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Geraldene "Gerry" Tharp Chadwell Perkinson, 73 of Carrollton, died on March 15, 2014 at Norton Brownsboro Hospital in Louisville. Gerry was born on April 9, 1940 to the late Dalton and Goldie Estes Tharp in New Castle.
Gerry is survived by her children daughters Linda Carson and her husband Donald of Milton, Ky., Connie Burton of Madison, Ind., and a son Mark Chadwell of Milton and a sister Mary Tharp of Carrollton.
She was preceded in death by her parents, two brothers and three sisters.
Patricia Ann Wade Gaines, 66, of Bedford, died on March 14, 2014 at the Homestead Nursing Center in New Castle. She was born on Nov. 11, 1947 to the late Robert Lewis and Mary Jane Heltzel Brewer in Shelbyville.
She enjoyed county music and had been known to travel often to enjoy one of her favorite country music artists like George Jones or Travis Tritt.
She is survived by her children: Roy Stivers of Campbellsville and Angela Beach of Carrollton; a sister Lyda Godbey of Worthville, and a brother John Brewer of Bedford; four grandchildren and one great grandchild.
Gary. L. Wright, 72, of Tucson, AZ, formerly of Bedford died Tues., March 4, 2014 in Tucson. He is survived by his wife Emily Wood Wright of Tucson, one son Christopher Wright of Demotte, Ind., two brothers, Glen Wright of Bedford and Gayle Wright of Tucson. He was preceded in death by his parents, Daniel and Barbara Peak Wright.
Funeral services were held Tues., March 11 at the Milton United Methodist Church with burial in Moffett Cemetery. Wood-Oakley Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Thomas "Tommy" W. Fink, 51, of Eminence, passed away on Saturday, March 8, 2014.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Elizabeth Marie (Craig) Fink, and a brother, Phillip Dale Fink.
He is survived by sisters Donna Byerly of LaGrange, Ky. and Sue Cortes of Goshen, Ky. and a brother, Walter A. Fink of Bedford.
A funeral Service was held on Tues., March 11, 2014 at Prewitt New Castle Funeral Home, officiated by Rev. Michael Duncan, pastor of Eminence Baptist Church with Interment at New Castle Cemetery.
Molly D. (Aldridge) Eversole, 85, of Lockport, passed away Mon., March 3, 2014 at Jewish Hospital in Shelbyville.
Molly was preceded in death by a son, Stephen Taylor Davidson.
She is survived by her husband Don Eversole of Lockport, daughters, Rhonda Eversole of Lockport and Patti Baxter of Frankfort, Ky., a son, James Roger Eversole of Lockport, three sisters, Mattie Smith and Nellie Allean Smith of Bedford and Ethel Lee, of Russell Springs and a brother, Troy Wilburn Aldridge of Sanders, Ky.
Millicent Arleen Rose-Cremering, 36, of Bedford, died at her residence in Trimble County, on March 4, 2014. She was born on May 3, 1977 to James Terry and Patsy Boone Rose in Madison, Ind.
She is survived by her parents James Terry and Patsy Boone Rose of Bedford, her daughter Destinee' Nicole Surratt of Milton, her brother Nicholas Rose of Bedford, her companion John M. Bell of Bedford, and many other family and friends.
Millicent was preceded in death by her maternal grandfather Edgar Boone and paternal grandfather James Rose.
Millicent Arleen Rose-Cremering, 36, of Bedford, died at her residence in Trimble County, on March 4, 2014. She was born on May 3, 1977 to James Terry and Patsy Boone Rose in Madison, Ind.
She is survived by her parents James Terry and Patsy Boone Rose of Bedford, her daughter Destinee' Nicole Surratt of Milton, her brother Nicholas Rose of Bedford, her companion John M. Bell of Bedford, and many other family and friends.
Millicent was preceded in death by her maternal grandfather Edgar Boone and paternal grandfather James Rose.
Imogene Gatewood Gossom, 87, of Milton, died Wed., Feb. 12, 2014 at Hickory Creek in Madison, Ind.
She is survived by two daughters, Vickie Butler and Cheryl Pettit, both of Milton; six sons – Michael Gossom of Madison, Ind., Terry Gossom of Bedford, James Gossom of Jeffersonville, Ind., Kenny Gossom of Bedford, Eddy Gossom of Milton and Donnie Gossom of Louisville, Ky.
She was preceded in death by her husband Clifford L. Gossom, a daughter, Brenda Staples, her brother Leland Gatewood and her parents.
Nancy Laven Schweitzer Skaggs of Bedford died Monday, Feb. 3, 2014. Nancy was born on Jan. 3, 1943 in Dayton, Ky., to the late Lewis Christopher Schweitzer and Catherine Lorraine Schaffer Schweitzer.
Nancy is survived by seven children: Nellie Hewitt of Bedford, Cecil Skaggs III of Vevay, Ind., Sheila Hughes of Pendleton, Virginia Willhite of Bedford, Joyce Hewitt of Bedford, Aileen Skaggs of New Castle and Helen "Sissy" Krohn of Bedford; a sister, Margie Sparks of Junction City, Ky., 14 grandchildren and her 5 great-grandchildren.
Marvin Ray Patterson, age 59, of Milton, died on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014, at the Columbus Regional Hospital in Columbus, Ind. He was born on Dec. 12, 1954 in Madison, Ind., to Harley George and Mable L. Clubb Patterson.
Marvin is survived by his companion, Debbie Tribble of Milton; one daughter, Caitlin Patterson of Potomac Falls, W.Va.; his sisters, Wanda K. Adams of Madison, Ind., Virginia E. "Jenny" Bruce of Milton, Carolyn F. "Peeps" Jessup of Hanover, Ind., Cheryl L. Bruther of Hanover, Ind., and Pat Fisher of Brooksburg, Ind.
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If Scott Walker wins Tuesday's recall election, he'll have 14 of America's richest people to thank.
Wisconsin's Governor has out-raised opponent Tom Barrett, the Mayor of Milwaukee, by almost 8 to one: $30.5 million to Barrett's $3.9 million. Of that huge haul, $1.68 million — or, almost half Barrett's total — came from 14 members of the Forbes billionaires list, all but one of whom live outside Wisconsin.
Walker's most generous donor does in fact reside in the state. Billionaire Diane Hendricks of roofing giant ABC Supply donated a total of $510,000 to Walker's campaign — the biggest check for a governor's race in Wisconsin history .
Hendricks' contribution came under scrutiny last month when a documentary filmmaker released a clip of Walker telling her he'd be employing a "divide and conquer" strategy against unions. Walker is, of course, fighting for his seat precisely because of his now infamous bill stripping public sector unions of collective bargaining rights.
In the video, Hendricks — the state's richest woman, worth $2.8 billion — asks if Walker can turn Wisconsin into a "completely red state", and "work on these unions". Walker responds: "Oh yeah," then adds: "The first step is, we're going to deal with collective bargaining for all public employee unions, use divide and conquer."
Besides Hendricks, these 13 out-of-state billionaires cut checks towards Walker's reelection, mostly via the Friends of Scott Walker campaign committee:
Sheldon Adelson, Las Vegas casino tycoon and prolific right-wing donor, gave $250,000.
Christy Walton, Arkansas resident, Wal-Mart heiress and world's richest woman, pitched in $50,000.
Thomas Peterffy of Greenwich, Conn. firm Interactive Brokers donated $10,000.
Robert McNair, owner of the Houston Texans, gave $25,000 towards the cause.
Joseph Craft of the billionaire Tulsa oil family donated $25,000 to Walker's reelection.
Rich DeVos, founder of Amway and resident of Michigan, offered up $250,000.
Stanley Hubbard, the Minnesota billionaire behind DirecTV, wrote a check for $10,000.
Bernard Marcus, Home Depot founder and Atlanta resident, put up $50,000 for the case.
Joe Ricketts, patriarch of the billionaire family who own the Chicago Cubs, donated $100,000.
Trevor Rees-Jones, an oil and gas mogul from Dallas, pitched in $100,000 to Walker's campaign.
Bruce Kovner, New York's hedge fund legend, also gave $100,000.
Louis Bacon, also a New York billionaire and CEO of Moore Capital Management, put in $100,000.
Patrick Ryan, founder of insurance giant Aon and resident of Illinois, donated $100,000.
Then there are the Koch brothers, Charles and David. The billionaire industrialists have not given directly to Walker's campaign, although their specter has hung over the Governor since an embarrassing incident last year.
No Tracy. This article isn't about "billionaires who gave to Walker" rather it is a blatantly false attempt to give readers the (false) impression that Walker won because his side wildly outspent the other.
To go in to detail about how much some very wealthy individuals gave to Walker while ignoring the $15 million plus that the national unions (plus their "boots on the ground" manpower) poured in for his opponent is disingenuous. And to offer up an incredibly weak defense to Holly Green's post of "uh, well… I only cover billionaires" is laughable. You wanted to practice some cheerleader journalism for one side of the fight while intentionally not providing any context (i.e. the unions spent massively as well) and Holly rightly called you out on it.
Wow, Jack. You're rude. How about you put up those poms, raise em high. Walker won!
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State and national unions have poured millions of dollars into creating, staffing and funding two front groups – We Are Wisconsin and Wisconsin for Falk.
The first group spent nearly $10.8 million helping Democrats in last year's summer recall races and more than $2 million more this year, and the second organization paid out about $4 million in a failed effort to help former Dane County Executive Kathleen Falk win the Democratic nomination.
National groups, such as the Republican Governors Association and the Democratic Governors Association, have pumped cash from around the country into Wisconsin. The Republican group has spent just under $5 million to produce and air its own ads here, while the Democratic one has funneled about $2 million to local groups for ad buys and polling.
Both campaigns have brought on hired guns from outside the state to help steer their election efforts.
Notably, Barrett's campaign manager, Jay Howser, is from Pennsylvania and has run election efforts in Ohio, Indiana and Louisiana. Walker has two outsiders among his top staff: Deputy campaign manager Dan Blum came from Ohio, and communications director Ciara Matthews hails from Nevada.
One veteran Wisconsin campaign official said it's becoming more common for statewide campaigns to rely on outside staff and financial support.
What's different this time is the magnitude of support from non-Wisconsin sources.
"The national significance of this election has placed more interest in Gov. Walker than would normally be there for a gubernatorial race in Wisconsin," said Mark Graul, a GOP campaign adviser. "This race is certainly going to have implications beyond our state."
The numbers bear that out.
and your next article will be on the union dollars raised, where that came from and who they bused in to defeat Walker, right? Please, couldn't we learn to at lease pretend there are multiple sides to stories? There are likely billionaires involved on the other side of this but they are hiding behind organizations like you call the Kochs out for doing…come on, let's get a real story on this that exposes what is going on 360 degrees so we can make informed decisions!
It does not surprise me that out of state billionaires would contribute to Scott Walker. Most of them share Walker's entitlement attitude and don't believe that any workers, public sector or private sector, should have the right of collective bargaining. To them, collective bargaining is not part of the market system.
Democracy is about how people vote the people of wisconsin did not step up to the plate and defeat scott walker. clearly they like what he is doing to the labor movement. I can tell those of you who did not vote to throw walker out of office wil forever regret that you blew the only opportunity that you will ever get to have a strong voice in your lives. This country is now officially a a communist nation and will remain so for the duration of our lives and most of our childrens lives. This is sad day for poor and working class of people. The supreme court is really responsible for the state of the political landscape the fact that they allow corporations to contribute unlimited dollars to campaingns really set the stage for what happened in Wisconsin today . My heart is heavy and I am very sad; Illinois is next unless we put the fear of God in our officials and let them know we willot accept what just happened in Wisc.
The point of this article is that billionaires from outside Wisconsin want to crush unions on a national scale. But why would billionaires want to crush unions? Billionaires know that an individual can't negotiate with large companies or government entities which means lower labor costs for the companies they own.


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Top Teachers: Blair Flynn
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Parents of students in Blair Flynn's second-grade class at Nuckols Farm Elementary don't have to wonder what their children are doing during class – they just need to check their e-mail inbox.
There, they'll often find updates and photos of their kids that Flynn has snapped through the Photo Booth program on her laptop and e-mailed to their parents.
"It's one of my favorite things that I do," Flynn said. "Parents will call me and say 'That just makes my day. I might be at work, having a bad day, and then I see my child smiling and having fun.'"
Flynn prides herself on teaching in a way that produces results for each child, regardless of his or her learning style. During a recent lesson about magnets, she gave each of her 26 students two pipe cleaners, a piece of string, a piece of paper and other items and told them to produce something to reflect the lesson.
"Everyone came up with something different," Flynn said.
One of her nominators cited Flynn's ability to make the most of challenging situations.
"She had a boy who loved math but resisted practicing reading (a weaker skill for him)," the woman wrote. "She motivated him by giving him a stopwatch and graph paper so he could measure his time reading and graph his progress.
"She used his strength to address a weakness."
Teaching was in the cards for Flynn from an early age. Her mother and stepmother were teachers, and she recalled playing "school" regularly as a child. When she moved to Virginia after three years as a teacher in South Carolina, she encouraged her second-grade students there to write her to stay in touch. One girl did so all the way through middle school.
Recently, Flynn received a Facebook friend request from the girl – now in graduate school, studying to be a teacher. Her motivation was Flynn – now a 17-year teaching veteran – who said learning of her own impact was a powerful and humbling realization.
Teaching second-graders gives Flynn many reasons to look forward to arriving at school each day.
"It's a great age," she said. "It's just fun. There are a lot of hands-on things you can do. They're so enthusiastic, and you see a lot of growth in them during the year."
Now in her seventh year at Nuckols Farm, Flynn can't see herself anywhere else.
"I call it my happy place. This school – I'll be here until they're ready to send me to teacher heaven."
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RALEIGH — Swimming, bike riding and soccer are among the typical boyhood activities Bryce Washington has enjoyed throughout his young life.
Lately, however, the 11 year old has been spending lot of time at nightclubs, card parties and dance halls – talking about his experience with cancer.
"I usually go out at night," Bryce said. "One night was an Ace of Spades party, and before that we went to Zumba."
Bryce enjoys his evenings out, but also likes the idea of supporting an organization that helped his own family when he was diagnosed last year with acute lymphocytic leukemia. He was recently named 2013 Boy of the Year for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of the Triangle and has attended more than a dozen events on behalf of the organization this spring.
"He loves to do it," said his mother, Stacy Washington, a nurse manager at Rex Hospital. "He enjoys going places and socializing."
Bryce's outgoing personality was one of the reasons he was chosen for the Boy of the Year honor, said Emily Blust, director of development for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. When young cancer survivors such as Bryce – and Triangle Girl of the Year Morgan Stone – show up at events, the cause hits home in a special way, Blust said.
"We like for the kids to be willing and able to talk about their own experiences, to share their stories," Blust said. "In addition to helping us raise funds, they are priceless for raising awareness. Bryce has been helpful at all the events he's attended."
Stacy Washington said her son is comfortable talking about his cancer experience, which began when he was a fourth-grader at Durant Road Elementary School.
It was fall soccer season of 2011 when the pain first began.
"First it was in my shoulder, then my ankle, and then a lot of other joints," Bryce said. "Pretty soon, I wasn't able to do soccer anymore."
He saw his pediatrician, then an orthopedist, then a physical therapist. Finally, after nearly six months and a full battery of tests at UNC Hospital – including a bone marrow biopsy – the diagnosis was cancer.
Preparing for treatment – which started in April 2012 – was nerve-wracking for Bryce.
"I just didn't know what was going to happen; I was really nervous," he recalled. As chemotherapy progressed, his energy waned.
"All I felt like doing was sitting on the couch, so I watched a lot of TV," Bryce said.
Even his school lessons came on a video screen, as he connected with his classmates via Skype.
In February, Bryce was doing well enough to head back to the classroom, where he is now in fifth grade at Durant Road Elementary.
His treatment has gone well, and the cancer is in remission. But a relapse is possible, so Bryce will continue to receive chemotherapy through July 2015, his mother said.
Meanwhile, Bryce said he is happy to do what he can to help others who may be diagnosed with life-threatening blood cancers, including leukemia, lymphoma, and myeloma.
More than 4,000 new cases of these cancers were diagnosed in North Carolina during 2012, Blust said.
Money raised through the agency's spring fund drive will be used to assist families and to support cancer research. Blust said five-year survival rates for acute lymphocytic leukemia, the most common form of childhood leukemia, already have gone from 4 percent in 1954 to about 90 percent today.
From Bryce's viewpoint, the future looks bright.
What he would tell a friend or classmate facing a leukemia diagnosis today is pretty simple:
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By MURRAY EVANS
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OKLAHOMA CITY — Just as NBA teams do their homework on draft prospects, Steven Adams studied NBA teams that might draft him. Safe to say, he's thrilled with where he landed.
Two days after Oklahoma City selected the 19-year-old New Zealander 12th overall in the NBA draft, Adams joined fellow Thunder newcomers Andre Roberson and Grant Jerrett at an introductory news conference Saturday and expressed his enthusiasm with his new home.
When he learned he was going to the Thunder, "It felt like my birthday and Christmas put together," Adams said.
He said the Thunder's "commitment at both ends" of player development stood out to him during the pre-draft process. "Players are super-committed to developing their game every day and working hard, but it isn't just the players," he said. "Also, the staff, all of them — the management, the office people — they just set a whole new expectation, because they're real professional."
Assuming he makes the Thunder roster, the 7-foot, 250-pound Adams will be only the fourth New Zealand-born player to play in the NBA — joining Sean Marks, Kirk Penney and Aron Baynes — and was the first to be drafted in the first round.
One of 18 siblings, Adams played rugby growing up and didn't start taking basketball seriously until he turned 12. His half-sister, Valerie Kasanita Vili-Adams, won Olympic gold medals in the shot put 2008 and 2012 and is a three-time world champion in the event.
After a year at a prep school in Massachusetts, Adams spent last season at Pittsburgh, where he averaged 7.2 points, 6.3 rebounds and 2.0 blocked shots as a freshman while shooting 57.1 percent. He said he's looking forward to learning the pro game from the Thunder's incumbent starting center, Kendrick Perkins, whose father lives in New Zealand.
"(Adams) is someone that plays incredibly physical for a young player," Oklahoma City general manager Sam Presti said. " He has a great set of hands around the basket and is someone we think has a tremendous ability to show rapid improvement."
The Thunder acquired the rights to Roberson, who was taken 26th overall by Golden State, in a draft-night trade. Before the draft, the 6-foot-7 guard from Colorado had been projected as a second-round pick and his college coach, Tad Boyle, was among those who encouraged Roberson to stay with the Buffaloes for his senior season.
Roberson, the Pacific-12 defensive player of the year and a first-team all-conference selection, nonetheless entered the draft and ended up being a first-round pick. Boyle texted Roberson on Thursday night and said, "What the heck do I know? Congratulations."
"I knew (the Thunder) were interested in me, along with a couple of other teams, but I didn't know that they were going to jump up and get me," Roberson said. "It surprised me. I'm happy to be in this position."
Roberson averaged 10.9 points and 11.2 rebounds and finished second in rebounding in NCAA Division I last season. With Roberson on the team, Colorado won 20 or more games for three straight seasons for the first time in the program's history.
"His persistence, his activity and his endurance within the game as a competitor are all signs of a player that's going to continue to improve with hard work," Presti said.
In another draft-night deal, Oklahoma City bought the rights to Jerrett, who was taken 40th overall in the second round by Portland. The 6-foot-10 forward out of Arizona didn't start for the Wildcats, averaging 5.2 points, 3.6 rebounds and 17.8 minutes per game.
"Grant caught our eye in practice earlier this year, very early on in the fall, and has demonstrated the ability to shoot the ball for his size and also has an uncanny awareness on the floor for a frontcourt player," Presti said.
Oklahoma City also drafted 19-year-old Alex Abrines of Spain with the 32nd overall pick in the second round. Presti said Abrines, a 6-foot-6 guard, will remain in Spain - where he now plays for FC Barcelona - for an undetermined length of time. Current Thunder star Serge Ibaka also played in Spain for a season after being drafted by the Thunder in 2008.
The Thunder won 60 games last season and with the team's depth, there's a good chance Adams, Roberson and Jerrett will spend much time during the 2013-14 season at Oklahoma City's NBA D-League affiliate, the Tulsa 66ers. That wouldn't necessarily be a bad thing, Presti said, as it would give them the opportunity for more playing time, which would speed their development.
"Every one of these players has a different timeline," Presti said. "We've learned that over the years. Players develop at different rates. Some of it is opportunity. Some of it is physical maturity. Some of that is just adjustment to the professional level.
"So we'll take a baseline reading of where each guy is over the summer, take a look in camp and see where they are plotting on that development arc, then make decisions about how to accelerate their development whenever possible through the year in Tulsa, if they're not getting regular minutes" in Oklahoma City.
All three will also play on Oklahoma City's NBA Summer League team in Orlando next month.
Many draft observers gave the Thunder fair-to-poor grades for the team's draft selections, but Presti said he doesn't pay much attention to what those outside his organization think about such things.
"We've never really looked outside for affirmation of our decision-making," he said.
"We've always focused on bringing in young players who are motivated to work, motivated to improve, motivated to get better. That's the mark of a mark of a high-performing organization and that's what we're striving to accomplish here in Oklahoma City, to continue to layer our team and our roster with like-minded players."


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The Director of Teacher Support, a new role, will seek to improve student outcomes for NFTE's core in-school program by developing our teachers and the program staff who serve them. The Director will be responsible for two types of development, one focused on delivery of NFTE's curriculum and one focused on fostering a professional culture of continuous refinement of teaching practice, aligned with Instructional Rounds or a similar model.
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The costars celebrated the film's release in New York City on Dec. 4, 1997. The Massachusetts natives cowrote the drama, directed by Gus Van Sant. "I remember it was printed in Daily Variety that we were going to get $600,000 on it. We had no credit, so we went to rent this house that was $3,000 a month, and we used a copy of the Daily Variety to get the place," Affleck has said. "I was like, 'I don't have credit, but this is who we are.' And the landlord was like, 'All right, sure.'"


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Play of the Day: Mitt Romney, Guantánamo and Joe Biden's Plane
- By Ross Gianfortune
- May 2, 2013
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David Letterman marked the nomination of a new FCC chairman by using blurs and beeps to mock the commission itself. Letterman also marked the second anniversary of the raid on Osama bin Laden's compound by relaying the Al-Qaeda leader's last words.
Mitt Romney was back in the news this week by speaking at Southern Virginia University over the weekend. Both Conan O'Brien and Jimmy Fallon touched on Romney's advice for the graduates.
On The Daily Show, host Jon Stewart filled his first segment on the news of President Barack Obama's recent pledge to close the detention centers at Guantánamo Bay. Stewart took a look at statements the president has made since he made his first pledge to close Guantánamo, eventually comparing Obama to a supervillain.
Fast forward to 4:25 to see the reaction after Vice President Joe Biden got home after Air Force Two broke down in Flagstaff, Arizona.
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Rick Ungar, Contributor
I write from the left on politics and policy.
Inevitably, a tragedy such as what we have experienced in Newtown, Connecticut brings the discussion about guns and violence in our society to the front of the American dialogue where it often lingers for a short time before receding to the background of the national discussion.
Will our response to this latest horror be any different?
While many believe that the chord touched by this unspeakable event will reach equally into the hearts of both the most ardent supporter of the right to bear arms and those who oppose guns—thereby prompting all sides to come to an understanding that something has to change—will this really prove to be the moment or will this tragedy just fade away as the many that have come before it have been allowed to go without response—if a response is even possible?
Certainly, there appears to be a special pain that comes with the stark realization that these 20 small children remind us all of our own kids, grandchildren, sisters and brothers. Those lost at Sandy Hook Elementary School looked and behaved just like our own children look and behave. They were in a place they were supposed to be—having been sent there by parents who did just as we have all done so many times when we buttoned up our kids' winter coats and sent them off to school for the day. Because of this, we feel like we "know" these people better than those involved in similar tragedies in our past and because we feel that we can relate to those so grievously affected, we instinctively know that if ever there was an instance of "There, but for the grace of God, go I.", this is surely it.
Still, if we are to hope for something to happen that might bear some positive impact on preventing these now all too frequent attacks, it has to begin with the two sides of this discussion moving towards a better understanding of what the other believes—just as it must involve a recognition that this is not just about the guns.
People who would very much like to see combat style weapons and high capacity ammunition magazines disappear from the landscape—people like me—must begin by accepting and internalizing the simple fact that those who support wide access to guns, including semi-automatic weapons, are feeling the very same grief today that is being experienced by anti-gun advocates.
Supporting gun ownership does not make one a cold and unfeeling human being who puts their interest in weapons above their interest in humanity.
Indeed, it is often quite the opposite. Avid defenders of the Second Amendment right to bear arms believe that it is precisely because of their desire to protect their own children that they take a strong, pro-gun position. It is, after all, difficult to argue with the suggestion that the evil and the confused will almost always find a way to get their hands on their weapon of choice and that the only corresponding choice one might have in the effort to defend against this reality is to fight "fire with fire." As these folks are quick to point out, had more of the adults working at the Sandy Hook Elementary School been armed, just maybe this would have had a better ending.
Maybe. But we must also recognize that had the magazine clip been limited to fewer bullets, the odds of an adult being able to take this murderer to the ground before he could take more lives would also have been greatly increased.
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also, your three year old granddaughter doesn't give a crap about anything except when the next meal is coming. that's why we don't take the cares of three years olds in to account when making laws.
I really don't want to live in your world.
if you want to find a place to vent about the fact that the world is a scary place for your grandkid, get a blog.
i thought this was a website for the discussion of business and politics.
What I'd like to see is a law, that I'm sure gun ranges would relish, is a law that allows gun ownership for any gun that can't realistically be used in a hunting setting, (excluding hand guns) be required to be kept at a gun range. That way I'm not infringing on your "right" to own the gun, just in it's storage location. The problem with arming everyone is that mentally ill people and criminals are not "opposed" to shooting people; but the average person will have a hard time shooting someone else or at least will have a hard time getting themselves calm enough to shoot somebody and not cause addition collateral damage.
Very good read as always, Rick. This is an opportunity to bring mental illness front and center. Collectively, we are so polarized on this issue that neither side will be satisfied. The emotion brain just doesn't filter through to the rational brain. Thus, nothing ever get done. We pass legislation banning semi-automatic weapons only to have them overturned by the next administration. We really need to abandon this "all or nothing" approach. It's getting us nowhere. Btw- Timothy Mcvay did not need a gun.
Do you think we should stop allowing individuals from owning semi-automatic weapons, can we exchange them for health and rehabilitation of our youth, and improve mental health care access and treatment availability at the same time? I do, and I think this is a good place to start, by reinvesting in our children and young adults, I really do. Swap anyone?
You said,"somewhere in the back of your mind you must recognize that those who are passionate in their support of gun ownership do possess a few points—grounded in both logic and law—that support their position. If we are to find common ground and a way forward in addressing horrible events such as what transpired on Friday, we are going to need to bring these points to the forefront of our understanding." I wish to find the same resolution to this seeming delicate issue, and difference between me and some of those that may value the right to hold onto semi-automatic weapon access. I cannot support that perceived need, and see that more rather than not actually could care less about semi-automatics and are more concerned about having their guns, mostly used for hunting or rifle range practice, or to protect their homes from invasion should that need arise. Some would like to be able to simply carry them on their person knowing they would likely never need to use them.
I personally wish guns to be gone altogether, but I know that is unlikely to happen, and if I were to actually feel the need to own one, should war break out, or I were living in such a volatile environment I might deem one necessary for my protection or my children, I would hope the government would be willing to allow me the right to carry and use one if necessary; with training expected, a background check, and possibly a psychological evaluation involved, I do not find too much fault with the second amendment, but I do find fault with those justifying the use and perceived need to own semi-automatic weapons, and wonder how much glorifying them in film and television has to do with that desire, and not concern for war breaking out itself, to wish to own or use them.
I was glad to see you did mention mental health in this article. The system itself seems lacking highly trained and perceptive help, there is also very little funding available to hire qualified and specialized care to deal with special needs children and young adults, the ones that need it foremost. Housing becomes an issue for them when they turn 18 and no longer qualify for extended care, possibly over their lifetime, but without the initial treatment they may need, they can fall under the radar so-to-speak, and become victims of their illness or illnesses, or possibly find another way out less than acceptable. In such cases I feel society is the real problem. Pointing fingers isn't going to stop another massacre, but maybe we can, by accepting and learning to compromise.
I learned this year in my state, a home with children does not require guns be locked up for safety, a court would have to deem it necessary, a crime would have to be committed before that were to happen. What if you knew a child was unsafe to be around them, and nobody would listen to you. Can we change that at least?
guns are so redundant. there you go, i probably said what is on everyone's minds. that being said, americans have had a history of owning guns and so abandoning history seems unimaginable. also, the securities on borders are not exceptionally good, there are always huge risks of gun smuggling in the US and not arming its citizens is not the best decision both politically and, as mitt would put it, geopolitically. until the south american borders are secure for many years, and guns smuggling grinds to a halt, the only thing the government can do is record and keep tabs on stockpiling of guns. if this reality is achieved in 10 to 20 years, perhaps guns will not be as necessary as they are now.
that being said, all americans are stuck in a hard place :) best to adapt to your heritage or find somewhere that fits your ideal until america changes.
The subject of gun ownership IS a touchy subject. I think you've done a good job of creating an initial safe space for discussion, though. I even agree with many of the points that you bring up, in regards to controls, even if I identify as "pro-gun."
A large reason for the number of gun-related crazies is due to the sheer number of guns in the US. There's nearly 1 legal gun per citizen–this doesn't include black market, banned, etc. weapons. Any sort of legislation or rules or restrictions that don't include removing a significant number of guns (we're talking, at a minimum, tens of millions; a couple hundred million would be more likely to have an effect) from circulation will likely have little effect.
There's a growing body of evidence that seems to suggest that freer access to guns can help to reduce violent crime overall, too (much in the same way that the US and our allies and the USSR all having nuclear weapons kept anyone from actually using them in war).
Sadly, this spread does nothing at all to limit the mentally damaged people who have decided that the best course of action is to kill as many innocent, defenseless people as they can–and actually increases the chances that such an incident will occur.
I'm left feeling that the best course of action (that still doesn't feel 'good') is to limit weapons to magazines that hold 10 rounds or less (an arbitrary number.) Any hunter worth his salt needs far fewer, and any claim to self-defense is gone unless you're being attacked by a small army. Of course, we'd have to actually get these weapons back from the people who have them. We'd also have to track down the magazines, and get rid of them too.
It wouldn't solve any problem, but it might make it a bit harder for people on this course of action to follow through on their plan.


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Lakewood Police Chief Bret Farrar gathered members of his department for an impromptu meeting early Wednesday, hours before federal authorities charged one of his officers with taking money from an effort intended to do good.
He broke the news that Officer Skeeter Timothy Manos was arrested on suspicion of who had been gunned down about two years earlier in a coffee shop.
Farrar–a cancer survivor who helped hold his young department together in the days after Maurice Clemmons shot four Lakewood officers in 2009–again had to help Lakewood Police stay strong.
Farrar told Patch on Wednesday that his message was clear: Lakewood police weren't under investigation. It was the alleged actions of an individual officer that were wrong.
Still, he told them, be ready for some people to lump Manos' alleged crimes with the entire department.
"Be vigilant," Farrar told them. "Remain professional. Be patient. This, too, shall pass."
The department learned of Manos' alleged misuse of the Fallen Officers' Fund on Jan. 20, when another member of the agency reported it, Farrar said. That same day, the allegations were forwarded to the department's internal affairs, which confirmed that, "There could be something there."
The allegations were forwarded to federal officials. On Sunday, they held an emergency meeting with Farrar.
On Wednesday, they arrested Manos on charges of embezzling more than $150,000 by allegedly creating a separate fund, and taking more than $120,000 of that and using it on, among other things, a Las Vegas junket.
Farrar knows the allegations are something that could rip at the fabric of the department, but he's been dealing with criminals for 24 years.
Just like any other case, "You take your emotional hat off," he said, adding that Manos' alleged actions wouldn't even have come to anyone's attention were it not for another officer who reported them.
"If these allegations are true," Farrar said, "I'm confident (Manos) will be held in breach of trust of his fellow officers, the families, but most importantly, the public who generously gave."


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******Visage is a 5000 word short story written from a conservative christian perspective and may be seen as offensive to some who are inclined toward abortion or radical feminism*****
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It was eight o'clock at night when Gwen pulled into her drive way. Her headlights reflected off the rain soaked walkway contrasting it with the dark void created by the stormy night. Gwen had just gotten off work a half hour ago after another late night at her firm. But she never really cared about that, in fact for Gwen the late nights at work were just about all there was for her. She lived alone in a large suburban community and kept mostly to herself, she hadn't had a boyfriend in nearly four months and after how the last relationship panned out she was hardly eager to start a new one. Gwen always appreciated time to herself, but after so long… the utter silence and the shiftless stagnant nature of her life began to wear on her. At first she had been able to convince herself that her lack of intimate friends and the distance she kept from her family ensured her independence; but as time moves on and pulls her along with it, she realizes more and more just how lonely her emancipation has made her. Gwen was an attractive women, but reclusive. She kept a cold distance between herself and the rest of the world, self-perpetuating her endless cycle of rejection and loneliness and paradoxically caused the hurt that her distant behavior was supposed to evade. This made it hard to maintain any substantial relationship. In an effort to dodge the harshness of her own reality Gwen began to throw herself into her work. To her, work was an escape, a chance to be depended on; a chance to be part of something bigger and hopefully make a real difference in this world. She had been working as a Discrimination Attorney for nearly five years, with her main area of expertise being women's rights; a field in which she had been very active in ever since she was capable of understanding the issues surrounding it. She liked to think that she was changing the world one case at a time and slowly raising women up from the shadow of man. She considered herself an activist and a visionary, though to many others she came across as a radical and pompous. But she let nothing hinder her vision; whenever she was accused of being an extremist she would turn it around on them or simply respond, "Perhaps an extreme injustice deserves an extreme response."
Her way of viewing things made her rather hard to get along with at times and for the most part she knew it. In addition to her distant nature, her militant attitude was largely to blame for most of her relationship failures. This wasn't something that she was proud of, but she always had problems trusting men; when Gwen was eight her father ran out on them, leaving her and her mother to fend for themselves. Her mother began working longer and longer hours at the local diner, but as the debt continued to pile up she turned to the bottle as her only source of comfort. Only eight years old, Gwen quickly came to realize that the only person she could truly depend on was herself. Starting with her father and carrying on into her personal life, all the men in her she encountered seemed to inevitably leave her, and a pattern started to emerge. Her distrust would lead to suspicion, suspicion led to accusations, accusations led to bickering, and bickering lead to her chasing away anyone who was willing to get close to her (or as she justified it, "Freeing herself from her chauvinistic oppressors.") It was that pattern of distance, coldness, and rejection that lead to her endless string of failed relationships and her deep seeded sense of dread at the thought of returning to the large secluded building she called a home.
Gwen slowly drew in a deep breathed and released it in a long lethargic sigh as she threw the car into park and removed the keys from the ignition. She just sat there in the car for a moment, listening to the sounds of the night, the pitter patter of rain on the metal roof, the lofty howl of the wind as it swept by in brief intermittent gusts, it was so surreal. She sat there in the dark, reflecting on her day, trying to stall the inevitable dash through the pelting rain to her lonesome, dreary house. She tapped on the dashboard and leaned her head against the steering wheel, then looking up and letting out another exasperated sigh she pulled her black angora dress coat up over her head, opened the door, and headed toward the house. Her high heels clapped against the cobble stone walk way as she walked as briskly as she dared toward the oversized domicile. Her porch lights casted long distorted shadows from the hedges and shone a distorted reflection of the lonely woman on the wet, uneven surface of the cobblestone walkway. The wind blew a slanting spurt of rain and Gwen picked up her pace. Moving too fast for her footwear on the wet textured surface of the stone, her heel snapped and brought her staggering to the ground. She caught herself with her left arm which was trickling a small stream of blood from a long but shallow scratch. She held herself there for a moment, looking at the her distorted likeness cast on the wet stone. The way it rippled and warped with the contours of the rock only added to the expression of sullen isolation that lingered on Gwen's face. Colors on her face blurred together in a swirling mixture of light peach, brown, and red like a masterpiece of some abstract artist. There was no form but there was meaning in it, a sort of bleak sadness and anguish. The wind howled once more carrying with it another pelting burst of rain and awakening Gwen from her melancholy dream. She picked herself up and walked awkwardly up the walk way and into her house.
Her home was grand by most standards. Large enough to comfortably house a large family the elegant Victorian style house modeled after works by Frank Furness featured three baths, four bedrooms, and a vast dining room which connect to the kitchen, a living room with a hearth which led into a rather warm and inviting parlor, the parlor hosted two curved stairwells that led up to the second floor where a long hallway connected the bedrooms, two of the baths, and at the far end a spacious personal study with walls lined top to bottom with books and a large bay window overlooking a small stream that ran through a tranquil patch of woods behind the secluded suburban house. The house itself was a work of art, large and impressive both inside and out, yet possessing a sort of rustic welcoming nostalgia. In fact that was one of the reasons Gwen hated it so much. Not only was its size a steady reminder of her horrible failures at romance and the steady ticking of her biological clock; but in many regards the house served as her exact antithesis. The mirthful and welcoming appearance of the house was a perfect contrast to its owner's isolation and coldness. It hadn't always been so abrasive to Gwen, when she had first bought it she was in a stable one year relationship. The house was an emblem of there hope for a bright future together. It was a place to settle down and start a family together. But the meaning of the house changed along with Gwen. That relationship took its toll on her, when it ended she was devastated. Then again it was to be expected, at that point the relationship had gone on for more than two years, longer than anything Gwen had ever sustained before. But he wanted her to be his. Sure he gave some story about how he wanted to be hers too, how they should be equals each belonging to each other. But Gwen knew such things were mere fantasy. She knew that what he really meant was that she was his. She wasn't about to let anyone claim possession of her, not then, not ever. She learned the hard way not to trust anyone, her childhood tempered her, it made her strong and well versed in the ways of the world. She wasn't about to let someone gain control over her. And so the cycle that Gwen had come to know all too well began again. They began to fight. Little things at first, but the more they bickered the clearer it became to her that he was trying to control the relationship, his objections and unwillingness to just go along with her confirmed in her mind that he was trying to imprison her. As the fighting increased in frequency it increased in intensity, and galvanized Gwen's convictions of independence and self-reliance. Gwen distanced herself from him, living as if a stranger in her own home. The fighting stopped. He tried to talk to her but she refused to acknowledge him, for her it was already over, broken beyond repair. He wanted someone he could control, someone to lead, and she was never going to be that person. Her life was her own and no one else's, she wasn't about to give up her independence to adopt the identity some man was trying to force upon her. She withdrew, became irresponsive to him, and shortly latter, he left. Now that house that was once a beacon of the bright future she hoped to have, changed into a bitter reminder of her misery and solitude.
Gwen kicked off her broken shoes and tossed her coat on the rack before walking over to the kitchen. She moved heavily over to the corner cupboard and leaned against the counter as she stretched out her short but slender body to grasp a can of Campbell's Soup from the back. She let out a deep yawn as she trudged over to the can opener. She punctured the can and placed it under the electric opener and then walked over to the kitchen table to retrieve the paper. As she stooped down to pick it up she heard a faint but shrill squealing, almost like the crying of an infant. She perked her head up and listened again, but the sound was persistent, a subtle but certain baby's cry. She let the paper drop fluttering down to the hardwood floor as she spun around to see where the sound was coming from. But there was nothing else in the room, just her alone as was so often the case. She straightened up and listened. The sound was still there, slowly she began to head towards the sound, it became louder and louder with each step, until suddenly it was right beside her. She slowly turned her head to the right and gave a chuckle of relief as she say the rusty gears of the can opener turning and turning. She unplugged the machine and the noise subsided. She laughed to herself at the thought of being rattled by something as trite as a rusty can opener, but ever since her procedure she had been rather on edge, she chalked the incident up to her medications gathered up the newspaper and carried on with her sumptuous meal of microwaved soup and stale saltines. She read the paper as she slowly slurped at her soup. Gwen had always found the paper to volley between depressing and infuriating, but it was such a part of her routine that she couldn't imagine not reading it. She finished up her meal and then trudged upstairs to prepare for bed. She was quite tired despite the fact that it was only going on nine o'clock. Since her procedure she had often felt a heavy emotional weariness which she also attributed that to the new medications she was prescribed. She walked into the bathroom and brushed her teeth, she looked in the mirror for any blemishes that threatened her lily white complexion, and finding none she wandered over to her bedroom to complete her nightly rituals.
Of all the rooms in the house the master bedroom was particularly insufferable in Gwen's sight. It was large and spacious, painted in a deep burgundy that added warmth to the room as well as a certain element of romance. A California King sat in the middle of the room, a bed far too large to be filled by just one person and it served to remind Gwen all the more of her loneliness. She ignored the bed and shuffled across the plush carpet of the bedroom floor over to her vanity. Her vanity sat atop a rustic white dresser painted in a manner that gave it the appearance of having been weathered, with strips of silvery grey that stood out from the canvas white and catches the light from above the mirror. She picked up her sterling brush and sat at her cushioned chair. She turned the brush over in her hands a few times then she gathered her hair over to the right shoulder and began to run the brush through her long, glimmering, auburn hair. This was the one thing she found pleasure in, it seemed that every stroke of the brush whisked away the worries of her life. As a child she remembered sitting in front of a mirror for hours just brushing her hair, and if she had the time or the energy she could still likely spend the better part of an hour just brushing her hair.
Once she was done she sat up strait and leaned forward staring into the mirror. She looked into the shimmering baby blue eyes of the visage before her, and the image gazed back. Gwen often did this, she took pride in her beauty, her slender and supple form, her flowing brown hair that cascaded down her neck coming to rest in subtle curls just below her shoulders, her rose red lips which stood out in vibrant contrast to her flawless lily white complexion, and delicate facial features; she reveled in every aspect of her breathtaking appearance, but there was always something about her eyes. Looking into her own eyes she felt as though she could see past all of the outer workings and fine features, and see into the inner her. Past the emotional facades she puts off for those at work and the hostile affronts she employs to distance lovers. In her own eyes she felt as though she might hope to catch a glance of who she truly was beneath the hurt and the sorrow that she felt and the coldness that she showed the world. She searched her eyes every night with hopes of finding that inner self, only to find nothing but the bitter emptiness that she had always known.
But not this night… This night there was something about the visage in the mirror. Something that Gwen had never seen before. She leaned back in the chair and blinked several times thinking it must have been some kind of illusion, a trick of her mind. However the image did not change. Gwen leaned forward and examined the mirror closely, knowing that what she saw could not be, but sure enough the image was weeping. Her eyes were puffy and red and tears streamed down her delicate rosy cheeks. Feeling a combination of shock and intrigue Gwen could do little more than stare at the figure in the mirror. Gwen saw in that woman something she had never been known to have, vulnerability. Gwen say in that image a sense of hurt the she had never allowed herself to experience, a hurt extending beyond the physical and emotional and reaching inward toward her very soul.
Gwen resituated herself in her chair and produced a delicate smile. She had finally caught a glimpse of who she truly was in that mirror, and she felt for the first time the joy of openness. Gwen chuckled a faint and dainty laugh and slowly reached up and brushed her cheek to wipe the tears from her face. Gwen's eyes widen as she pulls her hand back from her face. Her heart rate quickens and the placid bliss of vulnerability fled from her mind and body, as she came to realize the unsettling fact that her hand was bone dry.
Gwen looked at her dry hand turning it over in front of her trying in vain to catch some glimmer of water in the light. She looked at her hand and then back up at the woman weeping in the mirror. Startled, Gwen leapt from her seat and staggered backwards coming to rest on the floor leaned up against the baseboard of her bed. Still keeping close watch over her reflection in the mirror she rose back up to her feet. Much to her astonishment the woman crying in the mirror did not move. Gwen herself had bolted toward the bed, fallen, and gathered herself again; but the image stayed fixed. Its watery red eyes locked with Gwen's in an endless gaze. Gwen reached up and rubbed her eyes, but the image remained unchanged.
"This is impossible" Gwen said to herself
"This kind of thing doesn't happen in real life…. But yet, it is… how is this happening? Have I completely lost it? This can't really be happening…. I know… it's the meds, it has to be the meds. Between the medications and the stress, I'm just having some sort of bad trip. That's all there is to it, a bad hallucination…." She said out loud to herself gaining confidence as she came to her reassuring conclusion.
"Is that what I am to you anymore… a figment of your diseased mind? After so long searching for me night after night in your mirror, I finally appear and you deny me? It's as to be expected… after all Gwen you've been denying me your whole life." The visage called out from the mirror.
Gwen's eyes widened and face cringed with a combination of terror and bewilderment, but she didn't know how to react to the situation. Convinced that she had lost control of her senses she regained herself, closed her eyes and took three steps toward the vanity. With each slow and careful step she told herself "when I open my eyes it'll be gone." Upon her final step she lingered a few seconds; building up her confidence, convincing herself that mind over matter is all she needed, a calm, focused, rational mind would prevail and she'd find herself seeing noting but her own face. But as she opened her eyes the same teary eyed woman appeared remained the mirror. Gwen leaned backward in surprise and her mouth gaped open, she wanted to do something, anything, but she simply didn't know how to react. The image wasn't frightening insomuch as it was just outright unnatural. Have no idea what else she could do, and letting her intrigue override her sense of self-preservation, Gwen took up her seat at the vanity once more and gazed back into the mirror.
The auburn hair, the lush red lips, the lily white skin, hands seemingly folded outside the view of the mirror… the image was like her in every way, until she got to the eyes. It wasn't just the tears that made her stand out, but there was just something inherently different about them. Sure they were the same color, but looking into them Gwen saw hurt, regret, and weakness, that she had never allowed herself to show. But moreover she saw in those eyes a sense of purposeful resolve, an essence of meaning and ambition that was alien to her. It was an odd combination of will and despair, frailty and fortitude. Gwen had never seen anything like it, much less could she identify it in herself.
"Wh-what are you?" Gwen asked timidly
"I'm you Gwen. Or at least I was, you've ignored me for so long that you've forgotten who I am. I am not who you are Gwen, but rather who you should be. I was once in the forefront of your mind Gwen, but now I find myself staring into the eyes of a stranger." The visage replied gently
"Why do you appear now?" Gwen asked with a frantic sternness
"I appeared because you were looking. You were looking for yourself. You were looking for a way to fill the void that you have created in your life under the guise of strength. I appeared because you were looking for me.
You made yourself an empty shell. You gave up on living a good life, a purposeful life in favor of strength and some warped sense of righteous indignation. You are a husk, Gwen, a mere statue of a woman. You look real and have convinced yourself that you are, but you have no purpose, no meaning, you're as cold and hard as the marble from which you were crafted, you are nothing more than the likeness of a person.
You claim to be empowered but all you do is chase people away so that you won't get hurt. You are so far gone that now even the reflection you see in the mirror is of more substance than you." The woman replied.
"Who are you to call me a husk? You're not real! You're noting more than a picture of me! I have meaning, I have reason, haven't I fought inequity? Haven't I stood up for the good of the people? Haven't I given voice to the innocent? Who are you to convict me? You're only a reflection, a replica of the true form. Yet you act so high and mighty! What have I done that my conscious rebels against me?" Gwen screamed at the mirror.
"listen." The image said.
Gwen listened but heard only the howl of the wind and the scraping of branches. "Listen to what there's nothing but the wind!" She said forcefully
"Can't you hear it? Listen closer Gwen. I know you can hear it." The visage replied
Gwen sat quietly and listened for a second. The distant howl of the wind was like a soft whining that gained force with every gust, like the crying of an infant. As this dawned on Gwen suddenly that became all she could hear. The wind was no longer wind but the shrill palpitating wails of an infant. It burrowed into Gwen's head, reverberating around in her skull. She fell to the ground, clamping her hands over her ears and clenching her eyes shut. But it didn't stop the crying; in fact it only grew louder than before. Gwen screamed and writhed in agony as a slight trickle of blood seeped through her fingers from out her ears. Then silence, the wind ceased, and the wails faded into the stillness of the night. Gwen slowly opened her eyes and cautiously removed her wet, sticky hands from over her ears. She rose to her knees and looked around, taking in her surroundings, as if a familiar setting verified the reality of what was happening. Then she rose to her feet and returned her gaze to the mirror.
The Gwen in the mirror had changed again. Her hands were no longer folded out of view but now drawn up beneath her shoulders with something gingerly cradled in her arms. She was looking down at it with tears still pooling in her eyes. She delicately rocked the bundle of cloth ever and softly hummed a gentle lullaby. Gwen looked at the cloth and noticed it began changing color. A deep shade of crimson red had begun to slowly seeping through the plush white cloth. Then the woman in the mirror looked up at Gwen.
"You asked me what you had done…. Now tell me what you see?" The woman replied softly as she unraveled the cloth.
Gwen looked on in horror as the last layer of cloth was pulled away. In the woman's arms were the bloody mutilated remains of an infant. It was mangled almost beyond recognition little more than a minced pile of raw meat and organs. Blood soaked the cloth that it was wrapped in and tiny shoots of cartilage and bone protruded from the congealing dark red mass. But yet some features were recognizable, a small open hand extended out from the tattered heap of flesh reaching toward Gwen as if grasping in vain for its mother, and about two thirds of a little skull remained showing a shredded ear and part of a torn nose, with one large dark eye looking inquisitively at Gwen through the mirror.
Gwen lunges away from the mirror toppling her chair in the process. She bursts through the bedroom door and bolts out into the hall. She darts down the hallway as fast as her legs can carry her, in a desperate effort to put as much distance between herself and the ghastly visage in mirror as she possibly can. But it's of no use. Every picture frame, every window, every mirror she passes in the hall shows the horrible visage of her and her tattered baby both looking at her with judgment and disgust.
"Is this how you fight inequity?" asks the image in one picture frame
"Is this how you stand up for what's right?" asks the image in another frame
"Is this how you give voice to the innocent?" The visage inquires from a window
Gwen ran in a mad dash into the study and bolted the door behind her. Her heart pounding as if trying to burst from her chest and her breathing reduced to a labored wheeze she runs over to her desk picks up the phone, she dials 9-1-1 and lifts the phone to her ear. It begins to ring, then it cuts out all is quiet for a brief second, then the hellish, deafening cries of her baby come blaring through the phone. So shrill and sudden is the sudden burst of cries that it causes a fresh stream of blood to come cascading out of her right ear. She drops the phone and backs away from her desk. As she begins to back up towards the bolted door, a loub pounding begins and the Door starts to rattle and quake feverishly in its frame. She twists around and falls to the ground. Scuffling away from the door she comes to rest at the far side of the room where she cups her hands over her ears and curls up in a ball slowly rocking back and forth.
"Make it stop…." She cries, at first in a soft lofty whisper to herself. But as the pounding and shaking persists her whisper evolves into a desperate shouting at the top of her lungs, and she begins weeping openly. Then all went silent.
"I tried to make it stop Gwen." Her voice calls softly at first
"I was always there. No matter how hard you fought me, no matter how long you ignored and neglected me. I was there, screaming from inside of you while you destroyed yourself. I am you conscious, I am your hope and your despair, I am your weakness and your true strength. I tried to 'make it stop' Gwen, I tried with all that I am, but you wouldn't listen. You buried me down deep inside so that you do gratify yourself with meaningless relationships, with trivial lawsuits, with false ambition for some trite and contrived sense of self-worth and independence. You even went so far as to kill our baby! And you try to justify it to us by claiming it as the right of an emancipated and empowered woman! I watched in horror as you went through life, I fought you every step of the way, but you suppressed the truth I offered you! Now I will be heard! You can ignore me no longer! Gwen, it is not I who convicts you, but rather you have convicted yourself!
Look at the child I hold in my hands, this was to be our baby. He would've had hopes and dreams, he would've had a life of his own, but you took that from him. And not only from him but from us, we would've grown together, we would've learned how to love, how to be happy, we would've had meaning! But no you rejected it! You turned away true happiness, and an actual purpose… for what? Your own personal convenience? It's time you acknowledge what you've done Gwen. It's time you face your conscious!" The image cries out appearing in each of the twelve panels of the bay window directly above Gwen.
Gwen looks up at the images as it speaks and she shakes her head violently from side to side screaming at the top of her lungs "No… No… No" and clamping her hands over her ears. But it does no good, as the words reverberate within the confines of her mind. She clamps her eyes shut and begins to sob loudly and shake all over. Then she stops. She opens her eyes. She gazes at the twelve visages before her with a fiery look of hate and despair. She rises to her feet and glares at them in resentment. Then rushing forward she screams at the top of her lungs a primal guttural cry as she lunges at the figure in the bay window and comes crashing through center six panes, slitting her throat on the shattered glass and falling in a twisted heap to the cold wet ground below. There she lay dying in a tangled heap at the base of the stream, blood spurting out of her long dainty neck, her once beautiful face tattered and studded with shimmering shards that serve as mementos of her final act of independence, her blue eyes dilated and widened fixed on the stream before her. In her last moments of consciousness, she stares steadily into the stream, unable to move, unable to breathe. She gazes at the visage in the water. Staring back at her is what she had made of her true self, finally showing itself to her as the sorrowful, hopeless, decrepit creature she had truly become.


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OXNARD, Calif., — Brandon Carr scoffs at the idea of feeling pressure after agreeing to a five-year, $50.1 million contract in the offseason with the Dallas Cowboys.
"I've been playing this game since the fourth grade. I'm just going to continue doing the same thing I've been doing — turn my game up to the next level," Carr said. "I love playing this game"
The fifth-year cornerback was signed to be a centerpiece in coach Rob Ryan's pressure defense, a scheme that is predicated on having corners capable of playing a physical style that gives the front seven enough time to get to the quarterback.
Based on his first four years in the league, all with the Kansas City Chiefs, Carr appears to be a perfect fit for Ryan's scheme.
At 6-foot-0, 210 pounds, Carr is physical enough to disrupt receivers at the line of scrimmage. He's equally talented as a cover corner, having accumulated 60 pass breakups and eight interceptions in his career.
He's also extremely durable, having started 64 straight games, the second longest streak among cornerbacks in the league.
Carr grew up dreaming of being a Cowboy.
"I am having the time of my life," Carr said. "I've got my name on the back of the jersey. I've got the star on my helmet.
"It's the team I grew up idolizing and hoping and praying I would play for. Now I'm here, I have to take advantage of the situation."
Ryan is glad Carr is in his corner now.
"If you can have corners who can press and be successful doing that and not commit penalties, not give up first downs, absolutely (you can blitz more)," Ryan said. "Everybody in the league strives to have that. ... With Carr and (Morris) Claiborne, we feel we have those guys."
Carr is glad to be part of Ryan's aggressive defense.
"I like to go up there and challenge the receiver, so each play I put my hands on them," Carr said. "We have a tremendous front seven that gets pressure on the quarterback pretty much every down. The philosophy is just keep it simple and to play fast."
Secondary coach Jerome Henderson said Carr is the prototypical press corner.
"He's a big, strong, physical man," Henderson said. "He's aggressive. He's tough."
Besides his physical gifts, Carr is a student of the game, spending hours in the film room studying opponents.
Now in a new conference and division, Carr is doing extra homework on the Cowboys' chief rivals in the NFC East.
"Each team — the Redskins, the Eagles, the Giants — have talented, explosive receivers," Carr said. "It's going to be a challenge for us each week we play those guys. But I am here; I am ready to work."
As a rookie Carr played alongside Pro Bowl cornerback Patrick Surtain, who showed him some of the finer points of the position.
Carr now has the chance to mentor Claiborne, the team's top draft pick who is expected to be the other starting cornerback when the season opens on Sept. 5 against the Giants.
"I'm always there for him to answer any questions and lean on," Carr said. "The same thing he brought to the table in college, he is going to turn it up a notch.
"He's going to learn by experience. He's just eager to learn more things and to absorb as much as you can. That's all you can ask about a rookie."
Carr is still developing a bond with Clairborne, and all his new teammates.
"That's why training camp is about — establishing camaraderie and chemistry and things like that," Carr said. "I'm still learning the guys, but at the same time I feel like I am at home."
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Liz Pease, director of operations at the center, said there were five or six 40-pound bags of wood pellets, which are used as kitty litter, stored in the shelter's unlocked shed behind the main building over the weekend. When the staff returned Monday, they discovered the bags were gone.
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"I'm sure it obviously has some value to people," Pease said. "(But) it bummed us out a little bit that they'd steal from the kitties."
Immediately after the theft, volunteers stopped by with donations and bags of kitty litter allowing, the center to make it through Monday without any accidents. When every penny counts at the not-for-profit shelter, the generosity of the community meant a great deal, Pease said.
In the wake of the theft, Pease said a lock will be placed on the shed and placing surveillance cameras around the property is a possibility.
The no-kill shelter, which first launched in Newburyport before establishing its headquarters in Salisbury, has cared and found homes for hundreds of cats each year. The privately funded organization takes in between 600 and 800 cats a year and averages between 40 and 75 adoptions a month. Its core full-time staff of five is augmented by hundreds of volunteers. The shelter typically spends $400 on each cat, with adoption fees ranging between $125 and $200, offsetting some of the costs, including kitty litter.


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The Cavill Family from Australia was inducted as Honour Swimmers in 1967 in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame and in the International Swimming Hall of Fame. The Cavill Family consists of two generations of six colorful champion swimmers (1897 – 1938) who promoted swimming and set national and regional records including Frederick Cavill, Ernest Cavill, Charles Cavill, Percy Cavill, Arthur Cavill, Sydney Cavill and Dick Cavill.
Sydney Cavill (1881–1945) was the son of the Swimming professor Frederick Cavill and 220 yards amateur champion of Australia at the age of 16. He is credited as the originator of the butterfly stroke. He followed his famous brothers to America and coached notable swimmers at San Francisco's Olympic Club.
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