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With more than 60 majors, minors, and preprofessional programs, Luther's academic program is extensive and flexible enough to address the individuality of its students. Many Luther students build a double major or major-minor that speaks to their unique interests, and the Luther curriculum still allows enough room for them to try new things and take classes outside of their chosen fields of study. This is because Luther strives to develop whole minds and well-rounded intellects in the true liberal arts tradition.
The liberal arts model encourages a broad, wide-ranging education, but Luther also encourages depth of learning. Our January Term, a three-week period between the fall and spring semesters, offers students a chance to explore a particular subject in depth, either in research collaboration with faculty on campus or through one of our many study-away programs. And Luther has a long tradition of augmenting classroom education with real-world learning, through internships, externships, student teaching, nursing clinicals, and other field and research experience.
Luther is a Phi Beta Kappa institution, an honor belonging to only 10 percent of colleges and universities nationwide. The college's dedicated, top-notch faculty—93 percent of whom hold a terminal degree—and a student-to-faculty ratio of 12:1 mean that students receive individual attention and that professors get to know their students and become genuinely invested in their success.
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Mike Ditka thinks next Bears coach could be 'special'
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Head coach Mike Ditka of the Chicago Bears instructs quarterback Jim McMahon during the Bears 24-6 victory over the Green Bay Packers at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin. | Jonathan Daniel /Allsport
Updated: February 10, 2013 6:07PM
Mike Ditka is sensitive to the stigma that special-teams coordinators aren't equipped to be head coaches.
Before he was Da Coach, he was Da Coordinator.
The former Bears tight end was working as a special-teams coordinator under Tom Landry in Dallas when George Halas tabbed him to replace Neill Armstrong.
"When Halas hired me, I heard people say ridiculous things," Ditka told the Sun-Times. " 'Well, he's not ready to be a head coach.'
"Coach Halas hired me for one reason: Landry told him yes. That's why. If that didn't happen, I wouldn't have gotten hired."
And although he was a lightning rod, Ditka did lead one of the most memorable Super Bowl champions ever: the 1985 Bears.
The Bears have interviewed or will interview four special-teams coordinators: Keith Armstrong of the Atlanta Falcons, Joe DeCamillis of the Dallas Cowboys, Dave Toub of the Bears and Mike Priefer of the Minnesota Vikings. Most of the other candidates the Bears are considering are offensive coordinators, but Bears general manager Phil Emery made it clear that he would consider a wide variety of options.
"No one is excluded," Emery said when asked specifically about Toub's chances two days after the season ended.
After a Hall of Fame career as a tight end, Ditka was hired as an assistant under Landry. Ditka credited Landry for making him "realize what was important in life.
"I dealt with every player on the football field," Ditka said. "The quarterback was the holder, the kicker. Every player that played on offense and defense played on special teams.
"Even Randy White, our All-Pro."
Ditka said Landry taught him that there had to be a reason for everything you did and that players were the key.
"You can't succeed without great players," Ditka said.
Special-teams coaches have to be resourceful, flexible. For instance, the pool of players they can use often changes from week to week, depending on whom the team needs active due to a range of reasons.
Ditka, though, isn't an exception.
Bill Cowher, formerly of the Pittsburgh Steelers, and John Harbaugh, currently of the Baltimore Ravens, are other head coaches who coordinated special teams.
Cowher led the Steelers to a pair of Super Bowls, including one win, and Harbaugh has led the Ravens to five consecutive postseason appearances.
In 2008, Harbaugh was asked about his special-teams background.
"I think every position has its own unique situations that it brings to the table. But the thing about special teams that a lot of people don't realize is you are handling the entire team every single day," Harbaugh said at the time. "You're dealing with offensive linemen, you're dealing with the defensive backs, the wide receivers — they're all a little bit different.
"You get a chance to coach them every single day. You touch them in football, and then you kind of mold your team. You also get a chance to work with the young guys. That's where you develop the young part of your football team, and that's thrilling as a coach because you build a foundation for your football team with those young guys."
With the Bears, Toub has developed a lot of players while his units consistently have ranked among the league's best.
Given his local ties, Ditka is familiar with Toub, who interviewed for the Bears' head-coach opening Monday with Emery.
"Good coach," Ditka said of Toub. "Should be an excellent choice."
Ditka clarified he wasn't saying that Toub was the best choice for the Bears but that he would make a fine head coach someday.
Added Ditka, "You can't win without good players."

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Disabling IPv6 under a 2.6 kernel
Sometimes you might have a host which you wish to disable IPv6 upon, this can be useful if you're having DNS timeouts when software attempts to resolve hostnames, and for other reasons.
To disable IPv6 it should be as simple as adding the lines
alias net-pf-10 off
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- Origin: India
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- Clean & Care: Vacuum regularly as new wool rugs can shed yarn fibers for up to three months. Avoid direct and continuous exposure to sunlight. Do not pull loose ends, clip them with scissors to remove. Clean liquid spills immediately by blotting with cloth or sponge. For hard to remove stains, professional rug cleaning is recommended.
The rug is beautiful and is a perfect fit with the other furniture and decor. The quality is excellent; only reason not given top rating is the color is darker than the on-line picture (ok for us) and the rug is not terribly soft for yoga or other full contact use.
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The rug is great. The colors are vibrant, the size is perfect, and the quality and price could not be beat. Everyone who has seen it says it really makes the entryway look wonderful. I am so glad that I made this purchase.
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French Bull's debut in January of 2002 marked the return of melamine but with a modern spin. The classic material known for its durability and striking color was given a makeover boasting the bold pop culture signature style of designer Jackie Shapiro.
The idea for French Bull came about by a desire to create homeware products for design conscious consumers at accessible prices. Though the line began with melamine kitchen products, French Bull is a lifestyle brand whose boundaries have become as limitless as the spectrum of color it works from. Melamine itself is resistant to high heat, shatterproof, and an ideal ground for pattern. The durability and functionality of the material is perfect for indoor or outdoor entertaining, everyday use and is completely safe for children. The wide range of storage, serving, kitchen and lifestyle products that comprise the French Bull line give you the freedom to create your story. The bold and graphic colors are culled from a uniquely selected palette that can be mixed, matched and tied together with an array of striking solids and patterns. French Bull continues to be ahead of the curve in reinterpreting everyday staples with a fresh look for a contemporary lifestyle. As a worldwide leader in design, French Bull's vision has extended to more than 25 countries, including Brazil, Australia, Israel, South Korea, Hong Kong, UK, Canada and Europe through over 5,000 retailers. French Bull's mastery of pattern and color has come to life in a wide range of products for your modern lifestyle. Their world extends from the kitchen to the bedroom, fun dishware for children and sophisticated serving items for adults. The brand has partnered with an array of like-minded manufactures to expand their constantly growing vision with lap top covers, lunch bags, beverage carriers, gift bags, greeting cards, and stationery. |


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This death will be the second in the state to date due to West Nile along with four new human cases.
According to the Mississippi Health Officials Report, Dr. Paul Byers, MSDH Deputy State Epidemiologist said, "We want to remind residents we are now in peak West Nile season, and regardless of specific county reports, West Nile virus is active throughout the entire state at this point.
This is when we can expect to see the bulk of our cases so it is very important to be especially mindful of taking proper protective measures now."
There have been 12 cases this year in Rankin, Forrest, Lincoln, Lowndes, Madison, Montgomery, Laflore, Wayne, Hinds, and Bolivar counties.
Two deaths have occurred in Montgomery and now Bolivar County.
"One can only assume that being an older individual, this person had chronic illnesses, making them more susceptible to the virus," said Dr. Alfio Rausa, district health officer of the Mississippi State Department of Health.
"After a death, we investigate the area and breeding and ask that the spraying of repellent be increased," said Rausa.
Rausa stressed that it is up to citizens to help control the mosquito population by keeping their grass cut and having no standing water on their property where mosquitoes can breed, especially after rainfall.
"These particular mosquitoes feed in the early morning and late evening," said Rausa.
"It would be best to spray with repellent, wear long sleeves, or don't go out during these hours."
Citizens are encouraged to use a repellent that has at least 10 percent DEET, which can be found on the repellent.
For more information on the mosquito population in Mississippi and prevention, visit the Mississippi State Department of Health website or call Mississippi's West Nile Hotline at 877-978-6453.


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SALINAS, Calif. — Increasingly, East Coast buyers are turning to California for their summer lettuce needs as homegrown deals take a beating from the weather.
Storms in Quebec plus high heat in the Ohio Valley and across the U.S. have taken a toll on local leafy greens, especially romaine. That spiked prices in the second week of July.
"Market activity has been slowly building to where we're quoting $20 a box on romaine hearts today (July 9)," said Mark Adamek, general manager for romaine and mixed leaf production at Salinas-based Tanimura & Antle. "There's just a lot more interest in California leafy green items."
Most buyers who didn't book early at a lower price paid $16.95-19.50 for a dozen three-count packages of Salinas-grown romaine hearts July 17, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Three weeks earlier, it was $9.45-11. On 24-count romaine cartons, prices rose from the $6.95-8.55 range to $12.65-14.35.
For iceberg, film-lined 24-count cartons ran $9.14- 10.50 on July 17, up from $6.50-7.85. Green leaf lettuce is mostly $9.95-11.56 on 24-count cartons, up from $8-9.50. Santa Maria also is producing, in lower volumes.
The rising demand for lettuce comes at a time when California stone fruit, grapes and other commodities are all in production and competing for trucks. That's likely to keep freight rates up.
However, the volumes those trucks can haul, even in the best scenario, may be modest until fall.
"During summertime we cut our leafy plantings in half because East Coast customers are buying homegrown," said Henry Dill, sales manager at Pacific International Marketing. "Our acreage goes down to help compensate for that." California's summer competition includes deals in Canada, New Jersey, New York, Ohio and Michigan.
A second issue is weather in the Salinas Valley itself. Temperatures here, unlike much of the U.S., have hovered comfortably under 70 degrees, although wind has been a problem.
"I talked with my peers in other companies, and we're all struggling with a fringe burn, so the product has gotten short," Adamek said. "There's very little calm air and the strain of high winds is visible. It's affecting romaine and romaine hearts especially, but I see the damage in a smaller way on all the leaf items."
For California growers, the bump in lettuce prices — following another for broccoli — is obviously welcome. But enthusiasm is tempered by the stagnant vegetable markets that held sway before.


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The Chinese economy is slowing more sharply than expected due to the weak external global backdrop and domestic constraints and imbalances. The outlook still
anticipates a soft landing for the Chinese economy, as Chinese officials enact monetary and fiscal policy stimulus to bolster the sagging economy. But risks are rising for a harder landing than currently anticipated. In addition to looking at how a both types of landings will affect the U.S. economy, this webcast examines the longer term outlook for the Chinese economy and the prospects for rebalancing.
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Are you tired of hearing people gush about Vitalicious VitaTops yet? Well, I'm certainly not tired of eating them! The Deep Chocolate and AppleBerry Bran are just 2 of the MANY flavors that rock my world! Since I love VitaTops, I decided to seek out varieties that I hadn't tried before, and that led me to Vitalicious VitaMuffin Golden Corn VitaTops. It's not really a "sexy" sounding name, but I heard it from a few sources that this was delicious as well, and so I decided to give it a go.
Unfortunately, the Golden Corn VitaTop is not quite as near and dear to my heart (or taste buds) as some of the other varieties. Each bite reminds me of a slightly undercooked cake with a hint of corn in the distance. As I reached the mushy middle, I felt as though I was eating baby food (or corn bread batter). Maybe a spin in the toaster is what this needed because the flavor is quite good, but I just couldn't get over the weird texture. This was quite surprising to me because texture has never been an issue with VitaTops before.
Each dense 2 ounce Vitalicious VitaMuffin Golden Corn VitaTop provides 100 calories, no fat, 6% of the daily value for sodium, 24% of the DV for fiber, 9 grams of sugar, 3 grams of sugar alcohols and 4 grams of protein. The "vita" part of these muffin tops comes in the form of 15 vitamins and minerals ranging from 2-50% of the daily value (with the majority offering 50%).
Will I buy VitaMuffin Golden Corn VitaTops again? If I ever get my toaster back, I may give them a second chance. However, for $1.00 per top (on sale nonetheless), I would rather be consuming the o-so-delicious Deep Chocolate VitaTops.


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Thomas explained that the oath of office was not to be entered into lightly but since all those on the board were not new to their position, she suspected they were well aware of the severity of the oath.
"You are a unit and you must act as one," she said, advising the board to do all things in the best interest of the city.
"Don't do anything to taint you, to taint your city or taint your family," she said. "Do the best job you can."
After taking their oath, the board members went straight to work by electing a mayor Pro Tempe or Vice Mayor.
Both aldermen Paul Janoush and Maurice Smith were nominated for the position, held by Alderman Ted Campbell for the last four years.
Alderman Kirkham Povall explained his reason for nominating Janoush was because Janoush has served on the board for almost 30 years, never serving in that position.
"I think it's important that we rotate," he said. "Four years ago I think I was the one who nominated Ted. It's not a full time job like the mayor's but it does have symbolism. Paul has served six terms (on this board). I think it was a great honor for Ted to serve and I think Maurice is certainly qualified but I do think it's important to recognize people who have longevity on the board. That's what guided me in my nomination."
"We work so good together," said Smith. "I don't have a problem with this."
Alderman Robert Sanders pulled his nomination of Smith from the floor and Janoush was unanimously elected Mayor Pro Tempe.
"I think this speaks volumes for this board," said Mayor Billy Nowell. "I feel strongly this is how we ought to feel about each other."
In other business, Police Chief Buster Bingham reported that police calls were down this quarter — April to June — compared to the same quarter last year.
Bingham suggested to the board that, because of the soon to be enacted Open Carry Gun Law, guns not be allowed on any city property, including parks.
The aldermen agreed and agreed that all the signs be uniform.
Bingham said he would call each department head and find out how many signs they would need. "They need to be done so you can see them from 10 feet away," he said.
Although the Open Carry Gun Law was to go into effect July 1, a lawsuit is blocking its enactment. State officials expect the law block to be removed next week.
Keith Christopher with ST Environmental, which manages the city water and sewer system, said the city's new water meter system has been delayed in going online due to discovery of some dead zones.
The dead zones prevent the radio waves from the new meters from being read.
Christopher said about 130 radio transmitters would be needed to cover the dead spots and that they needed to be put in high places.
"The higher the better," he said.
Christopher added that once the system was active, replacement of the transmitters due to loss or destruction would be at the cost of the city.
Finally, the aldermen agreed all city employees would have Friday off in addition to the Thursday, July 4 holiday. City hall will be closed.


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Edamame (soybeans) is one of my favorite foods. They have beneficial soy protein, lots of fiber, and vitamins to boot, all for little fat and calories - not to mention how fun they are to eat! You may already be familiar with Seapoint Farms Dry Roasted Edamame, as am I, but I was eager to try the fresher Seapoint Farms Edamame Lightly Salted Soybeans in Pods.
Preparation is a cinch: heat by either boiling or microwaving (with a little water), then enjoy! In my opinion, the soybeans in pods are much more fun to eat than the shelled or dried ones - just pull the pod through your teeth to get the beans. A healthy, filling snack that takes a while to eat - sounds perfect to me!
I found Seapoint Farms Edamame Lightly Salted Soybeans in Pods at my local D'Agostino grocery store for $3.29. The nutritional stats are wonderful: a 1/2 cup serving (edible parts only) clocks in at 100 calories, 3 grams of fat (4% of the RDA), no saturated or trans fat, 8 grams of protein and 9 grams of total carbohydrates which includes 4 grams of fiber (14% of the RDA) and 1 gram of sugar. Despite the lightly salted label, these so-called "wonder veggies" have only 260 mg, or 1% of the RDA, of sodium per serving - which is pracatically no salt.
If you haven't tried these before, go check them out at your local health food, Trader Joes or Whole Foods.


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DES MOINES-- Attorney General Tom Miller filed an amended petition in Humboldt County District Court today alleging that Smithfield Foods Inc. is involved in a sham transaction designed for the sole purpose of permitting pork processing giant Smithfield to control hog feedlots in Iowa.
Iowa's Corporate Farming Law prohibits meat processors from owning, operating or controlling feedlots in Iowa where hogs are fed for slaughter.
Miller filed a lawsuit January 24 to block Smithfield acquisition of Murphy's pork production assets in Iowa, and District Court Judge Ronald Schechtman issued a temporary injunction later that day barring such an acquisition. On January 28, Smithfield, the world's largest hog producer and pork processor, announced that it was acquiring Murphy Farms, the nation's second largest hog production operation. Miller immediately asked Smithfield to provide information about how the acquisition complies with Iowa law and Judge Schechtman's temporary injunction.
"Today we are alleging that transactions purporting to transfer Murphy's Iowa hog production assets to a third party are a sham designed for the sole purpose of creating an appearance of compliance by Smithfield with Iowa's corporate farming statute," Miller said.
"We allege that Smithfield still maintains control of Iowa feedlots, and that's a violation," he said.
The Attorney General's amended petition, filed Friday morning in Humboldt County District Court in Dakota City, Iowa, again lists Smithfield Foods as a defendant, and it adds Stoecker Farms Inc. as a defendant. The petition lists several transactions involving Stoecker Farms, Murphy, and Smithfield:
The transfers are "accomplished for the sole purpose of permitting Smithfield, a processor prohibited by Iowa Code Chapter 9H from owning, operating or controlling a feedlot in Iowa in which hogs are fed for slaughter, to in fact control feedlots."
Miller asked the Court to appoint a "Special Master" at Smithfield's expense with powers to investigate "the many transactions involved, perform an accounting, and file a comprehensive report of his findings with the Court for purposes of implementing an appropriate final decision." The petition asked the Court to name Eric W. Lam as Special Master.
The Attorney General asked the Court then to require Stoecker Farms to "disgorge all its holdings" and "prohibit Smithfield Foods Inc. from directly or indirectly participating in any manner with the operation or control of Iowa feedlots."
The lawsuit filed by the Attorney General on January 24 argued that if Smithfield acquired Murphy Farms assets in Iowa Smithfield would retain essential control of pork production at about 300 sites in Iowa where Iowa producers have swine production contracts with Murphy Farms. The contracts specify that Murphy had authority over most important management decisions, from ownership, source and marketing of the hogs, to the hogs' sex, feed ration, medication, and transportation.
Judge Schechtman already had set a hearing February 10 on Miller's request for a preliminary injunction while the matter is considered by the Court. That hearing remains scheduled.


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Mrs. Holder was born on November 11, 1915 to Henry Elmer "Bud" Long and Allie Gertrude Hill. She married Thomas Clayton Holder in April of 1933. She dedicated her life to being the homemaker of the family. She enjoyed working crossword puzzles, playing bridge, cross stitching and quilting. She was a devoted Christian and served the Baptist Faith all her life. She was a member of First Belleview Baptist Church of Shelby and also New Liberty Baptist Church in Blytheville, Ark. She loved her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren and spent many summers with them.
She is preceded in death by her parents, H.E. "Bud" Long and Gertrude Hill Long; husband, Clayton Holder; daughter, Trudy Juanita Holder Erwin; grandchildren, Laura Lynn Fuller, Melanie Ann Fuller, and Thomas Clark Erwin; brothers, Durwood Long, and Henry Long; and sisters, Frances Long, and Mary Long Hicks.
Mrs. Holder is survived by her son, Thomas Holder; daughter, Patricia Ann Holder Fuller (Charles); grandchildren, Janet Beth Fuller, Charles Clayton Erwin (Jennifer), and William Clarke Erwin (Nicole); and great-grandsons, Clayton Wesley Erwin, and Parker Thomas Erwin.
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7 conference innovations that helped make Drupalcon San Francisco a success
On the last night of Drupalcon DC last year, I was at a bar with some of my friends from San Francisco. We were talking about what a great conference DCDC was. The drinks were flowing and we started throwing around ideas for Drupalcon San Francisco. Even though I was the organizer of Drupalcon Boston, I live and continue to work in San Francisco and I wanted a conference in my city.
I knew how much work goes into a Drupalcon and that there was no way I could lead a Drupalcon again. But there was an opportunity to revisit lessons I learned from Drupalcon Boston, Szeged, and DC. The Drupalcon San Francisco idea started to gel, and within three weeks we had found a new leader with a community vision, charisma, and execution capabilities to pull off Drupalcon San Francisco. On April 1st, Matt Cheney, sent out the following email.
I have spoken to most of you already, but I wanted to put it all together and throw it out to the group. San Francisco is a fantastic city and I think we should propose to hold a Drupalcon downtown at the Moscone[ed] center next March. We have an amazingly vibrant community in the Bay Area and with our collective experience in running camps, organizing projects, working with the community, raising money, and generally making it all happen we can throw a wonderful, community focused Drupalcon.
This was the first of 31 meetings the entire conference organizing committee had over the last year. While the organizing committee did the hard work of actually organizing and executing the conference I was able to focus on experimenting with the Drupalcon model. My contribution was to lead the team that sold over $400,000 in sponsorships so we had the capital and cash flow to experiment with Drupalcon. In some cases those experiments worked out, in other cases the organizers were smart enough to tell me that was a really crazy idea that wouldn't work for this conference.
- Drupalcon is both shorter and longer
- Core developer summit
- Sprint before Drupalcon
- Training
- Unconference
- All night coders lounge
- Drupal association retreat
Drupalcon Boston was four days long, with a fifth day as a code sprint. For Drupalcon SF we were only able to get the conference center for 3 days during the week and still avoid religious holidays. Fortunately, we were able to get two move in days in advance where we could take advantage of some of the facilities to hold smaller events. In total, the Drupal association and Drupalcon organizers organized 7 days of events around Drupalcon.
At Drupalcon Boston, some of the most stinging feedback was that Drupalcon had gotten too big with 800+ attendees, and that it was no longer a conference for core developers but it had become a conference for Drupal site builders and vendors.
I took that to heart, and concluded that the Drupal community needed a smaller more intimate event that was separate from all the site building and business side of Drupalcon. We also needed an event that was inclusive and would allow people who were motivated to improve Drupal core to attend. But most importantly, we needed an event that was fun and reflected the passion the Drupal community has for working together.
Dries suggested the format of lightning talks and expert panels to provide structured debates. But after feedback from the community to have more breakout sessions, we dropped the panels. We experimented with a bunch of invitation criteria, and exclusivity to keep the event focused and on track. In the end, the criteria worked pretty well but it certainly upset key contributors in the community either because requirements are culturally not accepted or because the execution and communication of the criteria was inconsistent. We experimented quickly, cheaply, and failed in some areas. The conclusion was that the event exceeded expectations and that it should be a permanent addition to Drupalcon.
My observation from prior Drupalcons is that many people were too burned out either from partying or from attending sessions for 3 days to be their most effective in a code sprint. Adding a sprint before Drupalcon allowed us to tap some of that fresh passion. I found that the sprinters on Sunday were bright and fresh and the newbies were ready to learn how to contribute to core.
For Drupalcon SF I had come up with the idea that we would train 1000 unemployed bay area residents, or journalists, or students about how to use Drupal as a way to grow the community. To test this idea we held an all day training session for 120 people in a classroom at Drupal Camp San Francisco.
Fortunately, Josh Koenig, Jen Lamptom, and Matt Cheney actually knew how to train people successfully. As Jen put it, if you actually want people to learn, you need small class sizes with less than 25 people. Not only did they organize 20 training classes for almost 500 people successfully, but they managed to earn almost $60,000 in training fees after expenses and trainers were paid. During the closing ceremony, Matt Cheney pointed out that training more Drupalers was probably the most important accomplishment at Drupalcon San Francisco.
There were over 400 sessions submitted for Drupalcon San Francisco, but just over 100 were selected. We clearly are not utilizing the amazing learning content our community has to it's fullest. We need to provide more knowledge sharing experiences to our community.
During the last two years we've held four Drupal regional events in the Bay Area with 1100 unique registrants for those camps with no admission fee. We also held dozens of monthly local user groups in Berkeley, San Francisco, the South Bay, and Santa Cruz, all with no admission fee. However, when we compared the list of camp registrants with the people who bought a Drupalcon ticket for an average prices of $215 we found that only 300 of 1100 prior camp registrants had purchased a ticket to Drupalcon.
While there may be many reasons why so many people did not purchase a Drupalcon ticket, I can't help but think that cost is a barrier. When I started working on Drupal I was unemployed, and many of the people I know started using Drupal as students with limited funds. If we want Drupal to continue to grow we need to continue to aggressively lower barriers to adoption and use, and having a free unconference that connects people who want to learn with people who want to share knowledge should be a goal of Drupalcons. Crystal Williams understood this and helped make this new Drupalcon innovation happen.
At Drupalcon one of my many tasks is to act as a cat herder. One of the toughest parts is interrupting people who are in the middle of making incredibly important contributions when the conference venue is closing. When Josh Lawrence, Diana Connolly and I were touring the Parc 55 hotel and negotiating our hotel block packages I asked for all night coders lounge. It was important that we always had a place to go and work together without interruption.
Tiffany Farris, Laura Scott and others have been pushing for organizational facilitation for quite some time. While the association does meet in person, The Drupal association has not yet been able to dedicate a full day to have a facilitated session. The association faces many challenges in transitioning from a group of Drupal project collaborators to a successful non-profit that supports the Drupal project. By having facilitated meetings the association can plan it's future, build consensus, and set priorities which strengthens the Drupal project in yet one more way. The meeting was organized by the Drupal association's interm General manager and Treasurer Jacob Redding. Thirty permanent members of the Drupal association participated in advance of the retreat to help ensure the permanent members could make the most of the day.
The ability to experiment and create value with the Drupalcon model depends on having the conference fundamentals in place, and the Drupalcon organizers made that possible. I was also lucky enough to have the support of Acquia's investors, my management team, particularly Tom, Warren, Tim, Lynne, Dries, as well as my colleagues who've helped make my day job easier while I've been guiding these conference innovations. With out support and execution from the conference organizers and Acquia this event wouldn't have been the success that it was.
The ability to spend money on these experiments and take risks come from having have great returns on investment on prior Drupalcons. To paraphrase Peter Drucker
Profit is not the purpose of, but a limiting factor on business enterprise and business activity. Profit is not the explanation, cause, or rationale of business behavior and business decisions, but rather the test of their validity.
As Matt Cheney indicated in the closing ceremony, Drupalcon is on track to be a very profitable activity. The profit from Drupal is almost equivalent to total sponsorship revenue. That will hopefully lead to a whole new set of conference innovations at Drupalcons Copenhagen and Chicago. If you've got a innovative idea for how to improve Drupalcon write a blog post about it, I'd love to hear about how the Drupal community can make more innovative conferences.
Those were definitely cool - but don't sell short #8 - allowing attendees to find their own food. It's something that probably wouldn't have worked so well in Paris, but I remember seeing piles of uneaten but paid for lunches at DC, when everyone took off to eat at the various fantastic food venues around the conference.
Letting people go out and find their food let them take a break from the convention, let everyone save money by making tickets cheaper, prevented the sort of food waste we saw at DC, and allowed everyone to break up into groups and go off and discuss the cool things that were going on. I hope it's an innovation that's kept along with these first seven.
First off a hearty congratulations to you, Matt Cheney and his colleagues at Chapter 3 for putting on a first class conference. I attend conferences throughout the U.S. and we can be very proud of the one that we just put on.
A few other areas of ingenuity that really paid off for DCSF:
1. Introduction of a business track to the conference. These sessions were surprisingly well-attended, and seemed to create an air of inclusiveness for executives and 'information workers' that are successful contributors in the WCMS ecosystem but not necessarily developers. In past years, Drupalcon was all about developers. This year we added sessions that made the conference content accessible to many others
2. More curation of presentations. In past years case study and 'vendor' presentations could be very self-serving. This year I found many of the sessions to be just plain awesome, with deep details given on projects as well as how challenges were overcome.
3. Groundswell Marketing. Head over heels this conference rocked because we had a first class event management marketing firm help us through all the nuances. While many of us participate in conferences all year round, none of us are experts, and the people at Groundswell did an AWESOME job
4. Volunteer coordination. For a conference that is put on almost entirely by the efforts of volunteers, I was absolutely astonished by the level of coordination at the volunteer-manager level. For instance, I had signed up for registration desk duties and was really impressed that the coordinators sent all of us detailed information on our slots, where to meet, important FAQs, and even a conference call to debrief in advance.
There was so much more to brag about regarding DCSF, but what I was most impressed with was the mood of the community. In the past there could be a (not-so) faint feeling of unwelcome for newcomers or a seasoned community bristling at interlopers. This year, it felt inclusive - as newbies all strive to find a way to contribute to the Drupal project, this conference was admirable in that it made all comers feel very welcome.
Going into the conference I felt a strong commitment and obligation to the Drupal community. Leaving it this past Wednesday, that sense of commitment was fueled by a passion to do whatever I can to help the community thrive.
Once again, great job to you Kieran, to Matt, and to all of the people that worked their hearts out making Drupalcon an unqualified success!
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Asia and the Pacific
Asia and the Pacific
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Indian immigrants in the United States may not want their U.S.-born children to live and work in India, but some members of the second generation are 'returning' to their parents' homeland for economic and personal reasons, as Sonali Jain of Duke University explains.
Discussions about climate change and migration ramped up in 2009, in large part due to a number of conferences and reports surrounding the highly anticipated United Nations (UN) Climate Change conference in Copenhagen.
Over the past year, long-standing discussions and negotiations have resulted in several new information-sharing initiatives that seek to boost security while facilitating travel for legitimate travelers.
Many countries relied on low-skilled immigrant workers during good times. But Japan, Spain, and the Czech Republic have recently introduced "pay-to-go" programs to reduce the number of unemployed immigrants. MPI's Kristen McCabe, Serena Yi-Ying Lin, and Hiroyuki Tanaka, and Piotr Plewa of the European University Institute examine these programs and the larger policy questions they raise.
The world's second most populous country also has a vast diapora spread across nearly every continent. Daniel Naujoks provides a broad overview of Indian migration flows and major populations worldwide, and discusses India's diaspora policies, refugees and asylum seekers from the region, and illegal immigrants from Bangladesh.
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This brief examines the complex issues surrounding labor migration from Colombo Process countries. It discusses the progress made—and the policy challenges that remain—with regard to creating efficient and equitable labor migration systems.
Ce manuel pratique et simple d'utilisation à l'usage des décideurs et des praticiens fait le point des mesures les plus récentes prises par les pouvoirs publics en direction des diasporas. La question qui se pose aux responsables politiques n'est pas tant de savoir si les diasporas peuvent être utiles à leur pays d'origine, mais comment elles le sont et quels types de politiques et de programmes publics sont à même de favoriser ces relations.
Este manual ofrece a los formuladores de políticas y especialistas una guía accesible y práctica sobre las iniciativas gubernamentales referentes a la diáspora. Este manual contiene un menú, seleccionado cuidadosamente, de opciones normativas y programáticas viables basadas en experiencias reales en distintas partes del mundo.
The impact of climate change as a driver of human migration is expected by many to dwarf all others. Still, certain frequently repeated forecasts of the number of people who stand to be displaced by climate change are not informed by a complete understanding of migration dynamics, as this report explains.
الأردنية ودعم اقتصاده. وابتدأت العَمالة غير العربية الآتية من آسيا بالزيادة في السنوات الأخيرة في الأردن، وبالأخص من سريلانكا والفِليبّين.
Migrants from the Philippines and Sri Lanka have taken on a growing role in filling labor shortages in Jordan, leading to significant challenges surrounding the recruitment of these foreign workers. Based on interviews with government officials in sending and receiving countries and focus groups with migrants, the report analyzes the role of private recruitment agencies and points to oversight gaps.
Two competing models for selecting economic-stream immigrants are now prevalent in advanced industrialized economies: points-based and employer-led selection. Increasingly, however, hybrid selection systems are being created, implementing best practices from each selection process.
Drawing on experiences from Asia, Europe, North America, and the Pacific region, this report presents eight strategies that represent best practices developed by immigrant-receiving countries to increase the economic contributions of immigration.


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Rival: Rep. Jackson 'cheated' voters by not revealing plea deal talks
BY NATASHA KORECKI AND BECKY SCHLIKERMAN Staff Reporters November 8, 2012 9:08PM
Ronald Fields, 32, speaks on E 71st St. in the 2nd Congressional District in Chicago, Ill., on Thursday, November 8, 2012. | Andrew A. Nelles~Sun-Times Media
Updated: December 10, 2012 6:33AM
Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. "cheated" the voters.
But, knowing as much as they did, those who re-elected the MIA congressman are "crazy, mindless voters who are taking orders from downtown."
Those were some of the reactions from Jackson's just vanquished rivals as they took in the surprise news that the freshly re-elected South Shore Democrat is in plea negotiations for alleged misuse of his campaign funds.
The surprise development also raises the possibility, should Jackson step down or be forced out, of a costly special election straddling at least three counties right after a general election was just held.
Word of the plea talks set off another flurry of interest in the 2nd Congressional District seat. The district includes some of the most economically devastated portions of the city but ostensibly has had no representation since Jackson went on leave in June.
Marcus Lewis, who ran as an independent Tuesday, voiced his frustration with voters, who gave Jackson 63 percent of the vote.
"We're dealing with crazy, mindless voters who are taking orders from downtown. The 181,000 that voted for Jesse in spite of knowing that the man is up on charges, knowing that he cheated on his wife," he said. "Knowing that he has a 244-page ethics investigation. They're crazy!"
Jackson has not been charged with any crime.
But one day after he was re-elected Tuesday in a commanding win, Chicago Sun-Times columnist Michael Sneed revealed that Jackson is in plea negotiations with federal authorities. The story was first reported on the Sun-Times Web site late Wednesday.
Sneed reported that not only is Jackson under investigation for allegedly using campaign funds to decorate his Washington home, but investigators are also trying to determine whether he used campaign funds to buy a $40,000 Rolex watch as a gift for a female friend.
"This needs to be destroyed. This machine needs to be destroyed forthwith," Lewis said. "They're playing us like we're silly. I know people who are suffering in the district. We needed to get in there. It's a machine that is like a poisonous cobra."
A longtime Jackson critic, Anthony W. Williams, who ran as a write-in candidate, said the Jackson political dynasty manipulated voters.
"The voters of the 2nd District have been cheated once again," said Williams. "It is important that we call for a special election."
The Jackson saga has a sense of deja vu.
If the South Shore Democrat does pleads guilty, he will be the second congressman in a row from the South Side and south suburban district to be convicted of a crime. He is already the third consecutive 2nd Congressional District representative to be embroiled in a sex scandal.
If Jackson were to step down, by law, a special election would have to be held to fill the vacancy. That means that taxpayers would have to foot the bill for a special election.
Chatter of a replacement has already run rampant.
One of the names to surface Thursday was Sam Adam Jr. — the onetime attorney for convicted ex-governor Rod Blagojevich. Adam had been approached by "prominent individuals and an organization," about his potential candidacy, said a source.
Jackson's wife, Ald. Sandi Jackson (7th), is also considered a potential replacement.
Other names in the mix: Kurt Summers, chief of staff to Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle; Ald. Anthony Beale (9th); Robin Kelly, who ran and lost for state treasurer; Toi Hutchinson, a state senator from the far south suburbs; Napoleon Harris, the former Northwestern linebacker just elected to the Illinois senate, and state Sen. Kwame Raoul.
From the beginning, Jackson's opponents were suspicious of the congressman's multi-month absence from Congress. They called on him to "campaign or resign."
Lewis called Jackson's absence "a sham" and accused him of hiding from federal authorities.
Jackson has not appeared publicly except sending a message to voters through a robocall.
"Like many human beings, a series of events came together in my life at the same time and they have been difficult to sort through," Jackson said in the call, asking constituents for their patience.
That was before the Sun-Times first revealed last month that Jackson was under investigation — a new probe involving alleged improprieties with his campaign finances.
His Republican opponent in the election, Brian Woodworth, had called on voters not to cast a vote for an absentee congressman.
Jackson succeeded Mel Reynolds, who stepped down in 1995 after he was convicted of sexual misconduct, child pornography and obstruction of justice relating to an affair he had with a campaign volunteer who was a minor. Reynolds was also convicted of federal charges of bank fraud and lying to the FEC about misuse of campaign funds.
Three years earlier, Reynolds ousted veteran congressman Gus Savage. Savage was never charged with any crime, but he was the target of a House Ethics Committee inquiry into charges that he made improper sexual advances toward a young woman on a 1989 trip to Zaire.
Jackson promised a "new direction" for the district when he ran in the 1995 special election to succeed Reynolds.
Constituents in the South Shore neighborhood where Jackson has a residence, voiced frustrations on Thursday.
Barbara Sims, 60, who was at Chef Sara's Café drinking coffee with a friend. said she voted for Jackson, but had she known of the plea negotiations she wouldn't have voted for him.
"I don't agree with corruption," though she added there were no other real options on the ballot in her mind. "He should have come forward," she said. "It seems like he waited until he got elected."
Raymond Noble, 69, a retired city worker from South Shore, said he wasn't surprised by the Sun-Times report.
"In Chicago. It's going to happen from time to time."
Ronald Fields, 32, a barber at B Selfish Salon and Barbershop was equally unmoved.
"People do things," he said. "If you pull the covers off, everybody's got something they got into that the shouldn't have."
Former federal prosecutor Jeff Cramer said the situation is tough to swallow for constituents. He pointed out that Jackson didn't reveal he was being treated for a mental illness until the deadline for opponents to file had passed. And now word of the plea talks comes right after he's re-elected.
"There are no coincidences," said Cramer. "It's hard to be even more cynical in Illinois when it comes to corrupt politicians. Maybe we just hit a new low here."
Republican Woodworth had a more sobering take.
"If this had come out before the election, I don't think it would have had an impact."
"Go national and ask people what they think about Chicago politics. There's a perception that politics is corrupt," he said. "You just kind of get used to this idea that your politicians have a reputation of corruption."


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Seekers of Knowledge has a new neutral Ancient One called Er'nrawr - Death and Entropy Manifest.
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Remote exploitation of a use-after-free vulnerability in multiple versions of Microsoft Corp.'s Internet Explorer could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the current user.
A use-after-free vulnerability exists in the way Internet Explorer handles stylized CSS on list elements within HTML documents. Specifically, the issue occurs within how the mshtml!CTreeNode object handles list-stylized elements.
Exploitation of this issue allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the current user. An attacker would need to entice a victim to visit a specially crafted Web page. Upon visiting the page, exploitation would occur and execution of arbitrary code would be possible.
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Ruth gleans in the field of Boaz. (1-3) The kindness of Boaz to Ruth. (4-16) Ruth returns to her mother-in-law. (17-23)
Verses 1-3 Observe Ruth's humility. When Providence had made her poor, she cheerfully stoops to her lot. High spirits will rather starve than stoop; not so Ruth. Nay, it is her own proposal. She speaks humbly in her expectation of leave to glean. We may not demand kindness as a debt, but ask, and take it as a favour, though in a small matter. Ruth also was an example of industry. She loved not to eat the bread of idleness. This is an example to young people. Diligence promises well, both for this world and the other. We must not be shy of any honest employment. No labour is a reproach. Sin is a thing below us, but we must not think any thing else so, to which Providence call us. She was an example of regard to her mother, and of trust in Providence. God wisely orders what seem to us small events; and those that appear altogether uncertain, still are directed to serve his own glory, and the good of his people.
Verses 4-16 The pious and kind language between Boaz and his reapers shows that there were godly persons in Israel. Such language as this is seldom heard in our field; too often, on the contrary, what is immoral and corrupt. A stranger would form a very different opinion of our land, from that which Ruth would form of Israel from the converse and conduct of Boaz and his reapers. But true religion will teach a man to behave aright in all states and conditions; it will form kind masters and faithful servants, and cause harmony in families. True religion will cause mutual love and kindness among persons of different ranks. It had these effects on Boaz and his men. When he came to them he prayed for them. They did not, as soon as he was out of hearing curse him, as some ill-natured servants that hate their master's eye, but they returned his courtesy. Things are likely to go on well where there is such good-will as this between masters and servants. They expressed their kindness to each other by praying one for another. Boaz inquired concerning the stranger he saw, and ordered her to be well treated. Masters must take care, not only that they do no hurt themselves, but that they suffer not their servants and those under them to do wrong. Ruth humbly owned herself unworthy of favours, seeing she was born and brought up a heathen. It well becomes us all to think humbly of ourselves, esteeming others better than ourselves. And let us, in the kindness of Boaz to Ruth, note the kindness of the Lord Jesus Christ to poor sinners.
Verses 17-23 It encourages industry, that in all labour, even that of gleaning, there is profit. Ruth was pleased with what she gained by her own industry, and was careful to secure it. Let us thus take care that we lose not those things which we have wrought, ( 2 John. 1:8 ) should examine their children, as Naomi did, not to frighten or discourage them, so as to make them hate home, or tempt them to tell a lie; but to commend them if they have done well, and with mildness to reprove and caution them if they have done otherwise. It is a good question for us to ask ourselves every night, Where have I gleaned to-day? What improvement have I made in knowledge and grace? What have I done that will turn to a good account? When the Lord deals bountifully with us, let us not be found in any other field, nor seeking for happiness and satisfaction in the creature. We lose Divine favours, if we slight them. Ruth dutifully observed her mother's directions. And when the harvest was ended, she kept her aged mother company at home. Dinah went out to see the daughters of the land; her vanity ended in disgrace, ( Genesis 34 ) . Ruth kept at home, and helped to maintain her mother, and went out on no other errand than to get provision for her; her humility and industry ended in preferment.
Ruth 2:1-3 . RUTH GLEANS IN THE FIELD OF BOAZ.
2. Ruth . . . said unto Naomi, Let me now go to the field, and glean--The right of gleaning was conferred by a positive law on the widow, the poor, and the stranger [ Ruth 2:3 ] was not a right that could be claimed; it was a privilege granted or refused according to the good will or favor of the owner.
3. her hap was to light on a part of the field belonging unto Boaz--Fields in Palestine being unenclosed, the phrase signifies that portion of the open ground which lay within the landmarks of Boaz.
Ruth 2:4-23 . HE TAKES KNOWLEDGE OF HER, AND SHOWS HER FAVOR.
4. Boaz came from Beth-lehem, and said unto the reapers, The Lord be with you--This pious salutation between the master and his laborers strongly indicates the state of religious feeling among the rural population of Israel at that time, as well as the artless, happy, and unsuspecting simplicity which characterized the manners of the people. The same patriarchal style of speaking is still preserved in the East.
5. his servant that was set over the reapers--an overseer whose special duty was to superintend the operations in the field, to supply provision to the reapers, and pay them for their labor in the evening.
7. she said . . . Let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves--Various modes of reaping are practised in the East. Where the crop is thin and short, it is plucked up by the roots. Sometimes it is cut with the sickle. Whether reaped in the one way or the other, the grain is cast into sheaves loosely thrown together, to be subjected to the process of threshing, which takes place, for the most part, immediately after the reaping. Field labors were begun early in the morning--before the day became oppressively hot.
she tarried a little in the house--that is, the field tent, erected for the occasional rest and refreshment of the laborers.
8, 9. said Boaz unto Ruth, . . . bide here fast by my maidens--The reaping was performed by women while the assortment of sheaves was the duty of men-servants. The same division of harvest labor obtains in Syria still. Boaz not only granted to Ruth the full privilege of gleaning after his reapers, but provided for her personal comfort.
9. go unto the vessels, and drink of that which the young men have drawn--Gleaners were sometimes allowed, by kind and charitable masters, to partake of the refreshments provided for the reapers. The vessels alluded to were skin bottles, filled with water--and the bread was soaked in vinegar ( Ruth 2:14 ); a kind of poor, weak wine, sometimes mingled with a little olive oil--very cooling, as would be required in harvest-time. This grateful refection is still used in the harvest-field.
14. he reached her parched corn, and she did eat, and was sufficed, and left--some of the new grain, roasted on the spot, and fit for use after being rubbed in the hands--a favorite viand in the East. He gave her so much, that after satisfying her own wants, she had some ( Ruth 2:18 ) in reserve for her mother-in-law.
16. let fall also some of the handfuls of purpose for her--The gleaners in the East glean with much success; for a great quantity of corn is scattered in the reaping, as well as in their manner of carrying it. One may judge, then, of the large quantity which Ruth would gather in consequence of the liberal orders given to the servants. These extraordinary marks of favor were not only given from a kindly disposition, but from regard to her good character and devoted attachment to her venerable relative.
17. and beat out that she had gleaned--When the quantity of grain was small, it was beat out by means of a stick.
an ephah--supposed to contain about a bushel.
20. the man is . . . one of our next kinsmen--Hebrew, "one of our redeemers," on whom it devolves to protect us, to purchase our lands, and marry you, the widow of his next kinsman. She said, "one of them," not that there were many in the same close relationship, but that he was a very near kinsman, one other individual only having the precedence.
21. all my harvest--both barley and wheat harvests. The latter was at the end of May or the beginning of June.
22. Naomi said unto Ruth . . . It is good . . . that thou go out with his maidens--a prudent recommendation to Ruth to accept the generous invitation of Boaz, lest, if she were seen straying into other fields, she might not only run the risk of rude treatment, but displease him by seeming indifferent to his kind liberality. Moreover, the observant mind of the old matron had already discerned, in all Boaz' attentions to Ruth, the germs of a stronger affection, which she wished to increase.


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June 30th, 2009Brandon Jennings was the Milwaukee Bucks #1 pick in the NBA draft. He it a point guard who is known for being open. He used to have a twitter (before his management made him take it down) and has taken the time to do interviews with his rapper friends. Now, he takes the time to interview with us.
Miller Park Drunk: Who is your favorite Brewer?
Brandon Jennings: Who? Who else n*****?
MPD: Umm... I don't know, Braun maybe?
BJ: N****, get that bum-a** n**** outta here.
MPD: You were the Bucks first round pick, the Brewers first round pick was Eric Arnett. Have you met Eric?
BJ: That ain't nothing but a college person.
MPD: I heard that you were invited to throw out the first pitch at a Brewers game, but that didn't happen. Care to elaborate?
BJ: This is what happened right. My agent is like "Well, we ain't hear nothing.We ain't have no guarantee." So we makin' phone calls and s***.
MPD: But you didn't make it?
BJ: No, n****, I came out there and made my appearance n**** and I had the best appearance out of all them n******. And I was the best dressed, they said, by the way. I was the best dressed.
MPD: Prince Fielder is a big fan of yours.
BJ: That n**** tough, that n**** tough though. There must be a reason he liked me. There must be a reason.
MPD: How do you feel about the Brewers chances in the NL Central this year?
BJ: The other n***** are scared.
MPD: Any thoughts on the Manny Parra situation?
BJ: I know they were booing this n****.
MPD: Okay, one last question: what do you think of the Chicago Cubs?
BJ: Them n***** is always going to be weak.
Thanks a lot Brandon, I'm sure you and Andrew Bogut will get along fine!
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BY FRANK MAIN Staff Reporter January 11, 2013 8:02PM
Lake Barrington-based DS Arms makes semi-automatic assault weapons along with other guns. Its owner expressed concerns about the impact of an assault weapon ban. | Richard A. Chapman~Sun-Times Media
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DS Arms was buzzing with activity.
The phones rang and rang in the front office of the Northwest suburban gunmaker last week. Customers were calling to place orders — and they weren't happy when they were told of two-month backlogs.
Back in the factory, workers were busy manufacturing components for the military-style weapons the company sells across the country and around the world.
"We are swamped," said David Selvaggio, owner of the Lake Barrington-based company. "We have thousands and thousands of orders. We can't even fill them. We don't have the material."
But Selvaggio, who founded the company, said the booming sales might not last. Customers have been stocking up because of the prospect of a ban on the sale of assault weapons.
"We would just about go out of business," said Selvaggio, who provided the Chicago Sun-Times with a rare inside look at his controversial industry. "You would see many, many companies go under."
Selvaggio said he'd probably have to lay off at least half of his 50 employees in the event of a ban. Hundreds of Illinois companies that supply his factory with everything from springs to plastic moldings would also suffer, he said.
Illinois is a manufacturing hub for military-style semiautomatic rifles, with four other major companies making them here. They would take big hits, too, Selvaggio said.
A previous 10-year federal ban on the sale of assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines expired in 2004 under President George W. Bush.
Members of Congress and the Obama administration are now discussing the possibility of renewing the ban in reaction to the Dec. 14 Sandy Hook Elementary School slayings in Connecticut, in which a gunman mowed down children with a military-style semiautomatic weapon before killing himself.
The massacre prompted a push in the Illinois General Assembly for a state ban on the sale of assault weapons. But the measure failed to muster enough votes for passage in a recent lame-duck session.
Selvaggio said a nationwide assault-weapon ban doesn't make sense because the guns are used in a tiny fraction of violent crimes.
Most murders in Chicago are committed with handguns. Only about 300 of the 7,400 firearms that officers took off the streets in 2012 were classified as assault weapons, according to police. Records show Chicago police recovered eight guns made by DS Arms between 2001 and 2011, but none in connection with a violent crime.
Still, Mayor Rahm Emanuel and other local leaders say they support a state and national assault-weapon ban because people like the Connecticut killer can use them to cause massive casualties quickly.
Josh Sugarmann, executive director of the Violence Policy Center in Washington, said the public-safety benefit of banning assault weapons outweighs the economic damage to companies such as DS Arms.
"It's their choice to make assault rifles. They can make other firearms that would be legal under any assault-weapon ban," Sugarmann said. "They never take into account the cost to society that these weapons inflict."
But Selvaggio said he's only making a tool that civilians use mainly for target-shooting, self-defense and collecting. The problem isn't the weapon, he said, but the people using it for criminal purposes.
"There are bigger cultural issues we need to address," he said.
Selvaggio, who gained an appreciation of guns as a youngster while target shooting with his uncle and visiting gun shows, started his company from scratch at age 21.
Now 46, he not only sells to customers in the United States, but exports weapons to foreign governments like Argentina and Israel — with State Department approval — and recently began supplying rifles to game wardens in Africa to stop the poaching of rhinoceroses.
Selvaggio said 80 percent of his sales are to the civilian market and 20 percent to the military and police.
In 2011, DS Arms produced more than 8,000 rifles, according to Selvaggio. Since he founded his company 25 years ago, he's made about 60,000 "FAL-style" semiautomatic rifles, he said.
Selvaggio quibbles with the term "assault weapon," which he said should apply only to automatic weapons for military use. He said the weapons he sells to the civilian market are semiautomatic, meaning only one bullet is fired every time the trigger is pulled.
For the purposes of the ban from 1994-2004, though, the government defined semiautomatic rifles with military-style features as assault weapons.
Selvaggio said his company was able to weather the previous ban because he removed the prohibited features from his rifles. But the current proposed ban wouldn't allow manufacturers to make those modifications to sell their semiautomatic rifles, Selvaggio said.
A ban would not only harm his business, but the state's economy, Selvaggio said. He estimated that gunmakers have a $500 million annual impact on Illinois.
Selvaggio said there's an anti-gun political climate in Illinois — and other states know it.
"Every year we get invited by other states to move to their state," he said. "South Dakota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Idaho, Indiana, Oklahoma, Missouri — they're calling us all the time. They're saying, 'move your jobs to our state. We are friendly to manufacturing jobs, even yours.' "
One rifle manufacturer recently moved to Iowa, but Selvaggio said he's not considering a move to another state. He's not ready to expand, either.
"It's hard to make a business plan when you're worried about every politician wanting to shut you down," he said.
Selvaggio said there's a lot of hypocrisy in the debate over assault weapons.
"I have sold a firearm to a very high-profile, anti-gun Democrat," he said.
Selvaggio's politics are squarely on the side of the National Rifle Association and gun-rights advocates. He's an ardent supporter of the 2nd Amendment. He believes in the role of an armed citizenry.
"There's a reason the Japanese didn't invade us," he said. "They were afraid they would find someone with a gun behind every blade of grass."
He also thinks responsible adults should be allowed to carry concealed weapons in schools to prevent massacres like the one in Connecticut.
On some issues, though, Selvaggio and gun-control advocates are on common ground.
"We're really not opposed to background checks at gun shows. We think people should be checked," Selvaggio said.
Selvaggio said he supports the roundtable Vice President Joe Biden held last week in Washington with people from both the gun-rights and gun-control sides of the issue.
What he can't understand is the hate he thinks is being directed toward the gun industry — and his company.
"We've had e-mails equating us to crack dealers and that we should burn in hell and put our own guns to our mouths," Selvaggio said. "We are family people here. We are all concerned about the safety of our children."