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Residents and motorists traveling along Wilmore Road in Cambria Township will be experiencing a lengthy detour for the bulk of the summer.
The more than 70-year-old Wilmore Bridge, recognized as being structurally deficient by PennDOT officials, is set to be replaced. Work will begin June 17 and wrap up before school starts in August.
"It's not a danger to the community now but it won't be long until it becomes a danger," said Michael Peachey, a PennDOT engineer.
A 10-mile detour was laid out, herding the average of 400 cars that cross the bridge daily south along Wilmore Road to Fairlane Road/State Route 160, which becomes New Germany Road. From New Germany Road, motorists will take Mini Mall Road/State Route 3032 back to Route 22.
A temporary one-lane roadway will be placed on the upstream side of the bridge so EMS responders can reach calls occurring along Wilmore Road – a feature brought to Penn-DOT's attention by concerned residents and added to the project, although at a significant cost increase.
"There were no viable options for township roads, so we went ahead with the temporary road," Peachey said. "The public was very pleased overall, and we were pleased we could accommodate it."
The temporary road, however, will not be built to standard, according to project manager Ed Grove. This means no guardrail, no pavement and a one-lane width. Non-emergency vehicles will not be permitted to use it.
The existing concrete T-beam superstructure on the revamp-ed bridge will become a steel I-beam, reinforced by a concrete deck. Although the project is expected to take 6 to 8 weeks with no major forseeable delays – except a heavy storm system – Peachey said one of the final steps in the process will be a 48-day period of concrete curing.
He said that although it may appear as if the site is unmanned for the last leg of the project, the bridge will not be usable.
"We don't want people to be frustrated toward the end of the project – during the concrete curing time," he said.
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Niagara Gazette — No one should look a gift horse in the mouth.
In a word, don't let anyone know that you wished for more by assessing the value.
Take the announcement by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo that Gallagher Beach in Buffalo may become another state park. At last count, New York has 179 state parks and 37 historic sites. The crown jewel, most people agree, is the Niagara Falls State Park, the nation's oldest such park.
Since the 1950s the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority has owned that valuable Buffalo waterfront stretch including the beach, the Small Boat Harbor with about 1,000 slips, and the grassy area between the two areas. NFTA has been criticized for decades for generally ignoring that asset which many other cities would "die for," as the governor said Thursday during another stopover in the Queen City.
Under the plan, the waterfront land will be transferred to the Albany-based state Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. The NFTA will turn over the Small Boat Harbor to the parks agency in 2015. The move would undoubtedly add to the burden of the parks department's western district that now covers the Niagara, Genesee and Allegany regions. The district headquarters is in Prospect Park here.
Talk to people familiar with the financially-strapped state parks agency and you'll hear a common reaction to the governor's announcement: "Why are they giving this (land) to the state parks? They can't take care of the parks they have now." That was made evident a couple of years ago when the regional state parks commission leased parklands to area municipalities (e.g. Joseph Davis State Park to the Town of Lewiston; Woodlawn Beach — to the Town of Hamburg; and Knox Farm State Park to Town of Aurora) because they couldn't afford to maintain them.

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AAFA's 2013 State Honor Roll™ of Asthma and Allergy Policies for Schools 2013 AAFA Honor Roll™ State 2008 - 2013Overall, Massachusetts meets sixteen of eighteen core policy standards and ten of fifteen extra credit indicators.Medication and Treatment Policies:Meets nine of nine core policy standards in this category:1. State requires physician's written instructions to be on file to dispense prescription medication to students.2. State policy ensures students' right to self-carry and self-administer prescribed asthma medication.
3. State policy ensures students' right to self-carry and self-administer prescribed anaphylaxis medication.
4. State policy mandates schools to identify and maintain records for students with chronic conditions including asthma & anaphylaxis.
5. State requires a procedure updating health records periodically.
6. State requires that schools maintain asthma/allergy incident reports for reactions, attacks, and medications administered.
7. State requires schools to have emergency protocols for asthma.
8. State requires schools to have emergency protocols for anaphylaxis.
9. Nurse-to-student ratio is 1:750 or better.Meets four of six extra credit indicators in this category:A. State requires local school districts to create medication policy and provides resources, guidelines and parameters.
B. State requires schools to maintain a health history form that includes asthma/allergy information for each student.
C. State has or is preparing an explicit asthma program with policies, procedures and resources for schools to manage students with asthma.
D. State has or is preparing an explicit anaphylaxis program with policies, procedures and resources for schools to manage students with allergies.Awareness Policies:Meets two of two core policy standards in this category:10. State recognizes problem of asthma in schools and has begun to address it.11. State recognizes problem of allergy in schools and has begun to address it.Meets two of three extra credit indicators in this category:G. State sponsors or provides funding for staff training in asthma awareness covering school asthma program/policy and procedure.
H. State sponsors or provides funding for staff training in food allergies.School Environment Policies:Meets five of seven core policy standards in this category:14. State has IAQ policies that include specific components important in asthma/allergy management (HVAC, HEPA, carpeting, pesticide use).
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L. State limits school bus idling time.
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"Back to school" might seem like a weird statement seeing how we are just about done with the school year, but on April 20 students from across the county turned out at the Ashtabula County Joint Vocational School to look at the facilities and meet with teachers and school officials. People began arriving before the event's official starting time of 6:30 p.m.; more than 500 people attended during the evening.
Most of the students in attendance have already been accepted into their vocational labs, and were accompanied by their parents or family members. Principal Jon Whipple said the night presents a great chance for parents of future students to understand what the ACJVS experience is all about.
"Parents may not have had any contact with the school before tonight, so this event provides an opportunity to clarify their expectations, get rid of misconceptions, and understand some of the expectations we have for their sons or daughters," Whipple said.
After a welcome speech given by superintendent Jerome Brockway, Whipple and dean of students Paul Stofan talked briefly about some of the school's expectations and procedures. After that, students had the opportunity to spend a good amount of time in their career tech labs and ask their instructor questions about what to expect in their classes this fall.
Student ambassadors were on hand, as well as student volunteers from many of the career tech programs, to answer student and parent questions and guide them around the campus.
Talent show rocks
The April 1 Ashtabula County Joint Vocational School talent show dazzled the eyes of the audience with a wide sample of the school's talented student body. Acts encompassed everything from country singing to an opera-style interpretation of a song from a Broadway musical.
"These acts were phenomenal," said student Crystal Torres.
There were 17 performances this year, nearly all of them were as great as the first one, a dance medley performed by marketing seniors Sean Myers, Zack Honkonen and Vanessa Dragon. They won first place in the "Group Talent" category for their efforts.
The different categories that students were able to participate in were lip syncing, talent as a single performer and group talent. A panel of judges composed of ACJVS staff ranked the student performances in order to determine the winners in each category.
The overall winner of the show was Harley Katz, who also won first place in the "Single Talent" category, thanks to her breathtaking performance of an Andrew Lloyd Webber song, "Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again."
Other winners include: Lip Sync category, Single Performer, first place, Howard Dolak; second place, Danielle Jablonski
Lip Sync category, Group, first place, Christopher Bishop, Brett Grow, Irva Savage
Talent category, Group, first place, Shawn Myers, Zach Honkonen and Vanessa Dragon; second place, Brenna Sanger and Katie Moiser; third place, April Hilger and Natalie Sleigh
Talent category, Single, first place, Harley Katz; second place, Danielle Gay; third place, Samantha Addair
Also, a special "People's Choice Award" was given to crowd favorite Hanna Bowser, who sang "Born to Fly," and received a standing ovation.
Quizzes not just classroom
SkillsUSA contests cover many different types of competition, but there is one that is very similar to the television show "Jeopardy" which students compete in. That contest is known as Quiz Bowl, and while students do not need to give their response in the form of a question, they do have to have a broad knowledge of academic subjects.
The team that correctly answers a question gets a point, while an incorrect answer will cost a team a point. Teams consist of five people. The five ACJVS representatives are Haley Zmarzly, R.J. DiGiacomo, Courtney Stroeter, Christina Pape and Bud Watson. Their adviser is Karen Uspenski. Good luck at competition, everyone.
Power equipment students do well
A group of ACJVS students in the Power Equipment career lab participated in a competition at the Mahoning County Career Center in Canfield on April 15. The student team of Jesse Leonard, Tony Buttitta and Kyle Vincent took part in the Small Engine Diagnostics competition.
Power Equipment instructor Jeff Stuyvesant said the high pressure competition has a student assigned to a row containing eight skills to be demonstrated. Students have 10 minutes to perform the task or skill that is in front of them. They are also required to solve two physical problems in a live, small engine, and they must identify and repair the problems diagnosed.
The ACJVS team placed third in the district and only missed going on to state competition by four points. Good job, guys!
Culinary students travel to West Side Market
Students from the Culinary I and Culinary II programs ventured out to the West Side Market on March 31 to get a taste of what a restaurant owner might need to do to establish and run a business.
To familiarize themselves with all that the market has to offer, Culinary I students went on a specialized scavenger hunt. Culinary II students helped serve as guides to help them locate all kinds of produce that were on their lists.
The Culinary II students were given the task of finding specific prices for all sorts of meat, fruit and vegetables in order to arrive at a base cost for meal preparation. The idea is to get students to recognize how to put together a menu, while still being able to recognize where the profit point is reached in creating a tasty meal.
Culinary instructor Dave Kiphart said the visit is all about understanding the different ethnic foods, seasonal foods, pricing and ways to incorporate these items in a restaurant.
Some students said the hands-on experience taught them how important it is to learn how to test the produce and negotiate with fruit and produce vendors before buying anything.
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practical training
The 2009-2010 Health Care Technologies junior class is participating in another round of clinical days. Mary Bettcher, Health Care Technologies instructor, has taken her participating students to the Jefferson Geriatric Center. These students are paired up with one of the center's residents to take care of for the day, typically doing everything a health care worker would perform in a typical day. This practical experience is giving students a real-world look at what it is like to be an aide in a retirement home.
Hey batter, batter!
Spring is officially here, and you can hear turkeys gobbling and see people going through the woods picking morel mushrooms. Here at the ACJVS, spring means it is time for the student softball tournament. The tournament pits teams from most of the lab classes against one another in one-pitch softball games, which are held during lunch periods. Single-gender and co-ed teams can take part in the double-elimination tournament. The winning team then takes on a faculty all-star team for the right to brag about being the school champion. The first game of the season was held Tuesday.
Next Generation
Vocational school welcomes hundreds of future students, parents at orientation
"Back to school" might seem like a weird statement seeing how we are just about done with the school year, but on April 20 students from across the county turned out at the Ashtabula County Joint Vocational School to look at the facilities and meet with teachers and school officials. People began arriving before the event's official starting time of 6:30 p.m.; more than 500 people attended during the evening.
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Pymatuning Valley student may be petite, but she has big goals as she prepares mission trip to South Africa
Courage, selflessness, sacrifice: words to define a hero. They define a person who has a certain quality of mind that allows him or her to overcome adversity, a person who is willing to forfeit something valued for something of greater claim. A hero is someone noted for feats of courage and nobility of purpose. At Pymatuning Valley, Ami Turner fits that definition well.
Ss. John & Paul celebrates prom with 'Masquerade' theme
Ss. John and Paul High School was filled with excitement for this year's prom. The dance took place May 15 at Martini's Restaurant.
Graduation on the horizon for seniors, retirement for four Geneva educators
The 2009-2010 school year has been a time of innovation and continuing successes at Geneva High School.
GRA lacrosse team a big hit
This past year has been a year of firsts for Grand River Academy. GRA's first football team in 75 years was launched last fall, students participated in several new academic competitions, lights were added to the tennis courts; and to finish off the year, another GRA sport was created, the hard hitting game of lacrosse.
Crash dramatization gives students a shocking view of what could happen if they make a wrong decision
Broken glass, the smell of blood, pain- induced moans and cries for help. As you approach, you see the results of an automobile accident and see the victims, teen-agers who have just recently left their senior prom. As sirens become louder, you realize the magnitude of the situation and witness such bright futures end early because of one bad decision. This scenario is one that every parent is afraid of on prom night. This is where Officer Tim Blon and the rest of the Jefferson Emergency Services come in to help ease the fears that haunt many parents on the night of prom – a drunk driving car crash simulation for Jefferson Area High School students.
Powder Puff games fun year-end event for Grand Valley
Grand Valley High School seniors are happily counting down to graduation day. Commencement will be held 7 p.m. June 4 in the Grand Valley High School Gymnasium.
As the school year nears an end, Edgewood's calendar is packed with awards ceremonies, class of 2010 graduation
As the school year comes to a conclusion, the final parent teacher conferences are held, prom occurs, the band and choir perform, awards are given and seniors are realizing their achievements.
LEAP growing in popularity as force for promoting a positive atmosphere
Lakeside High School has been busy with balancing education and activities to keep students involved. Lakeside Encouraging Acceptance Promoting Peace, an organization that was formed in December 2009, represents a positive atmosphere at LHS and in the community.
Grand Splendor, trip to Washington is the finale for seniors at SRCA
As the 2009-2010 school year comes to an end, South Ridge Christian Academy is as busy as ever. The next event on the calendar is Grand Splendor.
Vocational school welcomes hundreds of future students, parents at orientation
"Back to school" might seem like a weird statement seeing how we are just about done with the school year, but on April 20 students from across the county turned out at the Ashtabula County Joint Vocational School to look at the facilities and meet with teachers and school officials. People began arriving before the event's official starting time of 6:30 p.m.; more than 500 people attended during the evening.
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Obama Has Not Learned from Solyndra Scandal
After wasting tax payers' money on Solyndra, Obama continues to spend on risky green energy subsidies.
Thomas Pyle is the president of the Institute for Energy Research.
Despite the ongoing Solyndra scandal, the Department of Energy pushed nearly $6 billion in new loan guarantees out the door Friday—the last day the Section 1705 loan program was available. The move has people wondering, does the administration just not care about the will of the American people anymore? After all, how can the president have no regrets amidst the widespread public outrage over its $500 million loan to the politically-connected, but now-defunct Solyndra?
President Obama is apparently so committed to bailing out wind and solar investors that he isn't willing to face the facts. The financial health of Solyndra was in question well before the loan application was approved—so much so that advisers in the White House and officials at the Office of Management and Budget had expressed concerns about the president's promotional activities in support of the company. And yet all the warning signs were ignored. Now here we are, $535 billion in wasted taxpayer dollars later, and it seems that the administration is intent on going full speed ahead. In fact, the president recently said in an interview that the Solyndra deal was "a good bet." Talk about a disconnect.
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Of the seven projects that received $5.9 billion last week, six are solar projects: one applicant received a loan to place solar panels on rooftops in 28 states, three loans will support projects at solar plants in California, and two loans will support solar plants in Arizona and Nevada, respectively.
The only non-solar loan approved last week will support an ethanol plant in Kansas owned by Spanish firm Abengoa. Sound familiar? Abengoa's solar company has received $2.65 billion in loan guarantees as well, even as the company has posted losses for three consecutive years.
[Read: Congress Should Let Market Take Care of Energy Industry]
As difficult as it is to understand why the government rewards continual failures with taxpayer dollars, there really isn't a method to this madness. Solar is, and has always been, an unreliable and inefficient way to generate electricity. The Energy Information Administration estimates that the levelized cost—the net cost of installation divided by anticipated lifetime energy output—is 21.1 cents per kilowatt hour for a photovoltaic solar (solar PV) plant and 31.2 cents for a thermal solar plant. That is far more expensive than the 6.6 cents per kilowatt hour for conventional combined cycle natural gas.
Furthermore, because solar is inefficient and unreliable, solar only provided 0.03 percent of our electricity in 2010. Proponents will argue that this is because solar power is a nascent technology that the market hasn't had time to embrace. The truth is, the first solar cells were developed in the 1800's, and the technology has matured since then. Investors simply aren't interested in it.
Solar producers receive subsidies of $24.34 per megawatt hour of electricity produced; contrast this with $1.59 for nuclear, $0.67 for hydroelectric power, $0.44 for conventional coal, and $0.25 for natural gas and petroleum liquids. A further incentive comes in the form of mandates. In the 28 states that have a renewable electricity mandate in place, utilities have been eager to jump on board because it allows them to pass their costs on to their ratepayers and charge more for their more expensive energy.
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In the same fashion, the government has removed the risk from a select cadre of favored businesses and transferred it to the taxpayer who, when things go wrong, is left standing with the bill. One of the most shocking developments of the Solyndra debacle was the revelation that the loan was structured in such a way that should the business fold, the private investors—including, Obama campaign bundler George Kaiser—would get paid before the American taxpayer got a dime of taxpayer money back. If this seems appallingly unfair, that's because it is.


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Advances in PharmacologyEdited by
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Each volume of Advances in Pharmacology provides a rich collection of reviews on timely topics. Emphasis is placed on the molecular basis of drug action, both applied and experimental.
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Imagine that you are sitting with a Native American teacher, who gives you the exercise of assembling a ceremonial pipe. You are presented with several individual pipe sections, and you experiment with fitting the various components together. As you try different formations, you realize that the pipe can be assembled in a variety of ways. Each configuration will yield a distinctive implement, and each will accomplish its work in a unique manner. You are then presented with some ceremonial tobacco. As you place the tobacco into the pipe, you realize that the pipe and the tobacco represent distinctive elements of a reciprocal ceremonial structure, one whose typically invisible bonds suddenly become visible as the smoke rises all around you.
Wolfson's canvas, Serpent's Dream (2007), loosely evokes this vivid ceremonial imagery through smoky, ethereal forms that are painted in a southwestern, "Native American" palette. At first sight, the painting may appear vertically bifurcated, as a central dividing line seems to demarcate the left and right sides of the composition. Yet when the picture is viewed at close range, this subtle optical barrier dissolves, and the two sides of the painting flow together as a single form. Just as contemplative immersion facilitates such creative transformations, the painting appears to be a kind of shape shifter, a formally unified construction in which distinctive passages become fluidly interchangeable, thereby lending themselves to multiple symbolic arrangements. Recalling the imagery of a medicine dream, the painting displays sidereal shades of red, maroon, orange, and violet, which appear as fluctuating clouds of colored light. Three oval patches of bright emerald green—mysterious elements that suggest a disembodied, primordial gaze—float freely at the center of the canvas.
Just as the shifting surface of Serpent's Dream resembles a diaphanous veil of open sky, the underlying composition displays internal configurations of interlaced forms. Examining the canvas closely, it is possible to discern subtle traces of a helix structure, a spiraling coil that resembles an uroboros, a twisting serpent swallowing its own tail. Just as the verticality of the snake becomes circular within the swerving conventions of the iconography, the uroboros represents an archetypal image of androgyny.1 Conjoining these associations, the title of Wolfson's painting, Serpent's Dream, symbolically evokes this complex coil of interwoven significations.2
With its embedded sense of internal multiplicity and its abstract depiction of the varieties of oneness, Serpent's Dream displays the paradoxes of an "open enclosure":3
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Like the layered coils of a clay pot, Serpent's Dream and "open enclosure" can be viewed metaphorically as spiraling configurations that incorporate and disperse flickering forms through porous surfaces of permeable containment. Another of Wolfson's artworks that engages these themes is Pistis Sophia (2007), an abstract painting resembling a luminous bouquet of scattered, disembodied forms. Painted in bright shades of gold, blue, green, and purple, swirling clouds of mass and light evoke a coupling that is born of three. The title of this painting literally signifies "Faith in Wisdom." In particular, Pistis Sophia is the name of an ancient gnostic gospel and, as Wolfson points out in Language, Eros, Being, this trope refers to a mythic triad found in the Nag Hammadi text Eugnostos the Blessed. In the latter context, Pistis Sophia represents a mystical image of the divine pleroma that conjoins the presences of the father, son, and daughter. In his analysis of this gnostic imagery, Wolfson notes that "the pairing of son and daughter, the Savior and Sophia, or Pistis Sophia, as she is also called, produced six androgynous spiritual beings in the pattern of the first androgynous man. The twelve powers, six male and six female, beget seventy-two powers, the totality of the six contained in each of the twelve, and each one of the seventy-two powers reveals five powers, to yield a sum of 360 powers, the union of which is called the 'will.'"4 The erotic union of Pistis and Sophia thus engenders powerful androgynous imagery that incorporates complex mystical and numerological associations, as the coincidentia oppositorum of the bonding of "more or less three" generates exponential spirals of light.
Traversing the open boundaries of convergence and divergence, Wolfson's poems and paintings display distinctive pathways that melt and merge in the disintegrating patterns of oil on canvas or words on a page. Like the distinct indistinctiveness of the pipe and tobacco, the poems and paintings can be seen as offering androgynous visions of interchangeability, protean configurations of dreams that are diaphanously clothed and ephemerally dispersed on smoky coils of burnished light.


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Given the recent appalling events in Aurora, Colorado, there's been a renewed call for greater gun control and a ban on assault weapons.
I'm in favor of tighter gun control and a ban on weapons that are unnecessarily powerful but I'm afraid that technology will soon make any legislation that limits the availability of any kinds of guns ineffective.
To understand why this might happen, you need to understand a technology called 3D printing.
3D printing allows you to build things that are, as the name implies, three dimensional. A few years ago 3D printers were very rare, hugely expensive, and hard to use. But as with anything that can be driven by computers, 3D printers has become cheaper and cheaper to the point where, today, you can buy a 3D printer, off the shelf, for as little $500.
Using either free or low cost computer aided drafting software you can create digital 3D models of pretty much anything you can think of and, with hardly any fuss, your 3D printer will render them as physical objects.
The only contraints on what you can print are that the size of the printed object (typically a maximum of 6 inches by 6 inches by 6 inches unless you spend more money on your printer ; the bigger the final object you want, the more you'll have to spend), the material printed (all of the low end printers can, at present, only print with thermosetting plastics; very high end printers can print with ceramics and metals), and the resolution of the printer (for current low end printers this is typically around 0.1mm).
So, can you print a gun? Yep, you can and that's exactly what somebody with the alias "HaveBlue" did.
To be accurate, HaveBlue didn't print an entire gun, he printed a "receiver" for an AR-15
(better known as the military's M16) at a cost of about $30 worth of materials.
The receiver is, in effect, the framework of a gun and holds the barrel and all of the other parts in place. It's also the part of the gun that is technically, according to US law, the actual gun and carries the serial number.
When the weapon was assembled with the printed receiver HaveBlue reported he fired 200 rounds and it operated perfectly.
[UPDATE] HaveBlue uploaded his digital model to several 3D model archives and at least one, Makerbot, has since banned gun
designs but has allowed HaveBlue's receiver model to remain in their Thingiverse 3D object archive.
What's particularly worrisome is that the capability to print metal and ceramic parts will appear in low end printers in the next few years making it feasible to print an entire gun and that will be when gun control becomes a totally different problem.
Will there be legislation designed to limit freedom of printing? The old NRA bumper sticker "If guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns" will have to be changed to "If guns are outlawed, outlaws will have 3D printers."
For more, read:
Unsafe Gun Safes Can Be Opened By A Three-Year Old
Does Human Biology Favor Gun Control or Gun Ownership?
(For more details of HaveBlue's gun, see ExtremeTech and Dvice.)
[UPDATE] The following comment is from Michael Guslick (aka Have Blue):
Correction Request: Mark's article on my 3D printed AR-15 lower receiver incorrectly states that the AR-15 is the same as the M-16. The M-16 is indeed based on the AR-15, but the M-16 is a select-fire weapon and cannot be owned by civilians (save for a very few and very expensive old ones manufactured prior to the May 1986 ban). The AR-15 is a semiautomatic rifle (I commend you for not using the term "assault rifle", as it is not one) and is legal for civilian ownership.
And who gets to judge what guns are to powerful? Do you own any firearms? Do you train with them? Have you ever been in a situation where you needed one for self defense? If your family was in harms way I believe your views would change. In Sweden everyone has the "scary" m16 in their house. Check their crime rates.
The media and the government is using a horrible tragedy to take more rights from their citizens that pay the bills. You and your employers are furthering that agenda. Wake up, if you really care.
I'm certain you will dismiss this as lunacy, but the government does not & never had any authority to "Infringe" on the publics right to bear arms.
There were citizens who owned cannons at the time of the drafting of the 2nd Amendment. I'm sure you are familiar with the damage a cannon can do or that they could very well "Constitute a public safety hazard."
Public safety is attained through teaching our children to be moral men & women. Public safety comes when injustice is cut to a minimum & when government is used as a tool for liberty & justice, as opposed to the injustice & tyranny we see in government today.
To say that the 2nd Amendment was designated for anything other than a civilian counterweight to the force & ability of the U.S. military, shows a total lack of understanding of, or a willful ignorance toward the principles set by this nations Founders.
We live in a day where our government brazenly denies the authority of the constitution, systematically oversteps their boundaries & consumes individual liberty for the sake of absolute power. You calling for the relinquishing of ANY firearms & pushing this revisionist idea of Americas founding principles makes you a part of the problem.
I fear any further actions by government to suppress or infringe upon the 2nd Amendment will lead to a civil war. You, as an American, should fear this outcome as well!
I'm not a gun-toting redneck, but technological advancements or not, gun control isn't the answer. In the United States, for whatever reason, we just have a lot of people who like to shoot other people. It's our society. I think if that guy in Colorado hadn't had a semi automatic weapon, he would have brought as many pistols or rifles or shotguns he could get a hold of to massacre as many people as possible.
With 3D printing, Laser cutting, CNC, and other manufacturing/production equipment coming into our homes, if we made guns extremely hard to get, then your average citizen would be at a disadvantage (think bringing a pistol to a AK-47 fight).
"I'm in favor of tighter gun control and a ban on weapons that are unnecessarily powerful …"
And YOUR definition of "unnecessarily powerful" is what exactly?
The AR-15 (the civilian semi-automatic version of the military's M-16/M-4) fires a .223 cal round, close enough to the common .22 caliber that with the appropriate bolt carrier adapter the AR-15 can actually shoot .22 rounds. The .223 round is significantly more "powerful" than the .22 but significantly less "powerful" than the .243, .270 or .308 rounds commonly used in hunting.
Is the AR-15, often described by the unknowing press as an "assault rifle" because it "looks evil" — usually all in black, similar shape and appearance to the military's M-16/M-4 — to be banned for its appearance despite the fact that, depending on the caliber and the load, the ammunition used by a Remington Model 700 hunting rifle is as "powerful" in in may cases more "powerful" than the AR-15.
So what exactly is "unnecessarily powerful?" And who gets to decide?
I agree with you. But, you can't shoot a .22 LR in an AR15. Need a new bolt and barrel at a minimum. Take a .22 bullet and drop it in the .223 barrel. It'll fall through.
Exactly right! It's quite easy to tell that the author has minimal at best experience with any firearm, let alone the ones that are "scary". He keeps talking about a firearm that's more powerful than necessary…
Two things, Author:
1.) You reference that the 2nd was intended for a Militia, however, the Supreme Court has already said you're wrong. But, let's pretend that you're not wrong, and assume that a Militia was the sole intention…what is the purpose of a militia if it has nothing but a bunch of "low power weaponry" (as i'm sure you'd put it)
2.) Do you have any idea what you're talking about? I do mean this as a serious question, because you're calling the AR15 a powerful weapon. Have you ever fired one? How about a .30-06 or a 7.62? Ever fired either of those? Ever done any research on them?
Picture in your head, for a moment, what you think of when you hear the words "hunting rifle" … got it? Okay. Now, realize that the gun in your head is either the Remington 750 or something very similar. A firearm more powerful than an AR15 with just as much capability.
One problem with this country today is that people like you are allowed to write for names like Forbes, but your ego gets in the way and you refuse to accept the fact that you don't know what you're talking about…and anytime someone comes along and tries to tell you such, you ignore them and say "I work for Forbes, who do you work for" and move on.
Stop flooding the masses with uneducated drivel. Use your position to reach people in order to educate them on the facts, not just what you want the facts to be.
John Steele was actually correct.
This is a nice illustration of why government as such is a futile undertaking. Human beings are indomitable: They cannot be dominated by other people except by direct and continuous coercion. You can shackle me or lock me in a cage, but, if you do not, I am free as a matter of ontology to do as I will.
All of government is based not in actual domination — which is not possible — but in the individual person's completely self-initiated, completely voluntary, instantly revocable capitulation to the state's demands, which are backed by threats of fines, imprisonment, torture or death.
In the first place, no one is obliged to capitulate to the state's threats, no matter how dire or bellicose these might be. And in the second place, as this article makes plain, the easier it is for individual people to evade, avoid or defy the state, the less effective those threats are in any case.
It's time we stop trying to treat human beings — free moral agents — as though they were domesticated animals. This has never worked, but the failures of this absurdly anti-human political philosophy will only become more obvious as the cost of access to all of the world's human capital plummets.
It's a creative use of a 3D printer–but this doesn't really change anything.
Guns, including repeating automatic weapons, are a very low-tech thing. You can make them with hundred-year-old machine tools.
I used to rent space from a man who ran a machine tools business. He went around to auctions where machine tools were being sold off–he'd buy the machinery, clean the machines up, check their accuracy, and sell them in South America and the Third World.
He would routinely fabricate a Colt revolver–simply to test the accuracy of a given tool (or tools) that he'd bought. He'd cut 'em up once he was done–to avoid running afoul of the BATF–but he said that any apprentice machinist can fab practically kind of gun.
But that's only if you want to do it the hard way.
Nowadays the overwhelming majority of machine tools are automated, CNC (computer numeric control) tools. You can download standard DXF (CAD) files, load 'em into a CNC tool, and produce extremely high-quality weapons.
It kinda makes me wonder why the Mexican drug cartels needed the BATF to give 'em weapons. It would have been cheaper, and simpler, to simply buy the steel and set up their own armory.
Why are you in favor of gun control when not a single gun law does the slightest thing to prevent CRIMINAL INTENT?
Picture a guy smoking a joint saying that gun control laws will keep people from using guns. Do you see the irony of that? Smoking that joint is illegal, too, but it doesn't stop him from doing it.
We do not need a SINGLE additional gun law. All that we need is for criminal acts to be properly punished by our justice system, on a consistent basis.
We have every law we need…and more. What we DO need is a justice system that isn't weak on criminals and doesn't function as a revolving door for them.
If you put away ALL violent offenders for 20 years to life, crime rates would drop DRASTICALLY as it's a VERY small percentage of the population that commits MOST of the violent crime.
Despite these facts, you'd rather focus on gun control. You think millions of law abiding citizens should be punished or at the very least inconvenienced over the actions of a TINY criminal element that will STILL be the criminal element even if you could pull off the impossible feat of permanently disarming them.
Violent crime requires nothing more than a fist. Everything else is just a tool to make the violence more potentially lethal. But the crime starts and ends with the criminal. Not the tool he uses.
Get that straight and you'll be a better man for it.


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There is serious talk about connecting San Antonio with a high-speed rail. But the bullet train isn't heading to Austin or Houston, the drive is to connect San Antonio with Monterrey, Mexico.
On Thursday South Texas Congressman Henry Cuellar met with Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx along with state and Mexican officials to discuss the proposed rail system.
Cuellar said driving the 300 miles between the two cities now can take a full day because of busy border checkpoints, and the trip has its hazards. But the high-speed rail would change that.
The county's policy covering international travel for economic development is under the microscope. Bexar County Commissioners will be taking a closer look at the county's policies for approving trips to Japan, China, Germany, Mexico and other foreign destinations.
Precinct 4 Commissioner Tommy Adkisson brought up the issue at this week's commissioners court meeting because the item didn't get on the agenda last week as he had requested.
If you follow the Tower of the Americas to its base, and look just to its southeast you'll see a huge square building of odd design. It's the Institute of Texan Cultures. It's one of downtown's most distinctive buildings, yet many San Antonians have never been there. In case you've never been, maybe it's time.
"There are all kinds of wonderful, hidden stories here at the Institute," said James Benavides, the ITC's senior communications specialist, and his job is to make those stories less hidden.
This year's Martin Luther King Jr. Day march in San Antonio drew a record attendance on Monday -- between 150,000-200,000 -- and chants, songs and prayers echoed as marchers traversed the two-mile route from MLK Academy to Pittman-Sullivan park to keep the dream alive, which is different depending on who you ask.
Members of the Northeast Neighborhood Alliance are in the middle of interviewing the candidates seeking an appointment to the San Antonio City Council District 10 seat that's being vacated by Carlton Soules.
The councilman, who is in his second term, decided to leave and focus his attention on a run for Bexar County Judge.
Their interviews began this weekend and will conclude before the group's meeting next week, where the candidates will participate in a forum to meet people from the community and answer questions about their vision for the district.
In the first segment:
The fight over public school funding continues with another installment of Judge John Dietz's courtroom. In February of last year he ruled that the state funding levels were unconstitutional.
In the last legislative session the state restored $3.4 billion of the more than $5 billion they cut the previous session, but was it enough? And with the current political backdrop will education be in the spotlight for the remaining months? Will it be an effective and compelling issue for Texas voters?
The 27th annual Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. citywide Interfaith Worship Service was held on Sunday, January 19, 2014, at Antioch Baptist Church, and featured guest speaker Rev. Carl Rohlfs. He is District Superintendent of the San Antonio District of the United Methodist Church.
The event was part of Dreamweek, a 12-day summit "designed to promote an exchange of ideas on universal issues facing our multi-cultural communities."
Animal-rights activists say public outcry has given a dog named Buddy another reprieve. But a local group is planning to work to bring about more awareness to state law that they say is too broad.
In a case that's come to be known as "Buddy the Dog," the Golden Retriever's owners are seeking a permanent resolution to keep him from being euthanized.
The United San Antonio Pow Wow is February 1-2 and the once-a-year gathering is unlike any other in San Antonio. The event is presented by the group American Indians in Texas at the Spanish Colonial Missions.
"People who come out will be able to enjoy traditional Native American dancing, be able to taste traditional American Indian food," said Executive Director Ramon Vasquez.
The San Antonio Pow Wow is held at the Alzafar Shrine Temple on Loop 1604 in the Stone Oak area and is free to all who come.
Conspirare is a choral group that works out of Austin and a few times a year they make it to San Antonio. But calling them an Austin choral group though isn't entirely accurate..
"Actually only a small number of the singers are here in Austin," said Artistic Director Craig Hella Johnson. "This is an ensemble of singers from around the country, really. Each of them is a soloist in their own right. They may be performing art songs, or operatically, or on Broadway, or in faculty positions, and yet come together and form a choir of soloists, in a sense."


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There are about 150 majors to choose from at the University of Nebraska—Lincoln, a large, public institution that is committed to research. All freshmen must live on the school's campus in downtown Lincoln and can bring cars if they wish. There are more than 400 student organizations to check out, including a large Greek community with more than 40 fraternities and sororities. The UNL athletic squads, known as the Huskers, compete in the NCAA Division I Big Ten Conference.
The University of Nebraska also offers a wide variety of graduate departments, including a College of Law, a College of Business Administration, a College of Engineering and a College of Education and Human Sciences. Notable alumni of the University of Nebraska—Lincoln include investor and philanthropist Warren Buffett and television talk show host Johnny Carson.
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Chartered in 1869, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in one institution combines the state's land-grant and state university (member of Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities). In the university's early days, renowned educator and administrator Charles Bessey wrote the language for the Hatch Act which on a national scale helped define land-grant and extension services missions, and firmly placed Nebraska among universities whose mission is to do 'practical' research and outreach. But Nebraska also maintains a solid mission for teaching and for research in the arts and sciences. The University of Nebraska-Lincoln is the state's comprehensive research university.
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In a recent focus group in Silver Spring, community members expressed great enthusiasm for the concept of a new children's museum in Montgomery County.
A team of parents, teachers, school administrators and others have come together to create a new kind of children's museum in our area – with a focus on international culture, science, technology, engineering, math and the arts, and social responsibility and volunteerism. The mission is to cultivate children's creativity, curiosity and compassion through playful exploration of the world.
Museum developers noted that although our area is rich with cultural diversity and innovation, surprisingly it has lagged in offering children opportunities to explore the world we live in and to prepare for their future in the global economy. Other major metropolitan areas have multiple children's museums, science centers and other cultural institutions focused on meeting the needs of children. This important source for unstructured, play-based learning has been missing in our community – and focus group participants voiced strong interest in having such a resource in Montgomery County.
The museum will serve pre-school and school-aged children (ages 6-12) in highly interactive exhibits and workshops where children and families can engage in hands-on learning in a fun, playful environment. The vision is for rotating international exhibits that will allow children to explore the world in our backyard and deepen understanding of cultural differences. Workshop space will encourage children and families to experiment with making electronic gadgets, woodworking, papermaking and discovering what they can create with recycled materials. And the museum will serve as a hub for children and families to learn about and get involved in volunteer activities that address local and international service needs.
The Silver Spring focus group was one of a series of groups that the museum developers have convened over the past several months to get input from the community. Groups convened in Rockville and Bethesda also have expressed strong support for the concept and provided valuable input.
If you would like to share your thoughts about the museum or find out about ways to get involved, send an email to firstname.lastname@example.com and visit the museum website (www.kid-museum.org) and Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/KIDMuseum) to learn more.


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I've got a Mac desktop computer that's hooked up to DSL, and a Mac laptop. If I shoot when traveling, I backup to a small firewire drive, and then plug that drive into the desktop when I get home to move the files over. I've thought about getting a Macintosh base station to create a wireless network. This would allow me to use the laptop to get online from any room in the house, and share files between the laptop and desktop.
The Airport Base Station is a white orb that costs $200. The other Mac option is to use an Airport Express Base Station ($129), but this would also require buying an Airport Extreme Card for my desktop computer (the laptop has one already). Either way you slice it, it's about $200. The Airport Express would allow me to do fancy stuff like using my computer to play music over my stereo. A cool idea, but right now extra time on the computer does not interest me.
I talked to a friend who has been networking Macs for awhile, and he recommended a less expensive option. The Linksys WRT54G Wireless Router is $49.99 from Amazon and ships for free. The WRT54G lets you share a DSL connection, move files between computers, includes a four port 10/100 switch, and uses 128 bit encryption. We'll see how it works after I set it up over Thanksgiving weekend. Stay tuned.


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In addition to all the jockeying for the vice mayor's post, Mark Brown stepping down from City Council to become a judicial commissioner also leaves his colleagues faced with the challenge of appointing a successor to his 6th District seat. Who will that be?
Until relatively recently, Diane Jordan might have seemed a shoo-in, being the ranking available member of the machine that's long dominated East Knoxville politics. Jordan, however, quickly withdrew her name from consideration, upon the belated realization that seeking the appointment appeared a little unseemly after her role in the county's recent term-limits and appointments fiasco.
After Diane Jordan's exit, the safe money is on Bob Booker. A longtime civil-rights activist, former state representative, and walking encyclopedia of Knoxville's African-American history, he's certainly the non-controversial choice. And he's already earned the endorsement of the East Knoxville machine. Both Brown and State Rep. Joe Armstrong were quick to voice their approval of Booker.
Still, the cynic in me immediately wondered what Brown and Armstrong were playing at. Since Jordan had previously hinted at seeking the City Council seat when it comes up for election later this year, were they figuring Booker would keep the seat warm for her until then—and, in the meantime, allow memory of the commission fiasco to fade?
Then came the recent announcement in the Shopper News that Jordan won't throw one of her many fanciful hats into the ring come November. Does her Obama-evoking call for "new leadership" suggest a political machine in disarray, damaged by back-to-back scandals? Beyond Jordan's audacity in getting her own son briefly appointed to her old County Commission seat, there was also the short, controversial tenure of the city's community development director Renee Kesler, a Brown protégé and previous up-and-comer in the machine, which revealed that East Knoxville ranks right up there with County Commission when it comes to cronyism. (The scandal may have also dented Brown's own mayoral ambitions.)
There are other factors affecting the center city's political future, too. Consider the example of Cynthia Stancil, long-shot contender for the 6th District appointment. As both a former downtowner and current Parkridge resident, she represents a rising demographic in the 6th District (and the largely corresponding 1st Commission District) that the east side machine may eventually have to deal with: the emergence of a politically active white upper middle class. Much as Fourth and Gill and Old North have emerged as the power base for North Knoxville's 4th Council District and the 2nd Commission and School Board Districts, could the recent influx of newcomers come to wield similar influence in the 6th?
The suggestion that a few hundred downtown loft dwellers and Parkridge urban pioneers could become power brokers within what have long been African-American-dominated political districts might sound preposterous if it weren't for one thing: the numbers. While not legally bound to do so, council has long strived to maintain an African-American majority within the 6th when the lines are redrawn after every decennial census. But a declining center-city population and, in particular, the flight of upwardly mobile blacks from traditionally black neighborhoods, has led to an ever-expanding district that is, perceptions to the contrary, barely more than 50 percent African-American.
Further complicating the task, Knoxville's black population has historically concentrated in two distinct geographic areas on the east and northwest sides of downtown. That's largely why downtown is in the 6th District to begin with; it serves as a bridge tying the two halves of the district together. It was a simple solution, back when downtown was all but unpopulated. But will several hundred new downtowners, most of them white and well-off, along with a similar, albeit smaller, influx in Parkridge, throw off the delicate balance? Considered in that light, the 2010 census—and the subsequent redistricting—should be interesting.
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text: FEARnet's Joe McCabe speaks with writer-director William Brent Bell and writer-producer Matthew Peterman and the cast of their found-footage exorcism thriller The Devil Inside at the film's Los Angeles premiere. In theaters on January 6, 2012.In 1989, emergency responders received a 9-1-1 call from Maria Rossi (Suzan Crowley) confessing that she had brutally killed three people. 20 years later, her daughter Isabella (Fernanda Andrade) seeks to understand the truth about what happened that night. She travels to the Centrino Hospital for the Criminally Insane in Italy where her mother has been locked away to determine if her mother is mentally ill or demonically possessed. When she recruits two young exorcists (Simon Quarterman and Evan Helmuth) to cure her mom using unconventional methods combining both science and religion, they come face-to-face with pure evil in the form of four powerful demons possessing Maria. Many have been possessed by one; only one has been possessed by many. up26


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A Thurston County Superior Court judicial assistant pleaded not guilty to a charge of unlawful manufacture of marijuana Wednesday.
A judge from Mason County ordered Debbie Requa, 60, released on recognizance, meaning she did not have to post bail. Superior Court Judge Amber Finlay came to Thurston County to hear Requa's case because Thurston's Superior Court judges recused themselves to avoid the appearance of a conflict of interest.
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Requa was charged with unlawfully manufacturing marijuana after a sheriff's deputy found 26 growing marijuana plants at her Long Lake Drive home. A deputy went to her home Nov. 24 after receiving an anonymous tip about potential drug activity there.
The deputy smelled marijuana from the home, but Requa initially denied that she was manufacturing, selling or using pot. However, she later told the deputy she and her sister had been smoking marijuana in the home and that she had a small amount of marijuana, but did not have a medical authorization. The deputy saw two marijuana plants near the back sliding doors.
The deputy later obtained a search warrant and seized the plants.
Requa's attorney, Saxon Rodgers, said he is investigating a possible defense based on whether a tenant of Requa's who had a medical marijuana authorization was legally manufacturing marijuana in her garage. Authorities have been unable to locate Requa's tenant, who has a warrant for his arrest, Rodgers said.
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Requa is on paid leave from her job, Superior Court administrator Marti Maxwell has said. Requa is the judicial assistant for judges Lisa Sutton and James Dixon.
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The installation was simple. Per the other reviews, I did lubricate the joints with water during installation. I have no ripples or raised sections.
I did have one tile with a cosmetic imperfection. Their customer service was excellent and it was replaced immediately (via FedEx).
The tiles are made from recycled tires. As you would expect, the area is going to smell like a tire store for a week or two. There is no smell after that timeframe.
The only reason I did not give the product 5 stars was the pricing for the perimeter sections. Not worth the investment in my opinion. I trimmed off the connecting pieces at the edge lines to get the same look. It did take longer to do that, but it looks good at the floor/wall interface.
The floor was easy to install and looks great. My only complaint would be that it is hard to clean and keep clean.
So I was the 1-star review that had a really hard time installing the tiles. The soap and water trick is a miracle. I wish I thought of that earlier!!! I relaid all of the tiles using this method and was able to install 48 tiles in about 2 hours. Thanks for the tip. Rubber flooring Inc should include that in their installation instructions. Thanks again!
I have been impressed by your service as well as the product and pricing. The evolution tile is a quality product. Install was made easier with a soapy water solution to apply to the interlocking joints.
I chose this product based on this quote from Rubber Flooring Customer Service "That is actually a low odor product since it is made of Natural Rubber" and when I called they represented that "we put it in our small room here and even on the first day we could not smell it". Based on that advice I did not leave it outside or in a garage before installing in the basement as I thought any smell would be gone in a few days at the most. That is a big mistake. My entire basement outside of the Gym room was overwhelmed with a rubber smell. I am not sure this is natural rubber. I had to open outside doors in cold weather. With the right advice, I would have left this in my garage to breathe for 6-8 weeks. I am now 8 weeks in, and the room still smells like rubber, but not the whole basement. I believe if it was in an open location first I would have been fine much sooner. Once it is installed, it is too much work to pull it back up and set it outside (300lbs all cut to the right corners).
The customer service group cannot give shipping updates accurately. I ordered based on a specific delivery window (1 week) b/c I was headed out of town. I was assured that was no problem. They delayed the shipment b/c end pieces were on back-order and then promised not to ship it out while I was away. However, they simply emailed the warehouse who did not make a note of the advice, so it arrived during vacation. I had to have someone pick it up; note this is 300lbs of flooring sitting on the curb outside. Customer Service said 'we can't control FedEx' but the issue was that it even left the Warehouse both behind the promised schedule and then ahead of the promised delay.
I am disappointed with the advice on the smell and the shipping, but I rated 4 stars as it is a solid but forgiving flooring that works great for crossfit. I lift barefoot and it is a little rough to jump on, but not too bad. The smell will probably be gone soon as I have 4 plants down there and an air purifier trying to clean out the off gassing.
As in some of the other reviews, at first, installation by a paid contractor was going terribly. Then he had an idea to get a spray bottle of water and spray the pieces that snap together. After that installation was much much much better. Our 20 x 13 room went from probably a 2 day install to half a day.
The tiles themselves are great as they are strong but have a lot of flex to them. Very easy on the knees during workouts. However, these tiles are next to impossible to "snap" together. The rubber male and female pieces do not snap together easily, nor do they always line up correctly. I had to stretch the material a lot to get every little "nub" to snap into place. I have a 385 square foot room, which called for 48 tiles, and it took approximately 50 hours to get the tiles down, and it's still not perfect. I have lots of lumps due to the little nubs not lining up or snapping down correctly. I am considering scrapping the tiles and ordering rolls as i think the look will be better.
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Because of the shape of my room, I had to cut several of them in order to fit tightly and cleanly against the walls, but with a sharp carpet knife, it was easy to do. My only gripe about these tiles is that they were VERY difficult to "snap" together. As you know, these tiles have a male and a female edge to them, and I couldn't believe how hard it was to get the rubber male knobs to fit into the female openings. I thought they would just snap together and all would be good, but since you are dealing with rubber, things didn't line up perfectly every time so it took a lot of pushing, pulling, and prying in order to get each knob to connect to its corresponding opening in the other tile. Ended up with a couple of blisters on my thumbs from pushing down. I also used a rubber mallet which helped at times. You see, if you don't get every knob snapped in its place, then you will not end up with a nice smooth/flat transition from one tile to the next. Since I do a lot of lunges, steps, and jumps in my workouts, I wanted to have a smooth floor with no chances of tripping or catching my shoe on the lip of one tile that might be a bit higher than the other one. But eventually I got them all put together and it looks great. (Plus, as a guy, I actually like the rubber smell that these new tiles give off, but I'm guessing that will fade away over time.)
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Contact: Meredith Dickenson or Ellen Sterner
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(214) 768-7654
October 2, 2001
DALLAS (SMU) -- Southern Methodist Universitys John G. Tower Center for Political Studies has a new director and seven new board members.
The center, part of SMUs Dedman College, supports teaching and research in international and domestic politics with an emphasis on global studies and national security policy. Founded in 1992, the center honors the late U.S. Senator John Tower, whose distinguished public service career provided important leadership on national security policy and international politics.
SMU Political Science Professor James Hollifield succeeds SMU Political Science Professor Cal Jillson as the new director of the center. Jillson is on sabbatical this academic year while finishing his new book, The Evolution of the American Dream. Next year he plans to return to teaching in the SMU Department of Political Science.
Hollifield is an expert on international relations and comparative governments and has written widely on immigration. He is the Arnold Professor of International Political Economy at SMU, and for the past five years has directed the International Studies program in Dedman College. He is the author and editor of 13 books, including his most recent The Emerging Migration State. Hollifield has co-authored with SMU Anthropology Chair Caroline Brettell, Migration Theory, and with Jillson, Pathways to Democracy. He is currently part of an interdisciplinary team of scholars studying immigration in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex under the auspices of a $500,000 National Science Foundation grant. Hollifield teaches courses in international and comparative political economy with a focus on Europe, and speaks French, Spanish and a little German.
The Tower Centers seven new board members are Bob Estrada, chairman and CEO of Estrada Hinojosa & Company Inc., an investment banking firm; Alan Feld (SMU 60), partner with the law firm Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld and a member of the SMU Board of Trustees; Joseph Jody Grant, Ph.D., (SMU 60), chairman of Texas Capital Bank and Chairman and CEO of Texas Capital Bancshares; Mike Kammerer, entrepreneur, philanthropist and founder and chairman of the Independent Television Network; John Tolleson (SMU 68), CEO and owner of The Tolleson Group, a private investment company, and a member of the SMU Board of Trustees; Jane Wetzel (SMU 52), past president of the Texas Coalition for Juvenile Justice; and Cary Maguire, chairman, president and CEO of Maguire Oil Company.
William H. Bill Lively (SMU 65), president and CEO of the Dallas Center for the Performing Arts Foundation, is chair of the 31-member board.


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July 31, 2014
With two swings of the bat, NC State sophomore Renada Davis wiped out any hope of a Virginia comeback in Thursday's ACC softball quarterfinals.
Virginia, the No. 7 seed in the tournament, was only trailing 1-0 in the fifth inning, until Davis stepped up with a runner on and drilled her 25th homer of the season to deep left field. Davis struck again with a three-run shot in the sixth, giving the No. 2 seed Wolfpack a 7-0 win.
The loss ends Virginia's season at 21-28.
With 26 homers, Davis is now tied with Longwood's Megan Baltzell for most in the country this season. It's also the second-highest single season total in ACC history.