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The Sword Of Elendil
Chapter 033
The Heir of Elendil
His eyes blissfully closed, Halbarad basked in an huge copper tub full of steaming hot water. The air was moist and fragrant with lavendar; a plump pile of soft towels awaited him on a bench. Indulging in the pleasures of the moment, he put aside the dark memories that hung at the edge of his consciousness.
"How do you like Rivendell?" said a voice he knew well.
"Aragorn!" He bolted upright, sloshing the steamy water onto the floor.
"Stay where you are," said his friend, laughing as he moved aside the towels and sat down on the bench. "You look much too happy to move."
With a sigh Halbarad lay back. "Too true. Ah Aragorn, you look well!"
"And you don't," he laughed, "but it's nothing your bath, a hair cut and a good sleep won't cure, I guess."
"And a very large meal," Halbarad said, grinning.
"I've already ordered a meal to be brought to us, in the wing where my mother and I live. You'll stay there with us while you're here. Everything is ready, and I've brought you some of my clothes. We are much of the same height and weight, so they should fit you well."
Halbarad eyed the shirt of delicate white linen and over-tunic of light blue wool, worked with silver at hem and throat, that Aragorn wore. They were finer than anything Halbarad had ever owned. "Am I also to look like an Elven princeling?"
Surprise darkened Aragorn's face, then he laughed. "I suppose I do look like I have reverted to my former self."
"Hand me a towel," Halbarad said as he rose from the water. As he dried himself, he cast an eye now and then at Aragorn, who had turned away. "Where are these clothes of yours?"
"I've left them right here. I'll wait for you outside, all right?"
Halbarad wondered if he had offended his friend, and made up his mind to apologize. He quickly dressed in silky dark green: a tunic and trousers with a pattern of leaves wrought the length of the sleeves and legs. Not too ornate, he thought with some relief as he pulled on soft leather shoes. Before he fastened his belt, he slid over it the loop of his small pouch. Inside was a treasure that must be returned to its owner.
Aragorn was standing at the window, his arm crossed behind his back, but he turned as Halbarad emerged from the steamy bathroom. "It suits you well, my friend."
"And you also, despite my jest," Halbarad said. "I did not mean to offend you."
"No offense taken, Halbarad," Aragorn said with that smile of rare incandescence that so transformed his usually stern face. "I had just not thought of it that way, and it brought to mind that I still am a stranger to my own people."
"No, you are wrong about that. Don't you know how you have risen in the esteem of the Rangers? There is no man who wouldn't swear you allegiance now. My father means to step down as acting chieftain."
But Aragorn shook his head. "I think he will remain so for many years. No, Halbarad," and he raised his hand in a gesture of denial, "it's not that I judge myself unworthy, although I know I am very raw indeed—it's that something tells me, foresight perhaps, I don't know, that I will not remain in Eriador for much longer. Far places, and ships, many ships, haunt my mind. Many strange things happened to me while I was—what shall I say?—away."
Away is a good word for it, Halbarad thought, remembering those days of terror while Aragorn had seemed to slip further from the world with every hour. "Well, then, if it's your command that he remain acting chieftain, he will serve as you wish. But I hope you will not in fact leave us just when we have started to get used to you. I, for one, always knew you would succeed. Do you remember when you first came to Thurnost and our great-grandmother had me swear as king's man?"
"Of course I remember," Aragorn murmured. "It was yet another thing that showed how far I was from everyone's expectations and hopes of me. But come, my friend, let's go to our meal where we can talk in greater comfort."
He led the way through a maze of hallways and stairs and Halbarad followed, marveling at the beauty and elegance of Elrond's House. Yet it was an easy splendor, he noted—windows looked out upon gardens, the air was fresh and fragrant, everywhere there were cushioned nooks where a guest could rest at will. At last they came to a far wing looking out over the river that tumbled and foamed as it rushed from the Misty Mountains to the east. Aragorn showed Halbarad into the same large, comfortable room that he remembered from his earlier, very brief visit to Rivendell, when he and his father had spoken to Gilraen.
"Is your mother here?" he asked, reluctant to sit at the heavily laden table before the mistress of the house was present.
But Aragorn shook his head. "Sit and eat! She is with Rodnor. Elrond and I released him from what remained of the sorcerer's taint, but Elrond thought it best for one of us to sit with him till he wakes."
"By 'one of us,' you mean us mere mortals," Halbarad said as he took his seat.
"If you insist."
Halbarad could hardly tear his eyes from the roast chicken, golden wine, crusty bread, green salads, and berry tarts that lay before him, but he forced himself to speak again and refrain from grabbing. "I know it doesn't seem so to you, having grown up among them, but I can understand why Rodnor was frightened of the Elves. They can be awe-inspiring in a rather overwhelming way. I still shiver when I remember seeing Elrond for the first time, riding up the hill after the falcons. If I had not been so desperate about you, I might well have been more cautious about him."
"Why?" Aragorn asked with surprise.
"It is not often that we mere mortals see legends springing from the earth." Halbarad shrugged. "I don't expect you to understand."
"Halbarad, eat. Your eyes are popping out of your head," Aragorn laughed. "I suppose you aren't awed by Rivendell food."
"By no means." Halbarad helped himself and ate in silence as he took the edge off his hunger. After devouring a large cut of succulent chicken and mopping up the rich juices with a fistful of bread, he sat back and sighed deeply. "Now tell me, how is it with Rodnor? Will he be all right now?"
Aragorn was eating too, but with less eagerness and some amusement. "Elrond thinks so. It was more the after-effect of the horror he endured, rather than any dark arts remaining within him. He believed that Elrond was Dior."
"Yes, the son of Beren and Lúthien. We discovered that the sorcerer was among the Elves who killed him in Menegroth, and that he also killed the princes Elured and Elurin, Elrond's uncles."
Halbarad gasped and felt a shiver of shock run up his spine. "Legends out of the past, what did I say?
"Yes, you are right. But so are we legends out of the past, Halbarad, we Dúnedain. We are their kin, do not forget."
"I never will now, certainly," Halbarad said. "And look, I have something of yours. I took good care of it."
He drew out of his pouch the treasure that he had hidden there: the golden Ring of Barahir dangling from its chain, its green gems winking in the afternoon light.
"Ah!" Aragorn took it from him and fastened it around his neck. "Thank you. It is a precious thing in beauty and legend. How did it come to be with you?"
"Daeron insisted I take it as soon as I found them, him and Rodnor, not two weeks ago now. He still feels the disgrace of his exile."
"He should not," Aragorn said. "That will be made very clear to all."
"So says my father too. He is hoping that you will come with us when we return to Thurnost, Daeron, Rodnor and I, and all will be made right."
"I don't know if I can. Elrond has yet to release me from my apprenticeship. But I freely admit that I am eager to be gone."
"From this heavenly place? Why?"
Aragorn's face became serious. "It's not my home any more. I know that now." Halbarad saw thoughtfulness and a certain sad acceptance in his eyes. "I left here nearly three years ago, uncertain of myself and my path, bitter and wishing that I could remain to be near her that I loved. But I know now that whether I will succeed or fail, I have to go out to meet my destiny."
"Have you determined, then, to put the Lady Arwen out of your mind?" Halbarad felt a curious mix of hope and disappointment that Aragorn would abandon his love for the daughter of Elrond.
"By no means," Aragorn said. "But I have other tasks to do first. Some day I will meet her again."
"And then?"
"I don't know. It depends on her, doesn't it?"
"So it does," Halbarad said. "Listen, Aragorn, I feel I must tell you something. I wasn't going to mention it, because my father bade me be silent, but I owe it to the confidence you have in me."
Aragorn's keen eyes were fixed on his face. "Don't keep me waiting."
"My father wants you to marry—soon."
Astonishment suffused Aragorn's face before anger darkened it. "He presumes much," he said in a curt and tense voice.
"That's not how he sees it. He says that the Dúnedain must know that the Heirs of Isildur will continue, and he has a point. It's our hope—you are our Estel too, you know. He's going to bring the matter before the captains' council and urge an early marriage."
"I will refuse," Aragorn said. His face had closed into a hard mask of sheer determination—a will as hard as dragon scales, Halbarad knew. "No one can dictate this choice to me."
"I will support you in that," Halbarad said. "My loose tongue will at least give you the opportunity to prepare yourself for this. It might be best if you find a way to be more diplomatic about your refusal. There will be hopeful fathers with even more hopeful daughters. Try to have your way while keeping as much good will as possible among the Rangers."
Aragorn stared at him for a silent moment, then nodded. "It's sound advice. I will try to follow it. Now, can we talk about something else?"
"Of course."
"Elrond's calling a war council, so to speak, tomorrow at mid-day. Elladan and Elrohir have just returned from the wild as well."
"Ah," said Halbarad. "I'm glad it's tomorrow."
"Yes, you may loll to your heart's content for today. And I with you, if I may. I must say Rodnor's healing drained me."
Looking again carefully at Aragorn, Halbarad saw that indeed a certain pallor lurked in his face. "It will be my pleasure."
The next day, when the mid-day bell ring, Halbarad and Aragorn went to a chamber near the Hall of Fire where Elrond's war council was to be held. Chairs were drawn up to a round table where a large map of Eriador lay. Elrond and his sons, Elladan and Elrohir, were already there with Daeron and Rodnor, and Erestor also was present. Halbarad's eyes went at once to Rodnor, who stood quietly and unobstrusively behind his elders. His calm was remarkable, considering how troubled he had been on entering the valley. Halbarad embraced him. "You are well?"
The boy nodded. "Yes, very. Lady Gilraen had me rest and fed me until I am about to pop."
Halbarad chuckled and slapped him on the back. "Good!"
"And I have apologized to Master Elrond," Rodnor said in a shame-faced voice.
"And I, for my part," Elrond interjected, "told him there was no need for that. The enemy that we face has deep arts indeed, as we will discuss here, and no blame is attached to any who suffer from it. Let's consider our position, shall we?"
Aragorn had sat at the table opposite to Elrond and was examining the map before them; Halbarad stood behind him. Elladan and Elrohir had placed markers in various spots in the Ettenmoors, clustered most thickly to the east of Wolf's Head at the pass to the old kingdom of Angmar.
"Here is where the enemy was last seen," Elladan said, pointing with his long finger. "But that was last January, over two months now, before the heavy snows set in. Still, we know they must be there, and all the more securely for their secrecy. And here"—he indicated a marker south of the others—"is where Halbarad and Aragorn found Rodnor and Daeron, and where Beleg and Hawk died."
"Yes, that's the place, as near as I can tell," Aragorn said. "We were just north of the Hoarwell. Did you find the place in your scouting? We had to leave our comrades without burial, and I would greatly like to make that right."
"The snow has yet made that impossible," said Elrohir. "But we will find it. We must, not only for the sake of their memory, but to continue the hunt for Ahando's wolves. That was the last place they were seen."
Daeron nodded. "Yes, I killed the wolf that had slain Hawk. But the carcass disappeared. It was no ordinary beast."
"There, for all we know, Ahando's spirit may still linger," said Elrond. "It is a perilous place, and must be approached with great caution. He will be looking for another body to steal, if he has not found one already."
"We must begin again soon, now that spring has come," Elladan said.
"My father is certain that Wolf's Head can no longer be trusted," Halbarad said. "We have to assume the secret has been betrayed through Beleg."
"So we think too," said Elladan. "We need to find another stronghold, perhaps at the Ranger station in the Weather Hills. It will be a long hunt."
"I am now fit and can join you, with Elrond's leave," said Aragorn.
"No," Elrond shook his head. "You must stay entirely away from there. It's you he wants above all. My greatest fear is that he will escape and get news of you to his foul master. While he remains bodiless, at least we do not have that to fear. He is trapped where he is."
"Then am I to stay safely in Rivendell while my friends are in danger?"
"For the present," said Elrond firmly. "There are others who can fight this battle. In fact," and his face lit with a sudden, almost mischievous smile, "I have an idea to consult with Gandalf the Grey on the matter. Unfortunately, it may take some time to find him. When I left Rivendell last fall, it was in part to take council with him. Now he has wandered off again, as is his wont."
"Gandalf! An excellent idea," Halbarad said. "What help do you think he can give us?"
"He himself has great power against the Unseen. But I am thinking also of his companions. It seems to me that the best warriors to send against this thief of the bodies of Elves and Men are—Dwarves."
Erestor gave a little shout of laughter. "An inspired idea, Master Elrond. No Elf would choose the body of a Dwarf!"
"Would the Dwarves help us?" Aragorn asked.
"I think so," said Elrond. "They have as much reason as we to hate and fear the presence of the enemy in the mountains. And this move to refound a stronghold in the North, I believe, is Sauron's answer to the loss of Smaug at the Lonely Mountain when Thorin took back the Dwarf kingdom. I will send messengers to look for Gandalf. He will have the greatest means of persuasion."
"If that can be done, the Rangers will surely welcome the help," said Halbarad.
"Meanwhile, we must guard the area, and not expect to conquer it, unless the Orcs make themselves known," said Elrond. "But they may not do so while Ahando remains bodiless. That is our great chance. Perhaps by the autumn we will have a troop of Dwarves to send on the hunt."
When the council broke up, Aragorn beckoned at Halbarad to remain. "For this concerns you too," he said as he turned to his foster father. "Elrond, how long do you expect me to remain here?"
Elrond looked troubled. "I do not know. For the time being, there is still work to be done on your training. When that is finished, I will decide what to do next."
"Let's hope it's by the autumn," Halbarad said. "My father is calling a meeting of the captains and Aragorn should be there if he can."
"Perhaps," Elrond said. "But he may have other tasks."
"Yes," said Aragorn slowly. "Master Elrond, if you feel the need of sequestering me in a safe place far from Ahando's reach, I ask that you send me to Círdan to learn to sail a ship."
"Sail a ship!" cried Halbarad, thoroughly astonished. "What use is that to the Rangers of the North?"
But Elrond was smiling. "Many things may happen that you do not expect, Halbarad. And perhaps you, too, should go to Círdan with Aragorn." He bowed to them and took his leave.
"Is this the blood of the mariners of Númenor calling to you, my friend?" Halbarad said.
"It may be," Aragorn answered. "It is something I saw in my dreams, and it keeps coming to me: black ships on a wide river." His grey eyes seemed to be seeing something that was not there. "And I believe that Elrond is right that you should come with me."
"I am the king's man," Halbarad said.
Hallor, it turned out, was not to be deterred lightly from his wish that the Chieftain come soon to the Angle. Aragorn had to acknowledge the acting chieftain's canny knowledge of his people when, at the height of summer, long after Daeron, Rodnor and Halbarad had left the Valley, Dírhael and Ivorwen came again to visit their daughter and grandson. Who better to deliver the message of the wished-for early marriage than Dírhael, his own grandfather?
He kept silent on the matter, waiting for his grandfather to choose the moment to speak. But he was surprised when, one evening, when the dinner table was cleared of everything but the ewers of fragrant wine and a bowl of walnuts, his mother cleared her throat.
"I have something to tell all of you," she said.
Her face was grave and yet happy at the same time. Aragorn waited.
"I have decided to return to Thurnost," she said.
"Wonderful news, daughter!" Dírhael cried.
"Why have you come to this decision?" Aragorn asked. She had said nothing of it.
"Because my people are there. Because I am the wife of Arathorn and the mother of Aragorn. In truth, for many reasons. I know it will be a harder life, but it's time to leave Rivendell. My job here is done. And I will ask Rodnor to become my foster son."
Pleased, Aragorn smiled. "That is a very good idea. Does he know?"
"Not yet," Gilraen said. "I wanted to consider the idea of returning to Thurnost for a while. I cannot foster him if I am not there. But my mind is now made up."
Aragorn knew that his mother's will was as strong as his own when she had determined her course. "Well then, I am glad. I will escort you to Thurnost myself, when Elrond gives me leave."
"There will be much rejoicing!" cried Dírhael. "We will have games, bonfires and a proper welcoming."
"And none will be happier than we," Ivorwen said. "I never wanted to influence your choice, Gilraen, but I have missed you. Iorlas will be greatly pleased that his children have an aunt."
"Well!" said Dírhael. "I too have news of concern to our family. I have a message from Hallor and the captains, such of them as were lately gathered in Thurnost."
Aragorn turned his full attention to his grandfather. "Yes?"
"Yes, indeed. It's simple enough. They wish an early marriage for you."
Aragorn assumed a mild surprise, his hand lightly grasping the rim of the elegant goblet before him. "And why is that?"
"Need I spell it out?" Dírhael said. "The male descent stops with you. The only others in the House of Isildur are Hallor himself and Halbarad, and they only through Argonui's daughter. We need more sons in the Chieftain's line. Therefore, you will marry."
"No, I will not," Aragorn said quietly.
"Not immediately," Dírhael agreed. "But a betrothal must be made, and you can marry at a time proper to the bride's age."
Aragorn could hear the rustle of silken skirts as his mother stirred in her seat. Ivorwen did not stir or speak; she had doubtless already known of this message. He waited for his grandfather to continue.
"There are several suitable young women," Dírhael said. "You will meet them and make your choice, but the captains want a betrothal by next spring."
Aragorn remained silent as he raised his goblet of wine to his lips and drank.
"One you know already," Dírhael persevered. "Lalaith, my son's daughter and your cousin, is still a child, so the wedding would be postponed some years. But it would be a sound choice. There is also Túrin's daughter, who is eighteen now and lives in Sarn Ford. She is most charming and skilled in all that's necessary for a woman. The betrothal would then be shorter, which has its own merit."
At the mention of Lalaith Aragorn made a sharp movement in his chair and directed a surprised look at his grandfather. Gilraen lowered her head and groaned.
Dírhael looked at her sharply. "Did you speak, daughter?"
"No, father," she said meekly.
"Good." He looked back at Aragorn. "You cannot question the wisdom of this decision, grandson. You know as well as any man among us our great need and your duty."
"Yes indeed," said Aragorn softly.
"Of course," Dírhael continued, "if you have a preference for another, any woman of Dúnedain blood that you choose would be agreeable to the captains. The captains will expect you to act on this as soon as you can return to Thurnost. That will give you time to adjust your thoughts and think about your wishes in a wife." He stood up. "Perhaps the womenfolk will aid you in that," he said with a quirk of his mouth as he left the room.
Utter silence descended on the chamber, where candlelight cast shadows of gold along the walls.
"This will not happen," Aragorn said simply. "You have no need to trouble yourselves."
"Oh, Estel," Gilraen said, in a tone that he knew as one of great distress. "Although you may not like it, the captains have good reasons for this. Please think about it."
Ivorwen, who had remained silent throughout Dírhael's speech, stirred in her chair at last. "They are wrong," she said firmly. "There is only one woman that Aragorn may marry, and if he does not wed her, the Heirs of Isildur will come to an end. But she is not a woman of the Dúnedain."
"So you know then," Aragorn said. "I thought you probably did, with your Sight."
"It needs no Sight to know," Ivorwen said. "You carry your love in your eyes. Dírhael knows too, but he is has always been one to put duty before feelings. Isn't that so often true of our people? But you are fortunate."
"Oh, mother," Gilraen groaned.
Aragorn stared at his grandmother. "That's the last word I would use."
"Gilraen, leave us for the moment," Ivorwen said. "I wish to speak to my grandson alone."
"Mother, please do not—"
But Ivorwen cut her off. "I will follow my own judgment in this matter, my child."
Gilraen left the room in a brisk flourish of discontent.
"Come with me, Aragorn son of Arathorn, Lord of the Dúnedain," Ivorwen said. "Let's go out and see the stars."
For a while they stood in silence, gazing out at the wide, black sky bejeweled with stars of molten silver. Aragorn felt a strange peacefulness, as if he had finally reached a decision that had long eluded him. He knew, somehow, that his grandmother understood this.
"Do you remember the day we first met?" she said at last.
"Vividly," he said. "That day is engraved on my memory forever."
"I told you then about the dream I had at your birth about a green stone of great beauty and clarity. Since then I have Seen it again, and I Saw it in the hands of Arwen Undómiel."
Aragorn's heart leaped within him. "How so?"
But she shook her head. "That I do not know. I don't know what the stone is, or where it comes from. Nor do I know the feelings of the lady or why she should have this stone. But it and she and you are bound together, perhaps in a way that will surprise all of us. It may not be what you hope for."
She fell silent again, as if she were listening to a faraway voice. Then she turned to him and took his face between her workworn hands. "You are fortunate, grandson, because your duty and your love are the same. You will marry Arwen Undómiel or no one."
For an intense moment she gazed into his face and Aragorn saw the truth of her Sight in her large mild eyes. She at last released him and lowered her hands to her side.
"That I know," he said quietly. "But it is likely to be no one, I believe. Indeed, the Heirs of Isildur may end with me. It would be a terrible thing, but I cannot do otherwise."
He looked at the brilliant stars above and thought of Arwen: her laughter, her wisdom, her loveliness. In those first, brief days when he had believed himself loved, he knew now that he had thought only of himself and his own happiness. He had not understood the willfulness of the demands he was making of her.
"I cannot stop thinking of her," he said. "But though I dream of marriage, I can never ask it. All I want to be near her some times, if she would only let me. Last I saw her, she told me to never come near her again. But sometimes," he whispered, "I wonder if some day she may change her mind. And that seems almost worse to me, because of the choice she would have to make."
Ivorwen's soft eyes were fixed on his face. "What will you do?"
Gratefully Aragorn smiled at her. "My duty. I will follow the path that is before me and go to Círdan. I will put Narsil again in Elrond's hands, and come back to reclaim it when I have earned it. And some day I will see Arwen again and fate will bring what it may. I have at last learned to wait."
And hanging low over the horizon he saw the bright light of Gil-Estel, the Star of Hope, blazing out like a beacon.
For nearly thirty years Aragorn laboured in the cause against Sauron; and he became a friend of Gandalf the Wise, from whom he gained much wisdom. With him he made many perilous journeys, but as the years wore on he went more often alone. His ways were hard and long, and he became somewhat grim to look upon, unless he chanced to smile; and yet he seemed to Men worthy of honour, as a king that is in exile, when he did not hide his true shape. For he went in many guises, and won renown under many names. He rode in the host of the Rohirrim, and fought for the Lord of Gondor by land and by sea; and then in the hour of victory he passed out of the knowledge of Men of the West, and went alone far into the East and deep into the South, exploring the hearts of Men, both evil and good, and uncovering the plots and devices of the servants of Sauron.
Thus he became at last the most hardy of living Men, skilled in their crafts and lore, and was yet more than they; for he was elven-wise, and there was a light in his eyes that when they were kindled few could endure. His face was sad and stern because of the doom that was laid on him, and yet hope dwelt ever in the depths of his heart, from which mirth would arise at times like a spring from the rock.


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Dr. Bernard Revel
Dr. Bernard Revel pioneered Yeshiva University's ideological mission of Torah Umadda, the concept of a successful, creative synthesis of the study of Torah and the arts and sciences.
Educated at several great European Talmudical centers and later at the University of Pennsylvania, he was awarded a PhD by Dropsie College in Philadelphia, the first conferred by that school. He exemplified in his own life the harmonious blending of knowledge that was a key factor in his vision.
In 1915, Dr. Revel became president of Yeshivat Eitz Chaim and Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary, which had been chartered by New York State in 1897. From the merger of these two institutions, guided by Dr. Revel, Yeshiva University would evolve.
In 1928, the institution's charter was amended to authorize the granting of Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degrees. This made possible the establishment of Yeshiva College, the first college of liberal arts and sciences under Jewish auspices. That same year, the Main Building (now David H. Zysman Hall) was dedicated, marking the beginning of the Washington Heights campus.
In 1933, the institution was authorized to grant honorary degrees of Doctor of Humane Letters and Doctor of Laws, and several years later, incorporated a graduate program, now the Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies.
Dr. Revel served as president until his death in 1940.
Dr. Revel's greatest legacy was the creation of the nation's first liberal arts college under Jewish auspices, the realization of his ideal of a vital synthesis of Jewish and general studies, which became the philosophical foundation for Yeshiva University.

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Duchesne, Jacobson Earn USHL Player Of The Week Honors
CHICAGO, IL -- The United States Hockey League announced Monday that Chad Duchesne has been named CCM Defensive Player of the Week and David Jacobson has been named Reebok Co-Goaltender of the Week. It marks the first time this season that two players from the Sioux Falls Stampede have captured the award in the same week. Both played key roles in helping lead the Stampede to a three point weekend.
Duchesne assisted on the Stampede's second goal in a 4-3 shootout loss to Waterloo on Friday before recording two goals in the first period in a 6-0 rout of Tri-City on Saturday. Duchesne tallied the first and third goals of three-goal first period and finished the night with a plus-2 rating. The Inverary, Ontario native was the Stampede's first round draft choice in the 2013 Phase 2 USHL Draft. He has recorded 10 points (3g, 7a) in 17 games this season and has already committed to play collegiate hockey at Northeastern University.
Jacobson was in goal for both of the Stampede games this past weekend, making a combined 57 saves. On Friday, Jacobson turned aside 39 of 42 shots in regulation and overtime and then stopped 9 of 12 Waterloo skaters in the shootout, helping the Stampede earn a point. On Saturday, he recorded his first career USHL shutout with 18 saves against Tri-City. The Los Angeles, Calif. native is 4-0-1 with a 1.18 goals-against-average (GAA) and a .959 save percentage over his last five starts. On the year, Jacobson is 8-2-1 with a 2.19 GAA and a .922 save percentage.
Duchesne, Jacobson and the Stampede return to action this weekend when they close out their five-game homestand with games against Indiana and Fargo, Friday and Saturday night. Game times are 7:05 PM each night.
Courtesy: Sioux Falls Stampede


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As much as we would like to deny it, it is not uncommon to walk into a yoga class filled with slender, flexible bodies moving gracefully from asana to asana. Not a welcoming site to those whose physiques don't fit into this category. As beneficial as a yoga class can and would be for larger bodies, many shy away from classes feeling out of place and underrepresented. To address this shortage, yoga classes just for bigger bodies are popping up all over the country.
The practice of yoga is about the essence of beauty, which is different than what is perceived externally. The essence of beauty resides beneath the flesh deep in a place that yoga encourages you to discover. But if external appearances are a distraction, its often difficult to focus within. Plus-sized yoga is creating a space that offers common ground to the above average sized person, so that the beauty of the Self can be revealed. Classes are forming in many studios that are taught by bigger teachers to more compassionately and empathetically address their studentship, and whole studios are forming around the concept of size and self acceptance.
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Buddha Bodies studio in New York is owned by 49 year old Michael Hayes, a 5-11 250 lb instructor that is "not interested in teaching small people." In addition to superficial appearance, the larger body has different capacities. Often, asanas that are easeful to smaller bodies present a challenge to larger ones. The needs, benefits, and effects of the asanas can be radically different from person to person, which is often the case with larger students. Classes formulated for larger bodies can address these inconsistencies in a supportive, inclusive atmosphere.
There are critics, though. Teachers like Kelly McGonigal, the editor in chief of the International Journal of Yoga Therapy disagrees with the segregation of classes for larger students feeling that it is a sign that something is wrong in our communities when we create classes based on size. Something to consider. Most asana teachers can and should be able to accommodate any asana class for any sized person. But, do accommodations and modifications create the most compassionate and suitable atmosphere for inner growth? For some, maybe, but for others who prefer the space and consideration for their individual needs, maybe not. All yoga asana does not fit all bodies, experiences, or needs. Often populations with specific considerations benefit a great deal more by being addressed as individuals with shared needs rather than directed to forgo their personal limitations and keep up with the class.
Yoga classes for larger bodies are becoming more popular and their might even be one in your area. Also, there are several books and videos available to support a home practice. Lastly, if you are a bountiful bodied yoga student who feels limited in your regular asana classes, talk with your teacher about your feelings and concerns. Remember, this practice is open to anyone and everyone that wants to discover it.


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That being said, this recipe is one that has been on my "To Make" board for about 6 months now. Banana cream pie became stuck in my head after hearing Mike and Tom talk about it on their podcast "MATES." Since then, I had been dying to make one, and a Saturday night at home warranted the occasion.
Once you master making a custard filling, it opens up a door to a whole new world of desserts. The key to the perfect custard is to go slow and whisk constantly! If you boil the milk or add the warm milk to the eggs too quickly, you could risk scorching your milk or curdling your eggs (respectively). Keep your milk over medium-low heat and add it to your eggs about 1/4 of a cup at a time. It's incredibly trying on those of us who are not patient but believe me, you do not want to rush this. Also, make sure you're whisking constantly, even if it is a pain. This will keep your custard silky and smooth. I mean, who would want to bite into a lumpy custard? It makes my skin crawl just thinking about it...
Also, just a word of warning, when you have your milk/egg mixture over heat it's going to thicken up rather suddenly. I was lackadaisically swirling the whisk around the pot when I noticed a clump was starting to form in the middle of the pot. At that point, you want to make sure you're whisking consistently and somewhat rapidly. You want it to thicken up smoothly without any lumps.
I have to admit, when I was spooning the custard into a bowl I was a little skeptical. I had never made custard before, so I didn't know what to make of the smell and consistency of the goopy stuff I had just made. So I decided to have a little taste. At first, I didn't taste anything, but then this slightly sweet taste started to come, and before I knew it I was licking the pot clean. The custard is not eggy at all, and using brown sugar instead of granulated sugar makes for a very rich custard.
The pie is just lovely. For a cream pie, it's not heavy at all, and the custard is so silky and decadent. Also, there's nothing quite like homemade whipped cream, and with this recipe, you'll have some left over for dipping fruit in and putting on your ice cream. The strawberries are such a nice touch to the pie since they add a tiny bit of tartness. This pie was wonderful and I know it will make an appearance again this summer. Or maybe even as early as Mother's Day.
Strawberry Banana Cream Pie
Yield: 1 9-in. pie
Prep Time: 45 min + 1 hour (at least) in fridge
For the filling:
- 2 c whole milk
- 6 large egg yolks
- ½ c brown sugar
- 1/3 c cornstarch
- pinch of salt
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 3 tbsp unsalted butter
To assemble the pie:
- 1 graham cracker pie crust
- 2 bananas, sliced
- ½ lb strawberries, sliced
For the topping*:
- 2 c (1 pint) whipping cream
- 4 tbsp powdered sugar
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
To make the filling, bring the milk to a slow boil in a small saucepan over medium heat.
In a separate, larger saucepan (not over heat), whisk the egg yolks together with the brown sugar, cornstarch, and salt until well blended and thick. Drizzle about ¼ of the hot milk into the egg mixture, whisking constantly to warm the eggs slowly. Slowly add the rest of the milk in a steady stream, whisking constantly. Be careful not to let the eggs curdle.
Place the saucepan with the egg and milk mixture over medium heat and bring the mixture to a boil, whisking constantly. Allow the mixture to boil, still whisking, for 1 minute and then remove from heat. The mixture should be thick and creamy.
Whisk in the vanilla extract and then let stand for 5 minutes. Whisk in the butter, stirring constantly until the butter is incorporated. Transfer the custard to a bowl and cover it with plastic wrap, allowing the plastic wrap to touch the surface of the custard so a skin doesn't form on the top. Refrigerate until cold throughout (at least one hour but preferably overnight).
To assemble the pie, layer the bananas and then the strawberries along the bottom of the graham cracker pie crust. Mash the left over banana slices and stir into the custard. Pour the custard into the pie shell and smooth. Cover with plastic wrap and place in the refrigerator.
When ready to serve the pie, spread the whipped topping on the pie and top with any left over sliced strawberries. Serve pie immediately or refrigerate. Pie will last 2 – 3 days.
*Note: this makes more whipped topping than you will need for the pie, but you can always use it as a topping for fruit, ice cream, pastries, etc. or store in the freezer for use later.
Adapted from Joy the Baker


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Which Team Will Advance to the Eastern Conference Finals? — Sports Survey of the Day
The Indiana Pacers are one game away from knocking Carmelo Anthony and the New York Knicks out of the NBA playoffs.
Fortunately for New York fans, the Knicks were able to stay alive with an 85-75 win in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference semifinals. Anthony led his team with a 28-point performance, but will they be able to take down Indiana twice more?
The Pacers lead the series, 3-2, with Game 6 on Saturday night in Indiana. The starting five for Indiana has been playing pretty well, except of course for Game 5. So will the Knicks take this series in a comeback, or are the Pacers on their way to winning their first conference title since 2000?


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Sometimes I'm thinking to myself, "what would happen if my apartment building had 700 horsepower?" Well, John Hennessey answered and gave the world the 700 HP Mercedes G-Wagen. The question now is if it's faster than a stock GT-R.
As you can see in the above video, the GT-R edges out the Geländewagen in both regular and 'R' mode in a drag race.
If you asked the driver of the Mercedes how fast he felt he was going, the answer would probably be eight trillion times faster than the Nissan. I have ridden in a G63 AMG (with a mere 536 horsepower) and I can attest that being in one under full acceleration is akin to being pushed off a tall building while riding an elephant.


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Explores the semantic and pragmatic effects of focus in natural language discourse
Concentrates on focus sensitivity, the remarkable dependency some words have to the effects of focus; for example, comparing she only LIKES me (i.e. nothing deeper) to she only likes ME (i.e. nobody else)
Highlights the importance of focus as an interface topic in contemporary linguistic theory between sound and meaning
Discusses the features of QFC, an original theory of focus implying a new typology of focus-sensitive expressions
Includes a series of new diagnostic tests, a detailed study of how focus sensitive expressions behave in Germanic and Romance languages, and the first theory of the meaning of exclusives that explains their focus sensitivity in terms of their meaning and function in dialogue
Sheila E. Blumstein, Brown University
"This is a most welcome book. For the expert who is well aware of the complexity of the issues and methods in speech perception, this handbook is a godsend for its thoroughness. It covers the field from a to z including, most notably, extended examination of the challenges that speech variability presents to the listener and that special listeners face. For the student or researcher from outside the field, the handbook is a lively introduction to the extraordinary progress that the study of speech perception has enjoyed over the last few decades."
Gary Dell, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
"This real treasury marks the maturity of the field of speech perception, making the whole body of work widely available in one volume as never before. The core of experimental studies in young adults that defined the field 30 years ago was based in phonology, acoustic phonetics, perception psychology, and physiology. The editors are to be congratulated on updating these roots, while reflecting the kaleidoscopic extension into studies with infants, the elderly, and distinct patient groups, and consolidating the link to neuroscience."
Mark Haggard, MRC, Cambridge, UK
"This is a necessary volume. At a time when advances in our understanding of speech perception are as likely to come from functional imaging techniques, Optimality Theory, or the study of speech perception mediated by cochlear implants, researchers need a single volume that captures the state of inquiry across the spectrum of speech research. Pisoni and Remez have assembled a wonderful resource."
David W. Gow, Jr., The Massachusetts General Hospital
"With the addition of this volume to the Blackwell series of handbooks in linguistics, the study of speech perception takes its rightful place as an independent and mature subdiscipline of linguistics. Covering a wide range of topics, from the encoding and neural representation of speech to the recognition of linguistic and paralinguistic properties by a variety of listener populations, this volume both surveys the current landscape of speech perception research and sets an agenda for the future development of the field."
Ann Bradlow, Northwestern University
"A detailed collection of forward-thinking seminal articles...enables both the student and researcher to understand the most complicated aspects of the subject... If you have to purchase just one core text on speech perception- definitely buy this! ... an exciting, stimulating and informative collection of readings available as a single volume that is excellent value for money. The editors have assembled a wonderful resource."
Reference Reviews
The Handbook of Speech Perception provides a comprehensive examination of the field and is an essential addition to a growing understanding and appreciation of its far-reaching theoretical and clinical relevance.
Robert E. Remez is Ann Whitney Olin Professor of Psychology at Barnard College, Columbia University. His research on the perception and production of speech has focused on perceptual organization and the identification of individual talkers. His research reports have appeared in a variety of scientific journals including Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, Perception & Psychophysics, Psychological Review, Psychological Science, and Science.
Preface: Michael Studdert-Kennedy (Haskins Laboratories).
Introduction: David B. Pisoni (Indiana University) and Robert E. Remez (Barnard College).
Part I: Sensing Speech.
1. Acoustic Analysis and Synthesis of Speech: James R. Sawusch (University at Buffalo).
2. Perceptual Organization of Speech: Robert E. Remez (Barnard College).
3. Primacy of Multimodal Speech Perception: Lawrence D. Rosenblum (University of California, Riverside).
4. Phonetic Processing by the Speech Perceiving Brain: Lynne E. Bernstein (House Ear Institute).
5. Event-related Evoked Potentials (ERPs) in Speech Perception: Dennis Molfese, Alexandra P. Fonaryova Key, Mandy J. Maguire, Guy O. Dove and Victoria J. Molfese (all University of Louisville).
Part II: Perception of Linguistic Properties.
6. Features in Speech Perception and Lexical Access: Kenneth N. Stevens (Massachusetts Institute of Technology).
7. Speech Perception and Phonological Contrast: Edward Flemming (Stanford University).
8. Acoustic Cues to the Perception of Segmental Phonemes: Lawrence J. Raphael (Adelphi University).
9. Clear Speech: Rosalie M. Uchanski (CID at Washington University School of Medicine).
10. Perception of Intonation: Jacqueline Vaissiere (Laboratoire de Phonetique et de Phonologique, Paris).
11. Lexical Stress: Anne C. Cutler (Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen, The Netherlands).
12. Slips of the Ear: Z. S. Bond (Ohio University).
Part III: Perception of Indexical Properties.
13. Perception of Dialect Variation: Cynthia Clopper and David B. Pisoni (both Indiana University).
14. Perception of Voice Quality: Jody Kreiman (UCLA), Diana Vanlancker-Sidtis (New York University) and Bruce R. Gerratt (UCLA).
15. Speaker Normalization in Speech Perception: Keith A. Johnson (Ohio State University).
16. Perceptual Integration of Linguistic and Non-Linguistic Properties of Speech: Lynne C. Nygaard (Emory University).
Part IV: Speech Perception by Special Listeners.
17. Speech Perception in Infants: Derek M. Houston (Indiana University School of Medicine).
18. Speech Perception in Childhood: Amanda C. Walley (University of Alabama, Birmingham).
19. Age-related Changes in Spoken Word Recognition: Mitchell S. Sommers (Washington University).
20. Speech Perception in Deaf Children with Cochlear Implants: David B. Pisoni (Indiana University).
21. Speech Perception following Focal Brain Injury: William Badacker (Johns Hopkins University).
22. Cross-Language Speech Perception: Nuria Sebastian-Galles (Parc Cientific de Barcelona – Hospital de San Joan de Déu).
23. Speech Perception in Specific Language Impairment: Susan Ellis Weismer (University of Wisconsin, Madison).
Part V: Recognition of Spoken Words.
24. Spoken Word Recognition: The Challenge of Variation: Paul A. Luce and Conor T. McLennan (State University of New York, Buffalo).
25. Probabilistic Phonotactics in Spoken Word Recognition: Edward T. Auer, Jr. (House Ear Institute) and Paul A. Luce (State University of New York, Buffalo).
Part VI: Theoretical Perspectives.
26. The Relation of Speech Perception and Speech Production: Carol A. Fowler and Bruno Galantucci (both Haskins Laboratories).
27. A Neuroethological Perspective on the Perception of Vocal Communication Signals: Timothy Gentner (University of Chicago) and Gregory F. Ball (Johns Hopkins University).


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O God, the Eternal Father
31243, Hymns, O God, the Eternal Father, no. 175
1. O God, th'Eternal Father,
Who dwells amid the sky,
In Jesus' name we ask thee
To bless and sanctify,
If we are pure before thee,
This bread and cup of wine,
That we may all remember
That offering divine?
2. That sacred, holy off'ring,
By man least understood,
To have our sins remitted
And take his flesh and blood,
That we may ever witness
The suff'ring of thy Son,
And always have his Spirit
To make our hearts as one.
3. When Jesus, the Anointed,
Descended from above
And gave himself a ransom
To win our souls with love?
With no apparent beauty,
That man should him desire?
He was the promised Savior,
To purify with fire.
4. How infinite that wisdom,
The plan of holiness,
That made salvation perfect
And veiled the Lord in flesh,
To walk upon his footstool
And be like man, almost,
In his exalted station,
And die, or all was lost.
Text: William W. Phelps, 1792-1872. Included in the first LDS hymnbook, 1835.
Music: Felix Mendelssohn, 1809-1847


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MTD Pro offers specialized high-quality snow blowers for residential users and professionals. Excellent all around value and reliability.
Three-Stage Snow Throwers
Equipment Highlights
- Remove the heavy, wet snow at the end of your driveway
- Choose from a variety of clearing widths that best suit your driveway size
- Available features include power steering and 4-way joystick chute control


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My Architect(2003) Images
My Architect was released in the year 2003。
World-famous architect Louis Kahn (Exeter Library, Salk Institute, Bangladeshi Capitol Building) had two illegitimate children with two different women outside of his marriage. Son Nathaniel always hoped that someday his father would come and live with him and his mother, but Kahn never left his wife. Instead, Kahn was found dead in a men's room in Penn Station when Nathaniel was only 11. Nathaniel travels the world visitng his father's buildings and haunts in this film, meeting his father's contemporaries, colleagues, students, wives, and children.


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Woman expected to recover after robbery shooting
Woman shot in neck gives description of suspects
MIAMI – As police continue their search for two men who shot a woman in the neck during a home invasion, police said the woman is expected to make a full recovery.
The shooting happened about 1:30 p.m. Wednesday near Kadosh Beauty Salon, located at 60 Northwest 69th Avenue in Miami.
Miami police said the woman's condition has improved. She also gave detectives a description of the two suspects involved.
According to the woman, she was confronted and robbed Wednesday by two Latin men, both possibly in their 20s, with a heavy Spanish accent. At least one of the men was armed with a handgun, said police.
Both of the men demanded her belongings, but prior to fleeing, police said one of the robbers shot her in the neck.
In fear for her life, police said the woman grabbed a towel, applied pressure and ran into a beauty salon at 6907 West Flagler Street, just around the corner from her home, and asked for help.
Neighbors said the woman lives with her husband in an efficiency apartment. The owner of the beauty salon said it was the third violent robbery in the area in the last month.
The woman was transported by Miami Fire Rescue to Jackson Memorial Hospital's Ryder Trauma Unit, where she was listed in critical condition. Police said she is now expected to be OK.
Anyone with information on the shooting or about the suspects is asked to call Miami-Dade Crimestoppers at 305-471-6160.
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When March Madness rolls around, Josh Lee, an avowed basketball junkie, can think of no better place to be.
Of course, Lee has the equivalent of a ringside seat at the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. As an assistant coach for Brewster Academy in Wolfeboro, one of the nation's premier prep school basketball powers, he can watch March Madness through a unique lens few experience, because he personally knows a dozen or more of the participants.
The tournament began Tuesday with playoff games and gets going in earnest Thursday and Lee, jokingly, said he was petitioning the NCAA to spread out the games in which Brewster kids are playing. There are 12 Brewster kids in the tournament and tonight Lee said there are six players in one part of the bracket and he can't watch them all play because games are all starting around the same time.
Poor Mr. Lee.
Josh Lee is a Farmington-native, who was a pretty good basketball player in his own right. He was an all-state player at Farmington High School in the mid 1990s for his dad, Mike Lee, a highly-respected New Hampshire coach for 21 years. Josh later attended old Notre Dame College in Manchester, where he earned his bachelor and masters degrees in physical therapy. He played hoop at Notre Dame for three years as a point guard, highlighted by the 1998-99 season when he was No. 2 in the nation in assists per game in NAIA Division II.
Lee, 35, has lived in Wolfeboro for seven years and is a licensed physical therapist with offices in Wolfeboro and Moultonborough. Seven years ago, Brewster coach Jason Smith approached him about helping coach the Brewster team, and Lee was happy to come onboard.
He coached the B team his first year, but for the past six years he has devoted his basketball time to the A team where he works with the "bigs" or inside players and does all the strength and conditioning for the whole team or "the 6 a.m.'s" as he calls the workouts.
His first year the Bobcats went 29-6 and were fifth in the nation. The following year they went to the final four and were 31-4. Of the 13 players on that team, 12 went on to play D-I ball. The 12th player, Chauncey Gilliam, made the America East Conference All-Rookie Team.
Brewster has arrived on the national scene with six straight trips to the national prep final four, national titles in 2010 and 2012, and three NEPSAC championships. Their season ended last month with a NEPSAC title and a loss in the national final, and now Lee is in relaxation mode following his "boys" in the NCAA tournament.
The 12 Brewster players dancing in March are North Carolina State's TJ Warren, Michigan's Mitch McGary, UCLA's Khalid McCaskill, Pittsburgh's Durand Johnson, Kansas' Naadir Tharpe, Iowa State's Melvin Ejim, Minnesota's Mo Walker, Syracuse's CJ Fair, Oklahoma's Andrew Fitzgerald, Arizona's Mark Lyons, New Mexico's Emmanuel Negedu and Akron's Chauncey Gilliam.
"Thursday's going to be rough," Lee said. "But if I can't see all the games, I'll be on my phone every five minutes checking scores."
It's tough when Brewster kids face off against each other, which will happen. In fact, it will happen Friday in the South Region where there are six teams with Brewster kids on board, and UCLA and Minnesota will meet head to head.
"One of them, their season is over, and one of them, they move on," Lee said. "You sit there and go, 'ah man, that's tough.'"
Lee said it's tougher for him to fill out a bracket the past couple years because he knows players, so the personal connection sometimes interferes.
Lee talks about some of the Brewster players, noting that the 6-foot-6 Ejim for Iowa State is a "double-double machine," and Oklahoma's Fitzgerald was moved out of the the starting lineup because they needed someone to come off the bench and score.
Tharpe is the backup point guard at Kansas, which lost in the 2012 championship to Kentucky, 67-59, and Lee was there to see the game in New Orleans, in the front row no less. Another Brewster player, Thomas Robinson, now in the NBA with the Houston Rockets, starred on that 2012 Kansas team, earning All-American honors and was selected to the Final Four all-tournament team. Lee has been to a half dozen final fours, but last year was the first time there were Brewster kids still playing.
McGary is Michigan's sixth man, but Lee believes they are better when McGary is on the floor. Warren for N.C. State is the leader in field goal percentage (.626) in the Atlantic Coast Conference. This time of the year, Lee is glued to the TV and staying in touch with players.
"I'll send them text messages saying 'Good luck tonight,'" Lee said. "They respond."
Most of the players Brewster attacts are juniors or seniors and stay for a year or two. Lee said they are looking to imrpove their academics, get some exposurere and improve their game. They may also need to mature and remove themselves from a negative situation. Most are innter-city kids from places like Baltimore, Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles, Seattle and New York City.
"We usually get 400 inquires every year for 10 spots," Lee said. "We look at a kid's character, can he do the school work and can he qualify for college."
A little basketball talent doesn't hurt either.
Lee has some good stories about players and coaches. One of the best is one he tells about Will Barton, who later starred at the University fo Memphis and is now with the NBA's Portland Traiblazers.
It was early in the 2009-10 season and Barton got in an argument late in a game with South Kent. Coach Smith told Barton to sit down and there he sat, sulking, as the game ended in regulation tied, went into two overtimes with players fouling out left and right, and still Barton was left to sit on the bench. Brewster eventually lost.
Lee said in the locker room after the game, Barton was sitting there with his jersey on, shaking his head and saying "This has never happened to me. I've never been told 'no.' I've never been benched."
"It was the turning point in the season," Lee said. "We ended up losing the game. Google Will and he tells that story all the time."
The Bobcats went on to win the national championship and Barton was the top ranked shooting guard in the country.
"He went out and pretty much proved it every night," Lee said.
Lee said it is not all that uncommon to see big-name college coaches at Brewster games, like Florida's Billy Donovan, in the middle of the winter, sitting by themselves watching a game.
Laughing, Lee tells the story of former Arizona coach Lute Olson flying into Laconia to see a player four or five years ago. He took a helicopter from Laconia and landed on Brewster's baseball field, came in and talked with the player during a workout for eight minutes and then left.
"That's the craziest entrance I've seen so far," Lee said. "I'm still waiting for someone to drive a duckboat up on the shore with their band playing. That would be impressive."
But now it's March Madness and Lee is juiced for the basketball road ahead.
"I'm ready. I love it," he said. "It's the best game in the world. Other people like soccer, baseball, football. I'll take basketball any day."
In March, you'd be mad not to.
Mike Whaley is the Sports Editor for Foster's Daily Democrat and the Rochester Times. He can be reached at email@example.com.


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MAC Address and ARP Spoofing v1.3
By Steve Cronin
What's new in v1.3?
-Revised Windows MAC Address Spoofing Section
-Revised Format (Layout/Order)
-Added CAM Table Info
-Added TCPDump Info
MAC - Media Access Control (AKA BIA - Burned In Address)
Referenced to: OSI Model Layer Two - The Data Link Layer
The data link later encodes and decodes transmitting packets on a network into bits. The second layer has all the protocol information that is included in the first layer. The data link layer has two sub layers, MAC (Media Access Control) and LLC (Logical Link Layer.) The MAC sublayer controls computer data transmission authentication, and the LLC sublayer controls error checking.
MAC addresses identify each computer (node) on a network. They differ from IP addresses because IP addresses can be user assigned and maintained, while MAC addresses cannot. MAC addresses are stored (actually burned) in network cards, this is why they are also referred to as a hardware address. You cannot change your MAC address, unless you exploit your card and solder on new data. MAC addresses are presented as 48 bit hex numbers, which are assigned by the manufacturer of the card. (Total 12 digits.) The first 6 digits represent the manufacturer ID, while the last 6 digits are a serial number assigned by the manufacturer.
MAC address - 0D602F3A07BC
First 6 digits - 0D602F (Manufacturer ID)
Last 6 digits - 3A07BC (Manufacturer Serial Number)
While you cannot physically change your MAC address through your operating system, you can "spoof" the address. (Tricking the computer into sending/ storing a fake address.) There are free downloadable programs that do this for you, such as "MAC Makeup" (that come with cool features), however you can also do this through the Linux shell/ Windows registry.
To spoof your MAC address in Linux:
Access your shell and type:
"ifconfig eth0 down hw ether 00:00:00:00:00:00"
"ifconfig eth0 up"
(00:00:00:00:00:00" being your new MAC address)
To spoof your MAC address in Windows:
Method 1:
Some network cards have a "spoof MAC configuration" built in, if yours happens to have this, then use this method.
1. Go to the Control Panel and double click on Network and Dial-up Connections.
2. Right click on your card and click on "properties"
3. Click on the configure button under the general tab
4. Click on the "Advanced" tab
5. Under the Property section, click on "Network Address" (or "Locally
Administered Address")
6. Under "Value", (on the right side) type in the New MAC address you want to assign to your card.
7. Run an "ipconfig /all" or "net config rdr" to confirm the changes.
8. Reboot
Method 2:
Windows 2000/XP
1. Start the registry editor (Run - regedt32)
2. Go to "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E972-E325-11CE-BFC1
-08002BE10318}". Double click on it to expand the tree. The subkeys are 4-digit numbers,
which represent particular network adapters. You should see it starts with 0000, then 0001,
0002, 0003 and so on.
3. Find the interface you want by searching for the proper "DriverDesc" key.
4. Edit, or add, the string key "NetworkAddress" (has the data type "REG_SZ") to contain
the new MAC address.
5. Disable then re-enable the network interface that you changed (or reboot the system).
For WIN9x
Use the Windows 2000/XP method, except go to the registry key: "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Class\Net"
When done, you must restart.
About ARP (Address Resolution Protocol)
Referenced to: OSI Model Layer Three - The Network Layer
The network layer is in charge of IP addressing and routing. Tables are built to identify addresses on switches and computers for any network related devices.
The ARP matches and stores MAC and IP addresses for each node for Ethernet communication. When any packet is sent through a gateway, such as a router, the gateway uses ARP to identify the initial send node's MAC/ IP address and stores it in the packet header sending to the destination node. The IP/ MAC address matches for each node are stored (cached) in an ARP table. During MAC address packet transmission, the matches are stored in both client and host nodes.
Potentially, if a mischievous wardriver were to perform malicious actions on a network, their MAC address would be stored in the ARP table (because it stores in both client and host machines) and the network admin could find the manufacturer of the wireless card you used to hack their network. The manufacturer could then match their serial ID of the MAC address and match it to a company, and then customer, it was sold to. In other words you would get owned! (This is why it's best to buy a NIC off ebay and use that for hacking.)
If a hacker obtained control of an ARP table (physically or remotely), he could potentially change the IP to MAC address maps and use them to his advantage, such as rerouting network traffic to a computer of choice or taking down the entire network!
Note: Pinging a computer counts as sending/ receiving packets, thus updating the ARP table for the client/ host address.
Viewing BIAs in the ARP Table
Linux: type "arp" at the shell
Windows: type "arp -a" at the command prompt
Deleting ARP Table entries (Covering your tracks!)
Linux: type "arp -d <computer hostname>" at the shell
Windows: type "arp -d *" at the command prompt (removes all entries)
NOTE: Gateways also have the ability to store the MAC Address/ IP Address linkup. If you did not spoof your MAC Address, even if you clear the ARP table entries, there are still records of your MAC Address. Gateways, such as a switch, store these IP/ MAC linkups in what is called a CAM (Content Addressable Memory) table. These CAM tables look at each device that is connected to the switch. A switch is different than a hub because each port creates a collision domain, like it's own network. The same "learning process" makes CAM tables as ARP tables. Normally, whenever a computer is rebooted, it's ARP table is cleared. Whenever a switch is rebooted, it's CAM table is cleared.
Adding Static ARP entries
Linux: type "arp -s <IP> <MAC>" at the shell
Windows: type "arp -s <IP> <MAC>" at the command prompt
Example: "arp -s 192.168.1.100 00-00-00-00-00-00"
ARP Attacks using Linux
Download the program "arpspoof"
The goal of an ARP attack is to capture, monitor, and/or change data flow on a network.
To start off, you'll need two NICs in your machine. On one card you will connect to the target machine, and on the other card you will connect to the gateway. IP fowarding needs to be enabled on your computer so traffic flows through your computer. To do this, type the following into the Linux shell:
"echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward"
then type
"cat /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward"
You should get a reply of "1".
When you connect to the gateway on a network, for purposes such as connecting to the internet, your computer sends an ARP request to the target gateway requesting a MAC/ IP address pair up. The switch sees your request and broadcasts it to every single computer already on the network. The gateway receives your ARP request (from the switch) and replies with a MAC address. The gateway updates the MAC/ IP pair up within the ARP table for your computer within it's internal ARP table. The switch then receives the gateway's reply to your computer, and matches up your computer with a port number on the switch. Your computer receives the gateway's reply (containing the new ARP information) and updates its ARP table. Your computer can now send information to the gateway with its verified MAC address.
ARP spoofing involves tricking the gateway and target computer on the network to reroute all data to your machine, this is done by running two sessions of "arpspoof" on your computer. With the first session you're going to trick the target computer into thinking that your computer has the MAC address of the gateway. With the second session you're going to trick the actual gateway into thinking that your computer is the target computer. This way, all data going in-between the gateway and target computer will be rerouted to pass through your machine.
Note: If you did not enable IP forwarding, the target computer will lose connectivity.
The arpspoof sessions might look something like this:
"arpspoof -t <victim gateway>" (Changes your MAC Address to match that of the gateway, thus updating the ARP table fooling the victim computer will think that you are the gateway.)
In another session (different NIC)
"arpspoof -t <gateway victim>" (Changes your MAC Address to match that of the victim computer, thus updating the ARP table fooling the gateway into thinking that you are the victim computer.)
Now you are able to see all the traffic going on between that computer and the gateway on the network. There are many ways to do this, (ex. Using 3rd party programs) but the simplest would be to do a tcpdump. Performing a tcpdump will pring out all currently passing data on your screen. There many different switches that can be used to define various parameters of the program. However a basic tcpdump session would look like this:
"tcpdump <victim computer>"
Preventing ARP Attacks
1. Download "arpwatch" (Monitors ARP/ IP address matching and lets you know when changes are made)
2. Encrypt all data transmission on your network. (Using methods such as WEP or WPA)
That is all! Hope you enjoyed!


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The company is a training and consultancy company for students and graduates seeking careers in Banking & Finance.
It is about haloing students that might not necessarily have the best grades and go to the best universities stand a chance at leading Investment Banks and to coach them to get more offers, earn more money and climb the ladder in Banks & Financial Institutions,
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Students and Graduates at mid tier colleges and universities who want to work in Banking & Finance.
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The Lincoln/Logan County Chamber of
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sheriff's candidates on March 4. This free event will begin at 6:30
p.m. at the Johnston Center on the Lincoln College campus.
Neither the YPN nor the chamber of commerce will endorse or
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Greg Basford, owner of Heritage Packaging, and chairman of the
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questions of importance to the average citizen and to the business
community. The panel is made up of Andi Hake, executive director of
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UK: British firms face fraud allegations over 'phantom' armoured vehicles
Three British companies are facing accusations that they engaged in large-scale fraud in Iraq after it emerged they were paid for "phantom" armoured vehicles destined to protect Iraqi government employees. The vehicles were never delivered, but the companies were paid anyway.
One company, headed by a former deputy assistant commissioner at Scotland Yard and a colourful ex-army officer, received $5.7m (£2.93m), even though the vehicles never left the factory in Russia where they were due to be manufactured.
Government investigators in the United States have condemned a "virtual pandemic" of corruption in Iraq which saw $9bn of the country's oil revenues disappear without trace after Saddam Hussein was toppled four years ago. However, this is the first time that British companies have been accused of involvement in the widespread fraud which flourished in the chaos following the 2003 invasion.
Allegations against the three British companies are known to be detailed in a confidential statement which was lodged with a court in New York earlier this month. In London, meanwhile, officials from the Serious Fraud Office are also examining documents relating to the deal. Whilst the SFO has not yet opened a formal investigation, if it were to do so it would be the first of its kind into allegations of British involvement in fraud in Iraq.
The deal under suspicion was negotiated in late 2004, when Iraq was still governed by the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA). Amid the growing threat from insurgents against civilian employees working for government ministries, the CPA put out a tender for a fleet of armoured vehicles. Many were bomb-proof trucks and coaches which were intended to protect civil servants from attack as they were being bussed to and from work.
A total of 51 vehicles was included in the final tender, including crowd control vehicles, command vehicles, water cannons and armoured buses. The money to pay for the contract came from Iraqi oil revenues held by the Trade Bank of Iraq, but under the control of US officials.
The contract, worth $8.48m, was won by Zeroline, a Norfolk-based armoured car company run by ex-soldier Peter Tarrant. He subcontracted the sourcing of the vehicles to another British company called APTx, a subsidiary of Alchemie Technology Ltd. Alchemie and APTx were formed soon after the invasion of Iraq by Haslen Back, a former junior officer in the Royal Anglian Regiment. The chairman of APTx is Graham James, a former deputy assistant commissioner of Scotland Yard.
Both men have a colourful past. Mr Back, 39, from Suffolk, is well known in army circles for his exploits during the first Gulf war in 1991. Leading a three-vehicle armoured group from Saudi Arabia to Kuwait City in the aftermath of the defeat of Saddam's occupying army, he drove on to a nearby beach for a spot of surfing. Unfortunately, the beach he chose was a minefield and Back and his platoon had to be rescued by Royal Engineers. Asked about this episode last week, he replied: "Well, it was bloody hot."
Mr James, 53, became the most senior Scotland Yard officer to be suspended when he faced an inquiry into his expenses claims in June 2003, months before he was due to retire. A spokesman for the Metropolitan Police Authority said : "There was insufficient evidence to warrant any disciplinary proceedings. An agreement was reached with the officer for him to reimburse the MPA for the expenses over-claimed in error, and he retired."
Mr James joined Alchemie Technology and APTx in January 2005 and says on his website that he has "advised on developing the group strategy and business development for armouring vehicles and protection clothing".
The company had a lucrative Iraqi contract, but was facing difficulties in obtaining permission to export the vehicles from Russia to Iraq. Even though the vehicles would not pass through Britain, Department of Trade and Industry regulations specified that British export licences had to be obtained for armoured vehicles because the principals behind the company were British. There was a July 2005 time limit on the contract and as time went by and the licences had not appeared, Peter Tarrant and Haslen Back are said to have become increasingly worried.
But a few weeks before the contract was due to expire, APTx and Zeroline received their payments from the CPA, without the vehicles having been supplied. Some $5.7m went to APTx and Zeroline received a substantial payment.
Investigations into why this happened are expected to focus on a series of documents presented to the bank in Britain which was holding a letter of credit raised in Iraq by the CPA. JP Morgan Chase, acting in Britain on behalf of the Iraqi Trade Bank, was shown documents which appeared to suggest the multimillion-dollar convoy of vehicles was about to be shipped from Russia. At this point, the bank says, it agreed to make payments totalling $8.48m. It appears that US authorities in Iraq were unaware that the payment had been made. Six months later, on December 18 2005, they formally announced that the contract had been cancelled.
Mr Tarrant admitted to the Guardian that he had received his payment, although he knew the vehicles were never delivered. He says he strongly suspects the documents shown to JP Morgan Chase were forgeries. "At the same time that this was going on, people were being dragged off Toyota buses [in Baghdad] and shot."
Mr Tarrant says amid the confusion and chaos in Iraq as the CPA handed over to the elected government there was little or no official oversight of contracts or payments. "From what I know, the office in Baghdad that was signing all these letters of credit had only three employees - the president, his driver and a tea boy. He was there all day simply signing letters of credit. There was not a single officer there who understood anything more than a goat herder. All the competent staff had been sacked under the anti-Ba'athist regulations."
The whereabouts of the millions of dollars paid to APTx remains a mystery. Mr Back agreed to meet a Guardian reporter, but then cancelled the meeting by text message and boarded a flight to Moscow. He has since been unavailable.
Mr James said: "There was nothing untoward about the contract at all. We received payment for work that was done." He referred all queries to Simon Ratcliffe, a lawyer representing the company. Mr Ratcliffe declined to comment on the fraud allegations, and then hung up.
Missing Tonnes of cash just disappeared
Fraud, corruption and smuggling have reached such enormous proportions in Iraq since the invasion that some US officials call it a "second insurgency".
Almost $9bn in Iraqi oil revenues cannot be accounted for, according to Stuart Bowen, the special inspector general for Iraqi reconstruction.
The revenues were converted US dollar bills flown into Iraq in shrink-wrapped bundles, then distributed with few controls. Billions from seized Iraqi assets and surplus funds from the UN food for oil programme were sent in the same way.
In 2004, 281m notes, weighing 363 tonnes, were sent to Baghdad destined for Iraqi ministries and US contractors
Henry Waxman, head of a congressional committee, said last month: "Who in their right mind would send 363 tonnes of cash into a war zone?"
A memorandum prepared for the committee on oversight and government reform said one contractor received $2m in a duffel bag stuffed with shrink-wrapped bundles.
The memo concludes: "Many of the funds appear to have been lost to corruption and waste ... thousands of 'ghost employees' were receiving pay cheques from Iraqi ministries ... Some of the funds could have enriched both criminals and insurgents."
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Tiger Woods is hosting another tournament, this one for recreational golfers on courses that include Merion and Congressional, and a gem north of Boston that a century ago was reputed to be the toughest U.S. Open course.
The Tiger Woods Foundation, which has seven learning centers and funds the Earl Woods Scholarship Program, has been raising money primarily through five events. There's the Tiger Jam in Las Vegas (a charity concert and poker night) and the Tiger Woods Invitational (a private tournament for donors at Pebble Beach). The foundation also benefits from the Quicken Loans National and Deutsche Bank Championship on the PGA Tour, and his 18-man World Challenge in December.
The latest venture is called the Tiger Woods Charity Playoffs. It's an amateur golf series that stretches over five months on eight golf courses, and it rewards the best players and fundraisers with a final event in Orlando, Fla., at the end of the year.
"My foundation provides really awesome experiences, and this event allows all golfers to play cool courses for charity," Woods said in an email through his foundation.
Two-person teams can select a regional qualifying tournament with a registration fee ($500 per player on most courses), a $1,000 charity pledge and a goal of fundraising. The teams with the low net and gross score from each site, along with any team that raises $10,000 or more, qualify for the Charity Playoff Finals on Dec. 1-2.
Finalists gets two days of golf, two nights in the Four Seasons Resort at Walt Disney World Resort, a private exhibition with Woods and clubhouse credentials to the World Challenge. The team that raises the most money will get pro-am spots in the three PGA Tour-sanctioned events for 2015.
The first event is May 27 at Cascata in Las Vegas. Other courses are Congressional, Merion, Trump National in New Jersey, Sherwood Country Club in Thousand Oaks, Calif., Pelican Hill in Newport Beach, Calif., Innisbrook in Florida and Myopia Hunt north of Boston.
Most of the courses are private, including Myopia Hunt outside Boston, which hosted the U.S. Open four times between 1898 and 1908 and produced three of the highest winning scores in U.S. Open history.
The series was announced three weeks ago, and 31 donors already have signed up for Merion, where the U.S. Open was played last year for the fifth time.
"We wanted to reach out to a new audience, amateur players, who can play these great courses and raise money for charities," Foundation spokeswoman Emily Taylor said.
Players can sign up at www.twcharityplayoffs.com.
Taylor said the foundation did not set a goal for how much money to raise. Proceeds are to benefit the Tiger Woods Learning Centers — the main one in Anaheim, Calif., one in Florida, two in Philadelphia and three in the Washington, D.C., area — and the Earl Woods Scholarship Program. Some of the money will be split among the foundation and charities designated by regional tournaments, particularly if they don't have a learning center.
DIVOT PATTERN: USGA executive director Mike Davis isn't worried about too many divots in collection areas at Pinehurst No. 2 when the U.S. Open and U.S. Women's Open are held in consecutive weeks.
Davis said the grass was mown a quarter-inch in 1999, so low that most players used a putter. Six years later, the grass was slightly higher — about 0.3 inches — which gave players another option.
"It was a little harder to putt because they had to hit it harder," he said. "But it gave you a little bit more cushion where you could hit a bump shot or you could hit a pitch shot. ... We saw very, very, very little divoting during the last two Opens. The players who do decide to pitch it are more just clipping it. They're not really playing a type of shot a flop shot that creates a divot. So I don't think we're going to have that problem."
MANY HAPPY RETURNS: Jarrod Lyle made an emotional return from leukemia when he played in Australia in December. Now, the two-time cancer survivor is getting ready to try out his game in America.
Lyle has committed to play three times on the Web.com Tour in July and Augusta, starting with the Midwest Classic near Kansas City, Mo., the last week in July.
The 32-year-old Australian has a major medical exemption. When he returns to the PGA Tour, Lyle will have 20 events to earn $283,825 and reach the equivalent of No. 125 on the money list in 2012, the year he suffered a recurrence.
MASTERS DEGREE: Graeme McDowell watched the final round of the Masters, just like millions of other viewers.
He was among the few taking notes.
McDowell said he remains baffled by Augusta National, where he has missed the cut four times in seven appearances and has yet to crack the top 10. He opened with a 72 and was four shots off the lead, only to follow that with a 78 to miss the cut.
"I watched the coverage on Sunday afternoon, taking notes about the way the balls react around the pin positions," McDowell said. "Like the eighth, for example, Fred Couples leaving the putt 15 feet short down to the corner. Jordan Spieth did the same thing — slowed down in the corner. That's the little nuances you have to know about Augusta. I found myself taking notes on Sunday. Hopefully, I'll need them over the next few years."
MODERN RYDER CUP: Tom Watson recalls the first scouting trip he made to the Ryder Cup course when he was U.S. captain the first time. This was 1993 at The Belfry in England. Watson saw it for the first time in September when he arrived with his team.
"I showed up like all the other players — players that hadn't played it before. I was new," he said last week at Hilton Head.
It was an example of how much the event has changed over the last two decades. Europe has just started its run of dominance. It was still an entertaining event held every other year. Watson recalls doing no more than a half-dozen press conferences in the year leading up to the matches.
"I've had several dozen already about the Ryder Cup," he said. "And that's the difference."
DIVOTS: Brooks Koepka, who already has used his allotment of PGA Tour exemptions, earned a spot in the Zurich Classic this week through Monday qualifying. He needs seven FedEx Cup points (64th place alone) to be eligible for special temporary membership and have access to unlimited exemptions. ... Matt Kuchar's victory in the RBC Heritage at Hilton Head bumped Patrick Reed out of the top five — in Ryder Cup standings. Kuchar is now at No. 3 behind Bubba Watson and Jimmy Walker. ... Turning Stone Resort, which once hosted a PGA Tour event, has been selected to host the PGA Professional National Championship in 2016, the tournament in which top 20 club pros qualify for the PGA Championship.
STAT OF THE WEEK: Four of the top six players on the LPGA Tour money list are Americans.
FINAL WORD: "There's no one at the USGA that even talks about that we want even par to win." — USGA executive director Mike Davis, on the perception that the U.S. Open tries to protect against low scoring.


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- 1. Screwdrivers Murder!!!
by Roy Carnine
retired trial attorney
Mount Vernon, Illinois
(Anita Christy's brother)
Shame on the main stream media (i.e., Committing Broadcast Scare aka CBS, National Bull Crap aka NBC and About Bull Crap aka ABC) ) and our elected representatives for not bringing to the nation's attention frightening facts concerning screwdrivers!
While firearms are number 1 in The 10 Most Common Murder Weapons In The United States, screwdrivers are included in the number 2 position. And, in other western countries, like Canada, death by knives and cutting instruments (including screwdrivers) are the most prominent weapons used to murder. See Knives Most Common Weapon in Violent Crime and Homicide in Canada: 2015.
- 2. Gilbert Watch Supports Warren Petersen for Arizona Senate
It has never been more important than now to elect solid conservatives with a voting record that backs up their rhetoric. So it is with Warren Petersen, who is running for Arizona Senate in LD12. As a state representative, he stood up for families and the unborn, for local support and control of education, and for the independent business person. His votes are testimony to his fight against overbearing regulations that hurt businesses and our economy. He has repeatedly protected our Second Amendment rights. Rep. Petersen is very knowledgeable about complex issues, and he knows how to protect the hard-working taxpayer from the big spenders at the Capitol.Click here to read more
- 3. Warren Petersen 2016 - Family, Freedom, Economy, Prosperity
Below are a few bills that Rep. Petersen introduced or sponsored that were signed into law:Click here to read more
- 4. Sergeant-at-Arms Kevin Vickers receives Standing Ovation in House of Commons
It was the first time in his 30-year career that Kevin Vickers ever had to use his weapon. He shot and killed Michael Zehaf-Bibeau, a Muslim convert. Zehaf-Bibeau was the son of a leading Canadian immigration official. Before Vickers stopped him, the gunman managed to shoot and kill Corporal Nathan Cirillo, a 24-year-old father standing guard at Ottawa's War Memorial. He also injured another officer.Click here to read more
- 6. AZ Republic Reports! Violent Crimes Plummeted in 2013 as Gun Sales Skyrocketed!
Just kidding. The Arizona Republic didn't report this. As usual, the malpracticing "mainstream" media isn't interested in any news that doesn't fit their Leftist agenda. You have to check the "alternative" blogs to find out that more guns equal less crime. We found this at BearingArms.com.
From January 2013 to June 2013:
Nationwide, forcible rape was down 10.6 percent, burglary was down 8.1 percent, murder was down 6.9 percent, and aggravated assault was down 6.6 percent from the previous period. Arson plunged a staggering 15.6 percent.
There was slight increase (0.6-percent ) in murders in cities with a population of 25,000-49,999, and a 2 percent rise in murders in cities with a population of 50,000-99,999. The number of murders plunged the deepest in cities with a population of more than 1 million citizens, which reported a 18.5 percent drop.
Overall, violent crime dropped 5.4 percent, with the largest drop in non-metropolitan areas, which saw a 10.5 drop in overall violent crime, and a 13 percent drop in murders.
The crime rate dropped as firearm sales had a record-breaking year.Click here to read more
- 7. 2nd Amendment Preservation! Call Your Arizona Legislators NOW
SB1294 is up for a committee hearing and vote on MONDAY, 02-10. Calls in support are needed all weekend long. Make sure the committee members know to vote YES on SB1294 on Monday!
On Jan. 30, Senator Kelli Ward of Arizona introduced the Second Amendment Preservation Act SB1294. The legislation would prohibit the state from enforcing "any federal act, law, order, rule or regulation that relates to a personal firearm, firearm accessory or ammunition within the limits of this state." Judge Andrew Napolitano has said that such legislation would make federal gun laws "nearly impossible to enforce." Read more about it here.
STATUS – 02-10-14, Judiciary commitee hearing and vote. It will need to pass by majority vote to move on to the next stage. The meeting begins at 2 pm. Read the Agenda here.
YOUR ACTION IS NEEDED NOW. It doesn't matter where in Arizona you live, take these actions today:Click here to read more
- 9. Justice Joseph Story: Second Amendment
"One of the ordinary modes, by which tyrants accomplish their purposes without resistance, is, by disarming the people, and making it an offence to keep arms, and by substituting a regular army in the stead of a resort to the militia. The friends of a free government cannot be too watchful, to overcome the dangerous tendency of the public mind to sacrifice, for the sake of mere private convenience, this powerful check upon the designs of ambitious men."Click here to read more
- 10. Evil is Coming
- The need to protect our children far outweighs anyone else's politics.
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