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Law & Order: The growing threat of guns
02/23/2012 23:06
Firearms offenses are on the rise, and shootings are occurring in civilian areas. Is the public at risk?
Weapons seized by police.
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What followed is a scene that has played itself out repeatedly in recent years. Shocked neighbors rushed to the scene. Within minutes, the sirens of ambulances drew closer, before paramedics arrived to rush the victims to hospital. Police came shortly afterward.
Officer sealed off the shooting scene, and forensic teams marked the bullets casings with small yellow plastic tags and photographed findings.
Both men survived the attack, although one remains in critical condition at the Kaplan Medical Center in Rehovot. Police have not arrested any suspects yet, but are investigating the possibility that the shooting followed a dispute between local youths.
Four days later, in an unrelated incident, two men sat in a car in west Rishon Lezion, when several shots were fired at their vehicle. These men were not as fortunate, and both were found dead in the car by paramedics who rushed to the scene.
Although the incidents are not linked, they both represent shocking use of firearms in the heart of built-up areas teeming with civilians.
The second incident, police suspect, was a gangland slaying, and the victims are well known to police due to lengthy criminal records.
Whether they are used in organized crime wars or to settle scores on the street, guns are a fact of life in criminal incidents and remain one of the Israel Police's biggest challenges. It set the goal of bringing down firearms offenses years ago, but has not yet had any apparent success.
The police were unable to provide figures showing how many recorded firearms offenses were carried out this year or the previous one, despite repeated requests.
It did note in a 2010 crime report that use of weapons in criminal incidents is high, "despite [police] organizational attempts [to bring it down]."
Police frequently launch arms raids against suspects, and seize all manners of weapons, although this has not managed to stem the flow of guns.
"It's definitely getting worse. That's self-evident," said Cmdr. (ret.) Yaakov Borovsky, former head of the northern police district. "The number of criminals has grown, and so have the number of firearms."
"Statistically, we see a rise in the number of violent incidents involving firearms, such as armed robberies or people threatening others using guns," he added. "There are shootings in built-up areas. The number of these offenses is on the rise."
Borovsky stressed that not all gun crime is linked to homicides, noting that firearms are often used for "intimidation."
When criminals wish to send messages, they sometimes open fire on the homes and properties of rivals.
"The public is in danger, because there are more guns on the street. You know never when weapons will next be used, against whom and to what extent. The weapons are available, and that's the danger," he said.
The failure to stop the illegal firearms trade on the black market is the main factor behind the rise in gun crimes, he added. "Today there is a whole illegal arms industry.
Weapons can be obtained with ease, and they're not expensive," Borovsky said.
The best way to combat the problem is to create legal deterrence against illegal possession of firearms, Borovsky argued. At the moment, light punishments for such offenses mean that holding guns without a license is at most "a sin," he said.
"The law needs to become drastic.
It should specify which firearms would receive the heaviest prison sentences – from grenades, handguns, rifles and all the way to mortar launchers," Borovksy said.
"Prison terms should be several years long. Then we'll see how many people continue to hold weapons."
"I'd make it even more draconian, and say that the head of a household where a firearm was found in, even in a yard, should be punished," Borovsky added.
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joined a Rishon Lezion police patrol, which was called to a shooting in the western part of the sprawling city.
"SHOTS FIRED – gunman has escaped," officers in the car were notified. Their vehicle pulled up in the middle of a residential neighborhood.
A 20-year-old man lay screaming in agony in the passenger seat of his black Honda. Minutes earlier, two masked men had approached him as he started his car, opened the car door and fired several rounds at his leg, according to eyewitnesses. Apparently, the act was "merely" a warning.
"My leg!" the man shouted, as blood poured out of several bullet wounds. He was placed on a stretcher by paramedics, taken to a waiting ambulance and rushed to the hospital for surgery to remove the bullets. The man later recovered, and a suspect was arrested for the shooting. But the incident was yet another dark example of how easily bullets can fly in the middle of a residential area.
"This is one of the biggest problems facing police, this intolerable availability of weapons," said Cmdr.
(ret.) Moshe Mizrahi, former head of the Israel Police's Investigations and Intelligence Branch. "If you want a gun, you can get it very quickly."
Israel's proximity to the Palestinian territories, together with weapons thefts from places such as IDF bases, mean that the gun flow will remain constant in the foreseeable future, Mizrahi added. Arms used by criminals include machine guns and shoulder-held LAW missiles, he noted.
Mizrahi expressed particular concern about the "huge quantity" of arms in the Arab community.
"Intelligence is the key to fighting this. I know police have set this as a high priority," Mizrahi said. And despite failing to pass on figures to the media, the police's intelligence departments should be fully aware of how many offenses involving weapons occur every year, he added.
During Mizrahi's tenure as head of the investigative branch (from 2000 to 2004), the police completed its computerized crimes report system, which enables officers to access data on specific characteristics of recorded crimes, including the use of firearms or explosives. "They should know the figures," he said.
"I know this is a high priority issue for police. Intelligence is being gathered on those who possess weapons and raids are initiated against suspected addresses," Mizrahi added.
"If treated intensely, and patiently, this issue can be mitigated," he said.
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Sts. Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Church is hosting its annual Holiday Bake Sale and Bazaar this weekend and will give a portion of its proceeds to Washington, Illinois tornado recovery.
The sale will include a variety of traditional Greek pastries, including baklava, melomakarona, kourabiedes, karithopita, breads, and spinach and cheese pies. In addition, a light luncheon will be offered on both days from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. featuring pastitsio, salad, a roll, dessert, and coffee for $8.
Icons, inspirational and children's books, nightlights, jewelry, boutique items, and the church's cookbook, "A Mosaic of Greet & Ethnic Cooking" are also available for purchase.
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Backgammon Free
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- Don't blame the dice when you lose.
+ By AI Factory Limited
"Play classic Backgammon"
Reviewed by Anna Grace / Jun 06, 2011
An easy and addictive way of playing Backgammon in your smarthphone
The ancient game in your smartphone: everyone knows it, although not everybody knows how to play. Still, don't worry if that is the case, since you have a good and easy list of Game Rules to learn.
The options are the following: you can choose to be White or Black, change the level of difficulty from 1 to 5, select the name of rounds and activate or deactivate Doubling Cube. You can play by yourself or with a friend, so this is not only a one player game.
When playing, the board will tell you the Pip Counts (the total distance that pieces from one side must move in order to get them all together into that side's home); so the lower the number, the closer you are to win.
When you roll the dice, the board will specify the legal moves by showing them in green and you'll have to choose your best strategy. Options for undoing, hints and save and quit are also available.
It seems that some users are complaining about the convenience of the opponent's dice rolls, so maybe this can be improved by adding an easier mode. Anyway, we assume that the ways of randomness are inscrutable.
Be sure to check this game out if you want to entertain yourself by playing a classic game by yourself or with a friend, as well as exercise your mind. AI Factory Limited is specialized in developing classic games for smartphones in an excellent way, so if you like this one you're bound to enjoy the others, such as Chess, Four in a line, Sudoku, etc.
Backgammon Free is the best free Backgammon game on Android!
Backgammon is a game of skill and strategy and one of the world's classic parlour games, played for recreation and as a gambling game. Like Mahjong, this is a game that is played in social groups in coffee houses and bars. Historically variants of this game are believed to have originated in Egypt over 3000 years ago, but was picked up by the Romans and then later to India. It also spread to east Asia, but was then largely replaced by Xiangqi (Chinese chess). It is now very popular in the west.
-- Strong Backgammon AI
-- 5 Difficulty levels
-- Full match play + doubling cube
-- 2 Boards and piece sets
-- Hints, 2 player hotseat and stats
-- Supports touch screen/trackerball
-- Designed for both Tablet and Phone
Supported by unobtrusive Ads
*The requested permissions are a requirement of the in-game ads only*
*Does it cheat? See "CPU Strategy" page + Manual Dice option (use real-world dice) to prove to yourself that it doesn't*
- Fixed possible hanging bug related to ads
- Reduced installer size
- Improved app stability related to ads
- Improved layouts for smaller tablets
- Other small tweaks and fixes
- Stability improvements
- Action Bar support for Android 3.X and 4.X
- Improved layouts for tablets
- HD graphics for tablets and HD phones
- Improved CPU doubling response
- Other small tweaks
Some lists where this application appears: Games, sdm, Reviewed by Anna Grace, Analizadas por Mar GP.
It's a poor design when you allow the CPU to roll four straight double sixes followed by a double 2 and another double six; the odds are 10million to1.
It has a decent, but not great AI. I won the first 12 matches (7 point matches). It doesn't take board position into account when accepting doubles. It gets backgammoned when it could've been just gammoned. It bears pieces off poorly.
Nice interface, but the statistically impossible rolls of the dice make it hard to believe that the AI of this game is programmed correctly. The developers responded to a complaint I sent and acknowledged the issue.
As a man that loves backgammon, this game had the best format and options. I pau this game while I am at work, while driving, while my girlfriend and I are having sex, and during church. Dowels it and enjoy.
Great game tricky ai
Great fun
Hours of fun even though computer always seems to get the roll it needs to kill me always. Don't like that.


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NatureWorks' Ingeo biopolymer wins Cradle to Cradle sustainability certification
In Minnesota, NatureWorks' Ingeo biopolymer, made from plants, has been Cradle to Cradle Certified Silver by the Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute. Cradle to Cradle is a multi-attribute program that assesses products for safety to human and environmental health, design for future use cycles, and sustainable manufacturing processes. The certification is recognized by environmental experts worldwide for honoring innovation in sustainability.
In the US, for example, the EPA includes Cradle to Cradle Certified products in its Environmentally Preferable Purchasing database for federal agency procurement. These certified products also are eligible for points in the U.S. Green Building Council's LEED certification for green buildings.
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People treat alchemy as if it were a silly superstition, but yet they want to put forth spontaneous generation as if it has scientific validity. Renaming it "abiogenesis" doesn't change the fact that it's still life being generated randomly from nonliving matter, an idea that is not only outmoded scientifically, but laughable.
If you're not ready to buy into abiogenesis, just pick up a copy of The Counter-Creationism Handbook by Mark Isaak. Among other ridiculous claims, he states that the following is a fact: "Life appeared on earth more than two billion years ago." He also says, "Creationism is neither theory nor fact; it is, at best, only an opinion. Since it explains nothing, it is useless."
Guess here's a guy who's not interested in salvation. He probably thinks that's useless, too. Good luck to him on those opinions of his. They're not going to help him escape the justice of a righteous God, who isn't a theory, but a fact.


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National Motor Museum in Beaulieu sets record with line of toy cars
10:35am Tuesday 6th May 2014 in New Forest By Michael Carr, Reporter
IT was the biggest traffic jam the world has ever seen.
But there were no horns sounded, no arms waved and no one was getting hot under the collar.
For the vehicles stuck in a seemingly never-ending queue around the National Motor Museum in Beaulieu were all toys – officially the biggest number of toy cars ever assembled in one line.
It took more than ten hours to put together and stretched nearly a mile and a half – all through the museum and around its grounds.
From mini Formula 1 Ferraris to tiny Model T Fords, there was every type of toy car imaginable on display.
Some were even signed by celebrities like racing driver Sir Stirling Moss and TV motoring presenters Quentin Willson and Vicki Butler-Henderson.
The line meandered around some of the museum's more familiar historic cars like world land speed record-breaker Donald Campbell's famous Bluebird.
A total of 24,189 toy cars were used, smashing the previous world record – held by enthusiasts in the southern German town of Fussen – by nearly 10,000.
Models were donated to Beaulieu by customers at 21 Sainsbury's stores, including the supermarkets at Southampton, Hedge End and Fareham.
Andy Ollerenshaw, a member of Beaulieu's events team, said: "It is fantastic and we would love to do this again in the future.
"A big thank you to everybody who donated vehicles. It has been a tremendous response from the public and for the staff at Beaulieu it has been a lot of work but everyone has pitched in and helped."
Now the toys cars will be sold in aid of Hampshire children's hospices Naomi House and Jacksplace, which care for seriously ill children and young adults.
Children from the hospices put the final cars in place before independent adjudicators counted them and checked that they were all touching.
The world record attempt took place during the museum's annual Pride and Joy event, which encourages car enthusiasts to take their vehicles along.
Highlights included Ferraris, Aston Martins and the fastest street-legal car in the world, Red Victor 3.
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One more fight appears to be on tap for UFC on Fuel 10: Nogueira vs. Werdum in Fortaleza, Brazil. Tatame reports that Brazilian bantamweight Raphael Assuncao will fight England's Vaughan Lee on June 8th.
Assuncao (18-4) recently pulled off an upset win over Mike Easton at UFC on Fox 5 in December. He's now won his last 3 fights (all at 135 lbs) after suffering a KO loss in his UFC debut against Erik Koch at featherweight. It should be noted that Assuncao broke his arm in the Easton fight. Assuncao is the #6 ranked bantamweight in the UFC's official rankings page.
Lee (13-8-1) picked up an uneventful decision win over Motonobu Tezuka at UFC on Fuel 7 in London, England last February. His UFC losses have come against Chris Cariaso and T.J. Dillashaw, while his only other UFC win was an upset submission victory over Kid Yamamoto.
The addition of Assuncao/Lee means 13 fights are scheduled for this card (if you count the TBD TUF Brazil 2 finalists). It could be indicative of the quality of TUF Brazil 2 this season, or a sign that the UFC won't just sign every TUFer from country to country while they're in the process of a roster purge.


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Severus Snape x Reader Part 2Years had passed. They'd gotten married. They'd gotten jobs and lives and moved on from their frivolous school days. However, the Dark Arts was an unwise thing to become affiliated with. And now Severus Snape was trapped between the love of his life and himself. He decided it would be good enough to treat her the best he could before he had to decide. __________ was already in bed by the time he got home, her hand in the spot where he usually slept. He changed into his nightclothes and slid in beside her, bringing her close. "Why so affectionate, Sev?" she murmured sleepily, nuzzling deeper into his chest. "I just feel like it," he answered, as if it were the most obvious thing in the world. She smiled faintly. "I love you so much," she yawned, smacking her pretty pink lips in contentment."I love you too, more than you will ever know," he whispered, squeezing her tighter. She kissed him quickly before settling in to his arms again, and eventually falling
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A Child's Wish (LokixReader)A Child's WishLokixReaderRequest for razedbywolves1"Alright, (F/n), you can do this," you muttered to yourself as you stepped into the Midgardian house that your mother had bought many years ago, before your father left her. It was his idea to live in Midgard, leaving the dramatics and violence of their world behind to raise their not-yet-born infant. To raise you.Then, he left. You mother forgot the idea of moving you to Midgard, instead keeping to the safety of her family home in Vanaheim. And you didn't care. You never knew that your father was alive, you had never bothered to ask about him. It wasn't until you were six years old that you even knew you were missing him.Even after he came back, you didn't want him. You were completely happy with your mother and you didn't need this man to take that away from you. He was gone shortly after announcing his return.Sighing, you threw yourself down onto a sofa, easing your other
Draco X Reader: HardshipI had a small idea and decided to do a Draco X Reader story Im sorry if its not as good as I hope it is but Im still pretty happy about it so please enjoy. Also if you haven't read or seen all the harry potters you may not want to read since I may be using spoilers to further detail the story.------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------You sighed gently sitting in the great hall today was the day the new students came.Part of you were half happy and half sad. When your parents died they took your baby brother that's right your little brother was Harry who would be there at Hogwarts soon and you were two years older than him. You lived with Severus Snape he was like a father to you and you could still remember the day you met so clearly------- Flash Back ---------------------------The two year old you came home from the park skipping happily then that happiness soon faded seeing your own happy little home in smolders. "Mommy!!Daddy!! Har
Occupational Hazard (LokixReader)Occupational HazardLokixReaderRequest for 10UsernameHere10You sighed and glanced once more at the clock of your computer. "Nearly time to wake up," you murmured to yourself, hardly surprised that you had stayed up working this late, "Guess I'm going in like this, again." The large grandfather clock in your house chimed three times, signalling the official change in the hour. Your alarm would go off in fifteen minutes.Letting a defeated puff of air out, you once more began working on the forms your boss needed you to fill out by the time you were in the office, but, after your eighth hour of working, you just drifted into sleep with your face pressed against the large binder of paperwork.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~The god of mischief let himself in, assuming that whoever was inside would be fast asleep. His assumption was correct, but he was shocked to find a young woman in the office where the S
Severus Snape x reader -10 moments-Prompt: blackboardSeverus's hand became full of white chalk as he held it against the blackboard, smearing the list of ingredients for a complex potion. He didn't care. He didn't care that his students would see it destroyed, or the fact his pure black robes had these white streaks which would make someone raise their eyebrows.All he cared about was you, pinned between him and the chalk-ridden board. Because whatever that potion was for, it certainly would never taste as good as your lips.Prompt: cheat"Why do we- hmm- always- Sevvy~!"You mewled the potion master's nickname, or the closest you managed to create for him. He didn't seem to care in that moment, lips hungrily travelling down your neck, mentally wondering if the potions which hit the ground broke open and mixed. They fell somewhere during the time it took him to push you onto his desk."What's was that?"His voice fell deeper a few tones from lust, his hands already making you blush and moan."Why do you always punish m
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In artist Cole Sternberg's ongoing socio-political discussion, Sternberg delves into the idea of consumption as a perceived 'right' of Americans; a 'right' that is perpetuated and celebrated by the media to thus spread like wildfire through the world. The works presented include a conceptual performance, sculpture and gestural painting, which address the vast consumption that surrounds us in a colorful yet ominous manner. Taking place in an upscale strip mall where ladies drive up in their SUVs to get their hair done and shop for jewelry, the gallery becomes part of the performance, further illustrating Sternberg's strong commentary on excessive consumption. Entering strip mall shopping center outlet mall mall of america, viewers approach the gallery where they are greeted by streams of Sternberg's text being projected on the exterior of the exhibition space. The exhibition starts as viewers must pass a baseball player throwing bottles across the space. The shards of glass form a shiny black sculpture as they crash on top of each other in the middle of the room against a black encased room, missing the fourth wall. The viewer will then notice an American flag deconstructed with the multi-platinum rapper T.I.'s line "you can have whatever you like" scribbled on it. Actual silk-screens encrusted in paint and shot with images of Sternberg, dreams and Americana references demonstrate another means of mass production and the artist's views on said production. The sounds, the muted blues, reds, grays and stark black come together to give the viewer an interesting moment to be behind the curtain of a society obsessed with consumption.


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"3 Story: The Secret History of the Giant Man" is a must-read for any graphic novel lover. It is full of government secrets, love, pain and adventure.
The story begins during World War II and continues through three generations. Each generation has its own story to tell.
The first story is of a mother who loss her husband to war and is left alone with her son. Her loss causes her to fight growing feelings of depression and loneliness, which are mirrored by her son's increasing physique. The son has a tumor in his brain that causes him to grow taller and taller, and his distance from humanity grows, as well.
The wife of the giant man tells the second story, and the third is from the point of view of their child.
The reader is drawn in first by the fairy tale idea of, "What it would be like to be a giant," and is then shown the reality of living in a world that isn't meant for you. What would you do if you were as tall as buildings? How would you survive, let alone live?
"I have a second cousin who suffered from the malady that the Giant Man suffers in the book — the tumor that made him grow; however, my cousin had an operation that stopped his growth. On the way home a couple years ago after meeting him for the first time, I began imagining what it would be like to have continued on growing. What would your life be like as a three-story-tall giant? The rest just fell into place," creator Matt Kindt said about the impetus behind the comic.
One must not only have inspiration for a story, but also for making it come to life.
"I grew up reading comics — so old 1980s Marvel and DC comics were my initial inspiration, and as I got older, and I started looking for work that still spoke to me," Kindt said. "I stumbled across Dan Clowes and Eightball. Those first few issues and the book 'Like a Velvet Glove Cast in Iron' were a revelation and made me realize that comics could be something more. They could hit all the buttons that great prose and movies hit but in a unique way that only comics can."
Gentle and fragile lines that embraced with gentle watercolors fill the pages. Dynamic angles and content tell a tale that only in this way, could such a wonderful story be told.
How was this style created?
"I read a lot of prose," Kindt said. "'Catch-22' was probably the most influential book that I've read that I can point to and be conscious of its influence. I watch a lot of movies, as well. What I ended up doing, though, is reading and watching these things and pulling them apart to see what makes them work. I find becoming aware of the power of other mediums and learning what movies can do and what prose can do makes me a lot more aware of my own medium. I approach every book with the idea of making something that can only work in comics. My ultimate goal is to create a work that can't be duplicated effectively in any other medium."
Kindt has been well received by critics with Harvey Award and Eisner Award nominations and Time Magazine's top 10 (for graphic novels) feature. Kindt said it took a bit skill to get published.
"I had it relatively lucky," he said. "My first book [Pistolwhip] I completed and had bound and copied, and I took it to San Diego Comic Con and handed it to all the publishers and editors who I thought would be appropriate for the work. I got home, and a week later Top Shelf called with an offer to publish. It seemed easy, but the key there was to actually complete the entire book first. I was a nobody coming in off the street, so there's rarely any interest in someone like that until you've proved yourself. Can you complete a full-length book and make it all work? That first book is hard — you've got to finish it and show that you can do it. After that it gets much easier."
Overall, this book is a must-read. If you haven't picked up a comic before, start with this one. It isn't the typical cheesy superhero comic, but rather a story that has the same impact as a great traditional novel. If you read it and find yourself thirsting for more, the publisher, Dark Horse Comics, offers a mini story of the Giant's trip to Paris Online at http://www.darkhorse.com.
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City Council OKs Controversial 'Cow Parking' Ban
Ordinance aimed at keeping cud-chewers off front lawns
From APB reports. KNOXVILLE, Tenn. The Knoxville City Council approved on Tuesday night an ordinance setting new regulations to restrict the parking of bovines and other farm animals on front yards in residential neighborhoods.
The vote was 8-1. The lone dissenter was Councilman Steve Hall, who said the measure was prejudicial against hoofed mammals and poor people who need easy access to their cows for sustenance.
"You'll never see a dog parking ordinance in Knoxville because dogs are the 'in' animal with the smart set," cried an impassioned Hall, possibly speaking more words than he has ever spoken at a council meeting before. "But poor city residents who need the convenience of Bessie's milk right outside their front door will get the bum's rush every time."
The law was developed for several reasons. Besides the safety hazards imposed by cows wandering onto roadways, the issues of ruminant aesthetics and free-range grazing by loose herds were also considered. The impact of methane releases on air quality in neighborhoods with concentrated pockets of cows was also taken into account.
The concept was proposed by a coalition of 50 neighborhood associations concerned about the impact on property values of excessive front-yard cow flatulence. Council members mulled over input from residents who favored and opposed the proposal before giving it their final stamp of approval.
Franklin Pierce, representing the Old North Knoxville neighborhood, praised the new ordinance. He said it "will aid all neighborhoods in their revitalization, and I'll sing this ordinance's praises until the cows don't come home."
Pierce noted that the problem is not just current cow parking practices, but the effect unrestricted cow parking would have in the future.
"If cattle parking is allowed to proliferate with no checks, sooner or later, livestock will outnumber humans, and we'll pass the cow-tipping point," he said.
But Kevin Kline of Hollywood Way described the measure as an "invasion of privacy" that will negatively affect more residents than it benefits.
"What goes on between my family and my cows in the privacy of my front yard is my business," said Kline. "It would be the same as what goes on between us and our fish in their bowl inside our home, only it's outside."
Kline added that the ordinance may generate a class-warfare lawsuit.
"Let's call a steer a steer and a bull a bull - and this is bull," he said. "We all know what it's really about. It's about people whose homes are big enough to keep cows inside wanting to oppress those who have to keep them outside. But we'll fight to keep our way of life."
But Jeremiah Bullfinch objected to that characterization of the conflict, saying that keeping cows in front yards simply wasn't tenable from an aesthetic perspective.
"Keeping cattle in the front yard isn't viable, it just leads to a big mess," said Bullfinch. "We all love our cows, but like Pat Benatar sang, 'Love Is a Cattle Field."
"It's a natural right to have cows in your front yard," proclaimed John Madden of Oakland Bay. "It's the way nature intended. When the government tells you where you can and cannot have a cow, can you not see that this is the seed of Big Brother, or at least, of Big Agribusiness? How can you have milk if you don't have a cow? Have you no shame? Think of the thirsty children."
City officials have said enforcement will not begin until a six-week public notice period is completed. And following that, there will be a grace period of six weeks during which cows found in violation will be warned to move on to greener pastures instead of getting a citation to court.
Cattle found in violation of the ordinance will undergo reeducation and will be offered the opportunity to complete occupational rehabilitation for resettlement in a more suitable environment. Recidivist domesticated ungulate offenders will be forcibly relocated to pastoral scenes.
Violations are to be handled by animal control officials following up on complaints and not police officers. In theory, unreported violations would not be enforced, although violators risk the possibility of surreptitious, unauthorized milking.
A number of exceptions to the regulation include those for temporary petting zoos, amateur Dixie Stampedes, barn-raisings, moon-jumpings and house parties.
Hall said there are a number of homes in the city where cow parking is essential because the contour of the land makes it difficult to get to the supermarket for dairy products.
"I just think this may come back and haunt us, like those cows in those Chik-fil-A commercials that appear out of nowhere," he said.
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Here's the lineup for the six events in the NHL's Super Skills contest Saturday at the RBC Center. Bridgestone NHL Fastest Skater -- Order determined on the ice Team Staal Team Lidstrom *Michael Grabner â New York Islanders Duncan Keith...
Former King Ziggy Palffy, current King Michal Handzus reflect on Slovakia's 3-1 loss to Czechs
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In the best-matched and most competitive game of the Olympic hockey tournament, the Czech Republic defeated Slovakia, 3-1, to end a tripleheader at Canada Hockey Place on Wednesday. The pace and the skills were breathtaking, matching players whose two...
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The hiss of the skates, and the thwack of the sticks. The glare off the ice and the din of the crowd. If you long for the sights, sounds and action of hockey in a big-league arena, why wait for the next home game? It's possible to experience the same...


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What Makes Israel a Startup Nation?
In part 1 of this week's show, Doug meets entrepreneur Ben Lang, creator of Mapped in Israel, who has been involved in the business world since he was still in high school. Ben talks about Israel's unique qualities as a "startup nation," and the qualities that have clearly put the Holy Land on the business map. Listen to this interview to learn what it takes to start a new enterprise.
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There is a new thriller on Amazon Kindle, The Bahrain Protocol, which is apropo for this article. It predicts a war in the immediate future-between Israel and Iran; but with a twist that is no longer far fetched. What if Israel-no longer trusting U.S. intentions-finds common cause with an old nemesis-Saudi Arabia – and they partner to attack Iran's nuclear facilities?
The book puts you on the streets of Bahrain, within the ranks of rioters who burn down schools, destroy buildings, and fire bomb policemen on the orders of Iran's Hezbollah to distract the U.S. until Iran gets the nuclear bomb; and in the cockpit of an Israeli F15, barreling down the throat of the enemy with ground penetrating bombs; and it's only the beginning. And it's a great read.
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I don't know if I would be inspired to make any of the projects, except possibly the fold-formed bracelet. Seems like a lot of work to get a funky piece of jewelry.
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I'll get to the whole Council agenda later on, for BotW purposes, but meanwhile, I wanted to examine some of the new motions a bit in detail. There's some doozies…
Let's start with a couple of related ones from Elliott, shall we?
M. Elliott – Req. City Council discuss ordinance pertaining to accumulated annual vacation and sick leave policy and refer matter to Personnel SC.
M. Elliott – Req. City Auditor provide report on costs of accumulated annual vacation and sick leave for employees who have resigned or have retired since January 1, 2014.
First of all, these motions are unlikely to be about any union position, since those have to be negotiated under terms contract when a contract with a union is up. That is negotiated by the City Manager as the taxpayer's representative. This means this little discussion of Elliott's would have to be about the few city positions governed by ordinance, not union contracts.
Positions like…say…City Manager, mayor's aids, HR Director, or other department heads. Put this together with the second motion - and we can narrow down who Elliott is going after here. There's several people who've resigned positions since Jan 1 of this year…the Manager himself, the former Mayor's Aide, the head of DPD and assistant CM, the Auditor… I have my specific suspicions but suffice to say, I believe this is aimed at one or two individuals.
Now, a little history: the ordinance governing non-union positions in city government was already revised…and then subsequently, died in subcommittee. Meeting minutes from April 30, 2013:
Ordinance - Amend Ch. 56 (Personnel). In Council, Given 2nd Reading and hearing held. No Remonstrants. Hearing closed. Motion by C. Mendonca, seconded by C. Lorrey "To waive the full reading". So voted. Manager Lynch gave a synopsis of the proposed ordinance which outlined sick pay, sick buy back, grid, vacation, ethics, code of conduct, pay, parking and travel expenses. Manager noted he corrected the position of the parking commissioner [editors note: supposed to be Parks not parking] to reflect a department head. C. Mercier noted sick pay option and vacation time for new employees. C. Mercier noted she could not vote in favor of the ordinance until she saw the proposed pay grid. Manager noted that the grid would have to be approved by Council every year. C. Mendonca commented on vacation time and personal days after Thanksgiving. Manager noted that as a cost savings measure City Hall would be closed the day after Thanksgiving. C. Mendonca requested some clarity on medical leave language. C. Martin outlined his understanding of medical leave language. C. Lorrey commented on parking language and also noted that organ donor pay should be included in the ordinance. Motion by C. Elliott, seconded by C. Kennedy "to refer matter to Personnel Subcommittee". So voted. C. Elliott noted the correction for the Commissioner of Parks and commented there are some improvements in the ordinance but that it should be given more attention.
The proposed changes streamlined the ordinance, as well as cut back on sick leave, and eliminated sick-leave buyback for all new non-union employees. (The Sun wrote about the discussion here along with another item on the agenda.) It also put the Parks and Rec Director back as a dept head (something Mercier heartily approved).
Rita Mercier wanted the pay grid in front of her before approval. But..the ordinance as it currently stands (unrevised) does not have the pay grid in it, either, for the record. It is something the Council has to approve every year. So Mercier's objection was full of it. (You know what "it" is.) She also complained that some employees got more vacation time under the revised ordinance - however, there are ordinance employees who get a very minimal amount of vacation and this was to correct that. (The union positions get plenty.)
So, to recap, this already was hashed out by the administration and presented to the Council last year, addressing this exact issue of sick leave policy and eliminating sick leave buyback, which was promptly sent by Elliott to the Personnel subcommittee, from where it never rose again. Elliott's complaint was that the revision still gave too much to non-union employees (vis a vis step pay) and he felt "there are some improvements in the ordinance but that it should be given more attention"…but lo and behold, it was never given more attention.
Now, if Elliott seeks to revive these changes, with or without tweaks, I'm all for that. It is, apparently, a ball that was dropped by the previous Council. But he's the one that sent it to die and never asked for it to come up again, last year.
However, the second motion he put on the agenda makes me very wary, because I think he is going after specific people with it, and I am not good with personal vendettas by weak mayors and a petty City Council, all of whom have demonstrated a flagrant disregard for open meeting laws, advice from their own council on lawsuits, and who have produced a mostly chaotic, inconsistent set of votes thus far. I think this is being used to embarrass someone Elliott doesn't like, and I think he should be called out for it.
As others have pointed out and as I also wanted to write in the post but felt it was complex enough, the CM and Auditor positions' buybacks or vacation accrual are governed not by this ordinance but by the contracts the Council themselves negotiated. Which actually only strengthens my supposition that this is an attempt to embarrass certain former employees…but anyway.
well, you know, Lynne, he IS the MAYOR, he must do very important mayor things
I am not clear on the "grid" issue. When do the Happy Nine get to see it? Before they vote, surely.
Regards — Cliff
Yes, every year that grid would be presented to them and they would vote to approve or not. This is standard operating procedure.
(At least that's my understanding.)
Actuall, vacation payout (but not sick) is governed by state law:
"Employers who choose to provide paid vacation to their employees must treat those payments like any other wages under M.G.L. c. 149, s. 148. Withholding vacation payments is the equivalent of withholding wages and, as such, is illegal. Employees must be paid for all earned vacation upon termination of employment." ( from mass.gov)
As for sick buyback, I don't know of any Lowell employee hired after 2000 with a sick buyback right in their contract or any other hiring agreement.
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K.C. asks from Belmont, CA on May 21, 2008
Sleeping with Wet Hair
My stepdaughter, who is 10, washes her hair just before going to sleep then puts it up in a hairwrap and sleeps like that all night. She is frequently missing school and sick with soar throats and coughs. My husband doesn't see any correlation between the wet hair and getting sick. Am I just overreacting about this? I would appreciate any comments that would argue either side.
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C.F. answers from San Francisco on May 22, 2008
My daughter sleeps with wet hair every other night, she's never sick. I get a sore throat or cough if I sleep with the heater on at night. It dries me out. Try a humidifier and see if that helps.
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D.F. answers from San Francisco on May 22, 2008
Hi K.,
As a child I had lots of sore throats, many bouts with strep and tonsilitus. I don't remember going to bed with wet hair during that time. During my younger adult years I would find that I was extremely susceptible to sore throats if I was out very late... kind of when there was that dew-wy kind of atmosphere. I try to protect myself from that with a neck scarf, that seems to help. At my present age (57) I go to bed with wet hair frequently, not wrapped in a towel, just towel dried, and have not seen that it has impacted my throat in any way.
I have a couple of suggestions, the first from my chiropractor. The NOW brand ElderZinc. It is zinc lozenges with elderberry juice. I keep them by my bedside, and if I have the slightest thought that I might be getting sick I pop one in my mouth and let it soak my throat. The zinc coats your throat and won't let anything stick and grow into an illness. Another great item is xylitol, it is a natural sweetener made from the bark of a tree. The Spry brand has wonderful lozenges and gum. Xylitol is really good for strengthening teeth. It also prevents things from sticking in your throat/ nasal passages and thus protects you from sickness. There is a nasal wash Xlear, gum and lozenges/mints. You can get them at the healthfood store or online. A good source online is Vitacost. They have really saved me lots of $.
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K.G. answers from San Francisco on May 21, 2008
No. Getting sick is caused by a bacteria or a virus that has entered your body through your mucus membranes or a wound. This comes from the old myth that being cold causes a cold. It's just not true. The girl probably needs to eat healthier food and vitamins. Most sickness and prevention can be handled with diet.
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J.S. answers from San Francisco on May 21, 2008
Nope...wet hair doesn't cause illness. Lack of sleep and bad nutrition create a hospitable environment for illnesses.
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A.K. answers from San Francisco on May 21, 2008
The only thing going to bed with wet hair can cause is dandruff. And even then its really a worsening of the dandruff you already have not a new problem. So unless she's saying she's sick b/c she doesn't want to go to school with flakes the wet hair is not the problem. Make sure she's washing her hands well (that's how most colds are spread) and get some zicam gel swabs for her to use when she first starts to feel sick. I used them yesterday and am already feeling better. My partner had this same cold, refused the zicam and was out sick from work for 3 days.
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Y.S. answers from San Francisco on May 22, 2008
Wet hair and colds do not have anything to do with one another. Colds are caused by a virus, and not by being cold or having wet hair. She may be suffering from allergies instead of a cold, those can cause the symptoms you mention.
V.K. answers from Sacramento on May 22, 2008
I have always washed my hair at night but I usually do it earlier in the evening (in between 7:30-8:30) and it's usually dry by the time I go to bed. I wouldn't think that's the reason why she's sick all the time. Good Luck!
P.F. answers from Sacramento on May 22, 2008
I am going to keep my response simple, because it seems like others have already said the same thing.
Being cold does not cause colds...germs do.
Sorry sweetie, but your husband is right.
C.F. answers from San Francisco on May 22, 2008
My daughter sleeps with wet hair every other night, she's never sick. I get a sore throat or cough if I sleep with the heater on at night. It dries me out. Try a humidifier and see if that helps.
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Two United States teams took aim at the indoor world record in the 4 x 800-meter relay last week and both succeeded, although only one, of course, will enter the record books. Running in Boston at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix on Feb. 8, the team of Richard Jones, David Torrence, Duane Solomon and Erik Sowinski finished the race in 7:13.11, while the second-place team of Kyle Merber, Brian Gagnon, Robby Andrews and Mike Rutt - which led halfway through the race - finished in 7:13.22. The former mark of 7:13.94 was set by another U.S. quartet in 2000, on the same track. One of the former record-holders, Joel Woody, is now Sowinski's coach.
But that wasn't the day's only record. American Mary Cain broke her own indoor junior 1000-meter record by running 2:35.80, having owned the previous mark of 2:39.25 for only a month.
In other world-record news, Genzebe Dibaba has broken two indoor world marks this month. She opened the month by setting a new 1500-meter record in Karlsruhe on Feb. 1, finishing in 3:55.17 to break Yelena Soboleva's 8-year-old mark of 3:58.28. Running in Sweden's XL Galan meet six days later, Dibaba ran the 3000 meters in 8:16.60. Fellow Ethiopian Meseret Defar set the previous mark of 8:23.72 in 2007. Dibaba's feats overshadowed the effort of Sweden's Abeba Aregawi, who won the 1500 in Stockholm on Feb. 6 in 3:57.91 to move into second on the all-time list.
In the Arnstadt high jump meet in Germany last Saturday, Russians Ivan Ukhov and Aleksey Dmitrik dueled to a virtual draw as both cleared 2.40 meters (7 feet, 10½ inches). Ukhov cleared on his first try and won the meet, while Dmitrik cleared on his second attempt.


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