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Mendez is facing a felonious assault charge.
Police said they had video evidence to back up the public indecency charge.
Police said it appears the victim accidentally shot himself while getting a gun out of his pocket.
Relaxed concealed carry requirements and silencers for hunters are some considerations.
Changing policies and limited space are forcing the closure.
The shooting victims went to the hospital where staff alerted police.
Our Lady of Mount Carmel joins St. John the Baptist in Canton as the only other Basilica church in the Youngstown Diocese.
The fire caused minimal damage because of a quick response by firefighters,
Police were notified of the shooting by hospital staff.
The family of a veteran who was on the USS Oklahoma when it was attacked in Pearl Harbor was recognized in Warren.
The shooting happened Monday afternoon.
New Middletown police are seeking additional charges against a suspect and plan to make changes to their cruisers after his attempted escape…
Police said the man had an amount of marijuana on him that was about the size of a golf ball.
Crews were called to the house on Mahoning Avenue about 11:50 a.m. Monday.
Nobody was hurt in the fire at Buchanan Manor in Wheatland just before midnight last Wednesday.
The state's average price for a gallon of regular gas was $2.60 in Monday's survey.
Select post offices will be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Dec. 14 and Dec. 21.
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Eric Wimberger
|Eric Wimberger
|Former candidate for
|Wisconsin State Assembly, District 90
|Elections and appointments
|Last election
|November 4, 2014
|Term limits
|Campaign website
Campaign themes
Wimberger's campaign website highlighted the following issues:[2]
Economic Development and Jobs
- Excerpt: "Wisconsin culture is ambitious and hard working. Government should enable this culture, not suppress or replace it with a bureaucratic monopoly. Taxes and regulation compliance are some of the largest costs to new and small businesses. In order for people to realize their ambitions and improve themselves and the economy, such costs need to be as low as possible. If we want people to succeed, they need to be able to get the fruits of their labor."
- Excerpt: "I am in favor of vouchers to provide opportunities for those who feel like their present school system is failing them. While I have a high regard for public schools in Green Bay and their abilities to provide education, a voucher system puts such judgments about who should educate children where it should be- with the parents."
- Excerpt: "Presently, department leaders propose a future budget that is about $2 billion beyond what is currently budgeted. I believe that any budget baseline should be $0. In other words, what last year's budget is in comparison to any proposal for the future is irrelevant. We should look at what is needed each year and decide what to fund, whether that is an increase or decrease in funding from the year earlier. However, there is no need to raise any tax to maintain good infrastructure at this time, as natural growth in the economy and reduction in bureaucratic inefficiencies will account for needs."
2Nd Amendment Rights
- Excerpt: "The right for citizens to own firearms is of the most important rights, since firearms are the only true way for a population at large to deter oppression from within. Foreign powers are also deterred from invading as they would be mired in an impossible rebellion if they managed to defeat our armed forces."
- See also: Wisconsin State Assembly elections, 2014
Elections for all 99 seats in the Wisconsin State Assembly took place in 2014. A primary election took place on August 12, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature-filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was June 2, 2014. Incumbent Eric Genrich was unopposed in the Democratic primary. Eric Wimberger was unopposed in the Republican primary. Shae Sortwell ran as a Serving Liberty and the People Party candidate. Genrich, Wimberger and Sortwell faced off in the general election.[1][3] Incumbent Genrich defeated both challengers, and was re-elected for another term.[4]
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Wisconsin Government Accountability, "Candidates Registered by Office," June 11, 2014
- ↑ Eric Wimberger, "Issues," accessed October 28, 2014
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NBA: Golden State Warriors aim to tie play-off series with San Antonio Spurs
Last Updated: 13/05/13 6:53am
Stephen Curry: Will be a game-time decision due to ankle injury
The Golden State Warriors will attempt to regain their play-off momentum when they face the San Antonio Spurs in Game Four of the Western Conference semi-finals.
Sky Sports' second live NBA offering on Sunday is a pivotal post-season clash from the Oracle Arena in Oakland, with the Spurs looking to kill off Golden State's lively challenge.
San Antonio needed double overtime to win an epic first game of the series before the Warriors hit back to take the second contest behind 34 points and 14 rebounds from Klay Thompson.
The Spurs, seeded second in the West as opposed the Warriors' sixth seeding, restored some of the expected order with a 102-92 triumph in Game Three as Tony Parker poured in 32 points.
A second straight win on the road would put them firmly in the driving seat, and Golden State's chances of levelling the seven-game series would take a huge blow if point guard Stephen Curry is ruled out.
Curry, who scored 44 points in Game One and has averaged 25.3 points per game in the play-offs so far, hurt his ankle in the defeat on Friday night and will be a game-time decision on Sunday.
"Again, as usual, just staying true to the process. He'll get treatment all day long. I'll stay in constant contact with him. We'll see how he feels and make a decision whether he plays or not tomorrow (Sunday)," Warriors coach Mark Jackson told Inside Bay Area.
But Thompson added: "He'll play. No question about it. He will play through anything. He's got heart."
Curry is Golden State's main scoring and creative threat, while Andrew Bogut leads the team in rebounds this post-season. David Lee, the Warriors' usual main presence in the paint, will be limited with a hip injury.
Veterans Parker and Tim Duncan will be leading the Spurs' offence, with Kawhi Leonard also set to be given extensive playing time while Manu Ginobili operates from the bench.
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Employees who receive workers' compensation payments for on-the-job injuries are assumed to have retired when they hit age 67. It's written right into the Minnesota workers' compensation statute.
But a recent lawsuit argued that workers' comp payments had to continue past that cutoff age because an employer had negotiated a legal settlement that didn't specify that the payments would end at age 67.
Fortunately, the Supreme Court of Minnesota has ruled otherwise, rejecting the argument.
Recent case: George Frandsen was employed by Ford Motor Co. when he was injured at work. After receiving temporary disability payments, it became apparent that Frandsen was permanently disabled. He entered into a settlement agreement that converted the benefits to permanent disability payments.
Then, when Frandsen turned 67, Ford tried to stop the benefits and Frandsen sued.
The automaker argued that the Minnesota workers' compensation law created a presumption that beneficiaries retire at 67 and therefore no longer are entitled to wage replacement. Workers' compensation payments are designed to replace wages lost because a work-related injury destroys the employee's ability to perform work—not as permanent compensation.
A lower court sided with Frandsen, but the Minnesota Supreme Court reversed. It said that unless the agreement specifically said the employer waived the retirement presumption, it applied. (Frandsen v. Ford Motor Company, No. A11-0126, Supreme Court of Minnesota, 2011)
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THE-FOURTH SUNDAY after the EPIPHANY
THE THIRD SUNDAY after the EPIPHANY January 25, 2009 Year B & Daily Office Year One 9:15 a.m. HOLY EUCHARIST RITE II PROCESSIONAL HYMN 525 "The Church's one foundation is Jesus Christ her Lord" BCP Page 355 Acclamation Page 356 Gloria in excelsis (Hymnal S-280) Insert Collects (BCP p. 215 & 818), JONAH 3:1-5, 10; PSALM 62:6-14 (p. 669), I CORINTHIANS 7:29-31 GRADUAL HYMN 661, verses 1-3 "They cast their nets in Galilee" Insert The Gospel: MARK 1:14-20 GRADUAL HYMN 661, verse 4 THE SERMON: THE BODY OF CHRIST CALLED TO BE ST. MATTHEW'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN THE CITY OF FAIRBANKS THE ANNUAL MEETING (see Agenda on separate page) Page 358 The Nicene Creed Page 392 The Prayers of the People ~ Form VI Page 360 The Peace Page 830/431Announcements, Birthdays, Anniversaries, etc OFFERTORY HYMN (Choir) "Built on a Rock" Page 361 The Great Thanksgiving (Eucharistic Prayer A) Page 367 Sanctus (Hymnal S-129) Page 364 The Lord's Prayer Page 364 Fraction (Hymnal S-155) COMMUNION HYMNS: SongBook 27a, 40, 43b, 59, 70a Page 365/6 The Post Communion Prayer & The Blessing RECESSIONAL HYMN 555 "Lead on, O King eternal, the day of march has come" All persons baptized with water & the Spirit in the Name of the Trinity are invited to receive the Eucharist. Those who wish to only receive a blessing, may cross their arms. It is perfectly acceptable to receive the Eucharist in only one kind (i.e. the Host), and then decline the chalice, crossing your arms. The Third Sunday after the Epiphany January 25th, 2009 The Annual Meeting of the Parish & Celebration of the Eucharist The Doxology Palm Sunday ~ March 16, 2008 Saint Matthew's Episcopal Church Fairbanks, Alaska (to see in color, visit our website: www.stmatthewschurch.org Palm Sunday 2008 photos) www.stmatthewschurch.org www.episcopalak.org www.alaskabishopsearch.org OUR PRAYERS OF INTERCESSIONS Parish Intercessions Harry Fields Jack David John Hannah Bonnie Howard Audrey Linda Harold Dean Margaret Lonnie Elizabeth Chad Jonathan Steven Betty Grassman Teresa Richard Jeffrey Joan Phyllis Mary Faith Elaine Vince Dolly Norma Frank Horace Matthew Carl Pete Caroline Fee Caleb Kristen Elmerline Katherine James Kathy Gladys Byron Larry Caden Jane Beverly Maggie Doris Sara Marjorie St. Matthew's Episcopal Church Fairbanks, Alaska January 25, 2009 OUR PRAYERS OF INTERCESSIONS Diocese of Alaska & Diocese of Yukon Intercessions St. Matthew"s, Beaver; St. Andrew"s, Stevens Village; Rampart; St. Jude"s, North Pole; St. Mark"s Nenana; St. Thomas", Point Hope/Community of Toad River, British Columbia The Anglican Communion & The Indian Ministries Cycle of Prayer The Church of the Province of Melanesia/the Native people in the Diocese of Virginia Thanksgivings for Anita Mary, Jay Roderic (1942), Fred William III, Martha Woodland (1953), Anna Louise (1979), Georgia Ann (1984), whose baptismal anniversary at St. Matthew's is January 25th ; for the prayers for Parker Nation and his daughter, Karen. Both are done with treatments and are thankful. For the Departed Evelyn Alexander (93 years) of Minto; Arthur William Clark of Oregon/Fairbanks; Allen John (Joel Nicholai) of Stevens Village; Gareth Solomon of Kaltag; Jock "Blue" Chute of Rampart. FLOWER and CANDLE OFFERING The Altar flowers are given to the Glory of God, and thanksgiving for our retiring Vestry members: Darrel Zuke, Senior Warden Bruce Gadwah, Clerk Teresa Moore, and resigning Vestry member, Hubert Griffin. The sanctuary candle is given to the Glory of God, and by Patty Meritt in loving memory of her mother, Patty Martinez. The flowers on the Altar are prepared and provided at minimum cost by College Floral & Gift. . Those traveling; those in recovery; all those serving overseas & their families; our family in Denali Center; the Pioneer Home; the Correctional Centers; and other homes and programs; and all those grieving (Please keep these people in your prayers, as we will be rotating names every three weeks to include those currently asking for prayer.) THIS WEEK at SAINT MATTHEW'S 2009 Sunday, January 25th (The Third Sunday after the Epiphany) 9:15 am Holy Eucharist Rite II ~ ONE SERVICE ONLY ~ with the Annual Meeting of St. Matthew's Parish beginning after the Reading of the Gospel, and continuing with the Offertory after the meeting Games & Videos available for Children in the "Upper Room" NEW VESTRY meeting following the Annual Meeting for Selection of Vestry Officers; also, ENDOWMENT FUND BOARD meeting Annual Meeting Potluck/Covered Dish (parish Hall) 12 am Compline Monday, Jan 26th OFFICE CLOSED Noon Homeless Ministry Meeting (Parish Library) 5 pm Old Minto Recovery Camp Meeting (Parish Library) 12 am Compline Tuesday, Jan 27TH 11 am Denali Center Eucharist 7 pm Narcotics Anonymous 12 Step Meeting (Parish Hall) 7 pm CoDA 12 Step (Parish Library) 12 am Compline Wednesday, Jan 28th 9:30 am Holy Eucharist & Healing Prayers 6 pm Choir rehearsal 6 pm Education for Ministry (EFM) class (Bishop's Office) 7 pm Holy Baptism (Maddison Wright) & Eucharist 12 am Compline Thursday, Jan 29th 5:30 pm OA 12 step Recovery Program (Parish library) 6:30 pm Cabin Fever University Soup & Sandwiches & Sing-A-Long ~ hosted by Organist Laura Vines 12 am Compline Friday, Jan 30th 12 am Compline Saturday, Jan 31st Sunday, Feb 1st (The Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany ) 8 am Holy Eucharist, Rite i 9:15 Children's Eucharist, Rite VIII 11:15 am Holy Eucharist, Rite II (Nursery available for children three years & younger) Wednesday, Feb 25th (ASH WEDNESDAY) 9:30 am, Noon, & 7 pm Holy Eucharist & Imposition of Ashes WELCOME to everyone visiting from throughout the Interior and beyond. You are invited to join us at our coffee hour in the parish hall after each service. There is a possibility of a visiting Bishop here mid-April for the Deanery meeting and confirmations. Anyone interested in being confirmed or helping teach a confirmation class, please contact the Church Office 456-5235. Classes will start in Lent. Stone Soup Café is needing volunteers again. Their Board met with the Tanana Valley Council of Churches on January 13th, and other interested church people, to revive the "church community" spirit in the Stone Soup Café. If anyone is interested in volunteering, please call Stone Soup Café Manager, Mary, 456-8317. Or, if a group of 68 people from St. Matthew's wants to get organized, we could have an Episcopalian Day weekly or so. You may contact our Church office (456-5235). The volunteers at the Stone Soup Café, at this time, mostly come from North Star Halfway House, which has sustained the Café. The First United Methodist Church will continue to host the Café ONLY IF there is community-wide church involvement again. Otherwise, FUMC will ask Stone Soup Café' to move out of their building by March 31, 2009. FINANCIAL STEWARDSHIP thru December 31, 2008 Operating Income (Month) $41,333 (YTD) Operating Expense 30,244 Surplus/(Deficit $ 1,960 Weekly offering need to meet 2008 budgeted ministry needs: $5,726.90 (2009 figures set at Annual Meeting 1/25/09) Last Sunday "s offering (operating fund): $9,718.39 Pay-pal donations December: $3,782 $297,110 -295,150 $ 1,960 THOSE ASSISTING IN THE LITURGY YOU, The COMMUNION of SAINTS and . lst Lesson: Psalm: Epistle: Prayers: Acolyte/Crucifer: Chalice Bearers: Ushers: Nursery: Organist: Altar Guild: Coffee Hour: 9:15 a.m. Marty Thomas Ray Cockerille Teresa Moore Helen Howard Bruce Gadwah/Charlene Marth Ray Cockerille/Darrel Zuke Millie Ambrose Laura Vines Julia Cockerille, Laura Bender, Marty Thomas potluck/covered dish
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During the Virginia governor's race last year, Democratic candidate Terry McAuliffe wrote a letter to the state's congressional delegates urging them to "stop using the threat of a government shutdown as a bargaining chip in other negotiations, including over the health care law."
At the same time, he repeatedly told lawmakers on the campaign trail not to bother sending him a budget if it didn't include language to expand Medicaid for up to 400,000 low-income Virginians — a part of President Obama's overhaul of the health care system. A 60-day legislative session passed with no deal on either a two-year budget or expansion of Medicaid.
As governor, Mr. McAuliffe appears as bullish as ever heading into a special session that opens Monday, but Republicans are just as determined to decouple the items and deal with Medicaid in a separate special session.
"I promise you in this room, we will get this done this year," Mr. McAuliffe told health care officials in Alexandria last week, according to a video posted by the blog Blue Virginia. "You have my word on it. I do not make promises lightly. If I put my word to it, you're going to get it."
But now, the threat of a government shutdown July 1 does loom, and Republican leaders have been eager to share exhortations from local governments and business groups, including those that want Medicaid expanded, to deal with the issues separately.
Mr. McAuliffe has scheduled a special session budget briefing for 9 a.m. Monday, when he is expected to unveil his budget proposals to counter House Republicans, who introduced their budget blueprint Friday.
Republicans point out that dozens of school boards, city councils, and local bodies have lobbied lawmakers in Richmond to pass a budget now to give localities more certainty in crafting their spending plans, many of which rely significantly on money from the state government.
The Democrat-controlled Senate passed a budget during the regular session that includes funding for Marketplace Virginia, a private option that would leverage funds from the federal government to provide health care for up to 250,000 low-income Virginians.
Mr. McAuliffe and Senate Democrats say it's common sense for Virginia to accept the federal money and that the state loses $5 million a day by choosing not to. Under the law, the federal government covers the full cost of expanded coverage for three years, a subsidy that eventually winds down to 90 percent.
But House Speaker William J. Howell, Stafford Republican, penned an op-ed in the Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star over the weekend saying that a federal government with $17 trillion in debt cannot reliably make good on the promise and that the program must undergo reforms before expansion is considered.
"If the governor would remove the issue of Medicaid expansion, we could finish Virginia's budget in short order," Mr. Howell wrote. "That is why I, along with my colleagues in the House of Delegates, am offering to compromise. The responsible path forward is to pass a clean budget, then continue the debate over Medicaid expansion in a separate special session."
The public relations war in the two weeks since the legislature adjourned has been fierce.
House Republicans have provided daily updates on "Terry McAuliffe's budget impasse," reminding the public of statements he made on the campaign trail about Medicaid and the budget.
Senate Democrats say it is the Republicans who refuse to compromise. They recently touted support from business groups, health care specialists and Boyd Marcus, a longtime GOP operative who endorsed Mr. McAuliffe last year after reportedly seeking a job with the campaign of Republican Kenneth T. Cuccinelli II.
The Democratic Party of Virginia also says House Republicans have been "missing in action" during the past few weeks. The party recently used altered images of Mr. Howell and House Majority Leader M. Kirkland Cox of Colonial Heights along with a makeshift logo from a children's game show to highlight their apparent absence from public view, as Mr. McAuliffe hopscotched across the state to various hospitals to talk up the benefits of Medicaid expansion to friendly audiences.
"Instead of hearing from their constituents, they are hiding behind closed doors and crafting what can only be another plan to hijack the budget by once again refusing to expand access to quality affordable health care for 400,000 working Virginians," said party spokeswoman Ashley Bauman.
A day earlier, Mr. Howell spoke at an event hosted by the Virginia Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives.
The state Chamber of Commerce supports Medicaid expansion and has called for the issue to be separated from the budget.
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Muir Woods National Monument is More than Really Old, Really Big Trees
Yes, you are definitely forgiven. We were just there on Tuesday (visiting from Utah) and loved it. Your excellent write-up provides great background for one of America's treasures.
Deadly Threats You Never Heard of Lurk in Our National Parks
What a story. I have enjoyed the warm springs in Saline Valley over the course of three days and broke all of the rules of safety as did others with me. Suppose we were lucky. Hope there are signs posted now. Beautiful area and aside from a few people that like to play their stereo full blast, it was very nice. Think signs would be out of place? I know the loud music was.
Muir Woods National Monument is More than Really Old, Really Big Trees
Does this mean I'm forgiven for getting the centennial year wrong?
Muir Woods National Monument is More than Really Old, Really Big Trees
One of the most beautiful places on earth - makes San Francisco worth the trip.
Park Rangers, Active and Retired, Lament Change in Gun Rules for National Parks
As for Kurt, I truly appreciate that he puts forth the time and effort to operate this website and blog. He and I disagree on this issue but I still think that we could spend a day in a National Park together and enjoy each other's company. We all owe him a big "Thank you!"
Here here! Running a site like this takes a lot of energy, effort, and time. I'm glad to have a forum to discuss this and other relevant issues.
Park Rangers, Active and Retired, Lament Change in Gun Rules for National Parks
It's been awhile since I've chimed in on this issue. My viewpoints haven't changed and I don't think anyone else's have either. I think it is immoral to require someone to disarm themselves when they cross a line on a map. How my concealed pistol will "scare" someone is beyond my wildest comprehension. It's like saying that they're offended by the color of my underwear!
As for the comments being mostly OPPOSED to this new rule change, I invite you to go to the comments page and read some for yourself. There are many thousands of them. Pick a hundred at random; it might take you a half hour. But it will show you the fact that most responders were in FAVOR of this new rule change!
As for Kurt, I truly appreciate that he puts forth the time and effort to operate this website and blog. He and I disagree on this issue but I still think that we could spend a day in a National Park together and enjoy each other's company. We all owe him a big "Thank you!"
Park Rangers, Active and Retired, Lament Change in Gun Rules for National Parks
Ted, I should know better, but....
* "Disproportionally"?
Disproportionate to what? To Hispanics, to Asians, to African-Americans, to AARPers, to twenty-somethings, to white males, to white females, to black bears?
You mention the "general population," but I'd wager the "general population" of the Washington peninsula is considerably different than the "general population" of Torrey, Utah, the gateway to Capitol Reef NP or Hurricane, Utah, on the border of Zion NP, or even Bar Harbor, Maine, next to Acadia NP.
If you're being specific to the general population of the peninsula, I'm not sure if your point is that out-of-area gays find the park overly nice and enjoyable or that there's been a disconcerting drop in non-gay visitation.
* "important parts of Olympic National Park"?
And what would be the unimportant parts?
The bottom line is, "So what?"
Back in July of '07 I wrote about an African-American BLM ranger, Wayne Hare, who had written an essay lamenting the general lack of people of color in the backcountry areas of our public lands. Part of his point was that, "The most recent U.S. Census indicates that sometime around the year 2050, people of color in this country will outnumber the current white majority. If the emerging future majority doesn't find intrinsic value in our birthright of publicly owned lands, how much tougher will it be to fund and protect these special areas?"
To say the least, that post generated quite a bit of heat out...from folks who agreed with Mr. Hare, from folks who disagreed, from folks who complained about all the talk about diversity, maintaining that it had become overly PC and was failing to accomplish the underlying goal in favor of merely playing a numbers game.
I guess my point is that I would be more concerned about your observation if it was that you didn't encounter ANYONE in the backcountry. Who cares if those you did are gay, or black, or yellow, or purple? Would you have made the same "disproportionate" claim if the majority of folks you encountered were white males aged 35-55? Just to tie back into the original post, would you have commented if you found a "disproportionate" number of backcounty travelers were armed or unarmed?
Last time I checked the parks were there to be enjoyed by all-comers regardless of race, creed, age, gender, or sexual orientation. Shouldn't they all be encouraged, welcomed, and feel comfortable without being labeled as "disproportionate"?
Park Rangers, Active and Retired, Lament Change in Gun Rules for National Parks
There was no sarcasm in my observations about the high level of gay usage in the Olympic Peninsula backcountry.
Warren brought 'civil rights' into the thread explicitly in the context of 'gay rights'. You responded to him, expressing reservations about the thread-drift, and indicated that you were "curious" whether his drift can be tied to the 'Parks-theme'.
I believe there is an opportunity for such a tie-in as you requested, in that gays appear to be disproportionally represented, in comparison with the general population, in important parts of Olympic National Park.
Park Rangers, Active and Retired, Lament Change in Gun Rules for National Parks
When I went to Yellowstone, I had a .44 Mag. revolver in my back back when I hiked and camped in the wilderness areas. At that time a young woman 3 weeks earlier had been attacked by a grizzly bear, I felt I had the right to protect myself! I have a CCW for Minnesota, the left wing said it would be like the wild west, there would be gun battles on Main St., we haven't seen any of that. Serious crime has gone done, even the Police Chief of St. Paul says it has posed any threats to any of his officers.
Earthquakes Continuing to Rattle Yellowstone National Park
K Gies,
For every "supereruption" there are a thousand "big eruptions", and for every one of those there is a thousand "little eruptions". Neither science nor the government can really tell reliably which of those 'events' a sustained pattern of 'warning activity' will lead to - if anything at all. Most warning-activity comes to nothing.
Most eruptions are little ... but Mount St. Helens was a 'little eruption', and it was fairly impressive. However, the main effects of St. Helens were confined to Washington State (had the wind been different, the ash would have dumped heavily on the urban Portland, Oregon area ... but still, the human cost would have been light).
K, nobody - nobody - knows how to tell if the Big One is coming.
Park Rangers, Active and Retired, Lament Change in Gun Rules for National Parks
I'm starting to worry about your efforts at sarcasm....or, if you're being serious, does this impression overly concern you?
And please, let's read for comprehension and not insert thoughts into my comments. Whereas I referred to discussion of *general* civil rights issues, without specifying one or another aspect, you felt fit to label my interest as being specific to gay rights. Why is that? What about how minorities are faced with stereotypes or discrimination? What about women not being paid equal to their male colleagues?
But I suppose that would be thread drift....unless you tied 'em to NPS hiring somehow.
Park Rangers, Active and Retired, Lament Change in Gun Rules for National Parks
Warren & Kurt viz Parks, Gay Rights, and Drift
Kurt cracked the door:
"Perhaps someone can spin [(gay) civil rights] in a fashion that does tie it to the parks, and I'd be curious to see that one."
I believe that gays are over-represented on the 'intermediate to advanced' backcountry trails.
Once you have hiked in farther than can be hiked back the same day, it starts to become noticeable that some of the folks being encountered are evidently gays. Normally, one does not notice this, though of course it is always true.
On the trails and 'designated' campsites a couple days 'back in' from the madding crowds, it becomes emphatically evident that an unusually high portion of one's fellows are gay. I am going to guess that the 'enrichment' may typically run 25% to 50%. On an extra-good day, in an extra-good setting, a casual glance indicates that most of the others finding tent-sites, unpacking, fetching water, getting a few pictures - are gay.
I think there is a serious - and important - over-representation of gays in the Olympic National Park backcountry.
Earthquakes Continuing to Rattle Yellowstone National Park
I would like to know if there is a plan in place to notify those affected if Yellowstone go's. Which is going to be everyone from Missouri/Kansas north and east. Or is everyone going to kept in the dark and our government and FEMA just hoping for the best? I think the people of this country have the right to know what their government plans on doing if there is any warning of a large quake ( 6.0 or greater) or a large eruption. This kind of event can and will affect many lives.
Park Rangers, Active and Retired, Lament Change in Gun Rules for National Parks
Yes, the original publishers of these 'talking points' would (hopefully) have more in mind than solely to inflame the pro-gun faction. Sure - that's how it's supposed to be done. With the more skilled practitioners, such statements as these intentionally deliver a different message, and have a different effect on the widest possible range of different groups. That's one of the key skills of politics - to be aware of the different parts of the audience and be able to deliver differing messages to each with the same words.
You mention the opposition-sentiment being represented 2-1 in the official comments submitted. Comments such as these are not, and are not intended as a proxy for democracy. No. These comment-opportunities are primarily to provide a 'pulpit' so those with no voice or 'champion' can bring to the attention of law-makers points of view, circumstances, factors etc which the big-wigs may not have before them, to help ensure that avoidable mistakes aren't made (experience shows this does happen). "Comment periods" are in no way shape or form a "ballot" or "vote". Thinking so is a mistake.
In this case - as in lots of others - what we see in the breakdown of the comment-sentiment is a reflection of: 1.) the bias of those who most-successfully organize a 'write-in campaign' to promote their preferred outcome, and: 2.) yes; that those whom the new law favor feel little insecurity about the outcome.
An exception to my previous point about these comments not being a kind of vote, would be if a meaningful portion of the entire voting population takes the opportunity to weight in on the matter. If instead of 140,000 comments from a nation of 300,000,000 there had been 14,000,000 ... yeah, we're going to have another look at this.
But if much of the country did submit comments, then you would see that actually just shy of 2 out of 3 support gun-rights - around 65%. This is a sentiment that has been polled often, and the results are consistent.
Park Rangers, Active and Retired, Lament Change in Gun Rules for National Parks
Right on, Kurt. I am completely aware of my drift away from the source of the topic, and I thank you keeping the discussion on track. (Though I am very curious to see response to my last post, I totally understand if it doesn't make onto the site.)
I spent many years in customer service and retail management. I always found it interesting that in that arena, most customers only spoke up when filing a complaint, it was rare for customers to go out of their way to express their happiness.
Rarely did a customer express happiness in the range of products one of my stores sold; comments were usually limited to judgment of my character based on what I didn't have in the store...
Not exactly the same situation as how guns-in-parks topic/comment string draws out particular individuals, but it's the closest example I have from my own experience. :)
I get it, and apologize for intentionally drifting away.
Park Rangers, Active and Retired, Lament Change in Gun Rules for National Parks
vince K.,
I have seen folks use the quote (uncited):There is good merit in it.
"An armed society is a polite society."
Park Rangers, Active and Retired, Lament Change in Gun Rules for National Parks
You're encouraging some serious thread drift here, which concerns me in that it's directed AWAY from national park-related topics.
The primary focus of the Traveler is to take a look at what's going on in the national parks and explore those issues. To trot off in a direction away from the parks and into a no-holds-barred debate/discussion of civil rights, well, I don't see that as at all germane to the national parks. Perhaps someone can spin it in a fashion that does tie it to the parks, and I'd be curious to see that one.
That said, I do find it incredibly curious that most -- most -- of those who visit the Traveler to comment on the gun issue only visit to discuss or debate the gun issue. It's as if they don't care a bit about national parks, only where they can carry their weapon. It's as if they surf the Internet looking for sites where they can weigh-in with their pro-gun agenda. You never hear them speak up on park funding issues, on some of the intriguing reasons we visit parks, on legislative issues (aside from gun-related issues) affecting the parks.
That said Warren, I look forward to seeing YOUR comments on some of these other issues;-)
Park Rangers, Active and Retired, Lament Change in Gun Rules for National Parks
You do an awesome job with this site, I for one appreciate the breadth of coverage, and the amount of content, and the sometimes alternative viewpoint you present for debate.
So far I've only found myself posting comments related to the legal carry in National Parks issue. (What can I say, I enjoy a good debate.)
Keep up the good work!
Since the pro- carry folks are focusing their comments on a civil-rights based platform built on the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, so will I. At the risk of Ted calling me a politician again (!) I will ask the pro- carry folks for evidence of their support on all civil rights issues, or at least one particular issue that matters to me.
A couple of commentators here at NPT have compared no- carry laws to Jim Crow laws, i.e. gun owners had been treated in a separate but equal way in our National Parks. I will ask here (as I have in another comment string concerned with the guns in parks issue) if the gun owning civil rights advocates will join my fight for legal same-sex marriage. How does legalization of same-sex marriage relate to legal carry in our National Parks, you might wonder.
I am a gay man in a relationship of 18+ years, hurray for me. Yet the Federal government, and most states (including my own) refuse to legally recognize the stability and worth of my long-term relationship because of religious prejudice (based on idiosyncratic interpretation of the Bible) towards what I do in the privacy of my bedroom. (And let me tell ya fellas, after 18 years there ain't much going in there, I'm sure you can appreciate that little tidbit! It's as if I'm married, just like you.)
Wouldn't you agree that legal bans on same-sex marriage are as much a violation of my civil rights as prohibitions on concealed carry of firearms are on yours? After all, just about every civil marriage law on the books (on both the state and federal levels) is based on a religious definition or belief. Isn't that a violation of the Constitutional Principle of the Separation of Church and State? Love the sinner but hate the sin? Separate but equal. Legal recognition of "civil unions"? That's just separate but equal again.
(As for the argument that legalization of same-sex marriage will lead to legalized human/animal marriage, or intra-family marriage, or legalized bigamy... well, that's just the same as saying that a legal gun owner will always use it an illegal manner, or will buy their guns illegally, or refuse to take the requisite training courses for proper, safe usage.)
Do you see where I'm going with this?
As far as I'm concerned, all those organizations out there devoting their time and effort to making legal carry a Second Amendment issue need to get on board the Constitution train and fight for lawful interpretation of the 10th Amendment, the 14th Amendment... heck, why not support the entire Constitution as it applies to all Americans. History shows us that the most effective movements are those built on broad-based coalitions.
This is not bait, nor a politician's argument, just the sincere plea for fair, consistent application of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. The same sex marriage folks just flat out need your devotion to Constitutional Principles.
I look forward to the good folks at the NRA, the Second Amendment Foundation, the Second Amendment Committee ( www.libertygunrights.net ), www.guncite.com , www.secondment.net, , etc., joining me in a coalition based on Constitutional consistency when it comes to civil rights in America. You don't want me to pick and choose which portions of the Constitution I'm obligated to support, so don't you either. Okay?
Park Rangers, Active and Retired, Lament Change in Gun Rules for National Parks
As I have stated before. I carry a gun on my RV for protection. I consider this my home space and I will continue to carry the gun onboard legal or not. I see no reason to carry concealed . If someone thinks they need protection while out on a trail, carry bear spray. In my opinion it will do as good on a man or beast as a handgun. These are my thoughts only not intended to cause a major debate.
NPCA, Park Retirees File Lawsuit to Halt Change in National Park Gun Rules
Ted: Thanks. I hope you enjoyed your day on the trail. :)
Eric: As beautifully explained in the DC vs Heller opinion, the 2nd Amendment doesn't create a right, it only affirms & protects a preexisting natural right from infringement. As such there really is no reason to explain why one might want to exercise that right. It would be like asking someone to explain why they would want to have free speech on the Internet when they can already have free speech in the newspaper letters to the editor section. We all have a right to free speech, so why would we need to explain? Each person should be allowed to choose for themselves whether they want to exercise that right on the Internet or to abstain from such exercise.
Just as a small side tangent - someone earlier posed the thought that because there are restrictions on free speech such as a prohibition on shouting "FIRE!" in a crowded theater, it is therefore reasonable to have restrictions on firearms. There actually are restrictions on the use of firearms - I am prohibited from pulling it out of my holster & aiming it at someone, or even showing it to someone in an effort to intimidate, much less shooting it at someone, unless very specific criteria are met to fit the legal requirements of a justified shooting, such as self defense for example. There are also specific restrictions on where I'm not prohibited from firing my weapon other than in self defense - for example in town I'm not allowed to fire my gun, nor within specific distances to buildings or city boundaries, etc. The right to keep & bear arms however, is not to be infringed.
OK, back to the question you asked. Although no reason need be given as justification for exercising a right, I will indulge your question from my own point of view. Although I always wear my seat belt while driving it doesn't mean I'm scared that I'm going to crash my car every time I get behind the wheel. Although I have smoke, heat, and carbon monoxide detectors in my home I don't have trouble sleeping at night wondering if my house is going to catch fire. I pay for home, auto, life, and health insurance not because I'm scared that I'll need them. I do these things to be prepared, not because I'm paranoid. If anything, being prepared allows me to relax, which is quite the opposite of being scared.
To anyone who wonders why I would carry my gun in a National Park I ask the question why not? Is there some fortune teller who can tell me exactly on what day & in what location I would need my gun? If such a thing were possible I would simply avoid going to that location on that particular day, and never have a need to carry a tool I could use for self defense.
Bear attack survivor John Shorter was glad he had his gun. Bear attack survivor Joshua McKim was glad he had his gun (as was his sister). Rabid Mountain Lion attack survivor Paul Schalow was glad his uncle had his gun. In fact, having a gun in a moment of great need has mattered to many people.
I'm not trying to say that these attacks are highly likely. However I am trying to say that if you suddenly were to find yourself in need of a self defense tool against predators of either the 2 or 4 legged type, your need will be vast, and it will be immediate. There will be no time in the hour of need to go shopping. Like the parable of the 10 virgins - you either are prepared with what you need, or you are not. How the story ends depends on ones level of preparedness if and when the hour of need arises. You could say that I prepare for the worst, but hope for the best.
I carry a gun around town because it is easier than carrying a cop. I carry a gun in the National Forest (and as of today in National Parks as well) because it is easier than carrying a Forest Ranger. In town when seconds count the Police are only minutes away. While out in the wide open space of God's Beautiful Country a Forest Ranger is likely many miles away, long out of ear shot. Even if you happen to be lucky enough to get a signal on your cell phone 911 would likely have difficulty determining where you are & how to get help out to you. Out in God's Country when seconds count you'd be lucky to have help in hours, much less minutes.
So finally, if for no other reason, I carry a gun because I've accepted the fact that I alone am responsible for the safety of myself & my family, not the Police, and not the Forest Rangers. They are available as a crime deterrent, and even to gather evidence or seek out the criminals after the event of a crime, but there is absolutely no way they can be in all places at all times to ensure everyone's safety. We'd all need our own Secret Service agents to have that level of protection which of course would be absurd.
As far as your question about concealed vs open carry - right now National Parks still prohibit open carry - the rule changes only allow concealed carry. I would be very much in favor of allowing open carry as well as concealed carry, but I'm happy to at least finally have concealed carry as an option rather than no option at all. The 2nd Amendment doesn't specify that we can only bear arms in the open, nor that we can only bear them concealed. If they had intended it to be specific they would have made it so - for example, the right to keep and bear concealed arms shall not be infringed, or the other way around.
As far as the choice of open carry vs concealed - the primary issue with open carry would be the loss of tactical advantage against a criminal who first scopes a scene (who would then obviously either decide to look for easier targets or decide to shoot the armed folks before they attack the unarmed folks). The other lesser issue with open carry is that some people have an irrational fear of firearms - the very sight of firearms makes them break out into a cold sweat & dial 911. Concealed carry lets people with that type of phobia go about their lives without having to know that there are armed folks in their midst on a daily basis, which lack of knowledge helps them stay at ease while they sip their hot cup of Java.
I hope that I have been some level of assistance to you Eric, if nothing else to perhaps give you a little food for thought. Deciding whether or not to carry a gun is a very personal decision, one that each of us needs to make on our own for our own personal reasons. Have a great weekend :)
Muir Woods National Monument is More than Really Old, Really Big Trees
Uh, Bob, did you forget to buy a new calendar? That Centennial was one year ago.
[Ed: My bad; it's been fixed. Now, here's some weaselspeak -- a limp excuse, to be sure.
When you go to the Muir Woods website, which has not been properly updated, you'll see at one point this statement;
To learn about upcoming centennial events please visit our schedule of events. [italics mine]
The "schedule of events" in that sentence is a hotlink that takes you to a January 2009 calendar.
It remains that I ignored the basic math , not to mention other statements at the MUWO website that referred to the centennial in the past tense. There's no excuse for that.
Park Rangers, Active and Retired, Lament Change in Gun Rules for National Parks
Ted, you are probably correct in your assumption that many of these comments were made to bait the Pro-Gun folks, but I suggest that it is not the only reason for the comments. I genuinely believe that these folks (park employee groups) have actual concerns about being exposed to higher numbers of firearms on a daily basis, and that maybe they just aren't very good at nonconfrontational speaking. Should their concerns be overtly ignored when it would appear there is a 2-to-1 margin of the public in the comment period agreeing with them? Isn't that rather undemocratic? I suggest that gun-rule changes put into place despite the lack of a majority support really makes it irrelevant as far as a constitutional issue. The Pro -Gun (In the Parks) Folks will get their way due to the activist-policies of an administration that doesn't seem to give a SH*# about the will of the people who have the most vested in these parks. When a public outcry for keeping guns out of national parks (about 98,000 people) is absolutely ignored, I think it's safe to say that Pro-Gun folks aren't really being baited, but are instead being out & out reviled as thugs. But you are correct, as long as the gun lobby is winning, Ya'll should probably just keep quiet.
NPCA, Park Retirees File Lawsuit to Halt Change in National Park Gun Rules
Why would anyone think they might need to defend themselves from a criminal in National Parks? Well, lets see...
NPCA, Park Retirees File Lawsuit to Halt Change in National Park Gun Rules
Warren Z wrote: "My life wasn't threatened, though I did suffer bodily harm.
But you know what? I never once thought "I wish I'd had a gun..." The gang that surrounded and attacked me did so swiftly, even efficiently. The lead pipe they used to break my arm and lacerate my scalp almost knocked me unconscious..."
Wow. Hit in the head with a lead pipe? Your definition of "life threatening" must be decidedly different than mine. And speaking for myself, I don't believe I have a moral or legal obligation to suffer head injuries and a broken arm to ensure the comfort and economic success of criminals.
I certainly don't think you need to exercise your First Amendment right by spouting such inane drivel. Obviously , we need to close that loophole in the free speech laws. See how that works...?
Interior Officials Want to Allow Concealed Carry in the National Parks
Concealed Carry holders are some of the most law abiding most checked "civilians"in the country. It is amazing that the anti-gun folks really seem to believe that since it was illegal to carry a gun that people did not carry a gun. Now the law abiding citizens can carry as well. You can carry concealed in 48 states. Millions of people across the country legally carry concealed everyday. A despite the constant fear mongering of the anti-gun crowd every place that allows reasonable access to concealed carry has seen a REDUCTION in crime. The myth that these people carrying guns are going to snap and shoot someone over a parking place has not happened. The myth that the police will not know the difference between a concealed carry holder and a criminal has not happened. It is has not turned into the "Wild West" with blood running in the streets like the anti-gun crowd promised. It is also a fact that the places in this country that are the most gun restrictive, are also the most violent. All of these facts can be confirmed and I would ask all of the anti-gun crowd basing their opinions on emotion and ignorance to learn more about what they are blindly opposing.


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Rockies still can't solve Anderson in 6-2 loss
PHOENIX (AP) — The Colorado Rockies haven't figured out a way to solve Arizona Diamondbacks rookie right-hander Chase Anderson this season.
Anderson held the Rockies to a run on five hits over six innings on Sunday, helping the Diamondbacks to a 6-2 win.
Nolan Reimold's first career pinch-hit homer in the seventh was the decisive hit. His two-run shot highlighted a four-run inning that broke the game open.
Anderson (8-6) held the Rockies without a hit until Charlie Blackmon led off the fourth with a home run. Anderson struck out eight, tying a career high, and is 3-0 in three starts against Colorado in his career.
"Arm felt really good from the getgo," said Anderson, who made his last start a full week before. "It felt like college days, six days of rest. It was good to have a little more life on the fastball."
Aaron Hill tripled, doubled and singled, scoring twice with two runs batted in. Ender Inciarte had two hits, two runs scored and a stolen base in the Diamondbacks' win.
Hill's first-inning single knocked in Inciarte after he'd walked, stole second base and took third on a wild pitch. Former Rockies player Jordan Pacheco singled in Hill in the third inning after Hill's two-out triple.
After Reimold's home run, Hill doubled in Inciarte and Mark Trumbo added an RBI single.
"He had a little more velocity than I remember from the last time we faced him," Rockies manager Walt Weiss said of Anderson. "He stays in good count and goes back and forth. Works both sides of the plate and doesn't fall into patterns."
Jorge De La Rosa took the loss, the Rockies' fifth in six games. De La Rosa (13-10) allowed four runs on seven hits through six-plus innings, but was chased after Reimold's home run.
"We were hoping to get through the first three hitters in the seventh but the first two guys in the inning ended up scoring," Rockies manager Walt Weiss said. "At that point I had to go get (De La Rosa). He did what he almost always does, he puts us in a position to win games."
Weiss had yet to name the first pitcher who will take the mound in the resumption of a suspended game against the San Francisco Giants Monday in Denver. The original game was played May 22 and suspended due to rain in the bottom the sixth with two outs and a runner on first base and the score tied at 2.
The suspended game will be followed by the regularly-scheduled contest against the Giants.
"We've got to play essentially a game and a half, so it's going to affect the bullpen a little bit," Weiss said. "But hopefully we can get through that game not going to deep into the pen."
With the rosters expanding on Monday, the Diamondbacks plan to go with a sixth pitcher in the starting rotation at some point in September. "We're getting there," Gibson said, "but we don't know who's going to be here."


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Flight of the Navigator
|Flight of the Navigator
Theatrical release poster
|Directed by
|Randal Kleiser
|Produced by
|Dimitri Villard
Robert Wald
|Screenplay by
|Michael Burton
Matt MacManus
|Story by
|Mark H. Baker
|Joey Cramer
Paul Reubens (voice)
Veronica Cartwright
Cliff DeYoung
Sarah Jessica Parker
Howard Hesseman
|Music by
|Alan Silvestri
|James Glennon
Eric McGraw
|Edited by
|Jeff Gourson
Janice Parker
Walt Disney Pictures
Producers Sales Organization[1]
New Star Entertainment
|Distributed by
|Buena Vista Distribution
Release dates
|July 30, 1986[2]
Running time
|90 minutes
|United States
|$9 million[3]
|Box office
Flight of the Navigator is a 1986 comic science fiction film directed by Randal Kleiser and written by Mark H. Baker and Michael Burton, about David Freeman, a 12-year-old boy who is abducted by an alien spaceship and finds himself caught in a world that has changed around him.
The film's producers initially sent the project to Walt Disney Pictures in 1984, but as the studio was unable to approve it, it was sent to Producers Sales Organization, which made a deal with Disney to distribute it in the United States.[4] It was partially shot in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and Norway, it being a coproduction with Norwegian company Viking Film.[5]
|This section may require copy editing for grammar, syntax, punctuation, verbosity, unclear use of pronouns and excessive detail. (March 2015)
The film opens with a shot of a Frisbee flying over Florida. Through slo-mo shots of dogs trying to catch frisbees, the film reveals that it is July 4, 1978. David Scott Freeman (Joey Cramer) is an ordinary 12-year-old boy living in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, in an ordinary family, constantly bickering with his little brother, Jeff (Albie Whitaker), and beginning to discover girls for the first time as he is interested in a girl named Jennifer Bradley, whom Jeff talks about on the way home from the South Florida Frisbee Dog Championship, believing that his dog, Bruiser, can catch a Frisbee.
After Jeff stays at the Johnson's house, David is sent by his mother, Helen (Veronica Cartwright), to rendezvous with Jeff at the forest. While on his way, Jeff scares him by dropping from a branch and then runs away. He finds Bruiser looking into a ravine and looks down to see what he is looking at. He grabs on to something while looking, until it breaks and he falls into the ravine, knocking him unconscious. He wakes up and returns home to find that his family no longer lives there, and it's the year 1986. After the current owners call the police, they find a missing person report about David by his parents; the police run through a computer with the date he went missing, and find out he was declared legally dead. The police reunite him with them, but they have aged, and regard him as having been missing for a long time. When his parents go to greet him, he faints.
Elsewhere, an alien spaceship crashes into an electrical tower and is rendered seemingly inert. NASA agents, led by Dr. Louis Faraday (Howard Hesseman), confiscate it, explaining to police that it is their experimental spacelab, and bring it to their own hangar, but is impregnable from the outside.
David is taken to the hospital for memory testing and observation, and learns that eight years have passed. His parents are somewhere middle-aged, and Jeff, who is 16. During the memory testing to regain memory of what happened at the ravine, his mind exhibits images of the ship and communicates with the computer with a different language, and the lead doctor alerts NASA. Faraday convinces him and his family that the truth concerning his absence will be discovered within 48 hours, takes him to his research facility, and locks him away as a "national security risk". During this time, he is taken to a room to rest, and while he watches Blancmange's "Lose Your Love" music video, he befriends Carolyn McAdams (Sarah Jessica Parker), a charming intern who is in charge of his upkeep and gives him some company in the meantime, while maintaining a robotic assistant named R.A.L.F.
Faraday runs his own memory tests on David and finds his mind full with alien technical manuals and star charts covering expanses of the galaxy far exceeding anything Earth have recorded. His subconscious mind tells the scientists that he was taken to a planet called Phaelon, 560 light-years away, in just over a 4.4 solar hour (2.2 Earth hour) journey and they realize that he has been subjected to time dilation as a result of having travelled at light-speed theory, thus explaining why eight years have passed on Earth, but not for him. David himself, unable to comprehend what Faraday is telling him, overreacts and flees the room, leaving Faraday muttering that 48 hours will be insufficient to finish his investigation. Carolyn informs him about the schedule for him to stay all week, and he tells her to alert his family, because of Faraday promising his parents he'd be home in 48 hours.
The next morning, the ship telepathically contacts David, who tells him to hide in a R.A.L.F unit sent to his room, which takes him to the hangar where it is being held. He boards it, and its robotic commander, (voiced by Paul Reubens, credited as Paul Mall), referring to him as "Navigator", evades NASA pursuit after some initial confusion for 20 miles from location across, not up, and transforms the ship to hide 20 miles west from the facility.
The ship's artificial intelligence, who refers to himself as a "Trimaxion Drone Ship" and is named by David as "Max", tells him that his mission was to travel the galaxy, collect biological specimens, take them to Phaelon for analysis, and then return them to their homes. Phaelon's scientists discovered humans only use 10% of their brain and, as an experiment, filled the remainder of his with miscellaneous information, including all of the star charts discovered by Phaelon's astronomers, and the information whereafter leaked from his brain. Max then returned him to Earth, but didn't take him back to his own time, knowing that a human would be vaporized in the process. Before leaving Earth, Max accidentally crashed the ship into the power structures, erasing all the computer's star charts and data. He therefore needs the information in David's brain to return home. When agents dispatched by Faraday try to retrieve the ship and David, Max transforms again and hides under the ocean when David commands a place to hide from the agents. Realizing David doesn't know instructions to guide with a star chart, Max programs the ship for a mind transfer, and David is shown the eight remaining alien specimens on board, and bonds with a Puckmaren, a tiny bat-like one and last of its kind after a comet destroyed his planet.
Max performs a mind transfer on David to reacquire the star charts, but in the process also contracts human emotional attributes, which results in him speaking in a Pee-Wee Herman-like voice and contracting his characteristic laugh. He and David start bickering, like David and Jeff, and when David calls him a geek, he shuts down, and allows the ship to fall from the sky, taunting David as he struggles to gain control. Eventually controlling the ship, David wanders Earth looking for Fort Lauderdale, triggering several UFO reports in many cities, including Tokyo. In the meantime, Carolyn has made contact with his family and told them about his escape in the ship; as a result, Faraday has them put under house arrest and Carolyn transported to the facility.
David arrives in the Florida Keys, and asks the owner of a gas station for money, and telephones Jeff to ask for a signal from their new house so that he can find it, while the owner stares at the ship and the children of a family observe it. When the ship leaves, the whole family looks up at the ship. The owner remarks, "He just said he wanted to phone home," resembling a homage to E.T. David reaches Fort Lauderdale and Jeff sets off the fireworks that had been intended for use in 1978, but of course never were set off, and due to difficulties for firing them from the chimney. David homes in on them, but NASA agents, having tracked the ship's every move, are there first. David, fearing that he would remain in the facility for his life if he remained in 1986, orders Max to return him to 1978, regardless of the risk to his life. Through space-time travel, he soon reaches the ravine.
David wakes up, walks home, and finds everything as he left it. On the family boat, after apologizing, Jeff sees the Puckmaren, who had stowed away in David's backpack, signals Jeff to keep it a secret. David watches Max flash the sky against the backdrop of fireworks, with the specimens and Max laughing, and Max saying "See you later, Navigator!" telepathically to David as the film closes.
- Joey Cramer as David Freeman
- Paul Reubens (credited as "Paul Mall") as Max (voice)
- Cliff DeYoung as Bill Freeman
- Veronica Cartwright as Helen Freeman
- Albie Whitaker as Jeff Freeman, 8 Years
- Matt Adler as Jeff Freeman, 16 Years
- Sarah Jessica Parker as Carolyn McAdams
- Howard Hesseman as Dr. Louis Faraday
- Robert Small as Troy
- Jonathan Sanger as Dr. Carr
- Richard Liberty as Larry Howard
- Iris Acker as Janet Howard
- Raymond Forchion as Detective Banks
The film received mainly positive reviews. Rotten Tomatoes rated it a fresh rating of 81% based on 26 reviews with the consensus: "Bolstered by impressive special effects and a charming performance from its young star, Flight of the Navigator holds up as a solidly entertaining bit of family-friendly sci-fi".
Kevin Thomas of the LA Times said its biggest plus was "its entirely believable, normal American family".[6] The New York Times described it as "definitely a film most children can enjoy".[7] People declared it "out-of-this-world fun".[8] Empire gave it 3/5 stars, saying it was "well-made enough to keep the family happy, but it certainly won't challenge them".[9] Variety was more critical, announcing that "instead of creating an eye-opening panorama, Flight of the Navigator looks through the small end of the telescope".[10] Dave Kehr gave it 3 stars and described it as "a new high for Disney".[1]
The music score for the film was composed by Alan Silvestri. It is distinct from his other scores in being entirely electronically generated, using the Synclavier,[11] one of the first digital synthesisers and samplers.
- Theme from "Flight of the Navigator"
- "Main Title"
- "The Ship Beckons"
- "David in the Woods"
- "Robot Romp"
- "Transporting the Ship"
- "Ship Drop"
- "Have to Help a Friend"
- "The Shadow Universe"
- "Flight"
- "Finale"
In May 2009, The Hollywood Reporter reported that Disney was readying a remake of the film. Brad Copeland was writing the script and Mandeville partners David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman would serve as producers.[12] In November 2012, Disney hired Safety Not Guaranteed's director Colin Trevorrow and writer/producer Derek Connolly to rewrite it.[13]
- ^ a b Dave Kehr (1986-07-30). "'Flight Of Navigator' A New High For Disney". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2009-12-20.
- ^ "Flight of the Navigator - 1986 - Joey Cramer, Randal Kleiser - Variety Profiles". Variety.com. 1986-07-30. Retrieved 2009-12-20.[dead link]
- ^ "Flight of the Navigator (1986)". The Powergrid. Wrap News inc. Retrieved 2013-09-08.
- ^ Mark Damon; Linda Schreyer (2008). From Cowboy to Mogul to Monster: The Neverending Story of Film Pioneer Mark Damon. Bloomington, IN: AuthorHouse. p. 376. ISBN 978-1-4343-7737-1.
- ^ Charles Solomon (1987-08-01). "Commentary : Computer Graphics Shows Its Stuff". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2012-06-10.
- ^ Kevin Thomas (1986-07-31). "Movie Review : 'Flight Of Navigator' Offers A Family Outing". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2012-06-10.
- ^ Caryn James (1986-07-30). "The Screen: 'Flight Of The Navigator'". The New York Times. Retrieved 2013-09-08.
- ^ Scot Haller; Tom Cunneff; Ira Hellman (1986-08-18). "Picks and Pans Review: Flight of the Navigator". People (magazine). Retrieved 2013-09-08.
- ^ "Flight of the Navigator". Empire. Retrieved 2013-09-08.
- ^ "Review:"Flight of the Navigator"". Variety. Retrieved 2013-09-08.
- ^ Film's end credits
- ^ Borys Kit (2009-05-26). "Disney, Mandeville file new 'Flight' plan". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2013-09-08.
- ^ Jeff Sneider (2012-11-27). "Disney taps 'Safety' duo for 'Navigator' rewrite". Variety. Retrieved 2013-09-08.
External links[edit]
- Official website
- Flight of the Navigator at the Internet Movie Database
- Flight of the Navigator at the TCM Movie Database
- Flight of the Navigator at AllMovie
- Flight of the Navigator at Box Office Mojo
- Flight of the Navigator at Rotten Tomatoes
- English-language films
- Films directed by Randal Kleiser
- 1986 films
- 1980s science fiction films
- American science fiction films
- Children's fantasy films
- American films
- Norwegian films
- Robot films
- Films set in 1978
- Films set in 1986
- Films set in Miami, Florida
- Films shot in Florida
- Films shot in Norway
- Time travel films
- Walt Disney Pictures films
- Film scores by Alan Silvestri


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I have been enjoying the many Camellia sasanquas blooming, but I have especially enjoyed the sasanqua 'Leslie Ann'. The flowers of this variety open up first as a formal double like the picture below that I took today. It is one of the few sasanquas with a border around each petal. This variety has to be one of my very favorites.
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