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Ethanol protential topic of Chamber ag lunch The Lubbock Chamber of Commerce agriculture committee is having its quarterly luncheon on Wednesday at 11:45 a.m. in the chamber's lower level conference room.
MR. AND MRS. MCDANIEL Mr. and Mrs. B.H. McDaniel of Lubbock celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary Saturday with a reception at Lubbock Women's Club. Their children served as hosts for the event. They are the parents of Sylvia Thomson of Lubbock, William McDaniel of Austin and Christina Linker of Carrollton. McDaniel and the former Dorothy Culley were married May 16, 1953, in Evansville, Ind. They have six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Give treasured pieces new life with refinishing by Furniture Renovations
Since 1994, Lubbock residents have seen the familiar Furniture Renovations van on local streets. Founded in Plainview in 1995 and owned by Carl and Karen Pelphrey, Furniture Renovations has developed a loyal Lubbock following among customers who appreciate their convenient pickup and delivery on furniture refinishing and repairs.
Now's the time to get a new AC and save on bills; call Gibson
The official first day of summer is about a month away, and already the signs are pointing to a hot one. Weather patterns indicate this summer will be hot and long, and with fuel costs driving energy costs up, homeowners are in for a season of sky-high utility bills unless they take action now!
Hair Dimensions offers full service salon, beautiful location
Hair Dimensions offers Lubbock-area residents premium, professional services in a beautiful, full-service salon.
Lovell Co. celebrates 40 years of service to West Texas families
In September of 1963, Charles Lovell had a vision to provide the very best in family fun and games for West Texas families to enjoy.
Be prepared for seasonal rain storms; call Amco Gutters today
Being adequately prepared for summer's sudden downpours can save time and prevent costly damage to homes, lawns and flowerbeds.
Create a world all your own with miniatures from The Little Shoppe
Where can you find a construction company, furniture store, garden center, lumber yard, hardware store and interior decorator all rolled into one? Only at The Little Shoppe!
Stella's Restaurant, Deli offers pleasant dining experience, excellent service
When it comes to culinary arts, the professional staff of Stella's Restaurant & Deli offers a virtual gallery of flavorful menu items.
Permanent makeup: eyeliner only $200 for top & bottom
Want to look your best from morning to night? Permanent cosmetics from Always Beautiful are the answer!
When quality, service count, call pros at Fred Henry Construction
Is your home in desperate need of a makeover? Whether it's painting, siding, or a complete remodel, no job is too big or too small for Fred Henry Construction. Let the professional staff at Fred Henry Construction help with all of your home improvements.
Professional staff at Holland Hearing Aid Center help you hear your best
The staff at Holland Hearing Aid Center would like to say thank you to the thousands of clients who have come to them for their hearing health care. We all have the privilege of choosing with whom we do business, and the staff at Holland Hearing Aid Center is keenly aware of this in their professional attitude with clients. This is one of the reasons for their continued success.
Finding confidence for a lifetime: LA Weight Loss Center
Get ready for summertime fun by visiting LA Weight Loss Center today! Thanks to LA Weight Loss Center's proven program, you'll have taken the first step toward losing weight and you'll find future success. For more than a decade, LA Weight Loss has been helping thousands of clients lose millions of pounds!
Cherry lime joins flavor lineup from August's Pies
There's big news from August's Pie a new flavor!
Service makes the difference; choose South Plains Cycles
It's a great time to get out and ride a bike! The weather is good, and Daylight Savings Time gives you more hours after work to enjoy the open road.
Improve value, energy efficiency with help of Cover-All Home Pros
Here's a hint for homeowners from the professionals at Cover-All Home Pros:
D&B Ultra Exteriors offers lifetime windows for you and your home
D&B Ultra Exteriors' replacement windows offer comfort and energy savings, as well as beauty and maintenance-free features that offer a lifetime of bright rewards.
Stupidity trumps sympathy when age is a factor
FOR SEVERAL years, I toiled closely with a guy named Joe Brown who, among other things, was maybe the best I ever saw at restructuring shattered sentences and rummaging through some reporters deft prose to corral the rambling thoughts buried therein. That he then squeezed from that a sensible point was often amazing.
National tea sales top $5 billion as America turns back on coffee
SEATTLE (AP) Millions of Americans still reach for that first cup of coffee to get them going in the morning, but tea is making inroads into the java market.
Nation's top retailers set out to woo Hispanic dollars
NEW YORK (AP) Hallmark Cards is marketing 2,500 greeting cards for Hispanics, close to double the number of a year ago, while Blockbuster Inc. has posted bilingual signs and stocked video rentals in Spanish in nearly a quarter of its stores.
Slow economy, scandal, war pose challenges to 2003 graduates entering job market
Clay Auttonberry assumed earning a bachelor's degree in management and finance would land him a job. He just didn't think it would mean working at the same restaurant that employed him while he went to Delta State University.
U.S. Bankruptcy Court
Community colleges inherit role of training America's workforce
PITTSBURGH (AP) For the past 23 years, Larry Plowman fixed everything from electric arc furnaces to overhead cranes to assembly lines. Now he's learning how to break criminal cases using computers and the Internet.
May 29-31 Southwest Dry Cleaners Association, Four Points. Expected attendance: 120.
A Cool Change
ne of the city's most sophisticated warehouses has come on line as part of a decision by Houston-based Sysco Corp. to invest more than $15 million in its Lubbock division. While construction at Watson-Sysco Food Service Inc.'s 10-acre campus is hardly complete, the local operation is now moving cold and frozen product from a new 100,000-square-foot refrigerated distribution center.
Experts predict end to auto market glut
DETROIT (AP) Sluggish sales to start this year have left automakers with record levels of new cars and trucks, but observers say a pickup in business is brewing that will ease the glut.
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Where is our vocal leadership?
Is it me or does it seem like our once biggest voices our business leadership has gone silent. Is Lubbock just on automatic pilot? Or is someone actually steering this ship?
Tech downs OSU to keep hopes alive
After 54 games of struggles and strife, disappointment and dejection, the Texas Tech baseball team still has a chance to extend its season past today. In perhaps his final appearance in a Red Raider uniform, senior right-hander Dusty Buck carried his teammates on his back, keeping their fading Big 12 Tournament chances alive in an 8-2 win over Oklahoma State Saturday night at Dan Law Field.
Tech's Pharis wins high jump
AUSTIN The Texas Tech men's track and field team knew heading into this weekend's Big 12 Conference Championships that it would need a few surprise performances to achieve its goal of at least finishing among the top three squads.
Dresser leads Tech to 12th place
MANHATTAN, Kan. Texas Tech freshman Andrew Dresser shot a 68 Saturday to finish in an eighth-place tie at the NCAA Central Regional at Colbert Hills Golf Course.
Young strong at Big 12 meet
AUSTIN Jason Young set a pretty good precedent for himself and the Texas Tech men's track and field team Saturday.
OSU ends Tech's Big 12 hopes
For a team that had almost no luck all season, the Texas Tech baseball team's 2003 campaign ended in perhaps the most fitting, and familiar, way. An eighth-inning error opened enough of a crack for Oklahoma State, and Josh Fields' two-run home run helped the Cowboys slip right through en route to a 4-3 win over the Red Raiders, ending Tech's season shy of the post-season for the first time since 1992.
Outside the margin
For a while, the only section of the economy experiencing a boost was the duct tape industry.
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. Watching a former junior golfing phenomenon reduced to tears after the first two rounds of the U.S. Women's Open last year was troubling for fans. Catherine Cartwright looked broken and lost last summer shooting rounds of 83 and 81 and missing the cut at Prairie Dunes in Hutchinson, Kan.
'Malibu's Most Wanted' gets a C grade for summer stock
'Malibu's Most Wanted' gets a C grade for summer stock
Click It Or Ticket
CLICK IT OR Ticket is probably the most catchy slogan to be found on any public service campaign that we have seen since Dont Mess With Texas. When the slogan from the nationwide program was first used in Texas last year, more than a few Lubbock parents heard their children chirping click it or ticket as they would buckle their seat belts.
IT HAS BEEN more than six months since U.S. Rep. Larry Combest announced that he would be leaving the House of Representatives. A lot of West Texas politicking has been done between then and now. It began with a flurry of speculations about who would run for the office. Many people with political experience considered it. Some eventually declared that they were candidates, and others decided that they did not want to run. When all the smoke cleared, there were 17 candidates who represented several parties and political philosophies.
SPC firefighters class gets high test scores The first graduating class of South Plains College's Basic Fire Academy achieved a 100 percent passage rate on their Texas Firefighter Certification Tests.
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video game of the week
Art and horror don't always blend well, especially in the erratic world of videogames.
Photos show antique medical items
OS ANGELES Look! Up on the screen! It's ... a superhero! A surplus of superheroes, to be more precise.
Kennedy handbook takes on patriotism
It's an interesting time to call yourself a patriot peace activists and Iraqi war supporters claim the title.
'Reloaded' breaks box-office records on opening weekend
LOS ANGELES (AP) Hordes of fans took another trip down the rabbit hole with Neo, Trinity and the other characters of "The Matrix Reloaded," giving the sequel the highest opening weekend gross of any R-rated film on record. The Warner Bros. sequel to 1999's "The Matrix" took in an estimated $93.3 million from Friday through Sunday, capturing 59.8 percent of the total gross of the weekend's top 12 films, according to studio estimates.
Local residents help make happy endings for ducklings
The South Plains Wildlife Rehabilitation Center doesn't only treat wildlife casualties and go out on happy-ending releases many calls involve helping a wild animal in trouble off site, and many of those rescues involve ducks and ducklings. On May 13, "The Today Show" broadcast a duck rescue with a female mallard that was "crying fowl" as she stood over a sidewalk storm grate. Her ducklings had fallen through the cracks and were in the drain below. A passerby got down on his hands and knees beside the distressed duck, and peering into the space he saw and heard her youngsters trapped inside.
MHS soccer alumni game scheduled
A-J seeks All-South Plains nominations
The Avalanche-Journal sports staff is seeking nominations for the 2003 All-South Plains baseball teams, which will publish later this month.
Claude sweeps Chiefs
PLAINVIEW Claude bounced back to sweep Crosbyton 14-4 and 12-4 Saturday in the second day of a Class 1A best-of-three regional quarterfinal series.
Plainsmen storm past Panthers, move into regional semifinals
ABILENE With all apologies to Frank Sinatra, Monterey sophomore Chris Hobdy has figured out what pitching in the playoffs is all about.
Fox sparks Post past Colorado in decisive game
SNYDER Post pitcher Cody Fox pitched a complete-game three-hitter and drove in two runs as the Antelopes outlasted Colorado 14-4 in the third game to capture a Class 2A best-of-three regional quarterfinal series Saturday.
Loboes regain momentum, topple Cooper in third game
SEMINOLE Heading into the third and deciding game of its Class 3A regional quarterfinal series with Monahans, Cooper had all the momentum.
Matador magic Holguin's heroics propel Estacado past Pampa
AMARILLO A lot of things have changed since 1999.
Monterey, Frenship, Estacado all advance
Monterey, Estacado and Frenship continued to roll in high school baseball playoff action Saturday as each earned regional semifinal berths.
Middle defense comes up big as Tigers finish off Rangers, 8-4
HOBBS, N.M. Frenship pitcher Tyler Lyons got the win Saturday, but because he threw a complete game there was no save not officially anyway.
Kelley, Basom top All-City squad
When the 2003 high school season first began, Frenship senior pitcher Kris Kelley didn't know if he'd be able to contribute much on the mound. As the season unfolded, opposing pitchers had to wonder if they'd ever be able to get Lubbock High junior Will Basom out.
A pole vaulting instruction camp is scheduled Wednesday and Thursday at New Deal High School with instruction from Sage Thames and Koby Reed, former standout vaulters in high school at Frenship and Seagraves, respectively. The cost is $25, and the camp begins at 6 p.m. both days.
Demos Set Poor Example
Since we live in the great state of Texas where high school football is king, let me use that as an illustration of how silly and irresponsible it is for our lawmakers to hide out in Oklahoma. In a football game where the outcome is a foregone conclusion and losing is a strong possibility, what would we think if one team just decided not to show up? I think there are a few terms that involve poultry waste that come to mind.
Demo Example Despicable
I nearly dropped my eyeteeth when I read the front page of The A-J this morning (5-13). All of you 58 immature, juvenile-acting Democratic legislators go to your room. You are grounded until you straighten up your attitude. No TV, no telephone and no friends over to play until you grow up.
It must be great to be an elected state representative. I, myself, am just a working stiff. I am quite sure if I just chose not to show up for work because I didnt like the way it was going, I would be fired.
Demo Actions Disgusting
I was going to inquire about obtaining a list of those elected officials who are playing hooky from their duties. Those who were entrusted by the good people of Texas, who voted for them to represent them. I wanted to make sure that I never voted for any one of these children for anything ever. But I have come upon a much better way to make sure that I never do this. I have decided to honor my deceased father, who was a staunch Republican, and my living mother who has always been a Republican, and I have made the decision never to vote for the Democratic Party again.
Dont Blame Gov. Perry
On a trailer club rally, we found the campground in a mess. We had either to clean it up or live with it. Naturally, we cleaned up the debris left by the previous campers and left it in good condition when we departed. The state of Texas finds itself in a similar situation. The previous occupants of the state government left a mess. Gov. Perry has the unenviable task of cleaning it up.
I cannot believe what Im seeing and hearing a bunch of grown men acting like a group of little kids. They should be treated like little kids put on time out and have their allowance withheld for a month or so. On the national news, it was stated that these legislators who flew the coop were paying for their own transportation, motel, meals, etc. Well, bully for them! Thats quite considerate of them not using taxpayer money.
While hiding in Oklahoma from the political reality that his Democrat Party no longer holds a majority in the Texas House, Mr. Laney told the Associated Press: For my district, they split my hometown and my county seat, which, you know, is a little punitive, Laney said of the proposed maps. They eliminate a rural representative, and regardless of who it is whether its a Republican or a Democrat I wont have that.
Demos Childish Act
Heres a scenario: Youre the head of an important organization. You post for positions available in your management structure. People apply and interview because they all say theyre the best for the job. Your board selects the best offered.
I read in an Oklahoma newspaper this morning (5-14) that the Oklahoma Democrats have offered political asylum to the defecting Texas state representatives and offered to make them honorary Okies.
community service briefs
Wayland recognizes outstanding students Wayland Baptist University awarded its highest student recognition, the Citizenship Award, during the annual Recognition and Citizenship Chapel service recently.
These members of the armed forces have arrived for duty:
summer camp calendar
MAY 27 - AUG. 8
All-in-one co-op makes big impact in small town
50-acre site in Sudan offers one-stop shopping for area residents. But it's not a Super Kmart or even a Wal-Mart Super Center.
Truck driver suffers serious burns after collision with milk tanker
A semi hauling potatoes slammed into the back of a milk tanker Saturday afternoon and burst into flames.
Texas Tech graduates get advice, encouragement at commencement
For more than 2,300 Texas Tech graduates Saturday, the "next step" began with the journey from the shadows of a United Spirit Arena tunnel up a service ramp.
Top HS grads get recognition
To salute the top high school graduates from across the South Plains, The Avalanche-Journal will dedicate a portion of the June 15 edition to valedictorians and salutatorians.
Tech HSC graduate overcomes obstacles to serve other people
He can still remember the pungent smell. It permeated his skin and clothing, often taking weeks to wash away.
Anthony "Bubba" Timms, 21, of Lubbock remained in critical condition Sunday at University Medical Center. He was injured May 9 in a motorcycle crash at Northeast Loop 289 and U.S. 62/82.
APS clients feel bite from cuts in state budget
Ben Palacios picked his way carefully through his well-kept yard with the help of his cane and wife Nina. For the 64-year-old with a prosthetic leg, the sinkhole in the back yard that's cracking his home's foundation has to be negotiated carefully. Due to the diabetes that has left him night-blind, his vision in bright sunlight is not so reliable either. He leaned on Nina, 60, to check the 5-foot deep hole that is covered by plywood to keep his young grandchildren from falling in.
Man succumbs to injuries from motorcycle accident
A man died Sunday from injuries suffered in a motorcycle accident on University Avenue, police and a hospital spokesman said.
Suspected killer of Tech graduate gets death for another murder
A man accused of killing Texas Tech graduate Rachel Urnosky in Fort Worth was sentenced to die Friday for another woman's kidnapping, rape and murder.
Lubbock hits 103 degrees
Welcome to summer, Lubbock. Well, not exactly.
Early voting begins Monday for the June 3 election to select a U.S. congressman for District 19.
Fire leaves four Lubbock families homeless
A kitchen fire Saturday afternoon damaged a West Lubbock quadraplex and left four families homeless.
Web site says Lubbock living the good life
Albeit selective and subjective, Lubbock has received another feather in its cap for livability.
LPD answers questions at mobile office
The Lubbock Police Department opens its mobile office Wednesday through Friday at Cavazos Junior High School to answer questions from area residents about crime prevention and safety.
Upcoming 2002-03 graduation ceremonies for Lubbock County high school students:
SPC firefighters class gets high test scores
The first graduating class of South Plains College's Basic Fire Academy achieved a 100 percent passage rate on their Texas Firefighter Certi fica tion Tests.
Early voting begins today for the June 3 election to select a U.S. congressman for District 19.
Voting record tails off at end for Combest
In the twilight of an 18-year career, U.S. Rep. Larry Combest has participated in only 43 percent of the roll call votes during the current congressional session, which will be his last before retiring in two weeks. In his previous 18 years on Capitol Hill, the Lubbock Repub lican had 100 percent voting records four years and 99 percent records six other years.
Building Lubbock and West Texas
Kudos to Mark Griffin and his fellow board members at Lubbock Independent School District. When the superintendents job opened a couple of months ago, the LISD board acted swiftly, efficiently, and in my opinion, correctly, in naming LISD veteran Wayne Havens the new chief.
Follow your dreams, and success will find you
The German philosopher Goethe once said, "What you can do, or dream you can do, begin it. Boldness has a genius power and magic in it."
APRIL teens of the Month
The Lubbock schools teens of the month for April are as follows:
World of Wonder
The Great Wall of China is the more than 4,000 miles long. It is the longest man-made structure in the world and the only one that can be seen from space.
What's Hot Video Games
AUTO MODELLISTA, Capcom
Foster care system built to help kids
More than one-fourth of the investigations completed in Lubbock County on abuse/neglect reports during fiscal year 2002 proved valid, according to Holly Campidilli, LMSW, regional public information officer for the Texas Department of Protective and Regulatory Services.
Reddings open hearts to lots of foster children
athi Redding lovingly scoops her 22-month-old granddaughter Madison onto her lap and gives her a comforting hug. This afternoon, Redding picked up her granddaughter at the hospital upon learning her daughter, Toni, was admitted to control premature labor. Redding's husband, Ernie, keeps a close hand on the cell phone waiting for any news about their daughter's condition.
The Importance Of Literacy
More than 100 South Plains kindergarten to third grade children responded this year to the encouragement of their parents or teachers to write and illustrate their own books. The next step was to enter them in READING RAINBOW's Young Writers & Illustrators Contest. The local contest is sponsored by Barnes & Noble Booksellers in partnership with KTXT-TV, South Plains Public Television. This year the contest coincided with the new PBS Kids campaign, Share A Story - Give Them Words To Grow By, a national initiative inspiring adults to help children develop language and literacy skills through daily activities.
Congress to consider law concerning fetus murder
Adding fuel to the already fierce debate over abortion, Republicans in Congress are evoking the Laci Peterson murder case as they try to enact the first federal law to endow a fetus with legal rights separate from the expectant mother.
Democrats attack Bush's homeland security plans
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) Democratic presidential rivals united Saturday in attacking President Bush on national security, an issue on which voters rate him highly.
Ford reportedly feeling well after hospitalization
RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (AP) Former President Ford was feeling "quite well" Saturday and would likely be released from a hospital where he spent the night after becoming dizzy while playing golf in hot weather, his doctor said.
Deaf woman follows steps of Beethoven
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) A woman who lost all hearing when she was beaten by a robber received a master's degree in music composition Saturday from Virginia Commonwealth University, becoming the first deaf student ever to earn a music degree from the school.
California town passes anti-Patriot Act law
ARCATA, Calif. (AP) More than 100 cities and one state have passed resolutions condemning the USA Patriot Act, saying it gives the federal government too much snooping power. But in this liberal fold of Northern California's Redwood Curtain, a simple denouncement just doesn't go far enough.
Judge rejects arguments Muslim woman uses to get back license
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) A Muslim woman fighting to get her driver's license back may argue the state infringed upon her freedom of religion and due process rights.
Council says U.S. should deal directly with N. Korea
WASHINGTON (AP) The United States should abandon its refusal to open direct negotiations with North Korea and instead seek "a verifiable nuclear settlement" with that country, a report sponsored by the Council on Foreign Relations says.
U.S., allies slowly repairing relations after Iraq conflict's conclusion
WASHINGTON (AP) The Bush administration is mending fences with some allies opposed to the Iraq war, but reconciliation is far from evenhanded.
Suspects flee after killing three during bank robbery in SC
GREER, S.C. (AP) The killing of three people during a bank robbery brought an unwelcome taste of the outside world to this small community in an area called the South Carolina Upstate.
Farmers voice concern over ice cream rule
WASHINGTON (AP) Dairy farmers are getting a headache from ice cream manufacturers that want to loosen standards on how the frozen treat is made.
Pollsters predicting big support for Bush
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) The nation's close political balance has shifted at the top of the ticket, pollsters say, as President Bush shows surprising strength in many states that will be crucial for Democrats in 2004.
Congress to consider law concerning fetus murder
Adding fuel to the already fierce debate over abortion, Republicans in Congress are evoking the Laci Peterson murder case as they try to enact the first federal law to endow a fetus with legal rights separate from the expectant mother.
U.S. efforts to contain SARS successful so far
ATLANTA (AP) During a tuberculosis outbreak last year in Oklahoma, state health officials nailed a sign on a woman's house warning visitors not to enter. In Indiana, officials took a TB patient to court to ensure he took his medication.
Tree theft big business for some, but results in losses for everyone
OLYMPIC NATIONAL FOREST, Wash. (AP) Daniel Hughes loves stealing trees.
Rare parrot stirs buzz in central NM
TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES, N.M. (AP) A bright green parrot has become a sensation for bird watchers and biologists in central New Mexico. The endangered thick-billed parrot a species not seen in the United States for decades has been spotted at Ted Turner's ranch near here, feasting on seeds pried out of pine cones in ranch manager Tom Waddell's yard.
Former tree agents claim cover-up
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) Five U.S. Forest Service whistleblowers who claim their timber theft unit was abolished to protect lumber companies from prosecutions will make their case at a hearing in June.
South Carolina's anti-lynching law used mostly against blacks
JENKINSVILLE, S.C. (AP) From the time his son was old enough to understand, Kamau Marcharia has been telling Ramon the story of an ancestor who was tied to the bumper of a Model T Ford and dragged to his death.
Graveside services for Emmie Samson, 85, of Austin will be at 10 a.m. Monday, May 19, in Peaceful Gardens Memorial Park with Dr. William Fleming officiating. Arrangements are under the direction of Sanders Funeral Home.
Travis Baker, 69, of Lubbock died Sunday, May 18, 2003. Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Bellaire Baptist Church. Resthaven Funeral Home in Lubbock. Flo Cox, 62, of Plainview died Friday, May 16, 2003. Services will be at 10 a.m. today at First Baptist Church Chapel in Plainview. Lemons Funeral Home in Plainview.
Services for Charles Denison, 84, of Lubbock will be at 3 p.m. Tuesday, May 20, 2003, at Resthavens Abbey Chapel with Dr. Ken Horn officiating.
Elsie Eunice Williams
Funeral services for Elsie Eunice Williams, age 86, of Lubbock will be at 10 a.m. Monday, May 19, 2003, at Resthavens Abbey Chapel with the honorable Pastor Paul Jantzen officiating.
William Kirk Hulsey
TULIA - Kirk Hulsey was born in Tulia on June 7, 1921, and passed away May 15, 2003, in Sun City, Georgetown, Texas. He was the only grandson of the W.C. Hulseys and an only son of E.K. and Lucile Whitlow Hulsey. He graduated from Tulia High School in 1939 and went to Texas A&M that fall. He transferred to Trinity University and married Poppy Galbreath Hulsey on June 10, 1941, and they became permanent residents of Tulia. The Hulseys had been Panhandle pioneers of the 1890s and now six generations have lived on, farmed, ranched, and loved this land. When World War II started, Kirk was waiting to be called and told the draft board he needed to know if he should get ready to go or get ready to put a crop in. They told him to get to farming.
Billy F. Boatman
Services for Billy Boatman, 80, of Lubbock will be at 2 p.m. Monday, May 19, 2003, at Resthavens Abbey Chapel with Rev. Jerry Joplin officiating. Interment will follow in Resthaven Memorial Park under the direction of Resthaven Funeral Home of Lubbock.
Mayrene Keeton Green
Services for Mayrene Keeton Green, 73, of Lubbock will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday, May 20, in Slatons Westview Baptist Church with Rev. Lewis Wilkins officiating. Burial will be in Englewood Cemetery.
Billy F. Boatman, 80, of Lubbock died Friday, May 16, 2003. Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Resthaven's Abbey Chapel. Resthaven Funeral Home in Lubbock. Stephen Contreras, 35, of Tahoka died Thursday, May 15, 2003. Rosary will be at 7 p.m. today, with services at 2 p.m. Monday, both at St. Jude Catholic Church in Tahoka. Calvillo Funeral Home in Lubbock.
Travis M. Baker, Sr.
Services for Travis M. Baker, age 69, of Lubbock will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday, May 20, at Bellaire Baptist Church with Rev. Scot Edmondson officiating. Burial will follow in Resthaven Memorial Park under the direction of Resthaven Funeral Home.
Julian E. Trippe
Julian E. Trippe Julian E. Trippe, 75, of Lubbock died May 17 unexpectedly after a brief illness. He was born in Shawnee, Okla., on Aug. 26, 1927. He graduated from Ada High School in 1944, where he played on the famous 1944 undefeated "Cougar" football team. Upon graduating high school he joined the U.S. Navy during World War II and was honorably discharged after the war.
Raymond Lee Tate
Memorial services for Raymond Lee Tate, 76, of Lubbock will be Monday, May 26, at 10:45 a.m. at Resthaven Memorial Park in front of the mausoleum. Raymond died April 10, 2003.
COLORADO CITY - Mrs. Connie Simpson, 65, died Saturday in a local hospital. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at the Kiker-Seale Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Paul Smith officiating.
Henry W. Ayers
Henry W. Ayers, 90, of Lubbock, died Thursday. He was born Jan. 23, 1913, graduated from Fairfield High School, attended Latin American Bible College, and earned an M.A. degree from Belin University in Missouri.
James "Jim" Foy
Services for James "Jim" Foy, 81, of Lubbock will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday, May 19, at Brownfield First Baptist Church Chapel with Rev. Randy Land officiating.
Opal Dean Johnston
Services for Opal Dean Johnston will be in Resthavens Abbey Chapel on Tuesday, May 20, 2003 at 10:30 a.m., Dr. Keith Wiseman, associate pastor of First United Methodist Church will officiate. Burial will follow in Resthaven Memorial Park under the direction of Resthaven Funeral Home of Lubbock. She died on Saturday, May 17, 2003. She was born at White Flat, Texas on October 14, 1908.
Nathan Coy Morris
Nathan Coy Morris AFTON - Graveside services for Nathan Coy Morris, 78, of Crosbyton, formerly of Afton, will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday, May 20, in the Afton Cemetery with the Revs. Harold Abney and C.L. Atkinson officiating. Services are under direction of Adams Funeral Home of Crosbyton. Coy passed away Sunday morning at his Crosbyton home. He was born in Cottle County to Nathan S. Morris and Ossie Morris on April 16, 1925.
PLAINVIEW - Services for Flo Cox, 62, will be at 10 a.m. Monday, May 19, at First Baptist Church Chapel. Burial will be at Rosehill Cemetery in Tulia under the direction of Lemons Funeral Home in Plainview.
Blotter information is compiled from reports filed with the Lubbock Police Department. To report information about these or any other crimes, call Crime Line at 741-1000. In some cases, cash rewards are offered. Callers may remain anonymous. ATTEMPTED RAPE
Blotter information is compiled from reports filed with the Lubbock Police Department. To report information about these or any other crimes, call Crime Line at 741-1000. In some cases, cash rewards are offered. Callers may remain anonymous. ASSAULT
Kidd gives Nets edge over Pistons
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) Jason Kidd's 20-foot fadeaway took a lap around the rim before falling in. It was the biggest game-winner of his career, capping a day when nearly everything else was way off the mark. Kidd's floater over 7-footer Mehmet Okur somehow found the net with 1.4 seconds left Sunday to give the New Jersey Nets a 76-74 victory over the Detroit Pistons in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals.
New Jersey takes commanding 3-1 series lead over Ottawa
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) The next time the New Jersey Devils put their undefeated home mark on the line, they hope it'll be in the Stanley Cup finals.
PRO GOLF ROUNDUP
IRVING Vijay Singh won the Byron Nelson Champion-ship on Sunday after a contentious week that began with comments about Annika Sorenstam. He then promptly withdrew from the Colonial, a tournament he said Sorenstam had no business playing in.
Rangers sweep Yankees
NEW YORK John Thomson held New York's sputtering offense to three hits, leading the Texas Rangers to a 5-1 victory Sunday that completed their first three-game sweep at Yankee Stadium.
NEW YORK Ismael Valdes came off the disabled list and combined with three perfect relievers to silence the Yankees, and the Texas Rangers took advantage of two tough errors to beat New York 5-2 Saturday.
Singh keeps lead at Nelson
IRVING Vijay Singh made a clutch par save on the 17th hole Saturday, maintaining his lead at the Byron Nelson Championship after a round that didn't come close to matching his spectacular play the first two days.
Johnson wins $1 million in The Winston
CONCORD, N.C. (AP) Jimmie Johnson became a $1 million man Saturday night by racing away to win The Winston and a record cash prize.
Sorenstam faces huge challenge
FORT WORTH (AP) It started with a harmless question about taking her game to the highest level, against the men on the PGA Tour.
Mavericks expect to be focused, ready for Spurs
DALLAS (AP) The Dallas Mavericks know the drill: Win the deciding game of a playoff series, celebrate, then try to forget about it and refocus on a new opponent.
Funny Cide reigns again
BALTIMORE (AP) Funny Cide barreled down the stretch for a runaway victory and sweet redemption for his jockey in the Preakness Stakes on Saturday, setting the stage for a Triple Crown try at Belmont Park in three weeks.
HOUSTON Placido Polanco homered, doubled, singled and scored three runs to lead the Philadelphia Phillies to a 9-4 victory over the Houston Astros on Saturday.
Mavs down Kings, make Western finals
DALLAS (AP) The "Big D" isn't just a nickname for Dallas anymore. That moniker belongs to Dirk Nowitzki, too, after his best game of the second round put the Mavericks into the Western Conference finals.
Millwood, Phillies shut down Astros
HOUSTON Kevin Millwood threw a six-hitter for his second complete game of the season as the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Houston Astros 3-1 Sunday night.
Demos do disservice to Texans
This past week in Texas politics certainly has been one to talk about, and, unfortunately, to laugh about. When word first came that more than 50 Democrat members of the Texas House of Representatives had decided to bolt the state in an attempt to thwart the Republican Party's congressional redistricting plan, the original thought here was, "Good for them."
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Author to sign books about ENMU history ROSWELL, N.M. The wait for the updated history of ENMU-Roswell is over.
Bailey County resident has a story to tell
MULESHOE After spending most of her 91 years in Bailey County, Francis Gaddy Stegall has a story to tell. What began as a collection for her niece, "Grassroots: 80 Years in Bailey County" grew into 394 soft-covered pages of family memories.
Former Abernathy mayor leaves his mark
ABERNATHY Bob Bur nett's brief tenure as mayor in Abernathy may be one of the shortest in the town's history but its impact likely will be felt for some time to come.
Body believed to be missing Texas woman
FORT WORTH (AP) Authorities are waiting to see if a body found on the sand dunes near Corpus Christi is that of a missing Texas woman.
Mass held in memory of illegal immigrants
HOUSTON (AP) Jeannette Morales last spoke to her husband five days before he was found dead in a stifling trailer packed with illegal immigrants last week in South Texas.
Some lawmakers believe budget can be finalized in regular session
AUSTIN (AP) The budget thousands of pages that will touch every Texan over the next two years is the only bill the Texas Constitution re quires lawmakers to pass every two years, a task that's usually challenging in a state as big and diverse as Texas.
House Republicans still fighting for passage of dead legislation
AUSTIN (AP) It's not over yet for passage of Texas House legislation, despite the Democrats' walkout that killed hundreds of bills.
Truck deaths possibly tied to big operation
HOUSTON (AP) Investigators believe a smuggling operation in which 19 illegal immigrants died after being packed into a sweltering trailer with dozens of other people is part of a larger organization, a federal prosecutor said.
Authorities investigating shooting death of alleged car thief
ELMO (AP) The shooting death of a man trying to steal a third vehicle in less than 30 minutes remained under investigation Saturday.
Democrats not seeing rebellion hindering chances for re-election
AUSTIN (AP) Texas House Democrats, even those in swing districts, say last week's revolt to Oklahoma over a congressional redistricting bill isn't likely to hurt their chances for re-election.
Committee to oversee Houston charity
HOUSTON (AP) A Houston charity that feeds poor children will be under "constant oversight" of a new committee amid allegations its former leaders and some staff members misappropriated funds for airline travel, lavish meals and other personal expenses. An Austin judge on Friday signed an order lifting a freeze on Kid-Care Inc.'s bank accounts imposed when Attorney General Greg Abbott sued the charity April 24. In exchange, the order calls for strict oversight of Kid-Care by an executive committee that will approve any checks written by the charity exceeding $1,000.
Teen, girl die in early-morning fire
HOUSTON (AP) A 16-year-old boy and an 8-year-old girl died in a house fire Saturday even though a smoke detector alerted some family members to the blaze.
It's not everyday that the critic is asked to accompany another couple out for an evening on the town. I think it might be because of my arrest record...I'm really not sure. Anyway, I had a date last week and another couple asked us to join them for a good supper at Caprock Cafe.
Man escapes from Community Corrections Facility
A 23-year-old man scaled a fence Sunday night at the Lubbock County Community Corrections Facility and remains at large, a facility spokesman said today. A charge of absence from a criminal facility is expected to be filed today against Brian Hamlin of Lubbock, who was serving a probated sentence at the facility for possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute. Jim Henderson, the facility's assistant director, also said an arrest warrant for Hamlin has been issued.
Teenage bothers hospitalized after stabbings
Two teenage brothers allegedly stabbed by their mother's boyfriend remained hospitalized Monday afternoon.
No. 10 on Iraq most-wanted list captured
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) A former top official of Saddam Hussein's Republican Guard and No. 10 on the coalition's most-wanted list surrendered to coalition forces in Baghdad on Saturday, the U.S. military said. Gen. Kamal Mustafa Abdallah Sultan al-Tikriti who is also a cousin of Saddam gave himself up Saturday morning, U.S. Central Command said in a statement issued from MacDill Air Force Base, Florida.
Arrests made in bombing
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) Four suspects with apparent ties to al-Qaida were arrested in connection with the recent suicide attacks on three housing compounds in Riyadh that killed 25 by standers, in cluding eight Americans, offi cials said Sunday. It was the strongest sign yet that Osama bin Laden's terrorists who have carried out deadly strikes from Nairobi to New York may have played a part in the bombings at complexes housing foreigners. Nine attackers died.
Iraqi soccer star makes triumphant comeback
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) Saddam Hussein is gone. And Rad Hamoudi is back.
Top Vatican official confirms pope has Parkinson's disease
VATICAN CITY (AP) A top Vatican official acknowledged Saturday what many observers have long suspected that Pope John Paul II suffers from Parkinson's disease. He said the pontiff's prayers helped him cope with the degenerative neurological disorder.
Morocco probes terror attacks
CASABLANCA, Morocco (AP) Investigators rounded up suspected Islamic militants Saturday after nearly simultaneous suicide strikes against Jewish and Spanish targets in downtown Casablanca that killed 41 people, including 13 bombers, an official said. Five groups of attackers 14 in all carried out the bombings, Interior Minister Mosta pha Sahel said. A surviving, wounded attacker was being interrogated, Sahel said. A bomb in working order was found in a raid on the attacker's house, the minister said.
Venezuela's crippling foreign exchange troubles cost it a contestant in Miss Universe pageant
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) For the first time in decades, the country that has won more major beauty pageants in recent years than any other won't be offering a candidate for Miss Universe.
Israeli, Palestinian leaders meet; summit overshadowed by killing
JERUSALEM (AP) In the first top-level talks in more than two years, the Israeli and Palestinian prime ministers tried Saturday to work out sharp disagreements over a U.S.-backed peace plan, but their three-hour summit was overshadowed by violence.
South African masses gather to pay last respects to anti-apartheid leader Sisulu
SOWETO, South Africa (AP) Tens of thousands of people gathered in a soccer stadium to celebrate the life of Walter Sisulu and to pay their last respects to the man eulogized as the selfless anchor of the anti-apartheid struggle.
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The roble had hit a record low after the West imposed sweeping sanctions on Russia for its aggression in Ukraine. Russia's president recently ordered exports of Russian gas to "unfriendly" countries to be settled in robles. The speaker of Russia's upper house of parliament said Moscow was prepared and could shift supplies to markets such as Asia if Europe refused to buy Russian energy.
European countries, which pay mostly in euros, say Russia has no right to reset contracts. The G7 rejected Russia's demand and urged companies not to agree to pay in robles, saying most contracts stipulated payment in euros or dollars. Wholesale gas prices in Europe have risen further recently on concerns about potential supply disruptions.
The Kremlin spokesman said, "According to the March 31 deadline set by Russia's president, we are developing all payment methods to get a simple, understandable, and feasible system for relevant European and international buyers,"
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The World Food Program (WFP) of the United Nations (UN) and the European Union (EU) said in a statement that the conflict between Russia and Ukraine poses risks to global food supplies, and called on the international community to increase support for vulnerable countries and jointly address food security challenges.
A few days ago, the Executive director of the World Food Program, the European Commission's commissioner in charge of crisis management, the French Foreign Minister of the ROTATING EU presidency, and other officials held a meeting in Rome, Italy, to discuss how to deal with the negative impact of the Conflict between Russia and Ukraine on global food security.
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It has been noted that we can live 40 days without food, three days without water, and eight minutes without air, but only a second without hope. We desperately need hope to live. But where do people go for hope? Where can you find hope in difficult days?
There is a wonderful scripture that gives hope for today, for coming days, and for eternity. We find that hope, of all places, in a book of the Bible titled “Lamentations”. That is right, there is a whole book of inspired Scripture that is filled with lament, tears, and grief. The book is written by the prophet Jeremiah, known as “The Weeping Prophet”. Jeremiah writes around the year 586 BC as he gazes at the ruins of Jerusalem that had been besieged and then destroyed by the brutal Babylonians. Jeremiah laments for his people and for himself. He is broken. He is so overwhelmed that in Lamentations 3 Jeremiah cries out to God in verses 19 and 20: “The thought of my affliction and my homelessness is wormwood and gall! My soul continually thinks of it and is bowed down within me.” Jeremiah is filled with bitterness and hopelessness for the future. But then, everything changes for him in the next verse: “But this I call to mind, and therefore I have hope: The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases, his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.”
Eminent theologian Karl Barth called the little word “But” one of the greatest words in the Bible. The word “But” turns everything on a dime. When Jeremiah had been filled with bitterness and hopelessness for the future, he turns everything around with “But”: “But this I call to mind…” And what does he call to mind? “The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases, his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.”
Notice what Jeremiah is doing in this prayer as it is a lesson for all of us as we pray. First, Jeremiah honestly acknowledges his feelings; he is feeling bitterness and hopeless about the situation. But Jeremiah does not stop with what he is feeling; he thinks right thoughts, calling to mind the steadfast love of God and His faithfulness. And that is a good model for us as we pray; to acknowledge what we are feeling to God and then to think right thoughts, catching ourselves to remember what we know is true.
Jeremiah brings himself to remember the Lord’s “steadfast love”, “mercies” and “faithfulness”. The Hebrew word translated “steadfast love” is the great word hesed, meaning, “covenant love”. It speaks of a forever love founded on God’s covenant promise, “I will be your God and you will be my people”.
The Hebrew word translated “mercies” is racham, connected to the word rechem, meaning “womb”. In the Hebrew Scriptures “mercy” denotes “the love of the womb”, or a “mother’s maternal longing” for her child. It is a most tender word denoting God’s mercies for His children that never come to an end. His mercies are truly “new every morning” of our lives. This, then, leads Jeremiah to praise the Lord: “great is your faithfulness.” As Jeremiah weeps he calls God’s faithfulness to mind so that he can say: “therefore I have hope.”
Thomas Obadiah Chisholm was born in a log cabin in Franklin, Kentucky, in 1866. He went to a small country school and became its teacher at age 16. He became a follower of Christ at age 27 and, with no college or seminary training, served as a pastor. While beset by poor health and a meager income, he wrote a poem based on this Lamentations passage, and the song was made into a hymn. Perhaps you know the song, “Great Is Thy Faithfulness.” Rev. Chisholm’s words express the hope we might all gain from “The Weeping Prophet”:
Great is Thy faithfulness.
Great is Thy faithfulness.
Morning by morning, new mercies I see.
All I have needed Thy hand hath provided.
Great is thy faithfulness. Lord unto me.
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7amleh - The Arab Center for the Advancement of Social Media launched a new research entitled "Gender Violence in the Palestinian Digital Space", which aims to understand and analyze the phenomenon of digital violence against women, and to monitor gender-based violence in the digital space. The research also analyzes the phenomenon of cyber violence in the Palestinian context in terms of causes, impact and repercussions, in an attempt to explore concrete and practical recommendations to combat and limit it. The research highlights the need to ensure a safe, fair and free digital space for all by ensuring the preservation of the digital rights of individuals, which are considered an extension of human rights in reality (Palestinians in this context). It is also necessary to know the scope of the reflection of gender-based violence practiced in the digital space, and the extent of its impact on gender-based violence committed on the ground.
A Palestinian activist has said that tech companies including Amazon and Google, are working with the Israeli military, and aiding in human rights violations and the colonization of the Palestinian people. Huda Ammori, a co-founder of the direct action network Palestine Action, was making a reference to Project Nimbus during Press TV's Palestine Declassified, aired on Sunday. The notorious Project Nimbus is Google’s $1.2bn artificial intelligence and surveillance contract with Amazon and the Israeli military.
Despite Israel's lethal military capabilities, it is still bitterly disappointed to be losing the narrative battle to the Palestinians, who are making significant inroads in terms of international public opinion. Several incidents illustrate where Israel has failed on the diplomatic and media fronts. One of those was the Israeli commando assault on the Freedom Flotilla led by the Mavi Marmara heading for Gaza in 2010 to break the blockade. The incident was a double failure for Israel, which admitted that it did not expect to find dozens of activists on board the ship. Although it wasn't allowed to reach Gaza, the flotilla achieved its goal by identifying with the Palestinians and delegitimising Israel by revealing its hijacking of the flotilla in international waters. Absurd and illegal Israeli behaviour has been exposed with images of soldiers of the occupation state shooting innocent Palestinian civilians.
Victims of spyware and a group of security experts have privately warned that a European parliament investigatory committee risks being thrown off course by an alleged “disinformation campaign”. The warning, contained in a letter to MEPs signed by the victims, academics and some of the world’s most renowned surveillance experts, followed news last week that two individuals accused of trying to discredit widely accepted evidence in spyware cases in Spain had been invited to appear before the committee investigating abuse of hacking software.
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Earlier we had got few reports stating that Samsung plans to launch not one but two new foldable devices next year. We also got to know that one of them will have a clamp shell design whereas others will be a direct successor to Galaxy Fold.
Now Bloomberg has got some more details leaked for the upcoming Samsung foldable smartphone. According to the report, the upcoming Samsung foldable smartphone will be inspired by the Motorola Razr flip phone. Yes, as per the source, the Samsung foldable device will be folded into a square.
Further, the source claims that Samsung has teamed with American designer Thom Browne to give the device more premium looks and feel which also bring back the flip phone after a long gap. The source further reveals that the device will sport a punch-hole display with a single selfie camera. When unfolded the device will have dual-rear cameras.
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Not too long ago, Peter Schiff said, “The rate hikes of the past have already guaranteed that the economy is headed for recession. It doesn’t matter whether they continue to raise rates in the future. The recession is a done deal.”
In a recent interview, economist and editor of the Gloom, Boom and Doom Report, Dr. Marc Faber, expressed a similar sentiment, saying, “Forget about the coming slowdown because the economy has already been backing up for months and we’re likely already in a recession.”
“Investors are relatively complacent. Nobody thinks a recession has begun. I think a recession in the US probably began in October/November of last year. If you define a recession as peak economic activity and subsequent declining growth rates that can turn overall negative in the process, I think this is happening now in the world. We are probably already in a recession.”
And like Peter, Faber thinks the Fed will respond that way it always has.
“The central banks, in my view, will continue to do more or less what they have done in the past, namely, print money.”
Faber revealed just how big the asset bubbles have blown, pointing out that in 1970, market capitalization as a percentage of GDP stood at between 25 and 30%. Today, stock market capitalization alone stands at about 150% of GDP. If you add bonds, that number expands to around 300%.
“It’s a huge asset bubble compared to the real economy. I think no matter what they do, this asset bubble will be deflated, and it will be very painful. The asset holders are the powerful ones here, and they don’t want it deflated … The question is would it have been better economically to go into the hospital in 2008/2009 and clean up the system rather than to essentially inject the sick patient with more opioids to keep him alive? It’s going to get much worse the next time it happens.”
Faber also echoed Peter’s concern about the rise of socialism.
“I can assure you that people who lived under socialism and communism in China, Russia and Eastern Europe, that is the last thing they want to go back to–the last thing. The Westerners, who have never experienced the devastating lifestyle under socialism and communism, are amenable to the idea. The millennials think the government should do more. They don’t know what that means. When the government can do more, it can do everything. They can have people build bridges in the desert where no bridges are needed to keep people busy, and that leads to a complete economic calamity.”
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One of the stigmas that come with being a drug addict is that people assume you chose to do drugs. Sure, you decided to do drugs the first time you did it. You didn’t choose to be an addict. Nobody would choose to be an addict. For first responders, an added stigma on top of that shame comes with what they do for a living. They save lives. How can they save lives if they can’t save themselves?
When it comes to drug addiction for first responders, it’s easier to begin accepting you need help when you realize it really is a disease. Because it is.
Drug Addiction is a Disease
In its simplest form, drug addiction is a compulsion to use substances that alter your mind or body. Everything from hard drugs like cocaine and heroin to opioids you get to combat pain after surgery can lead to drug addiction. This type of addiction is considered a medical disorder.
These drugs change your brain chemistry, thought patterns, and other biological responses long-term, sometimes after just one use. The long-term side effects of drug addiction also persist after recovery, just like many other diseases.
Many of the leading drug and alcohol organizations, as well as health organizations, such as The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), National Institute of Health (NIH), and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) characterize drug addiction as a disease.
Even the American Psychiatric Association (APA) recognizes drug addiction as a diagnosis but no longer uses the term to describe it. Instead, they diagnose by the term “substance use disorder.” This also encompasses alcohol addiction. This term highlights the habitual and compulsive use of substances to alter the mind or body.
Drug addiction isn’t just categorized as a disease because of its immediate and long-term impact but also by the potential for relapse. Just like heart disease, diabetes, and other chronic conditions, you can have a timeframe with no symptoms and no issues, only to be set back by something happening – in the case of a drug addict, a relapse.
Why is Drug Addiction an Issue for First Responders?
While some don’t believe that drug addiction or alcohol abuse is a disease, citing socioeconomic issues and environmental factors to be the leading cause of addiction, this can lead to those needing help not believing they genuinely need help.
For first responders who need to be in control on the job, being told that drug addiction isn’t a disease and something they can beat on their own can be detrimental to them getting the help they need.
Drug addiction can be an issue for first responders for a variety of reasons:
- The stress of the job becomes too much to handle, especially on bad days
- Work-related injury drives them to find a way to handle the pain
- Prescription opioids can lead to long-term dependency that escalates
- Issues with family and friends can arise from long hours away from home
Drug use convinces addicts that it's okay to use it as a crutch to get through the day. Whatever reason the addict is using a particular drug – to get high, to relax, to sleep, etc. – becomes addictive because it gives them a sense that everything is going to be okay. Over time, the addictive properties of a particular drug make it hard to stop.
How Can First Responders Get Help for Drug Addiction?
First responders need to know they’re not alone. That’s one of the reasons First Responders First was founded. We understand the unique challenges, issues, and stigma first responders face. We want to help them with drug addiction, alcohol issues, and mental health problems that arise from being the heroes they are.
First Responders First is dedicated to helping these heroes regain the control they’ve lost and get back on their feet again to do what they do best – save lives.

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Ridley Scott's gangster flick aims high and mostly measures up.
Scott's not interested in fireworks but small implosions of the soul and ego.
One of the most intelligent gangster movies in years.
Here's a startlingly original true-life story told in an oddly unoriginal way. And that attempt at instant classic status in the title doesn't quite convince. It's got no more dark grandeur than American Idol.
Like much of his oeuvre, Scott's scaled-up movie is bigger than life - and lesser for it. But while never digging deeply or darkly enough to match its own grand vision of itself, slick technique drives the story forward with pace and style.
How much truth we get in the movie version is hard to say...nobody much cares if it's gospel, as long as it's riveting. Here, alas, it is not.
Though it's certainly admirable to aim high, it's like Frank Lucas himself says: "Either you're somebody, or you ain't nobody." Unfortunately for American Gangster, it ends up somewhere between the two.
It's 157 minutes long, but immerses its audience with its twists and intricacies as it plays out and considers the logistics and consequences of crime and police corruption, with a plethora of show-stealing performances from the cast.
American Gangster is an epic, true crime drama, that although not entirely original in its premise is excellent in its execution.
Flattened by Scott's cardboard evocation of New York in the '70s, Zaillian's shallow criticism of corrupting power, and weirdly bloodless performances
File this one under "American Oscar Wanna-Be."
When American Gangster was announced, with actors Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe and directed by Ridley Scott, it seemed like a can't miss project. It missed.
American Gangster tells of the rise of 70s Harlem drug baron Denzel Washington and the efforts of crusading detective Russell Crowe to bring him to justice. Once again Ridley Scott proves he is one of the best directors working today, brilliantly bringing the Harlem of the period to life and essentially telling two tales in tandem in an intelligent and always entertaining way. Denzel is always better in his shadier roles, and this for me has to be one of his best. It does not have the grit and intensity of Scorsese's gangster pieces and the action/violence is sparse. It's more in the vein of something like Infernal affairs or a 70s version of The Wire in its treatment of the story and Scott's pacing is spot on, as the film despite its two and three quarter hour length never drags. The climactic shoot out is brilliantly done, delivered by Scott in a way you know his brother is completely incapable of; his version probably would have been an unwatchably choppy hallucinogenic migraine. It would have been nice to see Crowe and Washington share the screen a little more, but otherwise it delivered on every level. It doesn't challenge the classics, such as The Godfather or Goodfellas, but more than holds its own against other heavyweights such as Donnie Brasco and The Departed.
Ridley Scott develops a masterpiece to be enshrined historically as a magnificent crime/drama classic. American Gangster provides what is to be expected of the obvious title: violence, drugs, and a daring story. The film is also given an extra push by its groundbreaking cast, especially Washington & Crowe. 4/5
Another great film starring Denzel. It has a good amount of violence (if that kind of thing matters to you), and a great story line. If you like movies such as Scarface and The Godfather, then this is a good movie to watch within that genre.
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With peace returned to Europe in 1945, William Lyons could focus on producing cars again. For obvious reasons, he could no longer use the SS brand name used before the War, but with the already frequently used 'Jaguar' he had another strong brand name. The first production models were very similar to the late 1930s line-up and featured two four cylinder and one 3.5 litre six cylinder engines. This gave Lyons' engineers some time to develop a complete new sportscar with a state of the art engine. Initially two versions were planned, but the four cylinder model was abandoned and all the focus was on the new six cylinder.
The engine's development team was headed by William Heynes, but he was helped in no small part by Walter Hassan and Claude Bailly. They came up with a straight six cylinder engine displacing just over 3.4 litres. Unlike the push-rod and side-valve engines previously used, the new 'XK' featured twin overhead camshafts. In street tune the engine was good for 160 bhp and in competition spec with the compression increased to 9.0:1, the six cylinder happily developed 180 bhp. Both versions used a twin SU Carburetor setup. Power was fed to the rear wheels through a four speed gearbox, bolted directly to the engine.
Just like the new Mk V model introduced a few months earlier, the sportscar used Jaguar's new box type chassis, but with a simpler and lighter construction. Suspension was by wishbones and torsion bars at the front and a live axle with transverse leaf springs. Lockheed drum brakes were fitted all around. The brand new package was covered in a simple, but very elegant two seater roadster body. Lyons planned to build only 200 examples of the new sportscar and the very first examples featured hand beaten aluminium body panels.
Dubbed the XK120 after its claimed top speed of 120 mph, Jaguar's new sportscar debuted to much acclaim at the 1948 Earl's Court show. Not surprisingly the public's positive reaction led to the introduction of a production model, but problems with getting the moulds for the steel body right delayed the full time manufacturing of the XK120 until the second half of 1950. In the mean time the proposed 200 aluminium bodied cars were produced and due to the popularity another 40 were completed. These proved particularly successful in racing and in 1949 a virtually standard car achieved a speed of 126.594 mph to prove the type indication was not an overestimation.
With the production finally underway, it was time to expand the line-up and in 1951 two distinctly different models were added. First up was the beautiful fixed-head coupe version that was reminiscent of the great designs of the 1930s. The other was a proper competition version, first known as the XK120 C, but today generally referred to as the C-Type. Although sharing the XK-engine with the production, the C-Type was an XK120 in name only as it featured a unique tubular chassis and aluminium body. It easily eclipsed the racing successes of the aluminium XK120s with two Le Mans victories. A final edition to the XK120 line-up was a more luxurious drop-head coupe.
At the end of the XK120 production run, the high compression 180 bhp competition engine was offered in the 'SE' (Special Equipment) model. A 190 bhp version of this engine was standard equipment in the XK140 launched in 1954. At first glance it was very similar to its predecessor, but closer inspection revealed changes to most chrome parts like the grill and bumpers. The handling was greatly improved by the adoption of rack-and-pinion instead of the recirculating ball used in the XK120. A 210 bhp C-Type derived engine was available as an option. As before the small sportscar was available as a roadster and a fixed and drop head coupe.
In 1957 a third and final evolution of the very successful XK model was launched; the XK150. Again it was more powerful, heavier and better equipped than its predecessor. The slightly more spartan roadster model was dropped altogether. In the XK150 S model the 3.4 litre engine reached its peak power of 250 bhp with a 9.0:1 compression ratio and a triple SU setup. The final version featured the D-Type derived 3.8 litre, which produced 265 bhp. After being produced for over a decade, the XK finally each the end of the line in 1961, but found a very worthy replacement in the E-Type.


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- April 11, 2013How do you go from thoughts about menswear to a reflection on life? It takes a poet.
- April 5, 2013In this web extra, poet Kyle Dargan reads his poem about theft and desperation in hard economic times.
- April 5, 2013 | Moyers & CompanyPoet Kyle Dargan talks about his efforts to reconcile his disparate cultural environments through poetry.
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The fight for reparations can be a useful decoy in solving America’s racial wealth gap
"William 'Sandy' Darity Jr., a Duke economics professor, and Darrick Hamilton, an economics professor at The New School in New York, came up with the idea for baby bonds.
Each newborn child would be granted a bond, a federally funded trust fund of sorts. The poorest child would get, say, $60,000, with the amount dwindling to nothing for the children of the richest families. The money would be put in an interest-bearing account that becomes accessible upon adulthood and could only be used for wealth-building activities, such as going to college or putting a down payment on a home. They figure the program would cost about $60 billion per year, which, Darity and Hamilton wrote in an academic paper, is “less than 10% of the non-war spending budget for the Department of Defense.”
Some might contend that baby bonds, by focusing on wealth rather than race, unsatisfactorily address a racial problem. But, Darity and Hamilton argue in their paper, “Since the distributions of white and non-white wealth are so disparate — 85% of black families have wealth holdings below the median white family — wealth can be an effective non-race-based instrument to eliminate racial inequality.” Darity told me he thinks baby bonds “could go a long way toward closing the racial wealth gap.”
The universality of baby bonds also gives it the potential to attract support from an interracial coalition of working-class people pursuing their own economic self-interest. Such a coalition could form a base that a political majority can rest upon. A poor white person in West Virginia would have as much reason to support this program as a poor black person in rural Alabama. Baby bonds might get people to appreciate their commonality with others who, because of race, rarely think of themselves as having the same interests."
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List of Best Selling Books of All TimeThe 12th book in the Virgil Flowers series. A fight between university departments turns deadly. A young man who was gifted with a mysterious power becomes part of a war between slavers and the enslaved. Children with special talents are abducted and sequestered in an institution where the sinister staff seeks to extract their gifts through harsh methods. In a quiet town on the North Carolina coast in , a young woman who survived alone in the marsh becomes a murder suspect. A sibling relationship is impacted when the family goes from poverty to wealth and back again over the course of many decades.
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But as much as we all love a good film, that term can also apply to good old-fashioned books, as well. Whether you pluck your reads off an IRL bookshelf or download them on a digital device like the snazzy, high-powered Microsoft Surface Pro 6 , see how many of these you have in your library. The story follows a Hidalgo, Alonso Quixano, who proves that chivalry will in fact never die. Chances are, you read A Tale of Two Cities or at least pretended to in a high school class. The best-selling fantasy novel and series, The Lord of the Rings , has only grown in popularity since it was released, spawning a veritable armada of films, theatre, music, artwork, video games, and even board games.
Scholars can debate endlessly over which book is the "best" of all time , but finding out which ones have enjoyed the most commercial success should be a more concrete endeavor. We can just look at the sales numbers and rank them. Unfortunately, this turns out to be quite a challenge itself. There is no central repository for total sales numbers for books. Publishers may not share sales numbers for individual books, or their reported numbers may be inaccurate they seem prone to creative exaggeration, particularly when a movie version of the book is coming out soon. It gets even worse when you consider that many books are put out in multiple editions over the years, often by entirely different publishers. Older works that are in the public domain might be published simultaneously by several different publishers.
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Fifty Shades of Grey is Britain's best-selling book ever - according to the publishers at least - but how does it compare? Publisher Cornerstone part of Random House announced this week that the erotic novel has sold in excess of 5. The book has remained in the top slot in the UK bestseller lists for the 16th week running. Combined UK sales for the trilogy are in excess of 12m copies, with rights to the book sold around the world and published in languages including Albanian, Chinese, Russian, Serbian and Vietnamese. But is it right?
Although Michelle Obama is still touring the country to promote her new memoir, Becoming , there's already much to celebrate: Her title is the best-selling book of Her revealing personal story sold 3. Becoming bested Joanna Gaines's new cookbook, Magnolia Table , by more than 2 million copies. And since its November 13 release, Mrs. Obama's book achieved a record-first in sales with a whopping 1.


Alaska Governor, Mike Dunleavy, pulled funding for the state’s pilot hemp program because he says there is no current industry to support a state funded program. The Department of Natural Resources has also destroyed 1,000 hemp plants being grown at the Plant Material Center in Palmer as they no longer had enough staff to care for the plants. The difficulty is that with no state funding, there can be no legal industry in the state. The legislation was approved in 2017 and was supported by the House last year as well as by the state’s farming community.
Money invested by farmers was supposed to help get the program off the ground, but the Natural Resources Department had only issued regulations to govern the program on May 31. Many companies have been affected as they were hoping to source hemp from Alaska instead of shipping it from other states. It is also viewed as a huge cut to jobs in the state of Alaska. The cut to the hemp program was part of a larger action by Dunleavy that closed two of four PMC greenhouses and laid off 17 Division of Agriculture positions which was more than half of its workforce.


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Monstrous submarines, combat sleds, a gigantic underwater mole or even a cannon so big that it cannot withstand its own recoil. The former USSR, not so long ago, pursued a technological race together with the United States to the ultimate consequences. These are some of the ideas that were carried out.
We are surely not discovering anything if we say that, much to our regret, wars have ended up driving innovation in many fields. At the top of the list is undoubtedly the development of military weaponry. So today we are going to talk about the USSR and its experiments, prototypes and military weaponry during the Cold War and World War II. Many fascinating works of engineering, some hilarious, others (most of them) never even made it out of the lab, in any case, all unique.
Not so long ago the Soviet Union was a world superpower whose battlefield inventory was among the most innovative (sometimes even copying). Looking back, many of them may seem strange to us today, let's think that it was a time when the major powers put their efforts on the technological race, they sought to be or appear to be the most fearsome and if in some cases the Soviet Union did not have the resources for the development of a new enemy weapon, it did not matter, engineers were asked to be able to do it, or at least sharpen the wit to make a more economical copy.
Not all of them are here, it would be impossible, but here is a small group of these inventions with which the USSR tried to conquer this race. A walk and tour through the battle inventory of a power:
What we see here was part of the pride of the Soviet Union, perhaps today a bit "excessive". It is a nuclear cannon built in 1957, artillery that was a milestone, as it is one of the largest pieces ever built with 20 meters long and a nuclear warhead that could be sent 45 kilometers away.
The problem: such was the force of the recoil on each shot that the tanks were left for the "scrap heap." Oka's failure marked a shift in Soviet development away from large based artillery pieces and projectile to focus on guided missile development.
The project was never completed and lasted for decades. At the beginning, the idea was to develop a submarine warship based on the principle of operation of the tunnel shield. After passing through several stages, in 1949 the USSR commissioned a large group of scientists to develop the machinery... and it was again paralyzed in favor of the development of nuclear weapons.
Finally, in 1964, the first prototype was built. A cylinder-shaped boat (also called submarine mole) made of titanium with a diameter of no less than 3 meters and a length of 25 meters equipped with an atomic engine. The bow and stern would have a pointed shape and inside it, in addition to five crew members, could hold a ton of armament. In the tests carried out, it would reach speeds of up to 15 km/h and travel 15 kilometers. A second test produced a fatal explosion underground, killing the entire crew. End of the project.
We would never have imagined it, but among the variety of vehicles designed to fight the enemy (and snowfalls) during World War II, the Soviet Union designed several different models of sled tanks. Basically it was a two-man vehicle with some cannons and a car or truck engine mounted on the rear, which allowed it to be driven by propellers. It was a vehicle suitable for places where there are long periods of snow and ice. As a curiosity, the average speed was 25-30 km/h.
This beast we are looking at was no less than 11 meters long including the cannon, 3.4 meters wide and 2.6 meters high. It was a prototype built by the Russian army in 1957 and the idea was to serve as a mobile command post for artillery commanders in the event of a new world war. This tank had a particularity of the disk shape of its armor which in theory increased its resistance to projectiles and gave it an advantage due to its elevated design since it could be placed behind a hill or ledge protecting the tracks, its weakest point, which had 4 tracks per axle.
It is a vertical take-off amphibious aircraft project that was designed by the Italian Bartini Beriev for the Russians in the 1970s. The idea behind it was to build an anti-submarine capable of identifying and destroying the US Navy. The final result and after several prototypes did not work.
None of them was able to perform a vertical take-off, mainly due to lack of engine availability, so the project was stopped after 107 test flights. Today and after several decades, the only remaining VVA-14 is in the Air Force Museum in Monino, although in a very deteriorated state.
Here is an individual weapon that looks like something out of a James Bond movie. It is the APS underwater rifle, or also called underwater assault rifle designed by the Soviet Union in the 1970s. We could say that it is a derivative of the AK-47, and its function had its own special significance.
The idea was that since underwater bullets could not be used in a melee because they are more inaccurate and have a short range, the APS would be the solution. An aquatic rifle firing steel darts of 5.66 mm caliber and a length of 120 mm. APS would be equipped with a load of 26 cartridges and each projectile would be able to maintain its trajectory due to hydrodynamic effects, i.e., out of the water it would be inaccurate and would not exceed 50 meters.
A rifle that was the main weapon of the Soviet military divers until 1980 when its use was discontinued and replaced by the ASM-DT rifle.
Here we have another Soviet engineering work that follows the 2B1 gun. In this case it is the T-35, also known as the heavy tank, a nickname that would ultimately mark the beginning and end of its existence. It is a development that took place in the run-up to World War II, a time in history when the powers invested in a whole new range of combat systems, including a super heavy tank.
Few ended up daring to produce them. Of all the concepts, the one that had the greatest viability was the T-35, itself based on a British design adapted by Russian engineers. Its hallmark would be the unique and exclusive appearance of five turrets with which it could fire in all directions. The problem, due to its weight it was excessively slow with a top speed of 30 km/h (very slow by wartime standards). In addition, in the final design the military did not change excessively well.
We are dealing with an ekranoplane, something like an airplane, with the difference that it practically does not leave the influence of the ground effect, that is, at a few meters of altitude, flying on a cushion of air like a hovercraft. The best known of all was the KM in 1966.
The name "Caspian Sea monsters" is given by the Western intelligence services, unable to know for sure that it was an akranoplane. The KM was an aircraft of no less than 544 tons, 106 meters long and 42 meters wingspan. It could reach a top speed of 400 km/h thanks to its ten engines that lifted it more than 30 centimeters above the water. The problem was that if it exceeded 3 meters, control was lost. The KM was officially lost in an accident after a gust of wind destabilized it. After the fall of the USSR, funds for its construction were withdrawn.
A milestone, yet another one to give to Russian engineers, was the construction of the world's largest submarine, also known as Akula (or Typhoon) towards the end of the Cold War, just before the dissolution of the Soviet Union. As on other occasions, the idea was to match the U.S. submarine Ohio with the intention of carrying as many missiles as possible.
It so happened that the Soviet missiles were larger, which is why Akula and its design was enlarged resulting in a "monster" of 175 meters long and 23 meters wide, or in other words, it was the equivalent of five submarines of the time together. The submarine never saw combat.
Long before we first heard the name of companies like Virgin Galactic, the Russians already had in mind the idea of developing space planes. Not only that, in the Cold War both the US and the USSR had experiments in mind to militarize space. While the United States had the X-20 Dyna-Soar, the Soviet response was the MiG-105 (also called Spiral), starting a program for its development in 1965. This was a space shuttle project with the idea that the device would carry out missions of photographic reconnaissance, radar, orbital interception and space-to-ground attack by missiles from space (at low orbit).
In the end, after many design and concept twists and turns, it all came down to numbers. The space plane was too expensive and the top brass felt it would offer too little concession of strategic advantage. The program would end in 1969 and revived in the mid-1970s and finally abandoned in favor of the Buran shuttle design.
This was a time in history (early 1960s) when nations were investing in large heavy bomber aircraft. The Sukhoi, also known as the Sotka, was a project (which also passed the prototype stage) for the construction of a supersonic bomber and high-speed reconnaissance aircraft.
With this development the Soviet Union intended to match the US parallel project with the Xb-70 Valkyrie. The life of the Sotka was short, 10 flights were made and it is believed to have reached Mach 1.3 at an altitude of 12,000 meters (the aircraft was designed to reach speeds of up to Mach 3). Eventually the program was cancelled and never went into series production. The reason, it was argued, was that the aircraft was too focused on high speed, too far ahead of its time.
Within the Soviet military machine during World War II were the anti-tank dogs (also known as mine dogs). These were dogs with explosives attached to their backs that were trained to search for food under armored vehicles or German tanks after having left them without food for several days. Once the dog was under the vehicle, the charge was detonated.
In the end, this measure was not entirely satisfactory for the army. The dogs, once released, had learned to run away in search of food in some enemy vehicle, although most of the time they were lost in the battlefield and ended up returning to the Russian army itself, or they fled terrified by the noise of the vehicles or ended up under the vehicles of the allied side.


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Warm weather, friendly people, amazing food and incredible views. Going to Greece isn’t exactly a hard sell. Knowing what to wear, that’s always the dilemma.
Santorini, Greece, is a treasured holiday destination, known for its beauty, elegance and unforgettable views of the Aegean Sea and volcanic landscapes. It is known for the stunning whitewashed buildings nested into the island’s dramatic cliffs.
Everyone is an amazing photographer when in Greece.
The white and blues of the buildings and scenery were breathtaking. It’s kind of hard not to fall in love with the place. No matter which way you look, it’s a postcard, so it’s super easy to think that you’re suddenly a world class photographer.
Located about 200km southeast of Greece’s mainland, Santorini is the largest of the Greek islands. Santorini is the Venetian name for the island – it is also known as Thera (the Greek name) or Fira (the English translation). The island was formed as a remnant of a volcanic caldera, a kind of sinkhole after a volcano goes kaboom.
White plaster buildings contrasting against the blue sky and sea. Yeah, that’s the Celestia Grand hotel in a nutshell. We stayed there, giving us the ultimate Greek experience. The hotel is nested into the Caldera cliffs, and featured these adorable pebble stone steps and pathways. I mean, cute, but killer in heels – espadrilles and flats for the win!
Just chilling all natural like in a doorway in Santorini, Greece. Like one does.
I loved walking through the town in my flowy white dress and casual flats. It was effortless, yet I felt pulled together. Hats were one of my favourite accessories there and added a chic element to most any outfit.
The white buildings provided a really neutral canvas to play with though, allowing some fun and amping up of the glam factor. I loved matching some demure florals with metallic silvers for a pretty yet totally badass warrior gladiator vibe.
This fringed Dee Ocleppo bag captures alllll the mediterranean feels.
I am obsessed with the Dee Ocleppo round blue purse with the fringe on it. It really just seemed to “fit” in Greece and I took it everywhere with me.
Ultimately, whether you want to embrace your inner bohemian or go full glam, the stunning setting of Santorini will welcome it all.

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