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The Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders perform at Portland State football game (Photos)
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November 22, 2014, 12:03AM
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Mike Dunleavy foul on Damian Lillard wasn't 'cheap,' it was priceless for Trail Blazers
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As evidenced by last season's fight at Golden State, when teammates stick up for each other, it has lasting value. Full story »
Suns get hot, rout hapless Sixers, 122-96, plus more NBA scores
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November 21, 2014, 11:23PM
Isaiah Thomas scored 23 points and Markieff Morris had 18 to lead the Phoenix Suns past the winless Philadelphia 76ers 122-96 on Friday night. Full story »
Gael Monflis sweeps aside Roger Federer in straight sets to even Davis Cup final at 1-1
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November 21, 2014, 11:20PM
Stanislas Wawrinka had put the Swiss team ahead with a win in the first match of the day; then Monflis avenged his U.S. Open quarterfinal loss to Federer with the resounding win. Full story »
Turnovers haunt Portland State in season-ending 56-34 loss to No. 5 Eastern Washington
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November 21, 2014, 11:04PM
The Vikings outgained the Eagles 522-494, but five turnovers squashed hopes of a season-ending upset and PSU finishes 2014 with a 3-9 record. Full story »
Trail Blazers 'solid' in 105-87 win over Bulls (video)
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November 21, 2014, 11:00PM
Trail Blazers head coach Terry Stotts on Portland's 105-87 win over the Chicago Bulls Friday night. Full story »
Trail Blazers' Damian Lillard on Mike Dunleavy's hard foul: 'It was cheap'
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November 21, 2014, 11:00PM
The Blazers' All-Star point guard took exception to the hard foul delivered by the Chicago Bulls' forward. Full story »
Sheldon upends Sherwood, 35-31, for 6A semifinal berth: Photos
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November 21, 2014, 10:47PM
The Sheldon Irish earned a stunning 35-31 comeback win over the Sherwood Bowmen to advance to the 6A semifinals on Friday. The Irish capped the comeback and took the lead on an 88-yard touchdown run from senior Kellen Strahm with just 1:49 left to play. Sheldon had trailed by 17 points at the end of the third quarter, storming... Full story »
Alex Schoenborn's overtime goal lifts Winterhawks past Rockets 4-3
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November 21, 2014, 10:34PM
Portland scored four goals in a row after Kelowna took a 3-0 first period lead. Full story »
Central Catholic overcomes injury to Cameron Scarlett to throttle West Linn 42-7: Recap
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November 21, 2014, 10:29PM
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Oregon State Beavers grind out 55-42 win over Oral Roberts
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November 21, 2014, 10:26PM
OSU held the Eagles to 20.9 percent shooting en route to a grind-it-out victory. Full story »
Tigard comes back to beat Jesuit 42-41 in three overtimes: 6A football playoff recap
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November 21, 2014, 10:26PM
TIGARD -- Tigard's students literally could not stay in their seats in one of the wildest high school football quarterfinal games in recent memory. After visiting No. 7 Jesuit executed a double reverse into a 13-yard touchdown pass from Matthew Ferguson to Demetrius Douglas on fourth down in the third overtime of Friday night's game, the student section watched from behind... Full story »
West Salem rushing attack pounds Grants Pass; Titans cruise by Cavemen 42-28: 6A quarterfinals recap
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November 21, 2014, 10:25PM
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Sheldon mounts comeback for the ages, defeats Sherwood 35-31: 6A quarterfinal recap
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November 21, 2014, 10:12PM
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Trail Blazers build early lead, rout Chicago Bulls as tempers flare: Game rewind
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November 21, 2014, 10:00PM
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Mike Dunleavy draws Flagrant 1 for hard foul on Trail Blazers point guard Damian Lillard (video)
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November 21, 2014, 9:12PM
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Trail Blazers' Allen Crabbe throws down 1-handed dunk over Bulls' Tony Snell (video)
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For Chicago Bulls point guard Aaron Brooks, trip to Portland serves as 'home game'
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November 21, 2014, 7:41PM
Q&A with former Oregon Ducks standout Aaron Brooks on playing for the Bulls, facing Damian Lillard, and Ernie Kent as Washington State head coach. Full story »
Travis Waller, Oregon Ducks QB commit, accepts U.S. Army All-American Bowl invitation
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The 40 Year Wait is Finally Over!
The Friends of Haworth Park announce the official opening of the new Performing Arts Bandstand in Haworth Central Park by The Lord Mayor of Bradford, on the afternoon of Sunday 22nd of June 2014.
2.45pm Official Opening by The Right Worshipful, the Lord Mayor of Bradford, Cllr. Michael Gibbons
2.45 Lord Mayor formal opening
3.00. Haworth Band
3.30. Poetry & background music
4.00. Haworth Band
4.45. Song Birds
8.00. Asian Arts Dancers
8.30. Betsy & the Writer
9.15. Box Jellys
10.00. Foxes Faux
11.00 Goodnight!
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The Friends of Haworth Park have been working for the last ten years to raise finance for a new version, fit for use in the 21st century. As you will see from the photo above, we have done away with the usual plinth, making it suitable for users of all abilities and allowing larger bands to perform without crowding.
Further innovations are a wood strip floor and a cantilevered top which has no supporting poles at the front, allowing drama, dance and other forms of music to be performed. This makes it far more useful for the community, yet still fitting in with the original 1920s park design, now a conservation area and an English Heritage Grade II listed Park.
Haworth Central Park opened in 1927. The first performance on the new bandstand was by Haworth Brass Band.
Haworth Urban Parish Council was subsumed into Keighley in 1938. WW2 began the following year and post-war, there was little or no money for anything but essential maintenance.
By the early 1970s, the structure which had had no maintenance since 1927 was in an unsafe state and it was dismantled and taken to Cliffe Castle in Keighley to be refurbished.
At this point the trail is lost. It may have been that during Local Authority reorganisation in 1974 when Keighley itself was subsumed into Bradford that this project fell through the cracks. Despite local people campaigning for its return, no trace or record of it remains.
The advent of Haworth, Cross Roads & Stanbury Parish Council in 1999 provided a voice and a petition was put in local shops in 2004 asking residents if they would support the return of a bandstand in Haworth Central Park. In just four days the petition received over 300 signatures, underlining the community support for its return.
In 2006, a Friends of Haworth Park Group was formed in partnership with the Parks Department and one of its briefs was to start the process for the return of this much loved focal point in the park.
A New Design
A design brief was produced and it was decided that as brass bands tend to be bigger than pre-war and to meet with the current disability legislation to do away with a raised plinth. A further innovation was to create a performing arts structure - a bandstand in appearance, but with a cantilevered front canopy so that two of the vertical posts could be omitted, to provide a proper stage, suitable for a wider range of different entertainment than a traditional bandstand. Help from Bradford Council in the form of design & planning permission which included Conservation Area and English Heritage approval - helped to move the project forward.
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Small grants from the Parish Council and the Keighley Coordinators Community Chest started the ball rolling. Collecting boxes appeared in local shops, with generous contributions from the public. Local fund raising events helped and then a major windfall came when the Worth
Valley Ward Councillors donated £10,000 from their fund following sale of Leeds Bradford Airport.
This, with money from the collecting boxes, private donations and generous help from Bradford Council saw the old base to be removed; new foundations, a new ground level base with a weather proof wooden strip floor and a new electrical supply put into place.
A contribution from The Lord Mayor of Bradfords charity appeal 2010-11 added over £13,000 to the project and finally, in 2013, a Military Community Covenant Grant of over £40,000 was won, providing sufficient capital to complete the structure.
The project went out to tender in late 2013 and the performing arts structure was built by Andy Thornton Ltd and completed in early April 2014.
The 22nd June has been chosen for the official opening as a part of the week long Haworth Arts Festival, now in its 4th year.
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WASHINGTON - Georgetown University senior men's basketball player Jason Clark (Arlington, Va./Bishop O'Connell) said that he knew his summer was really over when the Hoyas started practicing last week. Even Head Coach John Thompson III agreed with him.
Under NCAA rules, teams that travel overseas are allowed 10 days to practice before their trip. Thompson and his team are departing for a trip to China on Saturday. The Hoyas will arrive in Beijing on Sunday and play a pair of games against teams from the Chinese Basketball Association before departing for Shanghai, where they will play two more games and participate in Nike's "Festival of Sports."
"It feels weird to see all of you guys," Thompson said to the assembled media, "in August. But it's a different feel, very much like the preseason. This trip is a good trip for us in many facets. As the head coach, it's really exciting to go to China. I've never gone to Asia and it's a good experience to go over and experience a different culture."
But it was at that first day of practice that Clark knew his summer was over. "We're all looking forward to seeing something new," Clark said. "Everyone is saying I want to go to China because we want to be able to experience something new. Especially when we started, on our first day of practice, I knew summer was over and basketball is here."
More than anything, however, Clark said that he and his teammates are looking forward to the opportunity to travel and visit a country none of them have ever been to. "It's exciting," Clark said. "It still hasn't really hit me yet and that's how I tend to take things, so it probably won't until I'm getting ready to get on the plane. I'm really excited to represent the United States and to represent Georgetown. I've never been out of the country so this will be a great experience."
Sims, one of only two seniors on this year's Hoya team, has known of the trip for some time now, like most of his teammates, but feels the sense of urgency as it gets closer. "We heard about it around this time last year and I was like, `Wow, China," Sims said, "and now it's Saturday coming. When I heard about it, I honestly didn't give it too much thought, but as it gets closer and closer, it's getting more and more surreal. The furthest I've been out of the country is Canada for a day. It's going to be a fun trip and I'm excited to see another culture."
While the Hoyas will play four games, and possibly an additional scrimmage during their stay, they will also get to experience the cultures of Beijing and Shanghai, including a pair of clinics with youths in the country.
"In all honesty, most of it may be cultural," John Thompson III said. "We're going to play four games, but how often do we get the chance to take a trip like this and to experience something like this? From a basketball perspective, a lot of the value in the trip will take place before we leave with the 10 days of practice that we can have."
Of course, the trip is also a chance for a young team to get a chance to play and get to know each other on the court as well. "There's obviously an educational component and a basketball part of it," sophomore forward Nate Lubick (Southboro, Mass./St. Marks) said. "We're there for business. It's the start of the season and we have to look at it that way and I think everyone will. I think it's a huge advantage for us to be there. We're really young with five sophomores and five freshmen and to go over there and play games against teams that are better than we think will be good for us."
I'm most excited to play," junior forward Hollis Thompson (Los Angeles, Calif./LaSalle) said. "I'm very excited to go to China and see things, but I want to go there and play basketball."
During the last two weeks, the team has been going through some orientations with the Inter-Cultural Center at Georgetown and they have learned a few things, including getting familiar with using chopsticks, eating different foods and some language basics.
"It's poor," Clark joked of his ability with chopsticks. "I can't use chopsticks to save my life." " "Honestly, I haven't practiced (with them)," Hollis Thompson said. "I told Coach that I bet I can find a fork somewhere. That's one thing I'm not looking forward to."
Getting used to using chopsticks isn't the only adjustment the Hoyas will have while dining in China. "We have had some introduction to the food we'll be eating," Sims added. "I had duck for the first time, but I'm going to have to eat it again."
"Everyone likes Chinese food," Clark said. "My favorite is sesame chicken, but I've been told that doesn't really exist over there."
Head Coach John Thompson even admitted that he still has work to do in order to be ready for the trip.
"I still have a couple of days," the head coach admitted. "At this point, it's (his Chinese) non-existent. My daughter downloaded onto my ipad an English to Chinese translator so I have that with me. And we have a cheat sheet from some orientation sessions with key phrases on it so I'll make sure I have that with me."
One thing Thompson said that he is not sure anyone is ready for is how intense fans are for the sport of basketball in China.
"There are as many people playing basketball in China as there are in the United States and that's an amazing stat," Thompson said. "I don't think (the players) are ready it (how intense the Chinese fans are). I'm not sure I am, but that's one of the beauties of this trip is that basketball is huge and growing there. From an institutional standpoint, we're getting a chance to represent Georgetown and to help grow it there. It's something that President (John) DeGioia has continued to work on and make Georgetown an international institution and this trip is just part of that."
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In the wake of the Newtown shooting, UN negotiators are gathering for one last push for a strong treaty to regulate international arms sales.
Thalif Deen, last updated: December 27, 2012
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Amidst a politically divisive debate on gun control in the United States following a rash of mass shootings, the United Nations will meet in March to finalise an Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) after nearly two decades of negotiations.
Dr. Natalie Goldring, a senior research fellow at the Center for Security Studies at the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, told IPS the upcoming conference probably represents the last opportunity to reach an Arms Trade Treaty within the U.N. structure.
"If this conference fails, supporters of an ATT are likely to look outside the U.N. for the next stage of negotiations, as was the case with the Landmine Treaty," said Goldring, who has been monitoring negotiations since the early 1990s.
She said the real test of the ATT will be whether it helps set strong international standards for the arms trade.
If it helps bolster international human rights and humanitarian law, she argued, it will be a success, and it will save lives.
"If a weak ATT is negotiated, it may undermine existing practice and international law. Simply put, a weak ATT could be worse than not having an ATT," warned Goldring.
The 193-member General Assembly last week voted overwhelmingly – 133 to nil, with 17 abstentions – to hold the conference Mar. 18-28, 2013.
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The abstentions, mostly from the Middle East, included Bahrain, Belarus, Bolivia, Cuba, Egypt, Iran, Kuwait, Myanmar, Nicaragua, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Venezuela and Yemen.
The conference is expected to approve a treaty to regulate the estimated 73-billion-dollar global arms trade. In 2011, the United States alone concluded arms agreements worth 66.3 billion dollars, according to the Congressional Research Service.
The current draft text, which will be the negotiating document next March, has been kicked around since July 2012.
The National Rifle Association (NRA), the most powerful gun lobby in the United States, has opposed the treaty on the mistaken belief it will hinder or deprive gun ownership in the country.
Brian Wood, arms control manager at Amnesty International, said the upcoming meeting will be the final leg of a 17-year campaign by his London-based human rights organisation and its partners.
The primary objective, he said, was to achieve an arms trade treaty to help protect people on the ground who, time and again, have borne the brunt of human rights violations during armed repression, violence and conflicts around the globe.
"We know sceptics will keep trying to undermine the human rights rules in the final treaty, but Amnesty International and its partners will keep up the pressure to secure the strongest possible text that protects human rights," Wood said.
Last July, after nearly a month of negotiations, U.N. member states were close to an agreement on the proposed treaty.
But the U.S. delegation announced on the last day of the conference that it would not be able to support the draft treaty text that had been negotiated, and that insufficient time remained to reach agreement on a revised text.
With that statement, and the concurrence of other key arms suppliers, the talks collapsed.
Since the mid-1990s, the NRA has opposed U.N. efforts to reduce gun violence. It was unsuccessful in blocking the Programme of Action on Small Arms and Light Weapons in 2001.
"And I believe they will also fail in their efforts to prevent the signing of an Arms Trade Treaty," Goldring predicted.
The proposed ATT does not affect civilian possession of weapons, and NRA efforts to claim otherwise are at best misleading, she said.
"The NRA's outrageous statements about the ATT seem designed to mobilise their supporters. Their tactics may also be effective as a fundraising tool. But there's no factual basis for the NRA's claims," Goldring added.
Ironically, the NRA's trumped-up objections to an ATT free the U.S. government to negotiate a strong treaty, she said.
"If an ATT is unlikely to be ratified in the United States in the near term, there's little incentive to compromise with U.S. senators who oppose a strong treaty," she said.
"The political environment is quite different (since the November presidential polls). My hope is that President (Barack) Obama's convincing re-election victory last month will help ensure that the U.S. delegation advocates a strong ATT now and in the negotiating conference next spring," Goldring said.
Meanwhile, the biggest stumbling block to a strong ATT is the continued emphasis on consensus. If even a single delegation announces that it is unable to support consensus on the treaty, it will not be agreed.
"By insisting on consensus adoption of a treaty, the U.S. government has a veto over a prospective treaty," said Dr Goldring.
"But it also gives every other country a veto, including sceptical delegations such as Iran, Pakistan, Cuba, and Egypt. This reduces the likelihood of success in March," she added.
The U.S. government has made clear its refusal to accept a treaty with any provisions that would restrict civilian possession of firearms in the United States. It has even published its "diplomatic redlines" on the Department of State website, an action that may be without precedent in this context.
Thus far the U.S. government has also opposed any inclusion of ammunition or explosives in the treaty, which Goldring considers "short sighted".
"At a minimum, all countries should be required to track ammunition when it is exported, as the United States already does. To be effective, an ATT must include all types of transfers and all types of conventional weapons, including their parts, components, and munitions," she said.
Thalif Deen is a contributor to Inter Press Service.
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Michele Flournoy, co-founder of the "liberal hawk" Center for a New American Security, has been widely mentioned as a possible successor to Pentagon chief Chuck Hagel, despite her at times militaristic policy positions. "Rather than proposing a different course for the administration's foreign policy," quipped one conservative writer, Flournoy "appears to possibly be the person to entrench it for rest of Obama's term."
The Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD), a neoconservative think tank and advocacy group based in Washington, has endeavored to undermine the Obama administration's negotiations with Iran. FDD executive director Mark Dubowitz recently voiced support for measures by hawkish members of Congress that seek to give Congress a greater role in the negotiations, such as getting an "up or down vote on" any deal. Dubowitz has also suggested that Congress "defend the sanctions architecture" on Iran even if an agreement is reached.
The Center for Security Policy (CSP), run by notorious Islamophobe Frank Gaffney, has rabidly opposed negotiating with Iran over its country's nuclear program. With the deadline to reach an agreement fast approaching, CSP fellows have argued that it would pose "an existential threat to Israel" and a "deadly threat to U.S. national security." They have also urged Congress to "repudiate the nuclear talks and any agreement resulting from them."
AIPAC, "America's pro-Israel lobby," has attempted to influence the nuclear negotiations between Iran and the P5+1 by supporting hawkish congressional measures that many analysts say could derail the diplomatic process. The lobby has strongly endorsed a letter from Reps. Ed Royce (R-CA) and Eliot Engel (D-NY) pressuring Secretary of State John Kerry to broaden the scope of demands in a potential agreement, which many observers have criticized as containing "distortions of the truth."
Although largely dormant in recent years, the Committee on the Present Danger—the Cold War-era pressure group that was re-launched after 9/11 with support from leading neoconservatives—continues to use it website to plug fear-mongering media stories and op-eds, focusing mainly on Iran. One recent article, written by a CPD member, rails against efforts to reach a diplomatic compromise over Iran's nuclear program, claiming: "It is hard to rationalize the past history of this fanatical Muslim regime's secret nuclear efforts and any hope that it would abide by such an agreement, or, indeed, that UN or other surveillance would be more effective than in the past."
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With talks between Iran and the P5+1 extended by seven months, "pro-Israel" and Republican hawks have ramped up their rhetoric, calling for Congress to be given a veto over any final deal.
November 24, 2014
Negotiators in Vienna failed to reach an agreement over Iran's nuclear program and extended the deadline to July 1, 2015.
November 19, 2014
The Bipartisan Policy Center, which claims to support "reasoned negotiation and respectful dialogue," has firmly aligned itself with neoconservatives on Iran.
November 18, 2014
Israel's chief fear in a possible nuclear deal with Iran is that it will lose an enemy that it shares in common with the United States, and thus Washington's commitment to its security.
November 17, 2014
A Republican-controlled Senate could leave a huge imprint on President Obama's foreign policy agenda during his last two years in office.
November 11, 2014
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The Monkey Wrench Gang: Coming to a Theater Near You?
I teach 8th grade social studies in Tuba City, and would love to see TMWG made into a film. We're dealing with some gang stuff, so that is the first connector. Second, and more important, we have a plume of radioactive contamination from the old uranium processing plant slowly moving into the sacred springs at Moenkopi, and who knows how much radioactive dust is settling in our lungs every time a SE wind arises? The Bush EPA has been silent (surprise!), but the House Government Oversight Committee is beginning to move. My kids could relate well, and now is the time for some green action.
A Sad Sign of the Times: NPS Promotes Body Armor Options To Rangers
David I must respectfully ask, from your own comments ("If there is NOT a significant volume of gun crime in parks, then why not preserve and respect the current laws prohibiting gun carrying in the parks"); Are you objective enough to ask the same question about why this law was placed on the books in the first place, (the parks did not always designate themselves as a "gun-free zone")? If its really only about poaching then why would we have FEDERAL lands oppose a constitutional amendment? Certainly you understand the difference between a hunting rifle and a concealable weapon? Certainly someone who speaks on gun ownership and the role of the federal government understands ballistics enough to know the range of a .375 H&H Mag and a .380 Auto. Even more confusing would be a .50 Cal Desert Eagle and a .50 Cal Barret. The designation you're looking for is "concealable". While all weapons can be lethal, states have laws on what powder and size a cartridge must be for each game type so as to not inflict a non-lethal wound on an animal.
If there is no need to change a law because of lack of evidence then there is no reason it should be on the books other than to restrict individual rights.
Groups Sue Cape Hatteras National Seashore Over ORV Traffic
As a native Cape Codder I have been visiting the Outer Banx for 5 years now. I leave one beachside community in the summer and happily drive 18 hrs to get to yours. Beach access has become so limited here that I am more than happy to pack up my family of 6 and head to your beautiful beaches. We shut down large portions of our waterfront when a single Piping Plover nest is found. Our towns charge us to use our own beaches and the rich continue to use their power to close off sections of beach that have been for years open to everyone. The reason I head to the Outer Banx is that it reminds me of what the Cape used to be like when I was a kid, and before it was hijacked by limosine liberals and over zealous environmentalists. In my years of coming to your community I have only observed courteous and respectful ORVers. Once you start limiting access you will be done as a destination resort. We are all in favor of protecting the environment and it's wildlife, but by bending to the vocal minority and their all or nothing philosophies you will only lose your rights, your traditions and your incomes.
Should Canyon de Chelly Be Given to the Navajo Nation?
Kurt, I'd hate to see Canyon de Chelly National Monument decommissioned (or delisted, or disestablished, or whatever you call it). Can't we continue to carry this cultural treasure on the national park rolls even if it's turned over to the Navajo Nation for administration? I have one other question: Has there ever been a national park with a name more likely to be mispronounced?
Should Canyon de Chelly Be Given to the Navajo Nation?
Tricky. Canyon de Chelly has two distinctive contexts. One is the prehistoric culture of the Anasazi. The ruins in the canyon, the petroglyphs at the walls are precolumbian and the Navajo are not directly related to these previous occupants of the canyon.
But Canyon de Chelly was later (in historic times) settled by the Navajo, and the canyon was twice their last stronghold. In 1804 against Spaniards and in 1864 when the army under Kit Carson rounded the whole nation up and tried to drive them to their designated reservation in the New Mexico. They fought. Kit Carson employed a tactic of scorched earth and used famine as weapon against the last warriors, who hid in the caves and other hideouts of the canyon. They finally gave up and next came the "Long Walk" to the reservation. Many didn't make it and died on the way. About four years later the Navajo got their new reservation where most still live, and that encompasses Canyon de Chelly.
The National Monument was dedicated primarily for the ruins. Handing it over to the Navajo would emphasize their history in the canyon.
Today visitors who are not of Native American ancestry may only visit the rim on their own and get down to one ruin on a designated trail. All other parts of the valley floor are accessible by tours only, led by native members of the staff. The canyon is spectacular. Wikipedia has this image of "Spider Rock", a solitaire sandstone spire about 800 feet tall: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Spider_Rock.jpg
Tune-in For Yosemite National Park
Thanks Kurt. I ususally don't watch the Travel Channel, but I'll set my DVR to record this show.
Park Lands For Sale: Can the National Park Service Afford Them?
The integrity of the nature in these parks, and the preservation of lands of national historical value, should be a priority. These are factors, along with other laws that are still in place, that distinguish us from ecological wastelands such as mainland China and eastern Europe (as misused during the Soviet era).
If as is being stated, those private landowners were previously compensated, perhaps an impartial board should consider whether those deals were reasonable under federal law, and what the rights of these private "owners" are, if any.
The fact that the National Parks Service is not receiving the funding ($190 million yearly?!) from oil drilling fees, is a crime, and the federal officials behind this should be arrested and prosecuted for malfeasance. If it goes as far as the president, he should be impeached for violation of the federal trust. This is the true patriotism. Wolves in sheeps clothing who are trying to privatize and monetize every square inch of our heritage, are not patriots and on the contrary if there are laws or contracts being broken should be relieved of their offices and if appropriate should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.
A Sad Sign of the Times: NPS Promotes Body Armor Options To Rangers
May I come in with a fresh viewpoint? Question: are visitors to the parks being assaulted when they visit (more than, say, once a year)? If so, if gun violence in national parks is rampant, we have a bigger problem than is solved by allowing everyone to carry guns will solve; we have a societal problem and an enforcement problem. If there is NOT a significant volume of gun crime in parks, then why not preserve and respect the current laws prohibiting gun carrying in the parks.
The reference to storm troopers sounds like crazy talk. But I understand that not everyone takes that attitude. It does seem that a national park should be a disarmed zone; park rangers should be able to carry guns if they wish. Has anyone, anyone at all, accused them of committing gun crimes? The park is not the same as general state property, and should be considered differently from generic land. The park is disarmed to protect the wildlife.
I know some people disagree - but I will end by repeating this question: is there currently a genuine need to defend oneself in national parks, or is this fight over the PRINCIPLE of the matter? If the former, I would say we need a careful look at the whole situation (and maybe more park rangers!) and possibly, possibly allow legal gun carrying. If the latter, then I say, disarm our parks - and pursue the visual, the olfactory, the aural enjoyment of nature.
A Sad Sign of the Times: NPS Promotes Body Armor Options To Rangers
I know you're just baiting me, but since you asked....
Your first question cuts both ways. If you're law-abiding, why such an obsessive problem with abiding by or trying to overthrow the existing law? And really, more than a few "law-abiding" CCW holders already have said they broke the law by carrying in the parks, so what's your definition of "law-abiding"? And answer this: If the current regulations are left intact and you are found to be carrying illegally in a national park, will you forfeit your firearm? Will you agree that you are a criminal?
As for your last comment, how do you know I don't like guns? I've gone hunting in the past, have an air rifle to keep the varmints out of the garden, even had the pleasure of firing off a few rounds from a Casull .454, and long admired the Browning collection in Ogden, Utah, and the Cody Firearms Museum at the Buffalo Bill Historical Center.
While you chew on that question, here are some findings on RTC laws from the National Academy of Science, which produced a report, Firearms and Violence: A Critical Review, in 2004 (it's the most recent study on this issue):
Deterrence and Defense
Although a large body of research has focused on the effects of firearms on injury, crime, and suicide, far less attention has been devoted to understanding the defensive and deterrent effects of firearms. Firearms are used by the public to defend against crime. Ultimately, it is an empirical question whether defensive gun use and concealed weapons laws generate net social benefits or net social costs.
Defensive Gun Use
Over the past decade, a number of researchers have conducted studies to measure the prevalence of defensive gun use in the population. However, disagreement over the definition of defensive gun use and uncertainty over the accuracy of survey responses to sensitive questions and the methods of data collection have resulted in estimated prevalence rates that differ by a factor of 20 or more. These differences in the estimated prevalence rates indicate either that each survey is measuring something different or that some or most of them are in error. Accurate measurement on the extent of defensive gun use is the first step for beginning serious dialog on the efficacy of defensive gun use at preventing injury and crime.
For such measurement, the committee recommends that a research program be established to (1) clearly define and understand what is being measured, (2) understand inaccurate response in the national gun use surveys, and (3) apply known methods or develop new methods to reduce reporting errors to the extent possible. A substantial research literature on reporting errors in other contexts, as well as well-established survey sampling methods, can and should be brought to bear to evaluate these response problems.
Right-to-Carry Laws
A total of 34 states have laws that allow qualified adults to carry concealed handguns. Right-to-carry laws are not without controversy: some people believe that they deter crimes against individuals; others argue that they have no such effect or that they may even increase the level of firearms violence. This public debate has stimulated the production of a large body of statistical evidence on whether right-to-carry laws reduce or increase crimes against individuals.
However, although all of the studies use the same basic conceptual model and data, the empirical findings are contradictory and in the committee's view very fragile. Some studies find that right-to-carry laws reduce violent crime, others find that the effects are negligible, and still others find that such laws increase violent crime. The committee concludes that it is not possible to reach any scientifically supported conclusion because of (a) the sensitivity of the empirical results to seemingly minor changes in model specification, (b) a lack of robustness of the results to the inclusion of more recent years of data (during which there were many more law changes than in the earlier period), and (c) the statistical imprecision of the results. The evidence to date does not adequately indicate either the sign or the magnitude of a causal link between the passage of right-to-carry laws and crime rates. Furthermore, this uncertainty is not likely to be resolved with the existing data and methods. If further headway is to be made, in the committee's judgment, new analytical approaches and data are needed.
You can find the entire report here.
I'm glad you like some of the other national park posts you find on the Traveler. Believe me when I say I'll be glad when this issue is put to bed, whichever way it goes.
Former National Park Service Directors Urge Interior Secretary To Keep Guns Out of Parks
Since you fancy yourself a scholar of political verbage. Maybe you can interpret the following for us, and tell us how the founding fathers really were trying to say that we didn't have the right to carry guns individually: (Good Luck)
*First, Thomas Jefferson: No Freeman shall ever be disbarred from the use of arms.
*Arms in the hands of citizens may be used at individual discretion in private self-defense, John Adams.
*The Constitution preserves the advantage of being armed with Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation, where the Government are afraid to trust their people with arms, James Madison.
*Arms discourage and keep the invader and the plunderer in awe and preserve order in the world as well as property. Horrid mischief would ensue if the law-abiding were deprived the use of private arms, Thomas Payne.
*Laws that forbid the carrying of arms disarm only those who are neither inclined, nor determined to commit crimes. Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants. They serve rather to encourage than prevent homicides from an unarmed man, may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man, Thomas Jefferson.
*A militia, when properly formed, are in fact the people themselves. They include all men capable of bearing arms. To preserve liberty is essential that the whole body of people always possess arms and be taught alike how to use them, Richard Henry Lee.
*The Constitution shall never be construed to prevent the people of the United States who are peaceable citizens from keeping their own arms, Samuel Adams.
*I ask, sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people. To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them, George Mason.
A Sad Sign of the Times: NPS Promotes Body Armor Options To Rangers
I do not understand your obsession with denying licensed law abiding men and women the right to protect themselves in a National Park with a firearm. Courts in cities like Washington DC which has an extensive gun ban have already ruled that the police are under no obligation to provide protection to private citizens in "Warren v. District of Columbia". Since large areas of park are patrolled by a few rangers why shouldn't citizens be allowed to carry a firearm if they have a permit? Discharging a firearm is against the law in a park as it is anywhere else. If two women choose to enjoy the back country themselves and they have a CCW what's wrong with it being legal for them to bring along their protection? Or anybody else for that matter?
I do enjoy some of your other stories on the national parks. We all know you don't like guns.
A Sad Sign of the Times: NPS Promotes Body Armor Options To Rangers
"Rangers deal with enough illegal guns..."
Really? How many?
"...so please give then a break..."
Citizens with CCW permits are trained and can give law enforcement rangers the "break" they need by protecting themselves. Criminals know it's illegal for law-abiding citizens to carry arms in parks, which makes visitors attactive targets, especially since rangers, in critically short supply, are the only legal bearers of arms in parks.
"...and don't make them worry about more guns in the parks."
I knew one law enforcement ranger who didn't "worry" at all about his own gun, a Glock 9mm that he left unsecured out in the open on the living room floor of his shared housing.
Joel is absolutely right that every argument supporting the need for armed law enforcement rangers is an argument that supports the right of law-abiding citizens to bear arms in national parks.
A Sad Sign of the Times: NPS Promotes Body Armor Options To Rangers
Where are these official reports of rangers being shot at? I'm not saying it doesn't happen, but please do share this information with us rather than create control through fear. By simple fact that our parks are so unsafe with criminals who would shoot at a ranger, you've only created the need for good people to be armed as well. Every argument you make that a ranger should need a gun and have body armor is an argument for citizens to have the right to self protection. Until we have some future predicting ability there will be no way for a ranger to know where every crime is going to happen. No law enforcement body can stop all crime no matter how diligent they are. This arrogance by government agencies (particularly law enforcement) is the exact kind of "god-complex" that should never be allowed to touch a firearm, let alone protect another's life.
I guess once again it must be stated that we all know there is no such thing as a CCW permit for federal lands. We are asking the federal government to recognize the sovereignty of a state in which the park is designated. This would be a rule change. No one is suggesting that breaking the law is the right thing to do. We're suggesting that there should never be a reason for the federal government to "infringe" on the 2nd amendment in an outdoor peaceful setting where (according to you) rangers are being shot at every year.
Park Lands For Sale: Can the National Park Service Afford Them?
Ah, but some people (not me) consider earmarking funds for park lands to be just as bad as "bridges to nowhere." Adding more funds to the Land and Water Conservation Fund would be a big step in the right direction. And the headline is correct. Many of these lands are for sale to whomever can pay the most.
Groups Sue Cape Hatteras National Seashore Over ORV Traffic
I have lived on Hatteras Island my entire life, and I have grown up learning the importance of preserving and protecting our fragile environment. While driving on the beach. Park Rangers and self-policing, as VCHawk said, account for the responsible behavior of drivers on the beach. I have never seen anyone doing donuts or driving recklessly on the sand. To do that would be suicide, at the very least to your vehicle. I am more worried for my safety when crossing highway 12 in the summer than I am the beach.
The argument has been made that pedestrian traffic will still be permitted. However, only a small percentage of the beach is accessible to pedestrians. Cape Point, in Buxton, is almost entirely inaccessible, unless you want to walk a mile or more in the sand, in addition to the distance to the beach itself. Ryan, I agree that exercise is good, but not everyone can make that walk to get to the most desirable recreation areas. The elderly and disabled enjoy fishing at the point and other areas that cannot be feasibly reached by foot. Are we to deny them this?
Banning beach driving would also have an economic impact on the area. Nearly all of the 5,000 residents of Hatteras Island depend on tourism on some level. ANY loss in income could be disastrous for already struggling families. My mother works for a vacation rental company, and several clients who have booked with her for years have not rebooked, stating that they will not vacation there if they cannot drive on the beach.
The national seashore was NOT set up as a wildlife refuge. There is a wildlife refuge just north of Rodanthe. No ORVs there. And the beach is still eroding there, by the way. From what I've seen, it's eroding at a greater rate than the beaches that allow ORV use.
Another reason that pedestrian-only access to the beach would not work: People driving ORVs use designated beach access areas. Driving over the dunes is simply madness. Do you believe that all pedestrians only use designated walk-overs? From having lived there my entire life, seeing vehicles parked alongside the highway at the S-curves just north of Rodanthe, I have seen the problems of pedestrian-only access to certain areas of the beach. People walk over the dunes with no regard for the fragile plant life that holds them together. That is why the dunes just north of Rodanthe wash out so often and cause problems for drivers trying to get on or off the island.
I agree that something should be done to either limit beach traffic or to make sure that ORV users know the rules. One way to do the latter is by requiring a special permit to drive on the beach. People living on the Outer Banks could get this permit as an endorsement on their license, similar to a motorcycle endorsement, etc. Take a separate exam at the DMV on the rules and regulations about beach driving, and issue a sticker or rear-view-mirror hanger with this license so that park rangers know those permitted and those not. Vacationers could go to the Dare County Park Service Office in Manteo and get a temporary permit by taking a similar exam. This would require a lot of coordination and cooperation between all levels of government, but it could work. Making sure people know the rules is one way to improve beach traffic. If limiting the number of vehicles concerns you, issue a limited number of permits per week or per day for tourists, limit the permits to one per family/vacation group, and have some way to make an exception for the elderly and the disabled. These permits would have some cost associated with them, and the money brought in could help offset the cost of implementing such a plan.
To sum up:
Beach driving is not quite the ecological disaster people are imaginging.
A ban on beach driving would cause some popular recreation areas to be inaccessible, often to the elderly and disabled who have vacationed here for generations.
This ban would have economic consequences.
There is already a wildlife refuge in place.
Pedestrian traffic on the dunes would cause more damage than there is already, and this traffic would be increased by banning ORV use.
Something needs to be done: Permits.
See you at the beach.
A Sad Sign of the Times: NPS Promotes Body Armor Options To Rangers
Just because you don't hear about Rangers getting shot at everyday doesn't mean it isn't happening. In fact, every year Rangers get shot at, but more importantly it isn't just about getting shot at. Rangers are still the most assaulted of all Federal law enforcement officials. In case you haven't noticed, bad guys take vacation too. Rangers have always carried guns. in fact, the first people to enforce the law in National Parks were Army cavalry troops. Rangers are cops, plain and simple; cops wear body armor.
As far as the guns in National Parks it doesn't matter if you have a CCW permit for any state. When you are in the park you are on Federal Land and there is no CCW for Federal Land. If you choose to carry while you are in a National Park then you choose to break the law. If you choose to break the law then you should accept the punishment you receive if/when you get caught. There are a lot of places you can't carry, even with a permit, and National Parks just happen to be one of them. I am a gun owner and believe in the right to carry legally. Rangers deal with enough illegal guns, so please give then a break and don't make them worry about more guns in the parks. They have a hard enough job as it is.
How Are Entrance Fees Affecting Visitation?
I have never been to the Great Smoky Mountains but I suspect that they get alot of their visitation from citizens of states that have no mountains.When you think about it, there are many states within close proximity of the Smokies who have to travel to either GA, NC or TN if they want a mountain vacation.Virginia, however is surrounded by other states that already have mountains of their own.As beautiful as Shenandoah is,why would someone from WV or PA come to Virginia and see mountains when they have them in their own backyard? Most of the visitors to Shenandoah I suspect are from Virginia and DC alone could make up the difference between annual visitation differences between the two parks.Cities further away like Baltimore or Philadelphia already have mountains that are much closer so I doubt citizens of these two cities would make many treks down to Virginia. As far as fees go, it's probably more of an issue for people who actually live in and around Shenandoah than it is for DC residents.People who live in NW Virginia are not as affluent on the whole as those in DC and after all why pay to go through SNP when you can see it from your front porch.The DC jet set crowd's idea of a nice getaway is something other than the mountains most of the time.They think "water" and not "mountains" excpet in ski season and then they fly to the west coast for that.I have seen pictures of the Smokies and they are beautiful but I can't think of any place more beautiful than Shenandoah.It is truly God's country.
Elevated Sulphur Dioxide Levels Prompt Closure of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
My wife and I live on Oahu. She was able to smell the sulfur in the air yesterday. Depends on the wind direction, but it's not good.
Former National Park Service Directors Urge Interior Secretary To Keep Guns Out of Parks
Your constant quibbling over the verbiage in the 2nd Amendment is taking nit-picking to new extremes. First, nobody want to admit that the statement regarding forming a well-regulated militia being necessary to the defense of our nation even exists. Second, the text of the amendment states that you can indeed own firearms to support said militia and its operations in defense of the nation. Nowhere does the amendment guarantee your "rights" to carry said firearms anywhere you damn well please. The amendment requires little change. The real change is relegated to those who try and interpret law, religion, history and countless other nuances of man for their own benefit. Try considering the "good of the whole" instead of your personal freedoms. As stated too many times to mention within this site, your freedom of speech is limited so as to not cause undue harm to others, and to encourage thought processes to proceed verbal outbursts that might be dangerous in a given set of circumstances. The rights of those who CHOOSE to smoke are being pared away in state after state. You also may CHOOSE to own weapons, but you do NOT have the "right" to do with them as you please. To do such would be purposefully ignoring your responsibility as a gun-owner. If you feel such a need, or desire to constantly have your little friend strapped to your thigh, why not join today's militia, the National Guard? They would welcome you with open "arms"!
By the way, I am proudly neither a Liberal Loser NOR a Conservative Crybaby. You should distance yourselves from said political affiliations and try to see the world, the ENTIRE world, without the Labels of Limited Intelligence.
Big Cypress National Preserve: Is More ORV Access In Bear Island Unit Wise?
radom walker, you are right i love four wheeling too its fun i can't see how someone wouldn't like it. and/or want to get rid of it, anyway nice comment!!!! : ]
The Monkey Wrench Gang: Coming to a Theater Near You?
Somewhere at Slick Rock old Abbey will review this film with much enthusiasm...and may his spirit live on. I met this man many years ago and just seeing him you could feel the power of his crusty behavior...cantankerous and witty! They better do this film right or justice will be swift!!
The Monkey Wrench Gang: Coming to a Theater Near You?
I loved that book!! I hope they stay true to the book because then it will be an excellent movie.
A Sad Sign of the Times: NPS Promotes Body Armor Options To Rangers
The parks are the same sanctuaries as they have always been. Only the public perception of fear has changed. There are no gunfights in the park, no armed gangs lurking for backcountry hikers. I don't have access to any archive of the "morning reports", but how often are rangers shot at? Like never?
Go out, have fun, don't worry about dangers that won't affect you even in several life times. Worry about accidents on the road to the parks, but not about gunfights in the backcountry.
Lake Powell Expected to Rise 50 Feet This Summer
"The science" has already spoken. Now it's up to the media, the politicians and of course the public to understand the interdependencies: Global warming means more energy in the climate system (as heat is energy, any rising of the medium temperature puts more energy in the system). More energy in a system dos not necessarily mean that all temperatures will rise. Only the average will, but some of the additional energy will show in more extremes (as that is another aspect or more energy in a system).
So expect more precipitation in shorter times, meaning flash floods. And more droughts. Both are aspects of more energy in the climate system.
A Sad Sign of the Times: NPS Promotes Body Armor Options To Rangers
Deep breaths now....ahhh. I stated many many times on this site, and for some reason, people feel the need to sensationalize without thinking about what they're saying. This proposed rule change WILL NOT allow any ol' Joe to bring a gun into the park. It will only permit those citizens and/or "citizens on patrol" to carry their weapons they already carry with permission of the state, into the park.
There is no legislation in the world that will make someone obey the law. I'm sorry but the sad fact is we all have our own ability to choose. Criminals will not be allowed to carry guns into the park if this rule change is reversed back in accordance with the second amendment.
Tough concept to grasp but please try to understand. If you are a "law breaker" and you want to take a gun in the park...you will (why? because you have no regard for the rule of law). If you obey the law and have permission of your current state to carry a firearm then you don't have to keep it in a lock box outside the park or hidden in your car for someone to steal should you decide to grab a sandwich. If you have a concealed carry permit and the state where you are visiting the NP doesn't have reciprocity with your state....you can't legally take it into the park (no rule now or even if this change goes through will change that). Please read the legislation proposal before freaking out because all gun accidents are reported and relatively few gun heroics are reported.


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