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Public Policy: Reinventing the World
William Galston: "It is hard to imagine a more exciting time to undertake a career in public service."
As we entered the new millennium, average Americans were feeling confident about the future, and policymakers were as well. At home, the business cycle seemed to have been tamed, while an increasingly deregulated market was generating growth, rising incomes, and fiscal stability. Abroad, the ideological conflicts of the Cold War had given way to a shared belief in market-driven growth, open trade, and a global economic framework. To be sure, there were horrendous violations of human rights, from the Balkans to Rwanda, but they could be viewed as embers of a dying fire.
What a difference a decade makes. In retrospect, we can see that our assumptions about the world at the end of the '90s mirrored the illusions of the years before World War I and that our assumptions about ourselves recapitulated the follies of the 1920s. Global economic growth is no antidote for the poison of anger and humiliation, and innovation that outpaces regulation is just as dangerous as regulation that represses innovation. There is no alternative: We need to rethink our assumptions and change the way we conduct our public business. There will be false starts and failed experiments along the way, but in the end, if we are wise (and a bit lucky), we will emerge with the policies and institutions we need for the decades ahead.
Because so much is up for grabs, it is hard to imagine a more exciting time to undertake a career in public service. Whether the issue is long-term fiscal policy, financial regulation, healthcare, terrorism, climate change, nuclear proliferation, or international development, old approaches lie shattered like windows after an earthquake. We have no idea what will happen during the next generation, but today's students of public policy will help invent a new world. And many are fueled by the determination to do just that.
Here, as with much else, good intentions are not enough. The course of study that prepares students for careers in public policy is very different from the curricula at economics departments or law schools, but just as demanding. The analysis of public policy is inherently interdisciplinary, and students must achieve competence in analytical methods ranging from economics and statistics to political science and even applied moral philosophy. Because so much of the daily business of evaluating existing policies and recommending new ones is conducted through memorandums, public policy students must learn how to convey their thoughts effectively to harried senior officials. And because good writing is an increasingly rare skill, public policy schools must reinforce it. While students may not enjoy it when professors point out flaws in their written presentations, this criticism sensitizes aspiring public servants to the importance of clarity and concision.
Closing the gap. Most people who teach in schools of public policy understand that public service is closer to an art than a science. Specifying optimal policies in ideal circumstances is one thing, choosing among second- and third-best policies in the real world quite another. Statistical significance is one thing, significant change in public policy quite another, a gap that only developed judgment can fill.
In the end, public service is a moral calling. Good public servants have the courage to speak the truth as they see it—and the humility to recognize the limits of their understanding. These virtues are not innate; they must be acquired over time. Academic economists often do their best work when they are young; public servants tend to peak much later in life. For most of them, as for the rest of us, it takes the memory of suppressing one's best thoughts for fear of offending those who outrank us to stiffen our spine later on; and only the experience of confidently recommending a course of action that generates bad results can sensitize us to the possibility that we might be mistaken.
William A. Galston is Ezra Zilkha chair in governance studies at the Brookings Institution. He is also "College Park Professor" at the University of Maryland, where he taught for 17 years in the School of Public Policy.


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Damn the BBC
I have lived through The Parting of the Ways, Doomsday, Journey's End, The Doctor's Daughter, Angles Take Manhattan and countless other Doctor Who episodes.
I have survived The Reichenbach Fall and pretty much every Supernatural episode (because lets be honest, they all make you cry)
I have sobbed so much with those fandom shows but NOTHING, I MEAN NOTHING, was able to prepare me for the finale for Merlin. Even now as I write this I'm a sobbing freaking mess and I just can't breath. Why? Just why? why so many feels? Why do they hurt me in such a way? Are they trying to kill me? I just can't. I'm so done. I'm 1000000000 done.
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Have the Feds Given 'Tacit Approval' to Marijuana Legalization?
promises that a policy will be announced "soon." Does this long silence amount to "tacit approval," as a Colorado legislator who co-sponsored laws aimed at taxing and regulating marijuana recently claimed in an interview with TPM? An unnamed Colorado official who has been involved in discussions with the Justice Department concurred. "They're well aware of what we've been up to," he said. "I do think that it's fair to say that we have their tacit approval at this point." The department has been kept apprised of the implementation process, the official noted, and so far no one has said to stop. Washington officials were more cautious. "They've not indicated that they're going to try to stop us," a spokesman for Gov. Jay Inslee said. "We're operating as if this is is a go, and we haven't been told otherwise."It has been nearly 10 months since voters in Colorado and Washington decided to legalize marijuana, and the Obama administration still has not said anything substantive in response, despite Attorney General Eric Holder's repeated
Yet both Holder and President Obama have carefully avoided offering any assurances with regard to commercial production and distribution of marijuana, which is scheduled to begin early next year in both states. "We've got bigger fish to fry," Obama told ABC News last December. "It would not make sense for us to see a top priority as going after recreational users in states that have determined that it's legal." But that comment did not signal any change in policy, since "going after recreational users" has never been "a top priority" for the feds, who eschew penny-ante marijuana cases. The real question, as I said at the time, is whether the administration is willing to tolerate state-licensed pot growers and retailers.
There is still plenty of time to say no. The Justice Department could wait until the stores start opening, then send letters to the operators and their landlords, threatening them with forfeiture and prosecution. That method, which requires no actual raids or arrests, proved quite effective for John Walsh, the U.S. attorney for Colorado, when he decided that 50 or so medical marijuana dispensaries were too close to schools. At the same time, Walsh left hundreds of other dispensaries unmolested, and these are the businesses that will start serving the recreational market in January. Which raises the question: Did Walsh run out of envelopes? Having discovered a virtually free way to shut down dispensaries, why did he let the vast majority of them continue operating? And if those businesses are tolerable, will it make a crucial difference when they stop asking their customers for doctors' notes?
Another possible strategy for blocking marijuana legalization is a lawsuit claiming that it violates the Supremacy Clause because it conflicts with federal law. But while TPM claims "the state laws directly contradict the federal Controlled Substances Act," that is not actually true, at least insofar as the laws specify the circumstances in which people can avoid state penalties for production, possession, or sale of marijuana. The Supreme Court, based on an absurdly broad reading of the power to regulate interstate commmerce, has said the federal government can continue to enforce its ban on marijuana even in states that allow medical use of the plant. But that does not mean the feds can force state officials to help them, let alone compel state legislators to enact their own ban. Under our federal system, states have no obligation to forbid everything Congress decides to treat as a crime.
To prevail with a Supremacy Clause claim, the Justice Department would have to show a "positive conflict" with the Controlled Substances Act, which does not exist merely because states decline to punish actions that remain illegal under the federal statute. The difficulty of making such a claim stick helps explain why the Justice Department has never deployed it against state medical marijuana laws, the first of which was enacted 17 years ago. Holder could nevertheless file a lawsuit as a delaying tactic, and he has at least four more months to do that before state-licensed pot stores are open for business.
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I wouldn't even trust their written approval.
What is this, entrapment?
So on my drive to work today, I pass a person, in a full fursuit, just walking down the side of the highway.
It was a blue bunny, I think, just sadly trudging along the shoulder. Had the head on and everything.
did it tell you to kill?
Was his name Frank and did he tell you the world was going to end in 28 days?
That movies was terrible, and you're terrible for referencing it.
So terrible it caused you to get your plurality wrong, it seems. Why don't you like ridiculous cult movies, Hugh?
Someone doesn't sound very committed to Sparkle Motion, that's for sure.
You just have to understand Epi. I'm not special like you. I live in the suburbs and commit myself to banal things like gardening and sparkle motion. I don't understand the profound beauty of time paradoxes or cellar door. My love is common, pudgy, and meaningless, while yours is special and magical because it's short and tragic. God, how can you even stand to communicate with a lumpen sack of mediocrity like me?
A pimp's love is very different from a square...
Hugh has a kiddie porn dungeon.
What about the east wing?
So did you guys go to a hotel or a rest stop?
1) I rode past too quickly, so perhaps he told me to kill, but I didn't hear it,
2) No, it had a happy face, it wasn't Frank,
3) Don't you EVER TALK SHIT ABOUT THAT MOVIE BECAUSE IT WAS TEH AWESOME,
4) I didn't have room on my motorcycle for anyone in a fursuit so we couldn't go to a hotel or anything like that, though I was wishing I could get a bj right about then...
In hindsight, I wish I had a cheater bar or engine mount bolt or a maglight or something so I could have swooped by and cracked him in the back of the legs. Finally lived out my favorite parts of Road Rash.
Don't you EVER TALK SHIT ABOUT THAT MOVIE BECAUSE IT WAS TEH AWESOME,
I would rather watch Will Ferrell and John C. Reilley act out some John/MNG slashfic than watch that movie again. Donnie Darko is a waste of...whatever the fuck they used to make it, 'cause it sure wasn't talent or ability.
Am I the only one hoping the person in the fursuit makes it into a Warty Hugeman episode?
They are leaving their intentions unclear because it allows them to do whatever the fuck they want later down the line. If the NSA scandals take all their attention, then they leave WA and CO alone and get credit from their braindead cheerleaders for being good on pot like Obama claimed he would be in campaign speeches. If they decide to get their thug on, they never said they wouldn't, so their braindead cheerleaders won't have to face any direct contradictions.
It is, at its heart, a perfect example of the lawless and thuggish nature of this administration. By not saying what they will do, it leaves them free to do anything.
Precisely this. Popehat's writeup on Holder's mandatory minimums memarandum explains why it's a) not so drastic a departure from the prosecutors' MO as lefty bloggers would have you believe, and b) in fact provides federal prosecutors more, not less, discretion and power over the lives of drug law offenders.
In the same vein, the administration has played their cards tight to the chest because giving ground on specific policies locks them out of avenues for exercising discretionary power they'd rather not lose. "Tacit approval" is code for "do as you please until we're displeased." They haven't the philosophical consistency, or any consistency beyond brute exercise of power, to trailblaze a path to authentic reforms.
Scummy powerbrokers, the lot of them.
Arbitrary and capricious is no way to go through life, son.
To prevail with a Supremacy Clause claim, the Justice Department would have to show a "positive conflict" with the Controlled Substances Act
Suppose there were such a positive conflict but the Justice Department declined to show it? How is failing to faithfully execute the law any different when you execute faithlessly or fail to execute? In either case, it seems to me that it's a matter of the DoJ saying the law means whatever the hell they decide it means.
Or what Dweebston said.
Arbitrary and capricious is
noan awesome way to go through life, son.
Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau says he has smoked marijuana with friends since becoming an MP, and also revealed his late brother Michel faced a possession charge before his death in an avalanche
his late brother Michel faced a possession charge before his death in an avalanche
See what smoking pot can lead to, kids?
Being Canadian? Yeah, it's fucking rough.
And remember, folks: nicole knows. She lived among the wild Canadians for some time. She almost went native.
Do they test your blood for poutine content at the border?
There's a two-part test, first checking your ability queue propertly, and then your ability to shout "calice de tabarnac" in the appropriate accent.
"Queue properly"? You mean shoving strangers as you push your way to the subway exit turnstyle?
They should have held you back for using "queue." It's "line up" in America!
THAT'S MY POINT, FOOL! Also, people don't queue properly in the US.
You keep using that foreign word. I can only assume you hate America.
Even I occasionally walk among them.
you say that like it's a bad thing
For the record, the only sense in which I "went native" is that I regularly went to Kahnawake to buy Natives, i.e., their brand of super cheap cigarettes.
I'm still pissed they call their 2 dollar coin a "Two-ny" when "Doubloon-y" was just sitting there.
Fist pretty much summed up why this is all bullshit and we shouldn't take their word for it, so I'll take this opportunity to comment on the Bradley/Chelsea Manning issue that I missed earlier.
Does anyone have a problem with the fact that Bradley/Chelsea Manning is going to get much more sympathy for being transgender thane he would have for being a man who got 35 years in the stockade for telling the truth?
Depends on how hot he/she is when all the transmogriphications are said and done.
The same problem I have with people caring more about any KULTUR WAR bullshit than about total destruction of our liberties.
Remember: this is what the politicians want and encourage. That the masses fight over idiotic meaningless bullshit and not pay any attention to the man behind the curtain and what he's taking from them.
And it works.
Manning clearly has some problems, and it seems he decided to have them in public while his 15 minutes lasted. It's not surprising, but it's unfortunate that it's going to overshadow the fact that he's been treated cruelly and unusually and the government just...did that, with no repercussions. Which means they can do it to any of us.
I wonder if that was part of the deal. Apologize and blame it on your wacky transgenderism, and we'll take it into consideration in your sentencing. Only the mentally ill could conspire against the glorious state.
I doubt attention had much to do with it, so much as 1) this is the first time in years where coming out as trans does not change her life significantly for the worse, 2) she probably had to make it public in order for it to be taken into consideration for prison arrangements, and 3) she's been tortured for 18 months, and psychological security-seeking behavior like this is a natural reaction to save what shreds of sanity she has left.
Anyone see the resemblance to what they said about medical marijuana?
But look at what they are doing to state legal MMJ providers in Ca. and elsewhere.
Beware Colorado. It is undoubably their plan to let you spend millions preparing to implement your new law then bring the full force of federal power down on you as a example to other states that might dare to defy them.
Expect them to sieze any and all tax revenues you might earn as well as every property of licensed growers and retailers.
The duplicity of the Obama/Holder regime knows no bounds.
As this state has been financed with Drug Monies, we hereby commence forfeiture proceedings against the States of Colorado and Washington.
I personally cannot wait to visit the U.S. protectorates of Colorado and Washingtonia. It's like having a more easily accessible Puerto Rico
"They've not indicated that they're going to try to stop us," a spokesman for Gov. Jay Inslee said. "We're operating as if this is is a go, and we haven't been told otherwise."
That which is not explicitly allowed is verboten.
It is verboten to discuss what is verboten.
They're just waiting for wealth to be generated so they can come in and steal it.
I was over the speed limit when I drove to work today, and didn't get pulled over.
Do I have the tacit approval of the police to speed, now?
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To cut NPD a small amount of slack here, they do admit that former LimeWire users are moving to other sharing networks. But really, this is just marketing puffery. NPD has no idea what caused the drop in self-reported file sharing over the past three years. Maybe it was that people thought it was an increasingly bad idea to admit that they used LimeWire to random marketers when there was a relentless stream of bad headlines about LimeWire.I like TorrentFreak's take on this, too: if it's true that "music piracy" has dropped 30 percent, then we should have seen some sort of concomitant rise in music sales. And if there wasn't one, well, does that mean the music industry is wrong that "piracy" is the cause of its financial decline?
Or maybe - and here I think is where there's an interesting story Sandoval might have written - people are sharing music by new means. Look, for example, at music-sharing via Twitter, or how about a video that's over a year old telling people how to share music on social networks?
CNET (and others) Get It Wrong, Miss the Actual Story
35 Responses to "Did Limewire shutdown really cause P2P music infringement to drop 30%?"
Rob Thornton says:
Rumor has it that there are music blogs where you can follow links to download obscure albums and hard-to-find tracks from certain online storage providers (cough cough Mediafire).
Anonymous says:
lol, I thought that limewire died YEARS ago.
However I'd be happy to believe that limewire getting shut down would cause the number of illegally downloaded music to drop – the target audience for classic P2P and torrents/usenet is VERY different.
Your average mom and pop or teenage user that uses limewire isn't going to go fiddling with scary pirate technology. It'd probably be enough to put the willy's up 'em and get em buying CD's again.
Remember there is no 'typical copyright pirate'; everyone does it, they just do it in different ways.
Cowicide says:
CNET… Get It Wrong
CNET is actually pretty good at getting things wrong. For example, jacking up MacFixit and Versiontracker in sloppy, disrespectful (deleting longtime users ratings, etc.) acquisitions.
nzruss says:
I think of it as network traffic between unsynchronized sources. (think r-sync)
There will be a peak of traffic in the beginning while all the data stores synchronize themselves.
Once all the file sharers have a library with all the required data (music to their taste), the only traffic that will flow on the network is NEW data (also to their taste). In a 'perfect'* situation the network traffic flow would be reflective of the rate of new music being released that is to the taste of the network which at the moment is probably near zero. e.g. "its Friday and tomorrow is Saturday then Sunday".
When new file sharers joining the network with empty data repositories they need to fill them and thus a spike in traffic will occur while they do this.
Overall, once the network is sync'd (everyone has all the music to their taste) the traffic across the network will decrease…….
Given the system is so large this would take years and I'd estimate that the steady state is somewhere around 20% of peak – but hey I'm just some guy eating his breakfast.
*perfect in the 6th grade science sense, not perfect in the eyes of the RIAA.
teapot says:
I love the internet. Since the bad ol' days of mp3 sharing through IRC to the latest additions like web locker file sharing, people have and will always find new ways to distribute stuff.
petsounds says:
I love the internet. Since the bad ol' days of mp3 sharing through IRC to the latest additions like web locker file sharing, people have and will always find new ways to distribute stuff.
Someone took time and money to create that "stuff" you distribute. Not some corporation, not the RIAA, but an artist trying to make ends meet. I doubt most people who are downloading the music of artists and never paying for it would walk into a record store and try to steal physical copies. But they feel anonymous online. Anonymous and entitled to an artist's hard work for free. I just don't get that attitude. But we're stuck with the devaluation of music now.
bonjourmiette says:
@jmzero can you use last.fm in Canada (they're out of the UK so perhaps you can) I actually prefer them to Pandora, though they're similar in a lot of ways.
Anonymous says:
All the good stuff got downloaded over the last years, and nobody wants to even download the 30% shit that gets produced anymore? I still believe in humankinds overall taste, see.
RobertBigelow says:
P2P users have probably grown tired of having their computers compromised by mal- and spyware, and from being run out of WiFi hotspots when their P2P clients cut off everyone else's connection to the access point.
emmdeeaych says:
This one data point contradicts your unsupported assumption. I've never had malware or spyware as a result of p2p data sharing, nor from any other source. Anecdotes are useless as data, but are great for knocking over unsupported assumptions.
Anonymous says:
I doubt this comment will make it online, but here goes.
I'd like to thank the record companies for behaving so abhorrently, by ripping off artists, dodging taxes, terrorizing people who share files, and otherwise acting like criminals for basically getting me to rarely if ever try to go out and listen, let alone buy new music.
Thanks to them, I DON'T scour the internet looking for cool new bands to listen to. Thanks to them, I've come to the realization that the risk, however small and unlikely, simply isn't worth the reward, which amounts to wasting my time.
Here's the thing: you DON'T need music to live and enjoy your life; there are many other things you can spend your time doing; things that don't involve worrying about getting sued.
The same goes for all media. At the end of the day, most of it is garbage, and the best of it can often be had for free.
andyhavens says:
I think it's because everybody downloaded a metric shite-ton of music and now they're all done.
Anonymous says:
I think you're right: I personally have a ton of music and don't feel the need to download more. Or buy more, for that matter.
Maybe in a while I'll burn some more of my precious, overpriced canadian bandwidth for music, but not today. Today its all about the torrentbutler.com
monopole says:
Yes! In fact the 75 Trillion dollars had to go somewhere!
Blaven says:
An earlier press release from NPD Group seems to undercut exactly what they are talking about here. On 3/31/09 they released a report that says, among other things:
"…teens (age 13 to 17) acquired 19 percent less music in 2008 than they did in 2007. CD purchasing declined 26 percent and paid digital downloads fell 13 percent compared with the prior year. In the case of paid digital downloads, 32 percent of teens purchasing less digital music expressed discontent with the music that was available for purchase, while 23 percent claimed to already have a suitable collection of digital music.â€
"The downturn in paid music acquisition was matched by a downturn in the quantity of tracks downloaded from peer-to-peer (P2P) networks, which fell 6 percent in 2008. The number of teens borrowing music, either to rip to a computer or burn to a CD, fell by 28 percent.â€
"NPD's music tracking surveys noted sharp jumps in teen's usage of online listening sources and satellite radio in 2008. More than half of teens (52 percent) listened to online radio in 2008, compared to just 34 percent in 2007. Downloading or listening to music on social networks also saw a large increase – from 26 percent in 2007 to 46 percent in 2008; satellite radio listening among teens increased from 19 percent in 2007 to 31 percent in 2008.â€
Their own study would indicate that the decline in illegal downloads started as early in 2008 and was matched by a decline in paid downloads and CD sales, and had more to do with the rise in online radio than anything else.
Bottlekid says:
I'm still waiting for someone to come up with the virtual equivalent of the local record store. I'd frequent a site where I could read extensive artist bios and album reviews (like allmusic), and have the ability to listen to full songs at decent quality (like Pandora, last.fm, bandgeek, etc) and then be able to purchase from my own account (like Amazon), but nobody has been clever enough to offer all of this on one site.
Hell, I'd even be happy with a site where you could sample full songs at decent quality, and then it would limit your account to samples after x number of plays, after which you could purchase varying levels of quality files at relative prices.
The other way I have been finding interesting new music has been through my Internet Radio, which I think is the coolest gadget in the world. I discovered Kaizer's Orchestra (Norwegian) by sampling a random station from Norway.
Anonymous says:
Spotify does everything you're asking for – and more.
Anonymous says:
I personally think it has a lot to do with streaming sites. Ever since the Pandoras, Slackers, and Groovesharks rose to popularity I haven't had the need to download a thing.
David A says:
More likely? People have been using Pandora, Grooveshark, Live.fm, Or even more commonly, YouTube, to listen to music.
Kaiguy says:
I know I for one now just go to youtube to listen to music I don't own.
Anonymous says:
Listening to music on YouTube is the equivalent to watching TV through your neighbours window.
I'd rather not bother.
UncaScrooge says:
Next thing you'll tell me is that the rise of P2P filesharing coincided with the decline of pop music radio in the 90′s.
Rush Limbaugh caused music piracy. Get him.
bat21 says:
Piracy's gone down because there's nothing left worth stealing.
Anonymous says:
Too true – once you have the entire Beatles catalog you don't need to download it again.
captain_cthulhu says:
>> does that mean the music industry is wrong that "piracy" is the cause of its financial decline?
duuh, winning!!
pKp says:
There's also all the recent music streaming websites and softs. I, for one, have completely stopped pirating music since I got Spotify Premium : it's just a lot more convenient for me to type a band/track/album name on my phone and listen to it right then and there. For 10€ a month, it's really the best deal you can get. (Not available to USAians, alas).
Blaven says:
My music acquisition (legal or otherwise) has dropped dramatically since I discovered Pandora. It gets me the music I like while always keeping the mix fresh and interesting, plus giving me instant access to new music. With this kind of convenience, messing around with individual music files is starting to feel like a hassle.
AT203 says:
To the extent that the study addresses video (does it?), it should not discount the effect that sites like Hulu and Netflix have had on piracy rates. The lesson here is that consumers want commercial options, but if you make them hard, then they will resort to piracy. Not out of a desire to "steal," but because content providers make it difficult for people to enjoy media in the way that consumers wish to.
dculberson says:
The hardest hit market due to Limewire's shutdown is the botnets. Everyone I've ever known to run Limewire had their machine compromised in one way or another. Same with Kazaa back in the day. What a security nightmare!
weendex says:
Or you could take another angle entirely: The music itself has been 30% worse.
Roger Krueger says:
The big downloaders realizing that when they have 500 albums they haven't gotten around to listening to maybe downloading more isn't really an effective use of their time/resources.
jmzero says:
Pandora actually had the opposite effect on me – bands I found on Pandora make up the bulk of music I've purchased in recent years (usually via iTunes).
Of course, I can't use Pandora anymore (in Canada), so I can no longer find music I want to buy easily (radio is horrible, random podcasts and websites are too much work – Pandora was like an extended advertisement that I enjoyed hearing… apparently the music industry isn't interested in my money).
mccrum says:
Can you proxy into Pandora? I'm in the states, so it confuses me they've cut off Canada, but I like to think there are ways around this wall.
Aloisius says:
I remember music sales growing by leaps and bounds after Napster was shut down. Oh wait… no pretty much the opposite happened.
Resuna says:
If a precis of the study only reports two data points, you can't conclude that the drop occurred over the entire period, all you can conclude is there are two data points. Without intermediate data points you don't know if the figures were steady until three months ago, or steadily dropped over the past three years, or dropped three years ago and then held steady, or even increased until a year ago and then started dropping…
What's the original study say? Well, if it was from NPD, you probably have to pay several thousand dollars to see that. Pity.


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July 28, 2014
Just three years ago, 40-year-old Michelle Litteral Brock of Corbin died of Huntington's Disease.
For the third year in a row, dozens gathered and ran in her honor and for awareness in Whitley County.
Huntington's Disease is a genetic, neurological disorder that attacks the muscles and leads to the inability to walk, talk, and eat.
This disease does not have a cure or even treatment.
Michelle's family is humbled by people's participation in the 5K every year.
"It's always bittersweet because she's not with us, but I'm also very encouraged and feel the love of the people that knew her and how much she influenced lives," said Anna Litteral, Michelle's mother.
The event raised more than 4,000 dollars which will all go to research for Huntington's Disease.


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At today's Television Critics Association panel, American Horror Story producer Tim Minear finally confirmed what the third season, subtitled Coven will be about.
Guess what? Kathy Bates will indeed play Marie Delphine LaLaurie, something which has been at the center of much speculation. Madame LaLaurie was a real-life socialite in New Orleans. A house fire revealed that she kept her slaves bound and tortured. Angela Bassett will play Marie Laveau, another real person who lived around the same time as Madame LaLaurie. Laveau was a Creole voodoo priestess in New Orleans who some claim to have seen continue to practice her voodoo after her death in 1881.
Jessica Lange will play a witch named Fiona who, as far as I can tell, is not based on a historical figure. Sarah Paulson will play her daughter, Cordelia, named for the daughter in King Lear. The actual plot is still being kept a secret, but Minear promises that this season will feature bigger themes such as oppression of minorities, and "minority groups going after each other." There will also be a strong "feminist theme" going through the season - no surprise because the cast this season is almost entirely female.
AHS: Coven is set in modern times, so if I had to guess, Jessica Lange and her coven (which, judging by these pictures, I assume includes Emma Roberts, Gabourey Sidibe, and Taissa Farmiga) are trying to conjure up LaLaurie or Laveau, or both. But of course, knowing AHS, shit will get really crazy. But Minear promises that this season will have a higher "fun quotient" that might make it a little more "welcoming" to an audience.
American Horror Story: Coven will air on FX in October.


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Chocolate Peanut-Butter Mousse Tart
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- Pinch salt
- 1/4 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut up
- 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
- 1/2 large egg
- 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 7 tablespoons cream cheese
- 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3/4 cup heavy cream, slightly whipped, divided
- 3 ounces milk chocolate
- 1 1/2 ounces bittersweet chocolate
- 1/3 cup heavy cream
- 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
DirectionsMake crust::
1. In a small bowl sift together flour, baking soda, and salt, then whisk to mix evenly. In a food processor, pulse the sugars until very fine. With the motor running, add the butter, then the peanut butter and process until smooth and creamy. Add the egg and vanilla until incorporated. Add the flour mixture until mixed together. Scrape the dough into a bowl. Cover and refrigerate at least 1 hour or overnight.
2. Heat oven to 375 degree F. Press the dough evenly into a 9-inch tart pan. Bake until golden brown, 10 to 12 minutes. Cool.Make peanut-butter mousse::
3. In a mixer bowl on medium speed beat cream cheese, peanut butter, and sugar until uniform in color. On low speed, add vanilla. Beat in 1/4 cup of the whipped cream just until combined. With a rubber spatula, fold in remaining cream. Scrape the mousse into tart shell and smooth the surface so that it is level. Refrigerate.Make ganache::
4. Meanwhile, break up chocolates into the bowl of a food processor. Pulse until finely ground. In a small saucepan, bring cream to a boil. With the motor running, immediately pour hot cream through the feed tube onto the chocolate. Process until smooth. Add vanilla and pulse a few times to incorporate. Pour the ganache into a bowl and let cool to room temperature. Pour the ganache over peanut-butter mousse in a circular motion. Spread to the edges. Refrigerate at least 2 hours to set before serving. Makes 6 to 8 servings.
Nutrition Facts
- Servings Per Recipe 6
- cal.(kcal)655,
- Fat, total(g)50,
- chol.(mg)101,
- sat. fat(g)23,
- carb.(g)44,
- fiber(g)3,
- pro.(g)14,
- sodium(mg)356,
- Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet


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Definition: Fiddleheads are a New England spring delicacy. They appear on menus and in markets in the region from about May through early July. What exactly are these deep green, coiled vegetables, though? Fiddleheads are actually young fern fronds that have not yet opened up. They must be picked during a two-week window before the fern unfurls. Fiddleheads are named for their appearance, which resembles the scroll at the head or top of a fiddle. The ostrish fern is the species that produces these edible shoots, which have a unique texture but taste a bit like asparagus or okra. Fiddleheads can be consumed raw or cooked.
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The Office of the Surgeon General is excited to announce the release of the National Prevention Strategy's 2014 Annual Status Report. The achievements listed throughout this year's Annual Status Report—delivered to the President and members of Congress and posted online on July 1, 2014—demonstrate the nation's progress and highlight the collective impact of the federal government and its partners to improve the health and quality of life for individuals, families, and communities.
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Discussions between President Obama and congress appear to be increasing investor confidence on Wall Street. At the close of trading Wednesday, the Dow had gained 26 points to finish the day at just over 14,800.
T-Mobile is increasing the competition among wireless carriers; it's eliminating fees for using data and texting services in more than 100 countries. It's also capping charges for international calls. These changes begin at the end of the month. In March, T-Mobile dropped its 2-year service contracts, instead selling phones with installment plans. That allows customers to upgrade phones more frequently.
Comcast, NECN's parent company, is launching a new partnership with Twitter next month. Wednesday, the companies announced a deal that will allow Xfinity customers to tune in to shows by pressing a button included in a tweet. The new feature is called See It. This will likely add more value to Twitter, which is getting ready for its highly-anticipated IPO.
Also next month, McDonald's will be adding something new to its happy meals: books. For two weeks only, the fast food chain will distribute 20 million paperback books, instead of toys. This comes as McDonald's faces criticism for its kid-targeted marketing. The books will feature the company's own funky farm happy meal characters.
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The closest grocery stores are 99 Ranch Market, Juice It Up and TEAM Monavie.
Nearby coffee shops include Starbucks, Starbucks and Mimi's Cafe. Nearby restaurants include Shino Japanese Grill, Shogun Kitchen and Sapporo Seafood Buffet.
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Roger Clemens lost two legal moves in his perjury trial Monday: his efforts to strike the testimony of his former teammate Andy Pettitte and to bring in information from the divorce of his chief accuser, Brian McNamee.
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Yankees general manager Brian Cashman testified Thursday at Roger Clemens' perjury trial, sometimes sounding more like a defense witness than one called by the prosecution.
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Federal agent Jeff Novitzky returns for a third day of testimony Monday in the Roger Clemens perjury trial, while behind the scenes Clemens' lawyers sought to strike the testimony of former teammate Andy Pettitte.
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Sheila Kay Knowles, 61, passed away Monday, May 13, 2013, at her home surrounded by her loved ones. Celebration of life will be held at family home at a later date.
Sheila was born Oct. 7, 1951, in Graham, to the late Clifton Harold Reedy and Hazel Mae Reedy. Sheila was a wonderful mother nana, sister and friend. Sheila was loved dearly by all that knew her.
Sheila was a wonderful cook and always enjoyed preparing food for family and friends. She made great contributions to the First Christian Church, in which she put together a homemade cookbook and taught Sunday children's Bible study.
Survivors include: son, Justin Knowles, and daughter, Chrystal Callan, of Mineral Wells; sisters, Sheryl Wiklund of Weatherford, Shannon Bell of Cool; granddaughters, Janelle Callan of Mineral Wells and Kimberly Knowles of Sunset; numerous cousins, nieces, nephews and friends.
Sheila was preceded in death by her parents and a son, Sterritt Callan.
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The goal is set: United Way of Blount County is poised to raise $2.25 million during its fall campaign.
Denny and Cindy Mayes, co-chairs for the 2008 United Way campaign, announced the goal to a crowd of over 100 of United Way's top contributors at a reception honoring the organization's leadership givers.
In addition to setting the goal, the organization announced the new national and local slogan, "Live United," which will highlight the ways people in the community live in a United Way frame of mind through giving, advocating and volunteering.
As for the campaign goal, Denny Mayes said, "Much consideration and planning by the United Way staff and our cabinet went into determining our goal. We're just ready to go out there and get started. We live in a great community where people work together to advance the common good of all."
Michelle Hankes, president and CEO of United Way of Blount County, echoed Mayes' sentiments, "We know it's an aggressive goal, but the need is greater than ever. We're confident the people of Blount County will step up to the challenge to take care of our community."
June has been a busy month for United Way. The organization co-sponsored the Nonprofit Training and Enrichment Seminar with the Blount County Chamber Foundation and the Center for Strong Communities at Maryville College on June 4, which drew in almost sixty different nonprofit organizations.
Also, Friday, June 20th, the organization presented a Day of Action, which proved to be an active day, indeed.
That day, United Way received several fans for its Project Cool Breeze program to distribute back into the community, the organization's new website liveuniteblount.org launched, and its Nonprofit Training and Resource Center hosted an open house while the National Kidney Foundation held free kidney screenings for the community.
Kay Garrison, program director with the Blount County Community Action Agency, is working with United Way to ensure those in need get relief from the heat.
"There are still people who just have a 110 air conditioner in one room. These people are elderly with breathing problems and heart problems," Garrison said. "A lot of these are children, too, and doctors want them to be in an air conditioned environment."
United Way's new website, liveunitedblount.org, launched as well that day and touts several new features, including an improved blog, interactive volunteer log-in section, and downloadable content.
Hankes hopes liveunitedblount.org will become the one stop shop for information about area nonprofits.
"Our new site has all a person needs to learn about United Way and how to make Blount County stronger through giving, advocating, and volunteering," said Hankes.
The organization's current website, unitedwayblount.org, will remain active and includes a direct link to the new website.
United Way of Blount County's Nonprofit Training and Resource Center had several visitors at its open house from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. to unveil its new technologically advanced library, including a computer terminal dedicated to researching and writing grants.
Ken Smither, chairman of the Nonprofit Training and Resource Center committee, was pleased with the response.
"We had visitors from the Blount County Public Library, the Blount Chamber Foundation, the Center for Strong Communities, and others," Smither said. "We're so glad to spread the word about what the center is doing and plans to do in the community."
For more information about United Way of Blount County, please call 865-982-2251 or visit liveunitedblount.org.


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Our World Cafe: Next artist this week is Royal Bangs, a band originally from Knoxville, Tennessee. The band formed in 2001 and had their first album released by The Black Keys' Patrick Carney on his own Audio Eagle Records in 2008. He actually discovered the band on MySpace.
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Motion controller for robots
The SmartController EX by Adept is designed to control robots and features Gigabit Ethernet and a processor that is ten times more powerful than previous models.
Adept Technology, Inc. introduced its SmartController EX. It is a distributed motion controller, designed for use with Adept robots, that features Gigabit Ethernet, a high-speed processor and new software, called Adept eV+. With more processing power and faster communication, the new SmartController EX can increase a robot's cycle speeds by up to five percent.
The Adept SmartController EX features Gigabit Ethernet and a processor that is 10 times more powerful than the previous generation. Four times more memory further enhances performance and the 2GB SD memory card slot adds functionality, allowing users to easily transfer data between controllers, capture log data and back up data to a PC. The controller's Adept eV+ software is new and based on modern technology and built around a robust real-time operating system. It is seamlessly backward compatible with V+ code and tightly integrates with Adept's vision-guidance technology for optimal robotic performance.
Adept designed the SmartController EX for use with Cobra s-series SCARA robots, Viper six-axis robots, Quattro parallel robots and Python Linear Modules. It is backward compatible with Adept's CX controller - customers can use the same connectors and code and easily transition.
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Making their first playoff appearance in more than a decade, the Westwood girls' basketball team wasn't going to waste it on a one-and-done appearance.
The Lady Panthers rolled over Woodville Tuesday, 60-26, behind a monster night from Natali Muniz at Lufkin Hudson High School.
The senior scored 23 points and dished out eight assists in the victory, which moves the Lady Panthers on to face 18th-ranked Tatum in the area round.
That game is set for Friday at Nacogdoches High School.
Mi'Kayla Benson scored 12 points and pulled down five rebounds in the victory for Westwood, which got eight points from Marialle Boles and six points and five steals from Shavon Nauls in the victory.
The Neches girls' basketball team will open up the 2013 playoffs at 6 p.m. Friday at Angelina College in Lufkin against Dallardsville Big Sandy.
Big Sandy defeated Broaddus in the bi-district round Tuesday.
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The movie double feature may seem like a relic from a bygone era, but Paramount is bringing it back this weekend with its two biggest films of the year. The Brad Pitt zombie thriller World War Z and Star Trek Into Darkness will be playing on a double bill in US theaters from this Friday, August 30th through September 5th — for the price of a single ticket. Paramount has set up its own site for filmgoers to find the closet theater showing the double feature, though tickets are available through standard online ticketing outlets as well. A number of different theater chains, including Regal and AMC, are participating.
It's actually not the first time Paramount has brought World War Z out for a special engagement; earlier this month the film had a one-week IMAX 3D run to help pad out its domestic box office returns. World War Z started the year with a tremendous amount of bad buzz due to the extensive tinkering the film underwent after principal photography (writers like Damon Lindelof and Drew Goddard were brought in to completely rethink the film's third act after the original version failed to satisfy). We found the final product to be an exhilarating thriller, and it's gone on to earn over $198 million at the US box office. JJ Abrams' Star Trek Into Darkness did even better, bringing in over $227 million in the US. With many in the entertainment industry pushing for films to spend less time in theaters in order to maximize home video revenues, it's a refreshing change that gives movie fans the chance to see two true summer tentpole films the way they were intended: in the theater.
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Montrose City Council Agenda For Tuesday Nov 20 Meeting
Nov 16th @ 9:30 am in Local Events, News, Public Service by Scott Staley
Please see the following links to agendas and packets for the next City of Montrose Council meeting.
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If you have trouble with the links above you can access the agendas and packets on the City of Montrose Web site, www.cityofmontrose.org. From the left column of the home page, click on "Archive Center," select the appropriate archive category, then select the meeting document that you wish to view.
Please call me if you have questions or have trouble opening the links to the packets and agendas.
The City Council is currently accepting applications for vacant positions on two vital boards, the Montrose Planning Commission and the Montrose Senior Pavilion Advisory Committee.
Citizens interested in applying should submit an application and letter of interest to the City Clerk by 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, November 21, 2012. More information…
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Mailbag answers: Part I
MK: Ah, I love the crystal ball question. First off, don't ever say Rask and Raycroft in the same sentence. Many goaltending experts saw the holes in Raycroft's game long before he fell off the cliff. And his inability to get playing time during the lockout really sidetracked him.
Do I expect Rask to win the Vezina? No. But I expect him to duplicate last season's performance over the course of the season. I also expect him to get more playing time regardless if Thomas is here or not, and that could open the door for a few more poor games or maybe a few spectacular performances that put him in the Vezina discussion. The Bruins obviously want to see how Rask responds now that he's a known quantity, and that's why they haven't jumped at just any deal to get Thomas' $5 million off the books. We shall see if Rask can live up to the hype this fall.
Keith writes:
In the past couple of years, we've seen a number of young goaltenders suffer from "Andrew Raycroft syndrome" — namely tanking after a successful rookie season. While I would imagine that the specific reasons vary from case to case, I was wondering if you had any general thoughts on the causes of this syndrome and which of next year's crop of sophomore puck stoppers are most likely to come down with a case of the "Raycrofts."
MK: I thought this was going to be another Raycroft-Rask comparison question, but I guess you're looking at the league in general. When it comes to Rask and Howard in Detroit – really the only two netminders that could fit this category – I don't see either being anything less than a standout No. 1 for years to come. Like Rask, Howard was developed in the Red Wings organization for a few years until he was ready and he did a great job when finally given a chance. Playing in a star-studded lineup with some of the best defensive players in the league in front of him, Howard should be ensconced in Detroit's crease.
The reasons for Raycroft's decline were as much about the lockout and his mental makeup as they were about his abilities. Rask is in a different class than Raycroft, Blaine Lacher, Hannu Toivonen or any of the Bruins goaltenders of the past that probably still give you nightmares. So you can breathe a sigh of relief now.
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"'The Enumerated Powers Act' would require Members of Congress to include an explicit statement of Constitutional authority into each bill that is introduced. It would hold Congress accountable for its actions," said Shadegg.
"According to the Tenth Amendment, the national government cannot expand its legislative authority into areas reserved to the States or the people," said Shadegg. "It is a well-known fact that the size and scope of the federal government has exploded since the New Deal. Congress continues to operate without Constitutional restraint, creating costly and ineffective programs and blatantly ignoring the principles of federalism."
I have little interest in streamlining government or in making it more efficient, for I mean to reduce its size. I do not undertake to promote welfare, for I propose to extend freedom. My aim is not to pass laws, but to repeal them. It is not to inaugurate new programs, but to cancel old ones that do violence to the Constitution, or that have failed in their purpose, or that impose on the people an unwarranted financial burden. I will not attempt to discover whether legislation is 'needed' before I have first determined whether it is constitutionally permissible. And if I should later be attacked for neglecting my constituents' interests, I shall reply that I was informed their main interest is liberty and that in that cause I am doing the very best I can.
If the Supremes don't like the enumerated justification, they can simply strike down that part of the law and substitute their own wisdom.
And that, unfortunately, is precisely why it doesn't have a snowball's chance in hell of ever passing into law. Pity.
What will they do will all those beautiful white buildings?
Of course what I prefer tends to change from time to time, although I have generally been reliable in thinking that the Bundesrat is a good model.
Some people write fanfiction, I write fan constitutions. (concomitant with that statement would be, "some people are crazy and I am too.")
Well, personally I'd just as soon see the US adopt a confederal system, but I know that isn't going to happen.
I would consider World War One the beginning of the general great expansion and the New Deal only a continuation and affirmation of it, but in either case, the consequences remain.
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NORMAN — An array of culture will come together through dance and fashion for a spectacular fright on Oct. 31 during "Spectrum: The Art of Culture, Fashion and Dance."
The event, sponsored by Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, will raise money for the University of Oklahoma School of Dance. In celebration of the museum's new exhibition, "Libertad de Expresión," some of the fashion will reference "Libertad," Matthew Griffin, event coordinator said. "Libertad de Expresión" opens Oct. 5 and showcases Latin American artists promoted by the Organization of American States during the Cold War.
The fashion show fundraiser was started in 2011 by Derrick Minter, OU associate professor of modern dance. Minter said he chose to do a fashion show because he had many friends in fashion and thought a fashion show would present dance in a positive light while introducing many campus boutiques to the community.
"I wanted to showcase dance in another kind of way that people aren't used to," Minter said. "Our catwalk isn't like a normal runway show. We incorporate dance into the whole event."
With a dark Halloween theme, this year's fashion show will have everything from casual to formal attire. Singers and belly dancers will perform as well as campus fraternities and sororities. Miss Oklahoma 2012 Lauren Lundeen, a student at the OU School of Dance, will be a featured model. Costumes from OU School of Fine Art's costume department will also be a highlight of the show.
The fundraiser will top off the night with a performance to Michael Jackson's "Thriller," choreographed by Kiosh O'Neal Monroe, OU modern dance student. Monroe said he planned on keeping the choreography traditional but might add his own twist and that fashion show attendees would just have to wait and see.
About 20 of the fashion models will be dance majors, and Griffin said he hoped the fundraiser would make the OU community aware of the talent in the OU School of Dance.
"That's the beauty of this event, it ties so many things together — fashion, dance, student talent and the museum exhibit," he said.
Tickets for the fundraiser are $10 and available by phone at 281-777-7178 and at the door during the event. Tickets also will be available in the OU Memorial Union beginning Oct. 21. Spectrum will run 7-9 p.m. Guests must be 18 or older to attend.
In conjunction with the fashion show, museum student ambassadors will host a student Halloween pre-party at the museum. Music, raffle drawings and a photo booth will entertain guests. Jessica Farling, curator of academic programs at the museum, said student ambassadors are encouraging guests to dress-up, especially in artist or artwork inspired costumes.
"If you dress in costume, you will get a ticket to enter the raffle," Farling said. "If you dress-up as an artist or artwork, you will get two tickets for the raffle."
The student Halloween pre-party is free. Students can check out the museum's Pinterest, pinterest.com/ffjma, for costume inspiration and ideas. For more information about the pre-party, visit ou.edu/fjjma.
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Anyone who studies the route of the Palm Sunday Rock 'n' Roll Marathon will see that it affects more churches than those right downtown. Palm Sunday next year falls in April. Maybe it will rain.
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The ceremony was dedicated in particular to the United States Marine Corps. Today marks the 236th anniversary of their inception. Opening ceremonies of the Crystal Classic were held in front of an Iwo Jima sculpture created by Brian Wigelsworth, master sand sculptor of Siesta Key.
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F.E.A.R. 2 is a somewhat scary blend of action and horror, and although it relies too heavily on old ideas, it still offers an enjoyable experience.
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A great American president once said, "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself." Now let's amend FDR's famous quote for the 21st century. "The only thing we have to fear is F.E.A.R. itself."
Monolith Productions' F.E.A.R., or First Encounter Assault Recon, burst onto the gaming scene in 2005 and made waves with its intense gameplay and groundbreaking visuals. After numerous expansions, ports, and spin-offs, the true sequel is finally here. Let's get right to it: F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin plays better than its predecessor, but standards have changed drastically in the last four years. Since the original F.E.A.R. launched, we've played gems like Resistance: Fall of Man and Call of Duty 4. What does F.E.A.R. 2 offer that those games don't?
Horror. Pure, unadulterated horror. F.E.A.R. 2 picks up 30 minutes before the conclusion of the first game. You're Michael Becket, a member of a Delta Force team tasked with taking Armacham president Genevieve Aristide into protective custody. As it turns out, the mission doesn't go according to plan (what a surprise, right?). As you approach Aristide, the psychotic and powerful Alma unleashes her wrath upon the city of Auburn, which culminates in a massive explosion that the Manhattan Project scientists could have never imagined. After waking up in an underground "hospital," you're left to pick up the pieces.
Be warned: F.E.A.R. 2's tale isn't very accessible to newcomers. Even with various Intel documents scattered liberally throughout each of the game's 14 levels, you'll be left in the dark most of the time – and not in the frightening way. That's not to say you can't still appreciate the horror aspect of the title. Although only a few of the horror "episodes" are genuinely frightening, they're all fairly unsettling. When you're walking along a corridor and the action drops off, you're either walking into an ambush or it's time for a supernatural ride. Through clever visual techniques and eerie audio effects, Monolith skillfully displays an Alma-altered reality where chaos and death reign. The issue with these events is that, as expertly crafted as they are, they inevitably become predictable. When events are foreseeable, they are significantly less frightening. And honestly, the name of the game is F.E.A.R. – it doesn't get any clearer than that. As you saunter down an empty hallway, it becomes routine to expect some sort of paranormal occurrence. Still, if you play with the lights low and the sound high, F.E.A.R. 2 can be quite the thrill.
What's not thrilling is how ordinary the rest of the game is. Not bad, but merely ordinary. In the end, all that matters is a game's fun factor. If you can deal with some of F.E.A.R. 2's outdated design decisions, you'll undoubtedly have a blast. Here's why you might not, however.
Some of today's widely accepted first person shooter mechanics aren't present in F.E.A.R. 2. Now, we don't dislike that is it's different – in fact, we encourage change and new ideas. But that's just it: F.E.A.R. 2 doesn't innovate; it falls back on last-generation play styles. Health, for example, is not rechargeable or regenerative. Instead, you can carry up to three Medpacks that you can use to recharge your health at any point. It's not broken or overly unwieldy, it's just unnecessary. Also, aiming and shooting are mapped to L2 and R2 respectively (rather than the generally preferred L1 and R1 combination), and controls are not customizable whatsoever. Still, the biggest problem with F.E.A.R. 2 is in the game's actual environmental layout.
F.E.A.R. 2 is linear. Yes, most first person shooters are linear. F.E.A.R. 2, however, outdoes its competition. This is particularly evident during the game's earlier chapters, where you'll be driven along a single, tiny, unyielding path for what seems like eons on end. Monolith designed the environments to look like genuine places, and they are wonderfully detailed and gritty, but attentive gamers will immediately notice how restrictive the various settings really are. The explosion that occurred at the outset of the game apparently knocked debris and objects in front of or behind every potential path, except the one you're intended to travel on, of course. When that one path is through a knocked-out pane ... (continued on next page)
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MERIDIAN — The birth of a college
Fifty years ago last month, Dec. 4, 1962, the citizens of Meridian gave a gift that keeps on giving
A $4 million dollar school bond issue was passed by the voters of the city, with $1.2 million earmarked for building a new and separate campus for Meridian Junior College (MJC).
Less than 5,000 voters participated in this bond issue vote, which was spear-headed by the Committee for Betters Schools whose members included Laurence Paine, John Egger, Mrs. Roland Kimbrell and Mrs. P.A. Mikell.
Since its founding in 1937, MJC, or the 13th and 14th grades of Meridian High School, was housed on the same 23rd Avenue campus. By the early 1960s, conditions on the original campus became crowded and hampered the growth of both the high school and the college programs.
The bond issue allowed the parent body of MJC, the Meridian Separate School District, to acquire and build a new campus for the college in the western part of town - just off Eighth Street. This parcel of land had been part of the East Mississippi State Hospital property on what was the facility's hog farm.
The rest of bond funds were spent on other projects within the Meridian Public Schools. It is not clear how much, if any, of this bond issue was allocated to Harris High School and Junior College which was a segregated institution for blacks. It was also administered by the Meridian Separate School District. Both schools operated 13th and 14 grades.
In the 1962 issue of "The Community College in the South: Progress and Prospects," Dr. Lindsey Ogletree Todd, then superintendent of Meridian Separate School District and president of Meridian Junior and Harris Junior Colleges, wrote the article, "Trends in Development of the Community and Junior College in Mississippi." He wrote, "The State has not realistically faced the challenge of providing post-secondary education for its great body of Negro youth."
This is a remarkable statement emanating from a leader of an educational system with two separate institutions of higher learning in which the cost of maintaining both was an less than effective use of scarce resources. Easy perhaps for us now to look back and wonder at the cost to both races as the community sought to give the image of separate but equal.
Dr. William F. Scaggs was hired as the dean of MJC in 1963.
While the new campus was being constructed, MJC moved to the old Stevenson Elementary School building, where it would begin the process of separating from Meridian High School.
The new college campus designed by local architect William Archer was dedicated on May 23, 1965, and its initial building was named in honor of the Dr. Horace Macaulay Ivy, the founding superintendent of the public junior college in Meridian.
In the Fall of 1969, the Fifth U.S. Circuit Court ordered the Meridian Separate School District to close T. J. Harris Junior College and to ensure that all students of the district were guaranteed access to Meridian Junior College. It must be noted, however, the firsts blacks to enroll at the new campus of MJC registered in 1966 — three years before Harris closed. Among the first were Roscoe Jones, Edna Hardaway, Edna Graham, Helen Stewart, Hazel Trussell, Bernice Rackley and Addie Goines.
Today, MCC helps to support the medical centers that employ and serve the people of East Mississippi and West Alabama with nurses and most of the allied health specialists used in the medical industrial complex.
In addition, the college prides itself on responding to the needs of local industry, especially start-up training, supplying support over the years for companies such as Peavey Corp., Sunbeam Electric, Delco Remy, Lockheed of Georgia, N.E.W. Corp., Handy Hardware and National Blank Book/Avery Dennison, to name a few.
MCC is a leader in university transfer, cost effectively preparing local students for advancement to the university of their choice not only for the schools in Mississippi, but also for any university in the world.


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The authorship of this book is unknown. It must have been obviously written after the death of Ahasuerus (the Xerxes of the Greeks), which took place B.C. 465. The minute and particular account also given of many historical details makes it probable that the writer was contemporary with Mordecai and Esther. Hence we may conclude that the book was written probably about B.C. 444-434, and that the author was one of the Jews of the dispersion. This book is more purely historical than any other book of Scripture; and it has this remarkable peculiarity that the name of God does not occur in it from first to last in any form. It has, however, been well observed that "though the name of God be not in it, his finger is." The book wonderfully exhibits the providential government of God.
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Learn how to throw a spear, play corncob darts or make frybread at when the Museum of Indian Culture's holds its first "Native American Heritage Day" Saturday.
The event just for kids celebrates Native American crafts and life skills with hands-on workshops from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the museum at 2825 Fish Hatchery Road, Salisbury TownshipAllentown.
Children will learn about primitive pottery making, quillwork and medicine-wheel wrapping, Ojibwa-style dream catchers, Iroquois-style cornhusk dolls, cattail mat weaving and flintknapping.
There also will be nature walks, a scavenger hunt, a chance to try a bow and arrow or atlatl (spear). Lifeways exhibits will feature artifacts and cultural heritage displays.
Lunchtime activities will include a storytelling theater, the short film "Native Americans Today," and a visit to the Museum of Indian Culture's Trading Post. Children must bring a bagged lunch, wear sturdy shoes and be accompanied by an adult. Registration is $20 per child/adult pair.
Sign-in is 9-9:45 a.m.; activities begin at 10 a.m.
To register, go to www.museumofindianculture.org or call 610-797-2121.
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Sweetwater Deli may be well known for its home-made chicken noodle soup and chicken salad piled high on a pretzel roll, but owner Annette Gioiosa is looking forward to adding yet another category to the menu.
The Lemont Village Board on Monday paved the way for Sweetwater to obtain a liquor license -- and Gioiosa expects to begin selling beer and wine at her downtown deli and café within a couple of weeks.
"We will be selling wine by the glass, and also doing some off-the-shelf wine," Gioiosa said. "We will also serve a couple of typical beers, like MGD, Corona and Heineken, as well as some specialty beers."
Since Gioiosa and her husband, Dan, opened the deli and café at 316 Canal St. in October 2010, Sweetwater has attracted a loyal following for its hot and cold sandwiches, soups, salads and pastas. Customers also stop in to take home deli meats, cheeses, fresh bread and side dishes – as well as fresh fruit and veggies, snacks, pastries, cooking products and more.
But the deli owners have been looking for ways to build on the success of their lunchtime hours, when diners fill every seat in the cozy seating area on most days.
Gioiosa hopes that soon, more diners will come out for dinner as well, and complement their meal with a glass of beer or wine. Sweetwater is also expanding its dinnertime menu, which Gioiosa and her staff are in the process of perfecting.
"We will keep it simple, but good," Gioiosa said of the planned additions to the dinner menu. "We will serve dishes like pastas, chicken parmesan, fried chicken … and desserts. We are going to step it up a notch – but customers can always stop by for a sandwich, too."
A little dinner music …
Recently, Sweetwater has begun featuring live entertainment on Fridays from 4-8 p.m. This week, musicians/singers Matt Mifflin and Elijah Svoboda will delight patrons with a wide variety of music styles, from '40s and '50s tunes to more modern fare.
Gioiosa said Mifflin, who teaches at Allegro Music and Dance Academy across the street, has also been "tossing around the idea" of providing his young students an opportunity to occasionally play at Sweetwater to help acclimate them to performing in front of a live audience. She anticipates the student performances could begin in October or November.
"I'm really excited about this," Gioiosa said of the upcoming changes at Sweetwater. "I think the downtown area is really great – it's really coming together."