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Nice Planet 2010

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My high school(From over a decade ago)

http://www.twincities.com/ci_15272787

Dustup at graduation in Maplewood breaks into full-on fight (with video)
North High parent captures altercation, posts it on YouTube

A fight broke out Wednesday night at Aldrich Arena. Fists were flying not on the ice but in the stands, and not at a hockey game but at a high school graduation.

The altercation occurred about halfway through the graduation ceremony of 466 seniors from North St. Paul's North High School under way at the Maplewood ice arena, according to Principal Greg Nelson.

Science teacher Ian Bronson was giving a speech when "there was bickering in the stands," said Chris Larson, one of the graduates. Then, Larson said, a fight started. Larson said his mother, Debbie Chazin, captured the incident with a video camera and posted the results on YouTube.

The video appears to show some individuals in the audience shouting, two men standing up and confronting each other and throwing blows and a woman hitting one of the men with an object, which Larson said was a shoe. Then the video seems to show the men being escorted from the arena, one with blood on his neck.

Nelson said the incident apparently involved "some unhappiness with behavior at the event," which escalated from words to punches.

"It was just kind of a surreal moment," he said.

Larson said that according to stories circulating among students Thursday, the fight involved a parent of one graduate and the brother of another graduate.

The Ramsey County sheriff's department is investigating the incident, but no arrests or charges have been made, said spokeswoman Holli Drinkwine. She said the sheriff's department
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will review Chazin's video and that anyone else who videotaped the event should contact the sheriff's office. She said no one was seriously injured.

Larson said the graduates booed when the incident occurred. But he said Bronson quickly got the ceremony back on track.

"Our teacher, he kind of made a joke about it. He got us laughing. He did a great job," Larson said.

"It was a great ceremony before and after," Nelson said. "It was an unfortunate incident, one we hope never happens again."

"This is something I'll never forget," Larson said. "Anyone who says '2010 graduation North High School,' they're going to remember the fight. It stopped the show, that's for sure."
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And the YouTube video...
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How many points is this worth??

http://www.twincities.com/ci_15302932

3 people in wheelchairs hit by suspected drunken driver in Fargo

FARGO, N.D. — Three people in wheelchairs were taken to a Fargo hospital after they were hit by a vehicle driven by a person police believe was drunk.

Two of the people were treated for bumps and bruises late Monday and released. The third was admitted with unspecified injuries.

Police Sgt. Mike Erbes says only one of the three uses a wheelchair. The other two were helping that person take home a spare wheelchair.

Erbes says the wheelchairs were in the driving lane of a street. The wheelchairs' owner was wearing a traffic vest and had a flashing light on his wheelchair.
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On a scale of 1-10, a five. Wheelchairs are slow moving. Easy to hit. And only one of the three were using the chairs. Two were moving them. Slow.

Gimme a wannabe pro rider with the lycra/helmet/pedal locks. That's some points.
 
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Brenthoven said:
On a scale of 1-10, a five. Wheelchairs are slow moving. Easy to hit. And only one of the three were using the chairs. Two were moving them. Slow.

Gimme a wannabe pro rider with the lycra/helmet/pedal locks. That's some points.
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My only question is why they couldn't use the sidewalk?
 
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Priceless said:
Dude, they operate this site on a shoestring budget. If you think you can do better (for no pay) then email the administrators and volunteer your services.
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What he said. Smart phones haven't been pervasive for years just available. Stupid to whine about it unless you want to solve it for them. They run a great site and all on volunteer time. Better to say thank you!
 
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http://www.startribune.com/local/96477729.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUUr

Woman, 92, given $20 ticket in wreck that killed newlywed

A $20 traffic ticket has been issued to a 92-year-old woman who drove across the center line in northeastern North Dakota and hit two of four motorcycles heading the other way, killing a newlywed riding with her husband, authorities said.

"It was the charge that was fitting," said State Highway Patrol Capt. Kyle Ternes of the May 19 crash that also injured the woman's husband and required another motorcyclist to have a foot amputated. "We took our time ... and did a thorough investigation."

The ticket, for driving over the center line on May 19 near Fort Totten, was hand-delivered Monday by the Highway Patrol to Faith Mitzel, of Oberon, N.D., Ternes said.

The captain said there was no evidence that Mitzel was speeding or under the influence of drugs or alcohol. So, "absent negligence ... there was nothing of that nature that would make it appropriate for charges that are more serious," he said, adding that the Benson County attorney's office was involved and agreed with the decision.

Mitzel, who was unhurt, was returning home by herself after a visit to Spirit Lake Casino in Devils Lake, the Highway Patrol said.

Killed in the crash was Sheri Leidholt, 30, of Devils Lake, N.D. The driver of her motorcycle and her husband, James Leidholt, 37, was hospitalized and has since been discharged. They were married four days before the crash.

The other motorcyclist, Jason Hunter, 33, of Devils Lake, is now recovering at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester, Minn. According to his CaringBridge web page, Hunter has had 10 surgeries, including having a foot amputated.

"The 'phantom pain' is really freaky and annoying as all hell," he wrote on the web page over the weekend.
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Backstory, a couple days ago a Delta Airlines mechanic died on the job in an accident. The guy's wife had just passed away after a long illness and he was raising his 12 year old son who's now without his parents, how do the former union workers reply? Joking about his death!

http://wcco.com/local/delta.mechanic.death.2.1756193.html

Delta Worker's Death Leads To Troubling Web Posts

Minutes after the news broke about a Delta mechanic dying on the job, mechanics who lost their jobs after the 2005 strike started posting messages on the website, exnwa.com.

"These are really derogatory, appalling comments here posted about this man and his family," said Kris Bunton, chair of the Communications and Journalism department at the University of St. Thomas.

Northwest Airlines mechanics went on strike in 2005. They lost their jobs when the airline hired replacement workers. Clearly, a half decade later, many still resent the union members who returned to jobs at Northwest and other mechanics now fixing planes for Delta.

Many of online comments celebrated the death of the mechanic.

"Those gear doors will gitcha," wrote one person. "They don't give a sh*t if you are honorable or a filthy betraying scab coward."

Another wrote, "Pretty good natured person here, but wish I could've seen it happen."

"The scab didn't give a sh*t about us. He stabbed thousand of honorable people in the back," read another post.

"This is hate," said Bunton. "This is pure and simple hate."

She has researched Internet hate speech and taught classes about it.

"It's not like I just said something gossipy and vicious to my neighbor," said Bunton. "I've said this to the world."

The professor said the Internet brings us together. However, it also makes it easy -- too easy -- for us to tear each other apart.

"I used to have to talk to you or I had to write my letter to the editor and sign my name before the newspaper published it," she said. "Now, I just go online and type some vulgar comments under an anonymous user name, and no one ever knows who I am."

More than 65 posts criticized the dead mechanic and his family. Only six defended the man.

"You people are sick! This man just lost his wife and was trying to raise his 12-year-old son," wrote one person. "NOTHING is worth losing your life over. GROW UP!!!"

Don Farrell was a Northwest mechanic for 16 years. He now works in sales for an industrial tool company. He said he used to read exnwa.com. He no longer looks at it because it's "the same old bitterness."

"These guys got really hurt by this, and they just can't let it go," Farrell said. "I don't understand that, but that's just where some people are, and they're just kind of stuck in the past."

WCCO-TV requested an interview with the people who run the website. Their response was, "We don't give interviews. The time for interviews was back in August of 2005."
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Another attack by the "education" imbeciles:

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iMXgWX1my2TrMvxt5JNxRShwyzBwD9GD56SO0

It is beyond comprehension that anyone would regard a 1/4 inch plastic rifle in the hands of a 1 inch plastic GI to be a "weapon" and in violation of a "zero tolerance" policy.

How would these morons respond if, during recess, kids were playing cops and robbers and using their thumbs and index fingers to "shoot" each other? Would they be required to give their hands to the principal and pick them up on the way home? Would they be banned from bringing their hands to school?

Do these idiots have any conception of how stupid they look when they mouth their extremist interpretations of "zero tolerance?" Interpretations which allow for no distinctions between a kid with little soldiers pinned to his hat and an RPG launcher.

I ask again: who are these people and how did they get into positions of authority in our schools? And what can we do to get them back to slicing onions at "five guys" where they belong?
 
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My high school keeps getting great publicity...

http://review-news.com/main.asp?SectionID=64&SubSectionID=130&ArticleID=6224

Jerseys torched in hockey coach's yard

Derrick Knutson
Review staff

When North High boys' hockey coach Jerry Diebel awoke the morning of June 6, he was shocked at what he saw on his front lawn.

High-school hockey practice jerseys and breezers had been set on fire in the front yard of his Maplewood home, and a picture of him accompanied the partially burned uniforms.

Diebel said a myriad of papers were also strewn across his yard. "It looked to me like they were trying to get my yard on fire."

Diebel added that the photo was likely "making sure I knew it was from somebody who had their eye on me."

No hockey jerseys and pants were reported stolen from North High, and the ones found in his yard were given to players, with some of them keeping the jerseys for three to four years while they play at North, he said.

Diebel, who has been North's hockey coach for the past 17 years and led the team to a 14-12 overall record this year, said he's had to deal with his house getting egged in the past, and one incident where somebody drove a truck through his front yard about five years ago. But this recent event seemed more malicious than past ones and caused him greater concern.

Shortly after the incident, Diebel called the Maplewood Police Department.

The June 6 incident report filed by officer Lonn Bakke states that there was $10 in damage to Diebel's property in the form of scorched grass, and $120 for the ruined North High hockey apparel.

"This whole burning things in people's yards ... it's intimidating," Diebel said. "It's not a prank."

Apparently, the grass was dewy June 6, so the fire fizzled out shortly after it started. Diebel said he's thankful it didn't spread to the rest of his yard or, worse yet, his house.

"I have a 6-year-old son," Diebel said. "This is scary to him."

Eerily similar scenario

Former North High head football coach Jim Honsa said the "pranks" at Diebel's house are eerily similar to what he dealt with when he was at the school. Honsa said before he had "had enough of it" and resigned from that post about four years ago, vandals spray-painted a barn on his property numerous times.

"Somebody wrote 'you suck' all over the back of it," he said. "I knew that was aimed at me and my family."

Honsa said he didn't file a police report and tried to just "brush (the incidents) under the rug," but he was still alarmed that people were vandalizing his personal property.

He added that while he was coaching at North, there were times when his wife and daughter were even approached by players' parents when they were out in the community. The parents peppered them with derogatory remarks about Honsa and his coaching abilities.

"These incidents are happening more and more (on the high-school level), and we need to acknowledge them more and realize that they're not doing anyone any good," Honsa said.

After he quit the North head-coaching position, he accepted a job as an assistant football coach at Hamline University.

Culprits still at large

North High athletic director Jed Helwig said he hasn't come across incidents similar to Diebel's in his time at North High, but he said he hopes those who are responsible are identified.

"It's unfortunate that something like this has happened, and I hope the authorities get to the bottom of it," he said.

North High principal Greg Nelson said this is the first vandalism incident of this magnitude that he can recall in his seven years as principal.

"I'm saddened that it has taken place, and I would like to see some sort of positive result come from it. Whatever that may be, I don't know. It certainly was a vicious personal attack."
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Old Pio said:
Another attack by the "education" imbeciles:

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iMXgWX1my2TrMvxt5JNxRShwyzBwD9GD56SO0

It is beyond comprehension that anyone would regard a 1/4 inch plastic rifle in the hands of a 1 inch plastic GI to be a "weapon" and in violation of a "zero tolerance" policy.

How would these morons respond if, during recess, kids were playing cops and robbers and using their thumbs and index fingers to "shoot" each other? Would they be required to give their hands to the principal and pick them up on the way home? Would they be banned from bringing their hands to school?

Do these idiots have any conception of how stupid they look when they mouth their extremist interpretations of "zero tolerance?" Interpretations which allow for no distinctions between a kid with little soldiers pinned to his hat and an RPG launcher.

I ask again: who are these people and how did they get into positions of authority in our schools? And what can we do to get them back to slicing onions at "five guys" where they belong?
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No more pencils. They're too sharp. We're now relegated to balls of chalk that are large enough to work but small enough to not cause any damage if thrown.
 
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ExileOnDaytonStreet said:
A Redneck version of Jersey Shore.

It will happen. It will make 12 more *******s into very rich and famous people whilst most of us work until we're 65- if we're lucky.
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I belong on that show. :D
dxmnkd316 said:
So is GPL and it has zero filtering and a full site so it's actually usable on the iphone. This automatic redirect to the mobile site without the option to default to the full site with the smartphones out there now? It's ridiculous.

Time? Smartphones have dominated the market for years now. This site is stuck in the dark ages.
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I get the complete USCHO website, not mobile, on the blackberry. Looks like you chose the wrong smartphone.
 
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