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By Rebecca Rivas
Special to the NNPA from the St. Louis American
The U.S. Department of Justice ordered Ferguson police officers to stop wearing "I am Darren Wilson" bracelets while in uniform and on duty, according to a letter sent to Police Chief Thomas Jackson on Friday.
"There is no question that police departments can and should closely regulate officers' professional appearance and behavior, particularly where, as here, the expressive accessory itself is exacerbating an already tense atmosphere between law enforcement and residents in Ferguson," wrote Christy Lopez, duty chief of the Special Litigation Section for the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Civil Rights Division.
"The bracelets reinforce the very 'us versus' them mentality that many residents of Ferguson believe exists."
During the department's interviews with community members on Wednesday night, Lopez said several Ferguson residents told DOJ representatives that police patrolling the protest sites in Ferguson on Tuesday were wearing the Darren Wilson wristbands. Residents said the wristbands "upset and agitated people."
Some officers who were wearing the bracelets had black tape over their name plates, residents told the DOJ at the Wednesday community meeting.
"The practice of not wearing, or obscuring, name plates violates your own department's policies, which we advised you earlier this week when we requested that you end the practice immediately," Lopez wrote.
Some residents took pictures of the bracelets, but Lopez said she could not identify which law enforcement agency the officers wearing the wristbands were from. For this reason, Lopez said the department's COPS office has spoken with St. Louis County Police Chief Jon Belmar and State Highway Patrol Superintendent Colonel Ron Replogle about prohibiting the bracelets as well.
"As you are all too aware, the actions of other police officers while in Ferguson can impact your community as much as the actions of your own police officers," she stated.
Click here to view letter that was sent to Ferguson Police Chief Jackson ordering his officers to stop wearing "I am Darren Wilson" bracelets.
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DOJ Prohibits Police from Wearing "I am Darren Wilson" Bracelets
By Rebecca Rivas
NFL Case Sparks Debate on Spanking
By Jazelle Hunt
Washington Correspondent
WASHINGTON (NNPA) – As the NFL's 2014 season warms up, Minnesota Vikings running back, Adrian Peterson, prepares to face charges of reckless or negligent injury to a child. A week prior, news surfaced that he had spanked his 4-year-old son with a switch, resulting in major bruises and lacerations on his legs, thighs, and scrotum.
When the news broke, NBA's Charles Barkley happened to be a guest on an NFL sportscasting show, where he explained, "Whipping – we do that all the time. Every Black parent in the South is going to be in jail under those circumstances."
Mainstream news coverage of the charges have been defining what a switch is for their audiences, a fact that highlights the wide racial divide in child rearing. But even Black parents and scholars are beginning to publicly question whether corporal punishment—spankings, beatings, whoopings, whatever you want to call it – is the best way to discipline children.
Commentary sprouted up earlier this month from Black thinkers such as Brittney Cooper, professor of Women's and Gender Studies and Africana Studies at Rutgers University, who writes for online publication, Salon.com:
"Perhaps it is time to acknowledge that the loving intent and sincerity behind these violent modes of discipline makes them no less violent, no more acceptable," said Brittney Cooper, a professor of Women's and Gender Studies and Africana Studies at Rutgers University, who writes for online publication, Salon.com. " Some of our ideas about discipline are unproductive, dangerous and wrong. It's time we had courage to say that."
In a New York Times op-ed, Georgetown University professor Michael Eric Dyson called the cultural belief that spankings build character "a sad and bleak justification for the continuation of the practice."
Times columnist Charles Blow said, "When we promulgate the notion that our success is directly measurable to the violence visited on our bodies as children, we reinforce a societal supposition that pain is an instrument of love, and establish a false binary between the streets and the strap."
At the end of his conversation, Barkley conceded that, "maybe we need to rethink it."
Nowadays, the issue of physical punishment as part of child rearing brings heavy debate, both in social and academic spheres. Some believe that hitting children amounts to good parenting, some even citing the Bible.
Some point to Proverbs 13:24: "He who spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him is careful to discipline him."
Proverbs 23:13 says, "Do not withhold discipline from a child; if you punish him with a rod, he will not die."
As a Pew study showed, "…African Americans stand out as the most religiously committed racial or ethnic group in the nation."
Even those who believe in not sparing the rod, think there should be limits.
"I think that children need to be spanked," says communications entrepreneur, Leris Bernard. "I'm not saying that welts on a 3-year old is okay, but sometimes it just takes one little pop."
Generally, research finds that corporal punishment is at best, ineffective in the long term, and at worst, abusive and detrimental. It is legal in all 50 states. In 31 states, however, it is illegal for schools to administer corporal punishment; the other 19 explicitly allow schools this authority.
"There's a more gentle and productive way to discipline children," says Yvette Harris, professor of psychology at Miami University and co-author of The African American Child: Development and Challenges. "I'm not a supporter of the physical 'switch method' [Peterson] used. Children get so caught up in the physical pain of the discipline that they really forget what they need to do to change their behavior."
Bernard asserts that children are looking for boundaries, and those boundaries can be better established with spanking as opposed to words a child may not believe or understand.
"You can't negotiate with a child with limited reasoning skills," Bernard says. "They're trying to find boundaries and learn is this a 'no-no,' a 'no-maybe,' a 'no, not right now,' or a 'no, normally yes, but I'm in a bad mood.' Basically, kids need to know where the line is, and a little smack puts an 'X' on the spot."
Physical discipline has several roots in the Black community. There's respect for elders, which inherently means that children are not equal to adults.
Some who object to spanking links the practice to slavery.
"I wish I could tell you that it originated in slavery, but there's a part of me that has to say that not all African American parents resorted to that form of discipline," Harris says, adding that it is more likely that Black parenting mirrors the social peak of corporal punishment from the 1940s through the 1960s.
"When I think of the context of slavery…I can't speak to parenting strategies among slaves because there's not a lot of historical data on that," Harris stated.
And there's also the argument that Black children cannot afford the luxury of carelessness and disobedience in a society that considers Blacks a threat.
But Harris says that message can be conveyed without using pain and fear.
"You don't want to instill fear in African American children. I think African American parents do a great job raising their children. We have to walk them through issues of race, that's our reality," she says. She also points out that the world offers up many teachable moments on the subject.
"But you want to do it in a self-affirming way – a way that gives them power in their lives. Resorting to corporal punishment is not the way to do that."
For all the data and scholarship that links childhood spankings to less-than stellar adulthood outcomes, experiential data can't be ignored. For every person who was spanked and became a poorly adjusted adult, there's another with bittersweet memories of belts and hairbrushes who maintains great relationships with their parents and well-adjusted lives. It begs the question: Is there a 'right' way to incorporate physical discipline or consequences that is both effective and harmless?
The professional consensus seems to be that one could strike a balance—but one could also be more effective without inflicting pain.
Harris recommends treating children with equal respect and including them in the discipline process. This plays out in different ways at different ages. For toddlers and young children who can't reason yet, stern explanation of expectations coupled with repetitive, consistent consequences is enough. By middle school, children can be included in a more "democratic" way – parents lay down the boundaries, and the punishments (often in the form of revoked privileges) can be negotiated and agreed upon.
"It sounds weird but it makes for a more healthy child. If they're part of the discipline process, they already know what they've done wrong and what the consequences are," Harris says.
Harris says our past plays a role in how we view corporal punishment.
"I think maybe it's something African Americans hear and sort of struggle with. Because we feel that if [spanking] worked for us, it should work for our children but that's not necessarily the case," she says. "The ecology of raising children today is quite different than it was when [Peterson] was a child, and definitely different from when I was a child."
Justice Department Urged to Stay Focused on Police Killings
By Freddie Allen
NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent
WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Officials from the National Action Network, the National Urban League the National Bar Association, the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation, the NAACP, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and other civil rights groups have urged the Justice Department to remain focused on the deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner cases and to make sure that the police officers involved are held responsible for their deaths.
During a press conference attended by the parents of Brown and Garner, Marc Morial, president and CEO of the National Urban League said, "In recent weeks and months confidence around the concept of justice for all in our nation has plunged to the lowest levels that we have seen in a generation."
On July 17, Eric Garner, 43, was choked to death by Officer Daniel Pantaleo in Staten Island, N.Y. Moments before his death, officers had attempted to arrest Garner, who was unarmed, for allegedly selling untaxed cigarettes. Although Garner's death has been ruled a homicide, no charges have been filed against the officer involved.
On August 9, Michael Brown, 18, was shot to death by Darren Wilson, a White police officer in Ferguson, Mo., following a brief confrontation. Moments before Wilson fatally shot Brown, the officer had asked the teenager, who was also unarmed, and another young man to stop walking in the street.
Gwen Carr, Garner's mother, said that although her son wasn't perfect, he didn't deserve to die.
"Our children might have made mistakes in their lives, but at the time that they were being killed, they weren't doing – the sentence wasn't death," Carr said. "For selling cigarettes, the sentence wasn't death. For the children walking in the street, the sentence wasn't death."
Morial said that the group demands justice, fairness and a full and complete investigation by the United States Department of Justice into Michael Brown's death and Eric Garner's murder.
In recent weeks the Justice Department has announced plans to investigate the Ferguson police department to determine if they violated the rights of Black residents in the past.
On September 18, Attorney General Eric Holder launched the National Initiative for Building Community Trust, a program that "will create a substantial investment in training, evidence-based strategies, policy development and research to combat distrust and hostility between law enforcement and the communities they serve," according to a press release issued by the Justice Department.
Holder said that the events in Ferguson reminds us that we can't allow tensions, which are present in so many neighborhoods across America, to go unresolved.
"As law enforcement leaders, each of us has an essential obligation – and a unique opportunity – to ensure fairness, eliminate bias, and build community engagement," said Holder. "The National Initiative for Building Community Trust and Justice represents a major step forward in resolving long standing tensions in many of America's communities and it will allow us to build on the pioneering work that the Justice Department and our law enforcement partners across the country are already doing to strengthen some of our nation's most challenged areas."
The project, funded with $4.75 million grant, will also provide research and technical support to law enforcement officials and others who work in the criminal justice system.
Al Sharpton, civil rights activist and founder of the National Action Network, said that talking about sensitivity and training is good, before adding that you don't need people who would choke a man when he says 11 times on tape, 'I can't breathe.'
He does not need training, Sharpton said. He needs to be held accountable.
Sharpton said that the coalition of civil rights groups and community stakeholders is not anti-police, and the group doesn't believe that all police are bad.
"But acting as though that no police is wrong none of the time is moving this country towards a police state where we don't have the right to question police under any circumstances," said Sharpton.
Sharpton described a recent case in South Carolina where a state trooper shot an unarmed man.
On, September 4, just outside of Columbia, S.C. Sean Groubert, South Carolina Highway Patrol trooper pulled Levar Jones over allegedly for not wearing his seat belt. Groubert asked Jones to exit his vehicle then asked him for his driver's license. As Jones reached back into his vehicle to retrieve his license, Groubert opened fired, striking Jones at least once. The incident was captured on Groubert's dash-camera.
"Well, I raise this question to the Justice Department: if that police officer in South Carolina was arrested, why isn't the police officer that shot Michael Brown arrested? Why isn't the police officer that choked Eric Garner arrested?" Sharpton asked. "Does probable cause not work all work the country? You don't need a grand jury indictment to make arrest you need what you had in South Carolina. But what we seem to have is different strokes for different folks."
Groubert was subsequently fired and arrested on charges of assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature, which could lead to his serving up to 20 years in prison.
Most law enforcement agencies have not been as decisive in South Carolina in handling wayward officers. Instead, there is an "intrinsic relationship" between local prosecutors and the local police that makes less likely that police officer will be prosecuted, Sharpton state.
He said the federal government can place a key role in making sure justice is served.
"If you have the federal government, that does not depend on local police, you have a more objective and fair investigation," said Sharpton. "It protects everyone."
During the press conference, Michael Brown's parents, spoke briefly about the frustration they have felt in dealing with law enforcement officials in Missouri.
An emotional Leslie McSpadden, Michael's mother said, "Missouri has not shown us anything that we are looking for."
The father, Michael Brown, Sr., said, "This is very terrible for us and for everyone else that has lost. e're here to get justice. We need your help."
Cornell William Brooks, president and CEO of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, said that within 12 hours of Michael Brown's death, civil rights group were on the ground in Ferguson, Mo., trying to keep peace while seeking justice in the community. Brooks said that the NAACP has worked with the Justice Department to locate witnesses.
"Where you have communities under siege, where you have communities that feel, based upon their experience and empirical evidence that they are in the midst of a pandemic of police misconduct, they have every reason to be afraid of coming forward," said Brooks.
Brooks continued: "We want to honor these families with our service and commitment. [We will] see it to the very end."
Companies 'Steal' Billions from Low-Income Workers
By Freddie Allen
NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent
WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Employers pickpocket billions of dollars from low-wage workers, a crime that disproportionately hurts Blacks and often goes underreported, according to a recent report by the Economic Policy Institute (EPI).
Researchers at EPI, a Washington, D.C.-based think tank focused on economic issues that effect low- and middle-income families, said that employers steal wages from their workers by paying sub-minimum wages, failing to pay for overtime, writing bad payroll checks and cheating workers out of their tips.
"When a worker earns only a minimum wage ($290 for a 40-hour week), shaving a mere half hour a day from the paycheck means a loss of more than $1,400 a year, including overtime premiums," stated the report. "That could be nearly 10 percent of a minimum-wage employee's annual earnings – the difference between paying the rent and utilities or risking eviction and the loss of gas, water, or electric service."
Blacks account for 11 percent of the total work force, but more than 14 percent of the low-wage workforce, according to EPI. In Southern states, including Georgia and Louisiana, Blacks account for more than 40 percent of the low-wage workforce; in Washington, D.C., Blacks hold more than half of all low-paying jobs. This worker status leaves Blacks vulnerable to wage theft at higher rates than their White counterparts who occupy low-wage jobs at lower rates compared to their share of the total workforce.
The study reported that two-thirds of low-wage workers deal with at least one pay-related violation in any given week.
It can start with a boss telling shift workers to wait on standby just in case they're needed or asking them to work through a 10-minute break. Workers living hand-to-mouth and marginalized by society feel obligated to comply with these practices that are often illegal.
A worker that earns $17,616 annually may lose $2,634 due to wage theft.
Kentucky labor laws require that workers get a paid, 10-minute break for every four hours of work. A McDonald's in Berea, Ky., violated the 10-minute break regulation and was forced to return $29,000 to 203 employees, the EPI report said.
In 2013, when all robberies in the Bluegrass State added up to $2.5 million, employers returned $4.4 million in stolen wages to employees, a criminal trend that ripples across the nation, according to the EPI report.
An investigation into the treatment of front-line workers in New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles found that victims of wage theft lost $3 billion. EPI researchers used that figure to estimate that wage theft cost workers across the nation $50 billion, annually.
The FBI's Uniform Crime Reports 2012 data showed that "All of the robberies, burglaries, larcenies, and motor vehicle thefts in the nation cost their victims less than $14 billion," the report said.
Front-line workers are often the first point of contact between a company and the customer.
According to another recent EPI report on restaurant workers, "Blacks are disproportionately likely to be cashiers/counter attendants, the lowest-paid occupation in the industry."
Blacks account for 27.1 percent restaurant workers living in poverty compared to Whites who make up less than 14 percent of restaurant workers who share the same fate.
Some employers skirt wage and overtime laws, because the relative penalties are so low. Currently, for employers who fail to pay minimum wage or overtime, the maximum civil money penalty is about $1,000.
"For giant corporations such as Wal-Mart and Dollar General, maximum civil money penalties per violation should probably be at least $25,000, while small businesses should be subject to smaller fines – perhaps $5,000 per violation," said the report. "Clearly, the fines should be sufficient to deter violations and to make it economically unwise to violate the law."
The United States Labor Department and state-level labor officials managed to recover close to $1 billion in stolen wages in 2012, according to data collected from 44 states. That "is only the tip of the wage-theft iceberg, since most victims never sue and never complain to the government," stated the report.
In a blog post in April 2014, Ross Eisenbrey, vice president of EPI wrote: "Few local governments have any resources or staff to combat wage theft, and several states have closed down or so severely cut back their labor departments that workers are left mostly unprotected and vulnerable to exploitation."
The EPI report on wage theft recommended adding hundreds of investigators to the staff of the Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division and prohibiting companies that have been convicted of wage theft from receiving federal contracts.
"No one knows precisely how many instances of wage theft occurred in the U.S. during 2012, nor do we know what the victims suffered in total dollars earned but not paid," the report stated. "But we do know that the total amount of money recovered for the victims of wage theft who retained private lawyers or complained to federal or state agencies was at least $933 million – almost three times greater than all the money stolen in robberies that year."
Hurricanes Katrina and Sandy: Disaster Inequality
By Jazelle Hunt
NNPA Columnist
WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Just before Labor Day 2005, the world was stunned as images of Gulf Coast citizens, trudged through chaos and stagnant floodwaters, strewn with the debris of wrecked buildings and storm-tossed earth. The sights seemed to replay just before Halloween 2012, as coastal New York and New Jersey waded in icy waters and picked through the rubble of their destroyed property.
The incidents were separated by more than 1,300 miles, seven years, and two extreme weather events: Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Sandy. But a new Web media project titled, Katrina/Sandy, juxtaposes the storms to suggest that disastrous scenes like these may be on repeat, as extreme weather becomes a new global reality.
"We're not trying to say they're the same event…. But it's definitely a worthy thing to put [them] in context with each other when we think about, how do we respond better, how do we prepare better?" says Rachel Falcone, filmmaker, co-founder of Sandy Storyline (along with multimedia artist, Michael Premo), and co-creator of the Katrina/Sandy project.
"We're trying to tell stories that can impact and improve the recovery after Sandy, or at least improve it so that…we learn from the mistakes we made during Sandy and especially during Katrina. And also the successes…not all the stories are sad stories. Communities are coming together to meet needs successfully and create solutions."
Katrina/Sandy is the joint endeavor of two award-winning projects, Land of Opportunity and Sandy Storyline. Sandy Storyline is a crowd-sourced collection of Hurricane Sandy experiences, solicited and curated by a team of filmmakers. Land of Opportunity is a New Orleans-based multimedia project from a team of filmmakers that explores issues around housing; the Katrina/Sandy timeline is hosted as part of this larger project.
Created from donated footage and testimony from scores of local filmmakers and citizens around the country, Katrina/Sandy blends film, photography, and firsthand audio accounts into a powerful timeline before, during, and after the storms.
Viewers click points along the line and journey through footage of ravaging winds, relentless floodwaters, weatherworn residents, and weary homeowners. As the short films and accounts play, viewers can also segue to compelling documents, articles, and interviews that explore related issues.
In one scene from the Sandy accounts, a mother walks through her home, surveying gutted walls and detailing the bureaucratic ordeal of beginning the rebuilding process, as her young daughter wanders around calling out memories. In an accompanying scene from the Katrina footage, a father reflects on the 18 months he and his family have lived in a trailer on his property, waiting for the city to demolish his crumbling house so he can rebuild, as his young son plays nearby.
The similarities continue to unfold in straightforward, powerful vignettes. Notably, low-income residents share similar experiences of isolation and neglect. In Sandy's wake, it is elderly and disabled people stuck in high-rise public housing units without electricity, heat, or medications. Post-Katrina, it is mostly Black people slogging through hazardous floodwaters, searching for food and dry clothing.
Scientists and researchers almost unanimously agree that extreme weather events like these have become and will continue to be commonplace, as a result of climate change. Low-income and underserved communities, often home to people of color, will continue to bear the brunt of the effects.
"Folks who don't have resources are the hardest hit at every stage of disaster. Katrina continues to be an ongoing disaster for a lot of people, and that's clearly the bulk of what's going on on the ground in Sandy," says Luisa Dantas, filmmaker, director of Land of Opportunity, and co-creator of Katrina/Sandy.
"When we talk about looking ahead, and learning, and preparing, it's mostly around ensuring that folks who don't have access to resources are protected, and cared for, and able to recover and rebuild their lives just like everyone else can."
Marginalization of these communities continues in debates about land use, rebuilding, and the right to return in the aftermath of disasters. Outside this project, both Dantas and Falcone work on issues around housing rights; Dantas points out that this scenario plays out often around the country.
"Crisis isn't just a disaster on the scale of Katrina, but we've been looking at stories all over the country of crisis being used as a real excuse for policies that displace people, that put a premium on development agendas that aren't necessarily inclusive, and aren't necessarily being directed by the communities where they're set," she says, citing Detroit's economic crisis as an example and Katrina as an extreme case.
Sandy survivors are at the beginning stages of these issues.
"Right after the storm there was all these meetings the mayor convened around policy that were shocking," Falcone says. "There were town hall meetings, there's been a lot of discussion around policy…and around buyouts, and development, and who has a say in what's happening to different areas that are trying to rebuild. So we definitely see similar issues. But for us we feel like it's not yet written, so we wanted to invite people to help us tell that story."
Viewers are invited to share their post-Sandy stories at Sandystoryline.com/participate/share-your-story, and the Katrina/Sandy timeline can be viewed at http://beta.landofopportunityinteractive.com/#/compare.
Dantas and Falcone hope the timeline will help inform how people and officials prepare for this new normal.
"One really important thing to talk about with Katrina and the relationship to Sandy…is when a natural disaster becomes a manmade catastrophe. In the case of Katrina, the storm itself did not cause the lion's share of damage. It was the epic failure of manmade infrastructure. And similar situations happened in Sandy recovery," says Dantas.
"The Sandy anniversary is coming up and the decade of Katrina coming up in a year. The value of reflection isn't just looking at what's happened but also thinking about how what's happened can be applicable to your own community. We're really hoping that this work is driving home to people that this could happen to them, and if it were to happen to them, could they be better prepared?"
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Ah, the child in me resurfaces just in time to watch the latest offering from Pixar and Disney. Usually, the inner child shines through after drinking like a NYC hobo, but this time it was in anticipation of Cars. I love being a kid!
This time around, the story revolves around a egotistical race car named Lightning McQueen – a rookie in the Piston Cup Stock Car Racing Series. Now of course the plot isn't particularly original; guy is self-centered, he realizes as the movie progresses that he indeed needs others around him to make his dreams come true . . . What sets Cars apart is most obviously the animation. Here again we have a masterful demonstration of what CGI can do in the right hands. The colors are vibrant. The scenery is well thought out, most pleasing is the fact that there is action is the background – this shows the animators really thought out the project. No stationary shit here. It's also funny to see how the world is setup to accomodate cars as humans – garages as hotels, oil and gas as beverages, etc.
Of course, an animated picture also relies heavily on the voice acting. The nasally, boy-eyed wonderment voice of Owen Wilson as McQueen was well cast. More surprising was Larry The Cable Guy as Mater. His stand-up is rather weak, but he was definately a shoe-in for a redneck, good 'ole boy. Even his "Git er done" monicker fit well!
Another surprise is Cars isn't just a stupid animated NASCAR flick. I cringed at the thought this may be a mindless, drive around an oval kind of movie (if you know me, you'll see the irony). But alas, relief came swiftly. Although Cars relies heavily on the race inspired theme (it is called Cars, afterall), there is plenty of side themes and distractions to make this movie more well rounded and enjoyable for the non race fans (sinners). You'll definately get a kick out of the tractor tipping scenes.
Cars is well worth your time and money. Not only will your inner child resurface but your kids will have a blast as well. Well done Pixar – after 7 high exposure feature films, you haven't missed a beat (wish other movie studios would think about this before dumping more shit our way).
Movie Review: Cars (2006)
Ah, the child in me resurfaces just in time to watch the latest offering from Pixar and Disney. Usually, the inner child shines through after drinking like a NYC hobo, but this time it was in anticipation of Cars. I love being a kid!
'Movie Review: Cars (2006)' has 5 comments
June 28, 2006 @ 10:41 am Cannabis Corpus
Pixar in it's tradition of making par excellence animation came out with yet another offering. The story is a tad bit cliched in the fact that it is the same ol' formula that transformed a cocky guy/car finds himself in Radiator Springs and then becomes less cocky because he has found something he hasn't had. Surprisingly enough that is the only problem I had with the film.
As per Mr.Catena's previous statement, what's so notable about this movie is, without a doubt, its technical achievements—this particular facet that perhaps blows all other Pixar movies out of the water. Showcasing crisp, vibrant and almost real-life animation, some scenes make you forget you're watching just a 3D animation. Racing scenes appear so real you'll experience the exhilaration of watching a real racing yourself (or even better). Owen Wilson as McQueen and Paul Newman as the doctor/judge, the voice talent is perfectly cast especially Larry the Cable guy as the hillbilly tow truck who is quick to christen himself as McQueen's best friend. By the way Michael Schumacher, the Ace German Formula 1 racing legend, is also cast as himself this time as a Ferrari appearing in the late part including some of the greatest names in the racing world.
The only downside to this movie is that it tends to drag a little bit in the middle and you get disengaged from the movie for that bit.
As a piece of fast-speed and high-quality entertainment, Pixar's Cars is the best fun you'll have all year. As a last word to the wise, be sure to stick around during the credits. It'll be worth your time just as much as the rest of the film was.
June 4, 2007 @ 12:21 pm Norcal
A pretty good movie. I think most parents will be able to comfortable sit through it and maybe even enjoy it.
Mostly a kid movie, but good enough for adults too. I especially liked the tow truck Ta-Mater (without the Ta-)
May 11, 2008 @ 9:09 pm Ojay
I love Pixar, but Cars bored the crackers out of me. However I was down with a bad case of the flu when the kids rented it from Blockbuster. Perhaps, if I had seen in under different circumstances, I would have thought differently. If it's mostly a kid movie, as Norcal said, I won't bother renting it again just for myself.
December 6, 2008 @ 8:18 pm Redding
Pretty good movie. Not one that I'll want to sit through again though. As "Norcal" mentioned, mostly a kids movie. (well, it is a cartoon, what do you expect)
January 18, 2010 @ 6:37 am jenny
Myself and my kids love that movie! I think it really shows how hard work and good friendships are virtuous.

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Just as religious altruism pits man's fundamental nature against him by demanding he be a self-sacrificial animal for God, so environmentalist altruism pits man's fundamental nature against him by demanding he be a self-sacrificial animal for Earth.
Science and Technology
Global Warming: Debate is Only Settled For Fanatics
Climate change predictions have been wrong for decades because they are not based on science but on government sponsored "research."
Say Good Night, Internet
The federal government cannot stand the idea that the Internet economy was a successful instance of (in today's context) relatively unhampered market capitalism.
Stormy Weather and Politics
The ultimate test of any theoretical model is not how loudly it is proclaimed but how well it fits the facts.
The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels by Alex Epstein
Based on meticulous research and backed up with solid facts, Epstein makes the case that fossil fuels—coal, oil, and natural gas—have tremendous positive impact on human life.
Fossil Fuels Contribute to a Better Life
Alex Epstein's book "The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels" documents the rapidly shrinking number of human beings killed by storms, floods and other climate events thanks largely to ever-growing industry, fueled mainly by oil, natural gas and coal.
The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels (Video)
Mankind's use of fossil fuels is supremely virtuous — because human life is the standard of value, and because using fossil fuels transforms our environment to make it wonderful for human life.
This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate
Environmentalists like Naomi Klein are intentionally unclear and misleading about the fossil fuel industry and capitalism, because it serves their purpose of taking away our freedom to live our lives and run our businesses the way we choose.
The Environmental Protection Agency and Other Green Monsters
Instead of environmental regulations that actually save lives, we pay to subsidize politicians' cronies and pet projects,
End "Hegemonic Capitalism" to Solve Human-Caused Climate Change?
What the environmentalists are advocating—ending freedom via a socialist dictatorship—is a sure path to environmental disasters and human misery.
Energy Companies and The Nobility of the Profit Motive
The view that the profit motive is evil and the undefinable goals of "corporate social responsibility" and "environmental sustainability" are noble is the reverse of the truth.
Greenpeace's Campaign Against Human Flourishing
It is Greenpeace that we should watch and call out on, exposing its propaganda and plans to destroy human well-being. It is companies like Shell and Lego that we should defend and thank for providing us not only necessities of life but products that make our lives more comfortable and enjoyable.
Corporate Money and Medical Research: Markets Do Not Taint Science
Markets do not automatically taint science. As with every other service the market provides, it is the anti-capitalist attitude that does more harm.
Independent "Heretical" Thinking vs. The Dogma of "Settled Science"
Instead of shutting down independent thinking on university campuses and elsewhere, we should defend freedom of thought and expression wherever we can.
GMO's: Eat Without Fear
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It's been repeated dozens of times before: the Islanders defense is not as good as it needs to be, and the goaltending between the pipes is a major area of concern. But what hasn't been acknowledged is that the Isles offense, which has more or less been excused, needs improvement as well (Photo credit: THEFANBLOG/Flickr).
There's no denying that Matt Carkner's play has been less than superb, and that Matt Donovan has continued to make the expected rookie mistakes. Both of these players have led to Travis Hamonic and most notably Andrew MacDonald being forced into accepting more minutes and responsibility that is perhaps too much for this duo to handle on a nightly basis.
Add that Lubomir Visnovsky's veteran leadership has been missing for quite some time now and you have every hockey pundit saying "ya think?!" when asked if the Isles defense may be one of the reasons why they have slid in the standings.
But see if you can answer this: aside from John Tavares, Kyle Okposo, Thomas Vanek (while healthy) and Frans Nielsen, where has the offense come for this team?
Nowhere else at all.
After falling behind 2-0 and 3-1, the Islanders came back to tie the game at 3 against the rival Pittsburgh Penguins, but Sidney Crosby put in the game deciding goal with less than 2 minutes to play in the 3rd, preventing the Islanders from at least getting one point, which they deserved.
Although he is second on the all-time list of wins as head coach of the New York Islanders, Jack Capuano's job may be slowly becoming in jeopardy with every Islanders loss (Photo credit: OneTigerFan/Flickr).
This is his fourth season behind the beach of the New York Islanders as the head coach of the team, now working closely with assistant coach and former captain Doug Weight. Like many of the previous coaches to hold the position, Capuano's future with the team has always been mired with plenty of criticism.
The New York Islanders lose to the Montreal Canadiens for their 4th loss in a row.
The New York Islanders returned home tonight to face the Boston Bruins, looking to build on last night's 5-4 win over the Ottawa Senators. And they did just that, defeating Boston by a score of 3-1 led by Kyle Okposo's three assists, strong goaltending from Kevin Poulin and Thomas Vanek notching his first goal as an Islanders forward.
The game was played in front of a packed Nassau Coliseum crowd, featuring both Isles and Bruins fans. In fact, the fans from Boston were loud, often and early. But the Islanders faithful would respond, letting the visiting fans know that they weren't exactly welcome at the old barn.
The New York Islanders have signed veteran defenseman Radek Martinek to a one-year deal for the remainder of the 2014 season. Martinek has spent the majority of his career with the Isles, who were the team that drafted him back in 1999.
With the Isles having lost offensive d-man Lubomir Visnovsky to a concussion, this move comes hardly as a surprise (Photo credit: photogirl__2984/Flickr).
The New York Islanders returned home after a disappointing road trip, losing back-to-back games to the Chicago Blackhawks and Nashville Predators. But their losing ways would follow them back home as they fell 4-3 to the Buffalo Sabres after being defeated in the shootout.
The first period opened with the Isles controlling the play for the entire period. Although both teams had plenty of shots, the Isles led the way with a 16-11 advantage. Evgeni Nabokov had to make some key saves, but the fore-check that the Isles put on in the offensive zone eventually led to a goal from Frans Nielsen.
The Danish center-man toe dragged the puck in the high slot and let go of a wicked wrister that beat Ryan Miller just over his glove and inside the far post. The assists went to Pierre-Marc Bouchard, his first as an Islanders forward, and Josh Bailey.
The New York Islanders have officially decided on the roster for the 2013-2014 season. There are a few notable cuts, while a few recent draft picks have been given a chance to prove they deserve to remain in the big leagues.
It appears that Brock Nelson has edged out Ryan Strome, for now. Griffin Reinhart has been been granted a chance, likely due to the recent injury sustained by Travis Hamonic.
As many expected, Kevin Poulin has been awarded the back-up position behind Evgeni Nabokov, making Anders Nilsson the current starting goaltender for the Bridgeport Sound Tigers.
Questions yielding no answers as of yet continues to be the theme of the New York Islanders defense and goalie situation for the beginning of the 2013-14 season. (flickr/IslesPunkFan)
Mark Streit was a very serviceable captain of this New York Islanders squad for the past two years, but his defensive prowess was fading just like his time spent with the team. His -27 and -14 rating over the past two respective seasons might not be missed on the Isles blue line, but his ability to power play the quarterback has certainly left a void (Photo Credit: Dan4th/Flickr).
Of his 27 points last season, 11 of them were scored with the man advantage. The previous season, Streit scored 47 points as the Isles top defenseman with 23 of them coming on the power play.


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has anyone tried the "washer fan"?
i've tried everything to get the stinky smell out of my towels without any luck. affresh helped a little, but the smell comes bavck and never went away COMPLETLY. we never had this stinky towel problem until we got an HE washer. it's only a year old, so I don't feel like shucking out another 800 dollars for a Speed Queen (the old school type of washer that doesn't stink).
so while doing some research on whether or not I should just throw away all of our towels and start over after the affresh, i stumbled upon "the washer fan". Has anyone tried it? i'm thinking it's worth a shot for 60 bucks. there's a top load model and front load. i have a top load that stinks. it's not only the front loaders as many assume. it's ALL HE washers.
here's the website for anyone interested. i'll be the guinea pig and let everyone know how it goes if no one responds having tried it
What does one need a fan for in a top load washer with its big opening? I don't see the logic behind that. Can you not leave the lid open after the cycle is done?
How do you wash towels? Water temp? Cycle? Detergent? Hard water?
your post is total BS. I have a 2 year (actually more than 2 year) old HE Samsung 520 and it has ZERO odor. It's really not that hard to keep an HE FL from stinking. AAMOF, I only had ONE time when it smelled a little bit "sour" and I resolved that quickly, never to return. So don't say that "all HE washers". You are simply clueless, is all.
Natural convection should dry out the tub well enough. It's really only problematic if one can't leave the lid open because a cat can jump into the tub or whatever. The washer and laundry will need to be cleaned thoroughly. SmellyWasher gets good reviews from what can remember.
agree with graywings re using a cheap small fan. I have a roughly 8" fan that I use to dry out my FL washer while the last load of laundry is in the dryer. the fan sits on top of the dryer and across from the washer sits a wooden stool. In less than 15 seconds I move the stool up close to the washer, and place the fan on top and turn it ON.
My 5.5 year old GE Harmony TL used to stink (it is now in pieces on the basement floor so smells just fine, too bad its ball bearings are coming out all over the place!)
It did not start stinking until a couple of years ago but when it did nothing would help! Even using the tide and carbonara (? I think that was who made it) cleaning stuff only helped temporarily . And the carbonara or whatever it was called worked better
Absolutely TLs can stink if they are HE. My old TL machine with an agitator did not stink
I think this is more likely to happen if you do not do hot bleach loads (I do not because I consider them unhealthy for my family as bleach is an estrogen mimicker). Trying to decide between an Electrolux and a Speed Queen. Forgot about the smell, was leaning to the Electrolux, now rethinking!
I too had a problem with a horrific odor coming from my Samsung clothes Washer. I tried off-the-shelf products and commercial products and nothing worked. A friend told me about the Washer Fan website - http://www.washerfan.com and I spent quite a bit of time reading their website. According to Washer Fan, and I verified this with an appliance repairman, the cause of the smell is mold caused by standing water that remains in the washer's drum between loads of wash. This is a design flaw that exists in ALL front and top load washers and there's nothing you can do to get rid of the standing water. I ordered the Washer Fan and in 4 days the smell was GONE. The Washer Fan attached to the rear vent of my washer with magnets and installation was less than a minute! It works by circulating air through the drum which reduces the humidity and as a result dries up and purges the mold. THIS IS A GREAT PRODUCT!!! Highly recommended!
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That looks cool! I'm going to get one for my new 24" LG combo washer/dryer. I like the product's "permanent" prophylactic effect, and its easy-on, magnetic attachment. The only thing I don't like is that it extends the rear clearance of your washer by a bit (critical if doing an under-counter install like we're planning), and the inventor never mentions what this added dimension is.
Our current, full-sized LG just started smelling funny after six years, and now we know why. If this can prevent that from ever occurring in our new machine, I think it'll be worth every penny.
This post was edited by studio460 on Sun, Jun 2, 13 at 13:56
Looks like a computer fan in its own mounting box with a USB adaptor. You could make one of those for a lot less than 60 bucks. I think you could work around needing that by just adjusting washing habits but maybe some machine designs just dont leave you any options. My Maytag Neptune has been odor free for 8 years now.
I have the Electrolux IQ Touch and I just be sure to empty any remaining water out of the dispenser tray and leave it open just to the point where the spring starts the tension. The door is spring loaded so it likes to stay fully open. It's not exactly out of my way BUT I've never had any issues with odors. I do use the "Tub Clean" cycle when it shows up on the display but I don't know if it makes any difference or not.


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Hostal Pakarina esta u bicado en el corazon del pueblo de machupicchu.
Nuestro hostal cuenta con habitaciones comodas, con baño y agua caliente.
Space where guests can cook their own meals
Towels, bed sheets, soap, and toilet paper
Central heating or a heater in the listing
Space where guests can cook their own meals
Towels, bed sheets, soap, and toilet paper
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Machupicchu town is small, beautiful, modern, clean and the people are very friendly.
Pakarina Hostel is located five minutes from train station walking.
the bus station, the thermal baths, office ticket sales to Machupicchu is only 5 minutes walk
All the rooms have bathrom, hot water, TV cable, WIFI an incluyed breakfast
The hostel provides tourist information
el Hostal Pakarina esta en el corazon del pueblo de Machupicchu estamos a 5 minutos de la estacion de tren y a unas tres cuadras del paradero de bus 30 minutos aproximadamente hasta machupicchu nuestro hostal cuenta con habitaciones comodas tv cable wifi desyuno y demas comodidades que pudiran solicitar
The Neighborhood
lo mas importante aqui es los baños termales
creo que deverian de visitarlo
WRITE ME 24h after you arrive ( if you like a pick up)
breack fast is open 5 am to 8 am
la principal es disfrutar y solamente disfrutar de la estancia
Guesthouse which was not that easy to find. Almost at the end of town near the hotsprings. The room was spacious with wifi and a comfy bathroom. Breakfast ok, just to keep u going. Good experience though.
We arranged a pickup with Freddy at the train station but no one showed up. Apparently the reason was that they couldn't find us. Despite that, the accommodation was very nice and very clean, especially the bathroom. There was wifi but it's only accessible when you go to reception. The staff are very nice and towels are replaced everyday. Aguas Calientes is a very tiny town and so location was not a problem. Overall, we had a great stay and will recommend to others in the future.
Freddy is very helpful and gave me information about where to go etc
The room was clean and nice but the walls are really thin and you here every noise.
I put my earplugs in and had a quiet sleep!
We had a great time at Freddy's! He was very welcoming and accommodating. The location is great - 3mn walk from the center of town. You'll find all the restaurants, and bars you need there. We would definitely recommend it to anyone!
The hostel is FAR from the train/bus station. I think Freddy owns a feel hostels in Cuzco and some are closer to the train station than others. This one is far. And it's a long uphill climb.
We had a room on the 3rd floor, so our wifi was pretty strong. But looks like there's still construction going on. There were holes in our bathroom-that looks into the next room's bathroom! We thought no one stayed in the room next to us, so we took a shower. But minutes later, THEY were showering too!! Aiii!
The room is also not enclosed. There is a gap on top of the door. So, all outside noise can be heard.
We left early the next morning and was surprised at the quality of the breakfast. It was simple, but perfect for someone going up to Machu Picchu.
I had an ok experience staying at the hostel. There is opportunity for improving the guest services.
If you want to do a cheap overnight stay in Aguas Calientes, and take the early morning buses, which is a minute walk from Pakarina, then this place is for you.
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Hola : Conoce Machupicchu- Perú , su gente, sus costumbres e historia, aqui tenemos una alternativa para ti y tus amigos pasar una o mas noches en nuestro alojamiento Pakarina contamos con todos los servicios de un hostal, podrás visitar también los baños termomedicinales de aguas calientes


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What we learned in the Big East: Week 8
By Matt Fortuna
Here's a look at what can be drawn from the past two days in the Big East.
1. It is down to two.
All three undefeated Big East teams had scares at times Saturday, but only Cincinnati fell, losing 29-23 at Toledo. The Rockets are good, but a MAC team taking down an undefeated and ranked Big East team is simply bad for the conference. Rutgers and Louisville are now the teams to beat, and they play each other in the regular-season finale Nov. 29, although a lot obviously can change between now and then. (The Bearcats are still 1-0 in Big East play, remember.)
2. Rutgers can throw when it needs to.
The Scarlet Knights proved this in a Week 4 shootout at Arkansas, and they proved it again Saturday at Temple. Trailing 10-0 at halftime, Rutgers outscored the Owls 35-0 in the second half behind four
Gary Nova
touchdown passes, with a
Khaseem Greene
fumble return for good measure.
Quarterback Teddy Bridgewater had a solid game passing and rushing to lead Louisville.
3. UConn is in serious trouble.
Three straight losses are bad enough. When the No. 6 defense in the country gives up 40 points, including 27 unanswered, to a team that turned it over four times a week earlier? That's bad news for the Huskies, who are on the brink of missing a bowl game for the second straight year and have a bye week coming up.
Teddy Bridgewater
is really, really good.
Probably not something learned just this weekend, but definitely validated. The sophomore completed all 11 of his first-half passes and finished the game 21-of-25 for 256 yards with two touchdowns, including the game-winning, 11-yard touchdown pass to
Eli Rogers
with 1:35 left. The Louisville sensation added 74 rushing yards on 10 carries, too.
Wind? Rain? Bring it on. The Panthers rushed for 126 yards in a throwback 20-6 win at Buffalo, more than their previous two games combined. Buffalo is not Lousiville, but holding a team to six points has to be encouraging for a defense that surrendered 45 at home a week earlier. Now the Panthers need to be efficient in conference play.


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ATHENS, Ga. — Georgia's offense, led by quarterback Aaron Murray, has been overmatched at times this spring when lining up against a defense that returns nine starters.
Georgia is rebuilding its offensive line. That has led to some ugly matchups against All-America outside linebacker Jarvis Jones and massive defensive tackles John Jenkins and Kwame Geathers.
The Bulldogs ranked fifth in the nation in total defense last season, and most of the top players from that unit will play for the Black team in Saturday's G-Day spring game. Murray, tailback Isaiah Crowell, receiver Tavarres King will lead the first-team offense on the Red team, according to G-Day rosters released on Wednesday.
The challenge for the offense is nothing new.
"It's definitely a challenge every day," offensive coordinator Mike Bobo said Tuesday.
"There are a lot of veterans over there. Some of them have been playing three years. It makes it harder for us but I think it's going to make it better for us in the long run. It makes us fight every day in practice and it's going to help us in the fourth quarter in the fall."
Bobo said Murray, who set a school record with 35 TD passes last season, may play only one quarter. Hutson Mason will play behind Murray.
Christian LeMay is the probable starting quarterback for the Black team. Bobo said some quarterbacks may play on both teams.
"Everyone cares because there are a lot of guys out there playing for jobs," Mason said.
Georgia plans to hold out Mason as a redshirt this season. LeMay could move up as Murray's top backup.
Bobo said Mason, a junior, has not practiced as if he doesn't plan to play in 2012.
"From day one he's been competing his tail off like he wants to be the starter, and that's the only way he's going to get better," said Bobo of Mason. "He has done that from the first day of spring. Day in and day out, he's trying to say 'I'm the best guy on this team' and that's the only way he's going to get better."
Georgia lost center Ben Jones and tackles Cordy Glenn and Justin Anderson from last year's 10-4 team.
Offensive line coach Will Friend has tried different combinations this spring. He said his current starting five includes tackles Kolton Houston and Kenarious Gates, guards Chris Burnette and Dallas Lee and center David Andrews. Houston opened spring practice as a guard.
Watts Dantzler and Austin Long were other options at right tackle before Houston's move.
King said the line is "coming together so much, it's pretty amazing."
"The first couple of days our big D-line was just blowing them off the ball and just moving them around," King said. "Now we kind of see our guys learning from that and not making the same mistakes. It looks great."
Players who have been suspended for the start of the season will be available to play on Saturday.
Cornerback Sanders Commings was suspended by coach Mark Richt for two games following an arrest on a domestic abuse charge. The other starting corner, Branden Smith, is facing at least a one-game suspension for his arrest on possession of marijuana.
All-America free safety Bacarri Rambo also could face a marijuana-related suspension. Alan Ingram, Rambo's coach at Seminole County High School in Donalsonville, Ga., said last month Rambo inadvertently ate marijuana-laced brownies on a spring break trip to Florida and will be suspended for the first four games.
Georgia has not issued a statement on Rambo's status.
Strong safety Shawn Williams left a scrimmage last week with a knee injury but is not expected to need surgery.
Bobo said Tuesday freshman tailback Keith Marshall may miss Saturday's game with a hamstring injury. Bobo had positive reviews for sophomore tailbacks Crowell and Ken Malcome.
Crowell was the SEC Freshman of the Year after he ran for 850 yards despite missing two games. A failed drug test resulted in a one-game suspension.
"Isaiah has practiced well every day," Bobo said. "He continued to get better, becoming more consistent and more dependable, somebody that you can depend on. I think that has been his goal. He's really done a nice job. He knows his assignments a lot better."
Bobo said Malcome is playing with more confidence.
"He has always been a physical looking guy who has played kind of timid, not really knowing what to do and unsure of himself," Bobo said. "But last year I think the confidence he got playing at the end of the season has helped him in the spring. I'm really pleased with his progress and his attitude."
Malcolm Mitchell, one of the team's top receivers as a freshman last season, has moved to cornerback this spring and may be held out on Saturday with a hamstring injury.
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