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Lawrence Hunter, Contributor
I write about the intersection of economics and politics.
It is time the critics of the Second Amendment put up and repeal it, or shut up about violating it. Their efforts to disarm and short-arm Americans violate the U.S. Constitution in Merriam Webster's first sense of the term—to "disregard" it.
Hard cases make bad law, which is why they are reserved for the Constitution, not left to the caprice of legislatures, the sophistry and casuistry of judges or the despotic rule making of the chief executive and his bureaucracy. And make no mistake, guns pose one of the hardest cases a free people confronts in the 21st century, a test of whether that people cherishes liberty above tyranny, values individual sovereignty above dependency on the state, and whether they dare any longer to live free.
A people cannot simultaneously live free and be bound to any human master or man-made institution, especially to politicians, judges, bureaucrats and faceless government agencies. The Second Amendment along with the other nine amendments of the Bill of Rights was designed to prevent individuals' enslavement to government, not just to guarantee people the right to hunt squirrels or sport shoot at targets, nor was it included in the Bill of Rights just to guarantee individuals the right to defend themselves against robbers, rapers and lunatics, or to make sure the states could raise a militia quick, on the cheap to defend against a foreign invader or domestic unrest.
The Second Amendment was designed to ensure that individuals retained the right and means to defend themselves against any illegitimate attempt to do them harm, be it an attempt by a private outlaw or government agents violating their trust under the color of law. The Second Amendment was meant to guarantee individuals the right to protect themselves against government as much as against private bad guys and gangs.
That is why the gun grabbers' assault on firearms is not only, not even primarily an attack merely on the means of self-defense but more fundamentally, the gun grabbers are engaged in a blatant attack on the very legitimacy of self-defense itself. It's not really about the guns; it is about the government's ability to demand submission of the people. Gun control is part and parcel of the ongoing collectivist effort to eviscerate individual sovereignty and replace it with dependence upon and allegiance to the state.
Americans provisionally delegated a limited amount of power over themselves to government, retaining their individual sovereignty in every respect and reserving to themselves the power not delegated to government, most importantly the right and power to abolish or replace any government that becomes destructive of the ends for which it was created. The Bill of Rights, especially the Second and Ninth Amendments, can only be properly understood and rightly interpreted in this context.
Politicians who insist on despoiling the Constitution just a little bit for some greater good (gun control for "collective security") are like a blackguard who lies to an innocent that she can yield to his advances, retain her virtue and risk getting only just a little bit pregnant—a seducer's lie. The people either have the right to own and bear arms, or they don't, and to the extent legislators, judges and bureaucrats disparage that right, they are violating the U.S. Constitution as it was originally conceived, and as it is currently amended. To those who would pretend the Second Amendment doesn't exist or insist it doesn't mean what it says, there is only one legitimate response: "If you don't like the Second Amendment, you may try to repeal it but short of that you may not disparage and usurp it, even a little bit, as long as it remains a part of the Constitution, no exceptions, no conniving revisions, no fabricated judicial balancing acts."
Gun control advocates attempt to avoid the real issue of gun rights—why the Founders felt so strongly about gun rights that they singled them out for special protection in the Bill of Rights—by demanding that individual rights be balanced against a counterfeit collective right to "security" from things that go bump in the night. But, the Bill of Rights was not a Bill of Entitlements that people had a right to demand from government; it was a Bill of Protections against the government itself. The Founders understood that the right to own and bear laws is as fundamental and as essential to maintaining liberty as are the rights of free speech, a free press, freedom of religion and the other protections against government encroachments on liberty delineated in the Bill of Rights.
That is why the most egregious of the fallacious arguments used to justify gun control are designed to short-arm the citizenry (e.g., banning so-called "assault rifles") by restricting the application of the Second Amendment to apply only to arms that do not pose a threat to the government's self-proclaimed monopoly on the use of force. To that end, the gun grabbers first must bamboozle people into believing the Second Amendment does not really protect an individual's right to own and bear firearms.
They do that by insisting on a tortured construction of the Second Amendment that converts individual rights into states rights. The short-arm artists assert that the Second Amendment's reference to the necessity of a "well-regulated militia" proves the amendment is all about state's rights, not individuals rights; it was written into the Bill of Rights simply to guarantee that state governments could assemble a fighting force quick, on the cheap to defend against foreign invasion and domestic disturbance. Consequently, Second-Amendment revisionists would have us believe the Second Amendment does little more than guarantee the right of states to maintain militias; and, since the state militias were replaced by the National Guard in the early twentieth century, the Second Amendment has virtually no contemporary significance. Gun controllers would, in effect, do to the Second Amendment what earlier collectivizers and centralizers did to the Tenth Amendment, namely render it a dead letter.
The truth is, the Founders understood a "well regulated" militia to mean a militia "functioning/operating properly," not a militia "controlled or managed by the government." This is clearly evidenced by Alexander Hamilton's discussion of militias in Federalist #29 and by one of the Oxford Dictionary's archaic definitions of "regulate;" "(b) Of troops: Properly disciplined."
The Founders intended that a well-regulated militia was to be the first, not the last line of defense against a foreign invader or social unrest. But, they also intended militias to be the last, not the first line of defense against tyrannical government. In other words, the Second Amendment was meant to be the constitutional protection for a person's musket behind the door, later the shotgun behind the door and today the M4 behind the door—a constitutional guarantee of the right of individuals to defend themselves against any and all miscreants, private or government, seeking to do them harm.
The unfettered right to own and bear arms consecrates individual sovereignty and ordains the right of self-defense. The Second Amendment symbolizes and proclaims individuals' right to defend themselves personally against any and all threatened deprivations of life, liberty or property, including attempted deprivations by the government. The symbolism of a heavily armed citizenry says loudly and unequivocally to the government, "Don't Tread On Me."
Thomas Jefferson, the author of the Declaration of Independence said, "When governments fear the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny."
Both Jefferson and James Madison, the Father of the Constitution, also knew that their government would never fear a people without guns, and they understood as well that the greatest threat to liberty was not foreign invasion or domestic unrest but rather a standing army and a militarized police force without fear of the people and capable of inflicting tyranny upon the people.
That is what prompted Madison to contrast the new national government he had helped create to the kingdoms of Europe, which he characterized as "afraid to trust the people with arms." Madison assured his fellow Americans that under the new Constitution as amended by the Bill of Rights, they need never fear their government because of "the advantage of being armed."
But, Noah Webster said it most succinctly and most eloquently:
"Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed; as they are in almost every kingdom in Europe. The supreme power in America cannot enforce unjust laws by the sword; because the whole body of the people are armed, and constitute a force superior to any band of regular troops that can be, on any pretence, raised in the United States."
That is why the Founders looked to local militias as much to provide a check—in modern parlance, a "deterrent"—against government tyranny as against an invading foreign power. Guns are individuals' own personal nuclear deterrent against their own government gone rogue. Therefore, a heavily armed citizenry is the ultimate deterrent against tyranny.
A heavily armed citizenry is not about armed revolt; it is about defending oneself against armed government oppression. A heavily armed citizenry is not about overthrowing the government; it is about preventing the government from overthrowing liberty. A people stripped of their right of self defense is defenseless against their own government.
Yes you are correct the Swiss are issued guns, but guess what, they just can't walk around with them, they must have a permit, which unless your a cop or full time military, you don't get.
Okay, lets do that, everyone gets a gun, but not a permit to ever carry it outside the home. Would that work?
nope, keep the laws just the way they are……just make our lazy government enforce them on those who will try to break them anyway. Stricter punishment. Bring back labor camps, none of this tv in my cell BS we have in our prisions.
The president has the right the federalize the national guard at any time. So national guard members would have to follow his orders.
Lets see, like Obama, Assad was elected, oh right, he wasn't. Oh, and thanks to strick gun laws Syrian rebels were prevented from getting arms as well, right, they haven't been able to fight back? G
Gun owners will grasp at any straws to save there rights to kill someone
Your faith in big magic laws precludes good logic and reason. You think somehow humanity has evolved and educated itself out of oppressive governments? You should do some research on some of the criticisms of a democratic government system.
Francis -
Perhaps you can explain to me how a document ratified in 1789 could predict a law written in 1903?
And I have served my country, and taken an Oath several times in several different capacities. All of them included references to the Constitution, specifically:
"I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same"
It was not a pledge to a President, or a Congress, or to obey unjust laws that undermined that same document.
Since you're so full of righteous ire, I'll ask – when and where did you serve?
It would seem, with your vitriol and eagerness to deconstruct that document that you're the one who is a danger, not just to gun rights, but to all of our rights, one at a time.
So, Francis, lets say that Senator Feinstein's AWB is in effect:
A horrible tragedy has just occurred, and the perpetrator used a gun that had a magazine capacity greater than 10 rounds. This is clearly a threat to national security and any other group you'd like to include, and turnips, etc.
"This is the last straw!", is something like my imagined headlines will read. It doesn't really matter what I imagine about headlines, the bottom line is, per the good Senator, there is now a national database for firearms, and this recent tragedy absolutely dictates that private gun ownership is over. There are no two ways about it, the AWB is clear.
Your Guard unit is called up and tasked with disarming your county, because clearly, we can't tolerate another instance of crime where a gun was used.
All guns belonging to those on the list, the one's that complied, the citizens that followed the law and did exactly what their government told them to do, otherwise they were criminals. You are now going to their homes, kicking in doors, and demanding the guns, all the while threatening deadly force if they don't comply. Will you do it? You got the sack to do it? At that point, you will gain a better understanding of the 2nd Amendment, because many in this nation, won't tolerate that sort of behavior from a National Guardsman. The "militia", that the founding fathers spoke of, will be revealed to you, and they will be ALMOST as well equipped as you, as real "assault", weapons and heavy stuff is NOT available to the masses. They'll still be decently equipped, and provide a significant challenge. And they're going to be your neighbors, your coworkers, your family. You will be fighting against all of these people.
Ready to rock and roll Guardsman? You ready to deal out tyranny? Your great leader said you must do this! You would follow blindly? You drinkin' the Kool-Aid? Can you think for yourself?
How? Have I done something wrong? Nope. In fact, I have spent more time defending this country than you have in all your "drills" at the armory. I have defended the people of this country from thousands of miles away in a God forsaken desert.
By the same token my Oath to defend the Constitution is valid against ALL enemies foreign and domestic. However my "defense" thus far has been by calling lawmakers and letting them know how I feel. Isn't that the right way? When they send you to come and claim my rightfully owned firearms, then I might have to resort to the other way.
Innocent people are dying. Guns make it too easy to kill. Period. Please sign this petition because we need to convince Senator Ayotte to vote for any upcoming legislation to ban assault weapons, which she currently opposes. Tell everyone you know to sign. It doesn't matter where you live, her vote affects us all. Thank you.
Baseball bats are used in more murder crimes every year than firearms. If you have a petition for banning guns, set up a petition for banning baseball bats!!!!! We need to stamp serial numbers, take classes, have federal background checks on all citizens purchasing or keeping baseball bats in their homes. These bats should also be locked up and secure, keep them away from children. They are dangerous.


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MSP-Wedding cakes?
Jessica's Cakes. Hands down. She has the flair of Gateaux at a much more reasonable price. The cake is delectable (we had a combo of chocolate cake with espresso mousse and cinnamon-star anise cake with ginger mousse), and to say she is a wizard on par with "Ace of Cakes" would be an understatement. I am stumbling over my keyboard in an attempt to convey how great she is to work with. When I met her, she actually jumped up and down as I described my idea for our nontraditional wedding cake- that totally sold me, as anyone who could get as excited about it as I was would put her heart into her work-- and wow, did she ever!!
I will try to find a photo of our wedding cake to post
The Country Cake Cupboard in Long Lake, west of Minneapolis. Very friendly, April (baker) and staff are very easy/fun to work with and, most importantly, delicious cake! Buttercream frosting with a variety of cake options. It's been a few years, but I remember their prices as being reasonable too.
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Bravo makes amazing cakes! -- http://bravobakery.net/cakes.aspx
The website is kind of clutzy, but it's worth it. All sorts of awesome fresh fruit on the cakes (and inside!).. real whipped cream (not shortening).. simply lovely.
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That was the beauty of it! People thought it was actual wheels of cheese, but it was cake! It was the talk of the evening (along with the 16 foot long cheese table). Sue Zelickson was blown away-- and she's a hard dame to impress.
Jessica was so pleased with it that she made a dummy version of it to take to wedding shows.
Jessica's Cakes
870 Dodd Rd, St Paul, MN
A Baker's Wife in S. Minneapolis made us a wedding cake for our local reception (we got married in NY). While they can't do Ace of Cakes like cakes, people still rave about how good that cake was. Plus, it was extremely reasonably priced. I'm not sure they work in fondant if you want a modern cake, but again, their buttercream icing and cake flavors were spectacular. We also got several flavors of cheesecake to serve along with the wedding cake.
I can't believe no one has mentioned Wuollet Bakery yet. Their lemon souffle cake is especially divine. They did my cake and even delivered it to the reception for free.
I've had cake from Jessica's and it was quite good. Jerabek's (on the west side) did my wedding cake at a very reasonable price. They have new owners so not sure if they still do wedding cakes but worth checkin out. My other favorite bakery is A Piece of Cake on Selby. My sister just got married and got her cake at PJ Murphy's on Randolph Ave.
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Cheeseguysgirl -
I am a cheese freak myself, and actually getting married on November 1. Originally, we were not going to have cake...even though I'm sure the price has gone up - would you mind sharing how much this cake cost? The cheese thing is quite amazing and I think my guests would go nuts over it as well!!!
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I cannot remember exactly, but I believe it was either 6.50 or 6.75 per slice. She can build something similar for however many guests you are having, and if you're on a budget you can have something smaller done, and supplemented with sheet cake at a lesser charge-- she is SO amazing to work with, and the cake was unbelievably delicious.

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ENID, Okla. —
Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center is featuring a fun and interesting changing exhibit for 2014 called Doing Business in the Strip.
The exhibit features various early business machines and promotional items used through the years in Enid. From settlement following the Cherokee Strip Land Run of 1893, Enid has been the center of commerce and culture for northwest Oklahoma.
A few of the businesses represented in the exhibit are Asfahl Dresses, a popular manufacturer of children's clothes; First National Bank of Enid, which closed in the 1980s; and West Side Feed.
"There is a great history of commerce in the area. In a time before the Internet, Walmart and overnight delivery, most business was performed locally," said David Kennedy, curator of collections.
Each year, the Heritage Center has a new theme for the changing cases in the permanent exhibit gallery. Past exhibits have featured weather and medicine in the Cherokee Strip. The business exhibit will be on display through the end of the year.
Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center is located at 507 S. 4th and is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. For information on CSRHC exhibits, go online to www.csrhc.org.


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---- — LONDONDERRY — Miranda Marchetti clutched a plastic bag and waited for the cutting to begin.
Two long ponytails were hanging from the Londonderry High School senior's head as her friends sat behind her to cheer her on.
Those friends would be cutting Miranda's hair.
"I trust them," she said. "These are all my best friends."
Miranda was one of 169 donors participating in the school's seventh annual Pantene Beautiful Lengths "Day of Giving" event Jan. 11. Students, teachers and community members cut their hair to support those battling cancer.
The ponytails collected will go support Pantene and the Hair-U-Wear program making wigs for cancer patients of all ages through the American Cancer Society.
"Everyone sitting in these stands has created this day," Londonderry High teacher and event organizer Steve Juster said at the rally. "For all of you, this is your day."
Juster calls the donors his "angels" and shared stories of hope and survival that inspired people to grow their hair for a good cause.
Some students were donating their hair in honor of family members who battled cancer. Others wanted to somehow make a difference in someone's life.
Senior Serina Brenner was a repeat donor.
Her mother Chris, a breast cancer survivor, sat nearby, flanked by many of Serina's friends who wanted to be part of the experience.
Alana Fanaritis lost her father to cancer recently and had her mother, Mona, in the crowd to cheer her on as she donated her hair again.
"Aly was one of our original 'angels,'" Juster said. "She told me she wanted her mother to come today to see the sacrifice these angels are making to comfort people suffering in the fight of their lives."
Noah Paradis was one of only two young men donating their hair. He sat on the floor, waiting for his long locks to be cut for one reason only.
"My Nana got lung cancer and never smoked," he said. "It could happen to anyone. Chemo makes you feel bad and girls shouldn't have to be bald."
Londonderry High chemistry teacher Chrystena Ewen was donating for the third time.
Alex Horton, and brothers Andrew and Matt Bompastore would be doing Ewen's cutting honors. All have been touched by cancer in their families. Ewen said she wanted the boys to cut her hair this year.
"Part of the experience should be for them to be here," she said in her donation statement.
Alex said Ewen has coached him in swimming for many years.
Being asked to cut her hair made him happy, he said.
"I am honored," he said.
Once the "3, 2, 1" countdown was given, it only took a few moments for a lot of hair to be cut.
Local hair stylists helped donors style their shorter hair once the cutting was finished. Area salons also brought in donations of hair to add to Londonderry's efforts.
Through the years, the rally has gained national attention, including being featured on ABC's "Good Morning America in 2007.
Since then, more than 2,000 donations have come from Londonderry to help those battling cancer.
The giving continues in Londonderry all year long.
"I had 52 ponytails in my desk drawer," Juster said. "Barely a week goes by when a ponytail is not brought to me or placed in my mailbox.
People will cut their hair and bring in ponytails at different times during the year to keep the efforts going.
"Someone comes in with a ponytail and a story," Juster said. "That's the impact."
He said Londonderry High graduates return every year to take part in the Beautiful Lengths event. This year, donors also included town officials and family members.
"Everyone here inspires each other," he said.
Students also were recognized for their efforts supporting other causes, including local food pantries, pediatric cancer patients, Toys for Tots and CPR events.
"It's an incredible journey for me," Juster said. "I spend the entire year talking to these people."
Juster said other schools are hoping to inspire their own communities to hold similar events. The New Hampshire Fisher Cats will also honor the Pantene Beautiful Lengths cause on May 24 and three Londonderry students — Marissa Beaton, Tori Sailor and Michaela Ginadello — will throw out the first pitch


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Oh heck, no one minds pigeonholing anyone as a blues guitarist - we love the blues! I think our ages may have something to do with why we tend to leave Stevie Ray out of our discussions - for most of us, we came of age with the playing of Lee, Beck, Hendrix & Clapton, so they remain our "favorites". Stevie Ray was without a doubt an amazing guitarist ( I'm listening to the Live at Montreaux CD while I'm typing this) - yet for some reason, for me personally, his playing doesn't always connect with me emotionally. No fault of his obviously, as his passion is evident in every note.
As for Clapton, while I'll always rank him among my top favorites, I've been to two concerts of his where I felt like he could have phoned it in. That made me feel cheated so I hesitate to see him live again. Funny, we talked about Chuck Berry a few threads ago, and I have felt that way about him for 20 years - he just goes through the motions. Thank goodness, I can't say I have ever once felt that way about an Alvin Lee concert - or a Jeff Beck one, come to think of it.
By the way, I'd also never laugh at Chet Atkins being a favorite - and I love every single one of the "Kings". Did you get to see B.B. and Jeff Beck together? Great show.
Never realy thought about the age thing, lol. Unfortunately, I came of age in the early eighties when Clapton went pop, Zeppelin had disbanded, and most guitar hero's seemed to be going for a more "modern" sound to compete for mainstream radio. Everything had this cheesy keyboard sound to it, when Stevie Ray came along and kind of opened a door alot of people had thought was closed, at least in the mainstream. I've seen Clapton twice also, first on his Journeyman Tour, and then this last one. Both concerts were great. I don't think I would've bothered to see him in his "Phil Collins period", but as soon as I heard his solo in "Bad Love", the tone, the bent notes, the phrasing, I became a fan of more than just his old stuff, wich had influenced my own playing probably more than anyone else. Sorry to say (hope ya'll don't hate me for this) I've never had the pleasure of seeing Alvin Lee live, as I'm sure it's always great. I did'nt see the Beck/King tour, but I have seen B.B. twice and was blown away both times. You've never heard "The Thrill Is Gone" until you hear it live, with the tempo at the end speeding up faster and faster and sweat pouring off him drenching Lucille. I got to see Johnny Winter doing the power trio thang back in '91 at a small club in Cincinnati. From the opening lick on his Steinbrenner(always hated the look of that thing) to the last slide on his old Firebird, I had chills. He was fantastic. I hope to get a chance to see Alvin live.
Groan - the early 80s were the worst time in music for many of the 60s/70s musicians - Alvin's two early 80s albums, in my opinion, are the worst he's ever done. Not that there aren't some great songs on them, and not that his playing wasn't suberb - they just seem to fall in that "Adult Oriented Rock" (i.e. boring) mode that too many great musicians trapped themselves in then. Clapton in the early 80s put me to sleep ( I like the reference to his "Phil Collins" period, great description). I can just imagine the thrill of hearing somebody like Stevie Ray for the first time when all you've had up to that is b-o-r-i-n-g.
But what a great treat to move backwards in time discovering some of the great guitar music of the 60s/70s - I guess that's very much like we were after hearing bands like Cream and getting to move backwards to "discover" the innovators like Muddy Waters. Awesome stuff. Besides, one of the great things about moving backwards is that you don't have to suffer through the huge arena venues - you can see some of these amazing guitarists is smaller clubs "with sweat dripping off the walls" (an Alvin quote) - truly the way the blues should be experienced.
No problem that you haven't seen Alvin, by the way - coming into the blues when you did you really haven't had all that many opportunities. But man, I promise you that when you do, you're going to be blown away - his playing, his energy level, the emotion is so incredibly powerful that I swear you'll walk out so high from it, it will take days to come back down. Kinf od like when you saw B.B. or Johnny Winter (and how can we forget to mention Johnny when we're talking about the greats?)
I think the thing I realy disliked about the late 70's early 80's period was that awful chorus tone that EVERYONE used. I mean, too much of anything is, well, too much.
I was lucky in that I had an older brother who was always listening to Cream, Ten Years After, Zeppelin, Grand Funk, etc..., so I've always been somewhat familiar with the classic guitar hero's. And reading interviews with Stevie Ray, Johnny Winter and so on did lead me back to the "source", all the old 50's blues guitarists like Muddy Waters, Elmore James and Hubert Sumlin, and even further back to Robert Johnson, Skip James, and Son House. Have you ever heard of Mose Rager? He was a huge influence on Merle Travis and Chet Atkins. He was a white dude that played delta blues WAY BACK WHEN.
I guess the main reason I included Chuck Berry earlier was there's no denying his influence, even though he says he got most of his licks from T-Bone Walker(another great)and Johnnie Johnson, Berry's piano player. I thought of a couple more I would add to the list. Michael Bloomfield (check out his live stuff with Al Cooper), and Rory Gallagher, another fiery blues-rock guitarist. I was also heavily influenced by the early Allman Brothers, the interplay between Duane and Dicky was magical, to say the least. Hey, aint music a wonderful thing?,
How could I ever forget Mike Bloomfield? I first heard him at the extremely tender age of 12 when a local record store owner (who knew my dad liked blues) sent me home with a copy of the first Butterfield Blues Band album. I think it changed my life, honestly - it was the start of my own love for blues guitar. I still rank Bloomfield as one of my all time favorites; he was just an amazing bluesman. Hard to believe both he and Butterfield are gone.
First time I saw Stevie Ray he was playing guitar for David Bowie. Great Show! I feel much like Toni does as far as the passion thing goes - I recognize his talent it just doesn't move me like some others. That's the beauty of music. In reality there is no such thing as "best" because "best" is different to everyone. On my above list I also forgot Bill Nelson, who played a brilliant show at Winterland back in the day.
How could I have left David Gilmour off my list? He had slipped my mind until last night when I heard "Shine On You Crazy Diamond", and realized it STILL sends chills down my my back. And he seems to always be consistent AND passionate, wich is no easy task.
I've read some post's saying Clapton is'nt always either of those (I'm glad evertime I've seen him, he was "ON"), and I've heard lot's of live Hendrix material where his playing is WAY off, even though he's BY FAR my favorite guitarist. Personaly, I'd take passionate over consistent any day.
But I have to agree with Victor. There is no "best". Most peoples favorite will be the first one who grabbed their heart and stoked their imagination. I have to plead ignorance on the Bill Nelson reference. Was he a solo artist, or did he play with a band? Sorry. Speaking of Winterland, you don't have to be a Dead-Head (wich I'm not) to be a huge fan of Jerry Garcia (wich I am). But again, as with the Hendrix staetment, he had some "rough" nights, to say the least. But when he was on, he could take you to another place.
alvin hands down the solo part on cant keep from crying isle of wight right after chics organ brake fu??ing alvin takes off on a guitar frenzy still never heard nothing like it god bless mr.lee made me pick up the trade and showed me about true respect toward the guitar thanks master lee.lenny v.
Preferences in order:
Alvin Lee
Allan Holdsworth
Rory Gallagher
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Joe Satriani
Eric Johnson
Honorable Mention: Jimmy, Jimi, Eric, Jeff, Keith, Eddie, Pete, Dickie, Duane, Bill Nelson, Achim Reichel
Disgusting egomaniacs: Blackmore, Malmsteen, Dharma, all whom have criticized Alvin's playing and style as well as many of the others on this list over the years


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Levi Johnston's latest stunt is running for mayor of Wasilla, Alaska. It's the very job that launched Sarah Palin to the governor's mansion and then to national fame. Johnston, a 20-year-old high school dropout has partnered with a production crew for a reality TV show that will follow him on the campaign trail, Variety mag reported.
What Levi giveth, Levi can taketh away.
Levi Johnston, the father of Sarah Palin's grandson, wishes he had never issued an apology to the former vice presidential candidate for supposedly telling lies about her, he said during an interview on CBS' "The Early Show."
"I don't regret anything," Johnston said. "But the only thing I wish I wouldn't have done is put out the apology 'cuse it kind of makes me sound like a liar. And I've never lied about anything. So that's probably the only thing. The rest of the stuff I can live with."
What the other "stuff" is has been left to the imagination.
Johnston has twice been engaged to Palin's daughter, Bristol, and they have a son together, Tripp. The couple most recently split August 3 after rumors surfaced that Levi fathered a child with ex-girlfriend Lanesia Garcia. While those accusations seem to have been proven false, their mere existence was enough to cause them to go their separate ways again.
Johnston recently announced his intentions to run for mayor of Wasilla, Alaska, which is his hometown. Sarah Palin also got her start in politics in Wasilla, first as a city council member and then as mayor.
Bristol Palin is reportedly going to appear as a contestant on the upcoming season of "Dancing With the Stars." After having criticized her ex for being "obessed with the limelight," Johnston said Bristol Palin and he are not so different after all.
"I don't think I'm any more obsessed with making a career out of this than she is," he said on Friday, according to People mag. "Obviously she's doing 'Dancing with the Stars.' I wouldn't say I'm obsessed with any of it. I'm just taking it as it comes."
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Nutrilite – AC Milan Sports Center Opens
October marked the official opening of the new Nutrilite-AC Milan sports center in Pagliare di Sassa near Abruzzo, Italy.
The sports center was funded in part by the Amway Goal by Goal partnership with Ronaldinho.
During the 2009-2010 season, Amway donated $10,000 for every goal that Ronaldinho scored. Little did we know he would be so productive … 15 goals!
More than 350 people attended the opening events, including Massimo Ambrosini, Franco Baresi and Daniele Massaro from AC Milan, Giovanni Chiodi, President of the Abruzzo region and Massimo Cialente, Mayor of L'Aquila.
Thanks to Karin Schmid and Monica Milone for contributing to this article, and for all your efforts in building the Goal by Goal program.


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Candy de la Garrigue
Bachelor of Arts in Social and Criminal Justice
"Being a Saint is the best!"
Despite not having a college degree, Candy de la Garrigue, 51, had a lucrative career in telecommunications until 2005. Then, as she puts it: "One day I sneezed, and my life changed forever." At 45 years old, that sneeze caused her to throw her back out – but it didn't come back. She was eventually diagnosed with spinal issues, including degenerative disc disease, and deemed permanently disabled.
Says Candy, who was also diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome, "I felt worthless. I had worked my entire adult life, and I didn't know what to do with myself." Her husband had an idea. "He said, 'You're the smartest person I know –don't you think you should have the degree to prove it?'" laughs Candy. After earning her Associate's degree at another school, she chose Ashford to get her Bachelor's degree online.
It's safe to say that this Oklahoma City, OK resident has never regretted that decision. "I haven't looked back. Being an Ashford Saint made me realize that I am still a valuable member of society, with so much to contribute. I can contribute to society in different ways."
This mother of a grown daughter and grandmother of three has enjoyed making personal connections with her Ashford classmates, many of whom have overcome challenges themselves. She also enjoys carrying on conversations with her professors even when discussion threads are over, saying, "They have all been engaged in our classes and extremely fair."
Candy is especially enjoying her membership in Ashford's chapter of the Golden Key International Honour Society. "Anyone who is fortunate enough to be invited to Golden Key should join; the opportunities afforded to Golden Key members are incomparable." Candy also made the Dean's List, and is hoping to join the Alpha Sigma Lambda honor society when the time comes.
Along with Candy's hard work and determination, various Ashford staff members have contributed toward her success. "My Admissions Counselor was extremely helpful in getting me settled into my classes. My Student Advisor, Jessalyn Freeman, goes above and beyond for her students. And my counselor at the Office of Student Access and Wellness, Andrew Anderson, was helpful in assisting me as a disabled student."
With a goal of becoming an elder abuse investigator, Candy feels she's well on her way. "I feel my education here is top notch – I couldn't get better at my local brick and mortar university. I am learning everything I need to know to pursue the employment paths that I wish to pursue." Along this journey, Candy has already inspired her daughter to return to college, and she hopes these lessons will rub off on her grandchildren as well. "I'd love for them to know that education is the key to having the life you want, as opposed to struggling." Due to graduate in June 2013, after which she is considering seeking employment with Ashford as an online inductor, Candy is enjoying every day of her studies for now. "I can't imagine choosing to get my Bachelor's degree with another institution. I would like to tell anyone who is considering Ashford that this is a great school. Being a Saint is the best!"


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Police are asking for the public's help finding an armed robber.
At 6:55 p.m. Saturday a man pulled a black rifle from a guitar case and demanded cash from Beach Tanning Salon, 27742 Antonio Parkway in Ladera Ranch, said Orange County Sheriff's spokesman Jim Amormino.
The robber is described as a white man, 6 feet tall, in his 20s.
It's unclear what kind of rifle the man wielded, Amormino said. He said it may have been an assault rifle.
Someone may have clues that could help police, Amormino said. The robbery took place in a busy commercial center with shops and restaurants nearby.
Anyone with info is asked to contact Orange County Crime Stoppers at 855-TIP-OCCS.


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Social Change ColloquiumSCUA
Every fall, the Department of Special Collections and University Archives sponsors a colloquium focusing on a topic in social change. Like SCUA's collections, these colloquia cover a broad terrain, touching on a variety of issues in social justice, equality, and democracy.
Colloquia are free and open to the public.
Author Tom Fels and media artist Mark Tribe will speak on Tuesday, March 5, 2013, from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., in Room 2601 on Floor 26, of the Du Bois Library at UMass Amherst. The event, "Peace and War: Assessing the Legacies of Sixties Activism Today," marks the completion of the eighth annual Social Change Colloquium.
Longtime independent writer and researcher Tom Fels' new book Buying the Farm: Peace and War on a Sixties Commune (UMass Press, 2012) explores the long history of Montague Farm, north of Amherst, one of the era's iconic experiments in social change. Before drawing his own conclusions about it in the book, he recounts the farm's many early contributions to the counterculture, and later the farm's devolution at the hands of competing farm-family factions, inviting us to question the balance between idealism and effectiveness. "For today's young," says Tom Hayden, author of The Long Sixties, "the economic future is far more bleak and global warming an unprecedented threat. Out of necessity, many will be searching for meaningful forms of communal self-sufficiency, healthful food, and renewable energy. Tom Fels' captivating and profound reflection on one earlier commune, Montague Farm, founded in the 1960s, offers hard-learned reflections, some practical, some eternal, from a time when communes were the chosen path of many." In the first hour of the colloquium Fels will read from Buying the Farm. There will be a question and answer period following the reading.
Mark Tribe is part of the next generation to be inspired by sixties activism. His Port Huron Project (2006-2009) is a series of reenactments of protest speeches from the New Left movements of the Vietnam era. Enacted at the site of the original event, each speech was delivered by an actor or performance artist. Videos of these performances have been screened on campuses, exhibited in art spaces, and distributed online as open-source media. As Julia Bryan-Wilson wrote in Artforum, in January 2008, "More than just recovering the past, these re-speaking projects use archival speeches to ask questions about the current place of stridency and forceful dissent, and the possibilities of effective, galvanizing political discourse." In bringing the words of Cesar Chavez, Angela Davis, Stokely Carmichael, and others to the public through contemporary media, Tribe, in this portion of his work, creatively recycles earlier activism to relate it to issues of today. In the second hour of the colloquium, Tribe will show and discuss some of his work.
Delevingne will discuss the mass media's role in the nuclear power issue and his own responsibility before and after the Three Mile Island accident and Chernobyl disaster. Anna Gyorgy will discuss citizen action and democracy, with international examples based on her work with the Clamshell Alliance, and, more recently, with the strong German anti-nuclear/pro-solar movements.
New England was an epicenter of the antinuclear movement of the 1970s and 1980s. Sparked by the proposed construction of nuclear power plants in Montague, Massachusetts, and Seabrook, New Hampshire, a grass-roots movement blossomed in the region, drawing on a long tradition of non-violent political protest. Shortly after arriving in the United States from his native France in 1975, the photojournalist Lionel Delevingne began covering the antinuclear movement, including the history of civil disobedience and occupation at Seabrook, the aftermath of the Three Mile Island disaster, and other protests from New York to South Carolina and Europe.
Delevingne is the co-author of Drylands, a Rural American Saga (University of Nebraska Press, 2011); Northampton: Reflections on Paradise (Nouveau Monde Press, 1988); and Franco-American Viewpoints (Nouveau Monde Press/Wistariahurst Museum, 1988). His work has been exhibited frequently in the U.S. and abroad and published widely in the mainstream and alternative press, including the New York Times, Newsweek, Mother Jones, Vanity Fair, Le Figaro Magazine, and Die Zeit. Delevingne has participated in many award-winning projects sponsored by National Endowment of the Arts/Humanities (NEA), Massachusetts Endowment for the Humanities, University & College Designers Association (UCDA), University Professional & Continuing Education Association (UPCEA), and Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE).
Anna Gyorgy was active in the early movement against nuclear power, and is the author-editor of the classic work NO NUKES: Everyone's Guide to Nuclear Power (South End Press, 1979/1981). She is in the process of returning to the U.S. after 25 years abroad, where she has since 1999 coordinated the multi-lingual website project: "Women and Life on Earth" (www.wloe.org).
The related exhibit "To the Village Square" includes some of the movement's most memorable images, shot by Delevingne, along with materials drawn from the rich anti-nuclear collections held in the UMass Amherst Libraries' Department of Special Collections and University Archives.
Why These Stories Need to be Told in their Variety, their Intensity and their Honesty" (Nov. 10)
Social justice activist Tom Weiner will give a talk on his recently published book Called to Serve: Stories of Men and Women Confronted by the Vietnam War Draft. The book is the fruit of years of extensive interviews with chapters for people who made different choices among the available options: to serve, to resist, to leave the country, to become a conscientious objector, or to find a way around the draft altogether as well as a chapter for those who loved, counseled and supported. His presentation will include several of his interview subjects who will share parts of their testimonies. Weiner recently donated the tapes of the interviews and the transcripts to Special Collections and University Archives.


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Today is Tuesday, May 21, the 141st day of 2013. There are 224 days left in the year.
Today's highlight in history:
On May 21, 1932, Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean as she landed in Northern Ireland, about 15 hours after leaving Newfoundland.
On this date:
In 1471, King Henry VI of England died in the Tower of London at age 49.
In 1542, Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto died while searching for gold along the Mississippi River.
In 1863, the Seventh-day Adventist Church was officially organized.
In 1881, Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross.
In 1892, the opera "Pagliacci," by Ruggero Leoncavallo, premiered in Milan, Italy.
In 1927, Charles A. Lindbergh landed his Spirit of St. Louis near Paris, completing the first solo airplane flight across the Atlantic Ocean in 33½ hours.
In 1941, a German U-boat sank the American merchant steamship SS Robin Moor in the South Atlantic after the ship's passengers and crew were allowed to board lifeboats.
In 1956, the United States exploded the first airborne hydrogen bomb over Bikini Atoll in the Pacific.
In 1959, the musical "Gypsy," inspired by the life of stripper Gypsy Rose Lee, opened on Broadway with Ethel Merman starring as Mama Rose.
In 1972, Michelangelo's Pieta, on display at the Vatican, was damaged by a hammer-wielding man who shouted he was Jesus Christ.
In 1982, during the Falklands War, British amphibious forces landed on the beach at San Carlos Bay.
In 1998, teen gunman Kip Kinkel opened fire inside Thurston High School in Springfield, Ore., killing two students, a day after he'd killed his parents. (Kinkel was sentenced to nearly 112 years in prison.) In the wake of deadly protests, Indonesia President Suharto stepped down after 32 years in power.
Ten years ago: Christie Whitman resigned as Environmental Protection Agency administrator. The most devastating earthquake to hit Algeria in two decades killed at least 2,200 people. Ruben Studdard edged Clay Aiken to win the second "American Idol" competition on Fox.


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A group of popular dog treats could be sickening and even killing dogs all across the country, yet the Food and Drug Administration says there's nothing it can do.
Since November, more than 900 dog owners have reported illnesses to the FDA. The symptoms range from vomiting and diarrhea to kidney failure and even death.
Pauli Klingonsmith of Wheeler, Oregon says both her dogs, Dixie and Max, died after eating jerky treats. When she rushed Max to the vet, the first thing he asked was if she'd fed him any jerky treats.
Klingonsmith says the vet told her six dogs had already been brought in after eating the treats, and one had died.
Klingonsmith sent her treats to the FDA to be tested. The FDA says it has collected samples from across the U.S. but has not been able to determine a definitive cause for the illnesses. Without a cause, the FDA can't issue a recall because regulations don't allow for products to be removed based on complaints alone.
Three of the brands of dog jerky most reported by owners were Waggin' Train, and Canyon Creek Ranch Brands, and Milo's Kitchen Home-Style dog treats. But the FDA warns against any jerky treats from China.
The dog jerky products are widely available, including Fred Meyer, Safeway and Costco. Manufacturers have insisted their treats are fine and the illness is unrelated, and have refused a voluntary recall.
More: FDA caution letter and list of reported dog jerky products
Also: Submit a report to the FDA
KGW Reporter Abby Gibb contributed to this story.


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Norman North put together its best season in years. The Timberwolves finished 19-8 and made a deep playoff run despite battling injuries and playing without a full roster the final month of the season.
That run came to an end on Saturday, as Lawton Eisenhower defeated North 75-52 to punch its ticket to the state tournament and end the Timberwolves' season.
"We just didn't have it tonight," coach Bryan Merritt said. "For whatever reason, we looked slow tonight and didn't compete the way we needed to."
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Lawton Ike ends North boys' season
Norman North put together its best season in years. The Timberwolves finished 19-8 and made a deep playoff run despite battling injuries and playing without a full roster the final month of the season.
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Police saturating areas to reduce accidents
During the month of August, the Norman Police Department will concentrate resources in the areas of 24th Ave. NW between Lindsey Street and Robinson Street; as well as Main Street between Ed Noble Parkway and 36th Ave. SW.
Mixon won't practice
Preseason practice begins Thursday Oklahoma. Freshman running back Joe Mixon will not be there. The school announced the decision Wednesday night.
Deli plans benefit Thursday night for young cancer patient
Two-year old Nova Pettigrew was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer six weeks ago. Her father, former Deli sound technician and musician James Pettigrew, noticed something was wrong when running turned to walking, then limping, then crawling.
Pettigrew had never heard of RMS, a rare form of cancer that affects nerves and has hampered Nova's ability to move, but almost immediately, when doctors at OU Children's Hospital started intense rounds of chemo, he quit his job to be by his daughter's side.
Don't ask about Mixon
Toby Rowland addressed the elephant in the room even before Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops, defensive coordinator Mike Stoops and offensive coordinator Josh Heupel arrived at Journey Church on Wednesday. They were all there for the annual Citizen's Advisory Board Coaches Luncheon. Stoops and his staff have participated in the charity event for years and have always fielded questions from those in attendance.
UPDATE: Kappa Alpha Theta member released from ICU
One of two University of Oklahoma Kappa Alpha Theta sorority members involved in a fatal three-car collision was released from the intensive care unit in a Tulsa hospital Tuesday, Kappa Alpha Theta Chief Executive Officer Savannah Johnson confirmed Wednesday.
Update: Noble house fire extinguished
Slaughterville Fire Department extinguished a house fire in minutes after responding to the call around 2:50 p.m. today at 10701 Magauire Road.
Responders reported the call came from Noble and the resident was out of the home.
Tax-free weekend starts Friday
When stores open Friday morning, shoppers may be waiting. Oklahoma's annual sales tax holiday is slated to run this weekend with the special exemption beginning at 12:01 a.m. on Friday and ending at midnight on Sunday.
Sam Noble Museum welcomes storytellers
Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History visitors will have the opportunity to share their museum experiences with StoryCorps, an independent nonprofit organization dedicated to recording, preserving and sharing the stories of people from all backgrounds and beliefs. The StoryCorps interviews Sept. 19-21 are a gift from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) as part of the National Medal Award.
Confirmed, Mixon to miss opening day of practice
Sources confirm Sooner running back Joe Mixon will not join the team on Thursday when practices begin as the Norman police investigation into the incident at Pickleman's Gourmet Cafe involving Mixon could continue into next week.
Man dies in ATV crash near Lindsay
The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says a 21-year-man was killed after an all-terrain vehicle accident in south-central Oklahoma.
The highway patrol says the wreck happened either late Tuesday or early Wednesday on a county road near Lindsay in Garvin County.
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"A beautiful experimental film… I was crying at the end." The People's Paper (India)
"The Halfmoon Files is a gift – a generous gift and an invitation. An invitation to journey to distant lands that turn out to be very close after all, to seek the unexpected, to listen to the noises of an old barrack or a landscape that gradually emerges from the fog, and to observe closely the many possible images of a voice. A film as invitation to follow ghosts and at the same time a modest but nonetheless intense call to think." Nicole Wolf
"One of the tasks of a lifetime is to become familiar with the great works of Shakespeare," wrote Roger Ebert, in his 4-star review for Kenneth Branagh's acclaimed, full-length film of the Bard's most enduring tragedy. He continued: "Branagh's version moved me, entertained me and made me feel for the first time at home in that doomed royal court…. His ''Hamlet'' is long but not slow, deep but not difficult, and it vibrates with the relief of actors who have great things to say, and the right ways to say them."
"Not only the best filmed adaptation of Hamlet I have ever seen, but the best cinematic expression that I have come across of any of Shakespeare's plays." James Berardinelli, Reelviews
"As star and ringmaster, Branagh gets to the heart of Hamlet and goes to admirable lengths to take his audience there, too." Janet Maslin, New York Times
"100% Shakespeare and 100% cinema." Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
Three sisters: Woody Allen explores the bonds and infidelities running through a middle class New York family in this, one of his most expansive and warmest films, a tender comedy that garnered Academy Awards for Michael Caine, Dianne Wiest and for Allen's screenplay.
"An articulate, literate film, full of humanity and perception." Time Out
"One of Woody's best ever." David Parkinson, Empire
Heavyweight German filmmaker von Trotta turns her attention to one of the pre-eminent thinkers of the twentieth century, Hannah Arendt, and in particular to the crucial time in 1961 when she reported on the trial of Nazi Adolf Eichmann for the New Yorker. It was Eichmann's pathetic disavowals of the Final Solution policy he helped frame that inspired Arendt to coin her famous phrase, "the banality of evil."
"Trotta has made an extremely vivid cinematic essay, thrilling in its every minute, deeply moving in its seriousness and suitably unsettling." Elke Schmitter, Der Spiegel
"A thrilling lesson in courage." Deborah Young, Hollywood Reporter
"The best movie this critic has ever seen about the life and times of a writer." Brandon Harris, Filmmaker
Having never left his Himalayan village, an eight-year-old monk eagerly awaits the imminent arrival of television and internet (and the window they offer to the wider world). This strikingly beautiful film allows us to witness huge change through this young monk's eyes.
"Outstanding… Happiness is a film to cherish." POV Magazine
"This is nonfiction film making at its finest." The Matinee
The location of the world's largest—possibly toxic—gold-mine pit, Guatemala is also the homeland of the Maya and their decidedly holistic cosmology. Frauke Sandig and Eric Black's kaleidoscopically beautiful documentary follows the daily and ceremonial lives of six articulate young Maya as they struggle to maintain their way of life in the face of C21 capitalism.
"Of course one cannot simply reverse European history and the creation of the "Self", which is also tied to liberation from the forces of nature. But one can empathize with a philosophy that does not separate the individual from nature. This different relationship to nature is better described with pictures than with words. Heart of Sky, Heart of Earth does exactly this, with clouds that glow from within, rivers with power one can sense, or mountains, which exude an inner peace. The camerawork creates settings that inspire fascination in a hitherto unknown world."
Peter Gutting, kino-zeit
"It is an exquisitely, achingly beautiful film – wonderfully conceived and sensitively filmed. I particularly appreciated the references to ancestral dreams and memories, sequences that ring truer than any film I've ever seen on Maya spirituality… The sequences on the war were particularly poignant. One of the communities I lived in for 6 months was completely wiped out—I still don't know if anyone survived. It is my sincerest hope that some lived to tell their stories like the wonderful people in this film. What strikes me is the resilience of the Maya in the face of powerful and concerted efforts to destroy or alter it. I was profoundly affected by this film and will carry many of its images with me to the end of my days."
Allen J. Christenson, Author of Popul Vuh: The Sacred Book of the Maya
Herman Wallace has spent 40 years imprisoned in solitary confinement in a six-foot-by-nine-foot cell for a crime many believe he never committed. The injustice of solitary confinement and the transformative power of art are explored in Herman's House, a feature documentary from first-time director Angad Singh Bhalla, that follows the unlikely friendship between Jackie Sumell a New York artist, and Herman Wallace, one of America's most famous inmates, as they collaborate on an acclaimed art project.
"Conceptually inventive, poetic and original, Herman's House achieves a great feat in constructing a compelling narrative about a man we never meet and goals that aren't quite reached… In the end, none can contain this unique and moving story, and we are left with our own imaginations, completely activated by this magnificent film." Ezra Winton, Art Threat
"As powerful as it is heartrending." Serena Whitney, Exclaim
The writer of VIFF-favourite The Hunt fashions a lean, taut, morally ambiguous Scandinavian thriller out of the facts of the hijacking of a Danish-owned cargo boat by Somali pirates (the very incident captured in the documentary Stolen Seas).
96% Fresh Rotten Tomatoes
"No mainstream American thriller could ever be made about this subject that resisted simple-minded narrative clichés the way "A Hijacking" does, or that refused to depict its characters as either heroes or villains." Andrew O'Hehir, Salon
"A nail-biter of a thriller." Geoff Pevere, Globe & Mail
The hilarious (and possibly exaggerated) origin story of the real life alien bluegrass band, Future Folk. When a comet threatens to destroy their planet, the citizens of Hondo enlist their most decorated soldier, General Trius (Nils d'Aulaire), to search for a new home planet- and wipe out the current inhabitants with a flesh-eating virus. After landing somewhere near Brooklyn, General Trius wanders into a megastore to unleash the terror… when he's enchanted by a strange and mystical human invention known as "music."
"Close encounters of the charming kind." Robert Koehler, Variety
"Delightful." LA Weekly
"Hilarious." San Francisco Chronicle
Their family names alone evoke horror: Himmler, Frank, Goering, Hoess. Hitler's Children is a film about the descendants of the most powerful figures in the Nazi regime: men and women who were left a legacy that permanently associates them with one of the greatest crimes in history. What is it like for them to have grown up with a name that immediately raises images of murder and genocide?
"Quiet, simple and soaked in sorrow." Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times
"Hitler's Children was a film that had almost everything. It informed, it surprised, it made me think. Is killing just one or two people more acceptable than killing seven or eight? Where are the boundaries of love and forgiveness? Are there any, even?" John Crace, The Guardian
Renowned for outing psychics and faith-healers as frauds, James "The Amazing" Randi makes no bones about being a "liar, cheat and charlatan." But such honesty doesn't necessarily mean he has nothing to hide. This fascinating film investigates the famed debunker's own deceptions.
"Directors Justin Weinstein and Tyler Measom apply the same relentless scrutiny to their subject that Randi brings to bear on the phonies he exposes."—NOW Toronto
"(The filmmakers) turn a standard bio-doc about an extraordinary man into a rumination on the blurred line between trickery and truth."—Toronto Star
For over forty years, America's "War on Drugs" has accounted for 45 million arrests, made America the world's largest jailer, and damaged poor communities at home and abroad. Yet for all that, drugs in America are cheaper, purer, and more available today than ever before. Perhaps it's time to call a ceasefire?
"Searing… One of the most important pieces of non-fiction to hit the screen in years." LA Times
"Fearless… A model of the ambitious, vitalizing activist work that exists to stir the sleeping to wake." New York Times
Curated by photographer Greg Girard, who will introduce the films: House of Bamboo & Long Arm of the Law The Walled City of Kowloon was an amazing and forbidding part of Hong Kong, and who better to introduce these films in which it features so centrally than photographer Greg Girard, whose book City of Darkness: Life in Kowloon Walled City is itself now legendary.
HOUSE OF BAMBOO The first Hollywood movie to be shot in Japan after WWII, and also the first film to be shot in CinemaScope in that country, House of Bamboo is vividly alert to places and spaces. One of the iconic film noir hard men, Robert Ryan is an ex GI operating an American crime gang on strict military lines. Robert Stack infiltrates the group, but getting in is easier than getting out in one piece.
"A masterpiece that pinpoints the sublime in Fuller's sensationalism and earns every inch of its widescreen real estate! Turning the on-location Tokyo streets into the perfect backdrop for a cartoonishly colorful version of hardboiled drama—call it Pulp Art— House of Bamboo keeps its story line about an undercover Army cop (Stack) battling a gangster (Ryan) on the lean and mean side. But the impeccable compositions Fuller uses to detail the lyrical and the lurid give even the most lowbrow elements a high-art feel; it's like a bridge from the gutter to the museum." - David Fear, Time Out New York
"Some of the most stunning examples of widescreen photography in the history of cinema. Travelling to Japan on 20th Century Fox's dime, Fuller captured a country divided, trapped between past traditions and progressive attitudes while lingering in the devastating aftereffects of an all-too-recent World War. His visual schema represents the societal fractures through a series of deep-focus, Noh-theatrical tableaus, a succession of silhouettes, screens, and stylized color photography that melds the heady insanity of a Douglas Sirk melodrama with the philosophical inquiry of the best noirs." Keith Uhlich, Slant Magazine
In this Oscar-nominated documentary feature, David France tells an astounding story of activism and innovation about AIDS survival, not death which has been overlooked until this timely documentary. Culled from a massive trove of archival footage, the film is both epic and intimate, tracking a small group of people, most of them HIV-positive, in their nine-year-long battle to save their own lives. They end up saving 6,000,000.
"One of the ten best movies of 2012… If its essence could be bottled, David France's fierce, heartbreaking documentary about the very early days of AIDS activism could serve as a tonic for demoralized political organizers, a bracing reminder that change is possible when a group of committed people come together to fight injustice, indifference, and prejudice…don't miss this cathartic, inspiring film." - Dana Stevens, Slate
"The currents of rage, fear, fiery determination and finally triumph that crackle through David France's inspiring documentary, "How to Survive a Plague," lend this history of the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power a scorching electrical charge." - Stephen Holden, New York Times
New Year's Eve, 1958. What brings mailroom boy Norville Barnes to the very edge of suicide? An enormous stroke of luck seems to be the correct answer. When CEO and founder Warring Hudsucker (Charles Durning takes a dive from his office window), corporate honcho Sidney J Mussburger (Paul Newman) seizes the moment and sizes up Norville for an astronomical promotion.
"Criminally overlooked and sinfully wonderful Coen brothers comedy." Scott Weinberg, efilmcritic
The Audience Award winner at VIFF 2012, Thomas Vinterberg's modern day witchhunt drama continues to exert a deep pull on audiences, and is now among the five nominees for the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. Mads Mikkelsen gives a stunning performance as the kindergarten teacher whose life is turned upside down when allegations of abuse surface.
"It is a devastating film to watch, a heedful one, and a tragic reminder that no matter how well a life has been conducted, the mere whiff of such scandalous behavior is condemnation enough." Betsy Sharkey, LA Times
"A powerful, provocative study of mob mentality and the fabric of trust." Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer


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Greater Johnstown High School honored six student-athletes who will continue their careers in college, and the district recognized two senior athletes for their contributions.
The ceremony took place Tuesday afternoon at Cochran Auditorium.
"This group has been outstanding on the field and court, and in the classroom. They have represented all of us well, and they now will take their place in the long line of Trojan student-athletes who have played at the next level," Johnstown Athletic Director Tony Penna Jr. said.
The athletes recognized on Tuesday included:
n Alex Teeter, Mount Aloysius, women's softball. Teeter had a career .422 batting average and drew 50 walks for coach Randy Romesberg. She started every game since her freshman season for a Trojans squad that consistently was a contender in the LHAC and District 6 Class AAA.
She is the daughter of Carl and Claudine Teeter. Her father is the successful coach at Mount Aloysius with more than 100 career victories.
n Roshon Fields, Pitt-Johnstown, basketball. Fields averaged a double-double during his senior season with 11.1 points a game and more than 10 rebounds a contest for coach Neil Cobaugh's five-time 6-AAA championship team.
The 6-foot-6, 185-pound forward was a key contributor on the past two district title-winning squads. He is the son of Megan Alwine.
n Dalvin Williams, Lock Haven, football. Williams was a first-team Pennsylvania Sports Writers All-State pick in Class AAA after collecting double-digit tackles in all 10 games as a senior for coach Penna.
The 6-2, 200-pound linebacker had 146 stops, five sacks, two fumble recoveries and two blocked field goals. He had 22 tackles against Somerset. Williams also was a Tribune-Democrat first-team All-Area selection and was honored in the LHAC.
He is the son of Aletta Battle.
n Nick Subich, Lock Haven, football. A two-way standout, Subich started three seasons on the offensive line and at linebacker for Penna
He played guard as a sophomore and was center the past two seasons on offense. Penna credited Subich for playing two seasons despite a nagging shoulder injury.
Subich was a team leader known for his unselfish play. He is the son of Brian Subich and Michael Jimerson.
n Brody LoBoi, Mount Aloysius, baseball. LoBoi batted .285 with four doubles and 12 RBIs as an infielder for coach Dee Dee Osborne. As a pitcher, he went 2-3 with a 2.48 ERA and 29 strikeouts.
LoBoi also played basketball and football during his career at Johnstown. He is the son of Mike and Dawn LoBoi.
n Michael Brooks, Penn Highlands Community College. Brooks overcame knee injuries in both his junior and senior seasons to keep his dream of playing at the college level intact.
Penna said Brooks is set to spend a year at Penn Highlands while he continues to rehabilitate his knee. Penna said Brooks still has interest from PSAC schools monitoring his progress.
Brooks will participate in the upcoming Ken Lantzy Finest 40 all-star game next month, which once had been considered unlikely. Brooks is the son of Michael Brooks and Kathy Logan.
n Amber Maurer, undecided, softball. The Trojans recognized Maurer, who had a .415 batting average and 53 RBI for coach Romesberg this spring. She is the daughter of Herb Maurer and Sharon Carpenter.
n Phillip Madison, undecided, basketball and football. Johnstown also recognized Madison, a two-sport standout. Madison was a 1,000-point scorer in basketball and a versatile performer in football for the Trojans. He is the son of Yvette Madison.


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Questions linger in Petaluma police officer's DUI charge
Published: Thursday, March 14, 2013 at 1:28 p.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, March 14, 2013 at 1:28 p.m.
The Petaluma Police Department, the California Highway Patrol and the Sonoma County District Attorney's office all remained tight-lipped this week about the circumstances surrounding a Petaluma police officer being charged with drunken driving.
The 35-year-old officer, Ryan McGreevy, was charged with the DUI after he crashed a fellow officer's personal motorized scooter on the fairway of the fourth hole at the Rooster Run Golf Course during the Police Department's annual Hostage Negotiation Team fundraising tournament on Oct. 5. The incident did not initially lead to a police report or arrest, but did require a trip to the Petaluma Valley Hospital for McGreevy — presumably for injuries sustained during the crash.
After a month of looking into the matter internally, the Petaluma Police Department decided that the incident warranted an outside investigation and turned it over to the California Highway Patrol. CHP spent several months investigating and produced a 71-page report for the Sonoma County District Attorney, who then charged McGreevy with a single DUI count on Feb. 4.
When asked why the off-duty McGreevy was not administered a blood alcohol content test after the crash, all three agencies involved declined to comment. In fact, none of the agencies would even say whether on-duty Petaluma Police officers responded to 911 calls after the crash.
Officials at the Petaluma Police Department said they couldn't comment on the incident, describing it as a "personnel issue." CHP Sgt. Chris Lineham, the officer who conducted the outside investigation into the incident, would not comment on the matter, nor would he provide the contents of the report he wrote.
The Sonoma County District Attorney's office also would not comment on the case, citing the ongoing nature of their investigation.
McGreevy — an eight-year veteran of the Petaluma Police Department who has received awards for his DUI enforcement work — was not on duty at the time of the crash, nor was he competing in the golf tournament that was attended by many department officers.
McGreevy was reportedly seen drinking from a red plastic cup and behaving in a boisterous manner by witnesses who called 911 after the crash.
But according to McGreevy's attorney, Michael Li, no sobriety tests were administered at the scene of the crash. Li also said that McGreevy is currently asserting his medical privacy rights to quash a prosecutor's request for Petaluma Valley Hospital medical records pertaining to his treatment.
McGreevy pleaded not guilty to the charge and is set to return to court March 25 for a settlement hearing. He remains on active duty during the case. McGreevy has an otherwise clean driving record, according to his attorney.
"I've handled thousands of DUI cases as a prosecutor," said Li, who worked as a prosecutor for about six years before becoming a defense attorney. "I've never seen a DUI investigation happen one month after an incident, when there is no arrest for a DUI and no sobriety test administered. I've also never seen a DUI case on a golf course."
Li questioned why no blood alcohol tests were conducted at the scene, and pointed out that in most DUI cases, blood alcohol test results are required to pursue prosecution. He also said that the California DMV had not suspended McGreevy's driver's license because McGreevy was never arrested for a DUI.
Driving a vehicle while drunk on private property is against the law, but it's unclear how often people are actually prosecuted for doing so.
The Sonoma County District Attorney's office said it does not keep statistics on the matter.
Petaluma Police Lt. Tim Lyons said the department is waiting for the outcome of the criminal prosecution before taking any potential disciplinary action against McGreevy.
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