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When Bon Jovi started the second US leg of its massive Lost Highway Tour earlier this year, a completely new production design was unveiled along with the host of new dates. This time around, the tour has so many signature looks — a Venetian blind video screen system, elaborate track truss system, moving custom video deck panels — it's hard to know where to begin.
Performance environment designer Doug "Spike" Brant says his mission was to create the "best show ever," with a look that is "evolving and transformative." His company, Artfag, is no stranger to creating entire production designs incorporating video, sets, and lighting under one, unified design roof. "Artistically, the set is video, video is lighting, and lighting complements video in a similar way as PARs to moving lights," the designer says.
Artfag's Justin Collie, show director and executive producer for video content, adds, "For a variety of reasons, we had a bit of a letdown on the previous leg in terms of the usual standard of show that Bon Jovi fans are used to, so this time we were told to just go for it." This time was all about what he calls "just a clean look — Jon [Bon Jovi] wanted zero clutter on stage but something that would develop over the course of a two-plus hour show and remain interesting. We built big strong looks, with classic rock 'n' roll feel, where appropriate, and the flexibility to traverse the varying styles of Bon Jovi's repertoire."
Creating a stage in the round was also a requirement from the band itself, and this pushed the design toward a solution to allow concertgoers in every seat to witness the performance and staging effects. "Our priority became making a show that worked for every seat in the building," says Collie.
Adam Davis, vice president of Tait Towers, worked closely with the team at Artfag and with the band to come up with effective solutions for the overall stage design. "Jon Bon Jovi himself and the production identified that they wanted to do motion control video," says Davis. "Spike and Justin drove the idea, and we were a part of brainstorming the ideas with them to bring it to reality and make it into something."
Without doubt, the biggest spectacle of the show is the Venetian blind system built by Tait Towers. It's actually four video screens, each made of 28 smaller video slats of 1,570 Saco V9 high-resolution video tiles designed and supplied by Nocturne Productions. The slats open to 11" apart, creating the Venetian blind effect as just one of its many configurations.
Each has four axes of motion, comprising double-sided video monitors allowing concertgoers to see the projected images from every angle. The first axis is a horseshoe-shaped track truss on which the video screens track the perimeter of the stage. The second is rotation, rigged from a 360° rotator for the screens and allowing an opening/closing effect of the blinds. The third axis accommodates video content by allowing the system to move up and down as one unit, and the fourth axis moves the screens back into the blinds configuration.
The blinds start out as 10'×10' screens, expanding throughout the show to a 10'×30' showing the concert in the round. "It's an amazing transformation, and because of the lighting and the fog, it all literally looks like it's floating — like it's levitating," says Davis. "All the audience sees for the first bit is the 10' screens, and then suddenly it becomes 35' tall, and then it starts splitting and screening and making so many looks. The number of looks you can make from these screens is incredible. It opens up right in front of your eyes, but you can't see all the linkages, so it's an eye-dropping moment."
Davis also notes that the system tracks on proprietary chromalloy steel truss, "lighter than regular truss but much stiffer and stronger," he says. "The load is spread out, and the truss needs to be stronger than the roof. We also have four tractors driving the screens around. All motion control is in the air." The head rigger for the tour is Mike Farese. Eighteen two-ton chain motors hold the track truss along with 16,000lbs of automation and scenery, while 16 computers handle cable management alone via custom motion control run by Rob Deceglio. Fisher Technical Services created the motion control system.
"It's impressive what's happening in terms of technology — motion control, video, and lighting — where it's really becoming one thing," adds Davis. "What would traditionally be considered stage decks is something different now; motion control is rigging, and you have carpenters involved in rigging. It's neat how much the technology has pushed the envelope for everyone. Rob's task is a great example. He needs to understand TCP/IP to run the motion every night."
The Venetian blind system is just one of many visual elements pushing the 360° feel and getting the show to every seat in the house. Working in tandem with the blinds/screens is a hydraulically actuated servo-controlled video stage, also built by Tait Towers. Controlled by a hydraulic proportional valve, 30 tons of servo-controlled force, linked by one Ethernet cable, tilts the stage.
The tilt, however, isn't the whole gag. The tilt reveals the upstage side of 62 custom decks filled with Martin LC 1140 LED panels covering the 60'×25' stage that not only runs more content but also pivots from 180° to 90°. "It has see-through video in it, and the top of it can either always remain parallel to the ground, so you can ride it up, or it can flip up and always stay straight like a screen. You can actuate it either way," says Davis.
Tait Towers also created and supplied the stage and all band risers, an additional static V9 screen, and the lighting pods. Nocturne also supplied the new V-Brite from LSI Saco — a bright, independent pixel product at very low resolution — for the stadium shows, and this tour is the first use of the product.
To fill all these video elements with images, content is created "with cameras and lots of computers," says Collie. Marcia Kapustin and Marcus Lyall from Kosher Pixels did original treatments for the band to select, and Collie calls the duo "instrumental in the development of all the video looks. Basically, we — Artfag and Kosher Pixels — put together several ideas and proposed them to the artist. He then approved or dismissed those ideas, and we developed a show from there."
The end result is a combination of live and prefabricated content. Collie notes that the average fan is really there to see the band, so I-Mag was important, especially for those seated at the back of arenas and in the nosebleed sections. Tour video director, Tony Bongiovi, also creates daily footage for the screens and supplies the camera shots that are the main thrust of the show. "Each day, we create an intro tape that is based on footage that is gathered that day by Tony," continues Collie. "There is also a piece used during the song 'I Love This Town,' created by footage gathered from fans around the world, in an Internet-based competition, trying to promote their cities."
Controlling and playing this all back takes an army of video gear: Green Hippo Hippotizer 3 media servers, a Grass Valley Turbo digital disk recorder triggered by the video department, and a Control Freak Systems (CFS) custom Auto Tracker HD server for HD footage and specifically for situations where the Venetian screens are in full motion. The CFS software allows two layers of HD video to be played back while accepting realtime feedback from the motion control system. That feedback is then translated toward either skewing the video output into maintaining proper aspect ratio or allowing video elements to become windows of a large video image. During the song "Runaway," for example, several solid 1:1 video walls move around the stage revealing a background image.
The entire control system is bound by an Ethernet backbone. Three MA Lighting grandMA consoles — one running the show, one full tracking backup, and another backup — with six MA Lighting NSPs are networked via MA-Net protocol. The Hippotizers are networked together for easy data management, and the CFS system takes its motion control feedback from an Ethernet network, as well. Additional video gear includes Barco Folsom Image Pro-HDs, Barco Encore Video Processors, and a CFS Encore-DMX Bridge that manipulates the size and position of the Encore's windows.
Lighting and video are what Collie describes as "born from the same place — it is not that they integrate, but that they are part of the same thing from the artistic standpoint. Technically, it's another matter!" he says. "The set is a part of that same process. We used the ramp at the back as a way to transport the performers to the audience seated in back, as a way to alter the lighting positions on the floor, and as a video element."
For the rig comprising Vari-Lite VL3000s and VL500Ts, Elation Impressions, and High End Systems Showguns for the bulk of the lighting looks, Brant notes that efficiency was a big factor. "VL5s and Moles were chosen to contrast all the arc and LED sources," says Brant. "I also believe in a touring application, they are more efficient than arc fixtures because they are up at full for less than two hours, and the arc lamps are on from midday when they are struck until load out. This is my green little mind in one case that tungsten is more efficient than an arc source. LED is not yet a real option to light an audience, so we used the DWE/ACL combo of the Moles."
Lighting and truss for the lighting rig was supplied by Ed & Ted's Excellent Lighting. As for particular color choices, Brant notes, "business as usual…not too many crayons." Storm Sollars is the lighting crew chief on the tour.
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Pat Brannon, lighting/visual director for the tour — who has been working with Bon Jovi, as well as Brant and Collie, for many years and also calls the show each night — says the experience is "like doing a major project with your best friend where you are an asset and also the worst critic. I have been working with the band for 20 years, and that's a lot of information to bring to the table. When one can read the artist just by body language during a performance — to know when to light them subtly or with the bang of a rock show — is handy."
Brannon worked on a pre-viz system from Tom Thompson at Prelite, creating lighting and video cues before any content was finished or rehearsals began. "Currently, I have 53 songs programmed in the console," he says. "That's not including shooting from the hip, when Jon pulls out something they haven't played in 10 years. So when we got to the first production rehearsals, I was free to work with the other two programmers in a more efficient way." Those other two programmers were Cory FitzGerald and Patrick Dierson.
Once Brannon was done with his preprogramming, FitzGerald joined the Prelite sessions, taking over Brannon's show disk to work on the lighting cues and build presets for the video system using the Hippotizers and CFS software. ESP Vision software was used extensively. Prelite created ESP Vision files of the lighting rig and developed a way to pre-visualize the custom video system within ESP Vision itself. Stuart White and Dirk Sanders from Control Freak Systems helped to fine tune the default settings of the video system control to facilitate the onsite programming sessions that used the actual gear.
Going into tech rehearsals, FitzGerald took on lighting programming, while Dierson handled video programming, allowing Brannon to concentrate on playback and fine-tuning. Programming simultaneously, the three made what Dierson calls, "judicious use of the grandMA's 'Worlds' feature." This allowed all three to work completely independently and speed up the programming process.
The system is a complex one, though, and speedy programming didn't make it all a walk in the park. "Personally, this was the most difficult system I have ever programmed in terms of video," says Dierson. "I haven't been challenged like that in quite some time, and it was due in large part to the 24 layers of Encore processing that we were controlling across 10 visual surfaces with any possibility of 13 separate video inputs. This was made all the more challenging by the fact that we were technically only sending separate Encore outputs to three visual elements: the main video wall, the Venetian panels, and the stage ramp."
That's a Wrap
Brannon notes that Brant and Collie have a knack for this sort of gig, especially for helping the artist to visualize their design intentions. "They are very gifted in being able to put ideas in a workbook for the artist to review," he says. "This really helps lock in looks and song-specific ideas with content to the client that ensures everyone is on the right track with show objective."
He also notes that a show of this scale is becoming a necessity, as opposed to a luxury. "With the public being so well educated in HD and video concepts, incorporating simple video design into your overall production design is obsolete," says Brannon. "If you don't show up and wow them, they seem to not get it. At the same time, it sure keeps the designers on their toes."
As for what works well overall, Collie adds, "The networked consoles are invaluable — three people programming at the same time can't be beat! The Fisher tracking control was also able to do some very clever things for us, particularly in conjunction with the CFS server, so that it was actually manipulating images on the screens."
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On the Mac, however, this isn't the case. Parallels Desktop for the Mac is generally thought of as the premier workstation virtualization package for OS X, due in no small part to being the first to market and the seeming ease with which Parallels integrates into the Mac OS. VMware's play on this market is VMware Fusion, which is currently in beta 4 with a full release expected in August.
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On my 17-inch MacBook Pro with a Core 2 Duo 2.33GHz CPU, 2GB of RAM, and a 160GB 5,400rpm drive, I built a Windows XP and Fedora Core 6 VM in VMware Fusion with little fanfare and very respectable speed. The VMware tools installation following the VM builds is the same as ever for VMware products.
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The Wildcats continued to pile up the runs on a windy, cold Monday night at Wildcat Field, holding off Kalida 10-6 in non-league action.
The host Wildcats (2-1) built a 6-1 lead with a 5-run second frame.
They made it 8-1 with a 2-run fourth and 10-2 with a 2-run fifth frame.
The Wildcats compiled 10 hits, with leadoff man Ross Thompson going 2-for-3 (with one walking), scoring three runs and stealing two bases, while Zach Ricker (2 runs, 2 runs batted in) and Austin Jettinghoff (2 RBIs) adding 2-for-3 days. Zach Kimmett scored twice and Tyler Wrasman knocked in two.
Tyler Rice got the win with the start, going 3 2/3 innings (3 hits, 1 earned run, 3 bases-on-balls, 6 strikeouts).
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Brent Hovest led the 9-hit offense with a 3-for-4 day, scoring twice and stealing a pair of bases, while Austin Smith went 2-for-5. Neal Recker scored twice and swiped three bases.
Rebuilding Kalida — replacing 14 graduated seniors — committed seven errors in the field.
Kyle Kehres took the loss with three innings as the starter (6 hits, 6 runs, 3 earned, 1 BB, 3 Ks).
Jefferson hosts Hardin Northern 5 p.m. Wednesday, while Kalida hosts Miller City Monday.
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WP: Tyler Rice (1-0); LP: Kyle Kehres (0-1). 2B: Zach Ricker (D). 3B: Ross Thompson (D).
Pictured: Jefferson senior Drew Kortokrax rips a single in the sixth inning Monday night as the host Wildcats grabbed a 10-6 non-conference triumph. (Delphos Herald/Tom Morris)
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DELPHOS — St. John's opened the 2013 baseball campaign at Stadium Park Monday night, falling 6-3 to Wapakoneta.
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Martha Nalubega Wandera, MA, Academic Director
Martha Nalubega Wandera has worked for SIT since 2002. She became an academic director in 2007. She holds an MA in peace and conflict studies from Makerere University in Kampala; a BA in social sciences, with concentrations in social administration and sociology, also from Makerere University; a diploma in business education from Kyambogo University; a postgraduate certificate in research methods and writing skills from the Center for Basic Research in Kampala; and a postgraduate certificate in entrepreneurship, innovation, and social change at the UPEACE Center for Executive Education in Costa Rica.
Ms. Wandera's academic interests include peace and conflict studies, business education, rural development, research methods and ethics, gender, and cross-cultural education. She has experience in designing curricula, facilitating cross-cultural learning, providing student services, and conducting program review and evaluation.
Prior to joining SIT, she taught business education in several high schools in Uganda. As a Ugandan, Ms. Wandera brings a personal understanding of the country's current social, political, and economic situation to her scholarly commitments. Her years of professional experience have provided her with the opportunity to develop relationships with diverse partners, including university professors, nongovernmental organizations, homestay families, and a variety of service providers. As a member of the Uganda Women's Entrepreneurship Association Limited (UWEAL), Ms. Wandera has further strengthened her connections with the business sector in Uganda. Over the past few years, she has served as academic director of SIT's Uganda: Microfinance and Entrepreneurship program and the Uganda: Development Studies program.
Ms. Wandera enjoys working with young people as she helps prepare them to become effective intercultural leaders and global citizens.
Meddie Osundwa, Program Assistant
Meddie Osundwa is a social scientist and author of a book titled Socio-economic Development: The Community Based NGOs Perspective. He holds a master's in development studies from Uganda Martyrs University and a bachelor's in political science and social administration from Makerere University. He is currently engaged in research, project development, and proposal writing for NGOs in Namayingo district in Eastern Uganda. He also worked with Goal – Uganda, an Irish international humanitarian organization in Eastern Uganda as a Behaviour Change Field Officer on HIV/AIDS in Bugiri district. Meddie has taught development economics and African history at Zana Mixed Secondary School in Kampala. His current areas of interest include NGOs and development, environment and sustainable development, gender and development, and African politics and governance. He has previously worked with SIT's Uganda Development Studies program in Kampala as a student services coordinator and resource center associate. In spring 2013 Meddie joined the Uganda: Post-Conflict Transformation Program in Gulu as a program assistant in charge of academics.
Simon Oola, Program Assistant
Simon is a social scientist from Makerere University with a major in political science and a concentration in gender and development. He has worked at the Parliament of Uganda under the International Republican Institute (IRI), which aims to develop political parties and democratization of Uganda. In addition, Simon has worked as the program assistant at RICH Consult Uganda (Right to Improved Child Health) in Amuru and Nwoya districts, where he handled issues of sexual and reproductive health among the young people affected by war. He also worked as the district field coordinator of CropLife Uganda in Nwoya District. He has wide-ranging experiences in research and evaluations in cross-cutting issues in Northern Uganda. His main areas of interest include economic livelihoods of people in northern Uganda, the elderly and most vulnerable, gender roles, equity, and transformation. He is currently program assistant in charge of student affairs at SIT Gulu.
Bosco Aludi Komakech, Homestay Coordinator
Bosco, a Ugandan national, holds a BA in philosophy from Pontifical Urbaniana University in Rome and a postgraduate diploma in project planning and management from Gulu University. He also obtained a postgraduate diploma in international civil society initiatives in peacebuilding from World Learning/SIT. He is currently pursuing an MA in development studies and NGO management at Uganda Martyrs University (Nkozi). He has served as the executive director of Caritas Gulu Archdiocese since 2009. As executive director of Caritas, his primary roles and responsibilities have been in the areas of coordination, finance and accounting, human resources, external and internal relations, and asset management. Bosco has hosted six SIT Study Abroad students since the program began in Gulu and currently serves as homestay coordinator. He is well respected in the community and helps maintain excellent relations between the students and host families. Bosco is married and has three daughters.
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Okema Lazech Santos, Lecturer on Acholi Culture, Pre-Conflict to Post-Conflict Era and Folklore, Storytelling, and Conflict Resolution and Management in Acholi
Santos is a human rights defender, conflict mediator, and peace builder. He holds a master's in human rights from Makerere University, a bachelor's of education from Makerere University and a diploma in education from Kyambogo University. He is currently the programs coordinator of Ker Kwaro Acholi, the Acholi cultural institution. Previously, Santos worked in different capacities for the Ugandan government and at the Human Rights Commission as a human rights trainer and monitor in charge of war-affected Internally Displaced Persons. He has been part of the peace and conflict mitigation team in the Great Lakes region, and has represented the Acholi cultural institution in various conflict resolution processes. He joined SIT in the spring of 2009 and is a regular ISP advisor on the program.
Daniel Komakech, Lecturer on The Political History of Conflict in Uganda; Colonialism, Ethnicity, and Patrimonialism; and Nature of Wars and Armed Conflict in Northern Uganda
Daniel is an African political philosopher and author of Political Economy of Ethics: Values and Valuation in Contemporary Africa published by the International Development Ethics Association. He is a PhD candidate in philosophy at Makerere University. He holds an MA in philosophy and a BA in philosophy and political science from Makerere University. He is currently working on a book titled Global Human Rights Field: Building an African Hermeneutics and Social Reconstruction. He is a senior fellow with the University for Peace, Africa, program and is the current chair of the Uganda Institute for Human Rights as well as the chair of Frankfurt International Research Center, Gulu. Daniel teaches philosophy and human rights at Gulu University, Makerere University, and Mbarara University of Science and Technology. He is the head of African studies and the director of the Institute of Peace and Strategic Studies at Gulu University. His areas of expertise include African political philosophy, critical theory, governance and human rights, and ethics: pure and applied. Daniel joined SIT in fall 2012.
Rosalba Oywa, Lecturer on Conflict Theory and Peace Building and The Role of Women in Peacebuilding
Rosalba is a human rights defender and activist with civil society in Northern Uganda. She is a secondary school teacher by profession, though her career was disrupted by the long conflict in Northern Uganda. She previously worked as the executive director of the Agency for Cooperation and Research in Development. She is credited for being part of the team that developed the curriculum for the Peace and Conflict and Strategic Studies Institute of Gulu University at its inception. She was also part of the 2006 Juba peace talks as a female observer between the government of Uganda and the Lord's Resistance Army. She was instrumental in pushing for the 1994 peace talks and in working together with Mrs. Betty Bigombe, the then-minister for pacification of the north. Rosalba has done a number of studies on gender and conflict and peace building. She joined SIT in the spring of 2011.
Dr. Paul Omach, Lecturer on International Dimensions of Conflicts in Uganda and Recovery, Rehabilitation, and Reconstruction in Northern Uganda: Implications for Sustainable Development
Dr. Paul Omach holds a PhD in conflict studies from the University of the Witwatersrand (South Africa) and an MPhil from the University of Cambridge. He is a senior lecturer of political science and public administration at Makerere University. His research interests include peace and conflict studies, security studies, and state and international relations in Africa. He is the author of "The African Crisis Response Initiative: Domestic Politics and Convergence of National Interests" in African Affairs 2000; "Making the State Relevant: the Politics of State Reconstruction in Uganda" in Beyond State Failure and Collapse: Making the State Relevant in Africa, edited by George Klay Kiey, (Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2007); and "Democratization and Conflict Resolution in Uganda" in Les Cahiers 41 (2009). Dr. Omach joined SIT in fall 2012.
Stephen Oola, Lecturer on Transitional Justice and the ICC in Northern Uganda
Stephen Oola heads the research and advocacy department at the Refugee Law Project, School of Law, Makerere University. He is also coordinator of the Advisory Consortium on Conflict Sensitivity (ACCS), funded by the Department for International Development (UK). He holds an MA in international peace studies from University of Notre Dame (USA) and a law degree from Makerere University. He also holds a postgraduate diploma in legal practice from the Law Development Centre–Kampala and a postgraduate diploma in conflict management and peace studies (PGC) from Gulu University. Oola is an advocate of the High Court of Uganda. His research interests include forced migration, governance, human rights, transitional justice, and peace building. Mr. Oola joined SIT in 2013.
Rt. Rev. MacBaker Ochola II, Lecturer on The Experience of the Northern Conflict, The Role of Acholi Religious Leaders (ARLPI) in the Conflict Resolution Process, and Forgiveness and Reconciliation in Post-Conflict Northern Uganda
Reverend Ochola is the retired bishop of Kitgum Diocese (Anglican) in northern Uganda. In 1997, his wife Winifred was tragically killed by a landmine allegedly planted by the Lord's Resistance Army. Following her death, he decided to dedicate his life working toward peace. He holds a bachelor of theology from Emmanuel and St. Chad College, University of Saskatchewan, in Saskatoon, Canada. He served as an active participant in the Juba peace talks as peace observer and consultant on behalf of the Acholi Religious Leaders Peace Initiative. He was appointed chairman of the mediation between the Pajong and Pobec clans of Mucwini, Chua County, by the Local Government of Kitgum District in January 2008. He has been involved in the mediation process between various groups including the Jie tribe of Karamoja and Acholi; the people of Teso and Bokora and Pian tribes of Karamoja in 2002–2004; and the Lango and Acholi, following the massacres at Barlonyo in Lira District in 2004–2005.
Nicholas Opiyo, Lecturer on Challenges to Integration after Amnesty in Northern Uganda and Religion, Culture, and Conflict Management and Resolution
Nicholas is a lawyer and member of several human rights initiatives in Uganda, which include the Coalition Against Torture and the Police Accountability Project of Human Rights Network Uganda. Nicholas previously worked as a policy and advocacy officer with the Foundation for Human Rights Initiatives where he focused on research, treaty reporting, and advocacy. He has also worked for the International Criminal Court and the Gulu District Land Tribunal and has taught law at the Center for Conflict Management and Peace Studies at Gulu University. His major achievements include being part of the national consultation lead team of the Juba peace talks on drafting the Prevention of Torture Bill 2009, establishing the Right to Health Unit of the Uganda Human Rights Commission, drafting the guidelines on demonstration for the Uganda Human Rights Commission, and forming the Independent Development Fund Uganda. He is a human rights consultant with Akijul consultancy in Kampala. Nicholas joined SIT in 2012.
Bernard Noel Rutikanga, Lecturer on Rwandan Identity Politics and Political Developments Pre-Genocide and The Role of the Media before, during, and after the Rwanda Genocide
Bernard Noel Rutikanga obtained a BA and MA from the University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. At the undergraduate level he was trained to teach African history and African literature. His master's degree focused on contemporary African history. He taught for ten years at Dar es Salaam's Teachers College before directing a Namibian and South African refugee scholarship program in Tanzania for five years in collaboration with the now-defunct World University Service, Geneva. Mr. Rutikanga has been teaching contemporary Rwandan history at the National University of Rwanda since 1995. He has published on reconciliation and ethnicity in Rwanda. He has also served as a gacaca judge (the traditional jurisdiction system that has been trying genocide related crimes committed in Rwanda between 1990 and 1994). In 2000, he was a Fulbright scholar at Boston College in Massachusetts.
Pastor Antoine Rutayisire, Lecturer on The Role of Religion during Genocide and Post-Genocide Rwanda
Pastor Antoine Rutayisire is the current Rwandan team leader of African Enterprise, an organization that is committed to bringing healing, reconciliation, strength, and renewal back to the disillusioned and devastated Rwandan church and nation. Prior to his current position he was a lecturer at the Rwanda National University (1983–1990) and later worked as Rwanda national secretary for International Fellowship of Evangelical Students–IFES (1990–1994). Since 1999, he served as a commissioner on the National Unity and Reconciliation Commission, in charge of drafting and supervising the implementation of the national policy for reconciliation in Rwanda. From 1992 to 1994, Pastor Antoine served as secretary of the African Enterprise–Rwanda Board before becoming team leader after the Tutsi Genocide of 1994. Pastor Antoine holds an MA in applied linguistics (UK, North Wales, 1985–86) and an MA in modern literature and curriculum development from the National University of Rwanda. Pastor Antoine joined SIT in 2013.
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Many different scenarios have been written on achieving a substantial reduction in carbon emissions. In all these scenarios Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS) plays a significant role, as the predicted use of fossil fuels will continue to grow. There are two factors that determine the success of large-scale employment of CCS: (1) the uncertainties associated with the sequestration in geological formations and (2) the costs associated with carbon capture.
In this EFRC we focus on the energy costs associated with the separation of CO2 from gas mixtures. The current technology has a parasitic energy of 30-40%, which implies a significant decrease in efficiency of power generation. Simple thermodynamic arguments show that the minimal parasitic energy to separate CO2 from flue gasses is 3.5%. The chemical industry typically operates at 3-5 times the thermodynamic minimum, which suggests that the parasitic energy of carbon capture can be reduced by at least a factor of two.
From a scientific point of view, the separation of CO2 is very challenging as the differences between the molecules are relatively small. Modern chemistry and nano-science allows us molecular control over the properties of materials. The vision of our EFRC is to develop the science to create, understand, and predict novel materials that are tailor-made with exactly the right molecular properties to separate gasses relevant for clean energy technologies. The long-term goal of this EFRC is to develop the science and materials that will contribute to the reduction of the parasitic energy costs of CCS.
At UC Berkeley and LBNL, alternative energy has been an important research theme, as evidenced by the effort on solar-to-fuel (Helios) and biomass conversion (JBEI and EBI). Carbon Capture and Sequestration is a logical extension that perfectly fits into the energy emphasis of Berkeley.


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It is hard saying a final goodbye to anyone, but it is especially difficult when the loved one is a child. On Monday, friends and family of Rebecca Sedwick attended her funeral -- many wearing lime green shirts, because it was her favorite color.
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During Rebecca's funeral service, one woman told parents they have to build up their kids self-confidence by using what she told her kids.
"[God] didn't make another one like you, so that makes you special," she said.
As loved ones are trying to come to grips with their loss, detectives are sifting through hundreds of phone conversations and texts between Rebecca and members of her social circle. Investigators are trying to determine if any of the girls who bullied her can be charged under a new anti-stalking law.
"They shouldn't have done, what they done," said Erica Ledo, one of Rebecca's friends. She, like Rebecca, is 12 years-old.
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Strawberry-Lemon Angel Cake Recipe
"I couldn't decide how to use the lemon curd a friend had given me, so I tried spreading it between layers of angel food cake," relates Marietta Eklund of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. "I topped each piece with strawberries. We loved it!"
- 1 package (16 ounces) angel food cake mix
- 3 eggs
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup lemon juice
- 6 tablespoons butter, melted
- 2 tablespoons grated lemon peel
- 4 to 5 drops yellow food coloring, optional
- 1 quart fresh strawberries, sliced
- Prepare cake batter according to package directions.
- For lemon curd, in the top of a double boiler, beat eggs and sugar. Stir in the lemon juice, butter and lemon peel. Cook over simmering water for 15 minutes or until mixture has thickened and a thermometer reads 160°. Strain to remove peel and stir in food coloring if desired. Refrigerate.
- Split cake horizontally into three layers. Place bottom layer on a serving plate; top with a third of the lemon curd. Repeat layers twice. Refrigerate until serving. Garnish with strawberries. Yield: 14 servings.
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Phone: 601-432-2400
Tuesday, July 03, 2012
Waterfowl Habitat Improvement Project Planned for Sardis Waterfowl WMA
JACKSON - Sardis Waterfowl WMA, located near Oxford, Mississippi,
is cooperatively managed by the Mississippi Department of Wildlife,
Fisheries, and Parks (MDWFP) and Sardis Lake US Army Corps of
Engineers (USACE). Two of its 7 waterfowl impoundments are
slated to be improved this summer with primary assistance from
USACE. Infrastructure improvements in the 15 year-old
impoundments include refurbishment of the levee system, replacement
of water-control structures, and repair of the existing pump that
is used to flood the impoundments. This 35-acre enhancement
project will increase the amount of shallow-water habitat for
wintering waterfowl and improve the reliability of waterfowl
habitat. Last week, MDWFP biologists and USACE personnel
utilized prescribed fire to remove vegetation within each
impoundment and USACE personnel surveyed impoundment elevations.
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The Kurdish Globe
Honorable Casini the President of IDC
Honorable Prime Ministers
Leaders, Representatives of Political Parties
Ladies and Gentelmen
I would like to express my gratitude to the IDC Secretary for inviting KDP to this congress. We wish all the attendees success and prosperity.
We find ourselves today very privileged to be among you. The KDP is a prominent Political Party working to serve the people of Iraqi Kurdistan. Since its establishment in 1946, the KDP has proudly been on the frontline of the struggle for democracy and human rights for the people of Kurdistan.
We have done so in service to a set of core principles. We have long believed that no man can be truly free whilst another is enslaved. All Iraqis have suffered together from well-known atrocities. These disasters stem directly from the failure of Iraqi leaders to recognize that their power rests first, last, and only in the will of the people. That they serve, they do not rule. As such, the KDP has long partnered with other national parties in Iraq to foster democracy for all the people.
It is not a shallow democracy toward which we strive. The KDP has constantly adhered to the promotion of social justice and equality. We believe that a diverse society is strengthened by its richness; that a free people must naturally embrace and respect the values and skills of its different peoples, striving not for uniformity but for a spirit that acknowledges the contributions of its difference to the wealth of its society.
We must therefore leave behind the divisions of our past, forgiving the wrongs committed against us and moving together toward a future of cooperation and mutual benefit. While we always remember, we have not clung to the natural anger and resentment that flows from the horrors of our past. The systematic genocide of our people by past Iraqi regimes, where almost all our villages were destroyed and 182,000 people went missing or were martyred in chemical weapons attacks like that against Halabja in 1988 -- could encourage reactionary attempts to insulate ourselves so as not to suffer at the hands of another again. But this is not Kurdistan. The people of Kurdistan have a strong, committed belief to forgiveness and cooperation. We have never sought revenge, holding onto the spirit of our shared humanity, looking forward to a brighter future where we can all contribute to the building of a country that ensures through inclusive constitutional bodies that no one ever relives the horrors of our past.
It has always been the KDP's honor to work and sacrifice toward the realization of such a society for the Kurdistan people, and we have seized opportunities to put these values to work in democratic institutions. After the 1991 uprising, we readily and eagerly accepted our first chance to elect representatives, setting up a government that was chosen by the people and responsible to them for its conduct. It was this initial commitment that has led us to the booming Kurdistan Region of today. While we still have much work left, today our people live in a society of law, where power is progressively being spread over different constitutional bodies to ensure the protection of our rights and allow for the healthy expression of our disagreements.
Dear congress attendees,
Our community in Kurdistan is characterized by openness. The rights and responsibilities of different social components are well protected. There are 11 political parties; among them are opposition parties, represented in the Kurdistan Parliament, 33% of the parliament members are women, and 5 out of 111 members of parliaments are Christians. We have established quotas to protect and promote the reflection of our society in these institutions. Moreover, other national groups like Assyrians, Chaldeans, Syrians, Turkmens and Armenians are free to use their native language at schools. Religious freedom is not a goal; it is a practice in the Kurdistan Region. Muslims Christians, Yazidi and other religions freely exercise and to this, we are very proud.
Our faith in democracy, pluralism, and freedom has brought us political stability. The security we enjoy has allowed us to progress rapidly in the development of a healthy private sector and economy, and to rehabilitate our communities. Out of 4500 demolished villages, we have rebuilt around 4000. In 1991 we had only one university, today we have 17.
In 2002, per capita income was only $275, while in 2012 this number has grown to $5000 in just one decade. The unemployment rate in Kurdistan is 7% and 20 billion dollars is now invested annually. In addition, there are more than 3000 foreign companies operating in the Kurdistan Region. We now have our own oil sector, which produces around 175000 barrels per day, and is predicted to reach 1 million barrel per day by 2014.
Respectable attendees,
Iraq is now going through a critical period. After 2003, the Kurdistan Region agreed to unify under a constitutional framework. This Constitution was ratified by 80% of Iraqis in a 2005 vote. It recognized that Iraq is comprised of two main nationalities, Kurds and Arabs. It codified that rights and responsibilities would be based on "political consensus and true as well as balanced partnership" within a federal system. This system governs the relationship between the Kurdistan Region and the Federal Government, and is the basis for our ongoing participation in the Iraqi system. Thousands of families from other parts of Iraq have evacuated their original homes and headed to the Kurdistan Region. Among them, 12 thousand Christian families fled from other parts in Iraq and headed to Kurdistan Region.
Dear Attendees
Our policy in the Kurdistan Region is transparent and clear. As long as Iraq adheres to democracy and to the agreed constitution, we find ourselves glad to be a part of the federal system. However, if the Iraqi Government instead chooses to abandon the principles of the Constitution and heads again toward authoritarianism and exclusion in decision-making, we as the people of Kurdistan will not and cannot tolerate living in a dictatorship again. In this case, the people of Kurdistan will have to exercise their free right to make a choice.
Respectable attendees,
The Middle East itself is engaged in a sensitive transition packed with quick and unforeseen change. We have shown our full support for the rights of all peoples to decide for themselves what sort of political expression they will have, and to broaden the spectrum of freedom and democracy to this end. Nevertheless, we also believe that no radical power should take advantage of the peoples' struggle in order to disseminate values of violence and vengeance.
In this context, we support the demands of the Syrian People to have a democratic and plural system and to exercise their right to choose their future this is very important to us as Syria is home to more than 2 million Kurds that have long been denied even the most basic right of citizenship. We hope that any changes in Syria will bring and guarantee the rights and aspirations of all ethnic and religious components.
We reiterate our support for the peaceful, non-violence, democratic solution for the Kurdish issue in other parts of Kurdistan.
Again, we thank you for inviting us to this congress. We hope the relationship between the KDP and other respectful parties attending this event develops and strengthens, and that we can identify more areas of coordination for the mutual benefit of the peoples we serve.


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HMS Ark Royal sold as scrap
The MOD has accepted a £3m bid to turn the former Royal Navy flagship - built on the River Tyne - into scrap metal.
HMS Ark Royal to be scrapped in Turkeyby Richard Wilson
The Royal Navy's former flagship, the Ark Royal, which was built on Tyneside, is to be scrapped by a firm in Turkey, the MoD has announced.Read the full story
Ministry of Defence confirm future of HMS Ark Royal
Ministry of Defence statement: Preparatory work will be carried out on HMS Ark Royal over the winter to enable her to travel from Portsmouth to Turkey, where she will be recycled, at the same location where HMS Invincible was also recycled.
Bids received for further use for HMS Ark Royal were considered, but were judged either not feasible or appropriate, or carried too much risk.
– Philip Dunne MP, Minister for Defence Equipment, Support and Technology
HMS Ark Royal, like her sister ships, served this country with great distinction. Retiring her five years earlier than planned was a difficult decision but it was the right one that, combined with her sale, has saved over a hundred million pounds. That has helped the MoD achieve a sustainable and balanced budget for the first time in decades.
HMS Ark Royal to be sold as scrap metal
The Ark Royal, built at the old Swan Hunters shipyard in Wallsend, is to be sold as scrap metal. An announcement in Parliament is expected tomorrow to give full details of the £3m deal for HMS Ark Royal. The Ministry of Defence described the decision as "difficult but necessary".
There have been about 12 bids for the former Royal Navy flagship since she was decommissioned in 2010 as part of the coalition government's cuts to the defence budget.


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The University of California governing board has approved Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano as the first female president of the 10-campus college system.
The Board of Regents voted Thursday to approve Napolitano, who is expected to begin the job in September.
Supporters lauded Napolitano as a leader who has managed large, complex public agencies, and said her political aptitude would help the financially embattled university system secure money from the state and donors.
Others criticized Napolitano for having little experience in the education field. Immigration activists took issue with her deportation record.
Napolitano was the unanimous choice of a 10-member search committee that considered more than 300 people for the job.
Earlier, police handcuffed and removed at least four protesters who disrupted a regents meeting while urging the board not to approve her as the school system's next president.
Dozens of protesters gathered outside the meeting on Thursday in San Francisco, waving signs and shouting speeches against Napolitano.
Some focused on her record of deporting immigrants.
Inside the meeting, police cuffed the protesters with zip ties after they refused to leave the room when university police declared an unlawful assembly. Dozens of others did leave after shouting and disrupting the meeting.
The meeting resumed after the protesters were removed.
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Practice Tracing the Letter Y
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First, kids trace lines to practice the fine motor skills they need to form the letter Y. Then, they trace the letter several times for practice. Finally, they trace the letter Y twice in a phrase: Yellow Yarn.
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Every time I read the name "danah boyd" it is followed by some annoying disclaimer about how, no, really, it's not a typo or error in printing, that IS how she spells her name. All lower case. Really. The collective cost of lost productivity to our civilization is, truly, incalculable. I move that danah boyd begin capitalizing her name, and save us these endless, tedious spelling disclaimers. Is staying all lower case *really* worth the time it takes to explain this to everyone, for the umpteenth million time
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Microcosm Limited, Jan 1, 1997 - Pets - 336 pages
One of the most biologically rich environments on Earth, the coral reef dazzles our senses with its colors, shapes, and species diversity. Recreating living reefs in miniature is a burgeoning avocation for serious home aquarium keepers, and John Tullock here offers a new, radically simple approach to producing beautiful captive microcosms. Using live rock and live coral sand as part of a natural filtration system, the home aquarist can now mimic habitats such as a Florida Keys Lagoon, a Caribbean Turtle Grass Flat, an Indo-Pacific Deep Cave, or a Red Sea Patch Reef. With more than 200 color photographs and illustrations, Natural Reef Aquariums provides inspiration for both beginning and expert marine reef hobbyists.
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The Social Impact of the Arts Project a/k/a SIAP
is a research group started in 1994 at the
University of Pennsylvania, School of Social Policy & Practice,
located in Philadelphia, PA, USA.
SIAP conceptualizes the arts, culture, and humanities as integral to urban vitality and social wellbeing and develops ways to measure the impact of this sector on community life. SIAP conducts project-based inquiry in metropolitan Philadelphia and other U.S. cities with support primarily by external private and public funders.
Our work is available for public use with full citation requested. Reports and documents (except for copyrighted material) are downloadable in PDF format. SIAP's modus operandi is work-in-progress. We welcome comments, questions, and especially updates.
SIAP has recently completed the research phase of the CultureBlocks project—a partnership with The Reinvestment Fund (TRF), TRF's PolicyMap, the City of Philadelphia's Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy (OACCE) and Department of Commerce—made possible by generous support from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and ArtPlace. Highlights of the project include development of a policy tool to assess social wellbeing by neighborhood and an online cultural mapping tool for Philadelphia. For a full description of the project and to access related materials, see Completed Projects.
The CultureBlocks project marks an important event in the development of cultural research and its contribution to urban and social policy. The web tool provides an opportunity to open up the discussion of the future of culture and the arts in Philadelphia neighborhoods to a broader public. The SIAP/TRF research findings and their dissemination provide ideas and evidence that can inform that discussion.
CultureBlocks policy tool—a neighborhood-based, multi-dimensional index of social wellbeing
For the CultureBlocks project, SIAP and TRF collaborated on a research agenda that involved development of a policy tool for Philadelphia to enable assessment of how the arts connect with livability and other dimensions of social wellbeing in Philadelphia. Our final report compiles the results of that research. Two papers discuss SIAP/TRF's endeavor to develop a neighborhood-based index of social wellbeing for the city. A third paper examines changes in the cultural ecology of Philadelphia between 1997 and 2012. To review and access these papers, see: Cultural Ecology, Neighborhood Vitality, and Social Wellbeing—A Philadelphia Project (December 2013).
For a discussion of SIAP's rationale about why cultural research needs to move beyond purely economic yardsticks to judge wellbeing, see Mark Stern's postings for Animating Democracy's 2012 Social Impact and Evaluation Blog Salon.
Rethinking Social Impact: We Can't Talk About Social Well-Being Without the Arts & Culture
Posted by Mark Stern on May 1, 2012
The Arts, Culture, & Social Well-Being
Posted by Mark Stern on May 3, 2012.
CultureBlocks.com—Philadelphia's new online mapping tool
The most visible element of the CultureBlocks project has been development of a free web-based cultural and community asset mapping tool for the city of Philadelphia. CultureBlocks, powered by TRF's PolicyMap, launched in spring 2013. Check it out at www.cultureblocks.com/wordpress.
The Cultural Research Network (CRN) featured CultureBlocks as the first topic for its new online forum: firstname.lastname@example.com. For CRN's overview of the CultureBlocks mapping tool and interview with SIAP's Susan Seifert, see Kiley Arroyo's CRN postings on May 17, 2013 (in PDF format).
Below is selected press that describes the CultureBlocks tool, its users, and its potential:
"[CultureBlocks] democratizes a lot of the data that has been collected by researchers …"
From "Data Democratized: CultureBlocks Launches" by Vivienne Tang, April 30, 2013, posted by Hidden City Philadelphia.
In the world of big data, anything can be mapped — including, apparently, the creative economy and the artistic and cultural output that powers it. … the City of Philadelphia released a compelling new online tool called CultureBlocks, a detailed atlas of the city's cultural terrain.
From "Down to the Parcel, 'CultureBlocks' Maps Philly Arts and Culture" by Patrick Kerkstra, Next City, May 2, 2013.
"CultureBlocks allows city departments, foundations, arts organizations and community development corporations to make data-driven decisions ..."
"By using CultureBlocks reports, … advocacy organizations will be armed with data that are difficult to argue with or ignore. Funding for the arts across Philadelphia's many neighborhoods may become more equitable …"
From "Culture Blocks" by Anya Saretzky, Philadelphia Social Innovations Journal, October 2013.
Stern, Mark J. 2014. Engaging Social Welfare: An Introduction to Policy Analysis. New York and London: Pearson.
Stern's new book examines how practitioners—in this case, social workers—can influence policymaking through practice. SIAP believes that a policy practice approach has potential for cultural workers and socially engaged artists and educators interested in translating their practice into meaningful action that helps shape urban and social policy.
Stern, Mark J. and Susan C. Seifert. 2013. "Creative capabilities and community capacity," In Enhancing Capabilities: The Role of Social Institutions, Hans-Uwe Otto and Holger Ziegler (eds). Opladen, Berlin & Toronto: Barbara Budrich Publishers.
Finkelpearl, Tom. 2013. "Project Row Houses. Interview: Rick Lowe, artist, and Mark J. Stern, professor of social history and urban studies," in What We Made: Conversations on Art and Social Cooperation, Chapter 5, "Social Vision and a Cooperative Community." Durham and London: Duke University Press.


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N.J. gun laws are ripe for review, some lawmakers say
Although dozens of gun-related bills are introduced in the state Legislature each year, few are discussed, and none has become law in the last three years.
Now, in the wake of the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut, New Jersey lawmakers in favor of stricter gun control predict a renewed focus on toughening the state's laws. Sponsors of legislation that would relax some firearm restrictions say their bills are unlikely to pass. Governor Christie has called for a "conversation" on reducing violence — a discussion that may include talk "about issues of gun control," he said, but he has not called for new laws.
Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg, D-Teaneck, said she thinks the shooting will be a "pivotal point" in pushing the Legislature toward passing new laws.
"There hasn't been the urgency because we have been somewhat comforted by the fact that we have pretty good gun laws in New Jersey," she said. "But we do have a few gaps, and I'm thinking about legislation that will close some of the gaps."
Gun rights supporters in the Legislature are also pushing for new laws to clarify the state's existing regulations and roll back some of its most restrictive provisions.
But the shooting in Newtown — in which the gunman took firearms legally owned by his mother — should not affect the ability of law-abiding people, who go through New Jersey's lengthy permit process, to buy guns, say sponsors of gun rights legislation.
"It hasn't changed my position," said Assemblyman John DiMaio, R-Warren. "Responsible gun ownership has been part of the fabric of the United States since its inception."
In the days since the Newtown shooting, Americans in favor of gun control have looked to Congress and President Obama to come up with new gun legislation. In statehouses across the country, as well as in New Jersey, lawmakers, advocates and local officials on both sides of the debate say more is needed to be done.
New Jersey requires separate permits for buying handguns and long guns. Both permits require a criminal background check, and anyone who has been convicted of one of many types of felonies or misdemeanor domestic violence offences, or is subject to a restraining order, cannot get a permit. For people who do qualify, the state has a two-week waiting period between applying for a permit and being able to purchase a gun. New Jersey also limits people to one handgun purchase a month — a 2009 law that was the last major change to state gun laws.
It is even more difficult to obtain a permit to carry a concealed handgun. New Jersey residents have to persuade a Superior Court judge they have a "justifiable need," which does not include protecting one's home.
Months before the Connecticut shooting, bills that would ban high-capacity ammunition magazines, require training before buying a gun and prohibit certain convicted felons from buying ammunition were introduced and mostly ignored.
Assemblyman Gordon Johnson, D-Englewood, who is sponsoring several of the bills, said that legislation is now "on the front burner."
He has a bill, first introduced in 2005 but yet to get a vote, that would make it a crime for anyone convicted of arson, homicide, sexual assault, domestic violence or a range of other felonies to buy or possess ammunition. Felons are already prohibited from buying firearms in New Jersey, but they can still buy ammunition. Johnson said restricting those purchases, too, "just made common sense."
Another bill — this one sponsored by Assemblywoman L. Grace Spencer, D-Essex, among others — tries to keep up with changing technology by outlawing any new type of armor-piercing bullets the attorney general decides poses too great a threat to law enforcement.
These bills and others would add to the state's gun-control laws, which are the second-strictest in the nation, according to the Brady Campaign, a gun-control advocacy group named for former President Ronald Reagan's press secretary. James Brady was injured in an attempted assassination of Reagan.
Christie, as well as some lawmakers, says better enforcement of the state's already stringent gun laws is one element that would help reduce gun violence.
"I hope to start a conversation in this state about what we need to do to lower the level of violence, and there is no one answer to this," Christie said on Dec. 21, a week after the Newtown shooting.
"We've got to deal with and talk about issues of gun control, we have to talk about issues regarding mental health treatment and removing the stigma that's attached to mental health treatment."
Other Republicans say there is not much more legislation that can be written at the state level to reduce gun violence.
"State law already has in place many, if not nearly all, of the restrictions that are traditionally supported by gun control advocates," said Adam Bauer, a spokesman for the Senate Republicans.
Bauer said that the state "needs to be part of a national discussion on gun violence that considers all contributing factors to these tragedies," but Senate Republicans do not have a position on any hypothetical legislation that may come to a vote in the State House.
Republicans have not proposed legislation related to guns since the Newtown shooting, but several bills that would loosen the state's gun regulations have been introduced over the years.
The Citizens' Protection Act would significantly expand the number of New Jersey residents who are allowed to carry a handgun. State law now requires residents to show a "justifiable need" to carry a gun, and "makes it virtually impossible for citizens of New Jersey to obtain permits to carry," the bill's sponsors say. Under their bill, residents could qualify for a carry permit after completing a safety or training class, as long as they are not disqualified by other laws — such as a prohibition against chronic drug users owning firearms.
DiMaio — who is sponsoring the Assembly version of the bill with Assemblyman Michael Patrick Carroll, R-Morris, and Assemblywoman Alison Littell McHose, R-Sussex — said the shooting in Connecticut has not changed his support for the legislation.
Allowing qualified residents to carry their handguns is a matter of personal safety, said Assemblywoman Holly Schepisi, R-River Vale, another of the bill's co-sponsors.
She said she supports the bill because of experiences she had as a college student in Washington, D.C., where she was the victim of a robbery and an attempted carjacking.
"I agree with the gun laws in the state of New Jersey, but I do think that legally qualified people should be able to carry a handgun," she said.
McHose and the bill's sponsors in the Senate — Sen. Kevin O'Toole, R-Cedar Grove, and Sen. Michael Doherty, R-Warren — did not respond to repeated requests for comment.
Carroll, the legislation's third sponsor in the Assembly, has introduced several other bills to loosen gun regulation, which he says is excessive.
One would overturn the 2009 one-gun-a-month law, which was intended to cut down on straw purchasers — people with gun permits who buy weapons for criminals. Carroll said that New Jersey's existing process for obtaining a permit is so strict, straw purchasing is not a real problem. His bill would not place any restrictions on the number of guns an individual could purchase each month.
But Carroll said he has little hope his bills will become law in a state that has historically shown little support for gun ownership — particularly after the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School.
"Is it possible? Yeah, absolutely. Is it likely? I'm enough of a realist to say no," Carroll said last month.
Another bill sponsored by Carroll and McHose would allow hollow-point ammunition, which breaks apart more easily on impact. Opponents point out that it can cause greater injury, but Carroll said it is safer than other ammunition because it breaks apart upon hitting a wall or other object, rather than continuing on to possibly hit an unintended target.
"You want to hit what you are wanting to hit and nothing else," Carroll said.
While state law restricts possession of hollow point ammunition, it includes an exception allowing purchase and possession under certain circumstances. Carroll said the law is confusing and makes it difficult for police and citizens to know whether someone is acting lawfully.
Even if laws were to change, Paterson Mayor Jeffery Jones said illegal handguns are the biggest problem for cities like his. He said stopping the flow of such guns from other states would help, but so would better collaboration between local, state and federal law enforcement agencies.
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Stanley (WQOW) - A Winnebago County judge has approved the sale of an ethanol plant in Oshkosh to Stanley's Ace Ethanol. The price tag is $16.5 million.
The deal still must be approved by shareholders at a meeting later this month. If that happens, production could begin at the Oshkosh plant around harvest time. The ethanol plant there was known as Utica Energy. It started operating in 2003 and produced about 50 million gallons a year, but has been going through foreclosure proceedings since late last year.
Neal Kemmet, the president & general manager of Ace Ethanol, says the Oshkosh plant will be called Fox River Valley Ethanol. The plant is a little larger than the one in Stanley. Kemmet says it may be necessary to add local jobs to support the acquisition. The Stanley plant has 43 employees. There are nine ethanol plants in the state.