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Zach Lowe of Grantland recently sat down with Kings head coach Keith Smart for a one on one interview. It's an excellent interview and I highly suggest reading the whole thing before delving into this post. Lowe is an excellent NBA writer, and asks some really insightful questions. And Smart's articulate enough to respond to the questions with thoughtful, well-reasoned answers. But if you dig a little deeper, questions remain.
On why Smart has been playing DeMarcus from the high post:
It gives him a better angle to see the floor, and he shoots the ball well. He can drive the basketball from there. It also opens up the ability to pass the ball. From that area, you have a better angle of the floor to make passes to certain players. And when in doubt, you still have that opportunity to run a pick-and-roll on the side. It's just moving him around instead of just trying to keep him in the low box. Because I don't think he's a real low-box player yet.
Really coach? Because DeMarcus' shot chart says differently. Lowe goes on to call out that DeMarcus shoots terribly from long range (because Lowe is very good at what he does), to which Smart responds:
I get a chance to do things in practice, so I know what he can do and what he can't do. I just think sometimes when you run a play for the low box for him, he has trouble there.
Again, really coach? Because in the deep post is the only spot on the floor where Cousins' shooting percentages are anywhere near respectable for a big man.
Throughout the interview Smart talks about how they want to develop Cousins' post game, but that he's not ready yet. And while Chuck Hayes is a fine post defender and I'm sure Cousins can learn some things by facing him in practice, it really doesn't address the thing Smart says Cousins needs to learn:
There are flashes there because of his size, but when you play against equal size, your post-up game may be negated if you're not a developed player yet.
Well, there's nobody on the roster who can truly match Cousins in terms of size. Jason Thompson is probably the closest, but Smart has a splendid opportunity 82 nights each season to let Cousins gain experience battling players of the same size.
Smart's critique is certainly not without merit. We all know that Cousins' big games generally aren't coming when the other team has size and skill down low. But I fail to see how Cousins' post game is being developed if you aren't giving him opportunities to work on his weaknesses.
Later in the interview Lowe asked Smart about Cousins in the pick-and-roll. That when this little nugget popped up:
One big thing that has happened is that John Salmons has been probably our best pick-and-roll passer because of his size.
For ****'s sake, Smart. No. John Salmons is not your best pick and roll passer. There's a little thing called Synergy Sports. Chris Paul has heard of it. Why haven't you? Per Synergy Sports, Isaiah Thomas has been the pick and roll ball handler on 177 plays this season, resulting in 0.8 points per possession, which ranks him 59th in the NBA. Salmons, has been the pick and roll ball handler for 69 plays this season, resulting in 0.64 points per possession, ranking 119th in the NBA.
Sorry, got a little out of control there.
One final answer I took issue with, regarding why the Kings rank last in defensive points per possession:
Smart: You can shave away three putbacks a game. Shave away two or three turnovers a game that lead to a transition basket, and you've taken 12 points off the board — and you haven't changed one coverage, or one changed rotation. Those putbacks — we don't have a shot-blocker, or even a multiple-effort player, so once the guy gets a rebound, he goes right back up. We really need that multiple-effort player in the paint. But shave away just four or six points …
Lowe: And you're average instead of bad. That's how the NBA works — tiny little things over a hundred possessions add up, right?
Smart: Just gotta shave those points away …
That sounds really intelligent. It makes sense. Just a few points here and there. So my follow up is why the hell aren't the Kings doing that? Or better yet, if you understand that nuance and the importance of those little things, why haven't the Kings overtaken a single NBA team in terms of defensive points per possession?
Oh, and that second effort guy you're saying you don't have? Please glance down the bench. I'd like to introduce you to Thomas Robinson. He's that guy you've been playing for less than 17 minutes per game the past month. The guy the team spent the 5th overall pick on. The guy who makes his living on hustle and second-effort plays. The guy who is putting up 11.8 points and 12.9 rebounds per 36 minutes over the past 20 games, per NBA.com/stats.
It's safe to say I'm not a huge fan of Coach Smart these days. But overall it's an excellent interview. And Smart does give some very interesting answers to some of the questions. I certainly didn't cover the entire interview, so I encourage everyone to give it a read.


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State Sen. Noreen Evans is expected to announce next week that she will not seek re-election in 2014 and that she instead will return to practicing law once her current term ends, a Sacramento source said Friday.
"It's a demanding job. It's taken its toll," said the source, who is close to Evans' campaign for the 2014 seat.
The source said it was never the Santa Rosa Democrat's intention to be a career politician.
"Her true love has always been advocating for justice and so she's going to do that in the courtroom," the source said.
A spokeswoman for Evans said the senator was out ill Friday and unavailable for comment. State lawmakers return to work in Sacramento on Monday.
Word that the 58-year-old senator will voluntarily give up her post next year has already sparked furious speculation as to who who might seek the 2nd District Senate seat, which encompasses a huge swath of the North Coast from Marin to Humboldt County. The district represents more than one million people.
Sonoma County Supervisor Shirlee Zane on Friday squelched rumors that she would seek the Senate seat, calling it a "99.9 percent" certainty that she will stay put.
"I have no plans. I love my job," she said.
Others rumored to be in the mix are Mike McGuire, Zane's colleague on the board representing northwest Sonoma County; and Patty Berg and Michael Allen, who both served in the state Assembly.
In Marin County, San Rafael city councilman Damon Connolly and three-term county supervisor Susan Adams are said to be eyeing the seat.
"It's potentially a very crowded field," said David McCuan, a Sonoma State University political scientist.
Evans, who was elected to the Senate in 2010, would be the overwhelming favorite to retain the seat were she to seek re-election.
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Jeff Barker is reporting that the Terps will have the 21st ranked class, which is 6th best in the ACC. Imagine if we still had you know who in this class; we probably would have been in the high teens. Gary Williams also says they're still shopping around that last scholarship, but they're not going to just give it to someone just because. Barker doesn't say who's ranking this is, but I thought it was still worth posting. This is a sloooow time for Terps news.
We wrap it up with the most interesting freshman of all.
The series pushes on with the flashy Oak Hill point guard.
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We continue with the athletic SF from North Carolina.
We start with the savvy PG from Tucson.
Maryland recently gained another commitment. We explain what that does to the scholarship situation, and where they go from here.
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Maryland might've just wrapped up their 2010 recruiting class. There's a little twist to this commitment: he's from Iceland.
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BECKLEY (WVVA) - A teacher at a Raleigh County school has been fired following an investigation into allegations that she sent inappropriate text messages to a male student.
Lori Lester -- a teacher at Trap Hill Middle School -- was terminated by unanimous vote among school board members following a special-called hearing that was requested by Lester.
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This is something the Left has to tackle and quick.
Ever since I drifted off into the far-Left I have routinely found inarticulate radicals who wax poetic over poly-syllabic words with nothing but profound ignorance and cynicism to show for it.
To destroy or not to destroy, that is the question. No! To create or not create, that is the question, and a revolutionary will note the significance of creation, not destruction.
Anyone can destroy. If all we can do to contribute to revolution is destroy then we are better off sitting down and shutting up.
We know Capitalism is a predator. We know that the dominant economic systems create class divisions, they cater to the affluent while indignant to the indigent, they reduce the quality of life to a quantity; that the very fabric of our lives are reduced to commodities to be sold, bought or traded on a cold, stale, soulless, anti-social market – a system that should be abolished!
We know that racism eats at our commonalities and diverts us from finding solidarity. We know that creating divisions or schisms amongst ourselves hurts us.
We know that, as John Lennon famously sung, women are the niggers of the world. Black men can be oppressed for being black but black women can be oppressed on multiple fronts (i.e. lesbian, atheist, poor, black and female). The early feminist movement was dominated by privileged white women who saw being house wives as oppressive and wanted to fight to have a life outside of their homes while women of color or poor white women felt left out since they needed a fight to have a life in their homes! Anyone who pays close enough attention to how men act or how women are treated can see that while some progress may have been made, we are still a long way off from battling sexism.
We know that Representative Democracy is a sham. Chomsky once noted that so long as economies are not democratic then democracy is just that, a sham. But even a political democracy can be undemocratic. We know politicians lie. We know they can be cut off from who they are supposed to represent. We know that once in office they can turn on us and that the electoral system is structured in such a way that not only do incumbents almost always win but the candidates with the most corporate backing almost always win. Furthermore, we know we don't want Soviet or Chinese-style Communism.
In other words, I can strike up a conversation with nearly anyone who walks into my office, or that I encounter in my daily life and we can reasonably agree on most things about social life.
But what makes a revolutionary? Is it in knowing these things? Is it in knowing it should be stopped? Hardly.
On places like facebook.com you can find plenty of groups and causes discontent with capitalism. But if you say then be a part of a solution you will hear comments like this from elements of the Left who like to put on a good show about how radical and rebellious they are:
I tend to lean more towards the nihilistic destruction of the existing order. Parecon is just reformism… I consider myself to be an Insurrectionary/anti-civilization anarchist… Cartesian dualism has placed such limits on our thinking that life outside of quantitative logic is, for the most part, inconceivable to us.
These are real quotes from a real person who fits the description above. We need to be addressing these elements of "our side" more. And we should consider doing so by addressing what it means to be a revolutionary.
Being a revolutionary means creating, not destroying; we know some things are wrong so we need to know how to fix them, transcend them and so on.
Being a revolutionary means tapping the "hearts and minds" of society and gaining their support and participation; talking about destruction or the inconceivability of change on the part of "the stupid masses" or that proposing models to experiment with is undesirable (this is a silly paradox where the model being proposed is not really no model, but being unprepared since if we just waited for some unforeseen optimal time to act without having a preconceived model to experiment with our first order of the day would be to rush to the creation of a model to experiment with, thus undermining ourselves; and hasn't this been one of the chief failures of social revolutions in the past?) is not productive and is a predictable turnoff to potential supporters. There is no better way to win approval than to reach people on their level and to do so in a fun and invigorating way. For example, my mother is somewhat liberal but very cautious of the radical left. When she saw pictures and articles on the carnival type atmosphere of activists protesting George Bush she not only felt their messages reached her but that the event looked fun. For the first time she saw the Left in ways that were not somber or reactionary, but full of humor, hope and insight.
Being a revolutionary means seeking to improve the welfare of society as a whole, to seek improved conditions and relations amongst ourselves while keeping our eye on the goal: social liberation. We shouldn't fight for livable wages just to have livable wages. We should want livable wages because it is part of a far-reaching goal to have a truly liberated society. The same holds true for various other reforms or programmatic steps. We may want monetary policies to be adjusted to clamp down on capital flight or price controls so that livable wages are not offset by an increase cost of living; we may want to redefine property ownership of productive assets; we may want to institute progressive or more fair taxations; we may want to greatly increase the inheritance tax; we may want to reform campaign finance so that corporate interests don't dominate; we may want to make health care and higher education free to all; we may want to strengthen labor unions or reform them internally to be more democratic; we may want to provide affordable housing for all; we may want to create participatory budgeting councils so that local communities can have more control over their local economy (we may want to expand that to nationally).
We may want all of these things, and more, to lead to something more transformational, more revolutionary: a participatory society where we have a meaningful say over our lives and take into consideration the impact our decisions have on others (i.e. self-management and solidarity). But we cannot get there unless we build our support base, and we cannot build our support base unless we can be creative in ways to be more inclusive.
If an anarchist on stilts juggling shoes to throw at Bush can reach my mother than surely we can find ways to make revolution and social liberation look as American as apple pie.


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A reporter flees the biggest cartel of all—the Mexican Army.
EMILIO MOVES from paper to paper and eventually winds up at the Ascensión bureau of El Diario, a daily based in nearby Juárez. Emilio loves politics and develops Page 1 stories by dutifully interviewing politicians and publishing their inane answers. It is a wink to the readers—much like La Jornada, a left-of-center Mexico City paper that used to publish articles bought and paid for by the Mexican government in italics. Sometimes when a leading drug figure is arrested, usually as a show to placate US agencies, he interviews them also. He is hard driving, at least until his son is born. After that, he becomes cautious because he must think of his son and not give in to the dangers of ambition.
Here is what a wise man knows: that certain people—the cartel leaders, the corrupt police, the corrupt military—these things cannot be written about at all. That other people should be mentioned favorably unless they are caught in circumstances so extreme that the news cannot be suppressed. Then, the blow is softened as much as possible. Nor are investigations favored. If someone is murdered, you call the proper authorities and you print exactly what they tell you. But you don't poke around in such matters.
This is the reality of Mexican reporting, where a person is inside but outside, where a person knows more than the public but can only say what is known in code and this code had better not be too clear. He has mastered, he thinks, the rules of the game. He is clean; he avoids taking bribes. But he also ignores the fact that other reporters are taking bribes. He is not looking for trouble. When top military officials say if there are any rapes and robberies they will be the fault of narcotraficantes masquerading as soldiers, well, that is the way it will be reported.
He will obey those instructions for a very simple reason. For three years, Emilio has been afraid he will be murdered by the Mexican Army. He has, to his horror, committed an error. And nothing he has done in the past three years has made up for this mistake. He has ceased reporting on the Army completely. He has focused on safe things such as fighting the creation of a toxic waste facility in the town. He has apologized to various military officers and endured their tongue-lashings. Still, this cloud hangs over him.
He can remember the day he blundered into this dangerous country.
I AM SITTING in the Hotel San Francisco in Palomas almost four years to the day from the moment Emilio Gutiérrez Soto destroyed his life. The small restaurant has eight tables; the walls host an explosion of plastic flowers screaming yellow, red, and pink. Carved wooden mallard heads spike out as hat racks for Stetsons. Music floats through the air, Bob Dylan singing "Knockin' on Heaven's Door." In the kitchen, short, dark women chop vegetables for salsa. Their movements are very slow and their faces blank. In the lobby are murals of an imaginary Sierra Madre in an imaginary Mexico. A huge buck stands in an alpine meadow, an eagle swoops down on a lake, a caballero in a sequined suit stares with love at a beautiful señorita. Also in the lobby is a large statue of St. Francis and in his hands and at his feet are handwritten messages and offerings left by migrants. Just five blocks away, the poor plunged through the line and headed into El Norte—but none of the notes are very recent. The river of misery has changed course for the moment.
The tile floor is the color of flesh. The notes whisper of a people in flight: "Father, help us all who pass as wetbacks. Help us Our Father. Bless us all who think of You, who trust in You. And I ask You to bless and help my mother, my father and me and my brothers and sisters and all of my family. In Your hands we place our good luck to pass ALIVE. Adios Our Father."
Another note says: "Please I ask You with all my heart look after and protect my husband that he pass safely. Amen." A Bible lies open and someone has dropped this plea on the page:
God bless us and protect us along the way
Guide us on a good road and protect us.
As I leave the Hotel San Francisco, Johnny Cash is singing,
You can run on for a long time
Run on for a long time
Run on for a long time
Sooner or later God'll cut you down
Sooner or later God'll cut you down
IT BEGAN for Emilio on January 28, 2005, when six soldiers came to La Estrella Hotel, a run-down boardinghouse for migrants across the street from the Hotel San Francisco, took food off people's plates, and then robbed the customers of their money and jewelry. Emilio got tipped off and so he phoned the local police chief. He called the Army also but as is their custom they refused to answer any questions. He filed a brief article about the incident, one of three he wrote during that period noting similar actions by the Army in the area.
That is how he destroyed his life.
Several days later, February 8, 2005, Colonel Filadelfo Martínez Piedra calls Emilio at home, explains that he is "the boss," and orders him to come immediately to the Hotel Miami in downtown Ascensión. The colonel says, "If you don't come, we'll come looking for you at home or wherever you are."
So he puts his then-11-year-old son in his truck and goes there. He notices scores of ordinary soldiers around the hotel, and two vans full of elite troops who are bodyguards for the officers. He leaves his son in the truck and walks up to the colonel. It is a very cold night.
In his mind, he is thinking, "What the fuck are these cabrones up to?" Soldiers swiftly surround him. The colonel says to another officer, "Look general, the son of a whore who has written all kinds of stupidities has arrived."
Then the general, Alfonso García Vega, says, "So you are the son of a whore who is lowering our prestige. You son of a fucking whore, you are denigrating us and my boss. The minister in Mexico is extremely bothered by your fucking lies, idiot."
Emilio tries to form words to excuse himself but he cannot. The general is in charge of Chihuahua. He is very short and his uniform is brilliant with gold trim.
Emilio is very frightened and he says that he only writes what the officials or the victims tell him.
The general says, "No, you have no sources for that information. You made it up. Just how much schooling do you have, asshole?"
Emilio lies, and claims two years of communication studies at a university.
The general explains that Emilio lacks an education equal to his own.
To have a general speak to you is not something to be desired. They can hand out death like a party favor.
The general suggests he should write about drug people.
Emilio says he does not know any and besides they frighten him.
"So, you don't know them and you fear them," the general bristles. "You should fear us for we fuck the fucking drug traffickers, you son of a whore. I feel like putting you in the van and taking you to the mountains so you can see how we fuck over the drug traffickers, asshole."
The guards surround him, he can see his son in the truck about 15 yards away, and the boy looks very frightened. Then people walking past the hotel greet Emilio and he thinks this is what saves him from a beating.
He grovels, apologizes profusely to the general.
"You've written idiocies three times and there shall be no fourth. You'd better not mention this meeting or you'll be sent to hell, asshole."
The colonel tells him he is under surveillance "and should not fuck up."
Then, he is dismissed. He gets back in his truck and his son asks what is going on. He says, "They want to kidnap me." He drives aimlessly, and finally calls his boss at the paper who tells him, "This is serious. This is a problem."
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Here is the latest information on the standoff in Dale County, AL, as released by the Dale County Sheriff's Department.
January 30, 2013
Update 7:30 a.m.
Efforts to bring this ongoing incident to a close have continued through the night. At this time law enforcement has extended the evacuation area to ensure the safety of those living in the immediate area. The Dale County Sheriffs Department has confirmed the identity of the victim as 66 year old Charles Albert Poland Junior. Mr. Poland was employed by Dale County Board of Education in 2009 as a Bus Driver. Mr. Poland was acting in his official duties yesterday when fatally shot. The Dale County Board of Education and Dale County Sheriff's Department would like to offer our deepest condolences to the Poland Family.
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Sheriff Olson
Original Release 6:21 p.m.
The Dale County Sheriff's Department has established a command post location at the intersection of 231 North and Private Road 1539 in Dale County, Alabama following a shooting. Multiple agencies are present assisting with the incident. Authorities say a call was received regarding a shooting involving a Dale County School Bus at 3:36 p.m.
At this time limited details are being released however the Sheriff's Department has confirmed one adult male was shot and the suspect is not in custody. Further details will be released as they become available.
School System Authorities have confirmed that all Dale County and Ozark City Schools will be closed on Wednesday January 30, 2013.
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Multiple agencies remain on scene and are working diligently. No further updates are available at this time.
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Due to the sensitive nature of the open and ongoing incident, limited details are being released at this time however authorities have now confirmed one fatality and also confirmed evacuations were conducted shortly after law enforcement arrived on scene. These evacuations have affected residents in the immediate area and were conducted as a precautionary measure as public safety remains paramount in this situation. Authorities also confirmed the presence of a child at the scene but are giving no further information at this time.
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At this time there are no further updates and none expected for some time. The Dale County Sheriff's Office along with assisting agencies remain on scene and will continue to work diligently through the night in an effort to bring closure to this incident as quickly as possible.
On behalf of Sheriff Olson, we would like to thank all assisting agencies for their efforts and also thank the media for assisting with keeping the public informed.
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Behind the Scenes at a Small Business: Lessons From Sandy
(Editor's note: This is the ninth installment in our "Winning the Card Game" series. Dana Norman and Michele Rothberg acquired discount greeting card store Card$mart in June 2011. They agreed to let TheStreet follow them for one year as they experience the ups and downs of running a business. Based on advice from their accountant, the owners have declined to share revenue and profit figures.)
PLAINVIEW, N.Y. (TheStreet) -- "I almost wished we lost power. Opening up was painful," Card$mart co-owner Dana Norman tells TheStreet two weeks after Hurricane Sandy forced her way through New York City, New Jersey, Long Island and parts of Connecticut on Oct. 29, leaving widespread damage, flooding and power outages.
The independent card shop is located in an upscale shopping center in the middle of Long Island, so it was far enough from the dangerous storm surges that slammed the southern coast of the island. And, luckily, Card$mart is in one of the few areas that did not lose power in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy and the Nor'easter that hit 10 days later. Most residents and commercial businesses, even if they had no damage from the category 1 hurricane, were without power for several days or weeks.
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>>> Bricks and Mortar Stores Thrive in Internet World Norman was already expecting weaker October sales compared with last year, due to the Jewish holidays that fell in September instead of October in 2012, but also because Halloween isn't a big card-buying holiday. She also says Designer Greetings, located in Edison, N.J., was closed, which meant a slowdown in shipments. "It wasn't like we had much business that we needed [cards]. Any pocket that was empty, we just used our filler cards," Norman says. Card$mart's shipment of holiday Thanksgiving chocolate was also delayed. Norman says she usually purchases the popular chocolate molded as turkeys from The Madelaine Chocolate Co., which is headquartered in The Rockaways, a hard-hit area. Norman says she hasn't been able to get through to the company and ended up purchasing more expensive chocolates from a third-party distributor. A note on its website says the hurricane has forced The Madelaine Chocolate Co. to temporarily close its doors. One of the biggest lessons Norman learned from the storm was to make sure the store has proper insurance coverage for natural disasters. Norman says she took home the store's insurance policy on the day of the storm, intending to look it over. (She acknowledges she wasn't fully aware of the coverage.) And even though the store had no damage, with the crazy weather patterns as they are, Norman plans to review coverage options with fresh eyes. Norman says her main concern was coverage in case the front display window was broken. "As it turned out, we were down by a few hundred dollars from last October in terms of sales. Because we have so much more merchandise, the number should have been higher. The goal is to grow every year, and I think it was the hurricane [that hurt revenue]," Norman says. As Long Island slowly resumed power in the second week following the storm, business was picking up again. Still, Norman says "you never get those days back." -- Written by Laurie Kulikowski in New York. Follow @LKulikowski To contact Laurie Kulikowski, send an email to: firstname.lastname@example.com. >To submit a news tip, email: firstname.lastname@example.com.
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PBS for Obama: USA Today Puts Gushy 'Essay by Ken Burns' on Front Page
On Tuesday, USA Today topped their front page with an "Essay by Ken Burns" headlined "National parks feed the American soul." Naturally, this liberal PBS filmmaker/sermonizer began by celebrating Barack Obama, which the newspaper put in large type.
"Just before our documentary film series on the history of our national parks was first broadcast on PBS in the fall of 2009, I had a once-in-a-lifetime chance to share scenes from the film with President Obama in a small screening room at the White House. It was a great honor." He had to confess his wife and kids were "blurred into the background" as he shared his work with this special president:
It was a personal and intimate moment for the president, too, momentarily distracted from the cares of his office. After the screening, he spoke movingly about his own trips to our national parks.
The first — as he recounted so vividly in his memoirs and now to us — occurred when he was a young boy. He was with his mother, grandmother and younger sister. By Greyhound bus, they had traveled to the Grand Canyon and then to Yellowstone. They had stayed at Howard Johnson motels along the way.
He could recall as if it were yesterday this trip taken many decades before: the inspirational view from the south rim of the grandest canyon on Earth, and then in Yellowstone, seeing a bison for the first time. For a young boy growing up in Hawaii, these were amazing sights, and it helped connect him to his country's magnificent landscape and the legacy these saved — and to some sacred — places mean for all Americans. [In an accompanying video, Burns insists the parks are "sacred places."]
Then he began to speak just as movingly as before about another trip he had taken to the parks a few weeks earlier in the summer, this time with his daughters.
Traveling by Air Force One, of course, not a bus, they, too, went as a family to see the Grand Canyon, to marvel at the otherworldly thermal features of Yellowstone, the world's greatest collection of geysers. Sasha and Malia saw their first bison in the wild.
The Obamas were doing what countless millions of American families have done since we saw fit in our infinite wisdom as a democracy to begin to set aside millions of acres of some of the most spectacular scenery on Earth.
USA Today wasn't honest enough to correct Ken Burns. It's a little silly to say you had a "once-in-a-lifetime chance" to meet Obama since he also met with Obama in February. They also didn't mention Burns donated several thousand dollars to Obama in 2008 or that he compared him to Lincoln as he endorsed him gaudily in 2007.
PBS doesn't care about any of these appearance problems, and easily allowed Burns to make a hagiographic Teddy Kennedy film for the 2008 Democratic convention.
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Submitted by KornKing on Thu, 05/24/2012 - 8:42am.
Ken should stick to baseball documentaries
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No mention of Bush, of course
Submitted by DontFeedTheTrolls on Thu, 05/24/2012 - 10:08am.
Wasn't Bush one of our Presidents who increased the acreage of our National Parks using the Antiquities Act?
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Submitted by dmacleo on Thu, 05/24/2012 - 10:10am.
talk about a sh*t eating grin.....
or... boy those are some white teeth says Obama....
the jokes on this writer write themselves....
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This guys such a friggin lib!
Submitted by NJRightWinger12 on Thu, 05/24/2012 - 10:33am.
I love watching his docs, until he starts throwing in the left-winged jabs, and then he gets into the long-winded liberal rants-Oy vey! Just stick to the subjects at hand, like the Civil War, Baseball, etc, and leave out your gushing praise for The One!
BTW, nice haircut!
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Suckuppedness is shameful.
Submitted by ray johnson on Thu, 05/24/2012 - 10:48am.
That Burns knows who butters his bread is no surprise. Amazing to me is how the so-called elite in the media willingly toss aside half their audience by licking the face of their "special" president. People on the right side of the aisle have deep pockets, and are likely to remember the thoughtless, unfair, partisan hackery that's evident every time one of them opens their mouth.
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Obama's never in his Office Ken!
Submitted by Less1leg on Sat, 05/26/2012 - 4:44am.
It was a personal and intimate moment for the president, too, momentarily distracted from the cares of his office. quote from above Ken Burn's all happy and his life fulfilled by Obama.
Sorry to break it to ya Ken, but Obama is the forelorn leader. he is never in his Oval Office. Ken, do you realize that Obama has played more golf than six US Presidents combined. Then there is the get together pickup basketball games with celebrity and Democrat Clingon's. And getting to it too Ken, Mrs. Obama and kids as gushy and Bill Cosbyish, well Michelle suffers from never ending jet lag. She has been in Official Travel Mode since entering the White House. Heck Ken I'd wager she hasn't slept two nights in a row in the White House.
But that's another story Ken, maybe you can make a Docudrama about the "Life and Times of an Affirmative Action President".
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The Baltimore Ravens and Seattle Seahawks will meet up on Sunday, fresh off of the visiting team's comeback victory on Sunday Night Football when Joe Flacco connected with Torrey Smith late in the fourth quarter. That bit of momentum might not have been needed against the Seahawks, but this week's NFL picks and predictions lean that way regardless.
In fact, Sports Illustrated's Peter King just decided to throw out random facts in his weekly column rather than his thoughts on the actual game. He apparently believes it will be a blowout.
I love the NFL releases in games that have that blowout smell, when the underdog is propped up. In the Week 10 NFL Capsules sent to the media comes this gem that will have a major bearing on this game, about Seattle's Raheem Brock: "DE Raheem Brock has faced Bal. 5 times & his teams are 5-0." I'm sure John Harbaugh will tell his players Saturday night how much trouble they're in because Raheem Brock has never lost to the Ravens.
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Dabe Alan
Games with exclusively female heroes don't sell (because publishers don't support them)
Video games are an art form where, in the general sense, male developers create games with male only heroes for an often overwhelmingly male audience. It's rare to find games with a female hero, to the point where games often seem like a parade of titles starring a white male with stubble and a little bit of facial hair. I wanted to find hard numbers about games with only female heroes, and to see if there was a reason they were so rare. I called Geoffrey Zatkin, the Chief Operating Officer of EEDAR, to see if he would be willing to let me peek into his vault of data for answers. We described how EEDAR gathers data about video games in a previous story about the power of review scores, and Zatkin had given a talk about games with female heroes around a year ago. The data he collected he was fascinating, although it seems the very idea of a female-led game seems so toxic to publishers and marketing that there is barely enough examples from which to draw conclusions. What we did find is that almost no games with exclusively female heroes exist. Those that do are almost always sent out to die due to limited marketing budgets.
The data
"We looked across many genres, but not many genres make your protagonist super apparent. When you're playing a racing game, you can't usually tell the gender because you're the car. So we limited our data set to action, shooter, and RPG genre games." Zatkin showed me data from a talk he gave around a year ago, so the data was slightly older, that looked at those three genres in the seventh-generation console cycle. Looking at a sample of 669 games that had protagonists with discernible genders, only 24 had exclusively female protagonists. Action had the most female protagonists, shooters had even less, and role-playing games had exactly one game with a female only hero. In all three genres, a little under 300 games gave the option of a female lead. That includes games where you can choose your gender or create your own character. EEDAR also compared three months of sales data for each game. The three month interval was deliberately chosen: it negates the effects of games released at the end of the month, and captures almost all of a game's initial sales. If a game was released in the final days of a month, you still have the following two months to track things. Games have a short tail, meaning older titles rarely sale in large numbers, so you can gain much information by looking at the first three months of availability. "If you look at the first three months, with the smaller quantity of female-led games, they did not sell as well. The ones that were male-only sold better," Zatkin explained. There are some more interesting bits here. Games that allow you to choose your gender are reviewed better than games that offer male-only heroes, but the games with male only heroes sold better. In terms of pure sales numbers, in the first three months of availability, games with only a male hero sold around 25 percent better than games with an optional female hero. Games with exclusively male heroes sold around 75 percent better than games with only female heroes. By looking at these trends two things become clear: games that give you a choice of gender are, on average, reviewed slightly better than games with male-only heroes, but the games that sell very well are almost all led by male heroes. If you're funding a large-budget game and you see these numbers, you see that you lose sales by adding the capability to choose a female hero, and you lose significant sales by releasing a game with a female hero. "You look at unit sales, and if you look at unit sales by platform, you can see that it holds true except on the DS," Zatkin said. "For some reason on the DS female-optional sells better than male-only. But for every other console, including the PSP, [male-led games sell better.]" So the conclusion is easy. If you want to make money, you can't have female heroes leading your game, right? Not so fast…
Marketing is important
We know from our previous article that marketing spend is one of the few, if not the only, things that can overcome negative reviews. Television commercials, ads in magazines, and even shelf space in stores are all for sale, and the more you have to spend the better your game will sell. Games with only female heroes are given half the marketing budget as games with male heroes. That's an enormous handicap that cripples their ability to sell well. "Games with a female only protagonist, got half the spending of female optional, and only 40 percent of the marketing budget of male-led games. Less than that, actually," Zatkin said. So is this a self-fulfilling prophecy? Do publishers send female-lead games out to die without proper support? "I think it might be, and I think in some cases, though this is a guess, that these games may be considered more niche, and you advertise niche games less," Zatkin said. It's also hard to draw many broad conclusions from this data. There are so few games with exclusively female heroes, and those few games are given such a small marketing budget, do we even know how well a large-budget, marketed game with a female hero would perform? "We're still only looking at 24 games in that grouping that came out. We can tell that almost nobody does games with only a female protagonist. They're scarce. It just doesn't happen often. Therefore it's noteworthy when it does. It gets called out, it gets noticed by reviewers and press, and it's a conscious decision. That's something you can take away from this," Zatkin said. The problem also comes from marketing departments. There is a sense in the industry that games with female heroes won't sell. "I think that there is general feeling from marketing that it's hard to sell a mass-market game that's a female-only protagonist," Zatkin agreed. "This may be changing greatly with mobile and social, where you're expanding the audience, but in core console land, there's a lot of marketing thought that it's hard to sell a game with a female-only protagonist in a core genre. The question is, is this something that really doesn't happen, or do marketing budgets get gimped?" With under 30 games with exclusively female protagonists, and those games receiving much smaller marketing budgets than games with variable genders or male leads, it's hard to draw any conclusions about the impact of gender on sales or reviews. Female-led games do find an easier path to get covered, simply due to their novelty in the market, and reviews tend to almost as strong as male-only games. You can find games with female heroes, such as the Tomb Raider or Portal series, but there simply aren't enough female-led games with strong marketing budgets to see if gamers are willing to pay attention to games that tell stories with women at the center.


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|Good - 2262 reviews
With a stay at Millennium Biltmore Hotel Los Angeles, you'll be centrally located in Los Angeles, steps from Los Angeles Central Public Library and U.S. Bank Tower. This romantic hotel is within close proximity of Macy's Plaza and World Trade Center Los Angeles. Make yourself at home in one of the 683 air-conditioned guestrooms. Satellite programming and vid...
Overall Rating - Good - 2262 reviews
Okay 5.6
I liked the lobby. Water pressure in shower was amazing.
It was old. My room smelled damp the whole time I went to walgreens to buy fabreeze. The carpet was torn and tatty looking. The sink had a visible crack in it. On my last day when I turned the knob it came off. Ironing board had stains on it. Hotel just really needs a makeover and move into the 20th century of amenities at least.
Excellent 10.0
beautiful interior, historical hotel, convenient safe location, super comfortable bed, quiet room even though it was next to the elevator, close to several good restaurants, including a few 24 hour places if you arrive late.
Older hotel meant less than perfect interior-a bit of peeling paint, chipped wood here and there. Didn't bother me, though.Check out the historical pictures located just off the lobby, of the 30's Academy Awards ceremonies held here.
|Excellent - 1800 reviews
Sofitel Los Angeles at Beverly Hills is a stunning hotel in LA, offering elegant luxury accommodations and dramatic décor with an ambiance that combines see-and-be-seen excitement and the calm of an urban resort. Ideally situated on the corner of La Cienega and Beverly Boulevard, opposite the Beverly Shopping Center, this hotel is conveniently located near C...
Overall Rating - Excellent - 1800 reviews
Good 8.0
The bed was amazing.
You had to ask to get a complimentary coffee maker in your room.It is very close to Cedars Sinai Hospital, where my dad was dying of lung cancer. It was convenient for that purpose. But there is a lot of loud partying that is sponsored by the hotel, which can be disruptive when you are there for such a serious reason. And, my sister witnessed a man from such a party beating up a woman in the lobby.
Good 7.0
Staff, Bed, and Location
For 4.5 star hotel, the pool and public areas were lacking.It was an ok stay, not great. If you are only looking for a good nights rest, you will like this place. If you want an experience, you will be disappointed.
|Good - 1632 reviews
With a stay at Hotel Angeleno, you'll be centrally located in Los Angeles, convenient to Getty Center and J. Paul Getty Museum. This eco-friendly hotel is within close proximity of Los Angeles National Cemetery and University of California Los Angeles. Make yourself at home in one of the 209 air-conditioned rooms featuring flat-screen televisions. Your room...
Overall Rating - Good - 1632 reviews
Excellent 9.0
Staff - they really do everything to make your stay perfect. The owner should consider how important the staff is to the overall experience.
It is noisy at night due to the freeway.Pool is nice, if not a bit cold. Great views from the restaurant.
Okay 5.0
The room was right next to the expressway and was really loudThis is just a Holiday Inn
|Good - 7780 reviews
Located in Los Angeles, Sheraton Gateway Hotel Los Angeles Airport is in the business district and convenient to Automobile Driving Museum and Toyota Sports Center. This eco-friendly hotel is within close proximity of Promenade at Howard Hughes Parkway Center and Loyola Marymount University. Make yourself at home in one of the 802 air-conditioned rooms featu...
Overall Rating - Good - 7780 reviews
Good 8.0
The bar lounge and variety of restaurants it had to offer. The public spaces looked excellent and not to mention comfortable.
Parking was a drag. You had to park in the back parking lot for $17 per day. Also the parking lot was shared with the LAX passenger patrons and hotel patrons. Which at times made parking a bit challenging to find a space.Another thing about parking...spoke to the hotel clerk and told me I could park in the 'monthly' parking lot side of the lot. Which spaces were abundant. I guess it's only for monthly parking users and hotel patrons. Check with the hotel staff because you might find parking challenging on the other side of the lot.
Good 7.0
Clean, spacious, comfortable.
Parking was way expensive. $32 a night. No free wifi.
|Good - 1517 reviews
A downtown Los Angeles, California luxury boutique hotel located near the LA Convention Center. This business hotel features guest rooms & suites, event space, rooftop bar, 24 hour restaurant & pool
Overall Rating - Good - 1517 reviews
|Good - 5111 reviews
Set just a quarter of a mile away from the Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) and featuring a complimentary shuttle service to and from the airport, the Hilton Los Angeles Airport hotel in California is ideally situated for travelers using LAX. The hotel's 1,234 guest rooms are equipped with WiFi and feature bright, modern furnishings. Keep up with work...
Overall Rating - Good - 5111 reviews
Good 7.3
The room was nice. Very large and spacious. Good clean linens on the bed. Loved the blackout curtains for sleeping in late. They gave us a late checkout at 2pm instead of 12pm.Very very nice staff. Overall would have liked it if didn't have broken amenities.
I was not impressed with the bathroom. I paid a lot of money and expected good quality. The toilet wouldn't flush every time. My shower head was wrapped in brown duct tape to fix some problem. The main entry door handle broke off while i was walking out.
Excellent 9.3
Very helpful staff. The bellhop even ran up to my room to retrieve a forgotten shirt while we waited for the shuttle.
Room service menu is very over-priced.
|Good - 4119 reviews
When you stay at Custom Hotel Los Angeles Airport - a Joie de Vivre Hotel in Los Angeles, you'll be near the airport and convenient to Loyola Marymount University and Fisherman's Village. This hotel is within close proximity of Promenade at Howard Hughes Parkway Center and Westfield Culver City Shopping Center. Make yourself at home in one of the 250 air-con...
Overall Rating - Good - 4119 reviews
Excellent 10.0
Very close to airport and has a shuttle. Good number of restaurants well within walking distance. Grocery store next door for good snacks/sandwiches/baked goods/fruit/juices and 'adult beverages'.
The multi-tier pool deck is painted black -- too HOT! This may sound weird, but if you see it, you'll agree: The bathrooms in the lobby have lighting that is literally blinding! Breakfast buffet $14 while 100yds away was a great diner (bowling alley)This is a great place to stay and has a real 'artsy' feel. Staff was extremely courteous.
Mediocre 3.0
Nice location...parking attendant brought car quickly
Very small room, small bathroom, high price for parking, no parking options other than high priced hotel parkingSomewhat like one of those trendy boutique hotels which just seem like an excuse for justifying old, small, out of date rooms
|Good - 2189 reviews
Overall Rating - Good - 2189 reviews
Good 7.0
The waiting time for the shuttle to/from the airport is too long.
Mediocre 3.0
It was close to the airport and it has a nice pool.
It was noisy and crowded. I requested 2 beds because I was traveling with my son, they could only give me a king size bed and a rollaway. It was uncomfortable. The internet never worked well, and the staff couldn't have cared less.I normally travel toLA 3-4 times a year and I will NEVER go back there.
|Good - 1917 reviews
Overall Rating - Good - 1917 reviews
Okay 4.6
$28/day parking fees! This was not mentioned at time of booking. Reserved two rooms with two double beds in each, as our party consisted of two families of four. Was given two rooms with 1 king bed in each. Staff was rude and seemed annoyed that the reservations were booked via 3rd party. Rooms were on the small side and out dated. Very small pool and jacuzzi. Breakfast buffet is $24 for those interested.
Excellent 10.0
The staff was more than accommodating to our 'Early Check-In' request.
The Self Parking Fee is too expensive!The Club Level was Great!!
|Good - 7705 reviews
AAA 3 Diamond Rated/Honor Roll Property located 1/2 mile from LAX. Download boarding passes for free online. We do not accept company checks. Complimentary Business Center. FREE High Speed Internet Access in all rooms and common areas. DENNYS 24-hour Restaurant and Lounge on site-Family style restaurant with Childrens menu. A complimentary breakfast with tw...
Overall Rating - Good - 7705 reviews
Mediocre 4.0
The breakfast
It was overpriced for the quality of the hotel
Mediocre 3.0
Outdoor pool and garden
Outdoor entrances; cramped, confining locationThis chain could never be confused by the others you mentioned at the 'Star' level. You seem to be using this technique more frequently...suggesting types of hotels and then assigning customers to ones that would not be considered as similar. gettin leery of your practices.
|Good - 5203 reviews
When you stay at Four Points by Sheraton Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, you'll be near the airport and convenient to Automobile Driving Museum and Toyota Sports Center. This hotel is within close proximity of Promenade at Howard Hughes Parkway Center and Hollywood Park Racetrack. Make yourself at home in one of the 567 air-conditioned room...
Overall Rating - Good - 5203 reviews
Poor 2.0
The place is a dump. You get what you pay for @ $135/nite. Rude check in people, carpets stained, smelly rooms, room service messed up my order and to top it off, late at night a smell started coming from the bathtub...a nasty sewer smell. The only positive thing about my stay was that the engineer that came up was very nice and offered to move me to a different room. That room was also musty and carpet-stained. When I checked out, the front desk offered to comp my parking ($21) for the inconvenience. Will NEVER stay here again.
Excellent 10.0
The hotel was right accross from Budget rental car so I could just walk back after dropping off my rental car.
|Good - 4121 reviews
When you stay at The Westin Los Angeles Airport in Los Angeles, you'll be near the airport and convenient to Automobile Driving Museum and Hollywood Park Racetrack. This 4-star hotel is within close proximity of Toyota Sports Center and Hollywood Park Casino. Make yourself at home in one of the 740 air-conditioned rooms featuring minibars. Your room comes wi...
Overall Rating - Good - 4121 reviews
Okay 5.0
very noisy - our room was facing the landing and take off pathway and could not sleep - was not worth--- for a night..I would only recommend it if it had a lower rate.
Good 8.0
Complimentary wifi with rewards program and comp shuttle service to the airport
Felt too much pressure from concierge to take car service to a show we were going to rather than a taxi. Told us there was no taxi stand at the show, when in fact there were 2 and no shortage of taxis waiting.
|Excellent - 1173 reviews
Welcome to DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Los Angeles Downtown. Begin your stay at this inviting Los Angeles hotel with our delicious freshly baked chocolate chip cookie and allow our attentive staff to cater to your every need. Conveniently located off the 110, 101 and 5 freeways, this contemporary downtown Los Angeles hotel is ideally situated less than a mile...
Overall Rating - Excellent - 1173 reviews
Good 8.0
Wonderful Staff, all staff were very pleasant and helpful
Some sketchy areas close to the hotel, but staff is very good about directing to safe areas.
Excellent 10.0
The outside garden
NoWonderful experience. Highly recommend.
|Good - 2952 reviews
NEW! Samsung Flat-panel TVs with 30 channels of HD programming. Easy-access Plug-and-Play feature makes it simple to connect electronics. Take Ocean Express Shuttle to Manhattan Beach, or sample from the limited menu, on site, at Destinations Lounge. Staying at the La Quinta Inn & Suites LAX could easily turn into a day at the beach, as Manhattan Beach (...
Overall Rating - Good - 2952 reviews
Good 7.0
Clean, modern decor, was not old or dingy. Well kept. Standard hotel breakfast.
Parking was $15/night. This was quite an unpleasant surprise. No towels in pool area.Adequate.
Poor 1.0
I went the there, they said the room sold out, and transfer me to another hotel which is the Belamar Hotel in 8 miles away from LAX.
I have call taxi next day to get in the LAXno shulter bus, ne breakfirst
|Excellent - 753 reviews
The Luxe Hotel Sunset Blvd offers upscale accommodations on a seven-acre estate on Sunset Boulevard, approximately 12 miles from Los Angeles International Airport . The hotel's amenities include an outdoor pool, tennis court, tennis instructor, full-service day spa, restaurant, piano bar, room service, valet parking ($26 + tax per night), a concierge, Int...
Overall Rating - Excellent - 753 reviews
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Prolong the Life of Your Car with Maintenance
September 4, 2012 | Posted By: Craig Godfrey | Categorized in: Home & Auto
A car is a major investment. It can consume a good chunk of your take-home pay every month, so you want to keep it in great shape as long as possible. Basic maintenance will prolong the life of your car, preserve fuel efficiency levels and ensure that you enjoy a smooth ride for many years to come.
Rotate the Tires
Over time, your tires will start to wear down. If left in one position, the wear patterns will become severe enough to warrant buying new tires. However, you can prolong the life of your tires by simply rotating them. Front tires should move to the back, and they should also be switched to the opposite sides. This evens out wear patterns, prolongs the useful life and ensures that you get more money out of every set of tires. Make sure to have your tires rotated regularly when you have the oil changed.
Regular Oil Changes
The oil in your engine keeps the moving parts lubricated. The oil breaks down with use, so it becomes less effective as a lubricant. Regularly changing the oil ensures that your engine wont seize up and leave you with massive repair bills. Follow the manufacturers recommendations for oil changes. Some still recommend having it changed every three months or 3,000 miles, but others say that you can go up to 5,000 miles between oil changes. When in doubt, its better to change the oil more frequently than to take chances with your valuable engine.
Perform a Few Checks when you Stop for Gas
When youre at the gas station fueling your car, its a good idea to perform a few basic checks. You dont have to check these items every time you stop for gas, but you certainly should check them at least once a month or so.
Use the Right Fuel
Some people are sold on 93 octane gas and wont use anything less. Others view it as a complete waste and wont choose anything but trusty 87 octane. The fact is that it actually depends on your car. Sports cars have high compression engines that will create more power. They need the higher octanes for safety. Family sedans and most SUVs actually run most efficiently with the cheaper 87 octane. Your owners manual will tell you which fuel to use, and its important that you use the one recommended by the manufacturer to protect your car and save money.
Taking care of your car will allow you to extend the life of your vehicle. Even if you dont plan on keeping it more than a few years, its still wise to invest in this regular maintenance. When your car looks sharp and has obviously been cared for, you will be able to command a higher selling price.
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Al Jefferson posted season highs with 23 points and 12 rebounds, and the Charlotte Bobcats handed the Milwaukee Bucks their 11th straight loss with a 92-76 victory on Friday night.
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"On May 5, 2013 we gathered for the Walk Against Hunger in Hartford, CT. This is the fifth year the Muslims Against Hunger Team has taken part. We have over 150 walkers in our team alone and raised over $5000 this year for Foodshare. Foodshare provide food to Homeless shelters and educate the community about hunger in our start! Let's end hunger together! Thank you to Customink for providing quality shirts - the designers did an excellent job with the detail of the artwork provided to them. Service was EXCELLENT! Thank you Customink! For more photos of the event checkout : http://www.muslimcoalitionct.org/walk-2013-pictures.html "


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ATLANTA (AP) - Senate Democrats who backed the health care law and are facing re-election in GOP-leaning states are stepping up their support for the overhaul even as Republicans intensify their criticism.
Alaska's Mark Begich, Arkansas' Mark Pryor, Louisiana's Mary Landrieu and North Carolina's Kay Hagan will be on the ballot in 2014 for the first time since voting for the Affordable Care Act three years ago.
They aren't apologizing for that vote. Several are pursuing an aggressive strategy of embracing the law, helping people use it and fixing what doesn't work.
President Barack Obama's law seems certain to be central in the 2014 campaigns as Republicans look to retain House control and gain the six seats needed to run the Senate for the final two years of Obama's second term.
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with my eyes
I see how many people feel
and understand
their pain is very real.
with my eyes
I see their hard times
as they walk the streets
in search of dimes.
with my eyes
I see the rich, with all the money
tease the poor
and think it's funny.
with my eyes
I see them try
and when they lose
break down and cry.
with my eyes
I understand
and try to give
a helping hand.
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