 10 starts (the Yankees were shut out in the two losses).
It meant a lot to him that Girardi left him in for the ninth.
"The confidence he has in me is unbelievable," Nova said.
Each of his strikeouts came on looping breaking balls that were either 82 or 83 mph, according to the scoreboard radar. When Davis fanned for the second time — to end the sixth inning — he flung his bat all the way to the dugout in frustration at the nasty pitch.
Matt Wieters snapped an 0-for-19 skid with a bloop single to right-center in the second for Baltimore's first hit. Manny Machado singled in the sixth and Nate McLouth led off the ninth with a chopper to the mound that Nova leaped to knock down but couldn't find the ball in time to make a good throw.
J.J. Hardy fought back from an 0-2 count to draw the Orioles' only walk leading off the eighth. Nova then got Wilson Betemit to ground into a double play. Jeter made a sliding stop to his right to start it.
NOTES: To make room for newcomer Mike Morse, the Orioles placed Steve Pearce on the 15-day DL with a left wrist injury that has bothered him for several months. He hopes to be back as soon as he is eligible. … Starting with Baltimore's Wei-Yin Chen (7-7), the Yankees are scheduled to face four straight left-handed starters. New York is 25-18 against lefties this season. Lefty Andy Pettitte (10-9) is set to start for the Yankees on Sunday. … Orioles 3B Machado made the team's 40th error of the season. Baltimore is on pace for 48 errors. The fewest errors in a 162-game season by a team in MLB history is Seattle with 65 in 2003. … Cano's 202nd homer tied him with Bill Dickey for 15th place on the team's HR list.


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Kansas gay inmate's husband not planning to visit
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The husband of a Kansas inmate says he isn't interested in visiting his spouse, who has complained that the state is discriminating by prohibiting the visits.
Christopher Yates is serving seven years in prison for crimes related to embezzlement. He says the state is treating him differently by refusing to allow his husband to visit. The two men were married in Iowa.
However, Yates' husband, Steve Yates, told The Topeka Capital-Journal that he has no desire to visit the prison. He says he plans to end the marriage, perhaps by getting an annulment.
The state has said the banned the visits because Steve Yates is a co-defendant in some of Christopher Yates' crimes. Prison officials said the men's sexual orientation had no bearing on the decision.


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Theo Epstein is a walking American dream. Growing up nearly within earshot of Fenway Park, he played, studied and dreamed baseball before the Boston Red Sox hired him as their general manager in 2002. At 28, he was the youngest general manager in the history of Major League Baseball and the envy of little boys — and grown men — nationwide. Baseball may be the American tradition and Mr. Epstein's job an American dream, but neither the tradition nor the dream would quite say America without an ice cold beer.
Offshore Ale in Oak Bluffs, the Island's only brewhouse, is the perfect spot to tuck away with a beer, baseball season or not. Fresh out of college, Joe Cleinman, 22, has accidentally become the youngest brewer in Offshore's history and one of the youngest in the country. While his friends are starting graduate school and working their way up the corporate ladder, Mr. Cleinman makes and drinks beer for a living. He suddenly rivals Mr. Epstein for the coolest job in America.
Mr. Cleinman had a dream, too. But for the young brewer, it involved beer rather than bats, grain rather than ground balls. Although he pleads the Fifth when asked about underage drinking, he said his interest in beer began in high school and took off when he enrolled at Vassar College in New York. "Freshman year of college, I became very interested in beer," Mr. Cleinman said with a half smile on a recent fall afternoon.
Clad in rubber boots up to his knees, he was peering into a mashtun, a copper, cauldron-like tub in Offshore's tiny, on site brewhouse set back from the dining room. The beginnings of a new brew, a Belgian ale Mr. Cleinman devised specially for the brewery, churned and steamed inside. As he began recounting his love affair with beer, Mr. Cleinman routinely paused to check the time on his cellphone.
It was in his sophomore year at Vassar that Mr. Cleinman first experimented with home brewing. One afternoon, after reading a handful of how-to books, all of which had warned of the disappointment of a first brew, he stood with a friend in his dormitory kitchen, the site of the experiment. The pair crossed their fingers and raised full glasses of oatmeal stout to their lips. Not bad, he thought. Mr. Cleinman paused to pull his phone out of his pocket. "Is it time yet?" asked a bartender, roped in to play assistant for the day. "Nope," Mr. Cleinman said and shoved the phone back in his pocket.
After brewing that first batch, Mr. Cleinman started a home brewing club and began teaching brewing classes on campus. Because it is against the law to sell home-brewed beer, not to mention the legal tangle of selling to underage drinkers, his brewed concoctions quickly piled up in his closet. "I had about 40 bottles in there," he said. That summer, Mr. Cleinman took a job as a tour guide at Brewery Ommegang, a Belgian ale brewery close to his home in upstate New York. The following summer, they hired him as an intern.
He stopped talking again and pulled the phone out. "A lot of the brewing process is just hurry up and wait," he said.
"Okay," he nodded up to where the bartender stood, on a small ledge from which he could keep an eye on the brew inside and the diners and beer drinkers at the bar. "Pour the hops in."
Outside, the day was blustery, cloudy and cool. Inside it was toasty. A blackboard above the mashtun listed the beer on tap — Hop Goddess, IPA, Amber Ale — and from the beer brewing came the smell, a mix of baking bread, brewing coffee and something else, something earthy. It smelled like fall, the season of baseball and beer.
Mr. Cleinman said there are two schools of thought when it comes to brewing: it can be seen as a craft or as a science. Mr. Cleinman straddles the line between the two. At Vassar, he studied biology and is fascinated by what he described as fermentation science. In college, he learned to make cheese and one semester, a Benedictine monk in Poughkepsie, New York, taught him to make vinegar for credit.
While he understands and is intrigued by the science of brewing, it is the creative aspect, the craft, that drives him. And it runs in the family. His brother is a chef and his mother, a librarian, caters on the side. He likens his role as brewer to a baker, and he is working to link the food at Offshore with the beer. Before Halloween, Mr. Cleinman will unveil his second original beer at the brewery, a pumpkin ale. "He was looking for ways to tie the restaurant and the brewery and thought to use the wood fire to roast pumpkins for the beer," said Offshore owner Phillip McAndrews. "It can be as much a craft or a science as you want," Mr. Cleinman said of brewing. "Here, it's largely a craft. It's based on feel or look."
After graduation, Mr. Cleinman applied for a newly created assistant brewer position at Offshore. He had been to Martha's Vineyard twice before, once for a two-day trip and the second time for his three-hour interview at the ale house. He was hired and began in June. Two months into his stint, the head brewer left to start his own brewery. Rather than bring in someone new, Mr. McAndrews offered the job to Mr. Cleinman. "We noticed the talent right away in him," Mr. McAndrews said. "He clearly understands brewing; he has a brewer's touch."
Rather than stress about taking over a brewery only one year after his 21st birthday, Mr. Cleinman, when offered the job, worried he would get stuck making the same beers day in and day out. "He was worried he'd be pigeon-holed," Mr. McAndrews said. "We have a core of about six beers we have to make because that's what people expect, but other than that, he's got free rein. I'm excited to see what he comes out with."
Taking advantage, Mr. Cleinman debuted an original Octoberfest last month he named Novemberfest. "It's a simple, good, approachable beer," he said. Next comes the pumpkin ale, and then this Belgian ale, a total of three original beers in three months. "It's a learning process," he said as he peered through the steam into the hot liquor tank.
At 213 degrees, the boiling liquid on its way to becoming beer steamed and bubbled and frothed inside, threatening to spill over and down the sides. Each time, Mr. Cleinman turned on a hose and sprayed back the brew. "Hey, if you trust me to be up here and not burn myself, you can come up and see it," he shouted down.


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Andrew Gelman contemplates a blog post of L.A. Paul and Kieran Healy (based on a preprint of Paul) which asks: it is possible to make rational decisions about whether to have children?
Paul and Healy's argument is that, given the widely accepted claim that childbearing is a transformational event whose nature it's impossible to convey to those who haven't done it, it may be impossible for people to use the usual "what would it be like to to X?" method of deciding whether to have a kid.
Gelman says:
…even though you can't know how it will feel after you have the baby, you can generalize from others' experiences. People are similar to each other in many ways, and you can learn a lot about future outcomes by observing older people (or by reading research such as that popularized by Kahneman, regarding predicted vs. actual future happiness). Thus, I think it's perfectly rational to aim to have (or not have) a child, with the decision a more-or-less rational calculation based on extrapolation from the experiences of older people, similar to oneself, who've faced the same decision earlier in their lives.
Here's how I'd defend Paul and Healy from this objection.
Suppose you had a lot of friends who'd been bitten by vampires and transformed into immortal soulless monsters. And when you meet up with these guys they're always going on and on about how awesome it is being a vampire: "I'm totally glad I became undead, I'd never go back to being human, are you kidding me? Now I'm superstrong, I'm immortal, I have this great group of vampires I run with, I feel like I really know what it's all about now in a way I didn't get before. Life has meaning, life has purpose. I can't really explain it, you just gotta do it." And you know, you sort of wish they'd be a little less rah-rah about it, like, do you have to post a picture on Facebook of every person you kill and eat? You're a vampire, that's what you do, I get it! But at the same time you can't help starting to wonder whether they're on to something.
I don't think it's actually good decision-making to say: people similar to me became vampires and prefer that to their former lives as humans, so I should become a vampire too. Because the vampire is not the same being as the human who used to occupy that body. Who cares whether vampires like being vampires better than they like being human? What matters is what I prefer, not what the vampiric version of me would prefer. And I, a human, prefer not to be a vampire.
As for me, I'm a parent, and I don't think that my identity underwent a radical transformation. I'm the same person I was, but with two kids. So when I tell friends it's my experience that having kids is pretty worthwhile, I'm not saying that from across an unbridgable perceptual divide — I'm saying that I am still similar to you, and I like having kids, so you might too. Paul and Healy's argument doesn't refer to my case at all: they're just saying that if parents are about as different from non-parents as vampires are from humans, then there's a real difficulty in deciding whether to have children based on parents' testimonies, however sincere.
(Remark: Invasion of the Body Snatchers is sort of about the question Paul and Healy raise. Many have understood the original movie as referring to Communism, but it might be interesting to go back and watch it as a movie about childbearing. It is, after all, about gross slimy little creatures that grow in the dark and sustain themselves on your body. And then the new being known as "you" goes around trying to convince others that the experience is really worth it!)
Update: Kieran points out that the reference to "body-snatching" is already present in their original post — I must have read this, forgotten it, then thought I'd come up with it as an apposite example myself….


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Hi crafty friends! I'm alive! I have been MIA for months and the worst blogger ever, but I do have a good excuse. I'm now 28 weeks pregnant and life has been a roller coaster since the moment I had a positive pregnancy test.
Summer has come and gone. I was so sick with morning sickness that I didn't really care. We've had so many chicks hatch - I can't even keep up with who belongs to who anymore. We've also lost a few dear barn yard companions - my precious Squab and Big Red.
Here's a picture of the "boys" - my turkeys Ed and Eddy. There's a fine balance between life and death on the farm. It's impossible not to loose some of your favorite animals and believe me it's not easy. But it's worth it for the moments of joy you have with your "barn yard friends". We lost a goat earlier this week - Tiny. He has always been one of my favorites. It has took me 9 years to learn this, but it's finally possible for me to say "ok, we've done all we can" and know when to let an animal go. To me, giving an animal a dignified death and not letting it suffer is the biggest gift you can give. Even though the animal is no longer there in body, it's memory lives on and we never forget what it gave us.
Hopefully I'll be back sooner, rather than later, to blog again. I've not made a craft in months. I do have my nursery finished. Here's a picture of the nursery bedding I got from Pottery Barn Kids (this picture is from PBK, not took a picture of my nursery yet):
It's the "Haley" collection and just adorable. Just the right balance of pink. I'm afraid if I push the pink she will grow up and wear black 24/7. We've also picked out a name, Amelia Grace. My baby shower is in 2 weeks - the theme is vintage tea party. Hopefully after I have the baby my crafty mojo will come back. It has left the building for the time being!
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BARNARD, Vt. (AP) – Former FBI director Louis Freeh was seriously injured in a single-car crash in Vermont, authorities said.
State police said Freeh was taken by helicopter to a New Hampshire hospital following the crash Monday in Barnard, a small town about 120 miles northwest of Boston.
Information about Freeh's condition was not made public. His name was not on a list for which patient information was available, according to Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center.
Freeh apparently drove his SUV off the road shortly after noon and struck a mailbox and a row of shrubs before coming to a stop on the side of a tree, state police said. He was wearing his seatbelt.
Police said Tuesday a preliminary investigation indicated that drugs and alcohol were not factors in the crash. The investigation is continuing. No one else was hurt.
'The thoughts and prayers of the entire FBI remain with former Director Freeh and his family tonight,' FBI Director James Comey said in a statement Monday.
Freeh, 64, was a federal judge in New York before serving as FBI director from 1993 to 2001. He previously served six years as a special agent. He founded his consulting firm, Freeh Group International Solutions LLC, in 2007.
In 2011, Penn State hired Freeh to examine the handling of child sex abuse complaints involving former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky and to recommend changes aimed at preventing abuse.
Following an eight-month, $6.5 million investigation, Freeh issued a blistering report contending that legendary head football coach Joe Paterno and other top Penn State officials concealed what they knew about Sandusky's sexual abuse of children for more than a decade ago to avoid bad publicity.
Sandusky was convicted in June 2012 on 45 criminal counts.
Freeh also has handled other high profile matters, including a bribery case involving the presidential election within FIFA, soccer's international governing body, and a review of the financial settlement program for Gulf Coast residents affected by the BP oil spill.