I think this qualifies

as a World of Good post -

ELLENSBURG, Wash. - When Western Oregon's Sara Tucholsky belted her first home run in a four-year career, it was already a big moment. But when she collapsed at first base with a torn ACL, it looked like she would not get credit for the 3-run shot over the fence.

After coaches and officials checked the rule book, Mallory Holtman, opponent Central Washington's star player, made a decision that stunned both teams and the crowd.

Holtman and another player lifted opponent Tucholsky from the dirt and gingerly carried her around the bases to home plate, letting her lightly touch each base along the way.

The deed ultimately gave the win to Western Oregon, ending Holtman's and Central Washington's playoff hopes.
More coverage: Home Run Trot Proves Winning Isn't Everything

He's a rich racist

According to documents obtained from the Cook County Register of Deeds, (Rev. Jeremiah) Wright purchased two empty lots in Tinley Park, Ill., from Chicago restaurant chain owner Kenny Lewis for $345,000 in 2004.

Documents show Wright sold the property to his church, Trinity United, in December 2006, with the proceeds going to a living trust shared with his wife, Ramah.

The sale price for the land was just under $308,000, about $40,000 less than Wright’s original purchase two years earlier.

Public records of the sale show Trinity initially obtained a $10 million bank loan to purchase the property and build a new house on the land.

But further investigation with tax and real estate attorneys showed that the church had actually secured a $1.6 million mortgage for the home purchase, and attached a $10 million line of credit, for reasons unspecified in the paperwork.

There is apparently nothing wrong with that, according to non-profit tax expert Jack Siegel of Charity Governance Consulting, who examined public documents FOX News obtained from the Cook County Register of Deeds and the Village of Tinley Park.

“At least looking at it from a public document standpoint, there’s clearly not a problem that jumps out or some sort of wrongdoing,” Siegel said.

Siegel characterizes the transaction as unusual, however, because of the way Wright sold the property to Trinity and the way the deal was financed, with the attached $10 million line of credit.

Because churches are classified as private businesses, Trinity isn’t required to reveal its intended use for the line of credit. Nor, because it’s a non-profit entity, is it required to provide that information to the IRS.

A spokesman for ShoreBank, the Chicago-based financial institution that secured mortgages for the loans, said the deals were aboveboard.

Wright did not respond to repeated calls for comment, and Trinity United refused to discuss the specifics of the home it is building for him and the way the deal was financed. source

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Awesome supercentenarians!

I'd like to live to be 300. The first hundred would be getting your education and a good job and getting set for the future.

The second hundred would be raising a family without all the pressures of work that take away from your ability to fully live that time, and savor every moment.

And the third hundred would be for traveling! Seeing everything there is to see!

But since we have to cram it all in too short a time - it's good to know that we might be able to make it to 115! Like Edna Parker!
(AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
Edna Parker holds a rose that she was given during a birthday party for her in Shelbyville, Ind., Friday, April 18, 2008. Parker, who was born April 20, 1893, is the oldest known human. She will turn 115 on Sunday, April 20, 2008...

She has five grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren and 13 great-great grandchildren. ..

Perls said the secret to a long life is now believed to be a mix of genetics and environmental factors such as health habits. He said his research on about 1,500 centenarians hints at another factor that may protect people from illnesses such as heart attacks and stroke — they appear not to dwell on stressful events.

"They seem to manage their stress better than the rest of us," he said.

Is it her genes? Oldest known person turns 115 on Sunday

For a list of the oldest authenticated supercentenarians, visit http://www.supercentenarian.com/records.html

A Forward. Beautiful

The next generation wants you to know - they're gonna be ok.

The Governor was in town today

Photo: Tyson Ritter, Eureka Reporter

ER Hoping the third time is the charm, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger visited with local elected and business leaders in Eureka Wednesday to call for structural reform of California’s budget through a constitutional amendment.

“We want to not only fix the budget problem this year and next fiscal year, but we want to actually fix the system,” Schwarzenegger told a group of approximately 60 gathered at the Eureka Woman’s Club.

His proposal: to limit spending increases to the 5.4 percent revenue growth the state has averaged over the past decade.

When revenues surge to 12, 15 or 20 percent — or 23 percent as in 1999 — the governor proposed to place the excess in a rainy-day fund that would protect against budget problems, like the $12 billion deficit and across-the-board 10 percent cuts facing California this year.

“If there’s an economic upturn and our revenues are surging, the legislators grab all that money and spend it and never put any money aside for when the economy goes down and our revenues go down or level off,” Schwarzenegger said. “They are spendaholics in Sacramento. And especially with someone else’s money because they’re not used to signing the checks in the front, only in the back.” ...The governor said he is against raising taxes to make up the deficit.

“We can’t go to the people very single time when we have this problem and say let’s raise taxes,” he said. “The mistakes were made in Sacramento, not by the people of California, so why go out and punish the people of California and raise their taxes?"

Eureka was only the latest stop in a month-long swing around the state that’s included visits to nine other counties.

TS Schwarzenegger talks budget in Eureka

Read the transcripts from Schwarzenegger's Eureka visit