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The most important thing about conservative activist Erick Erickson's latest lament for the Republican presidential field isn't his declaration that he would endorse the "sweet meteor of death" over any of the current candidates. It's that, in the same segment, he resigned himself to supporting the eventual nominee in the general election.
Put another way, liberals who expect conservatives to stay home are fooling themselves. Despite low turnout in the Republican presidential primaries and the overall lack of enthusiasm for Mitt Romney—the GOP's likely nominee—the simple fact is that when the general election comes, Republicans will energize themselves into voting for the party's choice. You can already see it, as prominent conservative figures begin to line up behind Romney's candidacy.
Put another way, John Kerry wasn't a particularly thrilling nominee, but liberals were so angry with the Bush administration that they were willing to turn out in large numbers to vote for the Massachusetts senator—and more important—against George W. Bush. In all likelihood, we'll have a similar situation in November. Conservatives might not like or trust Mitt Romney, but when forced to choose between someone who is with them 90 percent of the time—and a Democratic president they hate—they'll enthusiastically go for the former (and work to bend him in their direction).

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#Seahawks Russell Wilson's 13th TD pass sets new franchise rookie record, while Ponder threw for third lowest pass yardage of his career.
Just under half of the season to play, and Wilson already has the franchise rookie record for TD passes. Wow.
Testament to how awful we've been at drafting QB's as a franchise
Currently, Wilson is on pace to match Peyton Manning's rookie record of TD passes, Peyton himself had 26, with 28 INT's as well. He also had a measly 6.5 YPA, a completion percentage of 56.7, and 575 attempts.
By comparison, Wilson has 224 attempts with a 62 completion percentage. He has 13 TD passes with only 8 INT's. He has about 7.0 YPA, and it's only getting better.
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Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ruhollah Mūsavi Khomeini (Persian: سید روحالله موسوی خمینی ; 21 September 1902 – 3 June 1989) often referred as Imam Khomeini was an Iranian Islamic cleric and the political and religious leader of the Islamic Revolution which overthrew the Shah of Iran and brought an end to the Imperial State of Iran.
- Give them Islam, proclaim to the world the program of Islamic government; maybe the kings and presidents of the Muslim countries will understand the truth of what we say and accept it. We would not want to take anything away from them; we will leave anyone in his place who faithfully follows Islam.
- ... in our domestic and foreign policy, ... we have set as our goal the world-wide spread of the influence of Islam ... We wish to cause the corrupt roots of Zionism, capitalism and Communism to wither throughout the world. We wish, as does God almighty, to destroy the systems which are based on these three foundations, and to promote the Islamic order of the Prophet ...
- if you hope at this juncture to cut the Gordian knots of socialism and communism by appealing to the center of Western capitalism, you will, far from remedying any of the ills of your society, commit a mistake which those to come will have to erase. For if Marxism has come to a deadlock in its social and economic policies, capitalism has also bogged down.
- Letter to Russian Premier Gorbachev, January 1989. http://politicalquotes.org/node/68478
- If the religious leaders have influence, they will not permit girls and boys to wrestle together, as recently happened in Shiraz.
- Denouncing the situation that sex segregation was not being imposed by the government. Speech number sixteen. Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting, World Service (October 26, 1964).
- The people will not rest until the Pahlavi rule has been swept away and all traces of tyranny have disappeared. As long as the Shah's satanic power prevails, not a single true representative of the people can possibly be elected.
- Response to Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi's announcement of elections (August 1978); quoted in "The Shah's Divided Land" (18 September 1978) Time
- With people's revolutionary rage, the king will be ousted and a democratic state, Islamic Republic, will be established.
- "Imam's Sahife" vol. 4 p. 244 (1 November 1978).
- Women are free in the Islamic Republic in the selection of their activities and their future and their clothing.
- Interview for The Guardian in Paris (6 November 1978)
- In the Islamic Republic the rights of the religious minorities are respectfully regarded.
- Interview for Austrian television, Paris, (6 November 1978), as quoted in "Democracy? I meant theocracy — The most truthful individual in recent history" by Dr. Jalal Matini,and Farhad Mafie, in The Iranian (5 August 2003)
- Personal desire, age, and my health do not allow me to personally have a role in running the country after the fall of the current system.
- Associated Press interview in Paris (7 November 1978); repeated on several occasions before Khomeini returned to Iran
- You young people yourselves are capable of performing anything. Our inventors can invent in a high level, Our innovators can innovate in a high level, only if they keep self confidence and believe that we can.
- Addressing an audience of Iranian industry workers and inventors (October 1983); quoted in "Imam's Sahife" vol. 18 p. 189,190.
- In Iran's future Islamic system everyone can express their opinion, and the Islamic government will respond to logic with logic.
- Speech (9 November 1978), as quoted in The Most Truthful Individual in Recent History" in Iranshenasi, Vol. XIV, No. 4 (Winter 2003), as translated by Farhad Mafie
- In the Islamic government all people have complete freedom to have any kind of opinion.
- Interview with Human Rights Watch, Paris (10 November 1978)
- After the Shah's departure from Iran, I will not become a president nor accept any other leadership role. Just like before, I limit my activities only to guiding and directing the people.
- Le Monde interview in Paris (9 January 1979)
- From the beginning while we were engaged in these issues, I said in interviews with those who came from abroad, even in Najaf or Paris or among my personal words, I have always said that clerics have an occupation which is more important than these executive jobs, and should Islam become victorious, clerics would dedicate themselves to their own occupation. But as we went on with the revolution, we found out that if we tell all clerics to go after their mosques, this country would fall into the throat of America and Soviet Union. We experienced and saw, those who took the lead but were not clerics, even though some of them were religious people, our revolutionary path was not according to their taste, therefore... we temporarily deviate from our original word until this country could be administered by those other than clerics, then clerics will go back to their preach and their own position and they will leave executive matters to others who work for Islam.
- Imam's Sahife. vol. 16, p. 349,350. (21 June 1982)
- Before the revolution I thought there are appropriate individuals who would do the job according to Islam, therefore I repeatedly said that clerics would go after their own job. Then I saw that most of them were inappropriate individuals and I found out that what I said was not true, so I came and clearly announced that I was wrong.
- Imam's Sahife. vol. 18, p. 241. (11 December 1983)
- Ayatollah, would you be so kind as to tell us how you feel about being back in Iran?
Nothing. I don't feel anything. (Hichi. Hich ehsasi nadaram)
- Exchange between American reporter Peter Jennings and Khomeini (1 February 1979), during Khomeini's return flight to Iran; quoted in Elaine Sciolino (2001) Persian Mirrors. Khomeini's translator did not translate his response, but said only that he had no comment.
- These people are trying to bring back the regime of the late Shah or another regime. I will strike with my fists at the mouths of this government. From now on it is I who will name the government.
- Variant: I shall kick their teeth in. I am appointing the government. I am appointing the government by the support of this nation!
- Speech at Behesht Zahra cemetery (1 February 1979), condemning the government of Shapour Bakhtiar
- Don't listen to those who speak of democracy. They all are against Islam. They want to take the nation away from its mission. We will break all the poison pens of those who speak of nationalism, democracy, and such things.
- Remarks to students and educators in Qom (13 March 1979)
- Islamic state means a state based on justice and democracy and structured upon Islamic rules and laws.
- Imam's Sahife, vol. 5, p. 133. (17 December 1978)
- In Islam, democracy is included and people are free in Islam, both in expressing their opinions and their actions, until there is no conspiracy and they don't bring up ideas which would deviate Iranian generation.
- Imam's Sahife, vol. 5, p. 468. (15 January 1979)
- If one permits an infidel to continue in his role as a corrupter of the earth, the infidel's moral suffering will be all the worse. If one kills the infidel, and this stops him from perpetrating his misdeeds, his death will be a blessing to him.
- Speech on the day of Mohammed's birth (1984)
- Happy are those who have departed through martyrdom. Unhappy am I that I still survive.… Taking this decision is more deadly than drinking from a poisoned chalice. I submitted myself to Allah's will and took this drink for His satisfaction.
- Announcement of ceasefire with Iraq (20 July 1988), quoted in The Iran-Iraq War (2002) by Efraim Karsh
- …the author of The Satanic Verses book which is against Islam, the Prophet and the Qu'ran, and all involved in its publication who were aware of its content, are sentenced to death. I call on all zealous Muslims to execute them wherever they find them, so that no one will dare to insult the Islamic sanctions. Whoever is killed on this path will be regarded as a martyr, God willing.
- Fatwa against Salman Rushdie (14 February 1989)
- This regime occupying Jerusalem must vanish from the page of time.
- "Just How Far Did They Go, Those Words Against Israel?". The New York Times. June 11, 2006. Retrieved on 2007-08-13.
- When anyone studies a little or pays a little attention to the rules of Islamic government, Islamic politics, Islamic society and Islamic economy he will realize that Islam is a very political religion. Anyone who will say that religion is separate from politics is a fool; he does not know Islam or politics.
- Tahrīr al-Wasīla vol. 1
- Islam is politics or it is nothing.
- Bernard Lewis (April 28, 1988). "Islamic Revolution". The New York Review of Books. Retrieved on 2011-12-26.
- There is no room for play in Islam … It is deadly serious about everything.
- Speech in Qum, as quoted in "Portrait of an Ascetic Despot". Time. January 7, 1980. Retrieved on 2007-02-02.
- All those against the revolution must disappear and quickly be executed.
- Variant: All those against the revolution, that insist on their position, must disappear and quickly be executed.
- Quoted by dissident cleric Hossein-Ali Montazeri, once in line to be Iran's supreme leader. ShiaNews.com (17 December 2000). This statement is said to have been made after the Mojahedin-e Khalgh militant organization launched an offensive against Iranian troops from bases in Iraq.
- In the world there is no democracy better than our democracy. Such a thing has never before been seen.
- Clive Foss, The Tyrants: 2500 Years of Absolute Power and Corruption, London: Quercus Publishing, 2006, ISBN 1905204965, p. 195
- Islam's jihad is a struggle against idolatry, sexual deviations, plunder, repression, and cruelty. The war waged by [non-Muslim] conquerors, however, aims at promoting lust and animal pleasures. They care not if whole countries are wiped out and many families left homeless. But those who study jihad will understand why Islam wants to conquer the whole world. All the countries conquered by Islam or to be conquered in the future will be marked for everlasting salvation. For they shall live under [God's law].
- As quoted in Anti-American Terrorism and the Middle East (2002) by Barry Rubin and Judith Colp Rubin, pp. 29, 32-36
- We do not worship Iran, we worship Allah. For patriotism is another name for paganism. I say let this land [Iran] burn. I say let this land go up in smoke, provided Islam emerges triumphant in the rest of the world.
- As quoted in Nest of Spies : America's Journey to Disaster in Iran (1989) by Amir Taheri, p. 269. Disputed by historian Shaul Bakhash.
- Islam makes it incumbent on all adult males, provided they are not disabled or incapacitated, to prepare themselves for the conquest of [other] countries so that the writ of Islam is obeyed in every country in the world. . . . But those who study Islamic Holy War will understand why Islam wants to conquer the whole world. . . . Those who know nothing of Islam pretend that Islam counsels against war. Those [who say this] are witless. Islam says: Kill all the unbelievers just as they would kill you all! Does this mean that Muslims should sit back until they are devoured by [the unbelievers]? Islam says: Kill them [the non-Muslims], put them to the sword and scatter [their armies]. Does this mean sitting back until [non-Muslims] overcome us? Islam says: Kill in the service of Allah those who may want to kill you! Does this mean that we should surrender [to the enemy]? Islam says: Whatever good there is exists thanks to the sword and in the shadow of the sword! People cannot be made obedient except with the sword! The sword is the key to Paradise, which can be opened only for the Holy Warriors! There are hundreds of other [Qur'anic] psalms and Hadiths [sayings of the Prophet] urging Muslims to value war and to fight. Does all this mean that Islam is a religion that prevents men from waging war? I spit upon those foolish souls who make such a claim.
- As quoted in Holy Terror: Inside the World of Islamic Terrorism (1987) by Amir Taheri, pp. 241-3.
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- The freedom-lovers of the world mourn the sad demise of Imam Khomeini.
- Ernesto Cardenal, Nicaraguan combatant, scholar, poet, and liberation theologian
- It's almost impossible to deal with a crazy man, except that he does have religious beliefs, and the world of Islam will be damaged if a fanatic like him should commit murder in the name of religion against 60 innocent people.
- Jimmy Carter in his Diary (6 November 1979) "Keeping Faith"
- You think that Mr Khomeini, [an] uneducated person … could have planned all this? Masterminded all this, set up all the organization? I know that one man alone could not have done it … I know that a tremendous amount of money was spent … I know that top experts in propaganda were used to show us like tyrants and monsters, and the other side as democratic liberal revolutionaries who want to save the country.
- Muhammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran
- One should express his viewpoint regarding what he performed in his country and in a vast part of the world with great respect and deep thought.
- Khomeini has offered us the opportunity to regain our frail religion … faith in the power of words.
- Norman Mailer, at a meeting of authors regarding the fatwa against Salman Rushdie , New York City, (February 1989)
- The Imam throughout his life called America 'the Great Satan'. He believed that all the Muslims' problems were caused by America.
- Since Khomeini's death, the popular appeal of an Islamic state — and of fundamentalism — has surely dimmed. Thinkers still debate and warriors kill, but no country seems prepared to emulate Iran. Perhaps revolutions happen only under majestic leaders, and no one like Khomeini has since appeared.


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Pakistan on Saturday hailed the International Cricket Council (ICC) decision to remove Australian umpire Darrell Hair from the elite umpiring panel.
 The controversial umpire was removed on Saturday from the ICC's panel after an executive board meeting of cricket's governing body in the Indian city of Mumbai.
 "The Board has decided that it has lost confidence in the umpire," said ICC president Percy Sonn.
 India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, together with South Africa, Zimbabwe and the West Indies, voted for Hair's dismissal, while England, Australia and New Zealand opposed the move.
 The decision came following a complaint lodged by Pakistan against Hair for his role in the forfeited Oval Test against England in August.
 Hair awarded the first forfeited match in Test cricket's 129-year history when Pakistan refused to return to the field in protest at being accused of ball-tampering.
 Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq was later cleared of illegally altering the ball, although he was banned for four one-day matches for bringing the game into disrepute.
 Reacting to the ICC's decision, Inzamam said he nurtured no grudge against Hair.
 "I had already forgiven Hair. It is the ICC's decision and I will not say much on it," said Inzamam.
 Former Pakistan Cricket Board director Abbas Zaidi said Hair's removal had vindicated Inzamam and the PCB.
 "Since we were involved in the standoff it vindicates whatever we believed and advocated. We thank the British media and all the Asian cricket boards, especially India, for the support in the Hair issue," Zaidi told AFP.
 Former captain Javed Miandad said the ICC had set an example for other umpires.
 "By removing Hair from the elite panel, the ICC has set an example and in future all other umpires will be under pressure to take the right decisions," said Miandad, who had criticised Pakistan's protest in the Oval Test.
 "ICC has upheld the game's esteem and its own esteem," remarked Miandad.
 Another former captain, Rashid Latif, said Hair should have been forgiven.
 "Hair has suffered enough so I thought he would be forgiven because Inzamam had forgiven him," said Latif.
 "I think Hair had stigmatised his reputation by demanding compensation and it spoiled his case," said Latif, referring to Hair's leaked email to an ICC official demanding 500,000 dollars for an early retirement soon after the Oval incident.
 Former Pakistan umpire Mahboob Shah said Hair's sacking proved the ICC had a process of accountability.
 "People criticised the ICC for not holding the umpires accountable but this has been proved wrong," said Shah, who officiated in the final of the 1987 World Cup in India.
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Users of Twitter can't fail to have noticed that last week was the annual SXSW festival in Austin, Texas. What they will probably not have realised, given that most of the Tweets at best lacked any depth or understanding, and at worst were insufferably self-indulgent, was the quality of the debate and the range of innovations on offer.
In order to provide a more rounded view on this vital conference, Campaign asked three agency leaders to give a summary of what they saw and learned that extends beyond seven-score characters and an Instagram picture of themselves with a beer and a robot.
The year of flying cars
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"We wanted flying cars and we got 140 characters," Seth Priebatsch, the founder of SCVNGR, said, quoting Peter Thiel, at the end of day one of SXSW.
What Seth was referring to is the view of many that innovation has stagnated among our generation and "true" innovation – road systems, curing polio, electricity, the invention of the internet – no longer happens; our generation's "innovations" include catapulting birds, billions of pictures of sepia-filtered breakfasts and 140-character streams of our lives.
The good news is that, this year in Austin, instead of the latest app, social network or location-based service stealing the show, much like Facebook, Twitter and Foursquare have previously, the buzz and sentiment was very much at the "flying cars" end of the spectrum. In fact, if you were in Austin this year, you'd be hard pushed to even remember an app.
Elon Musk, the chief executive of SpaceX and co-founder of PayPal, spoke about building the world's first commercial space port, coincidentally also in Texas; while, across the road, Nasa showcased a full-scale model of its biggest-ever satellite at the James Webb Telescope Exhibit.
There were many debates about societal change and new energy resources and, essentially, lots of very smart people applying their brains to the greater global good rather than the next 69p app.
That said, SXSW wasn't just about space travel and factories in everyone's kitchen: there was a vast amount of cool technology to see for the first time in person. If there was one new piece of technology that grabbed everyone's attention this year, it was hardware and not software: the Leap Motion – a small Kinect-like gesture control box that detects movement in the fingertips, not just your hands – which won the Interactive Award for Breakout Digital Trend.
2012 and early 2013 have seen the increasing rise of the accelerator programme or new tech incubator. It was therefore no surprise that start-up talks, villages, entrepreneurial panels and even SXSW's own accelerator programme were to be found all over the city.
However, referring back to Thiel's flying cars analogy, you can't help but think that as fantastic as these accelerator programmes are for collaborating with young talent, the outcomes are still predominately at the 140-character end of the scale – slightly better ways of doing something that can already be done and everybody seems to be trying to do the same thing.
In February's edition of Wired, Larry Page said: "Incremental improvement is guaranteed to be obsolete over time." He was referring to how he always thinks in 10x improvement, not 10 per cent. Improving something by only 10 per cent doesn't truly differentiate you as an individual or organisation, but improving something by 10x really can.
It's that way of thinking that led him to create Google X, the team behind Google Glass and Google self-driving cars (pictured, right), headed by Astro Teller.
On the last day, Astro gave a somewhat motivational talk about how we all need to think bigger, more global and explore the impossible. Sticking to the SXSW 2013 space theme, he discussed the idea of "Moonshot" thinking, a term originally created for putting a man on the moon but, in the context of
Astro's talk, ideas that will change the world, utilise science and technology and, most importantly, are possible – ideas that are 10x, not 10 per cent.
Astro left the audience with a homework question that he sets every new Google X employee, which I think sums up the feeling leaving SXSW this year. What would you work on right now if you had enough time and were guaranteed not to fail? Now ask yourself: why not start tomorrow?
I know my answer, and I'll be sending Thiel the plans for my flying DeLorean straight after breakfast.
How the geeks got real
Ben Bilboul, group chief executive, Karmarama
If Cannes celebrates the year gone by, then SXSW celebrates – even fetishises – the future. First impressions were a little bleak. Queues went round the block, marketeers seemed to outnumber developers and Al Gore painted a dystopian vision populated with spider goats (genetically engineered goats that secrete spider silk from their udders) and yet more climate destruction.
But, serendipitously, SXSW 2013 didn't lack for inspiration or innovation and, as the week progressed, some core themes emerged that seemed to coalesce around a desire to make the virtual real and authentic.
Virtual is not enough
2013 was the year the geeks put down their screens and applied their genius to the real world, in the form of new hardware and applications that linked the physical with the virtual – a huge theme for SXSW.
Whether it was the drones that flew over the parties, or the ubiquitous consumer-priced 3D printers, everywhere you looked you could see innovation going beyond the virtual and beyond the screen.
Bre Pettis, the inventor of the MakerBot 3D printer, opened SXSW with the launch of a home 3D scanner and the claim that we are entering a new industrial revolution, one that would see the means of production returned to the people.
The scanner, when paired with a MakerBot, can copy and reproduce any physical object up to the size of a shoebox. MakerBot applications include anything from the ability to design your own iPhone cover to the production of prosthetic hands for disabled children.
The physical-virtual theme also continued in the form of "invisible interfaces": user interfaces that do away with a mouse or a mobile and let you control technology or machinery directly.
Whether it was Google glasses, Google trainers, smart tattoos or wearable technology, speaker after speaker promised new innovations that would reconnect the internet with the real world, eventually removing the need for desktops and devices.
It's still very new territory for brands, but Google attempted to show the way as it previewed its Smileage app for Volkswagen (pictured, below), which integrates your social network with your car, providing a more social (and hopefully not distractingly lethal) way to drive.
Authenticity and emotion
At a Goodby, Silverstein & Partners panel, a leading Silicon Valley investor argued that a new generation of digital businesses and services – Web 3.0 – would offer the user a more emotional experience.
This idea was echoed throughout the week by companies such as Airbnb and Etsy, which provide, via the web, unique, personalised experiences (rental homes and crafted goods respectively) to customers who are bored of cookie-cutter experiences: "In a time when people are less attracted to mass culture, people want experiences that are personal and authentic."
It was an unexpected insight from a digital festival, but an encouraging one for brands that are now being given a more powerful set of tools to tell stories and create deeper connections with their consumers.
Make it, don't fake it
Another refrain – heard everywhere and encouraged by the availability of 3D printers – was the belief that to really understand an idea, you have to make it real.
The emphasis is less on strategy and more on the scientific method of "test and learn" or "rapid prototyping".
Agencies were encouraged to abandon the brainstorm and embrace the model of the hackathon – a democratic, super-fast approach to problem-solving that actually produces something at the end.
The approach requires a willingness to fail and, importantly, to collaborate. As Paul Bennett of Ideo said, the condition of entry is: "No dicks. No divas."
Dream big
But in an uncertain economy with no headline app, the biggest ticket in town was for a man who wants to create a human colony on Mars.
Elon Musk, the founder of PayPal and now SpaceX, demoed the Falcon rocket – a piece of engineering so cutting-edge, Nasa wants to buy it. He believes it will enable manned flight beyond the moon and allow him "to die on Mars – just not on impact".
The talk brought out the child astronaut in me and my Karmarama colleagues, and reminded us of something we were inspired by time and time again at SXSW – that the best innovators are those who operate in the real world, but also bend it to their own vision.
So, all in all, quite a week, and a sense that, in its 20th year, SXSW is leaving its adolescent phase, embracing the real and giving us all a new toolkit to create better and more authentic experiences.
And if we can't make that work, then at least Mars beckons…
How to achieve greatness
Alex Light, head of integration, Mcgarrybowen
SXSW is a big ol' Lone Star Chili gumbo of people, experience, technology, innovation, insight and entrepreneurialism – often with a side of bullcrap and showboating. Half of the fun is getting straight in your head what is genuine innovation – and who just sells better than the next guy.
However, it is certainly possible to see positive habits and patterns of success emerge over the course of the week. Here are a few to ponder:
Optimisation doesn't get you anywhere… it only makes where you are now slightly better.
Whether we're talking about businesses, products or services, the clear advice was to quit noodling around making little optimisations and make a step-change.
It is what Larry Page calls the "Moonshot". In the case of Google and the Google X Lab, it has led to developments such as Google Glass and the Google self-driving car.
Brian Chesky, the Airbnb founder, referred to this principle as "the scary ideas". When ideating hundreds of features for Airbnb, he would only ever green-light the ones that scared the team.
It is pushing for these big jumps that motivates businesses, that stretches their talent. If I came away with one single overriding insight from the week, it was this: go all in, or don't go at all.
Understand that "failure" is just a change of plans. I've worked with many big businesses over the years and, despite what anyone says to the contrary, failure is not an option.
But the businesses and people I've seen succeeding at SXSW are the ones that can progress faster than the curve. These are the businesses whose culture allows them to freely iterate and switch direction without perceiving things working out differently to how they planned as "failure".
Indeed, it is this ability to adapt to circumstance that lies at the core of both multinationals such as HTC ("Fail cheaply, fail often, be humble") and in smaller start-ups such as MakerBot. Bre Pettis of MakerBot was crystal-clear that his entire business is based on the principle of iteration, whether it's baked into the philosophy of the rapid-prototyping 3D printers they sell, or representative of how they've grown and structured their Brooklyn-based business.
Many speakers talked about the importance of critical feedback as a motivator. The entrepreneur Ted Murphy said: "Remove yourself from the equation." Drop the ego and listen. This goes hand in hand with a sentiment shared by the Foursquare founder Dennis Crowley, about maintaining the ability to objectively assess your own work: "Know what you do well, know what you don't." Many people talk about being their own worst critic, but do we really believe it and apply it in our day-to-day lives?
Another unlikely source of inspiration was frustration at the status quo. As Tina Roth Eisenberg pointed out when demonstrating her beautiful temporary tattoos: "Don't complain, make things better."
When it comes to motivation, I'll give the last word to Elon Musk: "Always throw yourself into the start-up. Don't worry about whether it succeeds or fails, because it's the momentum that is important – and you can take that to your next project."
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Watched this about a month ago. Funny, sad, and weird.
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I laughed at the end when he and his girlfriend are laying hands on the dog. I also laughed when he opens that bag of money on the bed and sings "Thank you Jesus, Hallaluyah!"
Gee thanks rab, I spent my entire day lost in the youtube funhouse after that one… hard to believe this piece of work won the academy award in 1973 in the documentary category… makes one wonder what the fuck's taking people sooooo loooong to get it that evangelical preachers are "business" men and scam artists. When will the idiots in america wake the fuck up?! (I must confess, however, that I fast forwarded through some of it…. couldn't take the "hallll-aye-uuuu-yah jesus'" and the "gospel" singing…. and "dancing" and unending preaching. Got to hand it to him though, utilizing the Jagger chicken dance.)
Poor guy…. what a pathetic pair of parents… and gamete pool to have to come from… poor Marjoe… although, he went on to attempt a career in acting, which flopped fairly quickly. Poor guy…. could of been a "rock star."
My favorite line from his childhood preachin' days: "If we had more christian mothers teaching boys and girls how to pur-ray more instead of drinking COCKtails and smoking filthy old cigarettes, we would have a better America… better men and women and not so much juvenile delinquency!"
I ended up watching other youtube contributions, including a bunch of shit on the Jim Jones massacre thanks to your link!
Hall-lay-you-ya labor day to moi!
I must confess I find these charismatic preachers quite entertaining.
Some of my favorites:
John Hagee *note* the sheeple in the audience
Juanita Bynum big time prosperity gospel preacher and self promoter
I own it. My niece loved the movie and shows it to her friends.


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The readership of the Seforim Blog is invited to a shiur that will be taking place Sunday November 29 at 8:00 PM. The shiur will be given by the noted scholar and author Rav Yechiel Goldhaber of Eretz Yisroel (link). He has authored many wonderful articles and works on a wide range of topics most notably Minhagei Kehilos about customs, and Kunditon (link) about the Titanic, and the Cherem on Spain.
The subject of the Shiur is על חרדים ויום השואה, and it will include fascinating information from newly unearthed documents.
It will take place in Brooklyn at the home of Dr. and Mrs. Shlomo Sprecher, at 1274 East 23rd Street.


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The New Orleans Saints tried out five wide receivers today, according to a league source with knowledge of the situation.
The Saints tried out Jason Hill, Brian Robiskie, Preston Parker, Rashied Davis and Deon Butler.
Hill is a former San Francisco 49ers third-round draft pick from Washington State.
He was with the Denver Broncos during the preseason.
He has caught 76 career passes for 1,028 yards and eight touchdowns.
Hill tried out for the Oakland Raiders in December.
The 6-foot, 202-pounder was cut by the Jaguars on Nov. 10 after catching a career-high three touchdowns and 367 receiving yards on 25 receptions.
With the 49ers in 2008, he caught 30 passes for 317 yards and two touchdowns.
Hill started 10 games last season before being released.
He's entering his seventh NFL season.
Robiskie is a former Cleveland Browns second-round draft pick who was last with the Jaguars and has recently tried out for the New England Patriots. Parker has caught 44 passes for 596 yards and three touchdowns for his career with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Davis is a former Chicago Bears wide receiver who has caught 92 career passes for 1,095 yards and five touchdowns.
Butler is a former Seattle Seahawks player from Penn State who has caught 57 passes for 611 yards and four touchdowns.
Meanwhile, the Buffalo Bills auditioned running backs James Davis and Ed Wesley.
The Cincinnati Bengals tried out cornerback Chris Hawkins.
The New England Patriots worked out tight end Jake Byrne.
The NFL has lifted suspensions for Denver Broncos tight end Virgil Green, Cincinnati Bengals linebacker Dontay Moch, Green Bay Packers defensive end Mike Neal and New York Giants safety Tyler Sash and has granted their respective teams one-week roster exemptions through Oct. 8.


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House Explodes in South Jersey; Couple Pulled from Debris
A town official in Cape May County says neighbors worked to free an elderly couple trapped in the debris of a house that exploded.
Lower Township Manager Michael Voll tells WPVI-TV that he was in the area when the house blew up at about 4 p.m. Thursday.
He says it sounded louder than thunder.
The blast leveled the house and sent debris flying onto neighboring properties and into the street. Voll says 30-40 neighbors deserve "kudos" for teaming up to pull the couple out of the debris. The victims were taken to Crozer-Chester Medical Center in critical condition.
The township manager says new gas lines were just installed in the neighborhood.
- Husband, wife rescued after house explosion in Lower Township, NJ / 6 ABC
- House explosion sends two to the hospital / NBC 40
(Copyright 2013 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved)


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A lot has happened to the Lakers since General Manager Mitch Kupchak last spoke to reporters.
Dwight Howard left for Houston despite the Lakers' very public campaign to keep him. Metta World Peace was waived via the amnesty provision and quickly joined New York. Chris Kaman, Nick Young, Jordan Farmar and Wesley Johnson were all signed as free agents.
It leaves the Lakers … where, exactly?
But first, the obvious question for Kupchak, who spoke Monday to The Times in his first interview in more than a month:
How disappointed was he to lose Howard in free agency to the "little town" of Houston, as Shaquille O'Neal derisively called it?
"It wasn't a surprise. I had a feeling that Houston was a frontrunner, and whenever a player is an unrestricted free agent, anything can happen," Kupchak said. "Clearly, we wanted to keep him here in Los Angeles, and I felt we did everything we could do within reason to show we did want to keep him here.
"Until the end, I kept up hope. I think we were as persistent as we could be within reason. I wasn't shocked but I was disappointed."
With Kobe Bryant coming back at an unknown date from a torn Achilles' tendon, is it time to punt away next season and play for a high draft pick in 2014?
"You know that's not our plan. Our plan was to bring back Dwight Howard and that would have sky-rocketed our payroll," Kupchak said. "That's never a plan here with our fan base, to throw in the towel before the season begins. We always try to win, and that's what we're going to do this year.
"We have challenges. There's no doubt. We don't know when Kobe's coming back, and we don't know what level he's going to come back at, although we're optimistic. Everything's good with Steve [Nash]. Pau [Gasol] should be fine. We've added some athleticism. We're hopefully putting ourselves in position where we can compete in every game."
It's still hard to gauge Bryant's return date after having surgery in mid-April to repair his Achilles. The original timetable released by the team called for six to nine months of recovery time.
"Obviously, we're all hopeful and we all know Kobe. When you guess on Kobe, he always tries to prove you wrong," Kupchak said. "The reality is he's doing what he should be doing. He's making progress probably weekly.
"Does that mean five months is possible or it's really going to be eight or nine or 10? We just don't know. When he gets back in September, we'll take another look at him, but he hasn't been on a basketball court. It's really premature to try to predict other than try to be optimistic that he'll be ready for opening night or the 15th of November or the 1st of December or the 15th of December."
Nash and Gasol were miserable for the Lakers last season, missing a combined 65 games and struggling at both ends of the court.
Nash couldn't even finish the playoffs because of lingering issues from a broken left leg, and Gasol, who turned 33 this month, quickly underwent a postseason procedure to decrease tendon pain in both knees.
"I expect both those guys to participate in training camp. Kobe is obviously the wild card right now," Kupchak said.
"I spoke to Pau about two weeks ago for 45 minutes. He said he feels a lot better than he did a month ago. He was optimistic that he'd be ready for training camp. He does plan on playing three or four more years, and there's no reason why he shouldn't with his skill level.
"We saw Nash out here last week. If I had to guess, he feels he's in the 90th-percentile of where he wants to be. We still have two more months."
The Lakers begin training camp at the end of September, with the season starting a month later.
Nash and Robert Sacre are the only players with guaranteed contracts after next season, combining to make $10.6 million in 2014-15 and giving the Lakers plenty of purchasing power next July when a host of top-level players could become free agents — LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony, Zach Randolph, Chris Bosh, Rudy Gay and Luol Deng. Restricted free agents could include Paul George, DeMarcus Cousins and Greg Monroe.
"I'm not sure if you'll see that Dwight Howard type of player go from team to team, although it is possible," Kupchak said. "We do feel Los Angeles is a destination spot. We have complete confidence in the organization, the city, our fan base, that we would be considered as a destination for players in the future. So we're hopeful going forward that the flexibility that we have will be beneficial."
Kupchak is not allowed to talk publicly about specific players on other teams, but he also alluded to the potentially talented pool of players who could be available two years from now, when Kevin Love, LaMarcus Aldridge, Marc Gasol and Rajon Rondo could be free agents.
"You have to look beyond next year. You can't say we have all this flexibility and we're going to use it all next year," Kupchak said. "You don't know if you're going to use it for a free agent or a trade or to sign back Pau or Kobe. We're in the position where we can sit down at the end of the year and look and see what's best for the organization. We're in control, so to speak."
After years of trading or selling their first-round picks to other teams, the Lakers still hold their first-round pick in next year's draft, projected to be one of the strongest in almost a decade.
"In terms of the cycle that other teams go through, we're probably in as good a position as we could be," Kupchak said. "But there's a lot of unknowns. It's unpredictable what exactly is going to take place a year from now."
Kupchak maintained confidence in Coach Mike D'Antoni, who officially added Kurt Rambis and Johnny Davis to his staff Monday. "I think he's done a great job of putting a staff together that's enthusiastic, got a lot of energy and experience," Kupchak said.
Kupchak also liked the team's ability to sign Kaman, Young, Farmar and Johnson for a combined $6.5 million next season.
"This off-season if we did one thing, between the small forward and wing spot and backcourt, we got quicker and more athletic, something I think we needed," he said.
The Lakers currently have allocated $76.5 million to 11 players next season, about $5 million over the luxury-tax threshold.
An attempt to get under the threshold was "not something that we've discussed," Kupchak said. "You'd have to look to move two higher-priced players and we don't have plans for that."
Next season, not surprisingly, will come down to Bryant and Nash, who will be 35 and 39 by opening night.
"If they can both make a contribution in line with what they've done in the past, then we think we can win a bunch of games with this team," Kupchak said.
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The Arranged Marriage
- Lisa Whelchel Author, actress, homeschooling mother of three
- 2001 5 Nov
Editor's Note: This article originally ran on Crosswalk in November 2001. We've not re-run it. It has made its way into our Most Popular articles of the week (and hence the Crosswalk Weekly newsletter) by way of Lisa Whelchel being in the news via her appearance on the TV show Survivor and the details of her divorce. In other words, people are finding this archived article through search engines, not because we've made spectacle of it.
I'm so thankful that I waited to follow the Good Shepherd's voice to find the man I was supposed to marry. I must admit, though, that it didn't happen quite the way I imagined it would. I mean, come on, what daughter wants her Father to choose a husband for her?
Steve, and I became friends when I was assigned to a prayer group that he, as a pastor, was appointed to oversee. His boss, Pastor Jack Hayford, had organized "affinity" groups in our church to provide a safe place where members who were in the entertainment industry could be open and transparent about their prayer needs. Our group consisted of four married couples, Michael and Stormie Omartian, Gabri Ferrer and Debbie Boone, Dominic Allen and Charlene Tilton, and Bruce Sudano and Donna Summer. Other than Donna's manager, Susan Munao and the other pastor, Minnie Whaley, who was an elder in every sense of the word, Steve and I were the only single people in the group. Looking back, I can see that it was a set-up right from the start.
Our group met once a month, and every month I had the same prayer request. At twenty-two I was ready to get married and start a family, and I wanted to find God's choice of a husband for me. Steve and the others were dutiful to pray. I should have known something was up when Steve asked if he could lay hands on me and pray. Just kidding!
But not entirely.
Over the next two years, Steve and I began to spend a lot of time together, and we became good friends. (Interpretation: I was not at all attracted to him.) Every so often, he would take me out for "the talk"—the one where, because of his integrity and desire not to take advantage of his position as a pastor, he would confess that he was feeling more for me than friendship. I would assure him that although I thought he was a really nice guy (girls, you know what I mean), I was not feeling those same stirrings. We would then resolve to continue going out as friends as long as it didn't get too uncomfortable for either of us.
I had a plumb deal. I had someone to go to dinner and the movies with, and my boyfriend wasn't jealous. Oops, did I forget to mention that I had a boyfriend? I'd better fill you in. I had been dating a contemporary Christian singer/musician who was on the road a lot. One weekend when he was home, we were out on a date, and I felt I had to tell him about my relationship with Steve, just to keep everything up front and—even though he wasn't the Jewish guy—kosher. I mentioned that Steve and I had been spending a lot of time together and said that because he was so "safe," he was the logical person to escort me to functions when my minstrel was out of town. I watched my music man from across the table as he struggled to place the name with a face, "Steve, Steve.… Oh yeah, the church organist! I don't have to worry about him."
So now I had all my little ducks in a row. Well, actually, I was not so sure about one little duckie—Steve's feelings. He was so sweet; I just couldn't bear the thought of his feelings getting hurt because of unrequited love. This time I initiated "the talk." As gingerly as possible, I suggested that we not spend as much time together. I encouraged him not to take it personally; after all, I was planning to break up with my boyfriend as well.
I explained that I was going through a personal revival with the Lord. I was even considering joining YWAM (Youth with a Mission) on a mission trip for a year after the last taping of The Facts of Life. I told him that it would be best if I just concentrated on my relationship with God for a while. There. I had said it.
I relaxed back in my chair at the same time Steve leaned forward in his. He looked me straight in the eye and declared, "Lisa, I could be good for you."
Where did that come from? Talk about out of the blue. Who had sneaked into the restaurant, kidnapped "Mr. Milquetoast," and replaced him with "Mr. Big"? I was speechless, which is saying a lot. (Actually, it's not really saying anything, is it? Oh, never mind.) I didn't know how to reply, especially since there was something incredibly attractive about what Steve had just done. I decided that it was best not to respond at all, so we ordered dessert and pretended that the entire conversation hadn't happened.
Many weeks passed, Steve and I as friend-ly as ever, while I continued to wholeheartedly pursue my relationship with God. I registered for a seminar at our church conducted by a visiting evangelist. The last session was to be an anointing service. There were hundreds of people in attendance, and she was praying for them one at a time, so the rest of us sat waiting quietly on the Lord in worship.
I had my hands lifted to the Lord as a gesture of praise when I felt the sensation of a gentle weight descend upon me. I recognized this feeling as the presence of the Holy Spirit. And because this kind of thing doesn't happen every day, or even every year, I knew enough to pay attention. As I waited expectantly, the thought popped into my head, Would you ever consider marrying Steve Cauble? I knew this was God talking because it was the last thing I would have ever thought to think on my own. My knee-jerk response was: No. Are you kidding?
I shrugged the Holy Spirit off my shoulders and got back to the business of worship. But the thought would not go away. So I purposed to ponder it in my heart, but I certainly was never going to tell Steve about it.
The next day Steve was leaving town for a week, so after the seminar I visited Steve at his house. We chatted as he packed; then it was time for me to head home. Just as I turned to leave, he took my hand, led me to sit down on the couch, and looked at me with unusual urgency. "Listen," he implored. "Before you leave, I have to ask you one question. Would you ever consider marrying me?"
Wow! This guy doesn't say much, but when he does…it's a doozy. I laughed nervously. "Funny you should mention that," I said. Then I told him what had happened earlier at church, and we agreed that this was probably something we should pray about. Yeah, I know, pretty discerning, huh?
In my opinion, this called for more than praying—this called for fasting! If you know anything at all about me, you know that something has to be mighty serious for me to think about giving up food. But considering the fact that I had suddenly lost my appetite, it wasn't such a tough decision.
Proverbs 11:14 says that safety comes with a multitude of counselors, and during the following week, I met with every pastor or elder I could schedule an appointment with. They all loved Steve and me and thought this was a fabulous idea. But by the time Steve got back from his trip, I was more confused than ever. How could this be God's will? I mean, weren't you supposed to want to kiss the guy you were going to marry? And I really wanted children. How was I going to do that?
We concluded that what we really needed was council from the Big Kahuna himself, Pastor Jack. He would know what we should do. So Steve called him up, and he invited us up to his house after the Sunday evening service.
We arrived just as Pastor Jack and Annas's favorite television show, "Murder She Wrote," was beginning. We had to sit there trying to act interested in a show that anyone could figure out within the first five minutes. I wanted to shout, "The butler did it! Now, can't we get on with something a little less trivial, like the rest of my life?" But I stifled my impatience—thank goodness I'm an actress.
Mercifully the program ended, and it was time to receive from the hand of the master. We gave a full account of all that had transpired over the past few months. We covered the friendship aspect of our relationship; we addressed our age difference (Steve is thirteen years older than me); we talked about what we thought the Lord might be saying; and we reiterated our desire, above all, to do God's will. The only thing I failed to mention was the tiny detail of the lack of physical attraction on my part.
Pastor Jack paused just long enough to break into a broad smile before he delivered his blessing, "Sounds good to me," he beamed. "I think you should go for it!" What? That's it? No alliterated three-point sermon? No big words that I would have to look up when I got home? I was stunned. Before I could react, Anna was offering me a piece of strawberry cheesecake, and we were talking about Jessica Fletcher and that stupid television show again. Help! I'm on a freight train, and I can't get off.
Little did I know that this "little engine that couldn't" was about to become a bullet train. Steve left the next day to accompany Pastor Jack to the Foursquare denomination's district conference. After Pastor Jack was introduced, but before he began to preach, a huge grin burst across his face. Steve was like a son to him and he couldn't wait any longer to act the proud papa. "Before I begin," he began, "I have some happy news to announce. Our very own Steve Cauble is engaged to be married to Lisa Whelchel." Gasps and applause erupted from the crowd.
Let me make sure you have the full picture. Steve knew full well that immediately after the benediction, the Foursquare grapevine would swing into action. It just so happened that Steve's parents are Foursquare pastors themselves. So he sneaked out of the service and raced to a payphone to call me. I could tell from his voice that something was wrong as he tiptoed on the other line, "Uh…Lisa…you may want to get a hold of your mother before someone else informs her of our impending marriage."
"Come again," I said, hoping we just had a really bad connection and I hadn't actually heard him say that we were engaged and I didn't even know about it. He tried to explain that there apparently had been a little miscommunication: We obviously hadn't made it clear to Pastor Jack that we had gone to him for his counsel, not his blessing. "Yowser, Bowser!" he exclaimed.
We hung up and it hit me: I'm engaged to a man who says, "Yowser, Bowser."
I knew immediately that I would have to leave the church. There was no way I could go through with this. I mean, isn't there a place in a wedding ceremony where the preacher says, "You may now kiss the bride"? It might be a bit embarrassing if I offered Steve my cheek. No, I would definitely have to leave the church. I realized that I couldn't continue to attend, knowing that every little old lady I passed in the sanctuary would be whispering, "There goes the Jezebel who broke sweet Steve Cauble's heart."
When Steve got back to town, we met for dinner. I anticipated an intense evening of wrestling through our options as we figured out how to clear up this terrible misunderstanding. I was not prepared for how excited Steve was. Did he sincerely believe that just because all of Foursquaredom was thrilled about our engagement that I was too?
Apparently so, because the next thing he said was, "Well, I guess if we are engaged, I ought to buy you a ring." Why was it so hard for me to say no? Did I really think that I could avoid hurting Steve's feelings forever by continuing this charade? Sooner or later, I was going to have to do the loving thing and break his heart.
I was able to postpone the inevitable one more time when he said, "My friend Doug bought Christa an engagement ring at the mall. Let's go look there." Whew, I was off the hook. The truth is, I'd known for a long time what kind of engagement ring I wanted. I also knew—no offense—that I certainly wasn't going to find it at the mall. I was sure that it would have to be designed specifically for me. I mean, really now.
As we drove to the mall, I rested secure in my superior taste in jewelry. The man behind the counter asked me if I had anything in particular in mind. "Well, frankly, I do. But I've never actually seen the ring; I've just imagined it. Perhaps it would help if I drew it." The gentleman handed me a piece of paper, and I proceeded to draw an emerald-cut diamond in the center surrounded by two triangular, trillion cuts on each side.
The jeweler studied the slip of paper and then reached into the case and pulled out a ring. "You mean this one?" he asked.
There it was—my ring—the one I had never actually seen before. Oh no, I thought. I had drawn it! I couldn't take it back and say, "Well, no, come to think of it, it was more circular in shape."
Steve was elated. He whipped out his credit card and bought it on the spot. I'm pretty sure I even heard him say, "Praise the Lord." But the Lord obviously had nothing to do with this. I mean, God created man and woman; He created the way they created babies. He knows about these things. He surely wasn't a part of all these "coincidences."
A few days later I panicked and caught the first flight to Nashville to visit my childhood friend, Michelle. Either she would help me figure out what to do or I could just have my belongings shipped to Tennessee. When I got there I went to the local Christian bookstore and bought every book in the shelf on "how to find the will of God."
I spent the next three days in bed, alternately pouring over these books and pouring out my heart to God. This had gotten way out of hand and had escalated into a crisis of faith. It was more than an issue of whether Steve was the man I was to marry; this was now about whether God was the God I was to serve.
The way I saw it, either this was all a big joke and God had capriciously manipulated our lives for His own sick entertainment, or this was all my fault for not having the courage to say no or this was God's plan for my life and I was destined to marry a man for whom I felt very little attraction. To me, all the options were devastating.
Because either my past was all a lie or my future was to be lived as one, I had to find the truth. What did I know for certain? Let's start at the beginning: Okay, I believe there is a God. I have met Him personally, and He has proven Himself trustworthy in my life many times. I know that I know that He adores me and that He is good through and through. He is stronger than the devil's schemes, and He is more powerful than circumstances, coincidences, or cowardliness. I could rest in this because I also knew for certain that I had sought His will with a pure heart.
The choice was mine. Was I going to trust God or trust my heart? I knew the decision I had to make, and I felt an unexplainable peace about it. When I boarded a plane home, I was wearing my new engagement ring and carrying the "Now That You Are Engaged" book I had purchased earlier in the week. I figured that since I had decided to marry this man whether the feelings were there or not, I could probably use all the help I could get.
The first suggestion in the book was that I fill out a sheet of paper entitled, "What I love about my fiancé." I took out a legal pad and began to list all of Steve's wonderful qualities. There was never a question about how much I admired and respected him, so this was easy. I even recall a time shortly after getting to know Steve when I remarked to a friend, "If the woman who marries Steve Cauble doesn't realize what a prize she has, I will personally pay her a visit and knock some sense into her."
Before I realized what was happening to me, somewhere up there around 35,000 feet, I had completed not one, but two legal-size sheets of paper filled with unexaggerated hyperbole extolling the many virtues of Steve Cauble. As I reread my list, something totally unexpected happened.
I fell in love.
When I got off that plane, I ran into my fiancé's arms and gave him the sloppiest kiss you ever did see!
What do you know that you know that you know about God? Do you believe that He is all-powerful? Do you trust that He is all-good? Is He all-loving and all-holy? These are questions that you need to settle in your heart. There may come a time in your life when the only thing you can count on is the character of God. And that will be enough.
Adapted from The Facts of Life © 2001 by Lisa Whelchel. Used by permission of Multnomah Publishers Inc. Excerpt may not be reproduced without the prior written consent of Multnomah Publishers Inc.
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Malloy coming to New London to discuss gun violence proposals
New London - The day after a gun buyback program resulted in 255 firearms being taken off city streets, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy will visit New London today to discuss his gun violence prevention proposals with local officials.
Malloy will be meeting with Mayor Daryl Justin Finizio, acting Police Chief Peter Reichard, and other officials in the mayor's office this morning.
While Malloy and Finizio discuss possible gun control measures, members of the National Rifle Association and other gun rights advocacy groups will be meeting in Hartford to express their opposition to Malloy's proposals.
The National Shooting Sports Foundation, the Coalition of Connecticut Sportsmen and the Connecticut Citizens Defense League joined forces to create this "Lobby Day in Hartford." The NRA's Institute for Legislative Action website called the lobby day "important" and urged local gun rights advocates to attend. A contingent of members from the Groton Sportmen's Club plans to attend, according to one of its board members, Joe Rendeiro of Stonington.
Shuttle buses will be running from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. to take people from the parking lot of Cabella's, a hunting and fishing superstore in East Hartford, to the Capitol.
"Governor Malloy and anti-gun legislators are aggressively setting the stage to quickly pass sweeping proposals that will severely inhibit your Right to Keep and Bear Arms and inherent right to self-defense," said the website's description of the event.
The gun buyback program held over the last two weekends in New London encouraged residents to turn in their unwanted guns for destruction by rewarding them with debit gift cards.
Police collected 116 handguns, 120 long guns and 2 assault weapons from 159 different people during the four-day program. In return for the weapons, they gave out $20,875 worth of gift cards, according to Reichard.
The amount of money on the gift cards corresponded to the type of gun turned in: $75 for shotguns and rifles, $100 for handguns and $150 for assault weapons.
On Sunday, the last day of the program, police collected 18 handguns, 26 long guns and 1 assault weapon.
Along with the 238 weapons collected in return for gift cards, three handguns and 14 long guns that did not qualify for the buy-back program were also turned in to the police for destruction, bringing the total to 255.
The program was funded by private donations. Religious groups in the area and the New London County Bar Association raised money for the event.