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In humans, ibuprofen taken at standard dosages appears to have a wide margin of safety. In general, there are fewer side effects
than with similarly dosed aspirin.1 However, in dogs, cats, and ferrets, ibuprofen has a narrow margin of safety and is a frequent toxicosis reported to the
ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center (APCC). In one review of ASPCA APCC data on calls reporting generic drug exposures in dogs
and cats, ibuprofen was the most common drug involved.2 Dogs were the animals most commonly poisoned by ibuprofen, and most exposures were acute—usually the result of ingestion
of numerous tablets after a dog chewed open a bottle (ASPCA APCC Database: Unpublished data, 2001–2003). Some ibuprofen formulations
have a sweet coating and are readily eaten by dogs. In some cases, ibuprofen was administered to pets in the mistaken belief
that it was safer than aspirin (ASPCA APCC Database: Unpublished data, 2001–2003).
Mechanism of action
About 80% of ibuprofen is absorbed when taken orally in humans1; in dogs, 60% to 86% of the dose is absorbed.4 In humans, the time to reach peak plasma concentrations varies from 47 to 120 minutes, depending on the formulation. Liquid
forms reach peak concentrations soonest, chewables next, and tablets last. Ingesting ibuprofen with food decreases the peak
plasma concentration and increases the time to reach it.1
Ibuprofen is highly protein-bound (90% to 99%).1 Elimination is through hepatic biotransformation to inactive metabolites excreted by kidney filtration and secretion. About
70% of the drug is excreted in the urine as metabolites or unchanged drug; the rest is lost through feces. Marked enterohepatic
recirculation occurs.5 In dogs, the elimination half-life is 3.9 to 5.3 hours.4


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By Samantha Pidde
Herald Staff Writer
A Clinton community center building could be in jeopardy because of past due taxes.
Dina White, from the Vinson H. Jetter Community Center, said she was excited a few months ago when the community center had been granted tax-exempt status.
Then she received a letter from the county informing her that the tax certificate for their youth center building at 311 S. Third St., had been sold at a tax sale because of past-due taxes.
The property at 311 S. Third St. is one of the oldest churches in town, according to Gary Herrity, local historian. The building was built in 1858 at 620 S. Fourth St. as the original First Baptist Church.
"This was just a quickly built little wood frame temporary church," Herrity said.
The building was moved to its present location in 1869 and was the home for a succession of many denominations of churches. Herrity said everybody used the church for a little time until they established themselves.
White said she was unaware that the building was accruing property taxes while they were waiting for the tax-exempt status and claimed that due to a mix up, they had not received the previous notices. Clinton County Treasurer Rhonda McIntyre confirmed that the tax certificate was sold in June 2011 at a tax sale.
Iowa allows investors to purchase unpaid taxes during a sale held the third Monday of June. The purpose of this sale is to collect unpaid taxes. Once an investor purchases an unpaid tax, he or she must pay the subsequent taxes. These are then added, along with two percent interest per month, to the certificate.
An investor cannot begin procedures to obtain the deed to the property until one year and nine months has passed from the time of the tax sale. These procedures will be available for the community center's property on March 20.
Steve Sodeman, of Davenport, invests in many tax sales and purchased the tax certificate for the community center building. He said he is not out to take anyone's property. He is just trying to do what the law is set up for: to pay the taxes so that money goes where it needs to. White said the center, which has $1,700, is working to raise the money to redeem the tax certificate. The current amount needed is $3,092.
The center will hold a soul food dinner from 4 to 7 p.m. Feb. 22 at First United Methodist Church to raise funds. Call White at 212-6775 for tickets.

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We got a glimpse of that a few days ago when head coach John Torchetti let his guard down a bit to reveal his level of frustration (See below)
To keep this team at a level that will give them a chance at the playoffs with all the injuries is a true testament of Torchetti's belief in his guys. I don't know what to think of the Aeros in their last 25 games or so, but just when it looks like they are primed for a poor stretch, the team pulls out of it and gets the job done with what left of the original squad and anywhere from 7-10 ECHLers.
It's gotten to the point where Torchetti half jokes that he expects that he'll never have fewer than six guys on the shelf at any given time. And it's the kind of joke where you have to joke because you're not really joking. Haha?
The Aeros won at Milwaukee 5-2 on Friday and followed that up with a 2-0 shutout on Saturday. They now have played more games than just about anybody, so that fifth place in the conference is a bit deceptive. But if they keep winning on this road trip, they'll set themselves up for a nice finish where they will have a lot of home games after rodeo season.
Oh, and as one of the commenters pointed out, Darcy Kuemper now has enough minutes (more than 900) to qualify on the leaderboard. He is now the No. 2 goalie in the AHL.
The Aeros have a quick two days off before they bus over to Cedar Park. There, they'll try to snap a four-game losing streak again the Stars.


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CHAPEL HILL — Marquise Williams ended last season as North Carolinas starting quarterback and hes hoping hell begin this season the same way. Thats not a given, though. He understands that.
Williams, though, will represent the Tar Heels offense at the ACCs annual preseason kickoff on Sunday in Greensboro. That has to be a good thing for him, right? It has to mean, on some level, that he has solidified himself as the Tar Heels starting quarterback, right?
Not necessarily.
I dont take anything of it, saying Im the starter, Williams said Wednesday during a pre-media day meeting with media members. Because Im still going to compete.
Get used to hearing Williams say the word compete or its variation, competition a lot. He said it often on Wednesday and, undoubtedly, the competition he shares with Mitch Trubisky, a second-year freshman, will be a topic of interest when Williams answers questions in Greensboro on Sunday.
Williams, a fourth-year junior, helped lead UNC to victories in five of its final six games last season. His mobility was an asset, especially given the Tar Heels inconsistent pass blocking.
Trubisky, though, entered UNC last year as one of the teams most heralded recruits. He was named Mr. Football in Ohio during his senior year of high school, and he expressed confidence in the spring that he could earn the starting quarterback job.
If that talk bothered Williams, he didnt express it. At least not publicly.
And though Williams appearance in Greensboro doesnt mean hes solidified himself as a starter, it probably does mean that his work during the off-season has pleased coach Larry Fedora and his staff. Players mired in the doghouse arent just let out to greet a roomful of reporters.
Its just given me confidence, Williams said of being selected to go to media day. And its just given me trust that my coaches trust me to put me in that situation, and they know what Im going to say to the media when things hit the wall and stuff like that.
So Im preparing for it, and Im excited to be there representing the University of North Carolina.
Williams laughed when asked how tired he might be on Sunday of the quarterback competition questions. He said he wouldnt be and, in fact, that hes trying to anticipate what kinds of questions hell be asked.
He said he had a dream in which media members were peppering him with questions. Maybe it was good practice.
Im preparing myself and Im just going to have fun with it, Williams said. Im not going to let one get under my skin with it. Im just going to have fun and hopefully I dont (upset) nobody by laughing at them.


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TEGA CAY — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has joined S.C. regulators in serving notice on the Tega Cay Water Service because of repeated sewage spills into Lake Wylie.
The EPA issued a violation notice that listed "at least" 27 wastewater spills from the start of 2013 to Jan. 2, 2014, resulting in 446,350 gallons of untreated sewage being discharged into the lake. The notice says the company violated the federal Clean Water Act.
"At least 18 of the (spills) discharged untreated sewage to navigable waters of the United States," according to a news release from the EPA.
The EPA's action follows a Feb. 3 consent order from the state Department of Health and Environmental Control that included a $136,000 fine.
The EPA notice requires the company to follow guidelines for updating and improving its system outlined in DHEC's order. The EPA will monitor the utility's progress as it develops an improvement plan and repairs wastewater treatment plants and other infrastructure during the next two years. Utilities Inc. may be subject to "additional enforcement action" until the work is complete, according to the EPA.
No federal penalties are being assessed in conjunction with the order, said agency spokesperson Davina Marraccini. "However, until consistent compliance is achieved, the Tega Cay Water Services' wastewater collection and transmission system is considered to be in violation of the Clean Water Act and may be subject to additional enforcement action, including potential penalties."
A spokesman for Utilities Inc. said early Thursday afternoon that the company was aware of the EPA complaint but had not received a copy of it. He declined to comment until after the document had been received.
Tega Cay Mayor George Sheppard called Thursday's announcement "encouraging." Having the state and federal agencies in agreement is a positive for the city, he said. Sheppard said he hopes more agencies, such as the state Public Service Commission, will join efforts to stop the spills.
"It's good that organizations are working together," he said. "It's going to take a concerted effort."
Linda Stevenson, a Tega Cay resident and a member of the Tega Cay Water Citizen Advisory Council, said she hopes the EPA mandate makes a difference.
"Somebody has got to do something," she said.
Stevenson's group worked with the Southern Environmental Law Center on possible litigation against the utility company, but that effort ended after DHEC's consent order essentially required what the litigation would have requested. The consent order gave the company 30 days to submit improvement and customer service plans. The order also required a complete sewer main fix within 12 months and a system-wide fix within 18 months, among other mandates.
Stevenson's group is now focused on monitoring the required work.
Tega Cay officials are negotiating with Utilities Inc. to buy the water service. Sheppard said Thursday nothing significant has developed in the negotiations during the past week. The utility recently proposed selling its assets in Tega Cay for $7.86 million. The city is awaiting detailed financial information from a system study.
Should the city of Tega Cay buy the utility system, DHEC officials say they would work with city officials to make the improvements mandated in the state agency's consent order.
Ongoing repairs
On Tuesday, officials with Public Service Commission and Tega Cay Water Service met in Columbia to discuss progress on the consent order's requirements. Company officials laid out an interim plan for stopping the spills.
Lake Wylie Marine Commissioner Neil Brennan, who attended Tuesday's meeting, said he was glad to hear the company acknowledge "we've got a problem."
"It appears the company is interested in fixing the problem," Brennan said.
The marine commission is charged with looking after the welfare of the lake. The commission should discuss the sewage spill issue when it meets at 7 p.m. Monday at Pleasant Hill Presbyterian Church in Charlotte.
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State Policies for a $4/Gallon World
Nathan Newman on June 9, 2008 - 9:47am
With gas prices now topping $4 per gallon and rising concern over global warming, the public policies that accommodated and often subsidized wasteful driving habits in the past need to change.
In the U.S., transportation accounts for one-third of carbon dioxide emissions, most of which comes from vehicle tailpipes. What is needed are policies to increase the fuel efficiency of cars on the road, create incentives for drivers to drive less, invest in the transit infrastructure to create alternatives to driving, and create smart growth development patterns to make it easier for people to live closer to work and commute less. Some of these policies can have short-term effects, but given that it took decades to get our nation to our present dependence on cheap gas, policymakers, as this Dispatch will highlight, will need to embrace long-term changes to solve these problems.
Clean Car Standards
One thing is true today: the technology to create more fuel efficient cars already exits; what is missing is the political will and forethought. Now that it is becoming increasingly clear that energy-efficient policies are also economically sound ones, it has become harder and harder to excuse such inaction.
At the same time that domestic automakers are losing market shares to foreign cars that are more fuel efficient, a recent study found that improved vehicle mileage performance would generate more revenue for automakers. One study found that a target of a minimum 35 miles per gallon by 2020 would create as many as 170,800 jobs per year and save consumers nearly $25 billion on gasoline. Moreover, the Union of Concerned Scientists found that a standard of 39 miles per gallon could be achieved by 2020 and that 35 miles per gallon could be met by 2018, which would result in even more environmental and economic savings.
In 2002, California passed the first law to cut global warming pollution from automobile tailpipes. The standards called for a 23 percent reduction in heat-trapping emissions from new cars by 2012 and a 30 percent cut in heat-trapping emissions from new cars by 2016. The regulations, or "clean car standards" are designed to reduce emissions from three key greenhouse gases: carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide. The only hitch is that California needs a waiver from weaker federal regulations that otherwise preempt tougher standards in the states; once the waiver has been granted, other states can adopt California's standards. 18 states have already adopted or announced plans to adopt the California's clean car standards.
The clean car standard faced severe opposition from automakers, who filed several lawsuits against the state to overturn the standard. The courts have consistently struck down the automakers suits and sided with California's right to implement regulations to protect its citizens.
A larger problem is the EPA. Previously, the EPA has given California over 50 waivers under the Clean Air Act. However, against overwhelming evidence in favor of the regulation and even after sitting on the request for over two years, the EPA rejected California's request. Currently, 12 states and 11 non-profit organizations have filed suit to require the EPA to comply with a previous Supreme Court ruling that allows the regulation of global warming pollution.
More states joining in passing "clean cars" legislation will only increase the political pressure on the EPA and the courts to allow tighter fuel efficiency standards to be implemented.
Raising the Gas Tax
Along with raising fuel efficiency, one of the most direct ways to create incentives to buy more fuel efficient cars and fund alternative transit infrastructure is to raise the gas tax. With families feeling strained by rising gasoline prices, raising the gas tax as a solution seems counterintuitive, but there are ways to ease the burden of such a gas tax on working families while addressing some of the $1.6 trillion needed to fix the infrastructure throughout our states. With $4 per gallon gasoline, Americans are already paying a massive "tax" in the form of payments to overseas oil producers, who are using that money to build their own infrastructure at the expense of the U.S. economy. An increased gas tax can encourage more fuel efficiency and keep the U.S. economy competitive with foreign oil countries.
Raising the Gas Tax: One cause of the present crisis is that gas taxes were allowed to decline over the last few decades, encouraging Americans to buy gas-guzzling cars in the first place:
- The federal gas tax at 18.4 cents-per-gallon has not been raised since 1993. Adjusted for inflation, the federal gas tax is half of what it was in the 1960s.
- Although twenty-eight states raised their gas taxes between 1992 and 2003, only three raised it enough to keep pace with inflation. In inflation-adjusted terms, the average state gas tax rate declined by 14 percent.
- Other nations around the world pay far higher taxes on gas, helping them to fund infrastructure, encourage the purchase of more fuel-efficient vehicles, and strengthen their energy independence. Europeans routinely pay $3 to $4 per gallon in gas taxes (see graph), so even a significant increase in the gas tax in the US would still leave US motorists paying far less than other developed nations -- and we would have additional funds to repair infrastructure.
A number of states have embraced higher gas taxes in recent years. Most recently, the Minnesota Legislature passed an increase in its gas tax to fund needed transportation improvements..
Easing the Economic Burden on Working Families: Although fuel prices have been shown not to fall disproportionatley on working families more than upper income groups when measured over a lifetime, many nations offset gas tax increases by offering tax credits or lowering other taxes such as income taxes to compensate for those gas taxes. Many European countries followed this path, including Germany where gas tax increases were introduced over a number of years to give consumers warning and time to upgrade their vehicles.
As we described in April, a number of groups, from the Brookings Institution to the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP), propose ways to offset taxes on carbon fuels with tax credits in ways that protect working families, even as we encourage all consumers to choose more fuel efficient alternatives.
Pay As You Drive Auto Insurance
Encouraging Americans to buy more fuel efficient cars is just the first step. Ultimately, consumer behavior patterns need to change and the number of miles driven needs to be decreased. Pay As You Drive (PAYD) insurance plans reward drivers for reducing the number of miles they drive, encouraging them to find alternative methods of travel or locating where they can drive less.
Instead of paying a lump-sum amount for insurance regardless of how many miles are driven, PAYD would charge insurance premiums based on the number of miles driven. The result would be incentives for drivers to drive less and an easier entry into insurance for uninsured drivers who cannot afford set premiums. PAYD is also more equitable because it shifts the costs of driving onto more high-risk drivers.
The benefits of PAYD are enormous. According to a Brookings Institution estimate, a PAYD scheme would reduce miles traveled per driver by an average of 8 percent. An 8 percent reduction in vehicle miles traveled would yield social benefits of $51.5 billion, largely through reduced congestion and accidents. Carbon emissions would be reduced by roughly 126 million tons per year. And, roughly two-thirds of households would have reduced premiums under PAYD, equal to approximately $270 per car per year.
States have been working with this idea for several years now. In 2003, Oregon passed HB 2043, which encourages insurers to offer pay as you drive insurance by offering a tax credit. The Oregon Environmental Council is looking for participating insurance companies. The Texas Legislature passed HB 45 in 2001 to give insurance companies the authority to offer PAYD insurance policies. Texas also just completed a 2-year pilot PAYD program with Progressive Insurance. The initial results suggest that PAYD does reduce miles driven and that there was a high level of interest in the pilot program among Progressive customers.
Progressive Insurance is planning to expand their PAYD program and will offer a "MyRate" pay as you drive plans in six states. Drivers on the plan would install a small wireless device in their cars that transmits not only how many miles traveled, but also how they are traveled in order to asses the true risk of every driver. The device measures the car's speed every second, from which Progressive can determine acceleration and braking behavior. States can take action to encourage the voluntary expansion of the program to more drivers.
Build Mass Transit
Especially as we encourage Americans to drive less, we need to invest in mass transit infrastructure as an alternative. As we described in February, the demand for mass transit is picking up across the country. Over half of Americans polled said they would take mass transit if it were more easily accessible from their homes or where they work. Two in three (65%) said the rising price of gasoline makes them more likely to consider using mass transit and 44% would be willing to pay higher taxes if they knew all the added taxes were being spent on improving or creating public transportation where they live.
New transit projects are moving forward across the country-- and not just in traditional older cities. For example:
- Denver, Colorado has a 14-mile Light Rail Transit system with over 22,000 riders using the system on an average weekday.
- North Carolina is moving forward on Charlotte's public transit system, CATS. Bus lines will now not only run to and from the urban center, but will include a number of neighborhood connector routes, while its LYNX commuter rail system now runs along Charlotte's south corridor.
- Northern Virginia is looking to implement a mass transit expansion that could include Bus Rapid Transit (BRT), which features extra-long carriers running in dedicated bus lanes.
- In Minnesota, ISAIAH of Minneapolis, led a coalition to win $20 million for public transit expansions.
As US PIRG described in a recent report, there is good news in the renewed commitment to public transit, which was happening even before the recent skyrocketing gas tax increases:
Public transportation ridership reached 10.1 billion trips in 2006, a growth of 30 percent since 1995. This impressive rate outpaces the 12 percent growth of our population as well as the 24 percent growth in highway travel during this period... Motivated by worsening traffic congestion, high prices at the pump, a desire to cut global warming pollution, or just the pleasure of reading the newspaper on the way to work, Americans have proven ready to use transit when they have the option.
Smart Growth
Ultimately, long-term reductions in gasoline use require remaking an urban and suburban landscape created in an era of cheap gas. Decades of government policies have encouraged sprawling housing tracts in the suburbs and exurbs, encouraging businesses and families to move farther from urban centers. In the post-war period, highway subsidies and low levels of funding for mass transit made surburban transit costs look lower than they actually were -- until congestion, gridlock and now higher gas prices trapped many suburbanites into costly commutes. Zoning policies have also made the problem worse, particularly in inner-ring suburbs that actively block higher-density housing and therefore more affordable units closer to work and entertainment centers.
The irony is that many city dwellers have fled to exurban communities in search of cheaper housing, only to see those housing savings eaten up by commuting costs. However, if states would stop artificially limiting the supply of housing near where people work and shop, and instead encourage affordable housing and smart growth development along existing transit corridors, most Americans would happily exchange their long exurban commutes for more a sustainable lifestyle with less driving demands.
The reality is that state and local regulations can shape housing markets in a considerable way to encourage more fuel-efficient lifestyles. A short checklist would include:
- Changing the traditional zoning structures to allow for denser, mixed-use zoning. Commercial and residential use in the same area creates creates healthier communities by allowing residents to be closer to the services they use on a regular basis and creating walkable communities.
- As we highlighted in a past Dispatch, inclusionary zoning increases the availability of affordable housing by requiring developers to make a percentage of housing units in new residential developments available to low and moderate income housing.
- Transit Oriented Development (TOD) is another way to incorporate smart growth policies and create more affordable housing. Transit oriented development creates towns and cities around public transportation stations. Around a train station, for example, are a combination of residential, retail, and commercial buildings. The cost of transportation is decreased. Due to compact design, there is a greatly reduced incentive for sprawl and an increased incentive for compact design, resulting in more affordable housing.
- Reviving old urban centers, such as downtowns, is a key to providing affordable housing and smart growth. Maryland's smart growth policy supports existing communities and their revitalization. In addition to providing the actual housing, smart growth and affordable housing advocates need to look at creating whole communities to nurture healthy and vibrant community development.
As urban and suburban centers become more affordable and more liveable, they will encourage more people to live where less driving is required and public transit is more accessible on a daily basis, each fueling significant savings on gas spending.
The bad news is that the era of cheap gas is over. The good news is that policies to cope with higher energy prices not only don't have to lead to a lower standard of living, but can also contribute to stopping climate change. With smarter policies, we can encourage more fuel-efficient vehicles, less driving, more use of public transit, and smarter growth developments that require less driving. States are already taking action on all these fronts -- state leaders only need to pull them all together into a plan for long-term action. Many of the adjustments don't need to go into effect all at once, but long-term incentives will encourage changes in how state residents buy cars and choose where they live without imposing economic hardships on anyone. If policies are designed with both economic equity and environmental sustainability in mind, these policies will be enormously popular with voters looking to escape the costly commutes in which many are now trapped.
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Focusing on instrumental post-rock with live and electronic percussion, 65daysofstatic is based in Sheffield, England. The band, whose name originates from an unreleased John Carpenter film, formed in 2001 as a trio (Joe Shrewsbury, Paul Wolinski, and Iain Armstrong). Armstrong left in May 2003 and by the end of the year Rob Jones (drums) and Gareth Hughes (bass) were added. The band released three albums: The Fall of Math (2004), One Time for All Time (2005), and The Destruction of Small Ideas (2007). As of spring 2007, the lineup included Shrewsbury (guitar), Wolinski (guitar, programming), Jones (drums), and Simon Wright (bass, programming). ~ Kenyon HopkinPortions of Content Provided by Rovi Corporation.
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For R.E.M., the past twelve months have been the Year of the Big Music Biz Awards, and there's a small mountain of them piled in a corner of the band's office, in Athens, Georgia. There are gold and platinum sales plaques from around the world for the album Out of Time and a half-dozen MTV Video Music Award statuettes for "Losing My Religion,'' including one for Video of the Year. They're all still wrapped in their cardboard packing, gathering dust, and they're all addressed to R.E.M. vocalist Michael Stipe, who couldn't care less. "I'm actually going to take the MTV things home and put them on top of my TV – which I never use," Stipe says, glancing at the boxes with a puckish grin. "The gold records go to charity auctions or to my grandmother. I don't need that to tell me what I have achieved. I feel pretty good looking at the record cover and thinking, 'That has that great song on it, and I can still listen to it.' That's achievement."
By that yardstick, Stipe, guitarist Peter Buck, bassist Mike Mills and drummer Bill Berry can be justly proud of their entire first decade together. From the catalytic jangle of their 1981 independent seven-inch debut, "Radio Free Europe" b/w "Sitting Still," to the urgent pop kick of 1988's Green, R.E.M. created a body of work rich in exploratory songcraft, emotional depth and timeless garage-rock drive, ascending to mainstream popularity without caving in to record-industry dictums or betraying its original college-radio constituency.
The across-the-board success of Green guaranteed a warm reception for Out of Time. But R.E.M. was unprepared for the triple-platinum sales and broad public acclaim – including a dramatic sweep of the Rolling Stone Readers Poll – that followed. The day after Stipe sat down in the R.E.M. office for this rare, in-depth interview, the group received seven Grammy nominations, among them Record of the Year and Song of the Year for the Top Five hit "Losing My Religion."
"I described R.E.M. once as a bunch of minor chords with some nonsense thrown on top," Stipe says, crossing his legs yoga-style on a swivel chair and thoughtfully stroking his week's-plus worth of beard. "'Losing My Religion' has that quality. 'Fall on Me' [on Lifes Rich Pageant] had it, too. You always want to sing along, and you always want to keep singing when it's over. And maybe every couple of years we hit on one of those.
"I hate to make this comparison, but 'Religion' is similar in theme to 'Every Breath You Take,' by the Police. It's just a classic obsession pop song. I've always felt the best kinds of songs are the ones where anybody can listen to it, put themselves in it and say, 'Yeah, that's me.'"
As R.E.M.'s lyricist, Stipe has been writing songs like that all along: "So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry)," "Fall on Me," "The One I Love." The problem, for hard-core fans and critics anyway, has been trying to distill the "me" that Stipe himself puts into his verse. Yet in striking contrast to his elliptical writing style, Atlanta-born John Michael Stipe, now thirty-two, proves to be warm and open in conversation – guarded in spots, particularly about his personal life, but otherwise frank and unpretentious about music, success, the curse of celebrity, his political activism and his wide range of creative interests outside the band. Like Peter Buck, he moonlights as a record producer and indie-rock guru: He recently produced a second album by Athens singer-songwriter Vic Chesnutt, and last summer he sponsored a Deep South in N.Y.C. night at the New Music Seminar to showcase four young Dixie underground bands.
His nonprofit film company, C-00 (pronounced "C-hundred"), cofounded with director Jim McKay, continues to produce striking public-service announcements on AIDS, racism and homelessness. Stipe is also the executive producer of C-00's first feature-length film, Desperation Angels, directed by McKay. "It's a road movie," Stipe explains, "a very intense, very smart, very graphic look at the decay of the United States of America in the late Eighties and early Nineties. I've seen dozens of scripts in the last year and a half" – one in ten has a "rock star" in the lead, he groans – "and this one just flew off the desk."
The new year also means a new R.E.M. album, to be recorded in the spring and released in late summer. The night before this interview, R.E.M. held its first practice session of '92, hammering out some of the dozens of song ideas the band has amassed since the Out of Time sessions. "Very midtempo, pretty fucking weird," Stipe says of the music. "More acoustic, more organ-based, less drums." As for the next R.E.M. tour, he adds: "We'll probably trim it down, lose the lights, lose all the shit, put on a white T-shirt and go onstage. If nothing else, the acoustic shows we did on TV and in Europe really showed that I can sing and the songs are not that weird and enigmatic. They're just pretty good songs, and I've got a good set of pipes."
So good, in fact, that Stipe even won Best Male Singer in our Readers Poll, beating out archetypal belters like Axl Rose and Queensryche's Geoff Tate. "I'm blessed, frankly, with really bad sinuses," he explains. "I put up with the snot, because I got a great voice in exchange."
With the huge success of Out of Time, have you taken any time to figure out "Why now, why us?"
I felt really weird that this record is really popular and other records just fell through the cracks. Not just in this country but globally. We were Number One in Israel for nine weeks. Israel! Go figure. It was the first non-Israeli act in five years to go Number One. And that was right after the gulf war.
If I thought a lot higher of myself as a singer and us as a band, then maybe I would be of the mind to think about those kinds of things. But I think we're a good band, sometimes great. A lot of it is just timing and luck. I don't want to sound horribly self-effacing, because we're really proud of what we do and we work real hard at it.
But I just don't think about it in those terms. I don't think I could walk around and purchase toilet paper if I had to think about why people in Bombay and Israel are disco dancing to "Radio Song."
But in the past ten years, you've gone from being an underground rock singer to a major pop celebrity. And compared with your stark stage presence on early tours, you seemed a lot more relaxed in recent appearances, like last year's 'MTV Unplugged' show. How do you account for the new user-friendly Michael Stipe?
I turned into a performer sometime in the last decade. I quit wearing darker clothes. I let the lights be a little brighter. With the Green world tour, ticket prices were so astronomical that I felt guilty that people were paying that much money to sit in the back row and not see a show.
Did you enjoy being a "performer"?
No. It felt real stilted. My haircut on the Green world tour should be enough to attest to my taking that to the extreme. That was by far the ugliest haircut of the Eighties. But I just felt an obligation to the audience and the role that I was supposed to be playing. And talk about power – that's a fucking trip. Put your hand up and 20,000 people scream.
I distinctly remember the first time that it hit me really hard. It was at the Wang Center, in Boston. We did two nights there, and the second night we sang "Flowers of Guatemala." I looked out in the audience, and people were weeping openly. It was like "Oh, my God." You could hear a pin drop. It was the most incredible feeling.
You also seem to have this new TV persona – very chatty and all smiles for the cameras, like you've just taken some "shiny happy people" pills.
I am absolutely mortified out of my mind. That's what it translates to. I have this reputation for being an incredibly serious person. And in interviews, I'm desperately trying to think of really good answers. So I come across as this reverent curmudgeon. But when I get in front of TV cameras, I come across like a chipmunk on speed. Cameras make me really animated.
But it's weird being a media figure, to be recognized everywhere by somebody. It's like you walk into someplace and you're playing a game – it's a matter of time until someone whispers to someone else, they look at you and then whisper to someone else.
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Lee Rouson isn't just a former professional football players. He is also a child of God. And a pretty good singer, too.
"I love singing to God," he said to a group of Seton Catholic School students.
They met the ex-New York Giants player in the church sanctuary of St. Mary's of the Visitation on Thursday, which was, Rouson told them, actually his 50th birthday.
The students seemed a bit surprised at Lee Rouson's somewhat familiar relationship with the Lord, like when he referred to his "heavenly Daddy."
And he likes changing modern songs into songs to God, like the funky "Brick House" and the more sentimental, "You Are So Beautiful."
But as a child of God, he said, he knows how to conduct himself. He had a playbook as a New York Giant.
"The Bible has all God's plays for you," he said.
Madison Brandt, a 10-year-old in fifth grade, said she liked hearing the player's stories.
"About Jesus and God and love," she explained. "And to find out who you're supposed to be."
"[So you can] be who you really are," added Adam Denniston, a Seton fourth-grader.
That's how you reach your potential, the students said after the presentation.
Adam's favorite part of the presentation?
"The autographs."
Madison's favorite part?
"The stories."
Rouson told how he played football for the University of Colorado. His teammate during the Blue and Gray all-star game was former NFL star Jerry Rice. When he sat down next to him on the team bus, Rouson asked him who he was.
"He said, 'I am the best wide receiver in the NFL.' We weren't in the NFL at that time."
Now, he said, Rice can look back on a career as one of the greatest wide receivers in NFL history. He had always known who he was, and worked as hard as the best wide receiver in the NFL would be expected to work. And whether or not you're a superstar, there is a lot of hard work required to be the best "real you" that you can be.
"You see these Super Bowl rings," Rouson said to the kids, "but you can't see all the blood and sweat that went into [winning] them."
He never had the best statistics in college ball, he said. His team was on probation for something he didn't have anything to do with. And lots of players just walked away. He said because he worked hard and never quit, the coach of the New York Giants saw something in him that he felt would make a good addition to the team. Rouson was a running back for the Giants and the NFL special teams player of the year in 1986.
"The four hours a day of lifting weights. The two hours a day of running. The times it was so hard I almost quit ... then told myself I will not give up. I will not quit."
The oldest students leaned forward to get a good look at the two rings. Later, Rouson gave out football cards, which he signed.
"God is our heavenly father. He has told us how to live, and He [is pleased] when we all do this together."
He got the students to clap and yell, "Break!"
"In a huddle with the New York Giants, the quarterback would say, 'Are you ready?' and all the players would clap their hands like this — and say, 'Break!' But this is what it sounds like when God is [the quarterback]: 'Love one another. Love one another. Are you ready?'"


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I agree in general with the Jan. 27 editorial "Stormy times for Obamacare." However, I would like to point out that the status quo permits a handful of unelected bureaucrats in the Internal Revenue Service to "interpret" the intent of Congress regarding a very significant issue.
"The reputation of this neighborhood (Federal Hill in Providence) has always been that it is safe," state Sen. Paul Jabour (D-Providence), said recently.
Though the battle still rages, Hamas is achieving its goal of promoting hatred of Jews and taking it global. Even President Barack Obama seems to forget that Hamas was condemned in 2006 as a terrorist organization by the European Union, the United Nations, Russia and the United States for failing to renounce terror and refusing to live by previous agreements between Israel and the Palestinian National Authority.
I wonder just how many homeless people in Rhode Island are invisible to the authorities. Has anybody here been able to estimate the number of homeless people living in motor vehicles?
So now Obama has hit the circuit to whine about corporate inversions — a sinister sounding term given to U.S. companies that essentially reorganize in another country with lower tax rates. He and other politicians are pushing legislation to make these inversions illegal, claiming that the companies are exploiting a "loophole" in the law. Anything that results in a lower tax is a loophole to these people.
I turned 70 in July and I wish to not become like some who peer out behind their mental barricades frightened of the changes in society and longing for the "good old days."
Perhaps guiding principle for the Providence mayoral campaign should not be "Let whoever is without sin ask the first question," but, rather, "Let whoever is without two felony convictions ask the first question."
In a year of being frustrated by our Congress, it was disappointing to read the July 26 news article "Senator Reed steps into the imbroglio with airline over musical instruments."
With respect to your July 27 editorial "Stormy times for Obamacare," it is the ultimate irony that the Obama administration and its congressional Democrat sycophants, which seek to "fundamentally transform" the United States into a centralized democratic socialist welfare state, have repeatedly demonstrated to the American public the numerous shortcomings, failures, inefficiencies, and dangers of Big Government.
I read with interest Felicia Nimue Ackerman's July 29 Commentary piece ("I'm not so sure we can read our way to lives of virtue"), in which she speaks about intolerance in academia, past and present. It was right on the mark.
No matter which new Clay Pell ad I see on television these days, I find his candidacy for governor the least impressive.
In the July 28 article "Germs embrace handshakes, too," it is suggested that doctors use fist bumps rather than handshakes, as there is significantly less transfer of germs with the former.
Re Stanley M. Aronson's July 28 Commentary piece "To everything there is a season, and timing is everything" (July 28), I refer the interested reader to Jimmy Jones's succinct and accessible summary of this topic in his 1960 song "Good Timin.'" Here is a link to the song: www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmRG0Y5N8lg
Lee H. Hamilton's July 28 Commentary piece ("Why those pesky incumbents keep getting re-elected") enumerates a lengthy laundry list of reasons why they get re-elected to Congress.
W. Zachary Malinowski and Amanda Milkovits's July 27 story "Mean Streets" is powerfully written and brings brilliantly together the complexity of the challenge of reducing violence, including funding cuts to those in the community and law enforcement.
Protesting Israel's aggression in Gaza is not an anti-Israel matter. The liberal 30 percent of the Israeli electorate, and eminent and erudite liberal groups such as J-Street, Jewish Voice for Peace, and Peace Now, which includes dozens of Rabbis and intellectuals, all support Israel's right to exist and be free from rocket attacks. But they also espouse the larger perspective: that indigenous peoples were expelled and maltreated when Europe divided Palestine after World War II and Israel was created (only 10 percent of the population of Palestine in 1900 was Jewish; it was only after European control that most Jews were even interested in "returning").
Bishop Thomas Tobin's frank prophecy ("Celebrating their love and a milestone," news, July 27) on the long-range harm done to marriage in particular and society in general by the short-sighted attempt of some Rhode Islanders to re-define marriage is both perceptive and courageous. His solitary voice amid the euphoria of a number of the state's public officials soberly contrasts objective truth with subjective inclinations.
The tentative purchasers of Newport Grand, Joseph Paolino and his partners, want to make money. The welfare of Newport is not their highest concern. But it should be ours, as the residents of the city and state.
Have we so little grasp of history that we are now going take all the same horrible steps that put over 15 million people in the ground in World War I and over 63 million in World War II?
Bishop Thomas J. Tobin "strongly disagrees" that same-sex marriage "hasn't caused any harm" as it's too early to "feel the full effects [of] it's corrosive nature [on] the lives of many individuals and families" ("Celebrating their love, and a milestone," news, July 27).
In her July 27 letter, Karen Border quotes Golda Meir as saying, "We will only have peace with the Arabs when they love their children more than they hate us." I think that wars will only end when all sides love their children more than they hate their enemies.
Recently in the Northeast there has been a serious of deadly incidents that have taken the lives of dedicated public safety officers. These first responders are the men and women of our law enforcement agencies and fire service communities who may be required to go beyond their call of duty to ensure our life safety.
A TV meteorologist — Seth –
Once again someone finds fault with The Journal for giving space to people with whom they do not agree. Stephen Silvia ("U.S. decline is not due to people's godlessness," letter, July 10) has set himself up as a pseudo-censor of what should appear in the Letters to the Editor column.
In his July 24 letter ("Anti-Israel sentiment may be growing in R.I."), Nicholas Schamder mentions that protesters were "reading poetry" during their protests.
It has been extraordinary lately, watching President Obama basically walk away from his responsibilities to the people and the Constitution. What's more, he seems perfectly content to do so.
Over 30 years ago, an 11-year-old girl named Samantha Smith wrote a letter to the leader of the Soviet Union ( Yuri Andropov ) telling him of her worries about nuclear war between our countries.
As a Tea Party Republican candidate for the state Senate seat representing Cape Cod, I write regarding the illegal immigration crisis and Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick's recently announced, inane plans to use Camp Edwards to house illegal alien children that have been detained.
Brian Wilder's July 17 online letter ("Journal reckless in publishing dissenting views on global warming') ranks as the wildest I have yet seen:
I've been a landlord for over 30 years, and not once has a tenant ever asked me what my job is. Lieutenant governor candidate Daniel McKee's political nitpicking regarding his opponent Ralph Mollis's living arrangements is just one more example of the sad level to which campaigning has sunk in Rhode Island.
With regard to the claim of Gov. Lincoln Chafee's administration that there was no "formal" contact from Washington on placement of undocumented non-adult aliens in Rhode Island, and the just released fact that more than 100 are now residing with "sponsors" in Rhode Island, it is very disheartening to consider that our state administration is either incompetent or lying.
Susanne Hoder, in her erroneous July 19 Commentary piece ("Americans should rethink Israel support"), claims to know many Palestinian Christians and Muslims. If so, I wonder how many of the Palestinian Christians she knows have told her of the atrocities committed against them by Muslim Palestinians.
Palestinian victimhood is the most politically dishonest, ignorant falsehood of the 20th century. We suffer from a bizarre form of historical amnesia, which lets the Palestinians instigate the conflict ranging in the Middle East carte blanche.
Editorials and letters have been written complimenting those who fought against the Sakonnet Bridge tolls. While I do not want to demean those efforts, they have failed to cite the facts that truly contributed to victory.
There were five letters in the Letters to the Editor column on July 23. Two were about the possible presidency of Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.). Just what we need: "Obama Light!"
Thank you for your sane and logical assessment ("Israel in Gaza," editorial, July 23) of an insane and illogical situation. In the words of former Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir, "Peace will come when the Arabs will love their children more than they hate us."
Israel's President Benjamin Netanyahu says he doesn't like killing Palestinian civilians. So the Israelis sometimes "warn" Palestinians in Gaza to leave an area before Israel bombs it.
Col. Lawrence Wilkerson's powerful July 23 Commentary piece ("Either inspectors, or boots, must be on the ground in Iran") is particularly important given his experience in the White House when the disastrous decision was made to invade Iraq.
I, for one, am happy to have "blabbermouths" on television with a conservative viewpoint that challenges the general liberal viewpoint of the media ("Will Fox News blabbermouths awaken Democratic bear?" by Froma Harrop, Commentary, July 23).
Reading "Journal helped keep out troops supplied with tobacco" (July 23) reminded me of lyrics from that era: "While you've a Lucifer to light your fag, smile boys, that's the style" (from the song "Pack up your troubles in your old kit bag").
I wish to thank Rabbi Leslie Gutterman for his most outstanding July 24 Commentary piece ("Israel takes its moral burden seriously").
I recall when The Providence Journal was sold to A.H. Belo. It was a time when independently owned media were being bought by conglomerates; The Providence Journal had remained a bastion of independence, owned and operated by a single family.
James Baar's July 19 Commentary piece ("How a philosopher king would tackle R.I.") was an interesting and entertaining take on our state's problems. I have one problem with it: no philosopher queen was mentioned. Gina Raimondo is the philosopher we need.
On July 20, I attended a concert by RPM Voices of Rhode Island at Rough Point (Doris Duke's mansion), in Newport. It was one of the most enjoyable events that I ever attended. The choral's voices were wonderfully harmonized and the solos by members of the group were excellent.
I find it quite odd that new laws are passed to improve the business climate because it is good for Rhode Island. We hear about how many other states have this and that.
I was so pleased to read about the good work being done by Reach Out and Read Rhode Island ("Books build better brains for kids," Commentary, July 11). Another local organization that supports children's literacy is Books Are Wings, founded in 1998 to put gently-used books into the hands of Rhode Island children, for free!
U.S. Rep. David Cicilline was quoted in a June 29 article as saying: "I intend to support the Democratic nominee for mayor of Providence, whoever that is, and I intend to do that enthusiastically."
Dear teachers, active and retired: The leaders of your unions encouraged you to vote for candidate Lincoln Chafee in 2010 and, as a consequence, he was able to squeak out a win to be our governor.
Am I the only one who thinks that this country is getting too crowded?
I applaud The Journal's editorial pages editor for keeping these pages alive and providing a forum where differing views and opinions on multiple issues and subjects are expressed.
One question for Nicholas Schamder ("Anti-Israel sentiment is growing," online letter, July 21) concerning the "Anti-Israeli" rally in Providence: If rockets had begun falling on the group as they read "relevant" poetry, would they have responded by joining hands and singing "We Will Overcome"? Or would they have tried to find the people who were firing the rockets and silence them?
Recently, there has been a great deal of discussion about 60 new police officers in Providence, crime rates, shootings, and what should be done and how.
The influence of the Catholic establishment in Rhode Island is effective and omnipresent. James Parkin's July 20 letter, however, makes one shudder. He thinks it would be "helpful if The Journal called the bishop of Providence's office to confirm the accuracy of any letters" critical of church doctrine.
As someone interested in history I found articles about World War I in The Providence Sunday Journal July 20 quite worthy of attention.
Both as a Quaker and a former Universalist I am encouraged to learn from James M. Parkin's citation of the Catholic Catechism ("Catholics do not claim their faith is the only way," letters, July 20) that what was once deprecated as the one true church has officially relinquished its exclusive franchise as enabler of those who seek to "achieve eternal salvation."
On Saturday, July 19, there was a rally in Providence to protest the latest Israeli attack on Gaza and other violence visited upon Palestine. At the rally's peak, the number of attendees was easily over 200, perhaps as many as 250. Yet despite this significant turnout, the local media seem to have exercised a total blackout. The purpose of this letter is simply to relate that pro-Palestine sentiment is alive in Rhode Island and possibly growing.
War is a business, a big business. Just follow the news. You see people who can't afford to feed themselves carrying around weapons worth thousands of dollars, blowing off thousands of rounds of ammunition. You'll also see them riding around in tanks and other military vehicles.
In your lead editorial, ("Closing the skills gap", July 13, 2014), you mention that Worcester Technical High School, in Worcester, has been named a Blue Ribbon School by the U.S. Education Department and as a result, is the type of school Rhode Island ought to learn from as it reforms its own career and technical education programs.
The July 15 article "R.I. prostitution law linked to decline in rape, diseases" got me to thinking. If I go online to a dating service, meet a person, buy him or her dinner for $100 dollars and sleep with him or her, how is that different from going to a massage parlor that is regulated and taxed and getting the same service?
We just finished reading the July 13 installment of the "Neighborhood of the Week" series ("Elmhurst: A mix of homeowners, students") and we are pretty irritated about it. It reads more like a police report or case file than the easy-breezy "Neighborhood of the Week" article that is usually a joy to read each Sunday morning.
Lorne Adrain's decision to withdraw from the mayoral race — in the interest of assuring election of the best candidate — now becomes the reason I would vote for him in four years. This class act demonstrates that Adrain's eye is on the prize: a great Providence. Period.
Many years ago, when federal funds were being distributed to fix roads, there were potholes in the roads but nothing like today. It seems to me that, right from the start, money was pocketed (you know what I mean!). Whatever was left went to fix what could be fixed — and it wasn't much!
Joan Lowy's July 16 Associated Press article ("House OKs stopgap highway bill") reveals that Congress is letting companies defer $6.4 billion dollars from pension funds to get more revenue, increasing federal taxes. I wonder if the government would allow me to defer my taxes until my death, so I can increase my own revenue.
I just read that Hillary Clinton received $275,000 to speak at the University of Buffalo. Not a bad hour's work.
The July 17 Commentary piece by Jim Raftus ("A day with the one percenters") told a heartwarming story of some wealthy contributors supporting The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp.
Steward Martin politely reminds the reader that David Ciciline stayed for two full terms as Providence mayor and made a good effort to save the city from bankruptcy, while Mayor Tavares has served only one ("Opportunist Tavares failed Providence," letter, July 17).
Angel Taveras's criticism of Gina Raimondo's having received over half a million dollars in campaign funds from Wall Street ("Taveras chides Raimondo over campaign financing," July 15) is not a "personal attack," it's a statement of fact, directly related to the agenda Gina Raimondo would pursue as governor.
I hope that Sen. Jack Reed (D-R.I.), who has been involved in veterans affairs, has strong interest in the plight of Sergeant Andrew Tahmooressi, who, after mistakenly taking a wrong turn at the border, was taken into custody by the Mexican authorities.
Did I read that right? President Obama wants $3.7 billion dollars to stem the tide of illegal immigrants invading our country? Where will that money go? Down a black hole with the previous trillions spent on recent unnecessary and contrived wars? With that much money we could let them all in, buy them each a house, and pay for their college education.
In her July 11 letter ("Soccer flops push away fans"), Brenda Bedrick expresses her displeasure with the World Cup games and indicates that "American sports fans have not taken to the game."
It is not enough that the vandals and thieves have free rein in Providence's Waterplace Park.
In his June 15 letter ("A loving God?"), Kevin Murphy asserts that both Catholics and Protestants claim that their faith offers the only way to Heaven.
Janet Yellen, our current Federal Reserve Chairman, is getting mixed signals concerning our economy and she urges that we press on by continuing her monetary stimulus.
Rogues' Island, the state whose politicians love to see to it that it is rated last in everything for which it should be striving to be first, has succeeded once again in being last!
Regarding the July 16 editorial "More transparency needed": Since day one, the majority of the mainstream media and newspaper journalists across the country (and maybe the world) have coddled President Obama as no other president in history. Now, some six years later, they're whining about "the most secretive administration ever?"
The reason Israelis are not getting killed by the rockets Hamas is sending their way is not that their missile defense system Iron Dome ( which the United States paid for) is effective. It is not. It is that the Hamas rockets are not particularly lethal or accurate. But Israel needs to pretend they are, otherwise their response would appear to be what it is: criminally disproportionate.
People are increasingly aware of the dangers of texting while driving and using cell phones, I-phones, cameras, GPS navigation, etc. But other distractions are the overhead information signs along the roadways.
I applaud Providence City Council's override of Mayor Angel Taveras's veto of a very modest reduction of tax for properties owned by non-residents.
Lee Hamilton's July 15 Commentary piece ("Doomed to polarization?") was thought-provoking. The polarization of the country, I think, is because people today don't want to think for themselves. They simply adopt and parrot whatever they see/hear on television and radio.
There is a rage today in using smart phones to take "selfie" photos. What goes around, comes around.
Recent coverage of the ordinance to reduce property taxes for non-resident landlords (including "Providence City Council overrides Mayor Taveras' veto of landlord tax break," July 14, and "Taveras vetoes Providence landlord tax break," July 3) has not adequately represented the situation landlords are facing.
I was pleased to read the July 15 article "R.I. prostitution law linked to decline in rape , diseases." I just read a speech by the famous woman anarchist, Emma Goldman, on the subject, which she analyzed from the point of view of a radical rational revolutionary.
During the past few weeks, the media have reported on scandals and incompetence of many people in federal government. Though we have learned the who, what and where of the many problems plaguing these institutions, one or two individuals have been terminated. And we have an imperial president who is doing everything in his power to destroy a nation that he and his family seem to loathe.
The best gauge of how a politician will perform in higher office is his or her past accomplishments.
The Journal on July 12 published not one, not two, but three letters about human-induced climate change, replete with inaccuracies and fallacies ("Curbing climate change," "Nothing "natural" about our changing climate," and "Scientists cited in reports have my support").
Lynn Arditi's July 10 story about the budget excesses of the Rhode Island Department of Children, Youth, and Families only hits the tip of the iceberg. It is not only the budget. If the governor wants to know the "full story," it is not about money, but about DCYF's mistaken sense of its mission. DCYF acts independently of parents.
Democrats, Republicans and independents do not agree on very much, but I hope that we all agree that we love this country.
In her July 9 Commentary piece ("Stop sending U.S. tax money to Palestinian terrorists"), Star Parker criticizes the Palestinian government for the poor rating it was given on civil liberties by the Freedom House organization.
Regarding Stephen Silvia's July 10 letter ("U.S. decline is not due to people's Godlessness") concerning Richard Walsh's July 7 opinion ("Eve of destruction") that America's only hope for reversing its decline is to turn back to God: Mr. Silvia's contempt for such an opinion certainly helps make Mr. Walsh's point.
My husband and I returned recently from a two-week trip to Israel that included Jerusalem and the areas where Palestinians reside.
What good are the new bins in Cranston if the driver does not fully empty the bin?
The current issue of the AARP Bulletin lists the "Healthiest States" in the United States. Regretfully, Rhode Island is ranked below average, 31 out of 50.
Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket are known as "the islands".
Stephen Brigidi's Commentary ("The root of all evil is American Capitalism," June 27) gives us a glimpse at America's dream that once was "built on cooperation and support toward a common good" and now is "based simply upon greed and hoarding."
Kudos to Dr. Irving T. Gilson for highlighting the futility of expecting to prevent heart attacks by "low fat and saturated fat" diets which increase carbohydrate intake.
Watching the World Cup soccer fans resounding nationalism is great! The crowds seem more genuine than the players.
A wise man once cautioned me not to "get bit by the same dog twice."
We all remember the economic crisis in 2008 when several Wall Street financial institutions were deemed "Too big to fail." The government spent billions of taxpayer dollars to prop up the banks to avert an economic disaster.
I recall a few years ago that an innocent little girl sitting on her front steps was shot to death by a gang member because she was a witness in a criminal case. Recently, another innocent little girl was killed in her driveway by a gang member looking for rival gang members.
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Finale. "Jeff and Jenni work to resolve their issues; Gage worries about Jeff's work habits affecting a new paint line; Jeff and Gage's move to their home is bittersweet."


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Washington Township Planning Board Chairman Gus Calamari said he wished members of the township's zoning board had followed the lead of its chairman in voting against a variance for Sky Trading's plan to add a convenience store to .
The zoning board at their last meeting that will allow the gas station to add an additional two-pump gas island and a canopy to the exisiting gas station use and to add the new use of the convenience store, despite the protests of residents who criticized the plan. While voting on each variance, Zoning Board Chairman William Johnson voted against the convenience store use, citing the township's Master Plan.
The site, at the corner of Pascack Road and Washington Avenue, is zoned for residential use, but the gas station has existed there since before the township adopted the Master Plan, a document which sets guidelines for which uses are allowed in different sections of the town.
"To extend a new use to a nonconforming piece of property goes pretty far afield from the Master Plan," Calamari said.
Other planning board members agreed with Calamari, and they decided at their meeting Wednesday to send a letter to the zoning board sharing their opinion on the issue. Mayor Janet Sobkowicz said the Master Plan states there should be "quiet suburban character" in the residential zones.
"The Master Plan is very clear and it's been reiterated over and over again," Sobkowicz said.
Planning boards are responsible for creating master plans, while zoning boards grant variances, when appropriate, allowing residents or business owners to use their land for purposes not normally permitted. The planning board re-examined Washington Township's Master Plan in 2006.
Planning board members also said they were concerned about an application to build a new CVS across Pascack Road from the gas station. That site is also zoned for residential use and currently contains several houses.
That plan, to , may be on hold because of a recent ruling from the Department of Environmental Protection, which states between it and any "major developments."
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A four-alarm fire struck two buildings at a Bucks County apartment complex Friday night, injuring at least two people and leaving dozens homeless.
The fire was reported just after 9 p.m. at the Racquet Club Apartments on the 1900 block of Veterans Highway in the Levittown section of Middletown Township.
Firefighters were at the scene well into Saturday morning extinguishing the flames and checking for hotspots.
The two injuries were both reported to be to civilians. One was taken to St. Mary's Medical Center, and the other went to Aria Bucks Hospital.
SkyFOX showed large flames had damaged at least two buildings at the complex.
The American Red Cross says at least 48 units and at least 100 residents were displaced by the blaze.
Fire departments from as far away as Warminster, Pa., and Burlington County, N.J., were reportedly called in to help battle the blaze, and we're told they were pulling water out of swimming pools to help put down the flames.
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An out-of-control school bus, empty except for the driver, careened down Oakton Street in Niles and Park Ridge, hitting about six other vehicles around 2:30 p.m. Tuesday.
The bus traveled more than a mile westbound from about Milwaukee Avenue to Greenwood Avenue through Niles and Park Ridge, according to Park Ridge Police Commander Lou Jogmen. It traveled in the oncoming traffic lanes.
The driver may have been suffering from a medical condition, he said. Minor injuries were reported.
Park Ridge police got a call at 2:29 p.m. indicating the bus had struck a vehicle at Oakton Street at Oriole. As they were responding, reports of additional collisions came in. The bus traveled right past Emerson Middle School, on Oakton between Prospect and Cumberland, more than half an hour before the 3 p.m. dismissal time.
The bus hit a compact black sedan which was facing east on Oakton and trying to make a left turn onto Prospect. The impact caused the car to fly at least 30 feet and strike the garage of a home at the southwest corner of Prospect and Oakton, said Kathy Hirsch, a teacher's assistant at Jefferson School, one block to the north. Hirsch said it was her mother's home and that no one in the home was injured.
The impact totaled the front end of the car, knocked out bricks on the garage and bent in the garage door. The driver walked into the Yogli Mogli frozen yogurt shop across the street afterward to dry off from the rain, said Yogli Mogli manager Liad Shlomo.
Jogmen said the bus continued moving westbound in the oncoming (eastbound) traffic lanes, and hit a couple of cars near Meacham and another car at Cumberland, a semi-arterial where Jefferson School is located. As it approached Greenwood Avenue, a four-lane street, it plunged into a vehicle that was southbound on Greenwood trying to turn left onto Oakton. That impact finally stopped the bus.
Jogmen estimated there were six collisions in all, with only minor injuries, including to the driver.
As to the cause of the accident, "At this point, we're thinking a medical condition of the bus driver," he said.
He said the school bus she was driving said "Septran" on the side, but did not know from which school district it originated.
Shlomo, the Yogli Mogli shop manager, said the driver of the totalled vehicle seemed fine as he walked into the shop after the bus hit his vehicle.
"I had a customer that offered to take him to the hospital, but the police came and he went out to talk to them and I haven't seen him since," Shlomo said. "He said a bus hit him head on and kept on going."
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The judge in the Roger Clemens perjury case is allowing the government to call former major leaguer David Segui and another man as witnesses.
Prosecutors want to question Segui about a conversation from around 2001 in which Clemens' strength coach, Brian McNamee, is said to have told Segui he had saved needles used to inject players with steroids or human growth hormone.
In the same ruling Thursday, U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton also allowed the government to call Anthony Corso, who was one of McNamee's private workout clients in New York City. Corso is expected to testify McNamee told him that Clemens used HGH, and that McNamee saved evidence from a 2001 injection.
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E.W. Chehab et al., "Arabidopsis touch-induced morphogenesis is jasmonate mediated and protects against pests," Cur Biol, 22:701-06, 2012.
Although it's known that plants can detect and respond to touch, how they relay information from physical contact has been less clear. Janet Braam's group at Rice University and other labs had previously shown that the expression levels of many genes are upregulated in response to touch and that plants develop stockier builds if they are routinely perturbed. In their latest work, Braam's team set out to identify how the physical perturbation was translated into growth changes. They found that a plant hormone called jasmonate is essential for the developmental responses to touch in Arabidopsis, and that touch itself, via jasmonate, can boost pest resistance.
Given jasmonate's already-established roles in responding to light, injury, and pests, the addition of touch "means that what we're looking at is different ways that signal inputs are being integrated," says John Turner, a professor at the University of East Anglia, who was not involved in the study.
A member of Braam's team recognized that many of the genes upregulated in response to touch are also upregulated after wounding—a response known to be mediated by jasmonate signaling—leading the group to scrutinize the role of the hormone in touch as well. The researchers grew plants that were unable to produce jasmonate. After 4 weeks of gently bending the plants back and forth 10 times, twice a day, the researchers found that plants that didn't produce jasmonate continued to grow normally, while the plants that produced jasmonate when touched had delayed flowering, shorter flower stems, and smaller leaf clusters. Braam says her group is looking at how these responses might affect crop plants.
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Confusion over the names of two similar-sounding African countries may have helped boosted oil prices to near $80 a barrel this week as traders rushed to buy oil after reports of a military coup.
A Reuters reporter received a flustered phone call from a hedge fund partner who had heard animated discussion in the market about an incident in Nigeria, only to realise that traders had muddled up Africa's biggest oil producer with its neighbour Niger.
"Markets took off at around the same time a Reuters story came out about gunfire erupting in the Niger capital in an apparent coup bid, mistaken by many as being Nigeria," said Tom Bentz, analyst at BNP Paribas Commodities.
Reuters first broke news of heavy gunfire and a coup in Niger's capital, Niamey, on Thursday. Prices jumped to a one-month high of $79.29 a barrel during the day.


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The showcase will be on Thursday January 10, 2013 from 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM in the cafeteria of St. Joseph School in Medford (132 High Street, Medford). Families are invited to learn about the Catholic schools in their communities and speak to representatives from the schools. The 11 grade schools offer pre-kindergarten classes to 8th grade and are accredited by New England Association of Schools and Colleges. Catholic Schools are open to all families and faiths.
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Take the Ford FreeStyle/Taurus X/2011 Ford Explorer, put in a more historically traditional "Explorer" rear biased AWD system, R/awd system. Use the new drive coupling system for "real-time" torque routing to the FRONT. V6 DFI engine, and shed some of that 2011 Ford Explorer WEIGHT, no transfer case, no low range...see the 2011 Cayenne.
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Actually what 90% of people don't need is a 4WD rig for cruising around town. I think Ford has finally hit their target audience. And I bet sales will be very good.
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That's sort of like saying commercial jet aircraft have no need for that "military power" engine throttle detent.
Yes, many SUV owners have no need for 4WD 90, maybe even 98% of the time, and somewhere around maybe only .0001% of the time only, ONLY, as a life saving measure.
Pay attention to the sales of tire studs, for instance, useless and even harmful (to the roadbed) alsmost 100% of the time, but a life saving measure 0.00001% of the time.
Why...tire studs are really inexpensive life insurance.
"..Ford has finally hit their target audience.."
Why so, the previous versions, the Ford FreeStyle and the Taurus X, quite clearly failed in the marketplace, COMPLETELY failed.
Loyalty of historical Ford Explorer owners....look at last years sales for the answer to that.
This new 2011 Ford Explorer is simply, and only, a Ford Edge with enough room for a third seat.
Explorer sales last year were way down, but people's tastes have changed too.
The 2011 has the name to rebuild upon, lots better fuel efficiency and it'll still handle parking in a muddy field if a deluge happens during the soccer game. Standard 3rd road seats means even more appeal to families who don't want a minivan.
For the heavy towing or off-road users, there's the Grand Cherokee. But that'll cost you more. And that "truck" is a unibody as well.
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Unibody construction on SUVs was a big point of contention a few years ago. Turned out to be much ado about something most people don't care about. Nor do most of them need a body on frame SUV. Wait and see - I bet the new Explorer will do just fine sales-wise.
Meanwhile, maybe some people actually interested in buying one will weigh in here.
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jpp5862 NCPosts: 323I'm waiting for a local dealer to get a 4WD Limited in for me to drive, I'm deciding between the new Explorer and the Grand Cherokee. I drove the GC today, my main complaints are the power is just adequate with the V6 and the Check Engine light was on during the test drive, not good for a vehicle with 21 miles on it. Of course the sales guy wrote it off to a loose gas cap, but given Jeep's history it makes me leery.
I'm interested to try the My Ford Touch system, I saw it in an Edge but didn't have much time to try it out.
I don't need serious off roading capabilities or a third row seat, so it's kind of a toss up between the two. It will ultimately come down to a combination of price (I'm leasing) and which one I like best.
brwndoggy Posts: 39In Car and Driver's review this month, they say the explorer gets 2 miiles on average less than the pilot... How is this possible since the explorer if rated 2 miles better than the pilot?
Seems like someone isn't measuring right...
Also, when will crash tests be out on the the new body?
Drove over to the deal er just in case.
The 2 Explorers listed in their inventory were parked out front.
1 XLT and 1 Limited.
They look better in real life than the pictures I have seen.
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6:48 p.m. -- Greetings from Rochester, where if you listen carefully, you can hear the cheering all the way from Syracuse over the Orange's win over top-ranked Louisville. (Spoken like a graduate, as you might have guessed.)
And speaking of orange ... the Bandits are ready to play Game Three of their season against the Knighthawks. Buffalo split last weekend's games, and now have to play their biggest rival. Just to add a little drama, the Knighthawks will raise the banner from last season's championship before the game. That means the big question is ... what time will the game actually start? My bet is 7:50, but no wagering please.
Mike Hominuck will be in the lineup tonight, as he finally gets his chance to play. Jon Harasym will sit out. Harasym was given a two-game suspension from the league earlier this week, but he has appealed and was eligible to play today. Nick Cotter will sit as well this evening, while Hayden Smmith stays in the lineup.
Speaking of debuts, Casey Powell is in the Rochester lineup. He missed the opener, a loss in Washington. Powell is a former MVP in the league, the only-American born one if memory serves. He took last year off.
Anthony Cosmo gets the start tonight in goal. He's been pulled in the last two games. It would be easy to say that the Bandits need Cosmo to be in form, but at least Kurtis Wagar has done well in relief roles in the past two games.
7:06 p.m. - Mike Accursi is something of a surprise scratch for the Knighthawks. Cosmo and Matt Vinc are the starting goalies.
7:23 p.m. - The game is supposedly on Time Warner Cable Channel 25 back in Buffalo tonight. So feel free to check out the game that way (but leave the computer on!).
7:36 p.m. - The banner is in the rafters. Last year's captain and ex-Bandit Pat McCready carried the trophy on to the field.
7:46 p.m. -- The game is underway. Wonder who won the pool?
7:57 p.m. - The Bandits are the team that look inspired by the banner-raising. They scored the first three goals and lead, 3-1. Luke Wiles scored the 200th goal of his career. Casey Powell got one for Rochester.
8:14 p.m. - Turning point? Bandits had a goal waved off with a crease violation with 5 seconds left. Knighthawks scored with 1.1 seconds left in the quarter. We're done with 15 minutes all tied at 3. In other words, Buffalo now has nothing to show for its good start.
8:25 p.m. - Casey Powell just had an apparent goal wiped out. Then moments later John Tavares scored to put Buffalo ahead by 5-4. It's turning into an interesting night at the office.
8:30 p.m. - In case you are curious, it seems like there are fewer Bandits fans here than normal. There are still many such fans here. And if you thought a banner-raising game would be a sellout (guilty), you'd be wrong. Plenty of seats open in the corners.
8:40 p.m. - Aaron Wilson finishes a 4-on-2 break to put Buffalo up, 7-6. We have 3:10 left in the half.
8:46 p.m - Casey Powell's goal in the final seconds moves Rochester into a 7-7 at the half. Interesting that Rochester has never led.
9:06 p.m. - Cory Vitarelli has put the Knighthawks ahead for the first time. Naturally, as I type that, the Bandits tie it at 8-8.
9:15 p.m. - Dan Dawson's stuff shot has given Rochester the 9-8 lead. Meanwhile, Philadelphia scored four straight goals and leads Toronto by one with four seconds left. It's going to be a fun year. (Update, Philly does win the game.
9:25 p.m. - As we wait for a challenge no-goal call to be ruled upon, the Bandits have a 10-9 lead ... which disappears when a Brad Self goal is allowed. So we're tied with 2:36 left in the quarter. Last goal wins?
9:30 p.m. - Knighthawks have an 11-10 lead after three quarters.
9:39 p.m. - Putting Mike Hominuck into the lineup is a good idea. He has three goals; that matches his total of last season. We're tied, 11-11, with 9:17 to go.
9:50 p.m. - Rochester up, 13-12, with 3:43 left.
10:05 p.m. - Bandits win, 14-13, on Kelusky goal with 10 seconds left and one on the shot clock. Amazing game.
11:26 p.m. - Quite a finish. Kelusky's goal was a behind-the-back effort, a technique that fooled goalie Matt Vinc. As Darris Kilgour said after the game, "It was not the way we drew it up."
Still, the Bandit moved to 2-1 on the young season and get a big win over the defending champion in their building. The full story should be posted soon on our website. So, good night from Rochester.
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