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Stepinac JV goes 2-0
As they beat Xaverian – a good team – 14-0. Tim started at defensive end, and was on the kicking and punting teams, although he did no kicking today. After the game, as Coach Venice addresses the team.Tim is in the middle, somewhere.
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Philadelphia Archbishop Chaput on the death penalty
UPDATE: When you call the Board of Pardons and hit "0" the person answering the phone will ask you to put your request in writing and either mail it or fax it to 717-772-3135. When you call the Governor's office a real person will answer and take your name and where you are calling from,…
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Eleven years ago
My friend, Tom Knox. Read about him here. Ten years ago. My friend, Tom Knox And another reminder, from Kieran Michael Lawlor, who is running for NY State Assembly.
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Tim returns to football
Well, he hadn’t played since his fluke sideline knee injury in his second game as a freshman. And the surgical repair, And the comeback in the spring, throwing the discuss, shot put, and javelin, etc., etc. BUT, now he’s back. He played defensive end, as well as punting and doing the kicking chores. His JV…
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Croton Tigers get shout-out from Mark Bell of the Power Project
Mark Bell owns the Supertraining Gym in Sacramento"The Strongest Gym in the West" and is a well-known powerlifter and trainer. He's the main presenter on the youtube Power Project program, or supertraining06.
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NY Times fascinating review of the new SEAL book, “No Easy Day”
UPDATE: Another NYT column aboutthe ebook No Easy Op, which discusses this book and it's author. The reviewer is long-time NYT critic and reviewer, Janet Maslin (Who is married to Benjamin Cheever, sone of the very acclaimed fction writer and Ossining resident, the late John Cheever). I didn't know this, but Maslin lives in Pleasantville,…
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Neil Armstrong
Certainly for anyone my age or thereabouts, a great American hero. First moonwalker Neil Armstrong's death at the age of 82 marks the passing of a "reluctant American hero," as well as the dimming of the Space Age's brightest moment. Armstrong has been immortalized in human history as the first human to set foot on…
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Princeton U. professor: ‘Just being human doesn’t give you a right to live’
Yeah, Peter Singer. For years he's written extensively on how you have to qualify to live. At least he's honest about it. He's written elsewhere many times that an adult dog has more rights then a newborn. I found his article referenced here – To the ears of us ordinary people, it sounds like the…
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Here’s a blonde joke that was sent to Brigid
Pretty good. Once upon a time there was a blonde with long hair, blue eyes, who was sick of all the blonde jokes. So she decided to get a make over; she cut and dyed her hair. She also went out and bought a new convertible. She went driving down a country road and came…
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Brigid and I have met Cullen Jones, who won a silver medal Friday
Cullen Jones won a gold medal in the famous 4×100 freestyle relay in Bejing in 2008, where the USA just beat France after an epic swim by the American anchor swimmer, Jason Lezak. Now in this Olympics he’s won a silver in the same 4×100 relay and then Friday got a silver in the 50…