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Alec Baldwin Flees Twitter after NYPD Launches "Hate Crime" Investigation.
I can't stand Alec Baldwin, but "hate crime investigation?" Are you kidding me?
He called a photographer a coon. Where's the crime? I see the stupidity, but I'm pretty sure that's not a crime, because if it was we'd be shaving Joe Biden's ankles and putting lube on his temples right about now.
I hate to do this, but I have to in order to prove a point and be the canary in the coal mine.
I hope people (and especially the plaintiff) understand me when I say, "hey photographer, YOU'RE A COON!"
Now come and get me.
Seriously, what is happening in America?
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Damn! I live in the south and I haven't heard that expression in a coon's age.Noteworthy Comment +11
Massive Hysterical Stupidity Disorder, BFH.+1
I agree that "hate crime investigations" are moronic, but the concept is a libtard creation. I personally like seeing an ignorant, lib gasbag like Baldwin be the target of their own stupid PC laws. What goes around, comes around.+7
Nobody has a right to tell anybody who they can or cannot hate. What if you hate everything and everybody (like a few people I've known did), does that make everything you do and say a crime?
Sure Baldwin is a hateful piece of shit, and make the bastard run till he has a heart attack, but I agree that "hate crime" laws are nothing but a political tool for leftists.+4
Having been called a "racist" for 50 years because I am a white, hetrosexual, Christan male gves me a yawn. What nex, nigger?
Oh these so senative flowers that bloom is horse shit, err poop, I meant poop+2
As tempting as it is to point and laugh, it's actually time to come to Baldwin's defense, not pile on. In order to best illustrate how friggin stupid their beliefs are we should save him from his own hoisted petard.
Cheering on the PC police, because we like who the target is now, does us no good at all.+9
Unless I'm mistaken, the word, "coon" was banned here until recently. I've tried to write something about coon dogs in the past and got kicked plum out of the comment box with nothing to show for it.
Thanks for fixings that error that must have angered every coon hunter that posts here.
Try writing Hines. That gets you bounced too. The name Hines isn't offensive, it's used to block a user. If you use words from time to time and the comment doesn't appear it's because it's probably part of a blacklist of trolls. But, and this is a big but (like Michelle's, we're not going to leave up comments that are overtly racist and ignorant. I used the word "coon" to illustrate a point, that someone shouldn't be investigated by the police as if it's a crime to use the word. But if Alec Baldwin, or anyone else, just kept dropping the term "coon" around to describe EVERY BLACK PERSON, or a person they know nothing about, or a good citizen that happens to be black, I'm deleting it.
It's not a crime, but it's not welcomed here.
Baldwin was obviously niggled by the black photographer, but the PC police have turned niggardly social actions into major crimes.+2
Making hatred a crime is a troubling development.
Say, did you know Hate is not a Family Value?
Mostly because it isn't a noun.+1
I'd like to see his response to people on the Right coming to his rescue. Seriously would. It might be good. Like a long lasting jolt from a taser gun, he wouldn't know whether to shit or go blind.+2
Hate Crimes have always been about criminalizing thought. Once you have effectively outlawed incorrect opinions, you have fully enslaved everyone.
Hate crimes and speech crimes have no place in these United States of America, which is why The Left loves them.+6
Chicago didn't start out like it is now.
Somewhere along the line, the people least competent to run anything sought political office, and secured it because they had no ethical compunction about lying, stealing, cheating or killing.
What happened there is happening everywhere.+1
Hate crime, no.
Capital One finally giving him the Mel Gibson treatment, oh ya.+1
I have some coons living under the deck and they've never been offended by the word 'coon.'
They do get a tad upset when I don't leave them popcorn and sunflower seeds.+2
Hey Fur, I'm with you all the way on this. This might be one the breaks conservatives get for turning such a tea party beater. You know Saul went around bashing the Christians until he was rendered blind and left to find his own way.
Hey Alec, if you're reading this I hope you figure it out, dude.+1
The problem is that there is such a THING as a "hate crime".
The concept is flawed and unconstitutional, IMHO. However, it is the law.
I couldn't bring myself to defend that steaming pile of narcissistic pus no matter what.
I wish he'd been charged with "assault" for manhandling the reporter. You can't just go around grabbing people.
I understand she has filed a complaint.+1
If "it's flawed and unconstitutional" then it ain't a law – it's a tyrannical edict.
No one will ever be convicted of a "hate crime" if I'm sitting on the Jury.+2


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Last December 2012, NHK aired a piano and chorale version of Hana wa Saku where pro-figure skater Shizuka Arakawa danced to the song, along with child figure skaters from Miyagi. The chorale is composed of children from Sendai.
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I love London. I went there with family in 2004 and had the time of my life, and am going back with a friend for the Olympics next summer. I was only 13 when I was there so I can't even remember all that much, but something about the city burrowed itself into my heart and is drawing me back like a magnet. Hearing the news of the riots going on over there hit me like a ton of bricks. I can't believe that people are burning and looting such an amazing place. It's truly tragic.
I have complete faith, though, that the city will pick itself up and carry on. We can't let these riots get in the way of seeing London for what it truly is, so here's a reminder of the great stuff.
1. History
I'm a sucker for old buildings and cities steeped in history, and to a nerd like me, it doesn't get much better than London. They have the Globe Theater, the original of which was built by Shakespeare's play company; they have the Tower of London, where criminals were beheaded and disgraced figures were held prisoner; they (sort of) have Oxford University, the oldest English-speaking university in the world. And on and on and on.
2. The iconic monuments
If you think Big Ben is beautiful in photos, I promise you, they do it no justice. It's the most breathtaking building, and looks simply majestic set against a gray sky (so the less than stellar weather has its advantages!). Tower Bridge is unlike anything I've ever seen, before or since, as is the London Eye, the biggest Ferris wheel in the world. There's Buckingham Palace, the prime meridian, Trafalgar Square... again, and on and on and on.
3. Pop culture
Double decker buses! Red telephone booths! The Buckingham Palace guards! Police officers called bobbies! Abbey Road! Platform 9 3/4! These things are completely iconic on TV, in movies, etc., and I dare you not to take a touristy picture with and/or at them.
4. Famous Londoners
Shakespeare, Chaucer, Darwin, Dickens, Churchill, Franklin. Paul McCartney, Johnny Depp, Leona Lewis, George Michael, Elton John, Hugh Grant, Jude Law. Basically the entire cast of Harry Potter. Need I continue?
5. Culture
Art in museums and art made on the sidewalk. Performances in famous theaters and performances on the streets. Covent Garden, Camden, Portobello, and Greenwich Markets. London never just feels like a concrete jungle, cold and impersonal. It's definitely alive and breathing. I cannot wait to go back, as an adult as opposed to a kid, and sink my teeth into everything it has to offer.
6. The people and their spirit
There may have been three nights of riots (here's hoping the police nip it in the bud before the fourth), but kick-ass Londoners aren't curling into the fetal position and giving up. There's a Clean Up London Twitter account that's been posting cleanup times and locations, organizing volunteers, and listing necessary supplies. According to their tweets and photos, people are showing up in droves, and I'm sure many more (including me) are there in spirit.
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Calgary is one of the absolutely best cities to be in during the summer. Not just because of the (mostly) nice weather, and not just because our general populace is receiving tons of greatly needed vitamin D from the big yellow thing in the sky "they" call the sun, thereby increasing happy-making chemicals in our bodies. I will assert that Calgary's summer greatness is primarily due to one simple phenomenon: music concerts.
Calgary has a rich musical culture. We seem to get everyone from major headliners playing stadium shows (Queen, Arcade Fire, Cher), to Indie Music power houses (Modest Mouse, The Weakerthans, Neko Case), to brand new baby bands clawing their way out of obscurity (your best friend's brother's band with the weird name you can never remember). But one thing is vitally true - if you want to hear it, Calgary will have it....most likely during the summer.
Folk Festival kicks off tonight ( where I'll be after I leave the Saddletowne Library) and I have packed my backpack full of festival going essentials: bug spray, sunscreen, sunglasses, rain coat, ipod, towel, and a book. Yes, you read that correctly. I bring books with me to music festivals. This is maybe not so much a novelty as you would expect - waiting happens a lot at concerts. In particular, I like to read biographies and autobiographies. I don't want a book that I get so engrossed in I won't want to put it down, but I do want to keep myself in the feel of my surroundings - trees, birds, people, sun, grass. Sometimes books of poetry written by musicians (afterall, lyrics are just poetry put to music). I'm also fond of reading short story collections as well. But the books I read at concerts have to be three things: brief, interesting, and somehow musically inclined (whatever you take that to mean).
Here are some book recommendations for you or the concert go-er in your life. As always, you can pick them up here at Saddletowne.
1. Stranger Music: Selected poems and songs by Leonard Cohen
A prolific collection of some of Cohen's most beautiful, honest, and simple wordsmithing. Truly wonderful poems to ponder in the sun, while waiting to discover your next favourite band.
2. This is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsessionby David J. Levitin
An interesting, thought-provoking exploration on our relationship with music, and how music shapes our every day lives - both positively and negatively. If you're interested in the technical, brain-related data of music, this is your book.
3. Love is a Mix-TapeBy Rob Sheffield
Before I wanted to work in a library, I wanted to write for Rolling Stone. No joke. Rob Sheffield is, in essence, the marriage of my two loves: books and music. Sheffield recalls his tragic first marriage through the mix tapes he and his wife made throughout their marriage (and her life). From washing the dishes, to folding laundry - they made mix tapes for everything. This book will make you want to take out your tape deck and craft someone a musical interpretation of your soul. For any occasion.
4. Take Another Little Piece of My Heart: A Groupie Grows Upby Pamela Des Barres
A sequel to her first book, I'm With the Band, this is the more mature, down-to-earth Pamela Des Barres. Accounting her life after groupie-hood, Des Barres writes about marriage, motherhood, and inspiration. But don't worry, there's still plenty of Rock N' Roll gossip to recount at your next dinner party.
5. Honky Tonk Girl: My Life in Lyricsby Loretta Lynn
Chances are, if you've made it to the bottom of this blog, you have enough of an interest in music to have read (or seen) Coal Miner's Daughter. This book, dare I say it, is even better. Here, Loretta Lynn explains her artistic process song by song. With beautiful photos, heartbreaking honesty, and a glorious sense of humour, Loretta Lynn tells the stories behind her lyrics, as life was happening to her. This ain't your mom's autobiography.
Youth Read has been in full swing, and the Saddletowne teens have created some amazing, wonderful things!! Come check out what's happening for teens in our library!!
Well, it's finally summer. And goodness, has it taken its sweet time in getting here! While it's hard to actually see summer for all of the rain, summer vacations are looming, the end-of-school is nigh, and our fair city is about to take a giant, well-earned, collective sigh of supreme relief. We made it!
We have written about the very real effect of the summer slump, so I won't belabour emphasizing it here. But the Calgary Public Library has a reading program for you and your entire family. Listed below are our programs by age and the details about participation.
0-5 years6-11 yearsWhat it is: This fun and easy summer program encourages your children to read everyday in increments of either 15 or 20 minutes. Pre-registration is NOT required for this program - simply come to the Saddletowne Library and sign-up at our Summer Reading Club table. We will give you a booklet full of games, your reading notebook, a welcome sticker, and the reading ballot for the week. For children 0-5, we encourage friends and family to read to them, and to help them start to read themselves! For ages 6-11, we encourage them to find books that will challenge them and make them even better readers! How it works: Return each week throughout the summer to submit a completed ballot, and pick up the ballot for next week. Each time you submit a ballot, you will receive a sticker, and your ballot will be entered into prize drawings for free books and GRAND prizes, like a Mad Science Party! Yes, it really is that easy!
12-18 years
What it is: A creative program for your teens done through email and on the Calgary Public Library website. While you do need to sign-up for this program (we need to know where to email your challenges), you do NOT need a library card to participate! Go to our Youth Read page here to sign-up, or come to the Saddletowne Library and our staff will assist you!How it works: Five new challenges are emailed to you every Wednesday throughout the summer. Follow the link to the challenges, and complete each challenge (remember, read the instructions carefully!). Once a challenge is completed, you will be entered into prize drawings for $250.00 gift cards to the Cadillac Malls (Chinook and Market Malls!), $50.00 gift cards to the movies, an autographed John Green box set of books, and many more prizes all summer long!!
Bonus Time: Every Monday night at 6:30 pm, teens can come to the Saddletowne Library and participate in the Challenge Yourself! event. There will be a bonus challenge, and our staff will help you with any other challeneges you want to finish. Don't have a digital camera? Need some glue? Confused about instructions? Challenge nights will help with anything you need. Oh, and we'll also have snacks.
18-500 years
What it is: Why should the kids get to win all the prizes?? An easy and communal reading program for adults. There will be new themes each week, and you can come into the Saddletowne Library for a ballot, or go here to find the ballot online. Check back to see what other people around Calgary think about the books you're reading and to get the new themes each Wednesday on the Reader's Nook Blog!
How it works: Fill out the ballot, and return the bottom portion with your information to enter to win one of three iPad Minis, and many other prizes as well!
Oh....and PS. All of these programs are free. And you don't even need a library card to play! Though you do need a library card to take out books.
Follow all the exciment of the FIFA Word Cup 2014 at Saddletowne!
Join us every day to watch your favourite matches.
If you are a soccer fan, you definitely want to check out these books to learn more about the game:
Nearly sixty years since his first World Cup appearance, the legendary Pelé provides new insights on the beautiful game.Before Messi, before Ronaldo, before Beckham, there was Edson Arantes do Nascimento--known simply as Pelé.
As of Monday, June 9th, Calgary Public Library's newest service HOOPLA, is live, active, and ready to use!
What is HOOPLA?HOOPLA is an online streaming and downloading platform, which works much like our OverDrive app for E-Books. Offering thousands of movie, music, audiobook, and hard-to-find titles, the only thing you need to logon to this awesome new service is your library card. You can use HOOPLA on most Android, Apple, or Kindle Fire HDX devices. Here are some quick facts about HOOPLA:
How do I sign up for HOOPLA?
1. Register your library card and email address at the HOOPLA page here!2. Start searching for items to watch and listen to3. Enjoy!For additional help, please come to the Saddletowne Library and ask our staff about any questions you have!
How would you like to have free online access to movies, television, and music albums with your library card?
More online services coming soon!
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Check out this blog post featuring 14 places in Alberta that ''will make you feel alive'' >>
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So I'll just come right out and say it: I hate books about love.
I really do. This is not to say that I dislike love as a feeling, or as an event in my life - love is wonderful. Love helps our brains create chemicals that make us feel really, really good. I also acknowledge that love, and falling in love, is a major part of growing up and our development as human beings. This is all supremely wonderful, and I love love in real life. I just don't want it in my literature.
Now you might be thinking, "Well, someone called the party pooper!" And maybe you're right. But it drives me crazy when a strong protagonist, either male or female, is forced into falling in love with the object of their affection - because once this madness happens, the protagonist goes from being an autonomous, independent, interesting character, to being more concerned with another person. The coupling ruins independence! The love ruins self-awareness! The angst makes me see red! Now here's my problem: I really love reading teen fiction. The writing is good, the plots are interesting, the metaphors are vivid and poignant. And I'm not the only one; fiction for young adults is being read by everyone - adults included! So, if you're like me, and want a healthy serving of teen fiction - hold the love stuff - here are three excellent books that will satisfy your palate and leave you craving more!(Click the titles to find them in our online catalogue!)Going Bovineby Libba BrayAll 16-year-old Cameron wants is to get through high school—and life in general—with minimum effort. It's not a lot to ask. But that's before he's given some bad news: he's sick and he's going to die. Which sucks. Hope arrives in the winged form of Dulcie, a loopy punk angel/possible hallucination with a bad sugar habit. She tells Cam there is a cure—if he's willing to go in search of it. With the help of a death-obsessed, video-gaming dwarf and a yard gnome, Cam sets off on the mother of all road trips through a twisted America into the heart of what matters most.Witchlanders by Lena Coakley
Laced with rich, imagined histories; miles of catacombs; and prophecies true and false, Witchlanders takes place in an evocative, tantalizingly vibrant world and raises equally evocative questions: Who gets to defines history? When does a legend become a crutch? And why does the enemy in war look a lot like the hero? Lena Coakley's first novel is a lush, chilling story that is sure to send shivers through your finger bones.**I highly recommend this book. Don't let the cover fool you - it looks romantic, but it isn't! At all!Lunaby Julie Anne Peters
Regan's brother Liam can't stand the person he is during the day. Like the moon from whom Liam has chosen his female namesake, his true self, Luna, only reveals herself at night. In the secrecy of his basement bedroom Liam transforms himself into the beautiful girl he longs to be, with help from his sister's clothes and makeup. Now, everything is about to change-Luna is preparing to emerge from her cocoon. But are Liam's family and friends ready to welcome Luna into their lives? Compelling and provocative, this is an unforgettable novel about a transgender teen's struggle for self-identity and acceptance.
Check out these, and more non-love-centric teen books at the Saddletowne Library! Also, sign up for Youth Read 2014 while you're at it!If you're looking for some more ideas, here are a few websites that may help: Babble: 20 Young Adult Books Parents Will LoveGoodReads: 2013 Best Young Adult Choice AwardsMashable: 23 Books for Your Perfect Young Adult Summer Reading List
Summer is for many people the best season to go out and explore our beautiful province.
Watch this video to get you excited about the fantastic places and landscapes in Alberta.
Find travel guides and enjoy Alberta >>
Next week, I will show you a blog post that lists 14 places in Alberta that will make feel you alive!
Summer is just around the corner, which means summer blockbuster movie season is almost here! Here is a list of books we love, and can't wait to see on the big screen (and not just superheros, either!):
The Million Dollar Arm by J.B. BernsteinIn Theatres: May 23Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiC8o7i_ZqE
The Fault in Our Stars by John GreenIn Theatres: June 6Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ItBvH5J6ss
How to Train Your Dragon Series by Cressida CrowellHow to Train Your Dragon 2 in Theatres: June 13Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9a4PvzlqoQ
A Long Way Down by Nick HornbyIn Theatres: July 11Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyhfZZupU7c
Guardians of the Galaxy by Marvel ComicsIn Theatres: August 1Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89q_HH-3ghk
The Hundred-Foot Journey by Richard C. MoraisIn Theatres: August 8Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8yVhwNS0i0
The Giver by Lois LowryIn Theatres: August 15Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYZxZups06w
Dark Places & Gone Girl by Gillian FlynnDark Places In Theatres: September 1Gone Girl In Theatres: October 3Gone Girl Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1INjRchY69A
Maze Runner by James DashnerIn Theatres: September 19thTrailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjQROqddxiY
Here Be Monsters! by Alan Snow"Boxtrolls" In Theatres: September 26Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDr_ZY37RFg
Come to the Saddletowne Library and check any of these books out! And while we know The Fault in Our Stars has a hold list the size of North America, you never know what could be lurking in the paperback sections...To check out more Books-to-Movie gems, check out these links!EarlyWord: Books to Movies & TVBuzzFeed: 16 Books to Read Before They Hit Theatres


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General Patton has said that wars are fought with weapons, but they are won by men. We are going to win this war because we have the best men. And because they are going to get better. Much better. The Strategic Scientific Reserve is an Allied effort made up of the best minds in the free world. Our goal is to create the best army in history. But every army starts with one man. At the end of this week, we will choose that man. He will be the first in a new breed of super-soldier. And they will personally escort Adolf Hitler to the gates of Hell.Col. Chester Phillips
You don't win wars with niceness, Doctor. [he takes a grenade and pulls the pin] You win wars with guts. [tosses it to where the candidates are training] Grenade!Col. Chester Phillips
Well if it isn't the Star-Spangled Man With A Plan. What is your plan today?Col. Chester Phillips
You and I are gonna have a conversation later that you won't enjoy.Phillips
I can spell. I have signed more of these condolence letters today than I would care to count. But the name does sound familiar. I'm sorry.Phillips
They're 30 miles behind the lines through some of the most heavily fortified territory in Europe. We'd lose more men than we'd save. But I don't expect you to understand that because you're a chorus girl.Phillips
Well then, understand it somewhere else. If I read the posters correctly, you got someplace to be in 30 minutes.Phillips
Tomorrow, HYDRA will stand master of the world, borne to victory on the wings of the Valkyrie. Our enemies' weapons will be powerless against us. If they shoot down one plane, hundreds more will rain fire upon them! If they cut off one head, two more shall take its place. Hail HYDRA.Johann Schmidt/Red Skull
Gentlemen, you have come to see the results of our work. Let me show you. [shows them to his lab] Hitler speaks of a 1,000-year Reich, but he cannot feed his armies for a month. His troops spill their blood across every field in Europe, but still he is no closer to achieving his goals.Johann Schmidt/Red Skull
Science. But I understand your confusion. Great power has always baffled primitive men. HYDRA is assembling an arsenal to destroy my enemies in one stroke, wherever they are, regardless of how many forces they possess, all in a matter of hours.Schmidt
My weapons contain enough destructive power to decimate every hostile capital on Earth. Quite simply, gentlemen, I have harnessed the power of the gods.Schmidt
My apologies, Doctor, but we both knew HYDRA could grow no further in Hitler's shadow. Hail HYDRA.Schmidt
Arrogance may not be a uniquely American trait, but I must say, you do it better than anyone. But there are limits to what even you can do, Captain? Or did Erskine tell you otherwise?Johann Schmidt
He resented my genius and tried to deny me what was rightfully mine. But he gave you everything. So, what made you so special?Johann Schmidt
Of course you can, of course. But, unfortunately, I am on a tight schedule.Johann Schmidt
Dr. Abraham Erskine. I represent the Strategic Scientific Reserve.Erskine
Queens. 73rd Street and Utopia Parkway. Before that, Germany. This troubles you?Erskine
Where are you from, Mr. Rogers? Is it New Haven? Or Paramus? Five exams in five different cities.Erskine
No, It's not the exams I'm interested in. It's the five tries. But you didn't answer my question. Do you want to kill Nazis?Erskine
Well, there are already so many big men fighting this war. Maybe what we need now is a little guy. I can offer you a chance. Only a chance.Erskine
I suppose that is the only question that matters. [Displaying a bottle of schnapps] This is from Augsburg, my city. So many people forget that the first country the Nazis invaded was their own. You know, after the last war, my people struggled. they felt weak... they felt small. And then Hitler comes along with the marching, and the big show, and the flags, and the, and the... and he hears of me, and my work, and he finds me, and he says "You. You will make us strong." Well, I am not interested. So he sends the head of Hydra, his research division, a brilliant scientist by the name of Johann Schmidt. Now Schmidt is a member of the inner circle and he is ambitious. He and Hitler share a passion for occult power and Teutonic myth. Hitler uses his fantasies to inspire his followers. But for Schmidt, it is not fantasy. For him, it is real. He has become convinced there is a great power hidden in the earth, left here by the gods, waiting to be seized by a superior man. So when he hears about my formula and what it can do, he cannot resist. Schmidt must become that superior man.Abraham Erskine
Yeah, but... there were other effects. The serum was not ready. But more important, the man. The serum amplifies everything inside, so good becomes great; bad becomes worse. This is why you were chosen. Because the strong man who has known power all his life, may lose respect for that power, but a weak man knows the value of strength, and knows... compassion.Erskine
Get it, get it. Whatever happens tomorrow, you must promise me one thing. You will stay who you are, not a perfect soldier, but a good man.Erskine
No no, wait wait, What Am I doing? No, You have procedure tomorrow. No fluids.Erskine


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The Human Rights Campaign is bringing the gay equality struggle to the US South.
Today, 26 April, the LGBTI rights organization announced the formation of Project One America. The three-year initiative will focus on Mississippi, Alabama, and Arkansas.
'Right now, this country is deeply divided into two Americas—one where LGBT equality is nearly a reality and the other where LGBT people lack the most fundamental measures of equal citizenship,' Chad Griffin HRC president, said in a statement.
'Project One America is an unparalleled effort to close that gap, and it opens up a bold, new chapter in the LGBT civil rights movement of this generation. In this grand struggle for equality, we can't write off anyone, anywhere,' Griffin continued.
According to Lambda Legal, none of the three states have gay marriage, support civil unions, or work place discrimination laws for LGBTI employees.
The initiative has a budget of $8.5 million (€6.1) and staff of 20. HRC notes this will be the largest LGBTI equality campaign in the South.
Project One will focus on court battles and, according to the HRC press release, 'building more inclusive institutions for LGBT people from the church pew to the workplace.'
On 6 May Griffin will visit Mississippi, as part of a three-state tour, to kick off the campaign.
Derrick Johnson, president of the Mississippi NAACP, considers the upcoming HRC work essential.
'Equality for LGBT people is a fundamental principal of equal protection under the law,' Johnson said in a statement. 'We must join hands in working to bring economic opportunity and liberty to all of our communities if we are to move forward as a state and as a nation.'
The National Advancement for the Association of Colored People is the oldest civil rights organization in the US.
This needed to happen several years ago. I am glad to see that the NAACP is standing behind them as they are going to have to have every supporting hand they can get. I was raised in the south and they are not going to be easy to convince that their ways is causing harm to others because in some of those little communities they think its their way or no way. So not only do you have to convince the main stream but you have to get through to the ones that believe only what their favorite politician says and that is it.


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Only one of the following is true. Do you know which?
To separate dental health myth from fact, WebMD talked with Kimberly A. Harms, DDS, an American Dental Association consumer advisor and past president of the Minnesota Dental Association. Check the myths and facts below to find out how cavities are caused, prevented, and treated.
Myth and fact. In reality, it's the acid produced by bacteria in your mouth that causes cavities, says Harms. What the bacteria do, however, is eat carbohydrates -- and sugar is one of them. Rice, potatoes, bread, and fruits and vegetables are also carbohydrates.
When you eat anything with carbs, the bacteria become active and produce acid that then eats into your tooth.
"Once they do that, the bacteria now have a nice little hole to live in where your toothbrush and floss can't reach," Harms says. The bacteria continue to metabolize carbs, produce acids, and your cavity just keeps getting bigger.
Also, it's not the amount of carbohydrates you eat that causes tooth decay, but the length of time your teeth are exposed. If you eat a lot of carbs for lunch, that's one big exposure. But if you spend the day sipping sugary drinks, that's continuous exposure -- and much more dangerous for your teeth.
"We have a saying," Harms tells WebMD. "'Sip all day and get decay.'"
Fact. Acidic foods such as lemons, citrus juices, or soft drinks don't cause cavities, but they may be putting your enamel in danger.
"Acids can cause erosion of the tooth-protecting enamel," says Harms, "weakening the tooth. If you lose the enamel's protection and expose the underlying dentin, your tooth is now more prone to decay."
Myth. With the help of sealants, fluoridated water, and preventative care, "we've actually cut decay in school-aged children by half in the last 20 years," says Harms.
However, there's been an increase in cavities in senior citizens "because they have some unique circumstances," according to Harms. Some medications dry out the mouth, for example, reducing salvia. Saliva is vital in fighting tooth decay because it helps neutralize acids, has a disinfectant quality, washes away bacteria, and helps prevent food from sticking to your teeth.
Myth. Swallowing aspirin is what helps reduce toothache pain. Since aspirin is acidic, placing it beside the tooth can actually burn your gum tissue, causing an abscess. "So don't do it," says Harms. "Always swallow the aspirin!"
Myth. An amalgam or composite filling needs to be replaced if it breaks down or a cavity forms around it, or if the tooth fractures, Harms tells WebMD. If none of those problems occur, you can keep the same filling for life.
"Fillings do have a life expectancy," says Harms, but it depends on things like tooth wear and oral hygiene habits. "If you brush your teeth twice daily with a fluoridated toothpaste, and floss or use an interdental cleaner once a day," you'll have less tooth decay and your fillings may last longer, she says.
Myth. "That's a big, big bad myth," says Harms. Mild tooth decay doesn't cause symptoms. The pain we associate with cavities comes when tooth decay is more advanced and causes damage to the nerve.
Allowing tooth decay to advance can "lead to much more expensive procedures, like root canals," Harms says. That's why regular dental checkups are so important.
Also, once a cavity starts, it doesn't repair itself. A cavity "will always grow once you get to a point where you can't clean it out any longer." Once decay gets into the dentin of the tooth -- below the enamel -- it just continues to grow.
Fact. "You can get decay later on in other areas of the tooth, but the particular decay that was taken out is gone."
Once you get a cavity filled -- and if you maintain good brushing and flossing techniques -- you typically won't get decay in that spot again.
Harms adds one caveat: "Sometimes a filling gets old and the margins where it meets the tooth begin to break down or pull away, and because you can't reach it to clean it out, bacteria can get in there and decay can begin again."
Fact. "Anywhere bacteria can hide and you can't or aren't able to reach with a toothbrush or floss is a likely place for decay," Harms says. The deep grooves on the back of your front teeth are a good place for tooth decay, for example. "And yes it can happen between teeth because the toothbrush won't get in there and a lot of people have trouble flossing."
Fact. If you have a small gap between your teeth and can't clean it, you're more likely to develop tooth decay there.
"Bigger gaps are easier to keep clean," says Harms, and as long as they are free of bacteria, big gaps are less likely to develop tooth decay.
Fact. If cracks and chips create a hiding place for bacteria, a spot where your toothbrush can't reach, those areas are more prone to tooth decay.
"Lately we're seeing more and more cracks in teeth because people are grinding," Harms says. "Stress, worries about the economy, it makes some people grind their teeth more. ... Stress can play an important role in tooth health."
Myth. Tooth sensitivity could just mean you have hypersensitive teeth, or gum recession has exposed some root surface.
You could also have a cracked or broken tooth or could need a root canal. "There are many things, including decay, that could lead to sensitive teeth," Harms says.
Myth. You need a root canal if the nerve inside a tooth is damaged. Untreated cavities may eventually lead to nerve damage, but there other causes, too.
"Cracks, fractures, or other types of trauma to the tooth can also cause nerve damage," Harms says. In many cases "clenching and grinding can traumatize the tooth severely enough to need root canal therapy."
Myth and sometimes fact. "Clenching and grinding is one of the most destructive things you can do to your teeth," says Harms. With normal chewing, teeth touch for mere milliseconds, suffering very little stress. But clenching and grinding puts tremendous pressure on your teeth for extended periods.
That strain "can eventually cause damage and cracks and fractures of your teeth," says Harms. If those fractures expose the weaker dentin, tooth decay can form at a faster rate. "Typically grinding and clenching lead to the need for crowns to restore the fractured tooth or root canal therapy to treat the traumatized nerve."
Myth. Baby teeth hold the space for permanent teeth. "If cavities are left untreated in baby teeth, they can develop into serious pain and abscesses.
Occasionally the infection can spread to other areas of the body and in rare occasions can even result in death," says Harms.
Fact. "Absolutely! Prevention is the key," Harms tells WebMD. You need to remove bacteria from teeth by flossing and brushing twice a day with a fluoridated toothpaste. If bacteria are removed daily from every area of your tooth, "you won't get cavities," promises Harms.


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As much as anything else this blog series was first intended to help me to clarify my own thinking about the various ways in which we fool ourselves (and others) as we try to make sense of the world around us. That's been an interest of mine for many years but it came to the fore of my thinking when I first wrote this series in 2012 because of a number of exchanges and experiences online.
In one such experience I found myself at the sharp end of what has come to be known as a 'Twitter spat' in which some very good people, people whom I respect greatly, allowed themselves to be convinced by someone who from my perspective seems to be a particularly obvious charlatan. This surprised me and prompted me to ask myself how so many intelligent people could be fooled so completely.
As the series progresses we'll look at various fallacies and types of argument that people use (consciously or otherwise) to misrepresent themselves, their arguments, the world around us and other people. We'll cover some fairly obscure areas but also look at a number of 'current affairs' stories to try to get a sense of what is happening in the real world as well.
As ever I'll try to use illustrations alongside any more abstract discussion to try to maintain some sort of balance and keep the blog accessible. Some of these illustrations will be more familiar than others. Some of the logical fallacies and tactics that we will cover are used commonly in 'everyday' discussions whilst others are seen more rarely or apply only to particular situations. All of them have the potential to lead us astray, often to our cost, both financially and in terms of our quality of life.
We will cover the following fallacies, thinking errors and manipulative techniques.
I hope you enjoy this series and as always I'd welcome feedback. You can leave your comments on the blog or Email me at firstname.lastname@example.com
List of contents
Clinician's illusion
Naturalistic fallacy
Agency fallacy 1
Agency fallacy 2
Transcendental temptation
Fallacy from personal incredulity
Albert Ellis' three major thinking errors
Single cause fallacy
Straw man argument
Taking offence (the argument from outrage)
False dichotomy (if not this then it must be that)
Ad hominem argument
Shifting the burden argument
Correlation = causation fallacy
Star-trek fallacy (Argument from internal circularity) Appeal to popularity
Appeal to authority
About the 'Fallacies' series
The 'Fallacies' project was built up from a series of instalments that first appeared online during the summer of 2012. It is republished as part of a larger set of changes intended to rationalise the contents of several different blogs into just 2. The other remaining blog focuses mainly upon social care and mental health related issues. It can be found at http://www.TheCareGuy.com
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Normally I don't feature missing persons cases where someone has been convicted of killing the individual in question but after reading about the case of Venus Rose Stewart through another true crime fan and social media friend, I felt a strong urge to write about this case.
On April 26, 2010, Venus Stewart was living with her parents at 55966 Driftwood Drive in Colon, Michigan, after leaving her abusive husband in Virginia when she went outside to the residence mailbox. She was never seen again.
Upon reports to police that Venus was missing, signs of a struggle were discovered near the mailbox, along with discarded packaging for a Walmart tarp, which led investigators to believe the young woman had been abducted. A neighbor who reported seeing a man hiding behind a vehicle in the empty lot across the street from the Driftwood Drive home only strengthened this theory.
Detectives immediately began digging into the background of Venus and her husband, Douglas Harrie Stewart, and learned Venus had recently been granted an Order of Protection against her estranged husband as well as temporary custody of the couple's children. Douglas was permitted contact with his children only via telephone pending further orders of the Court.
Definitely motive worthy, noted investigators.
Spouses are always the first suspects in cases of missing persons, especially where foul play is suspected; even more so in cases such as the Stewarts' where protection orders have been filed. So it comes as no surprise that Douglas came under intense scrutiny by investigators.
The day after Venus was reported missing, Douglas was located in Newport News, Virginia, where he was living and the prior residence he shared with Venus and their children. When questioned by police, he was adamant in his denial of knowing anything about Venus' disappearance. According to Douglas, he had not left Newport News as of late and most certainly not on the day Venus went missing.
Yet investigators didn't believe Douglas and a search of his vehicle produced evidence that contradicted his claims; specifically, an Ohio Walmart receipt, dated the same date that Venus disappeared, for a tarp, shovel, cap, and gloves. Blood was also found in the truck, although later tests would prove it to belong to Douglas rather than Venus.
The receipt was obviously strong evidence in disputing Douglas' claim he had not been outside Newport News but it wasn't enough, especially since several people claimed to have seen him in the Newport News area on the day in question.
Continuing their investigation unveiled a man who claimed to have served as Douglas' alibi by way of impersonation on the day Venus went missing. The man's name was Ricky Spencer. The 21 year-old Spencer claimed not only have to provided an alibi by impersonating Douglas but to have also helped to plan the murder.
In June 2010, Douglas was arrested for the murder of his estranged wife. The following Spring, a jury found Douglas guilty of murder and sentenced him to life in prison without parole. Spencer pled guilty to conspiracy to murder and was sentenced to one year in prison.
Fast forward to 2012 -
In the eyes of the law, Venus Stewart is dead and justice has been dealt to her killers. But for her mother, Therese McComb, every day is still a day of much sorrow.
She understands her daughter is probably dead. She understands Venus was probably killed by Douglas amid their divorce and custody dispute. Deep down, she knows it's fact that Venus will never return home alive.
But there is no body.
So what if?
It's those what-ifs that Therese struggles with. She needs to know where Venus' body is. She needs that closure.
And it was this unquenchable need that led Therese to agree to a live-audience taped session with Dr. Phil. A session she would soon come to regret.
During this show, Therese outlined the case of her daughter's disappearance and the subsequent conviction of Douglas Stewart for murder. And Therese was also very candid about her constant focus on needing to know the whereabouts of her daughter's body.
Dr. Phil's response? Therese needs to get over her "obsession" of finding Venus' body. "You're not letting go," he said.
As the friend I mentioned earlier says, Dr. Phil was likely making this statement for the sake of the Stewart children. But isn't this rather callous advice?
I do not know, and pray that I never know, what it must feel like to not know where your child is – dead or alive. To live with the uncertainty must be (almost) unbearable.
As I told my friend, I'm no Dr. Phil fan. He's a dude who only plays a doctor on television who spouts advice that equates to nothing more than common sense most of the time but because it comes out of his mouth, people gobble it up as the gospel.
While it's not for me, I don't begrudge anyone who watches his show. Everybody is entitled to their own likes and dislikes but when he goes to spewing nonsense such as telling a devastated mother who has lost her child to let go and that's she's obsessing too much, I take serious issue with it.
A real man – a wise man – would have realized this was out of the scope of his ability and rather than bringing her on the show in anticipation of boosting ratings, would have encouraged her to seek private, one-on-one counseling.
But he didn't and you can't undo what's done. So I will do my part to help this woman I've never met, as one mother to another.
Although her husband has already been sentenced for her murder, let's bring Venus Rose Stewart home to her mother and her children. Let's give them the closure they deserve!
If you have any information about Venus Stewart, please contact the Michigan State Police at 269.483.7611. Also be sure to like the Venus Rose Stewart Facebook Page and the Venus Rose Stewart Tribute site.


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Afghanistan's presidential election has long been viewed by U.S. officials as a key to conferring legitimacy on the Afghan government, but Afghan President Hamid Karzai and his powerful warlord allies have planned to commit large-scale electoral fraud that could have the opposite effect.
Two U.S.-financed polls published during the past week showed support for Karzai falls well short of the 51 percent of the vote necessary to avoid a runoff election. A poll by Glevum Associates showed Karzai at 36 percent, and a survey by the International Republican Institute had him at 44 percent of the vote. Those polls suggest that Karzai might have to pad his legitimate vote total by as much as 40 percent to be certain of being elected in the first round.
But Karzai has been laying the groundwork for just such a contingency for many months. By all accounts, he has forged political alliances with leading Afghan warlords who control informal militias and tribal networks in the provinces to carry out a vote fraud scheme accounting for a very large proportion of the votes.
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Definitions for dispersiondɪˈspɜr ʒən, -ʃən
This page provides all possible meanings and translations of the word dispersion
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
dis•per•siondɪˈspɜr ʒən, -ʃən(n.)
Ref: Also, dispersal.
the variation of the index of refraction of a transparent substance, as glass, with the wavelength of light. the separation of white or compound light into its respective colors, as in the formation of a spectrum by a prism.
Category: Optics
the scattering of values of a statistical variable around the mean or median of a distribution.
Category: Statistics
Also called disperse′ sys`tem. a system of dispersed particles suspended in a solid, liquid, or gas.
Category: Chemistry
Category: Judaism
Ref: Diaspora (def. 1). 1
Origin of dispersion:
Princeton's WordNet
dispersion, scattering(noun)
spreading widely or driving off
distribution, dispersion(noun)
the spatial or geographic property of being scattered about over a range, area, or volume
"worldwide in distribution"; "the distribution of nerve fibers"; "in complementary distribution"
dispersion, dispersal, dissemination, diffusion(noun)
the act of dispersing or diffusing something
"the dispersion of the troops"; "the diffusion of knowledge"
The state of being dispersed; dispersedness.
A process of dispersing.
The degree of scatter of data.
The separation of visible light by refraction or diffraction.
The removal of inflammation.
Webster Dictionary
the act or process of scattering or dispersing, or the state of being scattered or separated; as, the Jews in their dispersion retained their rites and ceremonies; a great dispersion of the human family took place at the building of Babel
the separation of light into its different colored rays, arising from their different refrangibilities
In optics, dispersion is the phenomenon in which the phase velocity of a wave depends on its frequency, or alternatively when the group velocity depends on the frequency. Media having such a property are termed dispersive media. Dispersion is sometimes called chromatic dispersion to emphasize its wavelength-dependent nature, or group-velocity dispersion to emphasize the role of the group velocity. Dispersion is most often described for light waves, but it may occur for any kind of wave that interacts with a medium or passes through an inhomogeneous geometry, such as sound waves. A material's dispersion is measured by its Abbe number, V, with low Abbe numbers corresponding to strong dispersion.
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms
1. A scattered pattern of hits around the mean point of impact of bombs and projectiles dropped or fired under identical conditions. 2. In antiaircraft gunnery, the scattering of shots in range and deflection about the mean point of explosion. 3. The spreading or separating of troops, materiel, establishments, or activities which are usually concentrated in limited areas to reduce vulnerability. 4. In chemical and biological operations, the dissemination of agents in liquid or aerosol form. 5. In airdrop operations, the scatter of personnel and/or cargo on the drop zone. 6. In naval control of shipping, the reberthing of a ship in the periphery of the port area or in the vicinity of the port for its own protection in order to minimize the risk of damage from attack. See also circular error probable; convoy dispersal point; delivery error; deviation; dispersion error; horizontal error.
Translations for dispersion
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
- verspreiding, uitmekaar jaagAfrikaans
- تَفريق، تَشْتيتArabic
- разсейванеBulgarian
- dispersãoPortuguese (BR)
- rozptylování, rozptýlení, rozséváníCzech
- die ZerstreuungGerman
- spredningDanish
- διασποράGreek
- dispersiónSpanish
- levimineEstonian
- پخش؛ پاشیدگیFarsi
- levittäminenFinnish
- dispersionFrench
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Roger Wellinger, the first director of CEH, planned the new laboratory. A
Swiss electrical engineer and physicist, he had twenty years of experience
in U.S. academic and industrial research laboratories, especially General
Electric. To craft the kind of creative interdisciplinary research
environment he had known in America, Wellinger recruited both young
engineers from Swiss universities and experienced Swiss-born engineers and
physicists working in the United States. From the beginning, he committed
CEH to work with the brand new technology of integrated circuits, a risky
strategy that proved crucial to the lab's ability to devise successful
watch prototypes within its first five years. In 1968, just after the
laboratory had demonstrated that a quartz watch was feasible, Wellinger
left CEH over differences with the lab's oversight board.
Max Forrer headed the Circuits Section, the part of the laboratory that
ultimately developed the first Swiss quartz watch prototypes. One of the
Swiss that Wellinger had recruited from the United States, Forrer had
received his doctorate from Stanford University and had worked for General
Electric in Palo Alto, California. In 1968 Forrer became the director of
CEH and organized the laboratory's efforts to revise the watch prototypes
for commercial production. The result was the Beta 21quartz wristwatch module.
At CEH Kurt Hübner set up a complete microelectronics laboratory to
fabricate low power integrated
circuits necessary for quartz watches. A physicist educated in Zurich,
Hübner had learned the basics of IC technology in California's Silicon
Valley at Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory, a firm owned by the
transistor's coinventor. Hübner's semiconductor shop at CEH was the
first in Switzerland, and its success paved the way for what is today a
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When service members are discharged, we should express our gratitude for their profound personal sacrifice, not hand them a bill for their hospital food.Barbara Levy Boxer
She died with her telly on, 87 and confused With not enough hospital beds cos all the moneys been used On the end of the century party preparations And they reckon that the last thing she saw in her life was Sting, singing on the roof of the Barbican Sting, singing on the roof of the BarbicanNigel Blackwell
The Taylor Regional Hospital Trauma Program is one of only three trauma centers in Kentucky and the only Level III. There are no Level II or Level IV Centers and there are only two Level I Centers - the University of Louisville and the University of Kentucky.Carol Wright
My brief stay at the hospital had already convinced me that the medical profession was an open door to anyone nursing a grudge against the human race.James Graham Ballard
I would rather be kept alive in the efficient if cold altruism of a large hospital than expire in a gush of warm sympathy in a small one.Aneurin Bevan
I was told that you're just feeling sorry for yourself, you need to repent and start praising the Lord, ... I was more or less deserted. I was in the hospital without any visitation or anything like that.Rob Henderson
This life is a hospital where each patient is possessed by the desire to change his bed.Charles Baudelaire
The beef industry has contributed to more American deaths than all the wars of this century, all natural disasters, and all automobile accidents combined. If beef is your idea of real food for real people you would better live real close to a real good hospitalNeal Barnard
The acute hospital sector does not have the sex appeal that people have been waiting for. Yet, it's a reliable sector that does not have across-the-board saturation.David Menlow
Society is a hospital of incurablesRalph Waldo Emerson
This life is a hospital in which every patient is possessed with a desire to change his bed.Charles Baudelaire
If I am to care for people in hospital I really must know every aspect of their treatment and to understand their suffering.Princess of Wales Diana
Na, I don't think we need to go to the hospital.unknown
In the stories about life and death, the soul often floats above the goodbye moment, hovering over police cars at highway accidents, or clinging like a spider to hospital room ceilings. These are people who receive a second chance, who somehow, for some reason, resume their place in the world. Eddie, it appeared, was not getting a second chance.Albom, Mitch
I am grateful that I have rights in the proverbial public square--but, as a practical matter, my most cherished rights are those that I possess in my bedroom and hospital room and death chamber.Jacob M. Appel
He's just a contact of hers, which is not the same as a friend. While she was in the hospital she decided that most of her friends were really just contacts.Margaret Eleanor Atwood
This was a good beginning. All the outmoded rules of the hospital were broken. Minds which had been tied down by subservience to foreign experience were now set in motion. People began to speak, to think and to act boldly. A new world opened in front of them. They knew that what they were doing now was something unprecedented which doctors in capitalist countries had not been able to do. They were engaged in a battle to save lives and as the scope of the battle became wider an increasing number of people were drawn in. Later on when a difficulty occurred in the course of treatment they solicited the opinions of many doctors both within and without the hospital, depending on the wisdom of the many to tide over one crisis after another.Li Yaotang
I started about five years ago when I did a hospital visit and was shocked at what a huge difference the [Starlight Children's Foundation] makes for not only these children but also their families, who are also affected. I consider family one of the most important aspects of life, because at the end of the day your family is who is always going to be there for you. When it comes to these children, their family is all they have because some of them never get to leave the hospital.Corbin Bleu Reivers
We need a spirit of adoption to take us out of the foundling hospital of the world, and to put us into the celestial family.George Dana Boardman the Younger
For the world, I count it not an Inn, but a Hospital, and a place, not to live, but to die in.Sir Thomas Browne


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Gilbert county island residents who have been without fire service will pay $159 per $100,000 of their home valuation for fire protection from Gilbert — an amount arrived at by a three-man arbitration panel that resolved a nearly three-year dispute Thursday.
Marci Sale, chairwoman of the Gilbert County Island Fire District board, said the district's new tax rate means she will pay about $700 a year for emergency protection from Gilbert, versus the $500 she used to pay to Rural/Metro.
"So it is an increase, a little bit, but ... we are paying what I feel is a very equitable rate," she said.
The fire district board set the tax levy Thursday evening.
Town Manager George Pettit got almost none of what Gilbert had been asking for in its dealings with the newly created fire district during Thursday's talks. Representatives of the fire district board increased its initial annual operations and maintenance cost of $773,000 by an additional $200,000 to be used by the town as it saw fit.
Pettit, on behalf of the Gilbert Town Council, had sought an additional $400,000 for annual operating costs, plus $3.4 million to pay for additional fire hydrants that town officials said were necessary to provide proper coverage.
But Vice Mayor Joan Krueger said after the meeting that while she was disappointed the town did not get what she felt was cost recovery for protecting the county islands, "I think we got further along in the compromise than I expected we would, and Mr. Pettit did a good job of fighting for the interests of Gilbert residents."
The arbitration panel was set up under the law that enabled the county islanders to form a fire district. Two of the legislators who had a hand in writing that bill, Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Gilbert, and Rep. Rick Murphy, R-Peoria, were also on the panel.
Biggs, a county island resident negotiating for the district, quickly asked to take the hydrants and other infrastructure off the table. Murphy agreed, saying he had not seen enough data to convince him the hydrants were necessary.
For 10 years, the Gilbert Fire Department acted as a backup responder to Rural/Metro, the privately owned fire department that stopped providing service to the unincorporated county islands at the end of 2006.
Biggs said county island residents understand service will be different when they live outside the municipal limits, and securing fire service was to them more about saving lives than property.
The one member of the public at the session, county island resident Jim Staples, echoed that view. "I've been without fire service for a year and a half, and that didn't bother me nearly as much as finding out the ambulance service we have is nothing more than a glorified taxi. They can't do anything without the firefighters there," he said.


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"In a matter of weeks, [Stanford University d.school] student teams conducted research, created prototypes and tested numerous concepts. The ideas included "future visualizers," candy bars for savers, grandparent graduation gift packs, dynamic charts to illustrate savings progress, and a financial education program for kindergartners. The students found that even the brightest graduate students are turned off by complexity, financial jargon and fine print; Gen Y-ers, surrounded by tangible and virtual media, tend to lack reward recognition for long-term behavior and need motivation; and invariably, Baby Boomers not only remember their first savings-bank passbook, but have saved it and can find it to show you.
Ultimately, Fidelity used images of a 1970s bank passbook to create new ways to illustrate balance history and performance data on its website, giving customers positive feedback and providing motivation for achieving their savings and investment goals."
Frederick S. Leichter, chief customer experience officer at Fidelity Investments, reports in the Harvard Business Review on how design thinking practices have helped Fidelity gain important insight into meeting customer needs.
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WASHINGTON, September 16, 2013 — As the World has its collective gaze focused squarely on the Middle East and the 30 plus month old Syrian Civil War, conflicts in Northern and Central Africa go relatively unnoticed just outside of the limelight. With over a dozen ongoing and active civil wars, Africa is not sitting quietly, although there are many groups who would like international attention to stay on Syria and the crisis in the Middle East.
While radical Islamists have infiltrated and taken control of the Syrian revolution, causing many to believe that there is no good or bad guys left on the battle field, they have effectively distracted the entire World from their operations in Africa. Using just one civil war in the Middle East, they have effectively threatened to destabilize the region, cause a rise in oil and natural gas prices, brought every major power in the World besides China into a potential conflict, and they have done all of this with relatively minimum effort.
SEE RELATED: Obama arms Syrian rebels while attacking American gun ownership
Basically, they have dangled a shiny object with their left hand to distract the World, while with their right hand they work to destabilize Africa and take actual, tangible territory. They have pulled a Die Hard mixed with an Oceans 11, and we still don't realize it yet because we are currently getting heisted.
Africa is home to over a dozen ongoing wars, tribal conflicts, military coups, guerrilla insurgencies, and extremely corrupt politicians. It is made worse by the fact that the entire continent is like Wal-Mart for natural resources, they have it all. There is oil and natural gas, diamonds, gold, minerals used for technology called "conflict minerals", coal, copper…everything. If it's valuable and comes from the ground, chances are Africa has what you need.
Africa also has an estimated 500,000,000 small arms floating around the continent. That is enough to arm half of the population of the entire continent, over seven times the number of firearms in the United States.
All of these natural resources and availability of firearms make the influx of radical Islamic fighters all the more dangerous. Young Muslim men who are sent to fight in the hills of Pakistan and Afghanistan, Somalia, Palestine, Libya, Lebanon, now Syria, and anywhere there is a radical Islamic cause, have been turned into hardened fighters and veterans by years of warfare. Radical Islam has a scattered, but vast, army capable of descending on nations or regions if the call comes to do so.
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But what makes Africa different from the Middle East?
If you look at the major countries in the Middle East; Iraq, Afghanistan, Iran, Syria, Jordan, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Egypt, they are all backed by one major World faction or another. The West backs Iraq, Afghanistan, Israel, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Jordan. Russia and China back Syria and Iran. As a nuclear power, Pakistan is its own side, though it is supported financially by the United States.
These alliances make it difficult for al-Qaeda to achieve full victory over a legitimate government.
Africa represents a new playground for not only al-Qaeda, but the World. Africa already had its colonial period: Britain, Germany, France, the Netherlands, and Belgium already did their job in the latter half of the 19th century by carving up an entire continent into arbitrary lines without regard to tribal self-determination or native input. They applied that formula to their division of the Middle-East to disastrous consequences.
SEE RELATED: Obama's Syria speech stirs Iraq deja vu
With few exceptions, African nations do not have World super powers hovering over them waiting to squash any signs of trouble. Radical Islamic groups see that and they are taking advantage of it.
Iin the last year, al-Qaeda aligned groups hijacked a civil war in Mali and attempted to stake their claim on territory in the northern third of that very large African nation. Their attempts were only thwarted, or halted, when France sent troops to compbat the Islamist rebels. France took the action after reports that al-Qaeda linked forces were using construction equipment to build towns and fortifications in northern Mali to carve out their own territory. It was the thought of a radical Islamist controlled region, and potentially Islamist controlled country, that spurred France to act.
Right now the World is so focused on the Middle East, that they have neglected the rising tide of Islamic radicals in Africa. Al-Qaeda on the Islamic Maghreb shares much of the same ideology with al-Qaeda with the expressed intent of taking control of Algeria and establishing a religious oligarchy under Sharia law. Al-Qaeda on the Islamic Maghreb, or GCSP, has major operations in several African nations and ties to other radical Islamic groups such as al-Shabaab, and Boko Haram. These groups operate somewhat jointly, receiving funding from nations such as Qatar and Saudi Arabia. Working together, they pose a credible and substantial threat to the security and stability of North and Central Africa.
Aside from Somalia which acts as a base for pirate attacks on international shipping lanes, the West has seen no reason thus far to intervene in the affairs of the Dark Continent. This is perhaps due to the fact that with the exception of Libya, African Islamic groups or nations have not perpetrated major attacks on the United States and her allies. Western businesses buy natural resources from whatever regime is in power at the time, making the business of being in power in Africa a brutal affair. Rebel groups vie for control of mineral and oil fields, while the West keeps buying as long as the price is right.
So far, terrorist and radical Islamist groups such as the GCSP have kept a low profile and have not attracted the attention of anyone other than France, which is still not saying a lot. Whether they lack the ability to carry out attacks on the West, or they are smart enough to stay off of the Western ant-Radical radar, the GCSP and their allies have failed to garner significant public attention, which is to their extreme advantage.
If international attention is not shifted to the Maghreb and sub-Maghreb nations, in a matter of five to ten years the World will wake up to the realization that they did nothing to stop the entirety of North and West Africa from falling into the hands of radical Islam. If the West is truly concerned with the killing of women and children, and stopping tyrannical dictators and warlords from slaughtering their own people, perhaps they should practice what they preach and look to Africa.
Soon, if left unchecked, North African nations will fall one by one to radical Islam, allowing for the resurgence of the Islamic Caliphate on the Maghreb.
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WWE Hall Of Famer Booker T joined A.D.B and Shaun B. saturday morning to talk some wrestling and NFL draft, He says the Texans MUST take Manziel and believes Houston has passed on populare talent […]
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Yesterday, S. 374, or the "Protecting Responsible Gun Sellers Act of 2013" as it has been inexplicably termed, passed out of the Senate Judiciary Committee by ten votes to eight. If it were to become law, S. 374 would usher in what advocates refer to as a system of "universal background checks." It would do a lot more, besides. As it stands in our ostensibly ghoulish status quo, a free American citizen may leave his guns with his unrelated roommate for more than seven days; he may lend a gun to a friend so that that friend is able to go shooting or hunting; he has more than 24 hours in which to report to the police if his guns are stolen; and he may even -- shock, horror! -- teach a friend to shoot on his own land. Most important, he may do all of these things without spending five years in prison in consequence. This, the Senate's bill would change.Read the article: National Review
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, p. 20-34.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does Rosencrantz say that Guildenstern must be feeling?
(a) Poorer
(b) Anger
(c) Boredom
(d) Weariness
2. In what way is Rosencrantz defensive as he discusses the game with Guildenstern?
(a) He offers to give back all the coins.
(b) He declares that he always has good luck at gambling.
(c) He points out that Guildenstern has done all the spinning.
(d) He suggests that guildenstern is trying to lose.
3. What does the player tell Guildenstern they are more about?
(a) The school of mimery
(b) The school of ballet
(c) The blood, love, and rhetoric school
(d) The stand-up comedy school
4. What is the Player's reaction when Guildenstern says he may be able to use his influence at the court to get them shows?
(a) The Player falls at his feet.
(b) The Player offers to put on a free show for them.
(c) The Player doubts his word.
(d) The Player runs away.
5. Why does Rosencrantz's answer please Guildenstern?
(a) It assures him that the law of self interest is still working.
(b) It tells him that he will soon start winning.
(c) It tells him that no natural laws are at work at the moment.
(d) It tells him that Rosencrantz is hiding a secret.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Guildenstern see when he looks at the coin after trying a new method?
2. What is the fanciful conversation started by Guildenstern when Rosencrantz hears a sound.
3. What is odd about the gambling game Guildenstern plays with Rosencrantz?
4. What is Alfred's reply when Guildenstern asks if he likes being an actor?
5. What does Guildenstern do differently the next time he tosses a coin?
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