 | Mid-Illini Conference Track Meet 1600m 1985 This race became pivotal in the media after the fact. In 1985 the Mid-Illini decided that dual meets would count toward the conference crown in addition to the conference meet. This meant Morton had an edge as they were undefeated in duals. We needed to win the conference meet and another school besides Morton had to get second for IVC to win the conference. We won the meet. Morton got second, Washington third. Morton won the conference. In this 1600 race, Brian Swords of Metamora won (4:32.4), I got second and George Patterson (So.) of Washington got third. Had I let George beat me, that would have given Washington enough of a points edge to get second in the meet and would have allowed IVC to gain the title. It was a flawed system that was later changed. Track had what every other sport needs but doesn't have time for, a year end playoff for the conference championship. Palmer of East Peoria was 4th, Dan Johnson (Sr.) of IVC was 5th, and future state champion Mark Scheier (Fr.) Metamora was 6th. Side note, I ran next to Washington's Dave Nordhielm for part of the 1st and 2nd laps. He is now the unofficial guru of running in Central Illinois. |
 | Dr. Joel C. Hunter-Third Way Press Event At a press conference on October 10, 2007, Third Way released a paper that for the first time charts a way for progressives and Evangelicals to bridge the divide on some of the most polarizing cultural issues of the day (www.third-way.com). In seeking common ground on matters ranging from abortion to gay and lesbian issues to religion in the public square, the paper, titled "Come Let Us Reason Together: A Fresh Look at Shared Cultural Values between Evangelicals and Progressives," offers what its authors and supporters are calling "the beginning of the end of the culture wars." The Washington press conference, co-hosted by Faith in Public Life, brought together several national progressive and Evangelical leaders, including Dr. Joel C. Hunter, senior pastor of Northland, A Church Distributed, a congregation of 12,000 that worships throughout Central Florida and online via Webstream Worship at www.northlandchurch.net. |
 | Ron Paul Press Conference feat. Nader Ron Paul Press Conference, held at the National Press Club in Washington, DC on September 10, 2008. Paul dismisses McCain, Obama as candidates and encourages his supporters to vote third party. Part 1 http://www.votenader.org full audio (uncut) at http://www.votenader.org/audio |
 | Ron Paul Press Conference feat. Nader Ron Paul Press Conference, held at the National Press Club in Washington, DC on September 10, 2008. Paul dismisses McCain, Obama as candidates and encourages his supporters to vote third party. Part 2 http://www.votenader.org |
 | Ron Paul Press Conference feat. Ralph Nader Ron Paul Press Conference, held at the National Press Club in Washington, DC on September 10, 2008. Paul dismisses McCain, Obama as candidates and encourages his supporters to vote third party. Part 6 http://www.votenader.org |
 | Ron Paul Press Conference feat. Ralph Nader Ron Paul Press Conference, held at the National Press Club in Washington, DC on September 10, 2008. Paul dismisses McCain, Obama as candidates and encourages his supporters to vote third party. Part 8 http://www.votenader.org |
 | Landings On Okinawa; Mandalay Recaptured; Nazis vs 3rd Army 1945/4/9 1) "Conferences at Guam ended, Pacific Fleet Commander, Admiral Nimitz sends an armada of 1,400 vessels to Okinawa in the Ryukyus. En route, the men of the new U.S. 10th Army stage their own deck entertainment, and secure their issue of invasion money. Land sighted, the big guns of the fleet bark into action, and tons of rockets are sped shoreward. Landing craft race in, and unopposed landings are made. Inland, Jap dugouts and pill boxes are destroyed with grenades. Past broken forts, natives climb down from the hills, the Stars and Stripes are run up, and the Yanks prepare for their campaign on Okinawa, 360 miles from Japan itself." scenes of Adms. Nimitz, Mitscher, Ernie Pyle watches accordion and dance, 1400 ships prepare attack, naval guns open up, rocket barrages, civilians gave up. 2) Mandalay Recaptured, - "British and Indian combat troops capture Mandalay ending three years of Jap occupation. Burmese campaign continues to gain momentum as the mechanized might of the British splits the Jap hold of Burma into two segments." scenes of the campaign cutting the Burma peninsula in two, isolating Japanese forces in the south, city of pagodas under siege for 12 days 3) Allied Net Tightens on Germany - "Advancing with the U.S. 3rd Army - From hill positions, the Yanks are confronted with blistering fire from the Nazis in the valley below. When Yankee tanks, tank destroyers, and machine guns silence the enemy, the U.S. 3rd continues its victory advance, rolling by miles of burning and wrecked Nazi equipment. And a flood of Nazi prisoners streams to a collecting yard. Battle Rockets - U.S. uses mobile rocket projectors to hurl banks of rockets into German towns. They are fired by remote control so that the crews may escape the terrific discharge fires." scenes of 3rd Army overrunning the Reich, prisoners taken, first time rocket attacks filmed by Signal Corps cameras 4) Final Plans for Security Conference - "Washington, DC: Sec. Stettinius meets with the Ambassadors from Britain, Russia and China in first meeting of the four powers prior to the San Francisco parley. Asst. Sec. of State Archibald MacLeish explains the urgency of the Dumbarton Oaks principles being accepted by the United Nations and citizens of the U.S.A." scenes of Stettinius confers in San Francisco, Archibald MacLeish speaks 5) Golfers Entertain Wounded - "Atlanta, GA, Golf stars put on exhibition for wounded veterans at naval Air Station. After a Byron Nelson lesson, one vet flubs his shots almost as badly as Joe Kirkwood, the fancy shot maker." scenes of trick shot specialist Joe Kirkwood. (complete newsreel) |
 | Press Conference: The Three Top GOP Candidates Kent Snyder and Jonathan Bydlak of the Ron Paul 2008 campaign report on 3rd quarter fundraising numbers for the Republican candidates. They show there are three candidates well-poised financially for a serious run for the GOP nomination. For more information, see http://www.ronpaul2008.com/fundraising |
 | Ron Paul Press Conference feat. Ralph Nader Ron Paul Press Conference, held at the National Press Club in Washington, DC on September 10, 2008. Paul dismisses McCain, Obama as candidates and encourages his supporters to vote third party. Part 5 http://www.votenader.org |
 | Peter, Rick and Scott 2008 GCN Conference Promo The Gay Christian Network is having its Annual Conference on the weekend of the 3rd of January 2008 in Washington DC, USA. Peter (of Melbourne, Australia), Rick (of Seattle, USA) and Scott (of Perth, Australia) invite you to come attend! |
 | AFSCME Conference Some clips from the 2007 AFSCME Leadership Conference in Washington DC. I gave a speech and then participated in a forum moderated by Donna Brazile. The day after I spoke the presidential candidates all participated in a forum moderated by Chris Matthews. I was able to go back stage and meet candidates which was a really cool experience! The person who went with me followed me around with my camera that day and played documentary journalist, lol. Most of the time the camera was on me I didn't know. I threw a few clips together quickly, so it isn't the best editing, but here it is. ;-) Check out AFSCME at: http://www.afscme.org/ The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) is the second- or third-largest labor union in the United States and one of the fastest-growing, representing over 1.4 million employees, primarily in local and state government and in the health care industry. AFSCME is part of the AFL-CIO, one of the two main labor federations in the United States. |
 | Ron Paul Press Conference feat. Ralph Nader Ron Paul Press Conference, held at the National Press Club in Washington, DC on September 10, 2008. Paul dismisses McCain, Obama as candidates and encourages his supporters to vote third party. Part 4 http://www.votenader.org |
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