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WEST SPRINGFIELD, Va. (AP) -- Fairfax County Police say a beaver that was later found to be rabid chased some children at a nature center in West Springfield.
Officers say about 11:30 a.m. Saturday, the children had just finished a swimming competition at the Hidden Pond Nature Center when they saw a beaver swimming toward the dock.
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Quote:AP has increased mount production quite a lot the last few years. In the past year they've done a run of Mach 1, 900, & 1200 with a 3600 run thrown in for good measure. The Years of waiting for a mount are over and you could have a used one in a few weeks if you ask for one. There's always someone upgrading downsizing or just going in a new direction. They just finished a 900 run recently and the next batch of new 1200's will ship in the next couple months. Wait times for refractors are still years but don't let that discourage you from getting a mount from them.
Quote:Now I know a lot of what I said above relates to portability and since you are thinking about a Pier Tech pier you are thinking a non-portable setup. At the same time you haven't said whether the pier stays put, or the pier and the mount stays put, or the pier mount and telescope stay put in one place. If you are planning on assembling and disassembling most nights then you had best be considering portability as well.You might also want to consider a new tripod manufacturer. His name is Rob Miller of Catamount Systems. Very reasonably priced, made in America, high quality goods. I hope he decides to get more involved with CN as well but he is really just getting started in this latest venture. I am not associated in any manner. Just a really happy customer.
Hi M13Observer!
Thanks for the 'hands-on' report. I know AP customers tend to be fans, and that only real quality and service builds those relationships.
Portablility IS an issue. I have a friend with an AP-900 and a big 160mm f/6 refractor. It is lovely, and yes, reasonably portable. The two-piece design is very nice.
Although I'm looking at a Pier-Tech, the one i'm looking at is the portable/adjustable, the Tri-Pier 2. Look at the link and you will see the guy setting up a nice scope at a low level, then raising it up. Vast improvement over trying to climb a ladder with a 6-ft long scope in your arms IMHO.
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Rural Hospitals Fight to Block $16B in Federal Cuts
As political power players in Washington continue to bicker and wrangle over the country's debt ceiling crisis, rural healthcare providers are up in arms over $16 billion in proposed cuts to rural hospitals and frontier America.
Included in a list of proposed reductions is $14 billion over 10 years to "reform rural hospitals" and $2 billion over 10 years to "repeal Frontier State Adjustments." Whether those cuts are part of current debt ceiling negotiations is "the several-billion-dollar question," Maggie Elehwany, vice president of government affairs and policy at the National Rural Health Association (NRHA), said in an interview.
She says the documents, which have been attributed by some to Congressman Eric Cantor (R., VA), the minority whip, were leaked and that no other details about the cuts are known.
"We are operating on a lot of unknowns out there. But," Elehwany said, "We really need to go loud on it, so to speak."
Even though information about the cuts was revealed a couple of weeks ago, NRHA is still concerned that these deep cuts may still be part of current debt ceiling negotiations, especially since a Congressional Budget Office [CBO] report issued in March suggests that eliminating the Critical Access Hospital, Sole Community Hospital, and Medicare Dependent Hospital programs would "reduce federal outlays by $23 billion over the 2012–2016 period."
"We're sure hoping that that [CBO report] didn't lead to the fodder for these discussions in rural healthcare," Elehwany said, adding that they can guess that the cuts might come from cost-based reimbursement. "It would all be a guessing game. But we have folks that are trying to do the math on all possible scenarios."
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- ACGME Chief Sees 'Huge' Risk of Error in Proposed Assistant Physician Licensure
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I am also very thankful for you Kristina & the other Mommy Blogger who got me addicted to cloth diapers. I can't believe my son spent a few months of his life in sposies! I will never go back! You have helped me thru so many crisis moments, and I just don't know what I would do without you! I love your blog and I enjoy reading EVERY single post on here. I can't even begin to tell you how many I have bookmarked for quick reference! :)Katie Adamshttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-9073655496261535591.post-5172127122341461562010-11-23T15:27:14.334-05:002010-11-23T15:27:14.334-05:00Thankful for life - that of my beautiful daughter,...Thankful for life - that of my beautiful daughter, my wonderful husband, myself and my Jesus!Lisahttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-9073655496261535591.post-43718240045139805522010-11-22T16:35:48.148-05:002010-11-22T16:35:48.148-05:00i am SO thankful for my supportive husband of 5 an...i am SO thankful for my supportive husband of 5 and a half years and our amazing 18 month old daughter who is a ray of sunshine and a true blessing! i am thankful that we have a home to live in, and food to eat and my husband has a job that allows me to stay home and raise our baby :)
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The membership represents no commercial interests and sells no products. The Officers and Directors are all volunteers with strong backgrounds in all aspects of recreational boating. Our membership spans the continent from Canada to Mexico and from the Atlantic to the Pacific oceans.
You can count on YOUR National Boating Federation's continuing commitment to the wise and direct use of YOUR boat tax dollars for YOUR benefit … be it adequate access to our ocean waterways, lakes and rivers, right of passage and of anchoring, or promotion of our prudent exercise of those rights. NBF works to avoid onerous legislation and promotes good legislation.
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The National Boating Federation would like to compile YOUR information related to any incident you may have had that can be documented as being influenced by ethanol.
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Where possible, please also include the percentage of ethanol involved in the damage. Currently, there is as much as E85 available in some areas. We must know whether this E85, as the most ethanol content fuel available, or E10, the most dominant form being sold today, is the blend that caused your failure.
We encourage this form be passed to your friends and family, and ask them to do the same. We are NOT limiting this to boats! If you have an automobile, a lawn mower, or even a chain saw that was damaged by ethanol, wherein there is documentation to support the claim, we would like to know about it.
Our mission in this situation is not to get you reimbursement! We are compiling information of "harmed" individuals in order to launch this campaign against the current "Renewable Fuel Standards". Today, we see 10% to 15% ethanol impregnation in our daily fuel supplies, but that could increase with the way these standards are currently written.
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President Signs Legislation Important to Recreational Boaters
"Highway Bill for Boaters"
WASHINGTON, DC, June 11, 2014 – Acknowledging that recreational boating is a significant contributor to the nation's economy as well as a growth engine for local communities, President Obama signed bipartisan legislation earlier this week that recognizes that the Federal government needs to do more to help small harbors, address longstanding dredging issues, and improve boating and navigation infrastructure. Boat Owners Association of The United States (BoatUS) applauds the passing of the 2013 Water Resources Reform and Development Act (WRRDA) and thanks the bill's sponsors, Congressmen Bill Shuster (R-PA) and Nick Rahall, III (D-WV) and Senators Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and David Vitter (R-LA), and the President. BoatUS was an active advocate for WRRDA and will be working on its implementation.
"Maintenance dredging for small harbors and shallow-draft channels has been chronically underfunded," said BoatUS Government Affairs Senior Program Coordinator David Kennedy. "In addition, funding for infrastructure such as jetties and some inland navigation locks has been significantly curtailed. The 2013 WRRDA Act directs the US Army Corps of Engineers to consider factors beyond total tonnage shipped in making dredging funding decisions, requires that not less than 10% of the value of operation and maintenance funds be directed to 'Emerging Harbors' or those that have less than one million tons of cargo shipped annually, and directs the Army Corps to report to Congress on the maintenance needs of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway."
Also, WRRDA for the first time treats the Great Lakes as one single comprehensive navigation system, potentially allowing funding for dredging of smaller harbors. In addition, the US Army Corps is directed to study potential new revenue sources for the Inland Waterways Trust Fund – and are required to consult recreational users, among other stakeholders.
Added Kennedy, "From small West Coast ports to Great Lakes harbors of refuge, inland locks, and the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, boat owners depend on federal waterway infrastructure projects to keep them safe and provide authorized waterways deep enough for us to navigate. With 12 million registered boats in the US and over 80 million persons participating in boating, we also need to remember that boating generates $121 billion in US economic activity and over 950,000 jobs.
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Another Reason To Rejoice
Jim Burroway
November 14th, 2009
There's another reason to rejoice over the LDS Church's historic support for pro-LGBT legislation in Salt Lake City: it's causing all sorts of angst among anti-gay extremists. The right-wing group America Forever, whose fundraising ventures included selling worthless ID's to Mexican immigrants, is incredulous. They charged that the seemingly powerless Church "was placed in this position by the gays from Utah." That's right. Gays are more powerful in Utah than the Mormon Church.
Other denunciations were more conventional. The American Family Association of Michigan's Gary Glenn sputtered that the Church's position was "grossly ignorant." The Family Research Council's Peter Sprigg charged that the Church was "bend[ing] over backwards to exhibit tolerance toward homosexuals in some way." Peter LaBarbera wailed that the church's stance may mark "the 'official' split of the American pro-family movement against homosexuality into two camps," with only one camp holding fast to unadulterated, no-holds-barred, anti-gay warfare — the only stance he finds acceptable. LaBarbera also worries:
If churches back "gay rights" (and the LDS is hardly the first), is there some truth to the idea that those of us who remain opposed to ALL aspects of the "GLBT agenda" are "bigots" or somehow extreme in our worldview?
Increasingly, the answer to LaBarbara's question is self-evident. If someone opposes ALL aspects (as LaBarbera emphatically stipulates) of recognizing the humanity of any people — whoever they may be — then yes, they are bigots and extremists. That's pretty much the definition. There's no other way to put it. And whenever a major denomination like the LDS church can frame a question like this through its actions with such stark clarity, we all benefit.
LDS Church Supports Salt Lake LGBT Protections
Jim Burroway
November 11th, 2009
Yes, you read that right:
Hours after the LDS Church announced its support Tuesday night of proposed Salt Lake City ordinances aimed at protecting gay and transgender residents from discrimination in housing and employment, the City Council unanimously approved the measures.
"The church supports these ordinances," spokesman Michael Otterson told the council, "because they are fair and reasonable and do not do violence to the institution of marriage."
The Mormon church has come under withering criticism over its overwhelming support in passing California's Proposition 8, which stripped LGBT couples in that state the right to marry. The LDS's massive efforts have led some to dub Prop 8 "The Mormon Amendment." In addition to overall criticism, that campaign also proved to be highly divisive within the church itself.
Last year in the wake of that criticism, LDS leaders said that they had no problem with non-marriage related protections for LGBT people. In August 2008, the church issued a statement titled "The Divine Institution of Marriage" in which church leaders claimed to support "rights regarding hospitalization and medical care, fair housing and employment rights, or probate rights." That spawned the "Common Ground" initiative, which consisted of a set of LGBT protections based on the LDS statement. But the LDS church turned around and blocked every single proposal in the state legislature which they had earlier said they could support.
LGBT leaders in Salt Lake City hail last night's vote as a historic step, and the result of several months of quiet, behind-the-scenes meetings with church leaders. But noting that four-fifths of Utah's LGBT citizens live outside the city, they vow to reintroduce the Common Ground proposals in the state legislature again this year.
Why the sudden turnaround after the Common Ground initiative failed to even make it out of committee in the state legislature last year? There are a couple of possibilities. First, Salt Lake City is not a Mormon bastion as the rest of the state is. Many former LDS people who wrote in to BTB this morning believe that this ordinance would have passed without LDS support. After all, this is the same city that has already instituted a domestic partnership registry. So by coming out in support of this ordinance, the reasoning goes, the church is able to turn what would have been seen as a defeat into positive publicity.
Meanwhile, others speculate that Senate Majority Leader Harry Ried (D-NV) and former presidential candidate Mitt Romney, both Mormons, may have played a hand. At any rate, the real test will be when the Common Ground initiative is brought back to the state legislature again next year.
According to the Salt Lake Tribune, the ordinances passed last night would:
- Forbid housing and employment discrimination based on a person's sexual orientation or gender identity in Salt Lake City.
- Exempt religious organizations, businesses with fewer than 15 employees and some small landlords. (The exemptions mirror those in state and federal laws.)
- "Not create any special rights or privileges," the ordinances state, because "every person has a sexual orientation and a gender identity."
- Create a complaint and investigation process. The complaint could be resolved through mediation or a fine of up to $1,000.
- Not create a "private right of action" to sue over alleged discrimination.
- Require annual reports by the city's Human Rights Commission on the effectiveness of the statutes.
We Know You Have Choices when it Comes to Air Travel…
Timothy Kincaid
October 29th, 2009
Lambda Legal is reporting that SkyWest, a Utah based airline, is denying travel benefits to the legal spouses of gay employees in California that they provide to the spouses of their straight employees. This is not only discriminatory and bigoted but it is also against California law.
I've inquired with SkyWest as to whether this is true. I'll let you know what they say.
But, in the meantime, you may wish to carefully weigh your travel decisions and decide whether you wish to fly with an airline that does not consider you to be as valuable as the heterosexual in the next seat over.
But In Other Catholic News
Jim Burroway
October 23rd, 2009
It's not all bad. Judge Memorial Catholic High School in Salt Lake City Catholic will go forward with its production of Rent, after the school's superintendent reviewed the play at the request of the Bishop:
Sister Catherine Kamphaus, superintendent of schools in the Salt Lake City diocese, said she read the script at the request of Bishop John Wester, and she watched a dress rehearsal Tuesday.
"There is absolutely nothing that would be offensive," Kamphaus said Thursday. "It wasn't condoning the gay and lesbian lifestyle."
Rather, she said, the play shows friends forming a loving and caring community while facing AIDS and other challenges. …The superintendent praised Judge's use of the play as a springboard to teach about the Roman Catholic Church's compassion for outcasts, the sick and the hopeless.
A special school edition of Rent bcame available in the past year. The school edition removes one song, "Contact," along with profane language.
Too Offensive for Mormon Eyes
Timothy Kincaid
October 2nd, 2009
The Deseret News is a Utah newspaper directed towards Mormon readership. It is, in a way, the sectarian version of the Salt Lake Tribune, sharing the same advertising handler and providing discounts for ad spots placed in both papers.
But the Deseret News is careful to shield its readers from advertising that could offend Mormon sensibilities. And this week it has rejected just such an ad,with a message so outrageous that it was sure to offend. (Salt Lake Tribune)
The wording of this ad:
"Bring Them in From the Plains"
From Despair to Hope
The Foundation for Reconciliation
at www.ldsapology.org
presents a Memorial Service, honoring LGBT suicide
victims as well as those who have successfully overcome
conflicts involving their sexual orientation and the LDS
Church. Join us for an evening of music and the spoken
word, including a special video appearance by actor
Will Swenson
Yes, this is an ad by a Mormon group seeking to gain dialogue with other Mormons. This ad makes no attack on the church nor does it contain language that is contradictory to church dogma. In fact, the foundation made effort to be non-offensive.
Peter Danzig, a Salt Lake City spokesman for the foundation, called the newspaper ad "innocuous."
"There's nothing anti-Mormon," he said. "We tried to create an event that would be welcoming to everyone on either side of the issue."
But the ad does express sympathy for those who killed themselves over conflict involving their sexual orientation, and the church can't have that!
So when officials at the Mormon Church assure you that they don't hate you just because you are gay, be very very skeptical.
Kissing Scandal Update: Mormon Church Changes Signs
Timothy Kincaid
September 28th, 2009
As a result of the public response to the manhandling and roughing up of two gay men who shared a kiss in an open-access plaza owned by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (the Mormons), the Church has updated the signage on the plaza. It now says
Private Property
The Church reserves the right to refuse access to any person for any reason.
Like, oh I don't know, being gay?
Gay Good Samaritan Acquitted of Kidnapping
Timothy Kincaid
September 27th, 2009
About 6:30 in the morning of July 4, 2008, David James "D.J." Bell took his neighbors' children, ages 2 and 4, into his South Salt Lake home. The neighbors were having an all night party and the children were wandering about unattended.
When Lulu Latu finally noticed her kids were missing, she went to Bell's home. Finding the kids there, she become hysterical, screaming and slapping Bell. Minutes after she returned to her drinkfest, her fellow partiers broke down Bell's door and assaulted Bell and Daniel Fair, his partner. (Salt Lake Tribune)
Bell was dragged from his home by his then-shoulder length hair and his head was repeatedly smashed against the pavement, [defense attorney Susanne] Gustin said. Blood was oozing from his right ear and he still suffers hearing loss, she said.
Someone used a piece of broken glass to cut Bell's throat, chest and one of his toes.
Bell's partner, Fair, also was beaten, and a large TV was thrown onto his head.
The District Attorney opted not to bring any assault charges in the case but instead charged Bell with kidnapping. Defense argued that this was an anti-gay hate crime and that had any other neighbor taken the children in they would have been thanked instead of beaten. (SLT)
[Defense attorney Roger] Kraft accused police of conducting a shoddy investigation, noting that 10 people who attended Latu's party were never interviewed. Neither were four people at Bell's home, even though they wanted to talk and provided police with their contact information.
Juror Jorgensen agreed that if the police investigation had been "handled properly, [they] would have come to a different conclusion on that day."
In cases like these, it can be difficult to know whether there were extenuating circumstances, whether Lulu had reason to fear for her children's safety with Bell, whether other neighborhood history was involved. Although I was tempted to see this as yet another illustration of how police assume that gay men are guilty until proven innocent in Utah, I hesitated at that time to form judgment.
But it seems the jury had far less difficulty, After acquitting Bell, the jurors told the Tribune that they were appalled at the lack of evidence and the waste in pressing charges.
Perhaps, after being rebuked by the jury, the district attorney may be willing to possibly consider caring whether it's free-beating season on gay men in Salt Lake County.
Buju Banton Salt Lake City Concert Cancelled
Jim Burroway
September 15th, 2009
Buju Banton's October 8 concert scheduled for the Urban Lounge in Salt Lake City has been cancelled. Club operators say they were unaware of his murder music lyrics when they booked him.
Caught On Video: LDS Security Guards Hauling Off Kissing Couple
Jim Burroway
July 31st, 2009
The Salt Lake City Tribune has posted video of security guards from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints confronting a gay couple after they kissed on the LDS plaza in Salt Lake City, Utah, on July 9, 2009. The video was made available through an open records request with Salt Lake City. Missing from the video clip is the couple's kiss that started it all.
City prosecutors have dropped tresspassing charges against Derek Jones and Matt Aune because the church failed to properly mark the open plaza as private property.
A One Man Boycott
Timothy Kincaid
July 15th, 2009
One of our readers, Ben in Oakland, was solicited to do business with a company located in Utah. Still smarting from the interference of Utah Mormons in a California proposition in which members of the church contributed at least $20 million and 80-90% of all volunteers, Ben declined to do work with them, explaining as follows:
In the wake of Prop. 8, funded by the Mormon Church to enforce its theological beliefs upon my civil marriage, I have determined not to do business with any firm in Utah, if at all possible, and not to step inside of the state of Utah, which is entirely possible. You may not be a Mormon, or agree with what this church has to say about gay people. If so, I thank you for standing on the side of progress and religious freedom. And I apologize if this offends you.
As a gay man, my life has been severely impacted by the Mormon Church's assertion that its set of religious beliefs trumps my civil rights as an American citizen, and that it has a valid reason for interfering in California's civil law. I have urged my friends and correspondents not to do business with or in Utah if they can avoid it. Unfortunately, since the Church does not understand the concepts of religious freedom, tolerance, civil law, and minding your own business, perhaps it will understand economic pressure and social disapproval.
This may have an effect, it may not. I truly hope it does, but frankly, even if it doesn't, it at least is serving to create consciousness that discrimination of the basis of religious belief has no place in America. Nor does prejudice, whether disguised as sincere religious belief, or admitted for what it is. People are understanding more and more that this is not about marriage, morality, faith, freedom of religion, the family, children, God's word, or any other lying rationalization du jour. It is simply about what it has always been about: how much the very existence of gay people offends, entices, obsesses, and frightens some straight people, as well as those-who-wanna-be-straight-but-ain't. This is why only a small shift in the vote– 2%– and Proposition 8 would have been history.
We're here. We're queer. Please get over yourself, LDS. It isn't about you.
When this church stays the hell out of my civil marriage and my equality before the law, when it learns to stop telling lies about gay people and our families to advance its religious, political, and social agendas– in short, when it finally understands that to be respected, one must act respectably, that it cannot be purchased with the easy coin of other people's lives–
At that point, if I still need your services, I'll do business with you. Until then, I cannot.
This was their response:
I first want you to know and understand that I do not have a problem with the lifestyle you have chosen. It's your life and right to live how you want, barring walking on another's same given rights. Having made it clear to you that I have no problems with the way you have chosen to live your life, I would point out the hypocrisy in your decision not to do business with my company simply based off of our physical location. You feel that the Mormon church judges you, does not feel that you have a right to live how you have chosen, and has set you aside for things that are not necessarily changeable. You are now turning the same judgment to us. You will not do business with us because we live in the same state as the headquarters for the Mormon church. Forget that there are Mormons across the globe, forget that we are not connected to them as a business, forget that prop 8 is not completely funded by the Mormons, forget all of the logical points that could be used to refute your statement (which I have no intention of doing), and what are you left with? A gay man that actively stands up for his rights, that is willing to be heard, but cannot practice what he petitions for. How can you feel comfortable in the stand of anti-prejudice views and free rights when you hold for us (and every business like us in Utah) the same prejudice and judgment you feel are so wrongfully bestowed upon you?
Ben, if you want others to take you seriously in your beliefs and in what you stand for, start with showing others that you believe in the basic principals for which you fight, and not how they only apply to you as a gay man.
Ben has invited readers to share their thoughts on how he should react.
Personally, I'd advise dropping it.
You've made your point, Ben. They've lost a customer. This business, at least, has learned that there is a price to be paid for thrusting your religious views on others and actively harming their life.
And I'd not worry too much about their "but I don't have a problem with the lifestyle you've chosen" statement. Theirs was the blustering of one who has been called on their bigotry and only has self-righteous posturing as a defense.
What do our readers think?
The Great Salt Lake City Kiss-In
Jim Burroway
July 12th, 2009
For a few hours on Sunday morning, the area near Salt Lake City's LDS Temple became the gayest spot in the Beehive State. That's when more than a hundred people, mostly gay but some straight supporters as well, gathered at the LDS Church's Salt Lake Temple near Main Street Square to participate in a light-hearted protest against the LDS's detention of a gay couple after one of them kissed the other on the cheek.The couple, Derek Jones and Matthew Aune, were detained Thursday on Main Street Square by LDS security guards.
LDS officials were not amused by Sunday's show of support for the couple:
Several LDS Church security guards dressed in suits kept a watchful eye, and turned some protesters back when they tried to cross the church-owned plaza or walk onto the property to share a kiss.
Guards called police when protesters staged a walk onto the plaza, and officers stood to block the entrance.
"They were asked repeatedly not to come onto the property, and they chose to do so anyway," said LDS church spokeswoman Kim Farah. Though a few people spoke in protest, there were no direct confrontations, and guards did not stop the protesters gathered past the property line.
The city sold Main Street Square in 2003 to the LDS church and it is now Mormon property, even though it is readily accessible as a public space.
Rep. Chaffetz: A Shining Illustration of Anti-Gay Intellect
Timothy Kincaid
July 8th, 2009
Representative Jason Chaffetz, a California Jewish Democrat turned Utah Mormon Republican, is now auditioning for the position of Congress' Biggest Homophobe. As lead Congressional opponent to D.C.'s out-of-state marriage recognition bill he was strikingly inept, but he did manage to get some press by announcing:
"It's not something I think we can just let go lightly into the night."
Chaffetz got into BYU on a soccer scholarship so perhaps he can be forgiven for mangling Dylan Thomas' poetry. But his other comments suggest that his approach to legislation is not particularly nuanced (abc4):
"Marriage should be defined as a union between a man and a woman. I don't see much other wiggle room for it."
This stance comes in a week where America's fifth state legalized same sex marriages.
So, we asked the congressman whether he is going against a trend towards gay unions.
He said simply, "The trend is still 45 states don't."
Sorry, Jason, but a trend would be… oh, well… nevermind.
But now Jason has now found his cause. He has discovered that he can get the media's attention by saying some rather, ummm, interesting things about gay folk. So he was quick to state his mind when he found that Rep. Tammy Baldwin wants to pass legislation that would give benefits to the domestic partners of federal employees. Baldwin thinks its a matter of equal compensation for equal work.
But Chaffetz called the legislation "directly discriminatory" against heterosexual couples that choose not to marry.
That argument didn't get much traction with the other panel members who noted that gay couples don't have the choice to marry in most states (including Utah). Rep. Gerry Connolly found his argument "a screaming contradiction".
Ah, Jason. You haven't yet figured out that everyone is laughing at you, have you?
Heterosexual Menace: Two Utah Teachers Seduce Same Young Boy
Jim Burroway
March 7th, 2009
Two Bountiful Junior High School teachers are accused of sexually assaulting the same 13-year-old student, after their separate relationships with him spiraled from personal conversations to the exchange of sexual text messages and phone sex, authorities said.
On Friday, the Davis County Attorney's Office filed first-degree felony charges of rape and sodomy on a child against Linda R. Nef, 46, and Valynne Bowers, 39.
Nef, a Utah studies teacher and cheerleading adviser, and Bowers, who teaches math, each confessed to having sex with the student, said Bountiful Police Lt. Randy Pickett. Until recently, the two teachers did not know about each other's relationship with the same boy, Pickett said.
According to Utah law, these two teachers can fight it out over who wins the affections of the thirteen-year-old student in another five years. And according to Utah law, that then-eighteen-year-old can even pick one and marry her, conviction and all (assuming it comes to that). But same sex partners don't have the right to even visit each other in the hospital if one should fall seriously ill.
You can read keep tabs on what those dangerous heterosexuals are up to here and in our report, "The Heterosexual Agenda: Exposing the Myths."
[Hat tip: reader Louie]
A Tale of Two Parties
Jim Burroway
March 2nd, 2009
There must have been two different parties on Saturday in Salt Lake City, both of them sharing the name "Buttars-Palooza." How else would one explain the two very different estimates of crowd size. First, the Salt Lake Tribune:
More than a thousand people converged on the Utah Capitol on Saturday, not for legislative protest, but to party.
Couples, families and individuals danced on the south lawn to live music at "Buttars-Palooza," a festival meant to exploit the audacity of Utah Sen. Chris Buttars' now-famous comments about gays.
The LDS church-owned Deseret News had a different estimate:
The crowd of 300 or so cheered and waved rainbow flags.
"We are all here as part of something larger, something that is a little bit more threatening to Chris Buttars than the gay-rights movement," said Araveni Olivares, a local activist. "We are part of a lasting movement for civil rights and social justice."
The Deseret News' coverage has taken a considerable turn lately, so much so that News reporters recently refused to allow their names to appear in their stories' bylines in protest over editorial policy changes. Two well-respected editors, Chuck Gates and Julianne Basinger, were demoted after having criticized the paper for tailoring the paper's content to be more pleasing to LDS readers.
Utahns Really Love Their Online Porn
Jim Burroway
February 28th, 2009
Benjamin Edelman. "Red Light States: Who Buys Online Adult Entertainment?" Journal of Economic Perspectives 23, no. 1 (Winter 2009): 209-230. Available online here (PDF: 128 KB/12 pages).
The HBO series "Big Love" features a storyline where Bill Henrickson, the father of a polygamist fundamentalist Mormon family, is trying to enter the Indian gaming industry in Utah with a unique hook. In order to appeal to an underserved Mormon clientele which isn't inclined to go to Las Vegas, the casino would present a more wholesome environment. No alcohol or risque entertainment, but customers would get free lemonade, for example.
That, of course, is fiction. In real life a recent study by Harvard University's Benjamin Edelman suggests that the porn industry is already doing well in the Utah market without having to make any accomodations at all..
A new national study based on data from a top-ten online adult entertainment provider reveals that Utah has the highest per-capita consumption of online porn in the nation. But it's not just Utah. More generally, states that generally more conservative and religious are also among the best consumers of online porn.
There was a time when purchasing porn required traveling to a seedy bookstore on the bad side of town. But since the mid-1990′s, the Internet has changed all that. Pornography today is as easy to get as a book from Amazon.com. And with the explosion of broadband, delivering the more sought-after video content is easier than every before.
Since many of these porn sites offer monthly subscriptions, credit cards can provide a convenient tracking mechanism for studying visitors' online behavior. Edelman obtained anonymized credit card data from a top-ten online porn provider which operates hundreds of web sites, and correlated that data with Zip code information to create his state-by-state analysis. While it's impossible to know how representative this provider's customer base is, they run literally hundreds of web sites offering a very wide variety of adult entertainment.
This study found that 36% of Internet users visit at least one adult web site each month, with each visit lasting an average of 11.6 minutes. And of those who visit at least one adult site per month, the average such users visit adult website 7.7 times per month. By looking at zip code information, the authors were able to come to some rather surprising conclusions.
It turns out that by every measure, the state of Utah is the highest per-capital consumer of online porn. Based on per-thousand Internet and Internet broadband users, the top ten and bottom ten breakdowns look like this:
|Per thousand home Internet users
|Per thousand home broadband users
|North Dakota
|New Jersey
|West Virginia
|New Jersey
|North Dakota
|South Dakota
|West Virginia
The figures for broadband users are particularly notable since having high-speed access is critical to accessing online porn. According to Edelman, "As of June 2008, broadband users outnumber narrowband users 18 to 1 at sites that comScore classifies as adult." That makes sense, since dial-up users are much less likely to endure the long download times required for video or high quality images. This may explain why Mississippi, which has limited availability for broadband statewide, comes in at number three for broadband users, but doesn't even break into the top ten among Internet users generally. West Virginia is dead last among internet users overall, but rockets to number ten when dial-up customers are excluded.
When looking at broadband porn consumption trends nationwide, the map looks like this:
Some observers suggest that this study indicates a red state/blue state divide in porn consumption. Edelman did his analysis before the 2008 elections, but he did look at the 2004 presidential results where he couldn't find any significance based on poll data by Congressional district.
But the 2008 electoral map at the state level does show that of the ten highest porn-consuming states, eight went for John McCain. And of the twenty-nine states in the lowest two porn-consumption categories (2.7 subscriptions per thousand broadband users or less), nineteen (66%) went for Barack Obama. It would be interesting to know whether there's a correlation between porn and political leanings at the Congressional district level for 2008.
That said, Edelman did find some interesting characteristics for states with higher religiosity and more conservative values:
…[I]n regions where more people report regularly attending religious services (per National Election Studies 2004) … a statistically significantly smaller proportion of subscriptions begin on Sundays, compared with other regions. In particular, a 1 percent increase in the proportion of people who report regularly attending religious services is associated with a 0.10 percent reduction in the proportion of purchases that occur on Sunday. This analysis suggests that, on the whole, those who attend religious services shift their consumption of adult entertainment to other days of the week, despite on average consuming the same amount of adult entertainment as others.
…In the 27 states where "defense of marriage" amendments have been adopted (making same-sex marriage, and/or civil unions unconstitutional), … there were 0.2 more subscribers to this adult web site per thousand broadband households, 11 percent more than in other states.
And then there's this:
…In states where more people agree that "Even today miracles are performed by the power of God" and "I never doubt the existence of God," there are more subscriptions to this service. Subscriptions are also more prevalent in states where more people agree that "I have old-fashioned values about family and marriage" and "AIDS might be God's punishment for immoral sexual behavior."
Those comparisons broke down like this:
- States where the majority agreed with the statement, "I have old-fashioned values about family and marriage," bought 3.60 more subscriptions per thousand people than states where a majority disagreed.
- States where the majority agreed with the statement, "AIDS might be God's punishment for immoral sexual behavior," bought 3.56 more subscriptions per thousand people.
- States where the majority agreed with the statement, "Even today miracles are performed by the power of God" bought 2.74 more subscriptions per thousand people.
- States where the majority agreed with the statement, "I never doubt the existence of God" also bought 2.74 more subscriptions per thousand people.
Utah Dems, Activists Demand More Action On Buttars
Jim Burroway
February 25th, 2009
There are only eight Democrats in Utah's 29-member Senate, but they're making a lot of noise. They're not happy with the GOP leadership's halfhearted response to Utah State Sen. Chris Buttars' (R-West Jordan) comparing gays to radical Muslims, saying they had no morals, and calling them "probably the greatest threat to America going down I know of."
After Senate Democrats threatened to bring the issue up on the Senate floor, Senate President Michael Waddoups removed Buttars as chairman of two Senate committees. But Waddoups made it very clear that he was acting only out of embarrassment, and not out of any disagreement with anything Buttars said.
This left Senate Democrats dissatisfied and demanding more:
"President Waddoups put faith in Sen. Buttars and appointed him to very important and key positions. Unfortunately, Sen. Buttars betrayed that trust," said Senate Minority Leader Pat Jones, D-Salt Lake City, who also sought Buttars' removal from the Senate Health and Human Services Committee.
"Removing Senator Buttars from these key positions …would be sending a clear message to Utahns, Americans and humankind that we do not tolerate bad behavior in the Utah Senate," she said.
Waddoups responded by threatening to remove any Democrats from the Rules committee who couldn't work with Buttars — an obvious reference to Sen. Scott McCoy (D-Salt Lake City), the only openly gay Senator who also happens to sit on the Rules Committee with Buttars.
The Senate ground to a halt for two hours Monday when the GOP caucus met privately to talk about the Buttars situation. According to the local Fox TV affiliate, that meeting was prompted partly by Saturday's revelation by Sen. Howard Stephenson (R-Draper) that Waddoups only acted because Buttars broke a pledge he made in December not to talk about gay-rights issues, and not as punishment for the opinions that Buttars expressed.
For his part, Buttars expressed bitterness over being relieved of his chairmanships and vowed not to resign.
Meanwhile, Utah gay rights supporters plan a rally — no, not a rally, and not a protest either — a party, for Saturday. "Buttars-Palooza" will take place on the Capitals south lawn from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
More Proof: Buttars Sanctioned for Being An Embarrasment, Not for Being A Bigot
Jim Burroway
February 22nd, 2009
Timothy and I both noticed that as Utah State Senate President Michael Waddoups explained his reasons for sanctioning State Sen. Chris Buttars, it wasn't because the GOP caucus disagreed with what Buttars said, but that they were embarrassed with how he said it.
Well if there was any doubt, there's more proof in this latest article from the Salt Lake Tribune posted late yesterday evening:
Senate leaders did not discipline Sen. Chris Buttars, R-West Jordan, for anti-gay comments he made in a recent interview, but because he violated a deal with leadership that he not talk about gay issues, a senator said Saturday.
"Most of what Senator Buttars said, I agree with," Sen. Howard Stephenson, R-Draper, said in a weekly Red Meat Radio program he hosts on K-TALK. "We as a Senate caucus had an agreement that because Sen. Buttars had become such a lightning rod on this issue, he would not be the spokesman on this issue and basically he violated that agreement." …"It happened, not because he said a lot of things wrong, but because he decided to be the spokesman again," Stephenson said.
Buttars, a former LDS bishop, came under fire when, in an interview with reporter Reed Cowan, he compared gays to radical Muslims, said they had no morals, and called them "probably the greatest threat to America going down I know of." When Utah State Senate Democrats threatened to bring the issue up on the Senate floor, Waddoups called a news conference on Friday where he announced that Buttars would be relieved of his chairmanship of two committees.
But notice that during that press conference, Waddoups refused to condemn what Buttars said. In fact, he said that "We agree with many of the things he said. … We stand four square behind his right [to say what he wants]." He also said that removing Buttars from the two committee chairmanships "frees Senator Buttars to feel more at ease in saying how he personally feels without feeling as if he's personally speaking on behalf of his committee and the Legislature."
So why was Buttars sanctioned if they didn't disagree with what he said? According to Sen. Stephenson:
Senate Republicans, including Buttars, reached an agreement at a day-long caucus Dec. 13 that, because he was such a polarizing figure, Buttars should not comment on gay issues. That included a prohibition on speaking to the Common Ground bills that sought some equal rights for gays.
But Buttars didn't stay on the sidelines for long. Just a month later, he sat down with documentary filmmaker Reed Cowan for the hour-long interview for a project on California's Proposition 8 against gay marriage, in which Buttars made the inflammatory statements.
Stephenson did disagree with Buttars on one thing. He was miffed that Buttars hogged the credit for killing every piece of gay-rights legislation to hit the Senate in the past eight years. Stephenson wants us to know that others should get some of the credit:
"For him to claim the glory for that, truly he's delusional on this issue," Stephenson said.
[Hat tip: Stefano]
"Buttarsaurus": Salt Lake Tribune Condemns Sen. Buttars
Jim Burroway
February 21st, 2009
The editors of the Salt Lake Tribune has done something that the Utah GOP Senate leadership couldn't muster the courage to do: condemn Utah State Sen. Chris Buttars for his remarks equating gays with radical Muslims, saying that gays have no morals, and describing them as being "probably the greatest threat to America." As Timothy and I have both noted, the GOP appears embarrassed not by what the former LDS bishop said, but by how he said it.
The Tribune expressed dismay but not surprise over State Senate President Michael Waddoup's weak and half-hearted response in "disciplining" Buttars:
Or we could urge the Senate to discipline its wayward son. But Senate President Michael Waddoups has already defended Buttars, ridiculously portraying him as the victim of an unscrupulous filmmaker. Besides, Buttars has said equally hateful things in the past without censure.
The Tribune rightly calls Buttars "an embarrassment to the state of Utah, and, increasingly, a dinosaur," and notes the irony that whenever Buttars opens his mouth, his opponents are strengthened, not weakened. " He is, in our opinion, the best spokesperson that Utah's LGBT community has ever had," wrote the editors.
The other major Utah newspaper, the LDS-owned Deseret News, has no opinion on the matter.
Was Buttars Punished Or Rewarded?
Jim Burroway
February 20th, 2009
I thought Timothy Kincaid really nailed it when he concluded:
The Mormons and the Republicans were sure upset that the tape of [Utah State Sen. Chris] Buttars was released. But it wasn't because they find the attitude behind his anti-gay rants to be offensive. They just didn't like how Buttars' raw hatred reflected on them.
He based that conclusion in part on this statement by Senate President Michael Waddoups as reported by the Salt Lake Tribune:
"He is a senator who represents the point of view of many of his constituents and many of ours. We agree with many of the things he said. . . . We stand four square behind his right [to say what he wants]."
But there's something else that jumped out at me later in that same article. It's this:
"It [Buttars' removal from the committees] frees Senator Buttars to feel more at ease in saying how he personally feels without feeling as if he's personally speaking on behalf of his committee and the Legislature," Waddoups said.
So let's put all this together, shall we?
- The Utah GOP "agree(s) with many of the things he said," and,
- Now that Waddoups did Buttars the favor of removing him from the committees, it "frees Senator Buttars to feel more at ease in saying how he personally feels."
So, when the Senate decided to remove Buttars, a former LDS bishop, from two committees, was it a sanction for saying the wrong thing? Or was it a reward that gives Buttars free reign so that he can now tell us what he really thinks? Because I have to tell you, the way Waddoups frames his actions it really sounds more like the latter.
Buttars Loses Committee Appointments – But For the Wrong Reasons
Timothy Kincaid
February 20th, 2009
Blatant displays of hatred are often met with swift denunciation. Those who do hold animus against the target are disgusted by attitudes, and those who share the dislike are embarrassed by the exposure of the ugly attitudes underlying their behavior.
This was on display in Utah today where Sen. Chris Buttars was punished for the homophobic rants that the media has been exposing over the past few days. (SL Trib)
..the decision was made to remove Buttars from the Senate Judiciary Committee, which he now chairs. By virtue of his position on that panel, Buttars also served on and led the Senate Judicial Confirmation Committee, and will lose his spot on that panel as well.
Waddoups said the Judiciary Committee is the panel that has typically heard bills relating to gay and lesbian issues, and, by taking him off the position, he hopes to remove some of the personalities from the debate.
However, the Mormon Republican leadership wanted to be clear that while they were embarrassed by Buttars' word selection, they don't disagree with his anti-gay positions.
"I want the citizens of Utah to know that the Utah Senate stands behind Senator Buttars right to speak, we stand behind him as one of our colleagues and his right to serve this state," said Senate President Michael Waddoups, R-Taylorsville. "He is a senator who represents the point of view of many of his constituents and many of ours. We agree with many of the things he said. . . . We stand four square behind his right [to say what he wants]."
And the Mormon Church also objected to the language but not the homophobia:
"From the outset, the Church's position has always been to engage in civil and respectful dialogue on this issue. Senator Buttars does not speak for the Church."
The Mormons and the Republicans were sure upset that the tape of Buttars was released. But it wasn't because they find the attitude behind his anti-gay rants to be offensive. They just didn't like how Buttars' raw hatred reflected on them.
There was no indication that the leadership of the Mormon Church or the Republican delegation have anything but complete agreement that gays are mean buggers, without morals, looking for superiority, similar to Islamic terrorists, and the greatest threat to America. Which makes me wonder, just what could Buttars have possibly said in his most irrational and ranting moment that would have caused them to say, "I disagree"?
There is no question that though Sen. Chris Buttars doesn't know me, he hates me. Today Senate President Michael Waddoups let me know that he does as well.


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Ravens linebacker Terrell Suggs is regarded as one of the NFL's top defensive players, especially come playoff time.
He has 10 sacks in 12 career playoff games, including five during last year's postseason. Dating back to the 2008 season, Suggs' 10 sacks in the playoffs are the most in the league.
But, as I discuss in this week's Blogger Blitz, injuries have slowed down Suggs this year. He has two sacks and no forced fumbles in nine games played this season.
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Here's my frustration: with all the vanity sizing in women's clothing, I'm worried that the smallest sizes at my favorite stores will soon be too big for me! (I'm 5'1" and have always been petite, but I'm also muscular and my true size really should be a 4 or 6. I get really confused when I have to go down to a 0, because I'm not that small. Where do the small-framed, willowy women shop? Seriously, I can't figure it out.)
The clothes thing is annoying. I have this great pair of shorts that I wore two weeks ago, and they were a bit tight. Tried them on yesterday, and they were practically falling off of me. Oh no! But I'm trying to beat the system by buying a couple skirts that just barely zip. Hopefully they're be just right when I go on vacation next month.
I've seen double 0's in juniors stores like Forever 21, but as a grown woman who has a classic style it looks like I'm stuck with getting everything tailored.
I guess I can turn that into a "frustration": I'm forced to fill my closet with tailored clothes that fit me absolutely perfectly. Not so bad after all!
What used to be an XL in college is now a M. I'm frustrated that I can't find anything smaller than a small. I'm at around 50 lbs lost, and have another 30 or so that will be coming off, and it's going to be very difficult to find clothing that fits me.
I have found H & M's sizes run closer to the real sizing of years ago. I wear a size 0 in most other stores, but a size 4 at H & M.
I wear a size 14 1/2 x 33 slim fit dress shirt. Unless I need to button the top button like the dress shirts I have to wear to work every day, in which case I need a 16 inch neck. It's bad for us guys too.
I think we really just need to get more people on primal/paleo, so that there's more demand for these sizes!
I either have to buy dress shirts a size up to fit my neck and arm length and have them taken in or buy tapered/slim fit cut shirts and run the risk of the blood getting cut off to my forearms when I bend them because the sleeves are so tight.
The silly thing is its not like I'm built like a quarter back or anything. Sounds like we're pretty much the same size, I'm 5' 9" with a 30" waist, 41" - 42" chest and 22" thighs. 71 to 73 kg depending on what my training and diet is like. If I do the heavy lifting for a few weeks I lose make easily, 70kg seems to be my "natural" weight.
If you're interested in my (very) occasional updates on how I'm working out and what I'm eating click here.
I had to go jeans shopping as mine are too big now. Holla.
I have a nice small waist (go primal!) and quite a booty (squatting and deadlifts) and well, epic thighs (genes.... they are seriously ridiculous). I'm also short waisted. Buying pants is clearly a bitch being built like this.
So I go to the nice department store. The clerk helps me and all of them make my ass look smooshed, gap at the waist and cling at the thighs. I mention the ass smooshing and she comments that "Oh, they are streamlining your bottom!". No.... they are smooshing my ass and making me look like I wear mom jeans. She was dead set on streamlining my ass, bless. Because you know, no woman of 39 would ever want to draw attention to their ass.
Ended up with jeans from the juniors department. Thank god we still have young ladies that enjoy showing off booties.
Shopping was easier when the goal was to hide a lumpy ass body.
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The Elktones pay tribute to Dick Orleans
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Nico Cervantes on his first As the Sky Darkens show
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Fitz and the Tantrums, a band for all
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Neutral Milk Hotel comes full circle
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Jeff Walker on picking up the bass
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The multi-ethnic, multi-disciplinary L.A.-based tribe known as Ozomatli made its name by cutting up salsa, hip-hop, traditional Mexican music, funk, jazz and more into barn-burning, irresistible party music. Unfortunately, this followup tries too hard to capitalize on the group's Grammy-winning success by aiming straight for the multi-culti pop charts. While tasty cream like "La Gallina" and "Magnolia Soul" -- along with a few infectious horn lines -- floats to the top, cheesy melodies and female backups (not to mention uninspired raps and absolutely inexplicable hair-metal guitars) weigh down most of the tracks. Ozo has never been subtle, but there's a desperate, pandering vibe to tracks like the No Doubt-biting "When I Close My Eyes" and the Jack Johnson en español groove of "After Party." The collection is a pale imitation of the blazing albums that precede it. Here, the dragon that once breathed fire only conjures a disagreeable belch.


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Steven Chappelle returns to 45 South Cafe to play Classic Rock and Roll that will have your toes tapping and your lips singing. Steven loves to interact with the audience and is sure to make you smile and maybe even chuckle!
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Some 500 young immigrants are expected to participate Tuesday in a Chicago workshop for those interested in additional information pertaining to the Obama administration's deferred action policy.
The workshop will be hosted by U.S. Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-Chicago) at Benito Juarez High School in the city's Pilsen neighborhood from 4 until 8 p.m.
The event comes almost a week after an unprecedented turnout at an event held last Wednesday at Navy Pier where thousands of young undocumented immigrants turned out on the first day applications to the program could be submitted.
Gutierrez pointed to that enthusiastic turnout as a sign of the "hunger" for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program in a statement:
"[W]ith a little patience, hard work, and a helping hand from volunteers, we are going to get everybody who is eligible signed-up. … The message to the community is clear: we are going to help you determine if you are eligible and help you apply if you are."
Pre-registration for the Tuesday event is already closed but additional workshops are expected to be held over the coming months.
The DACA policy, introduced in June, allows immigrants who meet certain criteria to apply for work permits and a reprieve from deportation. The program closely resembles the Dream Act, a decade-old bill that came within five votes of passage in the Senate in 2010.
In order to be eligible, applicants must provide proof that they arrived in the U.S. before the age of 16, that they are currently 30 or younger and that they have been living in the country for at least five years. Further, they must be in school, graduated or have served in the military and cannot have certain types of convictions on their record.
"This is my chance, I'm not going to let it go," 16-year-old Nayeli Manzano told HuffPost of the new policy at the Navy Pier event.
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What is Deferred Action For Childhood Arrivals?
Deferred action temporarily prevents deportation of an individual that resides in the United States without a lawful immigration status. It does not give or result in lawful status for the individual, and can be terminated or renewed at the discretion of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Deferred action does not excuse any past or future period of unlawful presence, however, individuals whose requests are accepted will not increase their unlawful presence in the country while under the action. Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals is a new directive introduced by the Obama Administration on June 15, 2012. The policy shift will allow individuals unlawfully brought into the U.S. as children, and who meet certain guidelines, to apply for two years of deferred action subject to renewal and termination at the discretion of the DHS. Once deferred action has been granted, individuals qualify to obtain work authorization in the United States if he or she can prove "an economic necessity for employment." Those applying must meet all specified guidelines, but decisions will be made on a case-by-case basis. Source: USCIS
Who Is Eligible?
Individuals currently in removal proceedings, with final orders for removal or with voluntary departure orders, qualify as long as they are not in immigration detention. Those who are in detention can request consideration for deferred action from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Anyone who meets ALL 7 guidelines outlined by the Obama Administration is eligible to request deferred action from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS).
Seven Requirements For Eligibility
Applicants must: 1) Be under 31 years of age as of June 15, 2012. You must be at least 15 years of age, with some exceptions.* 2) Have come into the U.S. before the age of 16. 3) Have lived in the U.S. permanently since June 15, 2012. Some travel acceptable.* 4) Have been physically in the U.S. on June 15, 2012 and when applying for deferred action. 5) Have entered the U.S. without inspection before June 15, 2012 or have had their lawful immigration status expire since then. 6) Be currently enrolled in school at the time of the request. Also eligible are individuals who have graduated from high school, obtained a GED certificate, or are a honorably discharged veteran of the U.S. Coast Guard or U.S. Armed Forces. 7) Have not been convicted of a felony, "significant misdemeanor, 3 or more other misdemeanors," and/or are not seen as a threat to national security or public safety. *Check USCIS website for details.
How To Apply?
Before applying: On their website, the USCIS presents applicants with tips to ways to avoid scams. In addition, the USCIS lists Before and After Filing Tips, help in finding accredited legal services to aid individuals file for deferred action, and examples of common scams to avoid. Applying: USCIS begins accepting applications on August 15, 2012. Any requests received prior to this date will be rejected. For consideration, individuals must submit the following (next slide) to the USCIS Lockbox.
Forms and Fee
The application consists of: 1) A completed and signed, Form I-821D, Consideration of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival. Forms should include evidence to support that you meet all 7 guidelines of eligibility. 2) Form I-765, Application for Employment Authorization 3) Form I-765WS, Worksheet (which establishes your economic need for employment) 4) Filing fees for Form I-765, which total to $465.
After Applying
All applicants will undergo a background check. Once the forms and fee are received and deemed complete by the USCIS, applicants will receive a receipt notice. The applicant can complete an additional form if he or she would like to receive this notice electronically. Afterwards, the USCIS will send applicants notice of their mandatory appointment at an Application Support Center (ASC) for biometric services.
Additional Information
Fee waivers for the work authorization application and biometric collection cannot be requested, very limited exceptions exist.* Denial of deferred action does not mean applicants will be placed in removal proceedings, however under exceptional circumstances cases may be referred to ICE.* Deferred action can be extended past the initial two year period unless terminated. USCIS's determination may not be appealed, though cases can be reviewed in certain circumstances.* Applicants should NOT travel outside of the United States as of August 15, 2012. Doing so will make the applicant ineligible for deferred action consideration. *Check USCIS website for details.
How Many People Will Get Relief?
According to The Immigration Policy Center, approximately 1.4 million immigrants in the United States are expected to meet the 7 guidelines of the deferred action initiative, now or in the future. An estimated 936,930 meet those requirements as of August 15, 2012. California (412,560), Texas (226,700), Florida (85,750), and New York (70,170) are the states with the highest number of expected beneficiaries. Click to view complete chart. Mexican immigrants make up almost 70% of those eligible.
Opposition To Deferred Action
Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas), chairman of the House Judiciary Committee:
"In order to process the millions of applications from illegal immigrants, the Obama administration will have to divert funding and other resources from processing legal immigration applications. This will lead to a backlog for legal immigrants who followed the rules, while allowing lawbreakers to skip to the front of the line." Adding that the policy shift is an "open invitation for fraud" during the application process.
 The directive is expected to cost $585 million.  Presidential candidate Mitt Romney said in an interview with CBS News:
"With regards to these kids who were brought in by their parents through no fault of their own, there needs to be a long-term solution so they know what their status is."


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April 21, 2011, 1:35 PM — In the wake of recent changes to the wording of its terms of service, cloud-storage service Dropbox has come under fire for claims it made about exactly who has access to your files. On Thursday, Dropbox took to its blog and attempted to clarify details about its security and privacy practices.
Concerns first arose after Dropbox recently reworded the section of its terms of service about compliance with law enforcement. According to Dropbox, that change was made to narrow the scope of that section, and to specify the situations in which the company might reveal information about its users. It's worth noting, as the company does, that this clause isn't unique to Dropbox: Google, Skype, Twitter, and Apple all have terms of service that say they are required to comply with government investigations if requested.
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However, as the new terms clearly say that Dropbox will give law enforcement access to users' files stored in Dropbox when legally required to do so, there's a question of exactly who has access to those files.
Prior to Thursday, the features page on Dropbox's Website contained the pretty straightforward claims that "All files stored on Dropbox are encrypted (AES-256)" and "Dropbox employees are unable to view user files [emphasis added]."That sentiment is reinforced by a Dropbox help center document, which states that both "Nobody can see your private files in Dropbox unless you deliberately invite them or put them in your Public folder" and "Dropbox employees aren't able to access user files, and when troubleshooting an account they only have access to file metadata (filenames, file sizes, etc., not the file contents)."
Those claims suggest that technological factors prevent Dropbox employees from accessing user files. However, that would seem to conflict with Dropbox's statement that it will provide access to files for law enforcement--after all, what good are files that can't be viewed?
In a statement provided to Macworld, Dropbox Chief Technology Officer Arash Ferdowsi, said the claim that Dropbox employees couldn't access files "is not an intentionally misleading statement--it is enforced by technical access controls on our backend storage infrastructure as well as strict policy prohibitions. The contents of a file will never be accessed by a Dropbox employee without the user's permission."


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Pantaloon, part of the Future Group, has launched its second Big Bazaar store at Pondy Bazaar, T Nagar. The second Big Bazaar store at T Nagar is an effort to come closer to the citizens in the city to meet their daily needs in much faster and efficient manner.
Known for its 'Value for Money' proposition among the customers, the new Big Bazaar, spread over four floors in an area of 53,000 sq. ft., will be serve an additional reason for shoppers to throng T Nagar.
Big Bazaar, houses products under various categories, offers, discounts and unbelievable round-the-year promotions on all categories, i.e. personal care products, garments, footwear, toys, home decor, home utilities, kitchen utilities, packed food, pulses, fruits, vegetables, groceries etc.
The launch of Chennai's second store, being the 94th Big Bazaar in country, also brings Pantaloon Retail a step closer to reaching the 100 milestone.


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One of the many storylines to watch out for during the Detroit Pistons' preseason is who will set themselves apart from the rest and make a case for being the first big off the bench. Surely, one of Andre Drummond, Greg Monroe and Josh Smith will see some time with the second unit for stretches, but who of the rest of the Pistons' front court players will see the most playing time?
So far Charlie Villanueva, Jonas Jerebko and Tony Mitchell have seen the most minutes, in that order with 58, 53, and 46 minutes respectively. Josh Harrellson has also seen some time with around 10 MPG, but he doesn't appear to be in the conversation.
Through the first few games, it appears that Jerebko could be playing himself into position to be the favorite to win the job. Despite not seeing the court in the Pistons' preseason opener against Maccabi Haifa, Jerebko hustled his way to a total 16 points, 15 rebounds, and two blocks off the bench against the Miami Heat and Brooklyn Nets. While he hasn't shot the ball incredibly well, going only 4-of-11 from the field and missing both three point attempts, his greatest competition for being the team's stretch forward, Charlie Villanueva, has looked even worse shooting the ball.
Villanueva could have made a case for himself to help the Pistons' spacing issues by doing what he does best, make shots. Unfortunately for Villanueva, he shot a horrific 0-for-8 from beyond the three point line through the first two games before finally getting two of his four attempts to fall through the net against Brooklyn. His overall field goal percentage of only .350 is even worse than Jerebko's .364 clip, and he hasn't rebounded well either, averaging only four RPG. Even if Jerebko hadn't been playing well in his two appearances, Villanueva has certainly appeared to be playing himself out of the competition.
Tony Mitchell made a nice case to earn some minutes after exploding for 10 points, 10 rebounds and a block in 26 minutes against the Nets. He saw the most playing time of his short preseason career against Brooklyn, and he definitely took full advantage. He didn't see the free throw line, but his 10 points were scored on a very efficient 5-of-6 from the field. If the Pistons aren't going to see any forwards stretching the floor off the bench, rebounding and efficient scoring will be enough to win the job. While it was only a single performance, Mitchell showed he has the potential to provide that kind of production with this outing.
It's still early, with five preseason games and a little over two weeks to go before the Pistons tip-off their regular season, but at this point, it appears that the backup power forward position could be coming down to a competition between Jonas Jerebko and Tony Mitchell.
Mike Klompstra is a Detroit Pistons blogger for RantSports.com. Follow him on Twitter @CityofKlompton, "Like" him on Facebook, or add him to your network on Google.
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