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ROCK HILL — The teenager who allegedly tossed fireworks into Ryan Lochbaums garage three weeks ago, setting it on fire, is the same teen police accuse of joining his brother and several others in beating the Rock Hill husband and father outside his home last weekend.
The parents of the suspects say their sons were provoked by the victims, the latest in a series of disputes between neighbors.
Police on Saturday were sent to a Gentle Breeze Lane home in the Soft Winds Village subdivision, after Claire Lochbaum, 35, called police and said several teenagers were assaulting her husband in front of her, according to a Rock Hill Police report. By the time police arrived, the suspects were gone.
Ryan Lochbaum suffered bruises on his face and arms. He told officers that neighborhood kids jumped on him in retaliation after he pressed charges against Daaron Boyd Colston, 17, for damage to his property.
While Ryan Lochbaum was outside the familys home with the couples 9-year-old son and a neighbors child, a group of seven boys walked up to him. Claire Lochbaum said her husband took out his phone and hit record after police advised him to record any interactions he had with teens in the neighborhood.
When she told the teens she was calling police, two of them left. Three of them jumped on her husband, she said, and started hitting.
He dropped the phone so she picked it up and recorded it all, police said, capturing Colston throwing the first punch and his brother later joining in the attack.
Ryan Lochbaum, the report states, told police the boys confronted him after a verbal dispute. He told officers he did not know the other teens names, but he knew they lived in the area. He told authorities the same teens continually harass him and he is beginning to fear for his familys safety.
Incidents between the Lochbaums and the neighborhood teens started about two years ago when Ryan Lochbaum said he noticed one of them on his property, looking into cars, while he was in his garage. He said his cat later was injured by one of the boys.
On July 6, Ryan Lochbaum reported that he heard five loud blasts before seeing flames in his garage. After extinguishing the flames and evacuating his family, he ran outside and went to April Showers Lane, where he noticed a teenager, later identified as Colston, running away, leaving behind a sandal.
Ryan Lochbaum said he ran into Darryl Colston, Colstons father, and showed him the damaged electric fan, clothes basket and metallic locksmith pieces.
Darryl Colston told police he did not recognize the sandal as belonging to either of his sons. Ryan Lochbaum told police he was sure Colston was responsible and later identified him in a photo lineup as the teenager he chased.
Investigators confirmed that it appeared fireworks were thrown into the home, causing about $700 in damage. Police issued a warrant for Colston, who turned himself in to authorities on July 11. He was charged with damage to property and was released from jail on a $2,130 bond.
Court documents show that someone wrote no contact in Colstons bond paperwork, but a no contact order was never signed by a judge, said Rock Hill Clerk of Court Diane Anderson.
The video and photos the Lochbaums took identify Colston and three others, police said. Only three were arrested.
One of them was Letita Williams 16-year-old son, she said.
Williams son said Ryan Lochbaum saw the group of teens walking down the street on Saturday and began yelling at them, calling them scumbags and telling them they belong in jail.
The boys tried to walk away, but she said Lochbaum said something to the teens that instigated the assault. Her son was arrested and charged Sunday, and sent to a Department of Juvenile Justice holding facility until his first appearance in Family Court on Tuesday. He was placed under house arrest and released to his mother with an ankle monitor.
Early Sunday, police found Colston and his brother, 16, at their April Showers Lane home, a short walk from the victims home, and arrested them. Colston and his brother were charged with third-degree assault and battery by a mob a misdemeanor carrying no more than one year behind bars.
Colston also was charged with intimidation of a witness, a felony carrying a maximum 10-year prison sentence. Wednesday, he was being held at the York County Detention Center on a $300,000 bond.
The younger Colston boy was released Tuesday with an ankle monitor and placed under house arrest, said his mother, Tracey Colston.
Tracey Colston said her sons have been unjustly blamed for many problems that occur in the neighborhood. She said they have been stereotyped and disrespected by their neighbors.
No charges had been filed, Tracey Colston said, until Saturday.
Darryl Colston said his sons were harassed at least three days before the assault. He said the family was aware Daaron Colston should not have been in contact with Ryan Lochbaum, but he says the neighbor approached his sons first.
Daaron was going home, Darryl Colston said, when (the neighbor) approached him and the boys and told them they should be in jail.
Reprisals very rare
Victims and witnesses to crime are sometimes reluctant to cooperate with police because they fear retaliation, said Executive Officer Mark Bollinger of the Rock Hill Police Department.
Police are unable to offer protection around the clock, though he said police will patrol or do property checks if requested.
A lot of potential witnesses have that potential concern, said Willy Thompson, deputy 16th Circuit Court solicitor. They fear testifying ... and fear reprisal.
But, Thompson said, its very rare that any reprisals occur.
When they do, theyre prosecuted rather heavily, he said. We have a big interest in making sure that doesnt happen.
Still, there is little available in the criminal justice system to ensure that it doesnt, he said.
The damage to property allegations made against Colston, Thompson said, are magistrate-level charges that generally dont make it to General Sessions court, where felony-level offenses are heard and tried.
Now, it will.
Theres certainly a strong interest in making sure people dont feel threatened and are not threatened because theyve been victimized, Thompson said.
Jonathan McFadden • 803-329-4082


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Guest Mix: Heatsick
How We Relate to the Body
Heatsick's version of dance music may sound unrefined, but it's actually intentional. Armed with just a Casio keyboard and an effect pedal, Berlin-based artist and musician Steven Warwick (Birds of Delay, Birds of Prey, Hungover Breakfast) purposefully foregrounds the sort of technically naive, charmingly rudimentary aspects of early electronic pop, proto-industrial, and Chicago deep house. By virtue of this raw, draft-like approach, Heatsick's music evinces a narrative continuity to house and disco while also shifting laterally toward the dance scenes of the 100% silky under-underground.
It is in this sense that the music on Déviation enacts both its release's title and the title of Heatsick's debut album from last year, Intersex: his music occupies a liminal space in which the mind-numbing, linear qualities of dance music meet the perpetually in-flux characteristics of the so-called experimental communities. Listening to Deviation, then, assists not only in blurring reified categories — in the musical, social, and psychological senses — but also in creating movements both horizontal (via loops) and vertical (via layering) that pierce through the mind-body construction so often associated with dance music.
Heatsick generously created this mix for TMT, the first in a new series of guest mixes from artists we love. Check out a short interview with Heatsick, followed by his mix below. And be sure to pick up Déviation, out this week on the amazing PAN label.
Your early recordings were pretty noisy. What led you to the aesthetic shift in Dubbed Sunshine? What is it about beats and loops that attracts you to dance music?
I have always had liked dance music, and have listened to it when I was making my earlier recordings. I just made it more explicit on Dubbed Sunshine and thereon. I was thinking about how a record such as E2-E4 came out on an ambient/experimental background yet became one of the blueprints for Balearic, and how the music of, say, Richard Maxfield from the 50s could still sound so contemporary and have quite some similarities with electronic dance music. Also, since I moved to Berlin, I would go out to more club nights. The atmosphere was very nice; friends would be DJing, and I was interested in how people are willing to dance to ambient music very late in the night, and also the focus is away from watching someone perform. I liked how the music would change very slightly over a period of time, which you wouldn't notice at first, a bit like like minimal classical music. Also, I really enjoy dancing to music and hearing it in a loud environment. I started to try and imitate musically the sound most DJ's mix tracks.
I have drum pads on a keyboard and thought that I could loop them, as I liked the sound of them. They reminded me of some of the early house mixes that I would listen to. I would literally walk around the street thinking of dance tracks that I would make, and then one day I just decided to actually do it. I felt encouraged by the ramshackle nature of these early tracks, that I could also try that.
What are your thoughts on the general embrace of dance music in the so-called experimental communities?
I guess I have partly answered this in the previous question. For me, I don't think it's that radical a leap. Both musics are concerned with textures and repetition and can be both long form. I certainly know some dance people who listen to a lot of dance music, so I don't see why that shouldn't be the other way round. I have several influences in my music such as Latin and dancehall, as well as non-musical sources from what I am reading or watching also.
Fidelity seems to be a major component in these worlds. What is the role of fidelity in your music?
I record in a professional studio and like to sound as clear as I can with what I have. Obviously using a Casio has some semiotic, but it's what I had and I think the drums sound really good. I have friends with 808s who were really impressed with how it sounds. I also use acoustic percussion, bass, guitar, horns, and recently a drum machine to get the sound a bit fuller. It is a project in flux, and it is getting slowly more expansive.
What's the meaning behind the title Déviation?
It comes from when I was in Paris and in a van, just going round and around in a loop trying to find a parking space. I thought it was funny afterwards, as I make loop-based music and was looking at the relationship of circulation in the city. Paris is obviously also a city heavily redeveloped in the 19th century by Haussmann, and I was thinking about structured experience in the city, from its architecture when traveling through. With Hausmann, it was to show off the glory of the Empire and also to prevent something like the Paris Commune from happening again with the wide boulevards. I liked also the similarity to the English word "deviation," making it playful, a temporary detour.
Does "C'était Un Rendez-vous" have anything to do with Claude Lelouch?
Yes, it is a direct reference. I love that film. I wanted to make it sound like I was driving around the city commenting on what I saw, projecting onto a cityscape, via a film.
How important is it to you for the audience to understand the concepts behind your music?
It's nice when people pick up on them, but it's also fine if they also like it on a musical level or something to have on in their spare time. I was dancing to "Dance Dance Dance" by Chic for a long time before thinking about what they were singing about. It functions fine without having to "get" something.
Can you tell us about your mix?
It's a mix of music that I am currently listening to. The kind of mix that I would DJ out and also some stuff that I would listen to at home. Guess the end is quite self-explanatory.
[00:00] Iueke - "Tape 1" (Antinote)
[01:44] Jam City - "How We Relate to the Body" (Nightslugs)
[05:44] Simoncino - "Dreams" (L.I.E.S)
[13:00] Heatsick - "Convergence" (Rush Hour)
[16:45] Jah Shaka Bongo Dub (Jah Shaka Music)
[19:35] D.I.E - "R U Married" (M.A.P)
[22:36] The Other People Place - "Let Me Be" (Warp)
[26:37] Sensate Focus - "X1" (Sensate Focus)
[29:47] Yello - "Of Course I'm Lying" (Mercury)
[32:30] Malcolm Mclaren - "Madame Butterfly" (Virgin)
[38:34] Projekt:PM - "When the Voices Come" (Guidance)
[41:58] Willie Burns - "Key Horizon" (L.I.E.S)
[46:03] Heatsick - "No Fixed Address" (PAN)
[49:06] Walter Wanderley - "Capoeira" (A&M)
[52:08] Julius Eastman - "Gay Guerilla" (New World)
[52:52] Bill Kouligas - "Alternate Change 1" (EN/OF)
[54:08] David Behrman - "Leapday Night- Scene 2" (Lovely Music)
[55:44] Ben Vida - "zizzlerz" (PAN)
[57:42] Amyl Nitrate - "Rule Britannia" (Jubilee)
• Heatsick: http://perpendicularrain.blogspot.com
• PAN: http://www.pan-act.com
Dean Blunt and Inga Copeland
"Stalker 5, NJ, 2012"
The last two (1, 2) blurbs we posted about Dean Blunt and Inga Copeland were of (I think) fantastic tracks that I can now barely (half-)remember (hypnagogically, etc.), since the duo almost immediately took them down after posting. In fact, it happened earlier this year too with a track posted on SoundCloud.
But as much as we seem to be stalking Blunt and Copeland, perhaps they have been watching us all along. Yesterday, the duo posted the fifth installment in their "Stalker" series, and it's the longest of the bunch. While the first several videos — each of which feature the same song — seemed to set the scene with static shots (the first of Copeland, the second of Blunt, the third of Blunt and a gun, and the fourth of an unknown cityscape), the latest stalker video reveals not only the time (2012) and place (New Jersey) of the story, but also the stalkee, who is apparently chilling on the rooftop above a convenience store next to a fair ride.
But what I wonder is: Does Blunt still have that gun?
• Dean Blunt and Inga Copeland: http://youtube.com/pollyjacobsen
• Hyperdub: http://www.hyperdub.net
Lil B
"My Arms Are The Brooklyn Bridge"
Lil B calls his new clip for "My Arms Are the Brooklyn Bridge," and I quote, "HISTORICAL FIRST TIME EVER." The video is pretty self-explanatory: a poorly-edited set of smudgy shots of the rapper in — surprise — Brooklyn, where BasedGod bestows some lucky fans with holy $w@g Hug$. Given the strange line breaks in the video's description, chances are good that His Grace has blessed us with a poem to accompany his historical film. It reads as follows:
The track is off Lil B's new mixtape, Green Flame, which you can stream below. Meanwhile, check out C's mix of 2012 Lil B tracks here.
• Lil B: http://www.basedworld.com
DREAMS 3D [album stream]
The mysterious entity known as INTERNET CLUB has been releasing a steady stream of screwed shopping mall jams, PowerPoint presentation pop, and elevator trap anthems for the past [insert period of time here]. Part of an emerging microscene variously called webwave, vaporwave, doswave, and eccojams — an outcropping that also includes artists like Laserdisc Visions and MEDIAFIRED — INTERNET CLUB takes sampling several steps further, into the realm of pure appropriation. Snatches of incidental music, library tunes, and other unidentifiable sources are extended, looped, and treated in a way that leaves their essential structure intact, extracting the weirdly hypnotic, meditative unconscious of even the most bland and disposable music. There's an analogy here to the strategies of artists like Richard Prince and Sherrie Levine, but more on that later.
Right now, you can stream or download a brand new INTERNET CLUB joint entitled DREAMS 3D for free via Ailanthus Recordings. The album is one of several releases this year, with another called VANISHING VISION due next month. In the words of INTERNET CLUB: "留在我身边."
• INTERNET CLUB: http://internetclubdotcom.angelfire.com
• Ailanthus: http://ailanthusrecordings.bandcamp.com
Chocolate Grinder Mix 48
"Can I Get It In A Box?"
First time my pal Mickey listened to Lil B/The BasedGod, he told me he spit out his coffee at work. And I love it when P all dropping BasedWorld quotes on me midday random-style. Or trollin' the way a young whodie should with br'ohs on the IntRAHnets. Yo, remember his 2xLP on Weird Forest? Now I'm getting "There are too many songs; I don't know where to start." So, maybe it's the camaraderie I like. Maybe just because he's folk. Neo-folk. #werrrrrrrrrrp
But I don't believe in that shit. It comes down to the gravity of Lil B/The BasedGod. If one were to make a mix, sorting through all of Lil B's/The BasedGod's tracks, one could create their own character/theory/idea of who Lil B/The BasedGod represents to them. This mix is how Lil B/The BasedGod represents himself to me in 2012 (so far): a character built upon lies. It goes beyond lying to one's self driving home or walking they's dog; his constant self-doubt, belligerent machismo, and confused charm transform him into whatever he wants. Lil B/The BasedGod has found the end energy. This is pure. Complete and vast.
Stream below, and subscribe to our podcast here.
[00:00] "Shooting Star" (Water Is D.m.g. Pt.1)
[02:50] "Lil B Speaks Out About Getting Sucker Punched And What Happened" (Blue Eyes)
[03:05] "When I Write" (Blue Eyes)
[07:11] "Whodie Whodie" (#1 Bitch)
[09:41] "Real Hip Hop 2012" (God's Father)
[13:43] "BasedGod Fucked My Bitches" (White Flame)
[18:35] "Rare Lil B Age of Information UC Berkeley College Lecture About Lil B Topics and Music" (Blue Eyes)
[20:35] "I Aint Neva Won Remix" (The Basedprint 2)
[23:30] "Ski Mask Thuggin" (Trapped In Basedworld)
[25:49] "I'm Fabio" (White Flame)
[28:16] "Ima Eat Her Ass Based Freestyle" (#1 Bitch)
[33:05] "The BasedGods Layer" (God's Father)
"In Waking Dreams"
Last week, Lisa McGee released her debut album, Forever Falling Toward the Sky, as Vestals. In contrast to her dense drone work in Higuma (with Evan Caminiti) and Portraits (a group ensemble that includes Caminiti and Jon Porras from Barn Owl, Jefre Cantu-Ledesma, Gregg Kowalsky, Maxwell Croy, and many more), the album sees McGee adopting a fractured shoegaze-esque approach, in which her cavernous vocals, processed guitars, and the surrounding ambiance produce a sluggish backdrop to an aesthetic that keeps on trudging forward. "In Waking Dreams," the album's closing track, is a good example of this struggle: the core melodies continually promise liftoff, but the thick noise weigh the track down to a hover, ending with angelic harmonies just barely floating above distorted, wavering feedback. Check it out here:
Forever Falling Toward the Sky is out now on Root Strata. Caminiti's new Dust Editions imprint will release Vestals' follow-up, due sometime "in the distant future."
• Vestals: http://vestals.tumblr.com
• Root Strata: http://rootstrata.com

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The city has officially entered the running to host the 2024 Summer Olympics. Lolita Lopez reports from the LA Coliseum for the NBC4 News at 6 p.m. on March 7, 2013.
Los Angeles has officially entered the running to become the host of the 2024 Summer Olympics, vying for the honor with Boston and Dallas, a Southern California Olympic official said Thursday.
In a letter to the United States Olympic Committee dated March 4, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa confirmed LA's "enthusiastic interest" in a bid for the Olympic Games -- a process that takes years and millions of dollars to complete if LA can beat out other U.S. cities. Los Angeles hosted the games in the Coliseum twice before -- once in 1932 and once in 1984.
Only one city from the U.S. is selected to then advance to the next round of selections when it will compete against other cities all over the world. If Los Angeles is not selected in the domestic round, it is the end of the road, no matter how much money has been spent.
"There is no silver medal," said David Simon, president of the Southern California Committee for the Olympic Games.
In the past, cities like New York and Chicago spent more than $10 million bidding in the domestic process to become the chosen U.S. city -- and those cities weren't even selected.
"The International Olympic Committee hasn't told us the ground rules yet," Simon said. "But they do not want this to be an expensive domestic process."
Simon said the United States Olympic Committee is working to lower the costs to avoid costing cities millions, as has happened in the past. Montreal famously racked up a billion-dollar deficit after hosting the 1976 Olympic Games -- a bill they didn't pay off until 2006, said Simon.
The rules for applying to be the host city of the games -- watched by billions of people around the world -- change every time the games come around, Simon said.
Some of the requirements for a city to host the games include:
The International Olympic Committee must choose a city nine years before the games, Simon said.
"This is only the first step in a very long journey," Simon said.
Mayor Villaraigosa signed the bid, along with Los Angeles heavyweights like Tom Hanks, Magic Johnson Inc., Mattel, Disney and AEG, to get involved with the domestic selection process.
The United States Olympic Committee sent a letter last month asking 35 mayors in U.S. cities spanning the country if they would like to host the games.


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By Robert Passikoff
Whether you call them "French fries," "fries," "chips," or "frites," whether they come thick-cut, crinkled, straight, or curly, they're a staple of the American diet, most notably at quick-serve restaurants.
Nobody would deny that the taste of McDonald's French fries has played a critical role in the chain's success. Fries are much more profitable than hamburgers and people just love them. But the taste doesn't stem from the potato or the equipment. The secret lies in the cooking oil and for years McDonalds cooked their fires in oil that was mostly composed of beef tallow. You can make a face, but that's where the great taste came from. That changed about a decade ago when cholesterol criticism led them to switch to vegetable oil. But if you check their inventory of ingredients for their fries you'll find "natural flavor" on the list.
Are French fries about to get the respect they deserve? Well, Wendy's, as part of a program to promote food made with more natural ingredients, has kicked off a National campaign heralding a new recipe for French fries in what is positioned as the biggest overhaul of its fries in 41 years. From the news briefs it appears that they'll be using Russet Burbank potatoes (the same used by McDonald's) but will be keeping the skins on, will be slicing them thinner, frying them crisper, and sprinkling them with sea salt. No mention of their oil choice has been made.
According to the Brand Keys' Customer Loyalty Engagement Index, here's how the major chains rank specifically for their fries and their ratings versus the consumers' Ideal (100%) French Fry:
McDonald's (91%)
Arby's (89%)
Hardees (85%)
Carl Jr. (81%)
Nathan's (80%)
Jack-in-the-Box/White Castle (75% each)
KFC/Chic-Fil-A (71%) each
Wendy's (65%)
Popeye's (60%)
Sonic (58%) A number of countries claim the "fry" as their own, but French peasant cuisine is most frequently credited as the creator of the dish and hence the nomenclature. They say this cuisine is the basis of a culinary art that is mostly composed of honest, natural elements. So maybe Wendy's new, natural approach will help to stem the decline French fry servings have seen over the past few years and add a little snap to the brand.
The profit contribution fries make to the bottom line notwithstanding, the fast food chains really need to get their formulas for fries so that they meet customer expectations. These days when marketers (in any category) miss that mark, customers drop them like a hot potato!


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Mary Brosnahan, Coalition for the Homeless' Executive Director, sent the following message out today to Coalition supporters urging them to send a message to Mayor Bloomberg: Stop playing politics with the lives of homeless children and families.
Dear Coalition supporter,
Mayor Bloomberg is playing politics with the lives of homeless children and families, issuing irresponsible threats in order to defend a failed program that has led to record homelessness. And these threats have just gotten MUCH more dangerous.
We need to tell the Mayor to stop the scare tactics and enact proven, cost-effective policies that genuinely reduce family homelessness.
Here's the background: Mayor Bloomberg is trying to defend a failed subsidy program called "Advantage" that, for many, has become a revolving door back to homelessness. City data show that more than a third of families who've left the "Advantage" program have returned to apply for shelter - but the Bloomberg administration still wants to keep this failed program running.
However, Governor Cuomo wisely withdrew State funds from this flawed program in his budget. State officials have instead urged the City to use its Federal housing resources (like public housing and rent vouchers) to help homeless families move from costly shelters to their own homes. This successful approach, which Mayors Koch, Dinkins and Giuliani used, is both fiscally responsible and highly-effective at moving families into long-term, stable homes.
Last week, instead of doing the right thing, Bloomberg officials dropped a bombshell -- threatening to cut off "Advantage" subsidies on April 1st for 15,000 families already in permanent housing - an unlawful move that we will soon be challenging in court.
Please send a letter to Mayor Bloomberg telling him to stop playing games, and to return to using proven Federal housing programs to help homeless families move from shelters to stable homes.
We've known for years that there are better housing options for homeless families. That's what cities across our state and country do, and what NYC did until Mayor Bloomberg replaced Federal housing aid with failed efforts like the misguided "Advantage" program.
Please send a clear message to Mayor Bloomberg now: Stop the scare tactics and start addressing the problem of homelessness by immediately allowing homeless families to access proven Federal programs!
Mary Brosnahan,
Coalition for the Homeless
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August 28: Views on road safety
By JERUSALEM POST READERS
08/27/2012 22:11
The main problem of errant motorists and jaywalkers is a cultural problem that won't be so simple to solve.
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Views on road safety
Sir, – Hurrah for your editorial advocating the establishment of a pedestrian protection program ("Pedestrian protectors," August 26).
Having had several friends killed by vehicles and others injured, I am keenly aware of the problem. I tell visitors that the most dangerous thing they can do in Israel is cross the street. I try to make eye contact and hold out my hand when crossing, but even then I have cars whiz by me.
I would gladly be a volunteer and think many others would also. I question whether the authorities would be willing to go along with the program and wonder how we can encourage them to do so.
Sir, – I believe that the main problem of errant motorists and jaywalkers is a cultural problem that won't be so simple to solve.
Yes, wouldn't it be great if the police were to apprehend motorists who drive with no consideration for others, be they pedestrians or fellow motorists, but the main challenge is the police themselves. I'll explain.
I live in Jerusalem. Last week I was waiting to cross busy Emek Refaim Street at a pedestrian crossing and a police car approached. I indicated with my hand up that I wanted to cross, but the policeman at the wheel took absolutely no notice of me and drove ahead as if I was invisible.
So how are we to educate the police to change the culture of bad road manners when they themselves are flagrant abusers?
Sir, – People here pay a great deal of money to learn how to drive and it takes them a long time, sometimes failing the test several times, before they get it right. So, are they not taught road manners and thoughtfulness for pedestrians and other drivers, or does that all go out the window with the receipt of a license? I am appalled daily at the lack of manners and consideration on the roads. What infuriates me most is drivers who do not indicate when they are turning.
Why? What is it with them that they cannot flick the indicator to let the person behind them know which direction they are taking? Illegal parking on sidewalks causes pedestrians to walk in the road. I am very tempted sometimes to let the air out of their tires, especially when I see people forced into the road with a child in a buggy. Passing on the inside lane! So very dangerous! I could go on and on; we all know these faults.
Yes, I am in favor of volunteer traffic police. I'll do it! I would love to! I am sick of the senseless loss of life on the roads.
Herzlia Pituah
Sir, – Wow! What a great idea – empowering the public to help do the work of the underachieving traffic police, who are seen riding around in their cars most of the time and are obviously not very effective.
I reside on a no-outlet street behind a large elementary school. At the entrance to the block there is a sign that reads (in Hebrew only) "No entry for picking up and dropping off of children."
During the school year, as I would walk my young children to school, many parents disregarded the sign. The closer to the bell, the faster they traveled, with total disregard for the students walking toward the entrance.
I have contacted the school and the police on several occasions.
School administrators were very sympathetic to my pleas and stated they had tried on numerous occasions to get help from the city, but to no avail. The police were very cordial, but no one returned my phone calls and nothing was done to correct the situation.
The PTA president has tried to speak to parents who ignore requests not to use the street, but has no ability to enforce the rules – and was told the sign is not legally binding.
I suggest that a policeman stand by the entrance one or two mornings a week for about an hour or so, and hand out warnings and fines. This surely would bring about a change in peoples' behavior. Furthermore, one would think that speed bumps – so common on many roads in the area – would be put in place to protect the young children the rest of the time.
With the new school year, we can only hope that some changes will take place before, God forbid, a tragedy occurs.
Sir, – I'd add one more item to the list of pedestrian protectors: allowing pedestrians the peace of mind to walk on the city streets without the incessant blaring of horns.
Drivers use their horns indiscriminately, not to warn other drivers but to bark their frustration at having missed a precious millisecond of their lives in traffic.
Drivers are protected from the noise by a car shell. Pedestrians, as well as residents, have no such protection.
Sir, – "Vision Zero" (Editorial, August 24) is an excellent review of the sad situation is Israel.
Surely there cannot be any valid objection to the enforcement of traffic laws. However, the distressing fact is that the police are not following through with enforcement.
In so many cases of accidents we read that the driver has a long list of serious violations that should have kept him off our roads. And note this: There was a recent report that many thousands of drivers who have had their licenses suspended (if not completely revoked) have not handed these licenses over to the police. How can this be tolerated? Finally, we should be striving to improve the quality of drivers and adopt the goals and methods of the Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM). Those who pass the tests should be rewarded with cheaper insurance premiums.
Make good driving a goal and having the IAM badge something to be proud of.
The writer is a life member of the South African branch of IAM
Time to speak out
Sir, – It is high time our government speaks out loudly to the world, as in "Defining Israel's capital" (Comment & Features, August 26).
Many readers in the UK think of the Guardian newspaper as the law. It is up to the Press Complaints Commission to rectify the paper's distorted view on Jerusalem.
In 1980 a law was passed declaring that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel. Therefore, all foreign embassies should be there, and if America is really our ally it should set an example.
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Mormons and the Jews
Sir, – Mitt Romney traveled to Israel in an attempt to woo the Jewish voters of America by convincing them of his love for our country. Apparently, there is a growing number of American Jews who are considering voting for him as president.
Without entering into the merits of Romney and his opponent, President Barack Obama, all Jews should be aware of the Mormon attitude toward Jews.
The Book of Mormon is the holiest book of the Mormon religion.
In the Book of 2 Nephi, which is part of the Book of Mormon, we find the following, in Chapter 10, Verse 3: "Wherefore, as I said unto you, it must needs be expedient that Christ should come among the Jews, among those who are the more wicked part of the world; and they shall crucify him – for thus it behooveth our God, and there is none other nation on earth that would crucify their God."
This says that God wanted Jesus to be crucified by his own people and found no nation wicked enough to the do the wicked deed other than the Jews. That was why Jesus was born a Jew.
A New York Times article recently discussed the negative attitude toward blacks by Mormons, and their change of heart.
We must query the Mormon Church, as well as Mitt Romney himself, on whether they repudiate the explicit anti-Semitic attitude of their holiest book.
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The fall season emphasizes the excellence of our outstanding Milton High School Marching Band. Our performances will include home and away football games, as well as several marching competitions. The band has also represented Milton High School at Bands of America Regional Championships, National and Regional Festivals, and this year the marching band will perform at the McDonald's Thanksgiving Day Parade in Chicago – on national television and in front of over 100,000 live! The Wind Ensemble will be a featured performance ensemble at University of Alabama's Honor Band Festival in February, and the Jazz Ensembles plan to host the 2nd Annual Milton Jazz Festival, while the Indoor Drumline and Winter Guard will return to Dayton, Ohio for the WGI World Championships. These are just the highlights for some of the many musical and performance memories that await your students this coming school year.
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Amherst, NH—ActivMedia Robotics and RMT Robotics have announced that they're collaborating on a revolutionary, smart Automated Guided Vehicle (AGV) based on ActivMedia's Robotics Control Systems (ARCS).
Amherst, NH— ActivMedia Robotics and RMT Robotics have announced that they're collaborating on a revolutionary, smart Automated Guided Vehicle (AGV) based on ActivMedia's Robotics Control Systems (ARCS). The new AGV, scheduled for a June 2004 release, will target flexible manufacturing, package delivery, and materials handling operations with difficult pick-up and delivery problems.
AGVs typically move items by following lines in warehouse or factory floors, or by triangulating from reflectors in the building. RMT and ActivMedia's new AGV will deliver unit loads to any location without lines or reflectors, and will instead 'map' its building and calculate its position using multiple sensor readings.
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Well, the weather is changing and a comfy scarf will soon be a constant part of my wardrobe. I have seen lots of t-shirt scarves in stores and on the internet so thought this would be a good first project to share. Scarves are super easy to make. If you can sew a straight stitch you're half way there.
To start just pick a few t-shirts in colors you like. I love grey, so I picked through my stash of discarded t-shirts for shades of grey. I never throw away t-shirts; there are so many uses for them rather than ending up in a landfill.
I made a ruffled extra long t-shirt scarf. I like my scarves to be extra long so they wrap double but you can make yours any length that suits you. The fun of making a project your self is being able to personalize it.
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A group of punks is accused of posing as a TV news crew and then using a stun gun to shock unsuspecting people during fake interviews on the streets of Cleveland.
One of the suspects reportedly told police that they were doing it simply for fun.
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The victim, 34, kept walking and they allegedly jumped him and shocked him on the neck.
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The photograph is low quality and appears similar to any taken of a group of male friends after dinner in post-Communist Moscow. But contained within this grainy 1994 shot, are some remarkable characters who have suddenly started to fascinate City bankers.
On the bottom right is Andrei Skoch, now rated as the richest man sitting in the Duma, Russia's parliament. He is also a close friend of the billionaire oligarch and Arsenal shareholder Alisher Usmanov and indirectly a leading figure behind MegaFon, the Russian telecoms business that Usmanov jointly listed on the London and Moscow stock markets on Wednesday.
Sitting next to Skoch is Sergei Mikhailov and, next to him on the front row is Viktor Averin. These are said to be two of Russia's most feared gangsters.
These old connections have suddenly resurfaced as MegaFon – which last week announced the appointment to its board of former Labour minister and one time chairman of the Guardian Media Group Lord Myners – began trading 17% of its shares in London. Coincidentally, that is almost the same size of stake indirectly owned by the Skoch family. The shares fell nearly 3% on their first day.
Skoch, who has placed all of his business interests in the name of his father, Vladimir, declined to answer any questions about his connections when approached by the Guardian in Moscow last week. In a response to questions by email, a spokesperson for Usmanov said there have been "too many unwarranted allegations, rumours and speculations about different people in Russia".
However, Skoch was prepared to give an interview to last Friday's Financial Times in which he admitted knowing Mikhailov and Averin. He also previously spoke about the ties in a 2010 interview with the Russian business newspaper Vedomosti, during which he confirmed that the photo was genuine.
He said that he got to know Mikhailov after he and Lev Kvetnoy bought several service companies at Moscow's Vnukovo airport.
Skoch added that he was "introduced" to Mikhailov and Averin as the "owners" of the Vnukovo companies. "We met, discussed terms, and then agreed – the photo was taken afterwards," he said.
Averin subsequently invited him and his wife to a holiday in Prague, in 1995. Skoch was one of 50 guests who celebrated Averin's birthday at the Ritz Hotel. In his Vedomosti interview, Skoch said the guests had been sitting down for 15 minutes over dinner when the Czech police burst in. The police took all the guests down to the station for questioning, photographed them and then let them go. "After that I didn't have any shared history with Viktor [Averin]. Not with him, not with Sergei [Mikhailov]. We didn't have any joint interests," he said.
However, Skoch told the FT last week that he continued to meet Averin for business purposes after the incident, with their last meeting seven years ago when they bumped into each other at a Moscow restaurant. "He's a nice enough guy," he told the paper.
The politician, whose wealth has been valued by Forbes at $4.2bn (£2.6bn), denied that he, Mikhailov or Averin had any links with Russian organised crime. "I can't say they were bandits. They were ordinary businessmen," he told the FT.
"I couldn't say that anyone joined a [mafia] group. That would be incorrect," Skoch also told Vedomosti. In the lawless Russia of the 1990s, he said it wasn't entirely clear "who was in a mafia group and who wasn't". "You'd go into any restaurant and there would be a serious-looking guy sitting there. If you wanted to live, you had to be unafraid," he said.
However, according to Federico Varese, professor of criminology at Oxford University, Mikhailov is the alleged founder of the "Solntsevo fraternity", Russia's most powerful mafia gang.
The group is named after a rundown area of western and southwestern Moscow – the name Solntsevo would translate as Sunnyside in English. Varese dubs the gang "arguably the mightiest organised crime group to emerge from the wreckage of the Soviet Union."
In the same Vedomosti interview Skoch boasts of his close friendship with Usmanov – who has also faced questions about links to the alleged Uzbek drug trafficker, Gafur Rakhimov.
Usmanov denies that he has ever had any business dealings with Rakhimov, whom he says was a neighbour of his parents.
Skoch recalled that he met Usmanov in 1995, and went into business, buying a metallurgical industrial complex. The venture succeeded thanks to Usmanov's "intellect", Skoch said, adding: "We are very close. I trust him with my life."
In 2010 Skoch said he saw Usmanov "virtually every day" and had travelled with him to Tashkent when Usmanov had a major operation.
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Companies may finally be starting to spend some of the $1.24T they were sitting on at the end of 2011. An NFIB survey of small businesses shows 57% of firms have made a capital expenditure over the last six months, the largest percentage since March 2008. Another survey of execs finds they expect to increase spending by 5.9% this year, likely a lowball estimate. Post your comment!
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U.S. companies are sitting on a massive $1.2T cash pile, Moody's says in a new report, and more than half of it is stashed overseas. The tax code is to blame and it will get worse without "permanent tax reform that lowers taxes on overseas profits," Moody's says. Apple (AAPL) is a major factor: In 2011, overall corporate cash would actually have decreased by $6B if not for Apple's $46B increase. 4 comments!
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The Center for Student Advising is proud to present screenwriter and producer (Brokeback Mountain) and Columbia Professor James Schamus in the next of our series of CSA Talks. Professor Schamus' talk is entitled "My Wife is a Terrorist: Lessons in Storytelling from the Department of Homeland Security."
In addition to his work as an award-winning screenwriter and producer, Professor Schamus is CEO of Focus Features, the motion picture production, financing, and worldwide distribution company whose films have included Lost in Translation, Milk, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Pianist, Coraline, and The Kids Are All Right. As Professor of Professional Practice in Columbia University's School of the Arts, he teaches film history and theory. He is the author of Carl Theodor Dreyer's Gertrud: The Moving Word, published by the University of Washington Press. He earned his BA, MA, and Ph.D. in English from U.C. Berkeley.
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In the aftermath of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, many airports around the United States closed or limited access to observation areas within their terminal buildings and near their runways. Happily, in the intervening years, airport authorities have found ways to allow aviation fans to get close to the airplanes once again, usually by building or reopening airport observation parks.
If you or your grandchildren live near an airport, consider taking them to an airport observation park the next time you spend time together.
Will My Grandchildren Enjoy Visiting an Airport Observation Park?
Children of all ages enjoy watching airplanes take off and land. Children in the elementary grades are old enough to begin learning to identify airframes and airline liveries. Younger children love the noise and excitement that come with takeoffs and landings. Middle schoolers and teens can not only identify aircraft, but also take photos of their favorites.
Where Can I Visit an Airport Observation Park?
The best way to find your nearest airport observation park is to look at airport websites. If your local airport has an observation park or area, airport management will share information about the park's hours and location on the airport's website.
Airports around the United States are creating airport observation parks and parking areas. Some, like Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport's Gravelly Point Park, have been around for decades. Others have been recently opened or refurbished.
What Amenities Will I Find at an Airport Observation Park?
Park facilities vary. At the very least, you will be able to take advantage of free parking and a good view of at least one runway. Some parks, such as Founders' Plaza at Dallas / Fort Worth International Airport, offer telescopes and / or radio broadcasts of Federal Aviation Administration communications. Others, including Thomas A. Dixon, Jr., Aircraft Observation Area near Baltimore / Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, offer playgrounds and picnic areas.
What Is the Best Time to Visit an Airport Observation Park?
The best time to visit your local airport observation park is probably in the early morning or late afternoon on a weekday, when business travel peaks. If you live close enough to the airport to track flight activity, you can easily determine your airport's peak traffic times. If, on the other hand, you are visiting from out of town, you may wish to check the airport's flight schedule or FlightAware.com to find the best time to visit your airport observation park.
Tips for Visiting Your Local Airport Observation Park With Grandchildren
The best way to enjoy a visit to an airport observation park with your grandchildren is to involve them in the aircraft identification process. Young children can learn the difference between jets and propeller planes. Older children can count engines on each plane and learn to look at wings and tails to identify different airframes.
If the plane spotting bug hits your grandchildren, be prepared to spend a lot of time with them at the airport observation park. They may want to photograph airplanes, try to identify them or just play outside and stop once in a while to look at aircraft.
Why Should I Take My Grandchildren to an Airport Observation Park?
Children as young as two years old are fascinated by technology, and airplanes are the fastest, loudest vehicles most of us are likely to see. Taking your grandchildren to an airport observation park not only allows you to spend time together outdoors (a healthy option for any child), but also gives you the opportunity to share your stories about your own air travel experiences and those given to you by older family members.
In addition, as your grandchildren grow older, you can remind them, as you watch airplanes land and take off, that pilots, air traffic controllers and aviation engineers must study diligently and focus on science, mathematics and computer technology to succeed in their chosen careers. It is never too early to foster an interest in science, technology and mathematics in children.


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On Thursday, 3 March 2010, a "Coffee and Art" encounter was held at the Mexico-Israel Cultural Institute with Mexican artists who participated in the Mikomi Mikomcha exhibition. Surrounded by artworks, the artists gathered in the wonderful building that houses the Mexico-Israel Cultural Institute. After hearing about Partnership 2000 and viewing a short video, in which four Israeli artists talk about this very special joint exhibition with Mexican artists and about the feelings that their participation in it elicited, the Mexican artists shared their experiences with us.
Within the framework of Mexico-Eshkol Regional Council partnership activity, and with the participation of the Jewish Sports Center and the Mexico-Israel Cultural Institute, 15 artists from the Eshkol area and 15 Mexican artists were invited to take part in the Mikomi Mikomcha exhibition.
The highly original idea behind this unique exhibition called for the formation of 15 Israeli-Mexican artist pairs. Each artist was asked to choose his/her favorite place, photograph it, and send his/her partner the photograph with an explanation of why that particular site was chosen. Afterward, each artist painted his/her partner's favorite place, as an exercise in mutual understanding and empathy. The results of this exercise were the paintings displayed at the Mikomi Mikomcha exhibition.
The idea was conceived by two artists, Ziva Yellin, director of The Gallery at Kibbutz Be'erii, and Dvora Levinson, then director of the Pedro Gershon Gallery at the Jewish Sports Center; both women had participated in two earlier exhibitions organized by Partnership 2000 when this unusual idea came to them.
It was very exciting to see the interaction that developed between the artists as they exchanged information, stories and family pictures. Most of them are still in touch with each other, thanks to the feelings of friendship engendered by the shared experience.
The exhibition was held first in Israel, at The Gallery at Kibbutz Be'eri in Eshkol and at the Beit Elim Gallery in Ashkelon; in Mexico the exhibition has so far been mounted at the Jewish Sports Center, at Kehillat Magen David and at the Mexico-Israel Cultural Institute. The exhibition is also scheduled to be shown at San Pedro Museum in Puebla, where it will be open to viewers from 24 March to 30 May; from there it will go to Valle de Mexico University's Tlalpan campus, where it will be on display throughout the month of June.


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1522: The Victoria, the only surviving ship of Ferdinand Magellan's expedition, returns to Sanlúcar de Barrameda in Spain, becoming the first ship to circumnavigate the world.
1870: Louisa Ann Swain of Laramie, Wy., becomes the first woman in the United States to cast a vote legally since 1807, when New Jersey, which had originally in 1776 granted "all inhabitants" the right to vote, rescinded the voting rights of women.
1899: Pacific Coast Condensed Milk Company, which would later be renamed Carnation Evaporated Milk Company, processes its first can of evaporated milk.
1901: Anarchist Leon Czolgosz shoots and fatally wounds U.S. President William McKinley at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, N.Y. McKinley would die eight days later on Sept. 14. Czolgosz was executed by electric chair on Oct. 29, 1901, just 45 days after McKinley's death.
1909: Explorer Robert Peary sends word that he had reached the North Pole. He had reached his goal five months earlier.
1916: The first self-service grocery store, Piggly Wiggly, is opened in Memphis, Tenn., by Clarence Saunders. The store incorporated shopping baskets, self-service branded products and checkouts at the front.
1939: Country music singer-songwriter and guitarist David Allan Coe, best known for hits such as "Mona Lisa Lost Her Smile," "The Ride," "You Never Even Called Me by My Name," "She Used to Love Me a Lot" and "Longhaired Redneck," is born in Akron, Ohio. He's also known for writing the songs "Would You Lay With Me (In a Field of Stone)" and "Take This Job and Shove It," which were turned into No. 1 hits by Tanya Tucker and Johnny Paycheck.
1943: Musician and singer-songwriter Roger Waters, who would go on to help found the British band Pink Floyd in 1965, is born in Great Bookham, Surrey, England.
1949: Allied military authorities relinquish control of former Nazi Germany assets back to German control.
1949: Howard Unruh, a former World War II sharpshooter, kills 13 neighbors in Camden, N.J., with a souvenir Luger, becoming the first U.S. single-episode mass murderer.
1958: Comedian Jeff Foxworthy, best known for the sitcom "The Jeff Foxworthy Show," the Blue Collar Comedy Tour, and the TV game show "Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?," is born in Hapeville, Ga.
1964: Actress Rosie Perez, best known for movies like "Do the Right Thing," "White Men Can't Jump," "Untamed Heart" and "Fearless," is born in Brooklyn, N.Y.
1966: South African Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd, the architect of apartheid, is stabbed to death during a parliamentary meeting in Cape Town. His assassin, a uniformed parliamentary messenger named Dimitri Tsafendas, escaped the death penalty on the grounds of insanity.
1966: Margaret Sanger, the birth control activist, sex educator and nurse who popularized the term birth control and opened the first birth control clinic in the United States, dies of congestive heart failure at age 86 in Tucson, Ariz. Sanger established organizations that evolved into the Planned Parenthood Federation of America and was a part of several legal cases that helped legalize contraception in the U.S.
1967: Singer-songwriter and actress Macy Gray, best known for her 1999 hit song "I Try," is born Natalie Renee McIntyre in Canton, Ohio. Gray also has appeared in movies like "Training Day," "Spider-Man," "The Crow: Wicked Prayer," "Idlewild" and "For Colored Girls."
1970: Two passenger jets bound from Europe to New York are simultaneously hijacked by Palestinian terrorist members of PFLP and taken to Dawson's Field in Jordan. Another plane was later hijacked by a terrorist sympathizer and brought to the field. While most of the passengers were released on Sept. 11, the hijackers kept 56 Jewish hostages and demanded the release of Palestinian prisoners imprisoned in Israel. On Sept. 12, the terrorists emptied the planes and destroyed them with explosives. All the hostages were eventually recovered.
1975: Czechoslovakia tennis player Martina Navratilova, then 18 years old, requests political asylum while in New York for the U.S. Open. Within a month, she received a green card and by 1981 she was officially a U.S. resident. She's seen here in 2006 at the ECM Prague Open.
1976: Soviet Air Defence Forces pilot Lt. Viktor Belenko lands a MiG-25 jet fighter at Hakodate on the Japanese island of Hokkaido and requests political asylum in the United States. This was the first time that Western experts were able to get a close look at the aircraft, and it revealed many secrets and surprises. Belenko was later granted asylum by U.S. President Gerald Ford.
1983: The Soviet Union admits to shooting down Korean Air Flight KAL-007 on Sept. 1, 1983, stating that the pilots did not know it was a civilian aircraft when it violated Soviet airspace. All 269 passengers and crew aboard were killed, including U.S. Rep. Lawrence McDonald. The aircraft was en route from New York City to Seoul via Anchorage when it strayed into prohibited Soviet airspace around the time of a U.S. reconnaissance mission.
1983: Pippa Middleton, the sister of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge (previously known as Kate Middleton), is born in Reading, Berkshire, England.
1984: Singer-songwriter Ernest Tubb, one of the pioneers of country music, dies of emphysema at age 70 in Nashville, Tenn. Among Tubb's biggest hits were "Walking the Floor Over You," "Waltz Across Texas," "Soldier's Last Letter," "It's Been So Long Darling" and "Sweet Thang," the last a 1967 duet with an up-and-coming Loretta Lynn.
1988: The band New Kids on the Block releases the album "Hangin' Tough." The album would produce the top 10 hits "Please Don't Go Girl," "You Got It (The Right Stuff)," "Cover Girl," "I'll Be Loving You (Forever)" and "Hangin' Tough," with the last two reaching No. 1.
1991: The name Saint Petersburg is restored to Russia's second largest city, which had been renamed Petrograd in 1914 and Leningrad, in honor of Vladimir Lenin, in 1924.
1992: Hunters discover the emaciated body of Christopher Johnson McCandless at his camp 20 miles west of the town of Healy, Alaska. McCandless had walked into the Alaskan wilderness in April 1992 dreaming of an "Alaskan Odyssey" wherein he would live off the land. He stayed at an abandoned bus for 113 days before starving to death sometime after Aug. 12, 1992. More attention to the life and death of McCandless would come with the 1996 book "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer and the 2007 movie of the same title, directed by Sean Penn and starring Emile Hirsch as McCandless.
1995: Cal Ripken Jr. of the Baltimore Orioles plays in his 2,131st consecutive game, breaking a record by Lou Gehrig that had stood for 56 years.
1996: Hurricane Fran makes landfall near Cape Fear, N.C., as a Category 3 storm with 115 mph sustained winds. Fran caused more than $3 billion in damage and killed 27 people, mainly in North Carolina. The name "Fran" later was retired due to the extensive damage.
1996: Eddie Murray of the Baltimore Orioles hits his 500th career home run during a game against the Detroit Tigers. He was only the third person to have at least 3,000 hits and 500 home runs, although Rafael Palmeiro became the fourth on July 15, 2005. The other two are Hank Aaron and Willie Mays.
1997: The funeral for Diana, Princess of Wales, takes place in London with more than a million people lining the streets and 2.5 billion watching around the world on television.
1998: Japanese film director Akira Kurosawa, considered one of the most important and influential filmmakers in the history of cinema, dies of stroke at age 88 in Tokyo, Japan. Some of Kurosawa's best known films include "Rashomon," "Ikiru," "Seven Samurai" and "Yojimbo."
2002: In New York City, the U.S. Congress convenes at Federal Hall for a rare special session. The session is held in New York to express the nation's mourning for the loss on Sept. 11, 2001, and unity in the war against terrorism.
2004: Former President Bill Clinton undergoes a quadruple bypass operation.
2005: The California Legislature becomes the first legislative body in the United States to approve same-sex marriages, although Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger would later veto the bill.
2007: Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti, who became famous as one of The Three Tenors along with Spanish singers Plácido Domingo and José Carreras, dies from pancreatic cancer at age 71 in Modena, Italy.
2012: Art Modell, the businessman, entrepreneur and former National Football League team owner best known for moving the original Cleveland Browns to Baltimore, where they became known as the Ravens, dies at age 87 in Baltimore. Modell owned the Browns from 1961 to 1995, when he struck a deal with the NFL and the city of Cleveland that allowed him to move his team while relinquishing ownership of the Browns' name, colors, logos and history, paving the way for a new Cleveland Browns team that resumed play in 1999. He owned the Ravens through 2004.


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The gun debate may be the crispest demonstration of America's city-country split. Our political divide is starkly geographical, in a way that's true on a micro level in Knox County, precinct by precinct, and on a national level, state by state: population density may be the single strongest predictor of whether you vote for Republicans or Democrats. It's so strong it often looks like the main determinant.
Blue vs. Red is City vs. Suburb and Countryside. The most Republican counties and states are the least densely populated ones, and vice versa. The closer you live to your neighbors, the more likely you are to vote Democratic. The farther away, the more likely you are to vote Republican.
I don't know which comes first. But guns, in particular, make some things clear. Guns make much more sense when you live far away from your neighbors.
I've been working downtown for 30 years, and have known lots of different kinds of people in lots of different circumstances. Here's a list of all the categories of guns I've ever seen in downtown Knoxville: 1. Pistols in holsters of police officers and security guards. 2. Rifles, presumably unloaded, carried by soldiers in parades. 3. Guns presented in court as evidence in murder trials.
I handled some of those in the last category, because I worked for a couple of years as an investigator for a criminal-defense attorney. I once walked down Union Avenue and Gay carrying a shotgun and a revolver found at a murder scene. It was after the trial, and the guns, never proven to have been murder weapons, had been released back to the defendant. (I worked for a very good lawyer.) Carrying those guns without a carry permit, I worried I was doing something illegal. I kept the breeches open so as not to alarm the authorities.
I have never seen a loaded gun in a civilian's hand downtown, and that's no cause for regret. In the city, a gun in the hands of a civilian is rarely a good sign.
In the country, it's different. I grew up with guns. When I was 10 years old, I had a couple of shotguns hanging on my bedroom wall. I knew how to take them apart and clean them. I knew how to load them and shoot them. I never did so in or near any city.
In a city neighborhood, you can hardly even learn how to use a gun. You need a big field, or some woods. I learned to shoot a gun shooting skeet in the countryside, on a farm with no other farmhouses visible. The first thing I ever learned was A.) Don't aim it at the neighbors' house, B.) Don't aim it at the neighbors' car, and C.) Don't aim it at the neighbors.
People in the country grow up respecting guns, indispensable on most farms. In some families, hunting deer or doves or turkeys is as routine as going to the grocery, and serves the same purpose. And there are varmints: rats and groundhogs and foxes and, lately, coyotes that can do real damage to a farm. Most country people have guns. Most live long lives without ever aiming a gun at a human being, but defense is always in the back of their minds. People who live in remote places can never expect any sheriff's deputy to get there in time to fend off an intruder.
The phenomenon is true to some extent across the world, not just in America. One of Europe's more rural countries, with a lower number of people per square mile, is Switzerland. Its cities are small. Geneva is famous, but smaller than Knoxville. And naturally, Switzerland is one country in Europe where gun ownership is common and respected.
To some country folks, guns are nearly as much a part of everyday life as shoes. Maybe they don't have assault rifles, and certainly don't need them for hunting or rat control. They don't need them for self-defense, unless they fear their farm being invaded by the Medellin Cartel. The idea that private guns are relevant to national defense was plausible in the 1700s, when a well-armed farmer might hold off a column of His Majesty's Finest for a few minutes. In an era of cruise missiles and F-35s, the prospect of a well-armed civilian helping repel an invasion, even with an assault rifle, is only a sweet fantasy.
Still, some dove hunters look at assault rifles admiringly, and some have thought it might be interesting to own something like what our soldiers carry overseas, forming a kind of solidarity with our men in uniform. Up until sometime in the 20th century, the best guns that soldiers used were not necessarily much different from the best guns that farmers used.
But even if they don't care about assault rifles at all, gun owners believe there's a war between the gun and anti-gun people. Comfortable with guns, they're on the pro-gun side. They don't trust the other side. They see an assault-rifle ban, or just universal background checks, as a loss for the pro-gun side, and possibly a beachhead for more invasive gun control. The only way to prevent that is to nip it in the bud.
That argument, known to logicians as the slippery-slope fallacy, is familiar to liberals, too. Abortion-rights rhetoric, for example, is similar; substitute a few nouns, and you've got the same e-mail. Both gun-rights and abortion-rights activists are concerned with the integrity of the individual, and a determination to resist every federal infringement of liberty. "A ban on assault rifles is a threat to your gun rights!" "A ban on late-term abortions is a threat to your reproductive rights!"
Maybe I'm just a cynical reporter, but I tend to suspect both sides are naive, and, to varying degrees, wrong. Still, you'd think the question of whether arming everybody would make society more peaceful was settled a long time ago, during the saloon era.
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John McNally, co-chair of the Long Beach committee of the New York Rising Community Reconstruction Program (CPR) is the featured speaker for the
Westholme Civic Association (WCA) meeting next week.
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CPR is a state program designed to provide rebuilding and revitalization assistance to communities damaged by hurricanes Sandy, Irene and Tropical Storm Lee. The state will use the local plan as a guide for disbursement of federal funds to storm-impacted communities, which are eligible for a maximum of $25 million.
"It is a resident-driven process whose goal is to make Long Beach more resilient to future storms while simultaneously increasing economic opportunities and protecting the city's most vulnerable areas," reads an email from WCA announcing next Thursday's meeting. "Over the next six months, the CRP committee will work with residents, the state, city and a team of expert consultants to develop a plan to this end."
WCA formed late last year as an offshoot of the Westholme Movie Nights that residents Kerri Gustavson, Patrick Maguire and Amanda Tolmach staged last summer. WCA's Facebook page states: "An organization formed to improve/maintain the quality of life for the residents of Long Beach between New York Ave and Magnolia/National."
Other topics the civic association plans to discuss at the meeting: current agendas of the Long Beach City Council and recommendations of the Facilities Utilization Study Group of the Long Beach School District.
The meeting is scheduled for the Veterans of Foreign Wars post, 675 W. Park Ave., at 7 p.m. on Jan. 16.


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As Doc Watson advanced in age, among the musicians he requested
to be at his funeral were The Krüger Brothers, Wayne Henderson and Charles Welch.
Last year, a few months after Watson died, Jens and Uwe Krüger, Henderson and Welch came together to remember the High Country music legend with a concert in Todd. The event went over so well that it will happen again this Saturday, Aug. 24, at Cook Park in the Todd Rural Historic District.
The concert will take place from 4 to 7 p.m.
Uwe and Jens Krüger came from their native Switzerland to perform at MerleFest in 1997, along with their third "brother," bassist Joel Landsberg, a New York City native with an extensive musical background, who joined the group in the early 1990s.
After MerleFest, The Krüger Brothers moved to North Carolina and eventually became great friends with Watson and his family.
"Brenda Shepherd, who we stayed with at the time, she was in charge of the whole MerleFest infrastructure; she was good friends with Doc, and she took us to his dressing room behind the main stage, and that is how we first met him," guitarist Uwe Krüger said.
"Then, in the fall, Doc came down to the Shepherds' house and we jammed together the whole day, all afternoon and into the evening before they drove him back up to his house. That's how we really started having fun. Then, we started playing around here, and Charles Welch would take Doc to our shows. I remember one day, we were playing up at Greenfields Restaurant in West Jefferson, and I was playing 'Black Mountain Rag,' and in walks Doc Watson, (who) sits right in front of me (laughing). It was scary stuff. But, he really liked it and was slapping his legs and clapping along, and then he joined us for the rest of the show."
When visiting Watson, the experience was often more than just about music for The Krüger Brothers.
"When you played with Doc and you're sitting there, watching him do things, you always learned something," Uwe Krüger said. "The most important thing I learned about Doc Watson's music was that the reason it was good music was because he was a good man. I realized that if I want to play good music, I have to be a good man. He really made me work on my personal skills. There was not a difference between him in private and him onstage. Nothing. So, that's what we tried to achieve, as well."
In Watson's later years, he pretty much stuck to playing the guitar, even though he was a prolific banjo player from an early age. Jens Krüger, who plays banjo, was lucky enough to see and hear Watson play the instrument behind the scenes.
"Doc Watson was a great clawhammer banjo player, and he had a unique style with hammer-ons and pull-offs and other little left-hand techniques that was so intricate and fantastic," Jens Krüger said. "Every time I would get together with Doc Watson, I'd learn something. He would always take my banjo and play it a little bit backstage. Then, when we were at his home, he would always go down to the basement and get his son, Merle's, banjo or his old banjo. He played fantastic old-time-style banjo and would do things that I heard nobody else do. So, he was a great inspiration to me."
The Krüger Brothers appreciate the time spent with older legends like Watson, including many influential artists that have left this world over the last couple of years.
"Life goes by, actually, fairly quickly," Jens Krüger said, "and you lose a lot of friends. At one point, you just hope that you can be an inspiration to younger folks like these people were to you. That would be beautiful, if that could be the way. I'm very thankful for the inspiration that these people gave me, and I hope I can do that for somebody else."
At Saturday's concert, The Krüger Brothers will be joined by Welch, a longtime friend of Watson's, and celebrated luthier and guitarist Wayne Henderson.
The concert will be held rain or shine, and guests are encouraged to bring a blanket or lawn chairs for outdoor seating. A concession stand will offer hot dogs, hamburgers and cold drinks.
Advance tickets cost $15 and are available online at http://www.ToddNC.org. Day-of tickets cost $18 at the gate. Children 12 and younger will be admitted free. The concert is also dog-friendly, provided the pets are well-behaved.
Cook Park is situated just off Railroad Grade Road, directly across from the Todd General Store, which is located at 3866 Railroad Grade Road.
Free parking is limited, but several pay lots are available, as well as a free shuttle service from a satellite parking area at the corner of N.C. 194 and Todd Railroad Grade Road behind Todd Fire & Rescue.
The concert is produced by the Todd Community Preservation Organization, a nonprofit organization that has been hosting free summer park concerts for more than a decade. According to organizers, proceeds from the event will go toward funding future music events.