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The coming Mehserle sentencing: Redrawing the line on 'outside agitators'
by Mike King
The rebellions of January 2009 that brought about Mehserle's arrest could very well be set off once more, regardless of the sentence, admidst widespread community sentiment that justice has not been served. As we move closer to the fifth, the very real possibility of further rebellion hangs in the air.
This case, and the movement that has grown around it, is a window into today's Oakland, replete with stark contradictions of race and class, the dialectic of state violence and popular resistance, as well as contests over power and voice in the public sphere. However, listening to various official voices, these issues have been set aside, whether by the media or by the non-profit sector. What was transmitted in July, in the lead-up to the verdict and what will be harped on as we draw closer to Nov. 5, is the mantra of "outside agitators."
In the lead-up to the verdict on July 8, 2010, a discourse was whipped up by the police and city officials and parroted non-stop by the media and non-profits who carry their water – that of "outside agitators." The story went that crews of white anarchists from outside the city were going to dupe Oakland residents into violence and that any violence that came out of the verdict would be white-led.
This "outside agitators" frame may sound familiar to you. It has its origins in the Jim Crow South. Back then, the white power structure referred to civil rights organizers as outside agitators coming to the South to disturb the supposed "peace." Leave it to the city and the non-profits to be brazen enough to harken obvious parallels with their white supremacist predecessors.
Aside from the lineage of the phrase is the condescending nature of the argument. Implying that people of color can't lead themselves or that forays into the territory of reciprocal violence are somehow the invention of the white man is not an aberration for politicians or these non-profits who patronize the people of Oakland daily.
The whole structure of the city, which this coalition of politicians, police, media and non-profits seeks to maintain, tells ordinary Oaklanders, in myriad ways, that they cannot and should not have a say in what happens in their communities or to their kids. The broken windows and the looted stores smashed the illusion that Oakland wasn't enraged, the burning dumpsters and the blankets of graffiti resounded the fact that Oaklanders will have their say, not just in the case of Oscar Grant, but in building a different social order where mass incarceration and police executions are a thing of the past.
The outside agitators idea is also premised on the idea that there is one unified Oakland, an Oakland that is just going to ignore one of the gravest discrete injustices in recent history at that. As with any city, there are two Oaklands: one of the upper-middle class and one of the working class and lumpen.
Oaklanders will have their say, not just in the case of Oscar Grant, but in building a different social order where mass incarceration and police executions are a thing of the past.
The politicians, media and non-profits would have us believe Oaklanders all share the same interests and values. The same people gentrifying North Oakland and Fruitvale, using overtly racist gang injunctions to hasten the process, are some of the loudest out there hollering about "our Oakland" and "outside agitators."
Oakland is, as Malcolm X used to say, a racial powder keg. A city with such stark inequality and social exclusion as Oakland is far from unified. The above-mentioned coalition is hell bent on dampening that powder keg, on trying to gloss over the very deep contradictions of race and class that define life in this city.
Aside from the origins of the term, and beyond the patronizing middle-class con artistry of those who echo it, is the obvious attempt to erase the history of Oakland and the various histories of Black and Brown struggle in this city. Everyone knows there is a living history of struggle against racial oppression that has taken place in Oakland.
The unfulfilled vision of the Black Panther Party exists in the minds of tens of thousands of Oaklanders. You need to look no further than to former Panthers active in the Justice for Oscar Grant movement and to the younger people versed in their history and politics to see the true lineage of Oakland, apart from the picture the currently powerful like to paint. Militance and opposition to police violence are not being imported into Oakland; they are embedded in its culture and politics and can be traced back generations.
The fact that most police live in the suburbs and most protesters, including a large cross-section of anarchists, live in Oakland is another point not lost on those in the movement. I suggest a peoples' poll to identify who the real outside agitators are. On the one hand, we have anarchists who are for racial and economic justice for the people of Oakland – and are willing to fight for it – and on the other we have police and the politicians along with the corporate press and the non-profits that do their PR work who do their best to maintain the existing order.
Militance and opposition to police violence are not being imported into Oakland; they are embedded in its culture and politics and can be traced back generations.
Furthermore, the Oscar Grant case and the issue of police violence is bigger than Oakland. Oscar didn't live in Oakland and police violence is everywhere. The BART stretches all over the Bay Area. There isn't a zip code limit on protesting against an injustice.
All of the facets of this discourse serve to stifle dissent and attempt to divide people of color from white anti-racists. By parroting this discourse some non-profits are seeking to white-wash Oakland's vibrant history of resistance.
The currently powerful and members of the non-profit sector who seek to take their place are attempting to draw stark lines and race-bait the white anti-racists in the movement while treating people of color in Oakland like children. The non-profits, many of whom have been working in conjunction with the Oakland police over the past two years and the official media will read off of their police cue cards one more time in the next two weeks and tell the people that resistance is for whiteboys and that justice has been served.
I believe that clear lines are being drawn, but not ones based on the values or ideas of those who recycle white-supremacist tropes of the Jim Crow era. Those who seek to stifle dissent with false moralism and convenient notions of unity are apologists for police murder at the end of the day.
The same ruling class of Oakland that robs the working people of the city and siphons millions from education to pay an occupying army a six-figure income wants to start a polarizing debate? Bring it.
Who makes those budget decisions that just write off generation after generation of poor youth of color? Who hassles and locks up people every day and murders innocent kids on a regular basis before driving their SUV back to some big suburban house?
Who has been running long tear jerking stories about the poor, unfortunate Johannes Mehserle? Whose solution to the problem of police violence revolves around electing "better politicians" like themselves?
The people of Oakland are smarter than these politicians, police officials, media outlets and aspiring politicians from the non-profit sector have imagined them to be, and when they get organized they are a lot more powerful than these apologists for police violence have ever given them credit for. The process of weeding the real "outside agitators" out of Oakland is long overdue. And it has just begun.
Berkeley writer Mike King, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Sociology at the University California, Santa Cruz, can be reached at email@example.com.
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Free Johannes Mehserle!↓
Another advantage of being white… you can do dumb stuff and tear up my neighborhood with much less repercussions than if you were black… evan if you do get arrested even convicted in 10 years an employer will say Oh well you were just young and idealistic..while my kids stays in jail for the same thing… and you aint; leading nobody.. you just break the window and move on cause you don;t need money..it;s our kids who get arrested cause thay are trying to get something to sell…↓
joachim miller
Being a resident of Oakland, I'm glad my black mayor and black chief of police is not as racist as this article. I wonder how Ron Dellums sees things, he has a respectable history. And Chief Batts? I'd say he has a dim view of crime, irregardless of race. So what's a guy from Santa Cruz doing telling Oakland what is? Also proofread your stuff, you repeat yourself.↓
Whatever it is the author is reading into the "outside agitators" trope, I didn't get the same idea, at all. The implication of the idea is precisely that Oakland's people of color CAN lead themselves and generally weren't resorting to activities and behaviors that are ineffective in "building a different social order where mass incarceration and police executions are a thing of the past." …that it was the young-dumb-and-full-of-cum kids from the suburbs, who didn't have a personal grievance in the matter, doing stupid shit. As I recall (and maybe I'm not recalling right), the Grant family was calling for peace in the streets.↓
The anarchist movement is a flea on the ass of America. On rare days, annoying. On most days, unnoticed.↓
Incidentally, the photo you've posted above looks a lot more like a young black man appealing to the crowd to chill out than it looks like a photo of any so-called "rebellion".↓
Dude go break windows in your daddies neighborhood.. Oh snap he might cut off your trust fund↓
Polly Muntean
mehserle unseen footage at http://www.onlinestreamingtv.info/fb/↓
There is nothing racist in this article. It is on point. the claim of 'Outside Agitators' has always been used by the white supemacist power structure to divide people. They attempted to make people believe Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr and Malcolm X were set up by Soviet communists. That the Southern civil rights movement, and the Black Panthers were the genius of whites and soviet communists. It is an age old method, and if you refuse to learn the methods of a system that murders our youth, you will never be capable of resisting that system, and never be a part of any social change.↓
And even before all that, they said the same of union leaders, abolitionists. And yes, Oakland has a long history of radicalism, and there are marxists, and anarchists, and Black and brown nationalists here already. Our youth aren't ignorant.↓
"This is an Oakland issue! This is an Oakland issue!"
That is the dumbest piece of crap. Oscar Grant was from *Hayward*. He was on a BART from *San Francisco*. This is a Bay Area story. It was people from inside and outside of Oakland who captured the killing on video, who witnessed it, and who were among the people who were detained alongside him.
Oh, and thousands of people have been killed by cops across the country. People everywhere are justified in being angry and perhaps 'taking it personal' when someone is killed by cops.↓


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Balmy Breezes on Belleair Beach in Belleair Beach
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New Villa with Spectacular Views & Pool in Unspoiled Grenada in Grenada
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Stockholm Luxury Retreat - Great Tahoe Donner Skiing! in Tahoe Donner
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Jim's garden paradise is right in the heart of SOMA San Francisco. Many of you may not know, but that sweet Ford Edsel over at Flora Grubb? … That's Jim's planting too. BTW above in the pic, that's an old piano next to the guitar.
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12:02pm Saturday 25th January 2014 in Sport
VETERAN Dursley centre-back Keith Thomas has hung up his boots at the age of 46 due to persistent knee trouble.
The eldest of club stalwart Bern Thomas' four sons to have played for Town, he made over 700 senior appearances for the club.
The defender had been playing with the third team, although he was a regular member of the club's reserve team, then in Stroud One, as recently as 2012.
His retirement leaves first-team midfielder Lee as the only one of Thomas brothers to still be in regular action for Dursley.
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Avoid / Minimize the Effects of Employee Litigation
The cost of defending a company against an employee lawsuit can be damaging to a large company and can cripple a small business. Liability insurance can offset some of the potential cost, but employee lawsuits and judgments that result can still be incredibly expensive. And that cost also includes the effect on employee morale, productivity, and the overall health and operation of a business. Avoiding situations that could cause employees to file suit against your company is not only smart it's also good business.
The best way to minimize the possibility of employee litigation is to be proactive. Make sure your employee policies and employment practices eliminate opportunities for conflict, make sure you establish practices to document interactions with employees, and resolve disputes long before litigation could occur.
Sound simple? Let's take a closer look at what you can do; here's the basic process:
- Identify potential problem areas. Review your hiring, promotion, disciplinary, and termination processes and procedures. Consider having an attorney review your policies as well as your employee handbook (and if you don't have an employee handbook, consider creating one so you can document your employee relations procedures.) Pay special attention to any process or procedure or lack thereof that could lead to claims of discrimination or harassment.
- Make necessary changes to your policies. Once you've reviewed your policies, make changes that are necessary to ensure compliance with employment law. Then document the changes you make, train employees where necessary, and make sure everyone understands the requirements and expectations going forward.
- Take the next step; focus on prevention. Policies and practices are a great start, but don't stop there. Look for ways to set up conflict management systems, make it easier for employees to let you know if problems exist, and constantly audit your systems and practices to ensure all employees follow your guidelines.
The key is to understand all of your legal responsibilities as an employer. For example, firing or otherwise disciplining an employee who is called for jury duty or who serves in the military or reserves is illegal. It is also illegal to retaliate against employees who claim harassment or discrimination or to deny long-term employees commissions or bonuses by terminating them before those benefits are vested.
If you have questions or concerns, always seek the advice of a lawyer. You may not need to engage the lawyer to actually handle the issue, but you could benefit from experienced guidance and counsel. Especially seek input if you are in a position to seriously discipline or terminate an employee in a "protected class," like an employee over the age of fifty, a member of a minority, or an employee with a disability. Seek legal advice even if you plan to take an action that impacts a large number of people and you will apply that action evenly and fairly to all; large-scale actions (like layoffs or mandatory early retirement) can still be a source of litigation even if you apply those actions to a large group of diverse employees.
- Be familiar with employment laws in your state. Federal laws vary from state laws. Also stay on top of changes and new legislation. If you can't stay on top of the legal situation, consult with a lawyer regularly to find out what you need to know to stay up-to-date.
- For free advice, contact the Department of Labor. Your local Department of Labor office will provide free advice and guidance about your wage and benefits practices.
- Have your policies and procedures reviewed by an experienced attorney. Send along all employee manuals, handbooks, and guides. Conduct a regular review to ensure your documents are up to date and reflect any changes in law.
- Use appropriate applications for employment, employment contracts, and agreements. Document your processes, and make sure employees understand their responsibilities, including the areas of non-disclosure and non-competition.
- Conduct regularly-scheduled performance reviews, and make them as accurate and complete as possible. It is difficult to defend firing an employee for poor performance when his or her last evaluation indicates acceptable (or better) performance.
- Make job offers in writing, and specify the terms and conditions of employment. Providing (and keeping) written documentation helps ensure there are no misunderstandings later.
In spite of your best efforts, an employee may still file a discrimination, harassment, or employment law violation claim against you. If that occurs, take action:
- Contact your lawyer immediately. Fully describe the situation, provide all relevant documentation, and take the action recommended. Especially ensure that you respond in a timely manner to all requests for information or to court orders.
- Do not retaliate, and make sure other employees also do not retaliate. Employees have the right to file claims, and they are protected from retaliation as a result of filing claims. Act professionally at all times.
- Follow the advice of your lawyer, and stick to your principles if you are in the right. Settling in order to avoid litigation may help in the short term, but it can also create a long-term problem for your company.
- If you're wrong, settle quickly. Then fix the problem that caused the complaint: Incomplete policies, poor training, or a problem employee. Make sure the situation does not occur again in the future.


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Woodworker's Journal
But while GUHDO black is a fresh blade color option for hobbyist and professional woodworkers, the company already has a long history in saw blade manufacturing. Germany-based GUHDO (pronounced Goo-doe) has been in the business of making industrial precision tooling since 1908. If you followed our video blog coverage of last summer's IWF trade show in Atlanta, you may have seen our blog from GUDHO's booth and know something about the blades already. If not, John Otto, GUHDO's vice president of sales and marketing for North and South America, recently filled me in a bit more about the company's background and Gmaxx product launch.
"Remscheid, Germany, where GUDHO was established, is known as the center for tooling manufacturing in that part of the world. Because of GUHDO's superior quality in manufacturing, reliability of their products and excellent customer service, the company has always been sought after by both the specialized trade and professional users."
The name GUDHO is actually an acronym for the two brothers, Gustav and Hubert Doerken, who founded the company. Otto says the company started in cutting tools with an initial concentration on the industrial side. GUHDO has always produced standard tooling but also makes custom tooling to suit more specialized applications for certain clients. Products include circular saw blades; CNC tooling; router bits; Forstner, brad and countersink drill bits; plus profiled cutterheads and planer and jointer knives.
The company moved its headquarters in 1967 from Remscheid to Wermelskirchen, Germany, where they are currently located.
GUHDO's decision to offer a Guhdo-branded saw blade line, as well as router bits, extends from the success it has experienced with expansion in other parts of the world. "A better product at a better price is what customers all over the world are looking for. We believe there is a gap in the North American market for a quality German-made saw blade at an affordable price to the professional market. We see this as an opportunity to compete with other European brands, which have expanded rapidly over the past few years."
Guhdo's engineers began developing the concept of the Gmaxx blade line in December 2010. It now encompasses nearly 70 different blade models in sizes ranging from 7-1/4-in. up to 14-in. Options include a variety of tooth geometries, depending on the cutting application: alternate top bevel (ATB), hi-ATB and triple-chip in positive and negative hook angles. The company offers both standard- and thin-kerf blade bodies. A full selection of 1/4- and 1/2-in.-shank router bits are also part of the new Gmaxx family of products.
Given some of the strong competition that's already well-established in the North American woodworking cutter market, Otto anticipates a clear challenge. But, GUHDO is prepared to meet it head-on, with product attributes he feels will allow them to offer a better product to the industry consumer than anyone else. Some of these features and benefits include thicker, premium carbide teeth that will allow for more re-sharpenings, better blade body steel quality, a complete computer-controlled manufacturing process and more in-depth quality inspection.
GUHDO is also promoting the electrostatic blade coating on the Gmaxx saw blades, which Otto says is unique to the marketplace. It's significantly thinner than a Teflon®-based coating, and the electrostatic process impregnates the coating into the steel rather than simply laying the coating on the metal like paint. The result of this allows for much more clearance from the blade thickness to the tooth kerf thickness, which reduces friction during cutting and creates a cooler-running blade. Thicker conventional coatings are also more likely to wear off over time, which exposes the blade to contaminants, rusting and deterioration.
John explained that the company is now in the process of expanding its distribution channels for Gmaxx-branded blades and router bits, but GUHDO-produced cutting tools have actually been in North America for a long time already. Most of us, however, don't know it. They already have a very strong presence in the private label market and are making many of today's top-selling blades, just not under the GUHDO brand.The company plans to continue to expand that presence in the private label market going forward.
At this time, you can purchase GUHDO Gmaxx blades at Amazon.com. Learn more about the new blade and bit options at guhdo-gmaxx.com.


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A missing kitten had to be rescued from a drainpipe in Charleston County on Thursday after it got stuck.
The kitten, named Baby, had been missing from its colony for over a week when someone spotted it on the roof of Nason Medical Center on James Island, according to DeDe Tyler of Pet Helpers adoption center and Spay/Neuter Clinic.
Tyler said they knew it must have been Baby based on the description and the proximity to the cat's colony. She said that roaming cats that live in colonies in Charleston County are often spayed, neutered and tagged on the ear for tracking.
The colony Baby belongs to is fed by a local woman, who noticed Baby was missing over a week ago.
At some point after the kitten was spotted, it slid headfirst down a drainpipe and became stuck.
Baby was rescued later on Thursday evening.
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A proposal to increase water rates in Toledo will soon be going before City Council, but not before Council President Joe McNamara voices his concerns on the impact.
At the State of the City address, Toledo Mayor Mike Bell proposed increasing water rates in response to the Ohio EPA's concerns over the city's drinking water treatment plant. Water bills have already been increased, mainly due to the work needed to meet the requirements of the consent decree with the Federal Environmental Protection Agency to stop the release of sewage into the waterways.
The analysis that went into the rate structure for the Toledo Waterways Initiative project included an Affordability Study that analyzed rates against financial conditions in Toledo to determine how much of a burden these rates would be on the average Toledoan.
"Members of Council are very cognizant of the tough times Toledoans are still going through and how burdensome it is for some people to pay their bills, so taking a look at affordability has got to be a central part of this debate," explained McNamara.
McNamara says before any water rate increase proposal is voted on, the administration should take a close look at the potential impact on pocket books across the Glass City.
On Wednesday morning, McNamara called on the Bell administration to conduct an "affordability analysis" to determine consequences of rate increases. He wants the Bell administration to update the 2010 Affordability Study and expand it to include all water utilities. By objectively showing the impact of Toledo water rates, McNamara says he hopes to take the politics out of the upcoming debate of water rates.
"Every member of Council wants faucets to run and toilets to flush, but no member wants to raise water rates beyond what is necessary," said McNamara. "We have to be transparent with taxpayer dollars and transparent with the needs of the water system, while acknowledging what citizens can afford."
McNamara says he is not opposed to increasing rates if they are necessary to help pay for repairs to the water treatment plant. However, he wants to make sure the city does its homework before any action is taken.
"A side-by-side comparison of water rates of what Toledoans pay versus other cities is not good enough, because a side-by-side comparison doesn't look at other economic factors that are going on in Toledo. A side-by-side comparison doesn't show the unemployment rate. It doesn't show the number of rate payers," explained McNamara.
Regarding a bid for mayor of Toledo, McNamara has set up an active website. He says he will decide in a few weeks if he will run for mayor or seek re-election to Council.
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Endurance sits benignly at rest in the midst of the ice field. A recent blizzard has coated the hummocks in a layer of snow, softening the contours. All looks peaceful, but within a few months these same hummocks will have crushed the ship.
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Games are art: Rock Band, and its history, prove it
Roger Ebert stepped into a hornet's nest when he claimed that not only were video games not art, they could never be art. Ebert is a film critic who has written any number of thought-provoking pieces on any number of subjects since his battle with cancer stripped him of his physical voice. The problem with gamers getting defensive about his stance is that he's a film critic who has, by his own admission, played very few games to completion. Ebert himself seemed surprised by the backlash his comments received, and reading through the endless number of articles and refutations to his words proved impossible while researching this article. I'm not interested in quoting any of them at length, simply because the definition of what is or isn't art, or what art can and can't be, is tiresome. Those discussions are best kept to drunken conversations in loft apartments. "Do they require validation?" Ebert asked. "In defending their gaming against parents, spouses, children, partners, co-workers or other critics, do they want to be able to look up from the screen and explain, 'I'm studying a great form of art?' Then let them say it, if it makes them happy." I agree with this statement. My problem with Ebert, and other critics who so easily pick up their gavel to rule on the inability of games to be art, is that it's much more enlightening to try to understand why millions of people have emotional reactions to games instead of simply telling them they're wrong to do so, or that their engagement is less important than that of someone watching a film or listening to music.
Games are art
Yes, I think games are art. I think all games are art, in fact, although I also believe that most games are poor art. The problem is that we're focusing on the wrong things when we have this conversation; whether we're talking about a novel, a play, a painting, or a song, the best art creates emotion in the person consuming it. We consider the painting hanging on the wall to be the art, but value we place in that painting is the emotion we feel as we look upon it. There are ugly shades of commerce and politics that go into the valuation of paintings and other forms of "high art," but those are external, and artificial. The intrinsic value of art is the created emotion in the viewer. A meal from a master chef is considered art, but we value neither the presentation nor the ingredients as we much as we like to pretend we do; those are simply a means to the end. The value comes from what we feel and experience as we eat the food. I've enjoyed meals made of multiple courses that create a sort of multi-sensory narrative. In some cases these meals have created a story much more compelling than many books. For that food to mean something, however, it needs to be experienced. You must look at it, smell it, and ultimately eat it. Everything else is secondary. This is why I use the word "consume" when I talk about art, because the painting or the novel are nothing without someone to interact with the colors or the words. All these different art forms are inert until someone brings themselves to them and begins an interaction, and I reject the idea that some forms of art are interactive and others aren't. The worth of great art is only noticeable once that interaction begins, and there is nothing passive about going to a gallery to look at paintings. You don't need to hit a button in order for there to be a give and take with a piece of art; the best piece of music is a dead thing on a piece of paper until there is someone to take those notes and play them, and even that is of limited worth without a set of ears to hear the music and react to it. The end result of all art forms is the same: a change in the emotional state of the person consuming it. If that doesn't occur, the art is a failure. This is why you can't argue for or against games as an art form without taking the time to play through the games themselves. I've seen clever people at cocktail parties claim that a few shapes on a canvas can't be art, and this is usually combined with a sneering contempt for what passes for "art" in our modern times… although it seems like that argument has been going on for the past century or so. There is an intense difference between seeing an image of a Jackson Pollock painting in a book and coming upon a Jackson Pollock painting in a gallery. Only in person, when you see the texture, size, and scope of that painting can you begin the interaction that's necessary to grasp what does or doesn't make it art. I've seen people look at images of shapes on the walls of gallery and react as if they had been punched in the gut. That interaction needs to take place before you can have an opinion. Games aren't more or less experiential than paintings, music, or novels. You have to show up. You have to be an active participant, and it's very hard to have an informed opinion until you do these things. Roger Ebert's mistake was reading what amounted to a text description of a Jackson Pollock painting and assuming spatters of paint held no interest for him. People ask me what games they should play if they would like to be convinced that video games are an art form, and I always have the same answer: Rock Band. Not Shadow of the Colossus, not Ico, not anything that merely looks like art or tends towards the inscrutable. Rock Band is the most compelling argument for video games as art, and very few series come close to proving the point that games occupy a unique place in the world of art. To explain my position, we need to go back in time and visit a few young students at MIT.
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LAS CRUCES, N.M. - No. 3 TCU saw its unbeaten streak come to a halt Friday afternoon, dropping a 9-6 decision to No. 6 New Mexico State at the NM State Equestrian Center.
With the loss, the Horned Frogs, who totaled 565.5 points Friday, moved to 3-1 overall and had their three-game winning streak snapped, while the Aggies improved to 7-1 overall. In all, TCU's Nicole Diamantis and Alexi Child both earned MOP accolades at New Mexico State.


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If answers come readily to mind, chances are you've just been on the "Spies of Washington Tour."
Introduced in 1995, the fundraiser for the Cold War Museum made its Richmond debut in June with a motorcoach trip that blended history and international intrigue with tidbits of trivia and "lifestyles of the rich and famous."
"We'll be seeing Washington," said tour guide Carol Bessette, a retired Air Force intelligence officer, "in a very different light."
Noting the renewed interest in intelligence issues following recent revelations about Sept. 11, she remarked that the day's itinerary held much more than could be encompassed in the term 'spy.'
"I wish I could call this an 'Intelligence Tour,'" Bessette shrugged with a wry grin. "But that's not marketable!"
'Confidential informant' aboard
As the bus hop-scotched across Northern Virginia and Washington, pausing at sites that included embassies, parks, hotels and private homes, Bessette made frequent reference to the analogy of intelligence work as a "Wilderness of Mirrors."
Francis Gary Powers, Jr., who boarded the bus in Fredericksburg to play the tour's "Confidential Informant," attested personally to the distorted, conflicting information that is a hallmark of cold war events.
Powers has spent years sifting through military records and media accounts about his famous father, the U-2 spy shot down over Russia in 1960, and plans to include propaganda disseminated by both sides in the Cold War Museum that he spends every spare moment promoting.
Proceeding with the story of his father's narrow escape from his crippled U-2 and his subsequent capture, trial, and imprisonment, Powers paused often to contrast 21st-century perspectives with the relative innocence of Americans in those pre-Watergate, pre-Monica days.
"In 1960," Powers reminded his listeners, "no one had even heard of the CIA. It was not a weekly television show."
Gary Powers, Sr. was released, after 21 months in prison, in exchange for a Soviet spy who had been caught in the Hollowed Nickel Case. (The spy carelessly paid a paperboy with a phony coin that had been hollowed out for storage of secrets.)
After the death of his father in a helicopter crash in 1977, Powers, Jr., began a quest to learn more about his father's life and times – a quest that eventually led him to found the Cold War Museum in 1996.
The museum, which became an affiliate of the Smithsonian Institute last year, currently houses its artifacts in a traveling exhibition. Officials are negotiating for a site at the former Nike Missile Base in Lorton, which will serve not only as the exhibit's permanent home, but as a base for educational programs. A third goal of the museum is to erect Cold War memorials.
"The Cold War was not always a cold war," Powers pointed out. "Sometimes it got very hot. My father's U-2 was just one of 38 Cold War shootdowns."
Of the 250 crew members involved in the shootdowns, Powers added soberly, 138 remain unaccounted for. "A memorial will help the families find closure."
'The bridges of Fairfax County'
As the bus glided through the Arlington neighborhood that was once the home of CIA employee Aldrich Ames, Bessette provided a sample of suspicious spending habits – such as paying for his half-million-dollar home in cash – that eventually gave away Ames' role in providing secrets to the Soviets. During a pause at the nearby stop sign where Ames was arrested one morning in 1994, Bessette indicated the upscale-but-ordinary suburban surroundings and mused about the likely reaction as the intersection suddenly swarmed with police.
"The neighbors were just getting up...puttering around in slippers or in their yards, " she speculated, "[when] one vehicle blocked [Ames'] way, and one pulled in behind him...Imagine!"
Among other spies Bessette profiled were Cold War figures John Walker and Robert Hanssen, and Civil War spies Thomas Nelson Conrad and Rose O'Neal Greenhow. The tour group disembarked at Lafayette Square to see the former haunt of Conrad, a Confederate spy who watched President Lincoln's movements from a bench near the White House. Greenhow, a Washington socialite who gathered military information from her vast network of contacts, passed it along to Confederate leaders by hiding papers in the folds of her skirts.
The group also got off the bus in McLean to see one of the footbridges used as a drop site by Hanssen, the FBI agent caught spying for the Russians last year.
"We call this tour 'The Bridges of Fairfax County,'" joked Bessette.
In addition to drop sites, the tour also visited "signal sites," such as the mailbox that replaced one that Aldrich Ames marked with chalk to indicate when a drop was waiting. Bessette's list of other interesting codes used by Washington spies included items ranging from adhesive tape on utility poles to Coke cans "discarded" at designated intersections. In Civil War days, Confederate sympathizers waved sheets and pillowcases from Georgetown University windows to broadcast troop movements and other news.
Lunch among spies
For lunch, the Richmond group dined at Au Pied de Cochon in Georgetown, where a plaque marks the seat used by Soviet defector Vitaly Yurchenko in 1985. The KGB colonel was the highest-ranking Soviet official to defect to the U.S. – but within three months he re-defected to the Soviet Union by slipping out the back door of Au Pied de Cochon.
In his honor, the restaurant serves a "Yurchenko Shooter" composed of half vodka, half Grand Marnier. Bessette informed the group that Yurchenko was said to have eaten poached salmon for his last meal in the U.S.
"So those of you who opted for the salmon for lunch," she laughed, "are doing something historic."
As the bus returned to Parham Park & Ride that evening, Vern Joyce of Glen Allen was among the participants who agreed that the tour had been both unique and educational. "It was different," said Joyce, "not what you'd expect." Patti Pitts, who lives in the Innsbrook area, added that she also liked seeing the new Russian Embassy and viewing some of Washington's "beautiful homes." Although she lived in the Washington area for years, said Pitts, "I would never be able to find all those places!"
Donna Criddle of Glen Allen was pleasantly surprised to learn that the tour guide was a friend she had not seen in many years – but was not at all surprised, being familiar with Bessette's background, to find her a wealth of information. Bessette was quick to counter that the "Spies of Washington" trip is regularly patronized by military officers, government employees and intelligence experts, and they continually enrich her knowledge and expertise.
"I learn as much from the people on the tours," admitted Bessette, "as they do from me."
For information on the next Spy Tour to depart Richmond, call SignaTours at 379-6500. Information on Spy Tours originating in Washington is available at the Cold War Museum website at http://www.coldwar.org .
To read more about Francis Gary Powers, Jr., and his recent visit to Henrico County, see the March 7, 2002 Citizen, available at http://www.henricocitizen.
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Former Sandston resident Mildred Taylor celebrated her 106th birthday Aug. 9. Taylor, who now lives in Powhatan, is still a member of Sandston Baptist Church. She was visited the day after her birthday by several members of the church, who played for her a recording of the entire church membership singing happy birthday to her during worship. > Read more.
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The Sandston Rotary Club recently donated $1,000 to the Sandston YMCA for its Bright Beginnings program, which helps provide children in need with school supplies for the new school year. > Read more.
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'The Hundred-Foot Journey' fails to capitalize on tasty concept
The Hundred-Foot Journey is a curious little Romeo and Juliet of a film. A family, forced out of their native India, begins a trek across Europe.
The family's sole mode of transportation sputters and dies in a sleepy little French town, but the town's food culture is high, and that's a perfect place for a family of restaurateurs to settle down. There's only one problem – the family's rustic "Maison Mumbai" is right across the street (a hundred feet away, if the title didn't clue you in) from a prestigious French bistro with a Michelin star, run with an iron fist by the dreaded Madame Mallory (Helen Mirren, pictured).
It's here that a particular Romeo and Juliet story begins to develop, with Hassan (Manish Dayal) on the Indian side and Marguerite (Charlotte Le Bon) on the French side. > Read more.
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Enjoy the final days of summer with comedian Guy Torry, the Sam's Club National BBQ Tour or mystery writer Mary Miley Theobald at Twin Hickory Library. Another great way to welcome the beginning of fall is to check out the UR Spider Football season opener with man's best friend. For all our top picks this weekend, click here! > Read more.
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I am still (happily) thinking about my entire experience at Rock Bottom Restaurant and Brewery last week. Knowing nothing about this new brewery out of Denver, I was leery of brew-pub in the heart of Short Pump Town Center – this is not what I'd usually think of as a perfect fit, and yet, it was.
The restaurant and craft brewery opened in early June and features 10 beers made by female brewmaster Becky Hammond (pictured). This is the restaurant's second location in Virginia; the first is in Arlington. Behind glass walls, customers watched the beer brewing in massive steel barrels. For our up-and-coming beer region, it makes sense that Short Pump would jump on board.
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Watford defender Neuton set to miss the majority of this season's run-in after dislocating his shoulder in training
Updated 5:03pm Thursday 7th March 2013 in Sport By Frank Smith and Tom Allnutt
Watford defender Neuton is set to miss the majority of this season's promotion run-in after the Brazilian dislocated his shoulder in training this week.
The 22-year-old had previously been sidelined with a toe problem and has only made seven starts this season for the Hornets.
"We think he has a dislocated shoulder," Watford head coach Gianfranco Zola said.
"He was back in training and he had a problem there so unfortunately it's another injury for him, he's a very unlucky boy.
"We don't know if he'll be out for the season yet - he has to keep it in a bandage for a week to keep it still and locked.
"I think in a week or so he'll have another scan and see a specialist."
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4:56pm Thu 7 Mar 13
Andrew1963 says...
l; Ekstrand
4:58pm Thu 7 Mar 13
Holly68 says...
Hope he recovers well
Doubt we'll see him in a Watford shirt again
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Harry's Bar says...
AngelHornet wrote:Agreed, it takes time to get used to playing in this division, it took Cassetti a while. "Never worked out for him"? Give him more time, he will be a class player.
Think he would be more suited to playing in the Premiership, so worth keeping for next season.
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Harry's Bar says...
Andrew1963 wrote:Hall's crocked. That leaves 3 from 3. Not happy!
Shame - but he was the weakest of the new defensive recruits. Happy with 3 from Doyley;Nosworthy;Hal l; Ekstrand
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Mickey Quinn, not so thin says...
Hampshire hornet wrote:.....except he's left footed and Cassetti plays on the right !
Shame, he looks classy on the ball - sweeper perhaps? But I would see him as a Cassetti replacement
I think he'd be good sitting in front of the back 4 or 5. He's just not at his best marking a CF when crosses are coming into the box.
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Oohhh Forestieri !
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---- — ProKids, a training organization helping families with infants and toddlers experiencing developmental delays or disabilities, will host an informational conference on child abuse and neglect that's open to any interested professional or parent.
The event will run from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Oct. 24 at The Marten House Hotel, 1801 W. 86th St., Indianapolis.
Nationally-recognized speakers Dr. Abigail Klemsz and Dr. Angela Tomlin will present an in-depth discussion on the physical effects of child abuse and neglect, identifying signs and behaviors associated with abuse and neglect, and discuss strategies and early intervention providers' roles for supporting young children who have experienced abuse or neglect.
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SPOKANE, Wash. - Police have arrested at 25-year-old man after they say he robbed the Walgreen's at Division and Empire early Friday morning.
Here is the full Press Release from the Spokane Police Department: Spokane Police Arrest Walgreen's Robbery Suspect Spokane Police Officers responded to a report of an Armed Robbery at the Walgreens on N. Division. Minutes later, they had the suspect in custody.
On December 21, 2012, at approximately 12:50 am, the Spokane Police Department received a report of an armed robbery that has just occurred at the Walgreens at Empire and Division. The clerk stated that she observed the male suspect enter the store, steal several items, then leave out the main door. When the clerk confronted the suspect, he pulled out a knife and threatened her with it. To defend herself, the clerk actually punched the suspect in the face, knocking him down to the ground where he dropped his knife. The clerk then took the knife and the suspect, now seeing her armed with his own weapon, ran away south bound. One of the items reported stolen was a black stocking cap with tassels.
Multiple Spokane Police Officers responded and set up a containment perimeter around the area for a Police K-9 track of the suspect. Officer Lance Fairbanks was responding into the area when he spotted a subject wearing a stocking cap with tassels in the E. 200 block of Glass. This person was detained. The clerk was brought to this scene and she identified him as the suspect.
Arrested for First Degree Robbery was Richard D. Edmonds, a 25 year old male from Spokane. All evidence from the robbery was recovered. Edmonds was booked into the Spokane County Jail on his charge.
The Spokane Police Department generally recommends for citizens to not confront someone armed with a weapon. In this case, because of the suspect's close proximity to her, the clerk reacted out of self defense to protect herself.


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MLB Trade Rumors is reporting that the Oakland A's have claimed infielder Brandon Hicks off waivers from the Atlanta Braves. This seems like a very odd move by the Braves to put Hicks on waivers this early in spring training.
Hicks is 1-for-10 this spring with 7 strikeouts. He was considered a candidate for a backup infield spot on the roster by many, but I guess not the Braves.
Interesting move, though I doubt it's a precursor to any other move or trade for the Braves. The best logic I can come up with is that the Braves were trying to sneak him through waivers at a time when he's not hitting real well, in order to keep him in the organization, but open up a spot on the 40-man roster. Though that is also strange since there were already four open spots on the 40-man roster.
I will always remember Hicks as the player who scored 8 runs in the Majors before he ever got his first Major League hit -- he was used as a pinch runner a lot. I wish him luck with the A's; that might be a good spot for him. He's got some potential as a third baseman if he can ever stop striking out.


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By STEVE OUELLETTE, Movie Review
---- — Admit it. You saw the trailers for "Pacific Rim" and immediately thought "Transformers 7: Guillermo del Toro Sells Out."
"Pacific Rim," however, defies that gut reaction. It's every bit as big and loud as one would expect a movie about giant robots and monsters to be, but it's not stupid, and it doesn't treat its viewers as if they are either.
Sorry for doubting you Mr. del Toro.
In the film, Earth is under siege from a race of giant creatures, who have vaulted through a giant crack in the ocean's floor — and through some kind of portal from another world — to wreak havoc.
The creatures, called Kaiju, come in a wide variety (land, sea or air, with a nifty collection of attack methods) and prove to be nearly indestructible, until the great minds of the planet come together and devise the "Jaegers," massive robots controlled by a pair of human pilots neuro-linked together.
For a while, the Jaegers turn the tide of the war, but the Kaiju soon adapt and grow more powerful, putting humanity on the verge of extinction.
Del Toro, the director of "Pan's Labyrinth," also co-wrote the screenplay and makes sure to give "Pacific Rim" a coherent story line, while spending at least a little time (thinly) developing the characters.
The acting performances aren't particularly memorable, but they are serviceable. Charlie Hunnam ("Sons of Anarchy") blandly plays the hero, Raleigh Bartlet, a one-time star Jaeger pilot who is brought back to the program out of desperation. Rinko Kikuchi ("Babel") is his would-be replacement partner, Mako Mori.
Idris Elba ("Prometheus") probably stands out more than anyone as the stoic leader of the Jaeger program, while the uneven comic relief is provided by Charlie Day ("Horrible Bosses") and Burn Gorman ("Torchwood") as brilliant but feuding scientists.
Ron Perlman (the title character in del Toro's "Hellboy" films) is also on hand as a black-market organ dealer, but he doesn't have much to do.
"Pacific Rim" is fun on a grand scale. It's a true big-screen spectacle that brings back memories of Saturday monster matinees from the Godzilla era, but with much higher production values.
There are battles and explosions aplenty, to be sure, but viewers won't leave the theater feeling as if their IQ just dropped 20 points. This is what summer blockbusters are supposed to look like.
Rental recommendation: The robots aren't quite as big, but Hugh Jackman has a lot of rock 'em, sock 'em fun in "Real Steel." Grade: B+
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Grade: B+
Starring: Idris Elba, Charlie Hunnam, Rinko Kikuchi
Rated: PG-13 (for sequences of intense sci-fi action and violence throughout, and brief language)
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In many cases, newer is often better. But that may not be so when it comes to football helmets and concussions.
A new study shows that old-fashioned leather football helmets are often just as good as modern-day helmets when it comes to protecting players from common hits.
Cleveland Clinic's Dr. Adam Bartsch led the research and says the results raise a red flag.
"Knowing that a leather helmet and a modern helmet are sometimes comparable in those hits, that's concerning for long-term impact for dosage accumulation," says Dr. Bartsch. "So many years of hits over a career, a season, might cause long-term damage."
Researchers put leather helmets and modern-day helmets to the test. Using crash test dummies, they simulated collisions at speeds comparable to most on-field hits at the collegiate and high school levels. Results show that leather helmets may offer similar or better protection against head injuries when compared to modern-day helmets.
Dr. Bartsch doesn't think players should go back to wearing leather helmets, but says current helmet design and safety standards are based on preventing skull fracture, not concussion, and need updating.
"This is such an interesting finding that there actually may be a reason to examine helmet designs other than the current hard shell with a face mask and really stiff interior padding, and also to examine how we're testing these helmets," he says.
Up to 40 percent of football players experience a concussion each year. Concussions are the leading cause of brain damage in sports. Complete results can be found in the Journal of Neurosurgeon.
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