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Keck's Exclusives First Look: Nathan Fillion's Divine Movie Gig
Many Castle fans already view Nathan Fillion as a Greek god. And last summer during his hiatus, Fillion traveled to Vancouver to play Zeus's son Hermes in the sequel Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (in theaters August 16). "I'm a god, father to one of the young demigods [half-blood Luke]," says Fillion. "I'm not allowed contact with humans as a god, so I dress as a UPS guy." Hermes, as you may recall, is the messenger of the gods.
In one scene, Hermes dons a suit and takes a group of child demigods on a long tour of his colossal parcel-sorting hub. "The three young actors restored my faith in humanity of what Los Angeles actors can be like," Fillion says. "They were having fun - supercool, prepared and professional. A very comfortable, great place to be!"
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This post was collaboratively written by Quasi-Con planners and School of Information Master's candidates Kelly Davenport, Peter Timmons, Ilana Barnes (ALA chapter president), Kim Miller (vice president), Katy Mahraj (treasurer), Ryan Clement (webmaster), and Mariah Cherem (social media coordinator).
The DIY Library Conference: A Quasi-Guide
It was an experiment.
When Ilana Barnes pitched the idea of a student-led library conference at the University of Michigan School of Information (SI) during her tenure as ALA Chapter president, she chose the following theme: "The Future of Libraries?!"
Ultimately, we didn't need the question mark. More than 70 students, professionals, and alumni gathered in January for the first Quasi-Con, a hybrid unconference and professional conference. We're here to tell you how we organized it, and why we think you should plan your own Quasi-Con, in three easy steps.
Step 1. Dream It: Or, Quasi-What?
It's a truism at SI that students here need to be "comfortable with ambiguity." Quasi-Con was an experiment – and one that seven SI students planned in six weeks. We started with what we knew:
- We wanted to give students a low-pressure chance to present their work to a library-friendly audience.
- We didn't want to put anyone to sleep – fewer "talking heads," more dynamic discussions.
So we put the two ideas together and made a Quasi-Con. The morning would be an unconference; the afternoon a scheduled set of lightning talks and presentations.
We formed a steering committee to join the ALA officers in planning – what we now consider a key step in producing the event, as it allowed a small group of us to focus entirely on Quasi-Con while the officers helped juggle other activities.
Then we got to work.
Step 2. Plan It: Timing, Money, and the Nitty-Gritty
Each planner played to his or her strengths, grabbed a piece of the event, and shepherded it through to the end. Marketing and fundraising were key components.
Marketing: We reached out to the professional community of public, academic, special, and school librarians through our personal networks and with the help of faculty, extending invitations for a handful to join us as special guests. We wanted to show respect for the collective expertise around us while also cultivating interest and buy-in from professionals. The rest of our outreach centered on staying in touch with SI students and nearby Wayne State University through listserv posts and social media.
Fundraising: ALA Treasurer Katy Mahraj put together a budget, broken into categories of anticipated income (registration fees of $5 a person – and sponsorship) and anticipated expenditures (food, venue, multimedia, marketing, printing, parking, and swag). A tip: Search online for free budget templates and then play with the numbers in Excel.
Next, she headed to the SI development representative for guidance on identifying and contacting sponsors. The letter to sponsors spelled out the value of our event, the number of predicted attendees, and opportunities for the sponsor to gain props for their support. The contribution of our sponsor, Gale Cengage Learning, helped pay for most of our expenditures. We featured their logo on our conference materials, and a company representative attended as a special guest. We were thrilled at the support shown by our university and professional community, and surely could not have pulled it off had we not asked for help.
Step 3. Do It: Live-Tweeting, and Lessons from an Unconference
We knew the unconference would be organic, but we wanted to ensure success by putting together a plan to guide the morning. So, we wrote a minute-by-minute outline for the day's proceedings.
For the morning unconference, we asked participants to break into small groups and write down and discuss provocative questions and topics related to current issues in librarianship. We took their ideas, jotted on sticky notes, and displayed them throughout the day for everyone to read – our "quasi" art installation. This brainstorming task stimulated discussion and generated excellent unconference topics in just 20 minutes' time.
We also encouraged everyone to live-tweet with the hashtag #quasi12, and streamed their tweets on a ticker in the main event room. These tweets and photos crowd-sourced a record of the day's thoughts, humor, and happenings that we later collected and republished using the social media curation tool Storify. (Read the stories here and here.)
Takeaways and Advice
There's so much more to say – and we encourage anyone to contact us with questions! – but we'll end with a few reflections on what we learned and what we'd like to do better next time.
- Asynchronous collaboration is your friend. Our team of seven planners was never in the same room together until after the event, when we met to debrief. We met regularly in smaller teams, with ALA chapter president Ilana acting as the go-between. We used Google docs to share ideas and keep track of to-do lists.
- Communication with presenters and special guests is key. Next time, we would start planning earlier to finalize the schedule sooner for presenters' benefit.
- Make your event modular and scalable. We started this process thinking 30 people would come. We had more than 90 register, leading to some last-minute rejiggering for rooms and food. Think about how your event can expand or contract to be flexible.
- Trust in experiments! On feedback forms, participants consistently rated the unconference one of their favorite parts of the event. The discussions were fresh and authentic, and invited us to step out of the student role and into the role of librarian, to try on our new professional identities and hone ideas.
Uncertainty – about being a student, about where we fit into a rapidly changing profession – can feel intimidating. But we drew inspiration from the DIY spirit and worked to create a simple yet meaningful experience that challenged all of us to stretch, dream, and claim a little piece of the future.
Do you have experience attending or hosting a student-run conference at your school? Tell us about it!
Read more about Quasi-Con on our website, Flickr, Twitter, and Facebook.
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Subject: Fw: Some advice on women in combat from a female veteran
posted at 5:01 pm on January 27, 2013 by Jazz Shaw
This was from one of America 's female veterans who served in Iraq , delivered with a first hand, been there, done that background. The Marine in question – who for purposes of publication will go by the pseudonym of "Sentry" – had previously submitted this history and opinion as a comment at National Review, but her story was compelling enough that I checked into her background, contacted her and decided to republish it here in its entirety. I offer the following as a third party testimony to stand your scrutiny on its own merits.
"I'm a female veteran. I deployed to Anbar Province , Iraq . When I was active duty, I was 5'6, 130 pounds, and scored nearly perfect on my PFTs. I naturally have a lot more upper body strength than the average woman: not only can I do pull-ups, I can meet the male standard. I would love to have been in the infantry. And I still think it will be an unmitigated disaster to incorporate women into combat roles. I am not interested in risking men's lives so I can live my selfish dream.
We're not just talking about watering down the standards to include the politically correct number of women into the unit. This isn't an issue of "if a woman can meet the male standard, she should be able to go into combat." The number of women that can meet the male standard will be miniscule–I'd have a decent shot according to my PFTs, but dragging a 190-pound man in full gear for 100 yards would DESTROY me–and that miniscule number that can physically make the grade AND has the desire to go into combat will be facing an impossible situation that will ruin the combat effectiveness of the unit. First, the close quarters of combat units make for a complete lack of privacy and EVERYTHING is exposed, to include intimate details of bodily functions. Second, until we succeed in completely reprogramming every man in the military to treat women just like men, those men are going to protect a woman at the expense of the mission. Third, women have physical limitations that no amount of training or conditioning can overcome. Fourth, until the media in this country is ready to treat a captured/raped/tortured/mutilated female soldier just like a man, women will be targeted by the enemy without fail and without mercy.
I saw the male combat units when I was in Iraq . They go outside the wire for days at a time. They eat, sleep, urinate and defecate in front of each other and often while on the move. There's no potty break on the side of the road outside the wire. They urinate into bottles and defecate into MRE bags. I would like to hear a suggestion as to how a woman is going to urinate successfully into a bottle while cramped into a humvee wearing full body armor. And she gets to accomplish this feat with the male members of her combat unit twenty inches away. Volunteers to do that job? Do the men really want to see it? Should they be forced to?
Everyone wants to point to the IDF as a model for gender integration in the military. No, the IDF does not put women on the front lines. They ran into the same wall the US is about to smack into: very few women can meet the standards required to serve there. The few integrated units in the IDF suffered three times the casualties of the all-male units because the Israeli men, just like almost every other group of men on the planet, try to protect the women even at the expense of the mission. Political correctness doesn't trump thousands of years of evolution and societal norms. Do we really WANT to deprogram that instinct from men?
Regarding physical limitations, not only will a tiny fraction of women be able to meet the male standard, the simple fact is that women tend to be shorter than men. I ran into situations when I was deployed where I simply could not reach something. I wasn't tall enough. I had to ask a man to get it for me. I can't train myself to be taller. Yes, there are small men…but not so nearly so many as small women. More, a military PFT doesn't measure the ability to jump. Men, with more muscular legs and bones that carry more muscle mass than any woman can condition herself to carry, can jump higher and farther than women. That's why we have a men's standing jump and long jump event in the Olympics separate from women. When you're going over a wall in Baghdad that's ten feet high, you have to be able to be able to reach the top of it in full gear and haul yourself over. That's not strength per se, that's just height and the muscular explosive power to jump and reach the top. Having to get a boost from one of the men so you can get up and over could get that man killed.
Without pharmaceutical help, women just do not carry the muscle mass men do. That muscle mass is also a shock absorber. Whether it's the concussion of a grenade going off, an IED, or just a punch in the face, a woman is more likely to go down because she can't absorb the concussion as well as a man can. And I don't care how the PC forces try to slice it, in hand-to-hand combat the average man is going to destroy the average woman because the average woman is smaller, period. Muscle equals force in any kind of strike you care to perform. That's why we don't let female boxers face male boxers.
Lastly, this country and our military are NOT prepared to see what the enemy will do to female POWs. The Taliban, AQ, insurgents, jihadis, whatever you want to call them, they don't abide by the Geneva Conventions and treat women worse than livestock. Google Thomas Tucker and Kristian Menchaca if you want to see what they do to our men (and don't google it unless you have a strong stomach) and then imagine a woman in their hands. How is our 24/7 news cycle going to cover a captured, raped, mutilated woman? After the first one, how are the men in the military going to treat their female comrades? ONE Thomasina Tucker is going to mean the men in the military will move heaven and earth to protect women, never mind what it does to the mission. I present you with Exhibit A: Jessica Lynch. Male lives will be lost trying to protect their female comrades. And the people of the US are NOT, based on the Jessica Lynch episode, prepared to treat a female POW the same way they do a man.
I say again, I would have loved to be in the infantry. I think I could have done it physically, I could've met almost all the male standards (jumping aside), and I think I'm mentally tough enough to handle whatever came. But I would never do that to the men. I would never sacrifice the mission for my own desires. And I wouldn't be able to live with myself if someone died because of me.
- Sentry"


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Today's News: Our Take - The Vampire Diaries: Did the Damon and Elena Scene Meet Your Expectations?
[Warning! The following contains spoilers about tonight's episode. Read at your own risk]
So Damon and Elena finally did it.
On Thursday's episode of The Vampire Diaries, what started out as a late-night slow dance between the two, turned into a passionate kiss, which then became a hot-and-heavy well, you know. So how did they get there after all this time? Let's back up.
The hour began with a newly single Stefan working his out his frustrations because his ex has feelings for his brother. Elena, meanwhile, knew she had confusing feelings to reconcile and Damon was elated when Elena revealed he was the reason for the breakup. But the two didn't jump each other's bones right away. First, they had to attend to the matter of awakened hunter Jeremy wanting to kill Elena. After confronting her brother only to have him stake her, Elena told Stefan to let go of the idea that Jeremy's mark would lead to a cure. "This is who I am now," Elena said. "The old Elena died when she went off that bridge. Let her go."
With a brother wanting to kill her, Elena packed up and set up shop at the Salvatore house, conveniently leaving her alone with Damon and a glass of whiskey. From there, the two relived their old Miss Mystic Falls dance which lead to a passionate kiss which turned into a hot-and-heavy hookup. But the dalliance didn't come without complications. As Caroline and Stefan drowned their sorrows they suddenly realized Elena must be sired by Damon, hence the innate attraction. Regardless, the two finally got busy.
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So was it all you ever imagined and hoped for? And now that it's possible Elena is only attracted to Damon because she's sired by him, does that take away from the enjoyment of the moment? Vote in our poll.
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LONGMONT — Longmont's city charter will now ban fracking.
As of 11 p.m. Tuesday, the ban — Ballot Question 300 — was leading 16,798 votes to 11,544 and had widened its margin of victory with every report, according to the Boulder and Weld county clerk's offices. That gave ban supporters about 59 percent of the vote.
"Are you kidding?" screamed ban supporter Teresa Foster as results came in to a watch party held by Our Health, Our Future, Our Longmont. "Awesome! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!"
The charter amendment bans hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking," a process used by oil and gas drillers to crack rock deep below the surface of the earth. Supporters of a ban say the practice is environmentally risky; opponents say the risks are exaggerated and that the measure would bring lawsuits and expensive claims for "taking" mineral rights.
The ballot question also forbids the storage of fracking waste in city limits.
The issue has been a controversy since late 2011, when TOP Operating announced plans to drill wells near Union Reservoir and Sandstone Ranch. By July 2012, the City Council had updated Longmont's oil and gas regulations, a move that the state considered too much and that local activists considered too little. The state responded with a lawsuit; the activists, organized as Our Longmont, responded by petitioning a fracking ban onto the ballot.
The oil and gas industry fought the ban hard, giving $507,500 to the opposing group Main Street Longmont. The group and its predecessor, Longmont Taxpayers for Common Sense, had spent $413,334 by the end of October to campaign against Ballot Question 300.
Kaye Fissinger of Our Longmont said the high-dollar campaign itself seemed to become an issue as the election approached.
"We went to neighborhood group meetings and heard people say 'How many mailers do they have to send us?'" Our Longmont member Kaye Fissinger said. "They may have shot themselves in the foot by spending so much on full-page ads and tons of mailers."
Main Street Longmont spokesman Bill Ray said the expensive campaign had been needed to educate residents about the costs of a ban, especially since the issue had become so emotional.
The issue, he said, remained one of mineral property rights that Longmont would have to compensate. Otherwise, he said, "I believe the courts will have no problem striking down question 300."
"Issue 300 doesn't just go away today," Ray said. "The city's got legal issues that it's going to have to address for quite a while."
During a September visit to Longmont, Gov. John Hickenlooper said that passage of Ballot Question 300 likely would bring a second lawsuit from the state.
"The next move will be the opposition's move," Our Longmont spokesman Michael Bellmont said. "It goes where they lead."
This is the third Longmont city election to feature a six-figure spending campaign, and the second straight one to lose. In 2011, the group Look Before We Leap spent $419,629 to oppose a fiber-optic ballot issue; the measure passed with about 60 percent of the vote.
The Colorado Supreme Court has forbidden cities from banning oil and gas drilling outright, but has decided lesser measures on a case-by-case basis.
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California wildfires: Some evacuations lifted
SAN DIEGO — Some evacuation orders were lifted early today in an area near the fiercest of several wildfires in San Diego County, as crews building containment lines around the blazes hoped cooler temperatures will help them make further progress.
County officials said residents of two neighborhoods of San Marcos were allowed to return home. A flare-up Thursday in the north San Diego suburb prompted more than 18,000 new evacuation notices as flames raced through tinder-dry brush on hillsides. That fire was 10 percent contained this morning.
Ten major fires have destroyed at least eight houses, an 18-unit condominium complex and two businesses since Tuesday. The hardest-hit areas were in San Marcos and Carlsbad, a suburb of 110,000 people that lifted evacuation orders late Thursday.
Firefighters found a badly burned body Thursday in a transient camp in Carlsbad — the first apparent fatality — and a Camp Pendleton Fire Department firefighter was treated for heat exhaustion.
To the north crews battled two fires at Camp Pendleton, including one that broke out Thursday and grew overnight from 600 acres to 8,000, base officials told KGTV. It was 10 percent contained. The second fire, sparked Wednesday on the eastern outskirts of the Marine base, scorched nearly 10 square miles of dry brush. That blaze was 15 percent contained.
This week's unseasonably early wildfires have driven tens of thousands from their homes and shut down schools and amusement parks, including Legoland, which reopened Thursday. Flames have caused more than $20 million in damage.
Firefighters who have worked in temperatures sometimes topping 100 degrees this week were expected to get relief today. The forecast called for temperatures to peak around 90 and lighter winds. A bigger cool-down was forecast for the weekend.
It could take months to find the causes of the blazes concentrated in the northern San Diego and its northern suburbs, from the coast to areas 10 to 15 miles inland. San Diego County Sheriff Bill Gore said arson will be among the many possibilities that investigators will look at.
Police in Escondido, a city north of San Diego, arrested a teen and adult for investigation of arson in two small fires that were extinguished within minutes in a park area near a mall. Lt. Neal Griffin said Friday authorities are not ruling out anything yet but have found no evidence linking the two to the 10 large blazes.
Crews along with engines and aircraft were ready to spring into action when the first fire ignited Tuesday after being sent to the region in anticipation of a heat wave and gusty winds.
The positioning of crews was among several steps fire officials say they have been fine-tuning since 2003 when the San Diego area experienced one of the worst infernos in California's history. Communications between firefighting agencies has improved, residents are notified more quickly when to evacuate, and more aircraft are available to dump water on fast-moving flames.
San Diego County had some of the strongest Santa Ana winds Wednesday, with gusts reaching up to 50 mph, which may have set conditions for fires to be easily ignited, just as they were in 2003. The 2003 Cedar Fire scorched more than 437 square miles, nearly 3,000 buildings — including more than 2,000 homes — and killed 15 people before being contained.
The tragedy led to California creating one of the world's most robust firefighting efforts, which resulted in the smooth evacuation of thousands this week and crews able to save hundreds of homes from being consumed by the fast-moving wildfires, said Battalion Chief Nick Schuler of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.
Before another devastating wave of fires swept the San Diego region in 2007, the city and county introduced a 'reverse 911' system of automated calls to homes and businesses. Previously, evacuations were accomplished by going door to door or driving down the streets with loudspeakers.
Upgrades at dispatch centers have allowed firefighting agencies to share resources far more quickly by computer, a contrast to 2003 when agencies had to pick up the phone to move engines around, said David Allen, division chief for the state firefighting agency.
There is also a stronger relationship between the state firefighting agency and the military, which had 22 aircraft fighting the fires Thursday.
Those procedures are expected to be tested further as drought-plagued California heads into the summer months of what is expected to be one of its busiest firefighting seasons yet.
Associated Press writers Christopher Weber and Gillian Flaccus in Los Angeles contributed to this report.


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WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Copper thieves have been targeting pivot irrigation systems in rural Sedgwick County.
The Wichita Eagle reports that the thieves are yanking copper wire from the pivots to sell as scrap.
Sedgwick County sheriff's Sgt. Scott Plummer said in a statement that there have been at least six confirmed thefts involving pivot irrigation systems in rural northwest Sedgwick County over the last three months.
The thefts have caused more than $18,000 in damage and a loss of copper worth more than $15,000.


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Obama presses GOP on taxing rich to avert 'cliff'
President Barack Obama challenged congressional Republicans Wednesday to let taxes rise on the wealthiest Americans on both economic and political grounds, noting he campaigned successfully for re-election on the point and contending it would instantly ease the threat of the "fiscal cliff" plunging the nation back into recession.
"A modest tax increase on the wealthy is not going to break their backs," Obama said of the nation's top income earners. "They'll still be wealthy," he said at his first news conference since winning a second term.
At the same time, the president stressed he was amenable to compromise on other approaches from Republicans who say they will refuse to raise tax rates. "I believe this is solvable," he said during the news conference.
At a news conference of his own a short while later, House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, agreed that a bipartisan "spirit of cooperation" has been evident since the election that augurs well for talks expected to begin Friday at the White House.
However, he said of the president's proposal, "We are not going to hurt our economy and make job creation more difficult which is exactly what that plan would do."
Obama seemed eager to avoid issuing any ultimatums. Asked if it would be a deal-breaker for Republicans to refuse to allow the top tax rate to revert to 39.6 percent from the current 35 percent, he sidestepped. "I just want to emphasize I am open to new ideas if the Republican counterparts or some Democrats have a great idea for us to raise revenue, maintain progressivity, make sure the middle class isn't getting hit, reduces our deficit."
Wall Street wasn't encouraged that agreement was becoming more likely. The Dow Jones industrial average dropped 185 points for the day.
The president's remarks were his first extended public discussion of the issue that is dominating the postelection session of Congress, and they followed statements earlier in the week from Boehner and Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the Senate GOP leader.
Both men have said they, too, want a compromise and have said they are willing to support additional tax revenues as part of a deal that includes tax reform and measures to recast the government's largest benefit programs. But they appear to rule out any legislation that raises tax rates.
McConnell issued a statement calling on Obama to "propose a specific plan that includes meaningful entitlement reforms to strengthen and protect these programs for future generations." He referred to Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security.
The president has moved aggressively this week to lay down markers for any negotiations, first meeting with labor leaders and representatives of liberal groups at the White House, then welcoming a delegation of corporate chief executives for a private session moments after wrapping up his news conference.
Aides said the president is prepared to go to the public in the coming days to enlist support for his position. He said Wednesday, "The American people understood what they were getting" when they voted for him after a campaign that focused heavily on taxes.
Obama is expected to welcome the top leaders of both political parties to the White House on Friday for their first postelection face-to-face discussion of the fiscal cliff, the combination of tax increases and across-the-board spending cuts that will take effect as 2012 gives way to the new year unless Congress intervenes.
Economists in both parties have cautioned that, given the sluggish state of the economy, a return to recession is likely unless lawmakers and the president reach a compromise on legislation.
At his news conference, Obama laid out bleak prospects if he and lawmakers can't reach agreement.
"Everybody's taxes will automatically go up, including the 98 percent of Americans who make less than $250,000 a year, and the 97 percent of small businesses who earn less than $250,000 a year. ... Our economy can't afford that right now," he said.
As an alternative, the president suggested that Congress pass legislation immediately to "prevent any tax hike whatsoever on the first $250,000 of everybody's income," a measure that he noted has passed the Senate and that Democrats in the House are ready to embrace.
"We should not hold the middle class hostage while we debate tax cuts for the wealthy, and we should at least do what we agree on, and that's keep middle class taxes low," he said.
He said enactment of legislation along those lines would eliminate half of the fiscal cliff, and he suggested that he and lawmakers could then "shape a process whereby we look at tax reform" and "take a serious look at how we reform our entitlements, because health care costs continue to be the biggest driver of our deficits.
Obama signed legislation two years ago extending the Bush-era tax cuts in their entirety after saying he wouldn't.
Asked why this time will be different, he said, "What I said at the time was what I meant, which is that this was a one-time proposition."
Now, he said, legislation that keeps most of the cuts in place but not those for the upper-income earners would be "actually removing half the fiscal cliff."
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said the president would bring to the table a proposal for $1.6 trillion in new taxes on business and the wealthy when he begins discussions with congressional Republicans, a figure that Obama outlined in his most recent budget plan. The targeted revenue is twice the amount Obama discussed with Republican leaders during debt talks during the summer of 2011.
Carney said the figure, combined with $1.1 trillion in spending cuts already signed into law, would reduce deficits by $4 trillion.


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Connecticut town residents urge stricter gun control
NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — One after another, Newtown residents stepped to the microphone and urged Connecticut lawmakers to stop another tragedy like the deadly shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School and take action, such as banning high-powered, military style rifles and high-capacity magazines.
While a General Assembly bipartisan task force heard Wednesday from some residents concerned about their Second Amendment rights, the vast majority of the several hundred people who turned out for the public hearing — including parents of children killed at Sandy Hook and local officials — appeared to support greater gun control.
"Make this the time that change happens. Don't give up because it's too hard or too difficult. Make a promise to honor the lives lost at Sandy Hook and elsewhere in America by turning this tragedy into the moment of transformation that benefits us all," said Nicole Hockley. Her 6-year-old son, Dylan, was among those killed by 20-year-old Adam Lanza, who fatally shot his mother in their home before driving to the school to carry out the massacre before killing himself.
Jennifer Killin, a Newtown mother, said there's a national misperception that Newtown residents want to repeal the Second Amendment. Rather, she said, Newtown residents want to protect people's rights while also protecting children and their safety.
"It's in everyone's best interest to work together," she said, receiving loud applause from the crowd.
Bill Sherlach, whose wife, Mary, a school psychologist, died in the rampage, said he respects the Second Amendment but it was written in a long-ago era where armaments were different.
"I have no idea how long it took to reload and refire a musket," he said. "I do know that the number of shots fired in the Sandy Hook Elementary School in those few short minutes is almost incomprehensible, even in today's modern age."
Wednesday's hearing was in sharp contrast to a legislative subcommittee hearing held Monday at the Legislative Office Building in Hartford on gun laws, which lasted hours into the night and attracted hundreds of gun rights activists statewide. Many in the crowd at the Newtown High School auditorium, the site where President Barack Obama addressed residents after the shooting, wore stickers urging gun law changes.
Many voiced support for more background checks, annual gun permit renewals and increased availability of mental health services.
Michael Majeski of Newtown called it a "kneejerk reaction" to the shooting by focusing on gun laws. Rather, he said, they need to address mental illness, pointing out how the state has closed a nearby psychiatric hospital.
"If there is any commonsense or wisdom among the members of this committee, I would humbly ask you to focus on the underlying causes of these murders and not these symptoms," he said.
David Wheeler, whose 6-year-old son, Benjamin, was killed at Sandy Hook, said a more comprehensive system of identifying and monitoring individuals with mental distress needs to be created.
"That a person with these problems could live in a home where he had access to among the most powerful firearms available to non-military personnel is unacceptable," he said. "It doesn't matter to whom these weapons were registered. It doesn't matter if they were purchased legally. What matters is that it was far too easy for another mentally unbalanced, suicidal person who had violent obsessions to have easy access to unreasonably powerful weapons."
But Newtown resident Casey Khan warned that further restrictions on gun rights leave "good and lawful citizens at risk."
The public hearing was organized by the General Assembly's task force on gun violence prevention and children's safety. Lawmakers hope to vote on a package of new measures around the end of February.
One mother spoke of how her daughter survived the shooting.
Susie Ehrens said her daughter, Emma, escaped from Sandy Hook with a group of other first-graders when the shooter paused. She said Emma saw her friends and teacher slaughtered before she ran past lifeless bodies and half a mile down the road.
"The fact that my daughter survived and others didn't haunts me. That a spot where they were standing at that moment decided their fate that day, when evil (that) could have been stopped walked into their classrooms," Ehrens said.
Mary Ann Jacob, a Sandy Hook teacher, recalled hearing "hundreds of hundreds of gunshots that seemed to last forever" and crawling across the floor with 18 children to hide from the shooter.
Some in the audience didn't testify but said they felt it was important to attend.
Trish Keil and her twin sister, Helen Malyszka, two music teachers in Sandy Hook who knew many of the slain children, said they believe the tragedy will lead to change and won't be forgotten. Both support more gun control measures.
"I think it happened in Newtown for a reason, and I think there is going to be major change because Newtown will not stand by and let this go," Keil said. "This is just, it's too horrific. When it's starting to affect our children, something has to be done and it's going to change."


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WASHINGTON - Two days before President Barack Obama's first trip outside Washington to promote his gun-control proposals, the White House tried Saturday to settle a brewing mystery by releasing a photo to back his claim to be a skeet shooter.
Obama had set inquiring minds spinning when, in an interview with The New Republic magazine, he answered "yes" when asked if he had ever fired a gun. The admission came as a surprise to many.
"Yes, in fact, up at Camp David, we do skeet shooting all the time," Obama said in the interview released last weekend, referring to the official presidential retreat in rural Maryland, which he last visited in October while campaigning for re-election. Asked whether the entire family participates, the president said: "Not the girls, but oftentimes guests of mine go up there."
Obama never mentioned skeet shooting prior to that interview.
The White House photo released Saturday is dated Aug. 4, 2012. The caption says Obama is shooting clay targets on the range at Camp David. Obama is seen holding a gun against his left shoulder, his left index finger on the trigger and smoke coming from the barrel. He is wearing jeans, a dark blue, short-sleeved polo shirt, sunglasses and earmuffs.
The National Rifle Association, which has rejected Obama's proposals, scoffed at the photo.
"One picture does not erase a lifetime of supporting every gun ban and every gun-control scheme imaginable," said Andrew Arulanandam, the organization's spokesman.
The NRA opposes Obama's call for Congress to ban assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines and says requiring background checks for all gun purchases would be ineffective because the administration isn't doing enough to enforce existing gun laws.
Asked at Monday's press briefing how frequently Obama shoots skeet and whether photos existed, White House press secretary Jay Carney said he didn't know how often. Pictures may exist, he said, but he hadn't seen any.
"Why haven't we heard about it before?" Carney was asked.
"Because when he goes to Camp David, he goes to spend time with his family and friends and relax, not to produce photographs," Carney said.
Obama is accompanied almost everywhere by at least one White House photographer.
Carney declined to comment on the decision to release the photo, which he had announced on Twitter. The release appeared to be part of a strategy to portray Obama as sympathetic to gun owners and opponents of his gun-control measures who argue the proposals would infringe on an individual's Second Amendment right to bear arms.
A top official with the National Skeet Shooting Association said the photo suggests Obama is a novice shooter.
"This isn't something he's done very often because of how he's standing, how he has the gun mounted," said Michael Hampton, executive director of the San Antonio-based association.
Hampton said Obama's remark about "skeet shooting all the time" and the White House photo would have met less skepticism had the president spoken about his hobby months before this new debate over guns in the U.S.
"Once it becomes controversial and there's problems, to talk about it then, that's where it becomes very debatable and is not being received as well as if he would have done this six months ago," Hampton said.
In interview, appearing in The New Republic's Feb. 11 issue, Obama said gun-control advocates should be better listeners in the debate over firearms, which was sparked by the December killing of elementary school pupils in Connecticut. He also declared his deep respect for the long tradition of hunting in this country.
"I have a profound respect for the traditions of hunting that trace back in this country for generations. And I think those who dismiss that out of hand make a big mistake," Obama said. "Part of being able to move this forward is understanding the reality of guns in urban areas are very different from the realities of guns in rural areas. And if you grew up and your dad gave you a hunting rifle when you were 10, and you went out and spent the day with him and your uncles, and that became part of your family's traditions, you can see why you'd be pretty protective of that."
"So it's trying to bridge those gaps that I think is going to be part of the biggest task over the next several months. And that means that advocates of gun control have to do a little more listening than they do sometimes," Obama said.
His gun control measures also have met resistance on Capitol Hill.
In Minneapolis on Monday, Obama plans to make remarks and discuss his proposals with local and law enforcement officials during a stop at the police department's special operations center. He's also expected to hear from community members about their experiences with gun violence.
Obama announced his proposals in mid-January, about a month after the Dec. 14 shooting deaths of 20 children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn.


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Taiwanese-American entrepreneur and motivational speaker Tai Lopez is worth $10 million. Tai Lopez is a celebrity and businessman who is best known for his TEDx Talk. Despite his controversial public appearances Tai Lopez has worked hard in building an empire through his YouTube videos and podcasts. He has been accused of being a con artist by some, but he has been successful in marketing digital assets and building a marketable brand.
After dropping out of college, Tai Lopez worked odd jobs to save money for travel. He visited a Leper colony in India while he was on his trip. On his return to the United States, he lived with the Amish for two years. While at GE Capital, he convinced a financial manager to mentor him. Elite Global Dating is now owned by Tai Lopez, which has helped him achieve his goal to become rich. Tai Lopez is still on his journey to becoming a billionaire and continues to learn through podcasts, mentorships, and inner circles.
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Tai Lopez was born in Fullerton to a single mother, and a grandmother. Tai Lopez was raised by his grandmother and mother, who were both incarcerated by his father. Despite the poverty in his neighborhood, he was ambitious, pursuing a life of travel, meeting interesting people, and learning the business side of life. Tai Lopez, despite his humble beginnings, traveled to more than 50 countries and met fascinating people. He became a successful businessman.
Besides teaching his own courses, Tai Lopez also sells products geared to the social media community. His most popular products are the Accelerator program and 67 Steps to Success. You can check out the reviews of these products and services on Trustpilot, which will help you avoid Tai Lopez scams. Most online reviewers are affiliates, so you should take caution in identifying Tai Lopez as a legitimate company. There are also numerous testimonials on his website, so make sure you read them all.
Tai Lopez's Social Media Marketing Agency course is extensive and taught by multiple experts. This course includes bonus lessons, archived live calls every other month, and a Facebook group that alumni can interact with one another. It also offers a lot of value. It includes 64 hours of video content and 64 bonus lessons. To get started, you need to have an understanding of the basics of social media marketing. You'll then be able to tackle the most difficult challenges.
Tai Lopez, despite his many activities, has a substantial net worth from selling his methods. He is the advisor to over twenty companies, and has a total of nearly two dozen multi-million-dollar businesses. He is also the founder of the largest international book-shipping business. Tai Lopez's net wealth will continue to grow despite his many successes and his popularity will continue growing. While it may take some time, he will likely be worth around $60 million by the end of 2022.
For years, Tai was living with Amish families, milking cows and performing other tasks. He was broke when he moved into Clayton, North Carolina, the mobile home of his mother. He had only $47 in his pockets. He wanted to learn how to make money and find ways to earn it. He slept on his mother's couch. The Amish reportedly didn't mind his ad, which helped him earn more money.
Tai Lopez's videos have been viral and have generated a large number of followers and a dedicated fanbase. Tai Lopez has also sat down with billionaire Mark Cuban. Although Tai Lopez is well-known via social media, most of his income comes from selling his courses. Tai Lopez's courses are not recommended for investment. The information provided in the videos can help you determine if Tai Lopez's programs are legitimate or not.


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The "Age of the Customer" Demands Effective Onboarding
The old adage, "You never get a second chance to make a first impression," has been attributed to several notable historical figures such as Will Rogers, Oscar Wilde, and even Mark Twain. It still rings true for banks and their customers. Banks have one chance to effectively onboard new customers in what Forrester research firm calls the, "Age of the Customer." When your customer is king, that first impression is more important now than ever.
Ironically, what customers want during the entire transaction process is closely aligned to what banks are striving to achieve. Customers crave the basics: their request to be done right and timely. The new generation of customers are now demanding instant satisfaction and interaction in the process including engaging with the bank the way they want and that includes mobile, email, visiting branches, and web portals to initiate requests. They want to see "behind the curtain" for visibility into what is happening and when during transactions. They want their requests handled timely and accurately with less frustration. And most important, they want access to their money quicker during the new account setup process.
Banks in the same way as their customers desire more self-service transaction via the web or mobile to reduce costs, want quicker turnaround and improve processing times. Streamlined and efficient customer-centric processes that allow transparency during the process for all stakeholders including the customers is on the banks wish list as well. They are striving for operational excellence with high accuracy and quality that leads to quicker time to revenue. Above all, banks are looking to optimize the customer experience during the onboarding process to facilitate more cross-sell opportunities and solidify a life-long and profitable relationship.
But what are the real costs of a typical customer onboarding process for banks? According to the Javelin Strategy & Research report, 2011 Online Account Opening, up to 90 percent of new customers abandon on-line account applications before they are completed; the average cost to set up and maintain a new account is more than $325 per year; manual, and paper-based processes during a typical customer onboarding process can cost up to 20 times more than computer-assisted, electronic document processing. Additionally, a 2008 Harland Clarke client case study found that nearly three-quarters of cross-sells from a retail checking account occur within 90 days of account opening, and customer attrition and abandonment rates within the first 180 days are up to 50 percent.
Many banks are taking a traditional approach to solving this problem by designing a bottoms-up or inside-out approach. They are starting with their legacy systems and processes and attempting to put a "mobile or on-line" wrapper to enable customers to engage. In reality, this approach requires the customer to adapt to the banks' processes and interact on the banks' terms.
An effective and innovative onboarding solution turns that paradigm on its head by starting with the customer and designing the processes outside-in or top-down. These new designs shake up traditional IT departmental thinking. These new solutions bridge the sometimes mile wide gap between the bank's historically siloed and antiquated systems of record and how their customers want to engage without having massive investment in technology to upgrade or update their line of business systems. These workhorse systems were never designed to be customer friendly or to provide mobile engagements that today's customers demand.
There's a better way. With the advancement of document capture technology, process management, analytics and emerging mobile capabilities, banks can achieve near-perfect transactional accuracy and build trust with automated follow-up communications all the while putting the power of the process into their customer's hands with the mobile device. This approach to the solution can help banks navigate the chasm between the antiquated lines of business systems of record to the ever changing demands and requirements of the systems of engagement.
Bank managers, relationship managers and employees can now spend more time building relationships with customers and less time shuffling through files and worrying about gathering the massive mounds of paper. With innovative onboarding solutions that incorporate mobile capabilities, banks can jump-start customer relationships and loyalty, enhance the bottom line with streamlined process flows, and mitigate risk while promoting compliance. Improve your customer experience, bridge the gap between your systems and how you customers engage, and impress your customers from the start to earn their business and trust.
Chris Edgington is the industry solutions manager at Kofax, a provider of smart process applications for the business critical First Mile™ of customer interactions.


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Summer Pie Recipes
Our pie recipes showcase strawberries, cherries, blackberries, blueberries, peaches, lemons, lines and other fresh flavors.
Summer Breeze Lime Pie
A triple dose of lime-zest, juice and curd-gives this dreamy pie its refreshing flavor. The pretzel crust adds unexpected salty punch.
Jammy Blueberry Pie
The extra steps of prebaking both berries and pastry pay off: The filling is potent, and the bottom crust cracker-crisp.
Tropical Strawberry Pie
Pina colada meets berries in a recipe from reader Linda Pint of New Prague, Minnesota.
Very Berry Triple Fruit Pie
More than 4 cups of berries make this pie extra juicy. Be sure to let it cool completely before you slice it. And don't forget the vanilla ice cream! The recipe comes from Covered Bridge Farm in Forest Lake, Minnesota.
S'more Pie a la Marshmallow Crème
Cream cheese brings body and richness to so-chocolatey mousse filling. More wow comes from the blend of marshmallow crème and crème de cacao draped over the top.
Kiwi Summer Limeade Pie
Refreshing and creamy, this make-ahead pie from Susan Meier of Omaha combines tropical flavors with macadamia nuts and kiwifruit. It was one of the finalists at Midwest Living's first Best of the Midwest cook-off.
Peoria Rhubarb Cream Pie
Who needs strawberries? Rhubarb shines alone in this wonderfully old-fashioned streusel-topped pie.
Creamy Peach Yogurt Pie
Juicy peach slices mix with peach jam to make an ultra-easy topping for this no-bake yogurt pie.
Cherry Phosphate Icebox Pie
A humble pie if you ever saw one, this unassuming potluck star has an almondy crust and a yogurt-based filling that mimics the acidic tang of a phosphate. Amaretti (Italian almond cookies) are available at large supermarkets. You can substitute graham cracker crumbs.
Sugar and Spice Strawberry Pie
"This is the original recipe handed down from my mother," says Jennifer "JR" Statz, a former chef at the Spice House in Evanston, Illinois, which offers this easy recipe to its customers. "This dessert is so quick and delicious, you'll make it every year during strawberry season!"
Michigan Tart Cherry Pie
If you're a fan of classic, not-too-sweet cherry pie, look no further. This is our best one.
Rhubarb Pie
On The Register's Annual Great Bicycle Race Across Iowa (RAGBRAI), pie is king, and rhubarb reigns supreme. Orange peel and cinnamon flavor the soft rhubarb filling in this recipe inspired by RAGBRAI food vendors that populate the route.
Very Blueberry Pie
This easy-to-make pie calls for pouring a warm sugar glaze over a generous amount of fresh blueberries or raspberries.
Double-Cherry Supreme Pie
Dried, tart cherries add extra flavor to this classic pie, which was pictured on a cover of Midwest Living® .
Raspberry Pie with Chambord
Chambord (black raspberry liqueur) intensifies the raspberry flavor of the filling, while a mixture of cream cheese and whipped cream makes a sweet top layer.
Raspberry Soda-Cracker Pie
Meringue, soda crackers, and pecans form a crust for a whipped cream-and-berry filling in this mouthwatering pie.
Peach Kuchen
Like any good cook, Mary Jo Smith of Hidden Lake Bed and Breakfast, in Jonesboro, Illinois, adjusts her recipes as she prepares them over time. She has fine-tuned the custard layer for Peach Kuchen and added spices to the peaches. If you're in a hurry, Mary Jo recommends substituting a single refrigerated unbaked piecrust for the Kuchen Crust.
Blackberry-Pecan Streusel Pie
Precook the juicy, tart blackberry filling before pouring it in the crust. The streusel topping becomes a crunchy sugar-pecan crown.
Raspberry Pie
Blend just four ingredients, including either fresh or frozen raspberries, for this super-easy two-crust pie. The recipe comes from The Clarmont restaurant in Columbus, Ohio.
Summer's Best Peach Pie
Just-picked fruit will taste best in this pie, but you can use frozen peach slices if needed.
Spiced Cherry Pie
The cherry filling in this pie gets a tasty boost from cinnamon and allspice. We tested this with refrigerated piecrust, but you can use your own homemade piecrust, if you like.
Peach Streusel Pie
A buttery topping, with a hint of cinnamon, crowns this spectacular dessert.
Cherry Berry Berry Pie
Red raspberries and blueberries join ruby-red cherries in Cherry Berry Berry Pie, a favorite from Sweetielicious Bakery Cafe in DeWitt, Michigan (just north of Lansing). The trio yields a dark, rich filling crowned with a crunchy streusel topping.
Berry Apple Fantasy Pie
This golden, two-crust creation oozes with apples and blackberries. The recipe, from Elsah Landing Restaurant in Grafton, Illinois, was pictured on a cover of Midwest Living®.
A Peach of a Raspberry Cobbler
A flaky, woven crust tops a combination raspberry-peach filling in this juicy dessert. You can substitute blackberries or blueberries for the raspberries, if you like.
Gooseberry Pie
The blueberry-size green gooseberries in this recipe come from a spiny bush that grows in the Ozarks. At Silver Dollar City in Branson, Missouri, the sweet-tart berries are mixed with sugar and tucked into a two-crust pie.
Cherry-Almond Pie
Chopped almonds and a dash of Amaretto or almond extract give a fresh twist on a classic dessert.
Blueberry Custard Pie
An Elkhart, Indiana, reader helped create this tempting layered pie. Known as a fruit-growing region, northern Indiana supplied a banner blueberry crop one year. That inspired the reader to create this colorful, meringue-crowned pie.


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2002 Clancys
This is a Shiraz, Cab, Merlot and Cab Franc blend.
This bottle was looking at me for a long time, not sure why I kept passing it up. Lets just say blueberry, blackberry come the closest. I wouldnt at this point decant at all.
We really liked this easy to drink shiraz, maybe are expectations were low. Either way it was enjoyed. Not going to put a rating on it, probably hard to find now. But dont let bottles go to waste wating on the perfect moment to open. We got lucky on this one, so dig around and pull out that bottle you saved. Cheers
2009 Sea Smoke Gratis Chardonnay
This has been a suprise! Came in the mail as a former club member. Why was I a member, Pinot of course. But wow is this an incredible Chard. Love the color nice medium yellow, great nose, not overly oaky at all. Just right. The acidity is low, the fruit is great. I have to say we loved drinking this wine.
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On my scale of of gotta own and love to drink, a full 9 out of 10 here.
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With the disappointing Copenhagen Climate Summit just behind us and with the most consumption-heavy holiday before us, there is no better time to hear Juliet's Schor's analysis of, and insights regarding, how we are living and what we might do differently.
Juliet Schor is Professor of Sociology at Boston College. Before joining Boston College, she taught at Harvard University for 17 years, in the Department of Economics and the Committee on Degrees in Women's Studies. Schor's latest book is Born to Buy: The Commercialized Child and the New Consumer Culture (2004). Born to Buy is both an account of marketing to children from inside the agencies and firms and an assessment of how these activities are affecting children.
Schor is author of the national best-seller, The Overworked American: The Unexpected Decline of Leisure (1992) and The Overspent American: Why We Want What We Don't Need. Schor is also the author of Do Americans Shop Too Much? (2000), co-editor of Consumer Society: A Reader (The New Press 2000) and co-editor of Sustainable Planet: Solutions for the Twenty-first Century (2002). She is currently working on issues of environmental sustainability and their relation to Americans' lifestyles.
At the third annual conference on Law and Mind Sciences, which took place im March of 2009, Professor Schor's remarkable presentation was titled "Colossal Failure: The Output Bias of Market Economies." Here's the abstract:
Mainstream economic theory claims that a competitive market equilibrium delivers optimal levels of consumption and well-being. The reasoning relies on a number of invalid assumptions, including the crucial premise that individuals' preference structures are independent. If consumption is social, as considerable social science research shows, then the market delivers excessive levels of consumption, too many hours of work, and too much ecological degradation. (This is in addition to the well-known argument that ecological goods are externalities.) In this talk I discuss the implications of what has become a profound market failure, and how we can rectify it.
You can watch her presentation on the three (roughly 9-minute) videos below.
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For more information about the Project on Law and Mind Sciences, click here. For a sample of related Situationist posts, see "Juliet Schor on the Situation of Consumption," "Economist Stephen Marglin Thinking about Thinking Like an Economist" and Jeffrey Sachs on Our Situation – Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV, and Part V."