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Charleston, South Carolina (CNN) - In what appears to be a last ditch attempt to halt Newt Gingrich's late momentum in South Carolina, a fake CNN Breaking News alert was emailed to state Republican activists early Thursday morning claiming that the former House Speaker pressured his ex-wife to have an abortion.
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"A source close to Marianne Gingrich tells CNN that former House Speaker Newt Gingrich forced her to abort a pregnancy conceived during the affair that preceeded her marriage to Gingrich," the fake email reads.
Marianne Gingrich, who went public this week with charges that Gingrich once asked her for an "open marriage" while he was having an extramarital affair, has not made that claim.
"An ABC News interview with the Speaker's ex-wife aired Thursday evening which detailed the candidate's request for an open marriage and their subsequent divorce," the fake email alert adds.
Might not have been true, but sounds like something this bloob would do. What a slime.
To those of you attacking Obama for what republicans are doing to republicans- GET A GRIP.
This kind of thing is not funny and should be stopped. We should base our decisions on the facts that are there. It almost seems like something that happened to McCain during the 2000 election.
So CNN won't take responsibility for it, eh?
I heard a Christian Conservative on the radio stating something to the effect that The Bible teaches you forgiveness, which is why you see so many conservatives forging people for their past sins because it is what God wants and expects of us. I don't have a problem with that. It is the simple explanation for Catholic confessionals.
But what does any of that really have to do with politics? First man tries to demogogue and impeach second man for allegded marital indescreitions. As it turns out, first man is not only committing marital indescretions of his own, but he is apparently committing *professional misconduct* of a criminal nature. Repeatedly to the tune of dozens and dozens of counts. First man is eventually forced to resign in utter disgrace. Wasn't the man bannded from serving again in Congress for life or something? And now you want to make this guy POTUS?
Maybe. Or maybe CNN really did send it.
CNN can't be trusted, at all, in politics. They are in bed with Obama.
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Well, it's also possible that the Democrats sent out this email because in spite of what they'd like everyone to think, Obama is afraid to debate Newt. And who wouldn't lash out with an upfront accusation like that! Isn't about time the media starts acting appropriately, remaining neutral and reporting the news! Treat both parties equally for a change
Naturally it's a democratic plot....what a laugh. This is GOP Rovian tactics at their best. And i assume you are including Fox News in your "neutural" reporting comment???
the first wife is the one who taught Newt how to cheat. She had a relationship with him when he was 16 years old.her being 26. All ethic charges were dropped against Newt. The second wife had an affair with a married man with three children before she met Newt. She then had an affair with Newt knowing he was the father of two girls. She apparently isn't opposed to "open Marriage.
Awwww - sent by Newt so that he can further demonize the media and get the news out front so he can deny it while he's demonizing Cnn.
He's conniving, people, and it IS south carolina. Dirtiest politics in the nation. (What a state)
I wonder if the Republicans would've been defending Obama if he had an affair or cheated on his wife or had multiple ex-wives?
If you want ethics and morals, it's NOT SC, and it's NOT the GOP.
Isn't this similar to what Rove did to McCain in 2000, passing it around that his adopted daughter from someplace like India was the result of an affair he had with an African American woman? If I had to venture a guess it has Rove written all over it. However, since Rove is also on Romney's side, I wouldn't put it past Romney either. He stayed clean while all that PAC money attacked Gingrich in Iowa. This is just ugly. But honestly it's what we've come to expect from the GOP. What are we turning into when your base has to be spoon fed this kind of toxic waste. Sad.
I see Myth MorNEY and KARL ROVE and their SUPER PACs Thugs all over this email!!!!
This has got David Axelrod wrote all over it!
Okay, think back to Cain, look what they did to him. Have you heard anything about his so called affairs since he dropped out of the race? Now think back or go check out how obama got elected to the Illinios senate. You can almost bet that the dems had a hand in this and in Cains too. We need a fighter like Newt.
@gi joe whats so wrong with demonizing cnn?cnn demonizes the tea party and fox news on a daily basis.now they know how it feels.
Gingrich probably did this himself... Think about it. If he discredits it, then it makes his ex-wife entire story seem suspect. Then he can dismiss all "gotcha" surprises as fabricated targeted politics. Just like Rove did in his beginnings when he broke into his own office and blamed it on a democratic opponent. By the time the smoke cleared, he'd won.
Karl Rove, Mitt Romney's shadowy Super-Pacs, the Nixon "Plumbers" or Newt Gingrich himself?
They are all cut out of the same mold of sociopath! This is the embodiment of modern republicanism. Vile!


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Penn Brad Oil Museum
DISCOVER OIL! WORLD'S FIRST BILLION DOLLAR OIL FIELDHear the "Wild Catting Tales" at the site of our 72 foot tall, 1890 Era Standard Rig. See yellowdogs and barkers, headache posts, hurry-up sticks and sucker rods. In 1881, the Bradford Oil Field produced an incredible 83% of the United States total oil output. Groups Welcome. Please call ahead to schedule motorcoach or student field trips.
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AMERICA'S GRAND DAME OF OPERATIC STAGEThe Marilyn Horne Museum and Exhibit Center showcases highlights from the personal archive of legendary opera singer Marilyn Horne. Located in Bradford, Pennsylvania's National Historic District, the 3,400 sg. ft. museum is housed in a six-story, circa 1932 Art Deco building. Collection highlights include costumes, interactive audio and visual exhibits, and a documentary film shown in a sumptuous theater designed to evoke the ambience of Venice's famed Teatro la Fenice.
Looking for something special? High Tea at Marilyn Horne Hall is the perfect afternoon for groups from 10 to 48 participants. The buffet-style event offers a traditional menu of high tea favorites. Dine in a private space while listening to a backdrop of classical music. Then join the museum's docent for a presentation before touring the exhibition. Each guest receives a small gift before departing. Additional Information.
Free motorcoach parking. Café and Gift Shop on-site. Downtown location near shopping, dining and lodging. Free Admission. Open year-round (excluding major holidays).
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Sunday – Thursday: 10 am to 5 pm
Friday & Saturday: 10 am to 9 pm
National Comedy Center
302 W. 2nd Street
Jamestown, PA 14701
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Pfeiffer Nature Center & Foundation
Rural Landscapes, Old Growth ForestPfeiffer Nature Center, 1974 Lilibridge Road, Portville, New York, has open access hiking trails, a historic log cabin, great birding areas, and a picturesque pavilion available for rent. Located in rural southwestern New York, the Center is located on more than 648 acres of rural landscapes among old growth forest.
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The vast majority of Americans—most of whom are responsible for their own retirement—are woefully unprepared to manage their financial future. They simply don't know enough about investing. The latest and most exhaustive research on the subject landed with a thud on Aug. 30, when the Securities and Exchange Commission released its 212-page "Study Regarding Financial Literacy Among Investors."
The assessment was worse than expected. Investors "lack basic financial literacy" and have a "weak grasp of elementary financial concepts."
The report is in response to 2010's Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, which directed the SEC to not only "identify the existing level of financial literacy among retail investors," but also highlight issues that could become new policy. In particular, the SEC was supposed to delineate methods to improve the timing, content, and format of disclosures, like fees and investment performance; determine the most useful information when considering an investment product; and sort out ways to increase the transparency of expenses and conflicts of interest.
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Pozen isn't new to this topic. Not only was he formerly the chairman of MFS Investment Management; he also has worked extensively with policy makers, including posts in President George W. Bush's administration and for Mitt Romney when he was governor of Massachusetts.
"Every large fund complex has educational material and tools on their sites," Pozen says. "But I don't think investors read them or use them." The material simply isn't engaging or entertaining enough, he says. "I'd like to see the SEC use its foundation to produce a show like 'Extreme Makeover,' only focused on re-doing people's finances."
Fair enough. The fund industry has—willingly, for the most part—made changes in how it presents information. And most have Websites replete with tools, calculators, glossaries, and education pages. "We look at it as a competitive advantage," says Chris McDermott, senior vice president of personal investing for Fidelity. He points to a dramatic increase in customer engagement with the Website and attendance at Fidelity-sponsored seminars. As a former employee, I know first-hand how sincerely Fidelity wants to connect and educate their 28 million retail and 401(k) customers. But I also remember vividly a protracted discussion in which I had to argue that the term "asymmetric return profile" really did need to be defined—for an education-oriented Web page, no less. Fund firms might think they're educating, but they're not educators. "No one area owns investor education," McDermott says. "The effort should come from multiple places."
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I'm not a fan of Yorkshire Puddings and I choose not to eat them when we have a Sunday roast. But Steve's Mum and sister were having problems with theirs not rising very well, so I decided it was time to take up the challenge of making them. Plus Steve loves them so it would be a great thing if I could get them right.
As always, the first place I turn to for a decent recipe is BBC Good Food and here I used Barney Desmazery's recipe. I love the simplicity of the recipe in that it uses equal quantities of flour, eggs and milk by volume. Barney says there is no need to let the batter 'stand' or 'rest' so I just made the batter and the only resting time I gave it was the 10 minutes I waited for the oil to heat up in the oven.
Now I followed Barney's recipe pretty faithfully, except that I used my silicone 6-hole muffin tin. Well it used to have 6 usable holes, but one of them split (from me putting it in the freezer to freeze egg whites/yolks) so I only put oil in 5 of the holes. But when it came to pouring the batter into the holes, in my haste I forgot about the one with the split/no oil and poured some batter in it. This one didn't rise half as much as the others, but it was still extremely edible according to Steve! It just goes to show that you definitely need oil to cook Yorkshires!
Anyway, I was so pleased with how the others turned out! I actually really enjoyed eating them, as they were lovely and crispy on top and not stodgy at all.
When Steve's Mum saw them she was really impressed, but then she asked me what recipe I used and she balked at the idea of using 4 eggs! She uses a recipe that only uses 1 egg, so she was adamant that the great results I got must be due to the silicone tin I used. She normally uses a metal bun tin, so she said next time she will try her recipe using my silicone tin. She was also surprised I only let the oil heat up for 10 minutes, as she heats it for about 30 minutes and the batter still doesn't sizzle! (I forgot to mention that before adding the oil I did put my silicone tin on a metal tray and I put it in the oven for about 5 minutes because it was wet and I wanted to dry it, so this extra heating time could have made a difference).
She also cooks her Yorkshires at a lower temperature, so I think she will try it at a higher temperature to get the rise right. I'll let you know the results of the experiment!
Update: Steve's Mum has made Yorkshires twice using her original recipe and my silicone tins, but she has exactly the same result as when she uses her metal tins. So I think it's definitely the recipe that she needs to change, but she's very set in her ways and has decided to just go back to using her metal tins and not change her recipe! I am going to make these Yorkshires again to try and convince her that she needs more eggs in her recipe!
- Makes: between 8-10 if using a muffin tin
- Oven temperature: Gas mark 8/450°F/230°C
- Oven shelf: top
- Cooking time: 20-25 minutes
- 140g plain flour (this is about 200ml/7fl oz)
- 4 eggs (200ml/7fl oz)
- 200ml milk
- sunflower oil, for cooking
- Heat oven to 230C/fan 210C/gas 8. Drizzle a little oil evenly into 2 x 4-hole Yorkshire pudding tins or a 12-hole non-stick muffin tin and place in the oven to heat through.
- To make the batter, tip the flour into a bowl and beat in the eggs until smooth. Gradually add the milk and carry on beating until the mix is completely lump-free. Season with salt and pepper. Pour the batter into a jug, then remove the hot tins from the oven. Carefully and evenly pour the batter into the holes. Place the tins back in the oven and leave undisturbed for 20-25 mins until the puddings have puffed up and browned. Serve immediately. You can now cool them and freeze for up to 1 month.
- I used 4 large eggs, but I think I could have got away with 3 large eggs as the volume was a bit over 200ml (I have used 3 eggs and successfully made Toad in the hole with this batter).
- I used about 1 teaspoon of oil per hole in the tin.
- I let the oil heat up for 10 minutes and the batter did sizzle, but 15-20 minutes would be better.
- I filled each hole about half full with batter.
- The Yorkshires did start to burn on top after 20 minutes but still looked a little bit underdone towards the bottom, so I moved them to the lower part of the oven and cooked for another 5 minutes.
- I made 6 Yorkshires and with the rest of the batter I added some melted butter and made 4 pancakes (as per Barney's pancake recipe). I stacked them on a plate with non-stick baking paper between each one, then wrapped in cling film and refrigerated overnight. I will fill these with a spicy pork filling.


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Yahoo apologized to Albuquerque.
Rio Rancho wants to make it illegal to feed pigeons.
This guy is going to climb a Chicago skyscraper with a bionic leg.
Handing out razors on Halloween.
Waste the rest of your day on this enormous, UK-centric online dictionary of slang.
Absolutely no evidence PROVES there are hundreds of abominable snowmen living in Siberia.
Romney and Mormonism.
Romney on women, his faith and who he is.
The Italian Captain who abandoned the Costa Concordia is suing for wrongful termination.
Scotland Yard is now calling Jimmy Saville Britain's most prolific serial sex offender.
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On this day in 1946, Robert Mapplethorpe was born.


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GLOCK, Inc. Honored by 19th Annual Communicator Awards
National awards recognize GLOCK marketing efforts in online videos
SMYRNA, Ga. – Today GLOCK, Inc. announced its category wins from the 19th Annual Communicator Awards, which honor excellence in marketing and communications. Specifically, GLOCK won two Awards of Excellence for its "Wrong Diner" video and five Awards of Distinction for its "Wrong Girl" and "Wrong Convenience Store" videos.
"Wrong Diner" was launched online at the end of 2011; it previously won three Communicator Awards of Excellence in 2012, accumulating more than five million YouTube views to-date. "Wrong Girl", "Wrong Convenience Store" and the latest release, "Wrong Guy", launched online successively throughout 2013 starting at the Shooting, Hunting, Outdoor Tradeshow ("SHOT Show") and have collectively achieved more than 2.5 million YouTube views.
"We are pleased that our marketing efforts are being recognized in the industry," stated Josh Dorsey, GLOCK Vice President. "We're also grateful to our partner, Rogin Entertainment, for collaborating with us on this very successful video campaign starring R. Lee Ermey (the 'Gunny')."
The Communicator Awards is the leading international awards program recognizing big ideas in marketing and communications. Founded nearly two decades ago, The Communicator Awards receives over 6,000 entries from companies and agencies of all sizes, making it one of the largest awards of its kind in the world.
GLOCK, Inc. also recently won a 2013 Wildlife Industry, Leadership & Development (W.I.L.D.) Award from the Hunter Heritage Foundation. The GLOCK 21 Gen 4 won the category of 'Best Firearm Product.' The W.I.L.D. Awards spotlight the people, businesses and product innovations that have made a significant, positive impact toward promoting and preserving American outdoor traditions.
About GLOCK, Inc.
The GLOCK GROUP is a leading global manufacturer of pistols and accessories. GLOCK's superior engineering has produced a pistol with only 34 parts and a rugged polymer-frame, providing industry-leading reliability shot after shot. GLOCK is renowned for its pistols which are safe, featuring three safeties; simple, offering a low number of components to provide reliability; and fast, with no encumbering parts to slow the speed to fire. This combination makes GLOCK pistols the first choice among consumers and law enforcement, with approximately 65 percent of agencies within the United States choosing to carry GLOCK. Austrian-engineered, the group has manufacturing facilities in the United States and Austria. Based in Smyrna, Ga., GLOCK, Inc. is an advocate for our nation's law enforcement and military personnel, as well as all citizens' Second Amendment right to bear arms. For more information, please visit http://us.glock.com.


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Thursday, April 2, 2009
Lovely to be Here
I want to thank Mary and Dan for the opportunity to spend some time at LHB. This is a serious forum that values ideas, the transformation of ideas, and the human beings involved in the interpretation of ideas and events over time. I am honored and tickled to be here.
So I should probably begin by praying that my shabby treatment of the Framers has not degraded this forum. I can only plead temporary insanity on account of April Fool's Day.
I'll let that post speak for itself, other than to make two observations. First, one of the neat things about satire is that if it works at all, it works on multiple levels. One may be critiquing a discipline, an art form (e.g., the business of reviewing books), a particular event, a particular trend or mood, or even oneself. If satire works, one isn't entirely sure which of these is happening: it could be some, it could be all. Which is what makes satire so dangerous and worthy of suppression. Satire ridicules and in poking fun subverts the conventions governing the enterprise of truth-seeking, but in the hope of achieving some deeper insights.
Second, in critiquing the business of book reviews, I purposefully included at least one factual error, since no review is complete without some factual inaccuracy (can you guess what it is?). I would feel terrible about perpetuating inaccurate understandings of the past even in the name of satire, so after an appropriate period of time I'll set the record straight (in the meantime, feel free to guess).
Now, on to the serious business of legal history. What to expect from my posts? I have a soft spot for synthetic work, by which I mean scholarship that is neither strictly theoretical nor strictly historical in the who, what, where, why sense of the word. Synthetic work faces some interesting challenges, so I hope to prompt some reflection on the contributions and difficulties presented by this type of scholarship. My own work focuses on constitutional process (writ large), conceptual transformation, institutional culture and mindset, and the formation and diffusion of political knowledge. On these questions, I can be quite taken with everyone from radicals and outsiders, to mainstream politicians and judges, to presidents and their aides. Of late, I have become fascinated with the late 1930s and 1940s as a period of intense political and legal ferment and institution building. Like Mary, Chris, and others, I am interested in war as a vehicle for mobilizing governing ideals. I plan to share some of my findings as well as the puzzles that keep me up late at night.
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- Shag from Brookline said...
Just as the Devil can quote Scriptures, both originalists and non-originalists can quote from the Federalist to support their positions. There were more than the 3 or 4 Federalist authors constituting the "Founding Fathers." So relying upon these 3 or 4 can be cherrypicking. Perhaps George Washinton chopped down the wrong cherry tree. So never apologize for satire, especially if it gets people to think.
- April 3, 2009 at 7:14:00 AM EDT
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FiascO2, Redux
The best laid plans of mice and men "gang aft agley," as they say. iPhone carriers as well, apparently. Because British wireless carrier O2 claims it was well prepared for the iPhone pre-order event that felled its Web site earlier this week. It just wasn't well prepared enough. In an email to customers today, O2 apologized for the failure of its online ordering system, explaining there was little it could do to prepare for the 13,000 orders per second that overwhelmed it. That's right: 13,000 orders per second.
"We had invested heavily to add a huge amount of additional capacity, 250 times its normal rate, and backup systems," O2 said in a statement. "We tested this carefully in advance. The massive simultaneous crush exceeded even our worst-case assumptions. Demand was at 13,000 orders per second. Frankly, we have to admit we just weren't prepared for this unprecedented level of demand. No website is."
O2 Sees Unprecedented Demand for iPhone 3G
O2 today announced that Apple's highly anticipated iPhone 3G will go on general sale from 8.02 a.m. Friday in O2, Apple and Carphone Warehouse retail stores. To ensure fairness, O2 will sell the device on a strictly first-come, first-served basis to both new and upgrading customers in all retail outlets.
Demand for the revolutionary device is already at unprecedented levels, far in excess of the original iPhone. 'We've never seen any mobile device create the excitement and demand of the iPhone 3G,' said Ronan Dunne, CEO of O2 in the UK. 'We want to ensure that everyone who wants an iPhone 3G can get one, so we'll be working with Apple to continually replenish our supplies throughout the summer.'
This morning, customers who had pre-registered their interest in iPhone 3G were given the opportunity to purchase via O2's online shop (http://shop.o2.co.uk) a limited stock of devices that had been set aside. The response was so great that the online store completely sold out of iPhone 3Gs within just a few hours. Though O2 had invested several million pounds to increase the order capacity of the site (with order processing capacity increased by over 250 times its normal rate), at times the site still couldn't process the sheer weight of demand.
Details of when new supplies of iPhone 3Gs will be available via the O2 online shop will be updated regularly via the website.
Business customers can, from today, also start placing orders for iPhone 3G through O2 business channels. Delivery timings will be communicated when an order is placed.
iPhone 3G combines all the revolutionary features of iPhone with 3G networking that is significantly faster than the first-generation iPhone. The device has built-in GPS for expanded location-based mobile services, iPhone 2.0 software (which includes support for Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync) and runs the hundreds of third-party applications already built with the recently released iPhone SDK. These can be accessed via iTunes.
The 8GB iPhone 3G will be available for free to customers opting for the £45 or £75 tariffs and £99 on the £30 and £35 per-month tariffs. The 16GB model will cost £159 on the £30 and £35 tariffs, £59 on the £45 tariff and it will be free on the £75 tariff. All customers will continue to receive unlimited UK data browsing over O2's mobile network and unlimited access to over 9,000 Wi-Fi hotspots through both The Cloud and BT Openzone.
Existing iPhone customers can upgrade early to the iPhone 3G through O2 channels by re-signing a new 18-month contract, taking advantage of the same great offer as new customers. They will then be able to give their existing 2G iPhone to a friend, family member or colleague, who can transfer onto an iPhone tariff if they are an existing O2 Pay Monthly or business customer, stick in their existing O2 SIM and buy the appropriate Bolt Ons for unlimited data, or buy an iPhone Pay & Go SIM card from 11 July offering unlimited data and unlimited Wi-Fi access to The Cloud and BT Openzone hotspots for £10 per month. Full information is available on o2.co.uk/iPhone.
The iPhone 3G will launch on O2 Pay and Go (Prepay) in time for the Christmas shopping period, with pricing details to be confirmed closer to launch."


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This Week in God
First up from the God Machine this week is a report on the Values Voter Summit, the nation's largest annual gathering for the religious right movement, which began yesterday in D.C. Despite the truly nutty organizers and guest list, the VVS welcomed a lengthy list of notable Republican speakers, including Paul Ryan and a video address from Mitt Romney.
Of particular interest, though, was a man who calls himself Kamal Saleem. His self-assigned title: "former terrorist."
He had all kinds of unique insights to share, but I found this one especially interesting. According to Saleem, whose real name is Khodor Shami, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is currently working with Islamic countries and the United Nations to "subjugate American people to be arrested and put to jail and their churches and synagogues shut down." All of this, he said, will happen early next year – March, at the latest.
Values Voter Summit attendees, instead of turning to one another and asking, "What on earth is this strange man talking about?" actually cheered Saleem's bizarre conspiracy theories.
As Rachel noted on the show last night, this is the same right-wing activist who says President Obama is secretly praying Islamic prayers when it looks like he's pledging allegiance to the American flag; insists Americans will be "wearing rag heads" if immigration reform is approved; and argues that the Roe v. Wade precedent leads to "Sharia law."
Right Wing Watch added, "We have been covering the absurd, bizarre and paranoid rantings of phony ex-terrorist Kamal Saleem as he emerged on the Religious Right scene, and today he had his biggest platform yet at the Values Voter Summit, where he was preceded by Ohio congressman Jim Jordan and a video message by Mitt Romney."
Joining this fake former terrorist on the guest list is the Republican presidential nominee, the Republican vice presidential nominee, two sitting Republican governors, two sitting Republican U.S. senators, and six sitting Republican U.S. House members, including the House Majority Leader.
I hope I'm not the only one who finds this rather disconcerting.
Also from the God Machine this week:
* Sister Pat Farrell, president of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, joined a group of 102 other faith leaders this week urging Republican governors to drop their opposition to the Affordable Care Act and accept the law's Medicaid expansion. "Depriving struggling families of healthcare is wholly incompatible with the teachings of our faiths and the ideals of our nation," the statement reads.
* Though historically the divisions between Christians and Muslims in Kenya have been minimal, the "veneer of tolerance" has been "ripped open recently," with at least five churches, including the Christian Salvation Army in the poor Muslim district of Majengo, facing attacks this year (thanks to reader R.P. for the tip).
* And President Obama released a new video this week recognizing Rosh Hashnah and Yom Kippur.


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Lazio have released a statement suggesting there is "absolutely no foundation" behind reports the attack on Tottenham fans was by their ultras.
A bar in the Campo dei Fiori area of Rome was attacked at around 1.30am local time last night by a group of between 50 and 100 masked figures who were armed with knuckle-dusters, iron bars and knives, leaving 10 Spurs fans injured – one seriously.
"S.S. Lazio, with relation to the acts of hooliganism that occurred last night in the Campo dei Fiori area that by some news sources was attributed to the Biancazzurri ultras, would like to point out the following:
"1) The aggressors arrived at the bar wearing full motorbike helmets and masks that hid their identity, so there is absolutely no foundation for attributing them to Lazio fan groups.
"2) Lazio fans have shown recently that they have totally abandoned manifestations of cowardly and gratuitous physical violence such as the events of last night.
"3) Lazio have always urged their fans to show sporting spirit and fair play towards opponents and their supporters, limiting their comments to healthy sporting antagonism. The proof was in the behaviour of the fans at the stadium during last week's Rome derby.
"4) Incidents like what happened last night have nothing to do with football and instead represent pure delinquency, against which the police and magistrates must intervene with every instrument at their disposal.
"5) Lazio hope those responsible will be identified as soon as possible, therefore taking away the unfair associations and suspicions on their fans."
There are conflicting reports emerging from Rome as the investigation continues. It is known several of the hooligans were apprehended as they fled the scene and reports suggest at least one was a Roma fan.
The more likely motive emerging is that they were members of a far right political action group and targeted the Tottenham fans due to the club's historic association with the Jewish community.
It would therefore be an anti-Semitic attack rather than one based on their football colours.
There has been surprise that such an organised and planned attack took place well away from the stadium and long before the Europa League game, marking it out as highly unusual for an ultra' attack.
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VICTORIA - The Christy Clark B.C. Liberal government is reviving the idea of burning natural gas to make electricity, an option that was a non-starter with her predecessor Gordon Campbell.
Campbell's climate plan dedicated the province to clean electricity, mainly hydro and wind power, and outright disdained natural gas, which is generally regarded as the cleanest of the fossil fuels.
But natural gas has been making a comeback, partly because of a price slump that makes gas-fired turbines one of the cheapest options for generating electricity, partly in recognition that it may be needed to provide at least some of the fuelling needs of a trio of liquefied natural gas plants proposed for the northwest coast.
"We may see some of it used in the refrigeration piece," Energy Minister Rich Coleman said this week, referring to the way that LNG plants function as giant, power-hungry refrigerators, converting the gas to a liquid that can be pumped into tankers and shipped to Asian markets.
"Our liquefied natural gas plan really does contemplate the possibility of needing to use natural gas to shape some power," he continued during an interview with me on Voice of BC on Shaw TV, adding that it could also be used as a supplement to intermittent sources of electricity such as wind and run-of-river power.
More telling than those comments from the minister are the contents of the latest version of BC Hydro's integrated resource plan, released late last month as part of a public consultation process on the giant utility's future as a provider of the province's electricity needs.
Among the recommendations in the plan are some mainstays of earlier resource plans. Hydro is urged to rededicate itself to conservation by boosting its already ambitious Power Smart targets by 12 per cent over the decade.
Site C, the proposed hydroelectric dam on the Peace River, continues to figure prominently in the plan, albeit as a project that won't begin delivering power for another 10 years at the earliest.
Other recommendations that would not have been out of place in a Gordon Campbell integrated resource plan were the calls for Hydro to add a sixth generating station to a vacant bay at the Revelstoke Dam and to "acquire up to 2,000 gigawatt hours from clean energy producers. "
But I was struck by the intrusion into the mix of some options that did not figure into Campbell's plans. For instance, to meet its power needs in the short term, Hydro is urged to "fill the gap with a combination of market purchases first, power from the Columbia River Treaty second and extending the existing backup use of Burrard Thermal Generating station if required."
Campbell wanted the province to be self-sufficient in producing electricity, not to rely on market purchases from other jurisdictions.
He saw the province's power entitlement under the Columbia River treaty as a source of revenue, not domestic consumption here in B.C.
And when the utilities commission ruled that Burrard Thermal could be used to meet some of Hydro's needs, Campbell interfered directly in the commission to ensure that wouldn't happen.
Burrard Thermal is, of course, gas-fired. And that was among several of the plan's dozen or so recommendations that raised the prospect of using natural gas to generate electricity over the next 20 years.
One recommendation, echoing Coleman's comments this week, says that on the north coast, reliance on clean energy should be "backed up by gas-fired generation."
Another urges that "local gas-fired generation" should be an option for meeting the growing need for electricity in the northeast, where gas extraction and production is expected to double over the decade.
Some of the shift in thinking about natural gas is recognition that Hydro probably can't supply all of the projected power needs of the emerging LNG industry without some reliance on burning gas to make electricity.
But some of it is also a more realistic take on the changing economics of the energy sector and the emergence of gas as a convenient, relatively cheap source of power for making electricity.
Hydro itself, the plan notes, wants to "work with industry to explore natural gas as a resource option, as it is the next-lowest-cost alternative for adding additional capacity.
"Natural-gas-fired plants can be located close to where the electricity is needed, reducing the need to build new transmission."
In short, if the province is prepared to export natural gas to other jurisdictions as a cheap feedstock for making electricity, why not do the same at home, particularly if that would fill some gaps in domestic demand and fuel the expansion of the LNG industry?
The ready answer is that gas-fired generation is neither renewable nor emissions free, as the driving force behind B.C.'s last electricity resourcing plan would be the first to testify.
But Gordon Campbell is gone from office and this latest edition of the Hydro resource plan is further evidence that some of his priorities have departed along with him.


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EWN consultation calls for universal access to water and sanitation
Bridget Ben-Naimah and Ambassador Luis Gallegos presenting a painting by an Argentinian artist, Néstor Favre-Mossier, to Cornelia Füllkrug-Weitzel at the EWN consultation in Berlin. © Pascoal Bento
18 July 2013
A statement issued at the World Council of Churches (WCC) consultation calls on churches, governments and the United Nations to ensure universal access to water, sanitation and hygiene, while placing access to water prominently on their post-2015 agendas.
The Church must "serve as a catalyst for creating an inspiring and shared vision of water justice in the social domain," read the statement, titled "God, lead us to abundant life and peace through water justice".
The statement was developed by forty church leaders, theologians, academics and activists who gathered for a strategic consultation in Berlin, Germany, organized by the WCC's Ecumenical Water Network (EWN). The event was hosted by Bread for the World, a German church aid agency, taking place from 10 to12 June.
The statement asked governments and the international community to renew their commitment "to provide universal access, including for the poor and other marginalized groups, to adequate safe, drinking water supply, hand-washing and sanitation facilities at home by 2030."
In her inaugural speech, Rev. Cornelia Füllkrug-Weitzel, president of Bread for the World, recollected contribution of the agency in forming the EWN with other ecumenical organizations. She gave assurances of her support for the work of the EWN and outcomes of the consultation.
"Water is a public good which cannot be the subject of a property right, where this right can be used or abused," said Maria Francisca Ize-Charrin of the WaterLex. In that sense, she added, "grabbing of water resources by private companies without taking into account the right to water for populations and future generations becomes unacceptable from a human rights point of view."
Among other speakers at the consultation were Ambassador Luis Gallegos, permanent representative of Ecuador to the UN Office at Geneva, and Rabbi Awraham Soetendorp of the Jacob Soetendorp Institute for Human Values.
Reflections on the UN Millennium Development Goals were also shared by Virginia Roaf, adviser to the UN Special Rapporteur on the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation, and by Hannah Neumeyer from the WASH United.
According to the EWN coordinator Dinesh Suna, the consultation provided a "clear sense of direction" in taking concrete steps towards churches' efforts on water justice and the human right to water. "We see a lot of scope in contributing to the post-2015 development agenda related to water, sanitation and hygiene," said Suna.
The EWN international reference group also met at the consultation, preparing for the WCC's upcoming assembly in Busan, Republic of Korea, from 30 October to 8 November. Gaim Kebreab of the Norwegian Church Aid and Veronica Flachier from the Latin American Council of Churches were elected as the new co-chairs of the EWN's international reference group, while Rev. Dr Bridget Ben-Naimah from the All Africa Conference of Churches stepped down after her term as interim co-chair.
Read the statement: "God, lead us to abundant life and peace through water justice"


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Former "One Life To Live" actress Tika Sumpter will always love her devoted soap fans.
"They are the most loyal fan base ever," says the bubbly 28-year-old, who spent nearly five years on the ABC afternoon soap. "They'll basically let you know they were a fan before everything. They'll definitely bring you back down to Earth."
But Sumpter — who most recently played savvy, business-minded Raina Thorpe on last season's "Gossip Girl" — was completely knocked off her feet at an industry party in April when she discovered she had a very powerful admirer: movie mogul Harvey Weinstein.
"I was at the 'Scream 4' premiere after-party, and I saw Harvey Weinstein come up to the bar so I stepped aside to let him through," says the Hollis-born, Long Island-raised beauty. "He tapped me on the shoulder and said, 'I love your character on "Gossip Girl." ' My heart stopped, and I was like, 'That's freaking Harvey Weinstein.' I freaked out, but obviously not in front of him.
"I felt like it was a sign," she adds. "I'm on the right path if Harvey Weinstein is tapping me on the shoulder."
Indeed, Sumpter, who has been working furiously in modeling and voice-overs since she was 17, can rest assured that she's blazing an upward trail. After landing on "One Life To Live" in 2005, she left in January to pursue feature films and a music career recording with Angela Hunte, who co-produced "Empire State of Mind."
She scored the coveted "Gossip Girl" role, in which she luckily romanced both Ed Westwick and Chace Crawford's characters, and this month she'll play Anna Faris' pal in "What's Your Number?" a comedy that explores how the taboo number of sexual partners affects the potential for a successful relationship.
"It's really funny, or at least it was when we were there," she says with a giggle.
And don't think just because her stock is rising, her number of conquests is keeping pace. "The directors said everybody [in the cast] was going to have to say their number in the credits. I was so scared. It's not high, but I made fun of myself," admits the sexy singleton, who says she's "boy-crazy" these days.
But, shrinking, indecisive suitors needn't bother the vibrant, funny gal.
"I like guys who know what they want and can take the lead. They get major points for taking initiative because I have to control so much in my own life, I don't want to have to tell anyone what to do," she adds emphatically. They should also have a healthy appetite if they score an invite to the actress's Edgewater, NJ, home, which sits on the Hudson and overlooks the Manhattan skyline.
"I like being at home and cooking. I just made branzino stuffed with crab. I grill lamb chops and just enjoy cooking fish and vegetables. I have a great kitchen. I'm overlooking Manhattan while I cook. I'll have a glass of wine. That's a night for me," she insists.
One thing that Sumpter isn't firm on is her personal style.
"I'm a Gemini, so I change my look whatever way the wind blows. Sometimes I feel boho chic and others, I feel Armani chic. Some days, I can be in Converse and jeans," says the conscientious shopper, who hits both the high end at Nordstrom and the low end at Target.
"I love a bargain," she says with a excited squeak.
The Post put the rising star with an eye for a deal in 100 pieces of clothing under $100, and the fashion chameleon approves.
"They looked like something out of fashion magazine the way the colors were all put together. And the fabrics were great," she enthuses.


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Daughters of interracial parents are more likely than sons to identify as multiracial, and this is especially true for children of black-white couples, according to a new study in the February issue of the American Sociological Review.
A new study finds that many U.S. adults — roughly one in five — are deeply religious, know a lot about science, and support many practical uses of science and technology in everyday life, but reject scientific explanations of creation and evolution.
People who report having spiritual awareness have it vary throughout the day, rather than being constant, according to a study by University of Connecticut researchers.
Racial attachments are understood to be socially constructed and endogenous to gender, socioeconomic, and religious identities. Yet we know surprisingly little about the effect of such identities on the particular racial labels that individuals self-select. In this article, I investigate how social identities shape the racial labels chosen by biracial individuals in the United States, a rapidly growing population who have multiple labeling options.
Although several studies have examined the association between religious involvement and physical functioning, there is no consistent empirical evidence concerning the true nature of the association. The Hispanic population is also surprisingly understudied in previous work. In this article, we employ seven waves of data from the Hispanic Established Populations for the Epidemiologic Study of the Elderly to examine the association between religious attendance and performance-based mobility trajectories among older Mexican Americans.
This study examines the relationship between interreligious contact and negative attitudes toward the religious outgroup among minority Christians and majority Muslims in Indonesia. It answers two research questions: Does interreligious contact reduce negative outgroup attitudes equally for minority Christians and majority Muslims? Are mediation by perceived group threat and moderation by perceived discrimination equally important for religious minorities and majorities?
This paper reconceptualizes "individualism" as a discursive strategy of action through which everyday Americans attempt to manage the cultural dilemma of engaging in externally imposed social obligations within a broader individualistic culture.
The authors provide an analytical review of the past 115 years of scholarship on race, ethnicity, and religion. Too often work in the study of race and ethnicity has not taken the influence of religion seriously enough, with the consequence being an incomplete understanding of racialization, racial and ethnic identity, and racial inequality. The authors examine key works in the field; conduct an assessment of articles published on race, ethnicity, and religion in six journals over a five-year period; and outline where scholarship should head in future years.
Religion is the most segregated arena of American life, but its effect on collegiate diversity outcomes has been overlooked, despite the significance of both race and religion in many students' lives. This study examines whether religious observance, religious worldview identification, and participation in a religious student organization are significantly related to cross-racial interaction (CRI), a form of bridging social capital, during college. The current study yielded largely positive relationships between general religiosity and CRI.


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Like a lot of you, I too give each of my kiddos a new Christmas ornament every year. We get our new ornaments after we've finished Thanksgiving dinner along with our dessert. It's kind of our official kick-off to the Christmas season. I base the ornaments I give my girls on some big event that has happened in the past year. This one is going to my baby...to remember all the times I've had to repaint the walls because she displayed her artistic side.
This is a 2" paint brush, handle painted red, felt wrapped around the base, and a few torn strips of muslin tied into a mustache. Go on, celebrate your little artist-
Happy Crafting!


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Judicial activism is intrinsic. Judges continually encounter situations not straightforwardly covered in any laws. They have to drag the laws onto the new situations, and extend the laws' original sense. Through the system of precedent, the ad hoc extensions become law. Eventually, many laws end up covering areas alien to the lawmakers' intent.
Additionally, many judges, especially of Supreme Courts, find professional indulgence in scholastic exercises. They seek hidden meaning in laws, or rather find ways to inject a predetermined meaning into the laws. Hard to believe but true nonetheless, many judges have a sadistic urge to "let Rome fail but the law triumph." They subconsciously trample on commonsense values with wild legal interpretations. For them, this is a way of placing themselves above society and its wants and needs.
In many cases, though, the judges can be beaten with their own weapon, legalese. Thus, in 2000 the Supreme Court ruled that no community in Israel can refuse admittance to Arabs. Besides the direct security risk Arabs pose to Jewish residents, it's just abominable to have them around. But it remains legal to exclude people of other religions. Jews can form religious neighborhoods and refuse residence to those who don't practice Judaism; that would rid the townships of Muslims.


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Senator Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., references letters from officials at ICE and the Customs and Immigration Enforcement Association while criticizing proposed U.S. border security under the Gang of Eight's immigration plan.
Aiming to advance a sweeping immigration reform bill by week's end, senators on the committee considering the legislation planned marathon sessions to complete its edits, including the approval Monday of a compromise measure to implement a test system for taking foreign visa holders' fingerprints when they exit the United States.
In an effort to win over Republicans who favor using "biometric" criteria – like fingerprinting -- to monitor when foreigners leave the country, pro-reform members of the Senate Judiciary Committee approved an amendment sponsored by Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah, a Republican considered to be a swing vote on the 18 member committee. That amendment, a less stringent version of a biometric proposal that failed last week, would require the Department of Homeland Security to establish a fingerprinting system at the 10 U.S. airports with the highest international traffic within two years. After six years, that system would have to be in place at the nation's 30 biggest airports.
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Senate Judiciary Committee holds a markup session on the immigration reform legislation in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill May 20, 2013 in Washington, DC.
The biometric tracking is primarily aimed at monitoring visa overstays, which account for an estimated 40 percent of the undocumented population.
It was adopted by a vote of 13-5.
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, a Republican who is not on the Senate Judiciary Committee but was a key drafter of the Gang of Eight legislation, has been pushing for the biometric system.
In a statement, Rubio applauded the passage of the Hatch amendment.
"The amendment adopted today is a good start and I will continue to fight to make the tracking of entries and exits include biometrics in the most effective system we can build when the bill is amended on the Senate floor," he said.
Prior to the vote, Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama – who sponsored an attempt last week to immediately begin implementation of a fingerprinting system at all major air, sea and land ports – slammed the amendment as inadequate, disputing the idea that finalizing a nationwide system would be costly and unwieldy.
"Why we won't do it and do it properly within a year or 18 months – completely -- I have no idea," Sessions said.
Congress has previously passed legislation requiring a biometric exit system but has never implemented the program, citing cost, infrastructure challenges and opposition from major airlines.
Proponents of the Hatch measure said it would provide an important step towards implementing a more complete biometric system, which senators on both sides of the aisle agreed would provide the most failsafe method for tracking visa overstays as well as individuals who pose national security threats.
"I do not look at this, Senator Sessions, as a fig leaf," said Democrat Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California. "I look at it as a start."
Republican Sen. Jeff Flake of Arizona, another Gang of Eight member, added that all lawmakers are "frustrated" by the fact that a biometric system has not yet been implemented nationwide but that the Hatch measure would be the most "aggressive" mandate yet to start putting one in place.
Senators Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., and Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., discuss the use of biometric screening at the nation's airports at a Senate immigration hearing on Monday.
Earlier Monday, senators also approved an amendment proposed by South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham, also a member of the Gang of Eight, that would void legal status for individuals who sought asylum in the United States but subsequently returned to the country from which they fled.
That measure was aimed at those like Boston Marathon suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev, whose family had been granted asylum in the United States but who had returned to Russia prior to the terrorist attack.
Senators also unanimously approved an amendment to mandate better tracking of immigrants who have overstayed visas by mandating broad data-sharing between customs officials, federal law enforcement and intelligence personnel.
The committee was slated for a late night Monday. As it began its fourth day of edits to the bill, Chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy said he was optimistic that the panel could complete its work as early as Wednesday night.
This story was originally published on Mon May 20, 2013 1:25 PM EDT


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I'm reading tonight in Williamsburg and tomorrow night in the East Village!
Mental Marginalia
Tuesday, June 26
@ The West
378 Union Ave.
8:00 pm
Lily Ladewig
Sasha Fletcher
Corinne Schneider
Nicole Wallace
Sampson Starkweather
Patasola's Parlor: A Midsummer Night
Wednesday, June 27
@ The Belgian Room
129 St. Marks Pl. (@ Ave. A)
8:30 pm
BELLY DANCING by Cassandra Rosebeetle
BURLESQUE PERFORMANCES by Lewd Alfred Douglas & Boots LaMae
POETRY by
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Yes, it is. Not the four-alarm blaze type of fire, but a burn of a more insidious type: a slow one that smolders, gradually gaining in intensity until suddenly it's too late to salvage anything of your business.
The "fire" here is the push toward universal ignition interlocks. If you have no idea what ignition interlock is, you need to wake up and smell the neo-prohibitionist smoke signals.
Ignition interlock is a device installed on the vehicle of a convicted drunk driver; it tests the blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of the driver attempting to start the car, and if the BAC exceeds a pre-set threshold, the car will not start. MADD and other groups, including our own government's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, are advocating for the installation of ignition interlocks on all vehicles, not just those of high-BAC repeat drunk driving offenders. And the "threshold" will be set well below the legal limit of 0.08% BAC. In other words, a 120-pound woman who enjoys two glasses of wine with her dinner will stroll to parking lot and find herself stranded. And next time, she'll think twice about going out at all.
What's more, drivers won't even know the technology is there. Automobile manufacturers including Volvo are gearing up to present transdermal BAC sensors and other non-invasive, random testing equipment – no blowing into cumbersome tubes anymore – as an available option on their cars as early as next year. MADD has openly stated its ultimate goal is to see this technology installed in all vehicles, regardless of the driver's record.
So, what does that mean to you? Well, do you have a parking lot? Do patrons drive to and from your establishment? Do you smell smoke?
In Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. Last week, the membership of the American Beverage Institute gathered to figure out ways to get the industry and the American consumer to understand the implications of universal ignition interlocks on their businesses and their lives. It's important to note here that the position of the hospitality industry – including on-premise operators and the beer, wine, spirits suppliers and wholesalers who partner with them – support ignition interlock for high BAC repeat offenders. What the industry objects to is the spread of legislation that mandates ignition interlocks for low-BAC first time offenders. Such laws are already on the books in 10 states; legislation is pending in 20 states.
Do you know what the status of your state is? If you operate in Arizona, you certainly do. Steve Shlemon, president of the Carrabba's chain and president of ABI, shared that since the low BAC first offender law went on the books in that state last year, drink sales are down at his restaurants there, down enough for him to say, "it's killing us."
MADD's strategy is this: work through the legislatures to push for ignition interlocks for low BAC first-time offenders. What legislature will say they're against something designed to prevent drunk driving? The organization's strategy also involves engaging auto manufacturers and technology companies to develop seamless ignition interlock systems, and marketing them to the parents of teen drivers shopping for their son or daughter's first car. Do you think insurance companies will discount policies on vehicles with such equipment? The idea here is to "normalize" the technology in the consumer's mind. Then, it will become standard in all vehicles. And your parking lot will likely be empty.
There are many half-truths flying about on this issue, but the truth is this: the vast majority of Americans drink responsibly. Universal ignition interlocks will punish them for crimes they are not committing, while not addressing the problem of the problem drinker. No one in this industry is for drunk driving. We train on responsible service, we encourage designated drivers, we do all sorts of things to make sure our guests enjoy themselves and get home safely to come back and enjoy themselves another day in our establishments. Ignition interlock will squash that enjoyment factor of a glass of wine with dinner or a cocktail before the theater or a beer while watching the game, not to mention snuff out as much as 30 percent of your sales, possibly more as traffic into your venue drops radically when folks opt to spend the evening at home. But it won't really address the issue of alcohol abuse.
Do you detect the flames? If you, as a bar, restaurant, nightclub, hotel or casino operator, don't speak up on this issue – tell your employees, your guests and your legislators – that this is happening, then it will. And it will occur by 2016, according to ABI projections. Seven years.
The heat is on. Your house is indeed on fire. But it's not too late. Educate yourself on this issue – we'll continue to cover it in Nightclub & Bar magazine and here on our web site – and visit www.interlockfacts.com or www.abionline.org for more information. Check out MADD's position as well (www.madd.org) and even DADSS (www.dadss.org) to get both sides of the story. Contact your legislator. Speak to your friends. Sound the smoke alarm.
Donna Hood Crecca
Editorial Director, Nightclub & Bar


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If your ancestors moved to the frontier after the Revolutionary War, they likely participated in some aspect of Federal Land Grants later commonly referred to as the Homestead Acts. The first of these laws is described by the National Archives as follows:
The Land Ordinance of 1785 finally implemented a standardized system of Federal land surveys that eased boundary conflicts. Using astronomical starting points, territory was divided into a 6-mile square called a township prior to settlement. The township was divided into 36 sections, each measuring 1 square mile or 640 acres each. Sale of public land was viewed as a means to generate revenue for the Government rather than as a way to encourage settlement. Initially, an individual was required to purchase a full section of land at the cost of $1 per acre for 640 acres.The original Homestead Act was passed in 1862. Here is a further description from the National Archives:
The new law established a three-fold homestead acquisition process: filing an application, improving the land, and filing for deed of title. Any U.S. citizen, or intended citizen, who had never borne arms against the U.S. Government could file an application and lay claim to 160 acres of surveyed Government land. For the next 5 years, the homesteader had to live on the land and improve it by building a 12-by-14 dwelling and growing crops. After 5 years, the homesteader could file for his patent (or deed of title) by submitting proof of residency and the required improvements to a local land office.By 1934, over 1.6 million homestead applications were processed and more than 270 million acres—10 percent of all U.S. lands—passed into the hands of individuals. The passage of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 repealed the Homestead Act in the 48 contiguous states, but it did grant a ten-year extension on claims in Alaska. See National Archives. We even have a National Monument dedicated to the the law. See Homestead National Monument of America.
Of course your genealogical research always includes searching land and property records. (Doesn't it?) Well, it should. Ownership of the land was always an important factor, even if your ancestors rented or were landless. Sometimes a surprising amount of genealogically important information can be discovered from deeds and other land records. The National Monument website explains where the homestead documents are located:
Over the course of the Act's 123-year history, over two million individual homestead claims were made. Each and every one of these claims generated a written record known as a case file that was kept by the U.S. General Land Office. Today, these case files exist only as paper originals and are stored in the National Archives in Washington, D.C. The complete collection of case files created under the Homestead Act contains over 30 million individual pieces of paper. These invaluable documents are subject to natural deterioration, fire and water damage.
Homestead case files are treasure troves of historical and genealogical information. Within them can often be found information about a homesteader's date and place of birth; the names of children that lived on the homestead; naturalization information about immigrant homesteaders; notations regarding military service; the types of crops planted on the homestead; the value and kinds of homes and other buildings on the site; and more.I could make an editorial comment here about the negligence of the U.S. Government in failing to digitize valuable documents and make them available, but I won't. Anyway, part of the records are available online. Those are the land patents or deeds given to the successful homesteader by the Federal Government through the General Land Office (GLO). You can find them at the Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office website. Here is a copy of my Great-grandfathers Land Patent for an example:
You might note that it is signed by President Calvin Coolidge. Now, I mentioned the lack of digitized copies. But there is a Land Records Project described as follows:
Homestead National Monument of America, fold3.com, FamilySearch, & the University of Nebraska-Lincoln have partnered in an effort to digitize all Homestead Land Entry Case Files housed at the National Archives. The Homestead Records Project seeks to digitize the over 800,000 Homestead Records from nearly 200 land offices in all 30 Homesteading States. Click here to see the project's current status and available land offices.Fold3.com is a subscription website owned by Ancestry.com. Access to Fold3.com is available free through the FamilySearch Centers around the world.


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Ozzie likes the team he has:
"Right now, the expectation about this guy and that guy, I like the team we have. We have a general manager [in Ken Williams] who keeps things quiet, thank God. And when he makes deals, it's for a reason. But we plan to have Gordon for a long time. I don't see why people are still talking about it."
On the Gordon Beckham – Adrian Gonzalez trade rumors:
"That's all a TV thing. Every trade the White Sox want to make, people think they're going to make with the White Sox is Gordon, [Gavin] Floyd and [John] Danks. Those names are going to come up. And we have to deal with that every time they talk about White Sox trying to make a deal. We got to stay on our toes. Believe me, right now it's not in our plans. Maybe two weeks from now, that's a different thing but it's not in the White Sox plans right now."
So, is Beckham untouchable?
"no one was untouchable except one."
that one is Sox chairman Jerry Reinsdorf.


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The emergence of the trade paperback in the 1980s crucially transformed the way in which Australian literature was received in North America. The publication history of Patrick White on the one hand and Glenda Adams and Peter Carey on the other shows how younger writers actually made more of a cultural impact, despite White's Nobel Prize, because the form in which they met the reading public was one freed from the modernist binary between high and low culture. The 1980s saw the emergence of a more globalized and more culturally pluralistic world—though also one much more pervaded by multinational capital—in which Australian writers flourished.
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Incumbent Eric Ulrich, a Republican, was running against State Senator Joe Addabbo, Jr. when the storm hit last year. While Ulrich was active and visible in the aftermath of the storm, he did have to continue to try to win an election.
This year, the Democratic Party is endorsing District Leader Lew Simon, a mainstay politician in the Rockaways. If this race becomes about multiple issues, then Ulrich is in a good position to defend his seat. If the election becomes about the Rockaways, then it could be anybody's guess because we just don't know what an election one year after the storm looks like.
Ulrich unfortunately hit bad luck in two elections. Last year, he was bogged down in a race for the State Senate that he probably would not have jumped into if state Republicans did not strongly encourage him to do so. They wanted another vote in Albany and they saw Ulrich as a potential winner.
Whether or not Ulrich lost because many of his supporters – in the same neighborhoods that helped Republican Bob Turner win congressman Anthony Weiner's old seat - were hit by the storm is just not known. What is known is that the storm is going to be a central issue again.
Simon has shown interest in being more than a district leader before. He has run primaries against fellow Democrats. He has shot from the hip on occasion, to a point where he had to backtrack a little. This may not hurt Simon, since the City Council is not Congress and people sometimes like a little unpredictability. Remember Councilman Al Stabile referring to Mayor Rudy Giuliani as Mussolini?
This race comes down to two things: a potentially amped up focus on Rockaway and what kind of relationship Simon has with fellow Democrats. If there is one thing these two men have in common, it is their willingness to take on their own party.
This should not pose a problem for Ulrich, as he will gobble up most GOP and Conservative votes, and some Democrats with which he is popular. So, the question of how many Democrats Simon can mobilize will be important come November.
Invisible Primaries
It is not easy to tell if Anthony Weiner is going to remain in the mayoral race by the time this goes to print. Seeing as he has a war chest and does not need the party machine to back him, he may just stay in and see what happens.
Either way, we can be confident this primary will result in a run-off. Christine Quinn will be one of the top two finishers. Who will be the other? I have been writing that Bill Thompson is the real heavyweight in this primary, and I am still pretty certain about that.
Political consultants refer to something called an "invisible primary." The invisible primary consists of the endorsements that a candidate attracts over a campaign. If Thompson is in the lead or a strong second in the polls, I would expect to see Bill de Blasio and John Liu drop out and get behind Thompson.
All of these folks want to go all the way to the primary, but if de Blasio and Liu do not get enough traction, they might be better off getting behind Thompson, who is a strong finisher in elections like this.


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Sarah Gonzalez is the northern New Jersey enterprise reporter for WNYC and NJPR.
Her investigative and feature reporting has received national awards by the Education Writer's Association, SPJ Sigma Delta Chi and PRNDI, and several regional Edward R. Murrow awards.
Her investigation into charter schools turning away students with severe disabilities was awarded an Online News Association award for Innovative, Investigative Journalism. The San Diego native graduated from Mills College in Oakland in 2009 with a bachelor's degree in sociology and journalism.


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