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Patch by Gerd Moellmann to turn old-style into new-style eval-when's in the PCL code base.
Huge patch by Gerd Moellmann that removes PCL::ITERATE and PCL::GATHER* in favor of normal CL constructs. In a similar vein to SBCL, this patch also replaces all uses of #'(lambda ...) by just (lambda ...), and removes now-dated looking quotes in front of self-evaluating objects, like keywords and t/nil. The patch has been slightly frobbed by me, to correct a couple of slight oversights, and make more effective use of the loop facility in a number of places.
This revision turns on INFORM-TYPE-SYSTEM-ABOUT-STD-CLASS which represses compiler warnings about undefined class when compiling defmethods in the same file as the defclass forms. It does this by calling (lisp:make-class :name class-name) which creates a minimal entry such that lisp:find-class will return non-nil. The class entry is filled out at load time. A consequence of this is that until load time, any attempt to treat that minimal class as valid will fail, probably because lisp:class-layout => NIL. This doesn't seem a problem in current practice.
Change toplevel PROCLAIMs to DECLAIMs.
Disable new code in inform-type-system-about-std-class which seems to trigger trouble when native compiling defcombin.lisp
The stream class should have kernel:instance as its superclass.
These changes remove some obsolete and unused type system interface codes, and introduces code to "inform-type-system-about-std-class". The effect of this new code is to put minimal class definitions into the compile-time environment to prevent undefined-type warnings. These definitions are replaced with the correct class defs at load-time.
Remove all #+ and #- conditionals from the source code. What is left is essentially Common Lisp except for explicit references to things in CMUCL specific packages.
Further cleanup of the code now that the :SETF feature is assumed standard.
Cleanup of the PCL directory. Removed files and conditional code for long dead lisp implementations. Some parts of the code is now a bit easier to read and (hopefully) understand.
Rework the PCL class hierarchy to better match the disjoint instance and funcallable-instance types within CMUCL. Add the new class funcallable-standard-object, and the new class std-object as a superclass of both standard-object and funcallable-standard-object. Generic-functions are now funcallable-standard-objects implemented as FINs and disjoint from standard-objects which are implemented as instances in CMUCL, fixing some problems in the type system. This change moves the PCL implementation away from the MOP specification which requires that generic-functions be standard-objects. However ANSI CL does not require generic functions to be standard-objects and the MOP author Gregor Kiczales suggests it is appropriate for generic functions to be disjoint from standard-objects.
Port the defconstructor code to CMUCL.
Gray streams support: * Rename the 'stream structure class to sys:lisp-stream. * Add a new none hierarchical 'stream built-in class which inherits from: instance, t. * Hack in the new stream class as a mixin for the structure base lisp-stream class which now inherits from: stream, structure-object, instance, t. * Add a new 'fundamental-stream standard-class which includes 'stream as a mixin, and add PCL hacks to allow this to be redefined after PCL is loaded to be (defclass fundamental-stream (standard-object stream) ...). * Add appropriate support to the base stream functions to dispatch to the Gray stream functions for the handling of fundamental-streams. Some of the lisp-streams encapsulating CLOS streams still need a little work.
This commit brings the PCL repository up to release 17f and also includes the changes in the X86 1.03.7 kit. Although the 1.03.7 changes were already in the repository, the other files appear to be of early vintage and do not work with a 17f system. Hopefully all is correctly synched now.
Changed definition of *subtypep to speed up method definition using code provided by Richard Harris.
September-16-92-PCL-e has been incorporated into the CMUCL sources thanks to Rick Harris.
This is September 92 PCL.
This is July 92 PCL
This is March-92-PCL-2a.
Un-commented-out an unused function, to be like the distribution.
Merged with latest PCL version.
Changed stuff to know that we have setf functions.
Workaround bug in our compiler.
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NEW YORK ( MainStreet) Dreaming of making millions of dollars by getting in on the ground floor of the marijuana movement? Securing a dispensary license would be the first step.
"People are calling to check us out and walking in to ask how they can work with us in launching their own dispensary," said Linda Andrews, owner of a medical and recreational dispensary in Denver. "There was a man here today from Norway doing his research."
Because federal laws prevent Andrews from forming partnerships with curious, out of state residents, she tells them to focus on getting a license in their home state or country.
"If you're from a state where marijuana is not yet legal, position yourself now so that you get in on the ground floor when it does become legal," Andrews told MainStreet.
Having launched one of the first medical dispensaries in 2009 called Lodo Wellness Center, Andrews is an expert on the process of launching a dispensary and advises interested parties to expect a lot of red tape and to be patient.
"It's like applying for a liquor license," Andrews said. "You can't have issues with the IRS or a criminal history. There's a background check, lots of paperwork and it's time consuming."
Despite the challenges inherent in launching a dispensary business, Andrews has no regrets.
"I had no idea it would be this big," she said. "Pretty soon marijuana dispensaries will be like having a liquor store on every corner. We've had a ten fold increase in business in that last 15 days on the recreational side of sales. The downside is operating a business that the federal government doesn't approve of."
Medical dispensaries pay 7.12% in city and sales tax and recreational dispensary businesses pay a 21% tax plus a 15% excise tax in Colorado.
"We pay a very high tax rate and we were audited by the IRS," Andrews said. "The government takes a lot of money from us."
The legalization of marijuana has followed a similar trajectory as the Gold Rush of 1849, which started in California and continued to Colorado in 1859. It produced a temporary but dramatic influx of immigrants into the Pike's Peak Country of the Southern Rocky Mountains. The difference with the legalization of marijuana in Colorado is that only state residents are permitted to hold dispensary licenses while panning for gold was largely a free for all.
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The Bobcats waived Gordon on Sunday, preventing him from appearing in the postseason should he sign with another team. While they may have alienated his agent – not a trifle thing in the business world of the NBA – two things should be pointed out.
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This is in response to Shellie's question about biscuits from some time ago.
"I need assistance. When my Gram made biscuits, they were like a food group. She could even shove a hunk of cheddar into the biscuit, bake it, and it would melt in your mouth. I have experimented and worked at this, and mine are still wimpy. Suggestions?'
I struggled with this for a long time myself. Two or three things make a real difference, one especially so.
In the first place, I sift my ingredients together. This seemed to make a difference when I went to it some time ago. Admittedly, I haven't revisited it for a couple of years.
The next thing that I am positive makes a difference is to make sure the dough is wet enough. Without enough moisture, the baking powder can't work.
The last, biggest thing is central to all biscuit making. Every recipe cautions not to over-knead the dough. Over-kneading builds too much gluten. The dough can't relax and rise. Having made obviously flat biscuits, assuming I over-kneaded, I went to great lengths to barely keep the dough together. I found the opposite can also be true. Under-kneading leads to inadequate gluten formation and the gas from the baking powder escapes.
I did happen to have rice flour around, which has no gluten. I added 25% rice flour into the all-purpose unbleached white flour (locally grown and processed). The rice flour drops the gluten content. Everyone who makes whole wheat bread knows this effect. I repeated the same technique with whole wheat flour, 25%. Doing this it is almost impossible to overwork the dough. I actually found that when I re-roll the scraps, they actually bake up just as high, if not higher, than the first cut biscuits.
My goal was to train myself to recognize the right texture when working with 100% all-purpose flour, but the whole wheat biscuits are so much healthier, I've just stuck with those.
I am afraid I am pretty bad at capturing recipes - I mostly work from memory, but below is the recipe I typically use, or would use if I went in the kitchen right now:
1/2 cup whole wheat flour
1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1 Tbsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
1/2 cup butter
3/4 cup milk
1 tsp lemon juice
Preheat oven to 450F
Add the lemon juice to the milk and give a quick stir
Sift together the whole wheat flour, all-purpose flour, baking powder, and salt.
Cut the butter into 1/2 Tbsp pieces and add to the dry mix. Knead or cut in the butter until uniformly distributed.
Add the milk, thickened with lemon juice (buttermilk works, too). Stir together until a wet dough forms. The dough will hydrate slowly, so you don't really need to add much more flour. Knead the dough together.
Turn onto a well floured surface. Pat flat with hands until about 1/2 an inch thick. I've found a long strip actually maximizes the number of biscuits I get on the first cut.
Cut out biscuits and place onto parchment paper on a baking sheet. I usually brush the tops with milk to get right of the extra flour.
Bake for 15 to 17 minutes.
I'd love to hear if this works for anyone else. Let me know!
Appleblossom - This looks like the same recipe I shared 2 weeks ago from Laura Calder (French Food at Home) on cooking channel TV. I found that by forcing the proof and not allowing patience that the bread loses some of its quality.
Easiest no-knead bread recipe ever!
3 cups flour
1 1/2 tsp kosher salt
1/2 rapid rise yeast
1 1/2 cup water
Whisk flour, salt and yeast together. Add the water and mix together till the dough looks like a "shaggy mess". Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and let rise at room temp for 12-18 hours. Heat stove to 450 and pre heat your cast iron pot for 30 minutes. During the pre-heating of your pot, place your dough on a well floured surface and shape into a ball. Once shaped place the plastic wrap from the original bowl over it and let sit till the pot is done preheating. Once the pot is ready, place the dough ball in it and place cover on top (use pot holders, who would have though that cast iron is hot at 450! i swear sometimes i wonder...) Bake for 30 minutes at 450 and once it is done, place on an area that won't be affected by heat and take off lid.
It has the consistency of an english muffin, it is soooooo yummy!
I have tweeked it a bit by force proofing it in the oven for 8 hours at 175 degrees (till it rises 2x the size) and added milled flax seed to it. The bread had a denser, less airy consistency which is more of what i like in a bread.
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TOTAL TIME: 15 hr 10 min
Prep:10 min
Inactive Prep:14 hr
Cook:1 hr
YIELD:1 boule
Mix the flour, salt and yeast in a bowl. Stir in 1 1/2 cups/375 ml water to blend. What you'll have is a wet, shaggy, sticky dough, but not so wet as to be batter. Cover the bowl with a tea towel and let it rest in a warm place for at least 12 hours, and up to 24 hours. It's ready for the next step when the surface is dotted with bubbles.
Flour a work surface and dump the dough out onto it. Sprinkle over a little more flour and fold it once or twice. Cover with the tea towel and let rest 15 minutes.
Using only enough flour to keep the dough from sticking to your fingers, shape the dough into a ball. Coat a cotton towel with cornmeal, wheat bran or flour and lay the dough on it, seam-side down. Dust with more cornmeal, wheat bran or flour. (You need quite a lot because you want to be sure the dough doesn't stick to the towel). Cover and let rise for about 2 hours. When ready, the dough will be more than double in size.
Half an hour before the dough is ready, preheat the oven to 450 degrees F/230 degrees C. Put a 2-liter cast-iron pot or Dutch oven (cocotte) inside to heat.
When the dough is ready, remove the pot from the oven and turn the dough into it, seam-side up. (It will look messy, but this is OK.) Shake the pot to settle the bread evenly. Cover with the lid and bake for 30 minutes. Remove the lid and bake until the loaf is nicely browned, another 15 to 30 minutes. Cool on a rack.
Thanks Ryan I go to king arthur site for recipes also - they have such good ones.
Pretty easy recipe:
3 cups flour
1/2 cup of whole milk
1/2 cup of warm water (some used for yeast proof)
4 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons sugar
1 1/4 teaspoons salt
1 packet Red Star Quick Rise Yeast
Baked at 350° for 30-35 mins
I will say baking a simple bread is a lot easier than thought.
Hey Ryan - Lookin Good! have you posted the recipe anywhere?
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Perennial, shrub, tree
Stem: bark often peeling distinctively
Leaves simple, generally cauline, alternate, opposite, rarely whorled, evergreen or deciduous, often leathery, petioled or not; stipules 0
Inflorescence: raceme, panicle, cyme, or flowers solitary, generally bracted; pedicels often with 2 bractlets
Flower generally bisexual, generally radial; sepals generally 45, generally free; petals generally 45, free or fused; stamens 810, free, filaments rarely appendaged, anthers awned or not, dehiscent by pores or slits; nectary generally at ovary base, disk-like; ovary superior or inferior, chambers generally 15, placentas axile or parietal, ovules 1many per chamber, style 1, stigma head- to funnel-like or lobed
Fruit: capsule, drupe, berry
Seeds generally many, sometimes winged
Genera in family: ± 100 genera, 3000 species: generally worldwide except deserts; some cultivated, especially Arbutus, Arctostaphylos, Rhododendron, Vaccinium
Reference: [Wallace 1975 Wasmann J Biol 33:188; 1975 Bot Not 128:286298]
Subfamilies Monotropoideae, Pyroloideae, Vaccinioideae sometimes treated as families. Nongreen plants obtain nutrition from green plants through fungal intermediates.
Shrub, small tree, generally hairy to glandular, densely, rigidly branched, burled
Stem: bark often shredding
Leaves alternate, evergreen, leathery, entire or serrate
Inflorescence: raceme or panicle, bracted; bractlets 2
Flower: sepals (4)5, fused, lobes > tube; petals (4)5, fused, urn-shaped; stamens (8)10, anthers dehiscent by short separate slits, awned; ovary superior, chambers 46, placentas pendent, axile
Fruit: drupe, juicy, papillate, red or black; stones 46, fused into a unit
Seeds 1 per stone
Species in genus: 10 species: subtropical, tropical Am
Etymology: (Greek: arbutus cluster, from strawberry-tree-like fruits)
Stem erect, < 5 m; twigs gray-tomentose; bark shredding
Leaf obovate, entire or serrate
Inflorescence: raceme, generally gray-tomentose; bracts < 710 mm, lance-linear to oblong-ovate
Flower: sepals lanceolate or narrowly triangular
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Ecology: Chaparral
Elevation: 100550 m.
Bioregional distribution: South Coast, Channel Islands, Western Transverse Ranges, Peninsular Ranges
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So after all is said and done 11 hatchlings + 4 Ameracaunas - the Brahma Mama is busy raising all 13 of the chicks.
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More Evidence of Increased Fractures With ThiazolidinedionesPosted: Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Further evidence that long-term use of the thiazolidinediones rosiglitazone and pioglitazone may increase risk of fractures (particularly of the hip and wrist) has come from a new case-control study.
They note that patients with type 2 diabetes have higher bone density than normal and thus might be expected to be at lower risk for fracture, but studies have actually suggested an increased risk of fragility fractures, predominantly at nonvertebral sites, independent of age, body-mass index, and bone density for such patients, suggesting that this might be related to other factors, such as diabetic complications, risk of falls, and, potentially, antidiabetic medication use.
Noting that the insulin-sensitizing thiazolidinediones are a relatively new class of oral antidiabetic agents that have gained wide use, with pioglitazone and rosiglitazone accounting for 21% of the oral antidiabetic drugs prescribed in the US, Meier et al cite studies suggesting that these drugs may exert unfavorable effects on bone, resulting in reduced osteoblastic bone formation and accelerated bone loss. They report that both rosiglitazone and pioglitazone have been associated with an increased fracture risk, but it remains unclear whether their use is associated with peripheral fracture sites only and whether this effect is sex specific. They thus conducted a large population-based study to explore the association between thiazolidinedione use and use of other oral antidiabetic drugs and the risk of fractures in women and men aged 30 to 89 years.
For their case-control study, the authors identified 1020 patients aged 30 to 89 years with an incident fracture diagnosis between January 1994 and December 2005 (cases) and 3728 control subjects matched for age, sex, calendar time, and general practice attended. They then calculated the odds ratios (ORs) of having a fracture associated with the use of rosiglitazone, pioglitazone, other oral antidiabetic agents, or insulin.
Results showed that after adjustment for age, body-mass index, other antidiabetic drugs, comedication, and comorbidities, patients who had eight or more thiazolidinedione prescriptions (corresponding to approximately 12 to 18 months of therapy) had a two- to threefold increased risk of hip and nonvertebral osteoporotic fractures compared with subjects who had never used these drugs.
Odds ratio for fractures with eight or more thiazolidinedione prescriptions
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The association was independent of patient age and sex and tended to increase with thiazolidinedione dose. No materially altered relative fracture risk was found in association with the use of other oral antidiabetic drugs.
Meier et al say this study provides further evidence that current use of rosiglitazone and pioglitazone in women and men with type 2 diabetes may be associated with increased risk of hip and nonvertebral osteoporotic fractures. The numbers of vertebral and rib fractures were too low for a meaningful assessment of fracture risk in relation to thiazolidinedione use.
They note that previous trials have suggested that a deleterious effect of thiazolidinediones on bones may be restricted to women, but in this study an increased fracture risk was also seen in men, a finding that correlates with the observation that accelerated bone loss has been observed in postmenopausal women and older men treated with these agents.
Both diabetes mellitus and osteoporotic fractures are highly prevalent conditions.
Thiazolidinediones, a class of orally administered hypoglycemic agents, may adversely affect the skeleton by decreasing osteoblastic bone formation and accelerating bone loss.
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Source: Diabetes In Control: The study, published in the April 28, 2008, issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine, was conducted by a team led by Dr Christoph Meier (University Hospital Basel, Switzerland).
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Does Vitamin D Play a Role in Glycemic Status?Posted: Wednesday, April 25, 2007
Vitamin D does not seem to be associated with glycemic control in subjects with diabetes mellitus, according to findings presented at the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists 16th Annual Meeting and Clinical Congress (AACE).
In a poster session on April 12th Jayalakshmi Udayasankar, MBBS, endocrine fellow, division of medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States noted that there are conflicting results among the few studies that have looked into the effect of vitamin D replacement on glycemic control in type 2 diabetes.
The researchers examined serum 25-(OH)D and plasma hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) levels in 24 patients with type 1 diabetes and 29 with type 2 diabetes between May and October of 2006. Those whose 25-(OH)D were lower than 30 ng/mL were given 1200 IU of vitamin D each day.
Eighty-six percent (46/53) had insufficient levels of 25-(OH)D during the initial visit. The researchers found a negative correlation between age and 25-(OH)D levels (P = .04). No correlation was observed between 25-(OH)D and HbA1c (P = .55), and a sub-analysis separating the type 1 and type 2 subjects also did not show correlation (P = .83 and P = .28, respectively).
There were no correlations between 25-(OH)D and HbA1c levels in the low, middle or high tertiles of the initial 25-(OH)D level (P = .46, P = .06 and P = .22 respectively).
Nineteen percent (9/46) of participants who received vitamin D replacement therapy had follow-up measures of both 25-(OH)D and HbA1c during the study. All of these patients had 25-(OH)D levels greater than 30 ng/mL.
No significant correlation was found between the change in 25-(OH)D and HbA1c after vitamin D replacement.
A key finding is that the team did not see any significant correlation between vitamin D status and glycemic control even after separating the data for type 1 diabetes and type 2 diabetes. Notably, increasing vitamin D levels did not show a trend toward improved glycemic control.
The researchers noted that their findings may be limited by the small number of participants with follow up data, as do not account for the influence of subject characteristics known to impact glycemic control.
Though vitamin D did not seem to be associated with glycemic control in subjects in this study, Udayasankar noted there is room for more research. "Ours was a small study. What's needed are more prospective controlled trials on vitamin D in diabetes," she said. "Vitamin D is a public health measure that could have a lot of impact."
Source: Diabetes In Control: AACE Presentation title: Does Vitamin D Status Correlate With Glycaemic Status in Diabetic Subjects? Abstract 326
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By SUZANNE GAMBOA and MONIKA MATHUR Associated Press December 24, 2012 4:26PM
FILE - This Dec. 16, 2012 file photo shows President Barack Obama pausing during a speech at an interfaith vigil for the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, at Newtown High School in Newtown, Conn. A review of 2012 media reports by The Associated Press found at least 61 gun-related deaths of American children 12 or younger, not including the children slain at Sandy Hook school. They died in small batches, one or two at a time, in cities, suburbs, small towns, on Indian reservations and, frequently, at home or with parents nearby. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci, File)
A sampling of child firearms deaths in 2012
A sample of deaths by gunfire this year of children age 12 and under based on an Associated Press review of media reports:
Jan. 23 — Jaymee M. Steward, 7, is accidentally shot in the head while he and his brothers, ages 4 and 13, play in a bedroom of the family home in Morristown, Tenn., with a .22-caliber gun they mistake for a toy. Jaymee dies three days later.
Feb. 20 — Delric Miller, 9 months, is struck by gunfire when an attacker sprays the Detroit home he is in with an AK-47. Authorities say the gunfire is gang-related.
March 10 — Jenna Carlile, 7, is shot while in the family van with her 3-year-old brother, who grabbed the .38-caliber revolver left in the car by their father, a police officer off duty at the time. The children were left alone in the van in Stanwood, Wash. Jenna dies the next day.
March 18 — Aliyah Shell, 6, is struck in the stomach by gunfire outside her Chicago home when a shooter opens fire from a pickup. She dies that evening.
June 2 — Matthew Butwin, 7, is found with his parents and two teenage siblings in the Arizona desert in an SUV. Their bodies are burned but officials later confirm the children and mother were shot by their father, who then killed himself.
June 4 — Angel Mauro Cortez Nava, 14 months, is shot by a teenager who rides by on a bicycle and opens fire on the boy's father, who is standing on a sidewalk and cradling the infant near his Los Angeles home.
Aug. 5 — Mikhese Hood, 12, is accidentally shot in the neck by his 16-year-old brother when the gun the teen was trying to uncock went off at their Birmingham, Ala., home.
Oct. 20 — A 4-year-old boy is killed by a neighbor who sprays bullets at the boy's family's home in Inglewood, Calif. The boy's father is also shot while shielding his son and two other young children, who survived. The neighbor then kills himself. The boy's name is not released.
Dec. 15 — Aydan Perea, 4, is shot when two men stop behind the car he is sitting in with two other men in Kansas City, Mo., and open fire. Police say Aydan is the victim of a gang dispute.
WASHINGTON — Before 20 first-graders were massacred at school by a gunman in Newtown, Conn., first-grader Luke Schuster, 6, was shot to death in New Town, N.D. Six-year-olds John Devine Jr. and Jayden Thompson were similarly killed in Kentucky and Texas.
Veronica Moser-Sullivan, 6, died in a mass shooting at a movie theater in Aurora, Colo., while 6-year-old Kammia Perry was slain by her father outside her Cleveland home, according to an Associated Press review of 2012 media reports.
Yet there was no gunman on the loose when Julio Segura-McIntosh died in Tacoma, Wash. The 3-year-old accidentally shot himself in the head while playing with a gun he found inside a car.
As he mourned with the families of Newtown, President Barack Obama said the nation cannot accept such violent deaths of children as routine. But hundreds of young child deaths by gunfire — whether intentional or accidental — suggest it might already have.
Between 2006 and 2010, 561 children age 12 and under were killed by firearms, according to the FBI's most recent Uniform Crime Reports. The numbers each year are consistent: 120 in 2006; 115 in 2007; 116 in 2008, 114 in 2009 and 96 in 2010. The FBI's count does not include gun-related child deaths that authorities have ruled accidental.
"This happens on way too regular a basis and it affects families and communities — not at once, so we don't see it and we don't understand it as part of our national experience," said Daniel Webster, director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Policy and Research.
The true number of small children who died by gunfire in 2012 won't be known for a couple of years, when official reports are collected and dumped into a database and analyzed. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention expects to release its 2011 count in the spring.
In response to what happened in Newtown, the National Rifle Association, the nation's largest gun lobby, suggested shielding children from gun violence by putting an armed police officer in every school by the time classes resume in January.
"Politicians pass laws for gun-free school zones ... They post signs advertising them and in doing so they tell every insane killer in America that schools are the safest place to inflict maximum mayhem with minimum risk," said NRA executive vice president Wayne LaPierre.
Webster said children are more likely to die by gunfire at home or in the street. They tend to be safer when they are in school, he said.
None of the 61 deaths reviewed by The Associated Press happened at school.
Children die by many other methods as well: violent stabbings or throat slashings, drowning, beating and strangulation. But the gruesome recounts of gun deaths, sometimes just a few paragraphs in a newspaper or on a website, a few minutes on television or radio, bear witness that firearms too, are cutting short many youngsters' lives.
One week before the Newtown slayings, Alyssa Celaya, 8, bled to death after being shot by her father with a .38-caliber gun at the Tule River Indian Reservation in California. Her grandmother and two brothers also were killed, a younger sister and brother were shot and wounded. The father shot and killed himself amid a hail of gunfire from officers.
Delric Miller's life ended at 9 months and Angel Mauro Cortez Nava's at 14 months.
Delric was in the living room of a home on Detroit's west side Feb. 20 when someone sprayed it with gunfire from an AK-47. Other children in the home at the time were not injured.
Angel was cradled in his father's arms on a sidewalk near their home in Los Angeles when a bicyclist rode by on June 4 and opened fire, killing the infant.
Most media reports don't include information on the type of gun used, sometimes because police withhold it for investigation purposes.
Gun violence and the toll it is taking on children has been an issue raised for years in minority communities.
The NAACP failed in its attempt to hold gun makers accountable through a lawsuit filed in 1999. Some in the community raised the issue during the campaign and asked Obama after he was re-elected to make reducing gun violence, particularly as a cause of death for young children, part of his second-term agenda.
"Now that it's clear that no community in this country is invulnerable from gun violence, from its children being stolen ... we can finally have the national conversation we all need to have," said Ben Jealous, president of the NAACP.
This year's gun deaths reviewed by the AP show the problem is not confined to the inner city or is simply the result of gang or drug violence, as often is the perception.
Faith Ehlen, 22 months, Autumn Cochran, 10, and Alyssa Cochran, 11, all died Sept. 6. Their mother killed them with the shotgun before turning it on herself. Police said she had written a goodbye email to her boyfriend before killing the children in DeSoto, Mo., a community of about 6,300.
In Dundee, Ore., Randall Engels used a gun to kill his estranged wife Amy Engels and son Jackson, 11, as they ate pizza on the Fourth of July. An older sibling of Jackson's also was killed. Engels then committed suicide. The town of more than 5,000 people boasts on its website that it is a semirural town with "the cultural panache of a big city."
Many of the children who died in 2012 were shot with guns that belonged to their parents, relatives or baby sitters, or were simply in the home. Webster said children's accidental deaths by guns have fallen since states passed laws requiring that guns be locked away from youths or have safeties to keep them from firing.
But even people trained in gun use slip up — and the mistakes are costly.
A Springville, Utah, police officer had a non-service gun in his home that officials said did not have external safeties. His 2-year-old son found the gun and shot himself on Sept. 11. The names of the father and son were not released at the time of the shooting.
Obama has tapped Vice President Joe Biden to shape the administration's response to the Newtown massacre. The administration will push to tighten gun laws, many that have faced resistance in Congress for years. The solutions may include reinstating a ban on assault-style rifles, closing gun buying background check loopholes and restricting high-capacity magazines.
Those may have limited effect for children like Amari Markel-Purrel Perkins, of Clinton, Md. He shot himself in the chest on April 9 with a gun that an adult had stashed inside a Spiderman backpack.
Like most of the child victims at Newtown, Amari was 6.
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From the October 2, 2012 edition of the Oak Lawn Patch.com: "The Salute to Our Armed Forces" event drew more than 300 veterans to the Double Tree Hotel in Alsip. The event was held to honor Cook County service men and women. They rose in unison, more than 300 retired members of the Armed Forces, gathered to remember, to honor their fallen friends and their own more...


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Get behind the wheel of spectacular car in this fast and furious Rally Thrill experience. You'll taste what it's like to be a professional rally driver as you head out onto a purpose-built track for an unforgettable drive.
Choose from a wide selection of locations for this experience as you learn from a qualified driving instructor how to handle a rally car with precision steering and maximum fun. Take the wheel and head out onto the track for a series of exercises, such as under and over-steer techniques, skid control, and brake control. You'll rarely be driving in a straight line in this exhilarating drive of a lifetime. At the end of your drive, you'll receive a commemorative certificate – the perfect memento to a thrilling experience.
On arrival at the centre, you'll be greeted by your qualified driving instructor and given a briefing including safety procedures and instructions on driving techniques.
Once you have been fully briefed, it's your turn to step into the driver's seat and take control of a rally car. This is your chance to put in the practice everything you have learnt as you whizz around the track on an exciting drive you'll never forget. The exact duration and content of your drive will vary according to location but you can expect 10 to 15 minutes of power slides, wheel spins and more in this rally drive of a lifetime.
At the end of your session, you will be presented with a certificate to take away with you – the perfect memento of your unforgettable experience.
This experience is available on selected dates throughout the year which vary according to location. Please contact your chosen centre when booking for updated availability.
We recommend you book at least six weeks in advance to ensure that dates are available. This is only a guideline and we advise you to book as early as possible to ensure that dates are available before the expiry date listed on your voucher. All bookings are subject to availability.
At most locations please allow approximately 45 minutes to 1 hour 45 minutes on site for the whole experience. At Seighford please allow up to three hours.
Actual driving time will vary according to location but will be between 10 to 15 minutes.
Spectators are usually welcome, however at some venues there may be small charge. Please check with your chosen centre at the time of booking for more information.
Facilities vary according to location but there are usually refreshments available on site.
At the Oxfordshire location all children under the age of 11 must be accompanied at all times by a non-participating adult. At the Brackley location all under 14s must be accompanied by a non-participating adult.
Catering facilities are available on-site at an extra cost.
Your experience will take place on either a tarmac or mixed surface purpose built rally course depending on location chosen.
Please note: Silverstone do not issue a driving certificate.
The operator reserves the right to substitute any vehicle due to unforeseen circumstances such as mechanical failure.
The centres contracted with us hold public indemnity liability insurance. We also hold contingency liability cover.
Some driving operators require customers to complete an Indemnity/Damage waiver form on the day of the experience. This may state that the driver will be liable for a fixed amount of costs should they damage the vehicle whilst driving. Most of these suppliers are able to provide Indemnity/Damage Waiver at a small additional fee (usually £20-£45) payable on site. The purchase of this is optional and is in addition to the Public Liability Insurance held by all venues. The full details of any indemnity or damage waiver will be provided by the activity operator. We are unable to advise or comment on the content or suitability of these products.
A cancellation indemnity, subject to terms, is included with every voucher.
All you have to do is pay for the experience you wish to purchase and we'll send a voucher and booking information to you or directly to the recipient, then you just need to check the info and book your experience.
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As earnings season kicks off, Neel Kashkari, head of global equities at bond giant Pimco, is making the case for why corporate profits are going to prove "very strong."
In short, it's because corporate borrowing rates are low across the globe, and Kashkari uses the U.S. as a prime example.
"We think the Fed is going to keep the cost of capital low for corporations. And, I think if you look at Washington, the momentum, if anything, is to keep corporate taxes low," he said.
He doesn't see this changing any time soon. Pimco's Thursday equity report forecast that the Federal Reservewill continue its policy of monetary easing (keeping borrowing rates low) through the end of 2014.
"It could be even longer," said Kashkari.
Interestingly, the basis for this forecast has more to do with how markets react to the Fed, than it does with the U.S. economy.
"Every time the Fed tries to back away from its massive easing policy, they take the risk markets react," he said.
Kashkari uses an addiction analogy to illustrate his case: "It's like a morphine drip; it makes the patient feel better, but it doesn't cure underlying disease. The moment you try to take the morphine away, the patient wakes up in a lot of pain."
This phenomenom, he says, is global, as central banks battle their own domestic debt woes — take Europe and the European Central Bank , for example. "The easy money is tool of choice for central banks around the world," said Kashkari.
In this low-interest-rate world, corporate profits can stay strong, he said, and, naturally, Pimco is getting in on the action.
"We see many risks in Europe; from Greece, Portugal, and now Italy and Spain," Kashkari said. "But we are finding names we like."
Kashkari named Ensco as a top pick. "It's one of the largest offshore drillers in world, trading at about 10 times our estimate of earnings. And it's an example of a European company not directly at risk from European fragmentation, or Greek default."
In the U.S., Kashkari likes Viewpoint Financial, a small Texas bank. "It's tied to the strengthening Texas economy, and it's trading at about 1.25 times tanglible book, when most of its peers are trading 1.7 times."
Trading at a lower "tangible book" — a measure of what shareholders receive in the case of bankruptcy — is, in this case, another way of saying the company is less expensive that its competitors.
In both examples, Kashkari analyzes companies in the context of the ecomomic environment in which they operate. Said he: "We're finding names in equities globally."
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Neel Kashkari does not personally own shares in Ensco or Viewpoint Financial. Pimco owns shares of both companies in its "Equity Mutual Funds."
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Matchbox Twenty's performance Friday night at the sold-out Reno Events Center was two hours of non-stop genius and energy. Matchbox Twenty treated the crowd to hit after hit from the band's all too short but incredibly successful nearly 12-year history.
A countdown above the stage hyped the restless crowd, making fans more and more unsettled as the seconds ticked off. At zero, the curtain pulled away and the drum beat from "Look How Far We've Come" rocked the arena. While the song is energetic on the radio, live it was dynamic.
Throughout the show, animated lead guitarist Kyle Cook, drummer-turned- rhythm guitarist Paul Doucette and bassist Brian Yale, combined with Rob Thomas' vibrant stage presence, kept the crowd on its feet.
"Tonight we're not going to think about our jobs," Thomas told a cheering audience. "We're not going to think about school. We're going to celebrate life here in Reno, Nevada."
And that's exactly what everyone in the Reno Events Center did until nearly 11 p.m. In addition to other songs, Matchbox Twenty performed the entire track list from 2007's "Exile on Mainstream," a compilation of the band's greatest hits from its previous three albums and six new tracks.
One after another the band cranked out its hits, with fans singing along to the new tracks just as much as the classics. Fans danced to the popish and catchy new release "I'll Believe You When" and took over on vocals for "3 a.m." when Thomas put the mic to the crowd.
Matchbox Twenty's performance showed no signs of wear even though it has been four years since the band toured together. While minus guitarist Adam Gaynor, who left the band in 2005, Matchbox Twenty played as if it was in the glory days of the 1996 debut "Yourself or Someone Like You."
Kicking off the 7 p.m. show was the self-described electro-alternative rock band MuteMath hailing from New Orleans. The multi-platinum and Grammy award winning Alanis Morissette, who has been rocking the music charts since her angry but genius debut "Jagged Little Pill" in 1995, took the stage an hour later.
Opening with "Uninvited," Morissette's vocals were amazingly crisp and clear. She, too, had the audience on its feet and yelling along to the angry "You Oughta Know." The crowd also took over on vocals for the much softer "Ironic."
Morissette's 40-minute performance was vibrant and entertaining to the last second. Plenty of humor was also included when she mocked the popular Fergie song "My Humps." Later spinning around uncontrollably, Morissette's stage presence was best described later by Thomas when he called it "badass."
Upon leaving the Reno Events Center it was hard to imagine the entire four-hour concert was not one of the best to ever hit Reno. If this is Matchbox Twenty's last tour, it is a shame.