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25 U.S. Code § 3056 - Prohibition on disclosure
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(a) Nondisclosure of information
(1) In general
The Secretary shall not disclose under section 552 of title 5 (commonly known as the "Freedom of Information Act"), information relating to—
(A) subject to subsection (b)(l), [1] human remains or cultural items reburied on National Forest System land under section 3053 of this title; or
(B) subject to subsection (b)(2), resources, cultural items, uses, or activities that—
(2) Limitations on disclosure
Subject to subsection (b)(2), the Secretary shall not be required to disclose information under section 552 of title 5 (commonly known as the "Freedom of Information Act"), concerning the identity, use, or specific location in the National Forest System of—
(B) any cultural items not covered under section 3053 of this title.
(b) Limited release of information
(1) Reburial
The Secretary may disclose information described in subsection (a)(l)(A) [2] if, before the disclosure, the Secretary—
(B) determines that disclosure of the information—
(2) Other information
The Secretary, in consultation with appropriate Indian tribes, may disclose information described under paragraph (1)(B) or (2) of subsection (a) if the Secretary determines that disclosure of the information to the public—
(B) would not create an unreasonable risk of harm, theft, or destruction of the resource, site, or object, including individual organic or inorganic specimens; and
[1] So in original. Probably should be "(b)(1),".
[2] So in original. Probably should be "(a)(1)(A)".
Source(Pub. L. 110–234, title VIII, § 8106,May 22, 2008, 122 Stat. 1288; Pub. L. 110–246, § 4(a), title VIII, § 8106,June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1664, 2050.)
Pub. L. 110–234and Pub. L. 110–246enacted identical sections. Pub. L. 110–234was repealed by section 4(a) ofPub. L. 110–246.
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49 U.S. Code § 41504 - Tariffs for foreign air transportation
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(a) Filing and Contents.— In the way prescribed by regulation by the Secretary of Transportation, every air carrier and foreign air carrier shall file with the Secretary, publish, and keep open to public inspection, tariffs showing the prices for the foreign air transportation provided between places served by the carrier and provided between places served by the carrier and places served by another air carrier or foreign air carrier with which through service and joint prices have been established. A tariff—
(1) shall contain—
(A) to the extent the Secretary requires by regulation, a description of the classifications, rules, and practices related to the foreign air transportation;
(b) Changes.—
(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, an air carrier or foreign air carrier may change a price or a classification, rule, or practice affecting that price or the value of the transportation provided under that price, specified in a tariff of the carrier for foreign air transportation only after 30 days after the carrier has filed, published, and posted notice of the proposed change in the same way as required for a tariff under subsection (a) of this section. However, the Secretary may prescribe an alternative notice requirement, of at least 25 days, to allow an air carrier or foreign air carrier to match a proposed change in a passenger fare or a charge of another air carrier or foreign air carrier. A notice under this paragraph must state plainly the change proposed and when the change will take effect.
(2) If the effect of a proposed change would be to begin a passenger fare that is outside of, or not covered by, the range of passenger fares specified under section 41509 (e)(2) and (3) of this title, the proposed change may be put into effect only on the expiration of 60 days after the notice is filed under regulations prescribed by the Secretary.
Source(Pub. L. 103–272, § 1(e),July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1133.)
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|Source (U.S. Code)
|Source (Statutes at Large)
|49 App.:1373(a) (1st sentence, 2d sentence words before semicolon, last sentence).
|Aug. 23, 1958, Pub. L. 85–726, § 403(a), 72 Stat. 758.
|49 App.:1551(a)(4)(B) (related to 49 App.:1373(a)), (b)(1)(E).
|Aug. 23, 1958, Pub. L. 85–726, 72 Stat. 731, § 1601(a)(4)(B) (related to § 403(a), (c)(1), (2)), (b)(1)(E); added Oct. 4, 1984, Pub. L. 98–443, § 3(c), (e), 98 Stat. 1703, 1704.
|49 App.:1373(c)(1).
|Aug. 23, 1958, Pub. L. 85–726, § 403(c)(1), (2), 72 Stat. 759; Nov. 9, 1977, Pub. L. 95–163, § 10(a), 91 Stat. 1281; restated Oct. 24, 1978, Pub. L. 95–504, § 22, 92 Stat. 1724; Feb. 15, 1980, Pub. L. 96–192, § 24(b), (c), 94 Stat. 47.
|49 App.:1551(a)(4)(B) (related to 49 App.:1373(c)(1)), (b)(1)(E).
|49 App.:1373(c)(2).
|49 App.:1551(a)(4)(B) (related to 49 App.:1373(c)(2)), (b)(1)(E).
|49 App.:1373(a) (2d sentence words after semicolon, 3d sentence).
|49 App.:1551(a)(4)(B) (related to 49 App.:1373(a)), (b)(1)(E).
In this section, the words "foreign air transportation" are substituted for "air transportation" because 49 App.:1551(a)(4)(B) provides that 49 App.:1373 no longer applies to interstate or overseas air transportation and 49 App.:1376(a)–(e), restated in section 41901 of the revised title, governs rates for the transportation of mail by aircraft. See section 40102(a) of the revised title defining "air transportation" to mean interstate or foreign air transportation or the transportation of mail by aircraft. The words "passenger fare" are substituted for "fare" for consistency in the revised title.
In subsection (a), before clause (1), the word "print" is omitted as being included in "publish". The word "places" is substituted for "points" for consistency in the revised title and with other titles of the United States Code. In clause (1)(A), the word "services" is omitted as being included in "practices". In clauses (1)(B) and (2)(A), the word "lawful" is omitted as surplus.
In subsection (b)(1), the words "for foreign air transportation" are added because of 49 App.:1551(a)(4)(B). See the revision notes for subsection (a) of this section. The words "in the same way as required for a tariff under" are substituted for "in accordance with" for clarity. The words "proposed change in a passenger fare or a charge of another air carrier or foreign air carrier" are substituted for "fares or charges specified in another air carrier's or foreign air carrier's proposed tariff" for clarity and consistency in this section.
In subsection (b)(2), the words "not covered by" are substituted for "to which such range of fares does not apply" to eliminate unnecessary words. The words "subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section 1482(d)(4) of this Appendix . . . section 1482(d)(7) of this Appendix" are omitted because those sections related to interstate and overseas air transportation and the source provisions restated in this section relate to foreign air transportation. In addition, the text of 49 App.:1551(a)(5)(D) provides that 49 App.:1482(d) ceased to be in effect on January 1, 1985, except as related to foreign air transportation. The reference in the source provisions to "section 1482(j)(9) of this Appendix" has been restated as though it were a reference to 49 App.:1482(j)(10) to correct an apparent error in the International Air Transportation Competition Act of 1979 (Public Law 96–192, 94 Stat. 35). Section 24(b) of S. 1300 of the 96th Congress (the derivative source for the International Air Transportation Competition Act of 1979), as originally passed by both the Senate and the House of Representatives, restated section 403(c)(2) of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 (Public Law 85–726, 72 Stat. 759) to read as it now does with a cross–reference to section 1002(j)(9) of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958. Also contained in those versions of S. 1300 in section 24(a) was an amendment to section 1002(j) of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to add a paragraph (9) that contained language identical to what is now section 1002(j)(10) of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958. When S. 1300 was reported by the conference committee and enacted into law as the International Air Transportation Competition Act of 1979, section 24(a) had been changed so that a different paragraph (9) was added and what had been paragraph (9) was now designated as a new paragraph (10) to be added. Apparently, when the conference committee redesignated section 1002(j)(9) as 1002(j)(10) it did not make a corresponding change in the cross–reference in section 403(c)(2). See 125 Cong. Rec. 26936, 32147, 36939.
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Solar Cave
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Solar Caveis a cave where you can get TMs and HMs in Pokémon Red Rescue Team or Blue Rescue Team. You can unlock it when you beat the game completely, then talk to Whiscash in his pond. He should take about a place called solar cave where rare TMs are found. Afterwards, you should be able to go to Solar Cave.
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31 U.S. Code § 1512 - Apportionment and reserves
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(a) Except as provided in this subchapter, an appropriation available for obligation for a definite period shall be apportioned to prevent obligation or expenditure at a rate that would indicate a necessity for a deficiency or supplemental appropriation for the period. An appropriation for an indefinite period and authority to make obligations by contract before appropriations shall be apportioned to achieve the most effective and economical use. An apportionment may be reapportioned under this section.
(1) An appropriation subject to apportionment is apportioned by—
(2) The official designated in section 1513 of this title to make apportionments shall apportion an appropriation under paragraph (1) of this subsection as the official considers appropriate. Except as specified by the official, an amount apportioned is available for obligation under the terms of the appropriation on a cumulative basis unless reapportioned.
(1) In apportioning or reapportioning an appropriation, a reserve may be established only—
(B) to achieve savings made possible by or through changes in requirements or greater efficiency of operations; or
(2) A reserve established under this subsection may be changed as necessary to carry out the scope and objectives of the appropriation concerned. When an official designated in section 1513 of this title to make apportionments decides that an amount reserved will not be required to carry out the objectives and scope of the appropriation concerned, the official shall recommend the rescission of the amount in the way provided in chapter 11 of this title for appropriation requests. Reserves established under this section shall be reported to Congress as provided in the Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 681 et seq.).
(d) An apportionment or a reapportionment shall be reviewed at least 4 times a year by the official designated in section 1513 of this title to make apportionments.
Source(Pub. L. 97–258, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 929.)
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|31:665(c)(1)(1st sentence), (4)(words after 1st comma).
|R.S. § 3679(c)(1)(1st sentence), (3), (4); Mar. 3, 1905, ch. 1484, § 4(1st par.), 33 Stat. 1257; Feb. 27, 1906, ch. 510, § 3, 34 Stat. 48; restated Sept. 6, 1950, ch. 896, § 1211, 64 Stat. 765, 766.
|R.S. § 3679(c)(2); Mar. 3, 1905, ch. 1484, § 4(1st par.), 33 Stat. 1257; Feb. 27, 1906, ch. 510, § 3, 34 Stat. 48; Sept. 6, 1950, ch. 896, § 1211, 64 Stat. 765; restated July 12, 1974, Pub. L. 93–344, § 1002, 88 Stat. 332.
|31:665(c)(4)(words before 1st comma).
In subsection (a), the word "appropriation" is substituted for "appropriations or funds" because of the definition of "appropriation" in section 1511 of the revised title. The words "at a rate" are substituted for "in a manner" for clarity. The words "indefinite period" are substituted for "not limited to a definite period of time" for consistency in the revised title. The words "An apportionment may be reapportioned under this section" are substituted for 31:665(c)(4)(words after 1st comma) to eliminate unnecessary words.
In subsection (b)(1), before clause (A), the word "apportioned" is substituted for "distributed" for consistency in the revised section.
In subsections (b)(2) and (d), the word "official" is substituted for "officer" for consistency in the revised title.
In subsection (c)(1)(C), the words "by law" are substituted for "by particular appropriation Acts or other laws" to eliminate unnecessary words.
In subsection (c)(2), the words "appropriation requests" are substituted for "estimates of appropriations" for consistency with chapter 11 of the revised title.
References in Text
The Impoundment Control Act of 1974, referred to in subsec. (c)(2), is parts A and B of title X of Pub. L. 93–344, July 12, 1974, 88 Stat. 332, as amended, which is classified principally to subchapters I (§ 681) and II (§ 682 et seq.) of chapter 17B of Title 2, The Congress. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 681 of Title 2 and Tables.
Apportionment of Funds Appropriated to District of Columbia Government
Pub. L. 100–202, § 101(c) [title I, § 135], Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1329–90, 1329–102, provided that: "Federal funds hereafter appropriated to the District of Columbia government shall not be subject to apportionment except to the extent specifically provided by statute."
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Pandora Lovegood
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- "She was quite an extraordinary witch, but she did like to experiment...and one day, one of her spells went badly wrong. I was nine."
- —Luna Lovegood discussing her mother with Harry Potter[src]
Mrs. Lovegood (d. circa 1990) was a witch who was married to Xenophilius Lovegood, the editor of The Quibbler, and with him had one child, Luna Lovegood. She died around 1990, when Luna was nine.
BiographyAccording to her daughter, Mrs. Lovegood was an extraordinary witch who liked to experiment with spells. One day in 1990, one of these experiments went wrong, killing her in front of Luna (and possibly her father), who was subsequently able to see Thestrals. Luna told Harry Potter that she continued to feel sad about her mother's death from time to time and believed that she would see her again after death.[2]
Luna had a picture of her and her mother hugging in her room at home. In the picture, she was described as looking very much like her daughter. Many years after her death, Mrs. Lovegood would gain grandchildren in Lorcan and Lysander Scamander, the sons of Luna and Rolf Scamander.[3]
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (First mentioned)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film) (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Appears in photographs)
Notes and references
- ↑ "In Ch. 4 of Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince, Horace Slughorn states that family members are often Sorted into the same House. This may indicate that Mrs Lovegood was Sorted into Ravenclaw, as Luna was Sorted into Ravenclaw. However, there are exceptions.
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows


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Silva, Quade & Marty
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"There's not much that we're not doing," manager Terry Collins said.
Conforto and Wilmer Flores homered and the Mets won their eighth in a row, building an early lead for deGrom and holding off the San Francisco Giants 6-5 Saturday.
"It just seems relentless," Conforto said.
At 15-7, the defending NL champions have won 11 of 12. They could be poised for an even more impressive run – next week, they play seven games against last-place Atlanta and San Diego.
The crowd of 44,466 was the largest for a regular-season game at Citi Field since the park opened in 2009, with a lot of fans attracted by the Noah Syndergaard Garden Gnome giveaway.
The Mets almost gave away the game, too.
Ahead 6-3 in the eighth inning, they walked a pair of batters and let the Giants load the bases with no outs. Hunter Pence's bid for a go-ahead grand slam was caught just in front of the center-field wall for a sacrifice fly.
Brandon Crawford followed with another sacrifice fly, a liner that right fielder Curtis Granderson jumped to backhand on the warning track.
"Two long popups," Collins kidded.
Jeurys Familia took over in the ninth and closed for his eighth save in as many chances.
"That's a tough one for the guys, because they put up quite an effort there to get back in it and try to win that ballgame," Giants manager Bruce Bochy said. "Two balls to just miss like that, that's a tough one for them."
Conforto tied a Mets record by hitting a double in his sixth straight game. He also singled and drove in three runs. In his first full season, the 23-year-old outfielder who homered twice in a World Series game last October has comfortably settled into the No. 3 spot in a potent lineup and is batting .365.
"Really had no nerves about it," he said, adding, "Getting the pitches I know I can hit and not missing them."
Neil Walker capped a productive first month for his new team with a two-run single.
DeGrom (3-0) overcame his first four walks of the season, pitching two-hit ball for six innings and leaving with a 1.02 ERA. All three runs against him were unearned and came after a throwing error by Flores, who played third base to give David Wright a day off.
New York's defense also helped deGrom. Pence fisted a bases-loaded, two-run single with two outs in the third, but first baseman Lucas Duda took the accurate relay from Granderson and threw out Brandon Belt trying to reach third.
After setting a club mark by scoring 12 runs in the third inning Friday night, the Mets quickly struck against Matt Cain (0-3).
Walker's two-out single in the first made it 2-0. Conforto launched a two-run double off the top of the left-field wall in the second for a 4-0 lead.
Overall, the Mets have outscored opponents 50-21 during their winning string.
"It's nice pitching with a lead," deGrom said. "You can go right after guys."
Cain has gone a career-worst 12 starts without a win, dating to his last victory July 22. Slowed by injuries and inconsistency in recent years, the three-time All-Star who once pitched a perfect game is saddled with a 7.00 ERA this season.
Conforto hit his fourth homer in the fifth. Flores connected the next inning for his first of the year. The Mets have 31 home runs in their last 14 games.
Conforto tied Joe Christopher's team mark in 1964 with doubles in six straight games. Conforto has reached safely in 17 straight. … Yoenis Cespedes' club-record string of nine games in a row with an extra-base hit ended.
Giants: 2B Joe Panik was out of the lineup a day after tweaking his groin.
Mets: Wright and C Kevin Plawecki got to sit for a day. C Rene Rivera, who started 87 games for the Rays last year, made his Mets debut. He was hit by a pitch in the back his first time up.
A prime pitching matchup on deck – if the weather holds. Steady rain is in the forecast Sunday and well could dampen the duel between Giants ace Madison Bumgarner (2-2, 3.64 ERA) and Syndergaard (2-0, 1.69). Bumgarner has won all three of his starts at Citi Field with an 0.78 ERA. Syndergaard has struck out 38 this season, matching Pedro Martinez for the most by a Mets pitcher in the first four starts of a season.
Zimmermann goes 5-0, Upton homers as Tigers top Twins 4-1
MINNEAPOLIS — Jordan Zimmermann hasn't required much run support this year. Justin Upton gave him all he needed in the first inning Saturday.
Zimmermann won his fifth straight start to begin his first season with Detroit, and Upton hit a three-run homer for the Tigers in their 4-1 victory over the Minnesota Twins.
"Give him a three-run lead, we're pretty confident he can work with that," said Upton, whose second homer of the year reached the second deck in left-center. "If we can fight and get on the board early, and let our guys work, we'll be all right."
Zimmermann (5-0) gave up one run and six hits with no walks and seven strikeouts over seven innings. His ERA actually rose to 0.55 as he became the first Tigers pitcher to win five games in April since Frank Tanana in 1988, according to STATS.
Upton and Zimmermann both signed as free agents with Detroit for more than $100 million this past offseason. Zimmermann knew he would be joining a team with a high-octane offense, though he hasn't relied on the Tigers' bats much yet.
"This is probably the best lineup I've ever seen," Zimmermann said. "They're going to score runs. It's just a matter of when and what inning. For me, they've been scoring early and allowing me to settle in and just throw strikes."
Victor Martinez doubled twice for the Tigers, who have won five of six. Francisco Rodriguez pitched a scoreless ninth for his sixth save in seven opportunities.
Eduardo Escobar had three singles for the Twins, who lost their third straight and fell to 7-17 overall.
Tyler Duffey (0-1) gave up just one earned run in 6 1/3 innings, striking out seven and walking none. But one mistake in the first marred an otherwise solid performance.
With two on and two outs, Duffey tried to get ahead in the count with a first-pitch fastball. But the pitch caught too much of the plate and Upton drove it an estimated 417 feet for his second homer with Detroit.
"It's easy to look back and say I should have gotten out of that. I know I was more than capable of doing it," Duffey said. "That mistake is a lot larger when you've got a guy like Zimmermann throwing against you."
Zimmermann cruised through the first three innings, but Byung Ho Park homered in the fourth to break up the shutout. Park lined a 1-2 pitch into the bullpen in left-center, his team-leading sixth homer of the year.
It was the first home run allowed by Zimmermann in 29 2/3 innings this season.
After that, each time the Twins threatened, Zimmermann had an answer. John Ryan Murphy reached second on an error by right fielder J.D. Martinez with one out in the fifth before Zimmermann struck out Danny Santana and Brian Dozier to preserve the two-run cushion.
Minnesota got its leadoff man on in the seventh, but Zimmermann promptly induced a double-play grounder from Eddie Rosario.
Zimmermann might have kept the Twins off the board entirely if he'd just listened to catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia, who didn't want to throw Park the slider he hit into the bullpen.
"That was really my only mistake all game. I tried going front door with it, and obviously that wasn't the right pitch. I'm sure Salty will say the same thing. He didn't really want to throw it and I did, so that was my fault," Zimmermann said. "It didn't work out, but solo home runs aren't going to kill you, so it's all good."
Tigers: C James McCann (sprained ankle) caught nine innings for Triple-A Toledo on Friday, but manager Brad Ausmus said McCann will continue his rehab assignment through the weekend. McCann was expected to catch nine more innings Saturday and five innings on Sunday before rejoining the Tigers for their three-game series in Cleveland that begins Tuesday.
Twins: 3B Trevor Plouffe (strained intercostal muscle) was scheduled to begin a rehab assignment with Class A Fort Myers on Saturday. Plouffe has been on the DL since April 19. Barring any setbacks, he is expected to join the Twins in Houston on Tuesday.
Tigers: RHP Mike Pelfrey (0-4, 4.64 ERA) faces his former team in Sunday's series finale. Pelfrey spent the past three seasons in Minnesota. He pitched a season-high 6 2/3 innings in his most recent start, a 5-1 loss to the Athletics on Tuesday.
Twins: RHP Ricky Nolasco (1-0, 3.25) has been the team's most effective starter this season. He's averaged just shy of seven innings in his four starts and is second in the AL in strikeout-to-walk ratio with 24 strikeouts against three walks.
Rockies' Story ties rookie mark with 10th HR in April
PHOENIX (AP) Trevor Story is undoubtedly the story of the Colorado Rockies' first month of the season.
The shortstop tied a major league rookie record with his 10th home run in April, a two-run shot that helped the Rockies cruise to a 9-0 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Friday night. In hitting his 10th home run in 21 games, Story tied George Scott in 1966 as the fastest player in major league history to reach that home run total.
Story tied Jose Abreu of the Chicago White Sox, who hit 10 in April 2014, for the rookie mark. Teammate Nolan Arenado, who also homered, is tied with Story for the major league lead in home runs.
Story took Diamondbacks starter Robbie Ray (1-1) deep in the fifth inning.
"Maybe when it's all said and done it will be something cool to look back on, but right now I'm just worried about winning games," Story said.
Arenado, Ryan Raburn and Nick Hundley hit solo home runs, Arenado's blast immediately following Story's in the fifth to knock Ray out of the game.
Hundley added a two-run double in the eighth after Gerardo Parra's RBI double.
Tyler Chatwood (3-2) held the Diamondbacks scoreless on five hits for 6 1/3 innings with four strikeouts and three walks.
The Rockies won for the third time in four meetings against Arizona in Phoenix, and have hit 14 home runs in those four games at Chase Field this season. Story hit four in the season-opening series.
"I feel like it's always good weather here. We play spring training here, so it's a familiar place," Story said. "I grew up playing in the heat, so yeah, I guess you could say I feel comfortable here."
Ray had not given up a home run in his previous four starts. The Rockies overtook the Diamondbacks for most home runs in the majors with 37 to Arizona's 36.
"They obviously like swinging the bat in this ballpark," Diamondbacks manager Chip Hale said. "It's very obvious that that's what it is. If you don't locate your pitches, they're going to hit them. That's what happens with confident hitters."
Raburn led off the fourth with a line drive into the seats in left field. One out later, Hundley homered to left.
"Great player. He's got a lot of tools and he's been pretty even-keel," Raburn said of Story. "Right now he's getting pitches to hit and he ain't missing it."
The Rockies took control in the fifth when Charlie Blackmon led off with a single. Story and Arenado followed with their home runs, and Ray's night ended after giving up five runs and seven hits. He struck out five and walked two.
"This place has been tough on us the last few years," manager Walt Weiss said. "Especially last year. It's good to see us swing the bats and win games, especially on the road where we've had some demons in the past."
The Diamondbacks claimed LHP Edwin Escobar off waivers from the Boston Red Sox on Friday, and sent Escobar to Triple-A Reno. Pitcher Matt Buschmann was designated for assignment. Escobar, 24, was a top prospect for the San Francisco Giants before being traded to Boston in 2014. Buschmann made three appearances for the Diamondbacks this season.
Rockies: Blackmon (turf toe) was activated from the 15-day DL and started in center field as the leadoff hitter. The Rockies optioned OF Brandon Barnes to Triple-A Albuquerque to make room for Blackmon. "Unfortunately, it's a numbers crunch at this point in the construction of our roster, but he'll be back," Weiss said of Barnes. … RHP Jason Motte (sore shoulder) threw a bullpen session Friday and is "moving full steam ahead," Weiss said. … Hundley got some eye drops administered during the fourth inning, coming out from behind the plate and jogging over to the dugout for help from a trainer. … Raburn fouled a pitch thrown high and tight off the bottom of the bat near his hands, and was checked by a trainer when he shook his hands in pain afterward. He was later hit by a pitch. "Just got a little beat up tonight but it's part of it," Raburn said.
Diamondbacks: RHP Josh Collmenter, on the 15-day DL, will pitch three innings at Class-A Visalia on Monday as he comes back from shoulder inflammation.
Rockies: LHP Chris Rusin makes his first start of the season. He's appeared four times in relief and has a scoreless streak of 9 2/3 innings. He's 2-1 with a 2.25 ERA in three starts against Arizona, all at Chase Field.
Diamondbacks: RHP Zack Greinke (2-2, 6.16 ERA) makes his sixth start of the season. He faced the Rockies on opening day and was tagged for seven runs and nine hits in four innings. He gave up seven runs in his most recent outing, Monday against the Cardinals, but got the win.
Cespedes has 6 RBIs during Mets' record 12-run inning vs SF
NEW YORK — Yoenis Cespedes and the New York Mets broke loose for a team-record 12 runs in the third inning Friday night, rolling to their seventh straight victory with a 13-1 blowout of the San Francisco Giants.
Cespedes set a club mark with six RBIs in the inning, connecting for a two-run single off starter Jake Peavy (1-2) and a grand slam off reliever Mike Broadway that capped the outburst.
The early barrage made it an easy night for Steven Matz (3-1) in the opener of a three-game series between the last two NL champions. The left-hander tossed six shutout innings to win his third consecutive start.
Michael Conforto had an RBI double and a run-scoring single in the Mets third, which lasted 39 minutes, 47 seconds. He and Cespedes were two of the four players who scored twice. Asdrubal Cabrera greeted Broadway with a two-run double.


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Mostly, I understand the idiocies and incoherence of the right. I think it's a load of bullshit, but I understand how they get to these places of pure stupidity. I also understand that it's their choices that led them there — their completely wrong choices, their frightened and combative decisions on dealing with a changing and complex world.
It's all about trying to make things simple, like they used to be. Except they never were. Not really.
Take this Islamic community center two blocks from the site of the World Trade Center towers. Down south, many decades ago, at a site they call Ocmulgee, Americans sliced a 1,000-year-old Mississippian burial mound in half for a railroad line. They didn't think anything of it, just wiped out half the mound and laid the tracks. Simple, right? Sure, for people who believe themselves to be far superior to any other piece of humanity that ever has been or ever will be.
I call that a travesty. A rude, insensitive and outlandish thing to do. And don't even start with, "well, it was the times … " Can you imagine if Egypt took down half the Great Pyramid because they couldn't be bothered to reroute a rail line to avoid it?
But in New York, the very idea of an Islamic cultural center — which will contain a room for Muslims to pray, which is what a mosque is –two blocks away from "ground zero" has ignited some unbelievably ugly and vile garbage.
Now, here, you might get away with "well, the times," because these times are just plain ugly. Just a day before President Obama threw his support behind the center, Dr. Laura Schlessinger, one of the most repulsive human beings ever to walk the planet, let loose with an N-word tirade that she later apologized for, not because she meant it but because she had to. She did not apologize for the bullshit "political correctness" crap she was trying to make a point about, and neither did Rep. Pete King, Wingnut-New York, when he called Obama's speech politically correct.
I don't know about politically correct, but Obama, the constitutional scholar, was certainly constitutionally correct, and he said so. This is about freedom of religion, he said.
Muslims have the same right to practice their religion as anyone else in this country. That includes the right to build a place of worship and a community center on private property in lower Manhattan, in accordance with local laws and ordinances.
King missed the point, of course. Obama, he said, "caved to political correctness," which is true if, by "political correctness," you mean "the law."
King, known for throwing out tons of bullshit he says he got from inside sources that later turns out to completely wrong (but which no one remembers was wrong), seems to think the Constitution is politically correct. Well, yeah, in a way. I suppose you could say it's the most politically correct document we have. Which makes it kinda strange that he — and thousands of others — who contend that Democrats in general and Obama in particular are "shredding" the Constitution (unlike George W. Bush, of course) would completely ignore it.
Obama, as is his want, tossed a bone to the conservofreaks, saying he was only speaking of the "right" that Muslims have to worship where they please, within the law, and not the "wisdom" of their choices. But then again, it's not his place to be addressing that issue. And besides, Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-New York, did that quite well.
As much as I respect the sensitivities of people, there is a fundamental mistake behind it, and that is how can you — and I can quote any number of some of the people who have commented on it, and what they are saying essentially is how can you put a mosque there when, after all, Muslims attacked us on 9/11, and this is ripping open a wound?
Well, the fallacy is that al Qaeda attacked us. Islam did not attack us. Islam, like Christianity, like Judaism, like other religions, has many different people, some of whom regard other adherents of the religion as heretics of one sort or another.
It is only insensitive if you regard Islam as the culprit, as opposed to as the culprit. We were not attacked by all Muslims. And there were Muslims who were killed there, there were Muslims who were killed there. There were Muslims who ran in as first responders to help. And we cannot take any position like that.
Never mind that there's a mosque inside the Pentagon (which you may remember and another just a few blocks from the old Burlington Coat Factory.
And never mind, too, the other part of what Nadler had to say.
But we do not put the Bill of Rights, we do not put the religious freedom to a vote. The reason we have a Bill of Rights is that you have your religious rights, your right to freedom of speech for the press et cetera, whether majorities like you or not, frankly.
Of course, none of that means anything to the crackpots on the right. Erick Erickson, the RedState blogger that CNN inexplicably gives precious airtime to, wasn't nearly so mealy-mouthed. He flat out compared the center in the old Burlington Coat Factory to human sacrifice.
Human sacrifice. Right, Erick. My, but you have such a thin skin if you see that as equivalent to killing someone to appease a god. But then, Christians have done that for centuries, without ever calling it what it actually is.
And it's not just in New York of course. That's what they'd like you to believe, that they just don't like an Islamic cultural center with a mosque so near ground zero (never mind that there has been one there for years). Oh, no. It's happening in California, Tennessee, Wisconsin, Texas, Connecticut and who knows how many other places.
Bryan Fischer, a spokesman for the American Family Association — which sets up elderly Americans to count the number of "curse" words used on television — called for no more mosques in America.
Permits should not be granted to build even one more mosque in the United States of America, let alone the monstrosity planned for Ground Zero.
"There is no such thing as freedom of religion in Islam," he said, prompting many of us to wonder if, by "freedom of religion," he actually means "freedom of Christianity." And his solution is for Muslims to renounce Islam.
Alas, America has a history of this kind of ugliness. After all, we invaded this continent and took it away from the people who lived here, then called them "savages" when they took offense. President Andrew Jackson, that son of a bitch, had a solution for that too. Drive them all to the wastelands of Oklahoma, which worked fine until oil was discovered there, kinda like how driving others into the Dakota Badlands worked fine until they found gold there.
I won't go into what happened on Nunna daul IsunyiI – "The Trail Where They Cried," now known as the "Trail Of Tears." Or what happened on the "reservations" where native Americans were forced to live. But it was ugly. The same kind of ugly we're seeing now in the immigration issue and in this ground zero mosque issue.
In a nation where "all men are created equal," it's damnably clear that only some are, the ones Sarah Palin calls the "real Americans."
The ones who are not — native Americans, African Americans, Muslim Americans, gay and lesbian Americans — well, we might as well take "American" off the name. It's clear the Constitution is only for straight, white Christian Americans. The ugly ones. That's exactly what they mean when they rally, holding signs that glaringly show they have no idea how government works and shouting "We want our country back."
So do I. It was a much nicer place before you got here.
I'm sorry. That was such a mean thing to say. But watching and listening to this "debate" — if, by "debate," you mean "ugly people spouting ugly words about people they know nothing about and care even less about" — I'm perpetually on the edge of anger and heartbreak.
Be that as it may, when it comes down to comprehending the somewhat addled minds of the "real Americans," this is one I don't get. No matter how hard I try, I cannot understand how it is that so many Americans subscribe to the "freedom for me but not for thee" mantra, nor how disgustingly vile they get expressing that view. It's anathema to the Constitution they claim to defend.
It's as if they never learned Rule 1, way back before kindergarten.
Share. And we all know what happens to the kids who missed that lesson. Yeah. They grow up to be bullies, assholes who think they're better than everybody else and that they have a right to dictate to everybody else how they can be.
Even worse, they stoop to the same intolerance and hatred they claim these others have. Osama bin Laden must be cackling away wherever it is that he's hiding since George W. Bush forgot all about his vow to "smoke him out."
I've got some big news for these ugly Americans. The world ain't your oyster. You're just a common human being, like everybody else, and I do mean everybody. It's way past time for you overgrown bullies to buck up and grow up.
Hell, if you'd get that damn chip off your shoulders and lighten up, you might find common ground with your fellow common man. You might even *gasp* like it.
Or, just stay the way you are. But remember, like my friend's mama used to say:
God don't like ugly.


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The Tanzania Football Federation (TFF) has promoted youth national soccer coach Kim Poulsen, 53, to be the chief coach of the senior side, Taifa Stars.
TFF president Leodegar Tenga said yesterday that the Danish tactician took over the job from his countryman Jan Poulsen whose contract the soccer body had breached because of performing below standard.
His two-year contract was supposed to end on July 30 but the TFF annual meeting held recently decided to terminate the contract.
Tenga said that Kim was given a year's contract starting yesterday.
Tenga, who doubles as the chairman of the Council of East and Central Africa Football Associations (Cecafa), said the federation had decided to replace Jan Poulsen early because the team had big tasks ahead.
The trainer needs to join the team as early as possible to cope with the players, he stated.
The new coach starts training the team ahead of the Africa Cup of Nations (CAN) and World Cup qualifiers kicking off next month.
Kim has been in the country for one year as head coach of the national youth sides, under-17 (Serengeti Boys) and under-20 (Ngorongoro Heroes).
On his part, Kim agreed to take the top job and promised to try his best level once he gets support from the body and local soccer fans.
The out going Poulsen took over the job from the Brazilian Marcio Maximo who improved the local soccer standard.
When the Brazilian left at 96th in the Fifa rankings but when the Poulsen came the country has been dropping drastically.
Kim was born on March 22, 1959. He most notably guided Viborg FF to the 2000 Danish Cup.
He only played amateur football as an active player. As a football manager, he gained national recognition when he won promotion with Danish club Aarhus Fremad five times in only nine years, from 1987 to 1995. He managed AC Horsens from 1996 to 1997 before moving back to Aarhus Fremad in 1998.
He managed AC Horsens again in 1999, before moving to Viborg FF the same year. Under Poulsen, Viborg FF turned fully professional and won the 2000 Danish Cup as well as the 2000 Danish Super Cup.
In 2001, Poulsen was fired before joining Randers FC. In 2002, he moved to Singapore to train its under-18 national side, the Young Lions and later recruited by Singapore Armed Forces FC. He then moved back to Denmark and joined Vejle Boldklub in January 2006 on a three year contract. He was fired by the club in April 2007 and later joined Næstved BK in July 2007.
In June 2010, he was named new manager of FC Hjørring. He left the club in April 2011 after being named new coach of the Tanzania national under-21 football team.


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WASHINGTON – The cause of a fire that destroyed W&W Wholesale on Morse Street in Northeast is not yet known.
Florida Avenue and the surrounding streets had to be shut down as firefighters battled the blaze.
The fire broke out Wednesday night and appeared to be a wholesale market that sells to small businesses in the region. It is near the new Union Market, which recently opened and features specialty foods and artisans.
Firefighters contained the fire, which started before 10 p.m. Wednesday, around 4 a.m. Thursday, but had trouble moving inside the packed warehouse
The fire appeared to cause significant damage to wholesalers that sell Mexican fruits, seafood, handbags and other products, The Washington Post reports.
The fire department remains on the scene handling hot spots.
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Berta Rosa Berriz is an adjunct faculty member in the Graduate School of Education.
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Professional Title: Adjunct Professor
Areas of Academic Focus and Expertise: Cultural Arts in Education
Area of Work and Concentration at Lesley: Creative Arts in Learning
Representative List of Recent Courses Taught: Arts Approach to Multicultural Education; Integrated Arts Approaches in the Curriculum; Creative Movement: Kinesthetic Learning Across the Curriculum; Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment: Visions and Versions
Education: PhD, Harvard Graduate School of Education
Representative List of Recent Publications / Exhibitions: 2014 "Raising Children's Cultural Voices" in Multicultural Education: Teaching for racial and cultural justice. Wayne Au, Editor. Second Edition Rethinking Schools Publication. ISBN 9780942961539 2012 "Multicultural Teaching Story: Boston Teachers Union School: Teacher leadership and student achievement" in Nieto & Bode, P. Affirming Diversity: Sociopolitical Context of Multicultural Education. Boston: Pearson.
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Founder Feedback gives you insight from the startup trenches.
In this post from his blog, Tony Greenberg, CEO of RampRate and Los Angeles Founder Institute mentor, shares his thoughts on startup acquisitions. He questions the allure of selling to a large company, and even goes so far as to suggest large companies are essentially killing off the innovation that was once so dearly sought after. Is big business is all about "eating companies and murdering dreams"? Read Tony's article and weigh in on the comment thread below.
Below, an excerpt from Save the Entrepreneur. Big Business Keeps Buying Startups. And Killing 'Em, by Tony Greenberg has been republished;
"The entrepreneur always searches for change, responds to it, and exploits it as an opportunity" - Peter Drucker
"Every week it seems like more stories of big companies paying big bucks to scoop up little firms with interesting technologies. And then the big companies kill, in one fashion or another, what they just bought, seemingly squandering whatever initially made the acquisition so attractive. What's this all about? How is it that big companies can't help killing the things they love? An injection of entrepreneurial spirit is just what most companies say they want, to drive innovation, to stay ahead of the market and, truthfully, to improve their hipness quotient. But the only spirit that most big companies seem to appreciate is that of Hannibal Lecter. When it comes to entrepreneurs and acquisitions, big business is all about eating companies and murdering dreams. Can we please just stop the slaughter?
"Entrepreneurs are simply those who understand that there is little difference between obstacle and opportunity, and are able to turn both to their advantage." – Victor Kiam
Sometimes, of course, companies aren't buying a business, they're buying some tech, or a team. That's the presumption behind Apple's purchase of Lala, the nifty streaming music company it bought last year and is shutting down (Apple, of course, isn't talking). Similarly, Google scooped up and shut down Bumptop, an equally nifty 3-D desktop interface. At least with Apple and Google, you have two endlessly innovative companies acquiring tech and talent that are likely to re-emerge later with interesting products. And for so many entrepreneurs, getting bought out is the exit strategy: Work your butt off, sell big, pop some champagne, pack up the office and go figure out your next big idea.
But the list of failed acquisitions in so many other sectors is so dishearteningly long that it's a wonder any halfway sentient CEO ever dares do a deal. And yet, dare they do, to the destruction of so much that could be cool and great.
Given that track record, it's interesting to ponder if there might be a better way, that feeds a big company's need for talent acquisition, revenue growth and product innovation, while preserving an entrepreneur's ideas and spirit. Fortune magazine just ran an excerpt from a new book about the rise of Facebook, written by David Kirkpatrick. In it, Kirkpatrick talks about the constant efforts by company after company to buy or control Facebook, beginning just four months after it launched and continuing to Microsoft's $15 billion offer. Through it all, founder Mark Zuckerberg stubbornly kept control of his company, taking as little investment capital as he could to keep growing Facebook. Facebook is now closing in on 500 million users, its books in the black and Zuckerberg still in control. Microsoft, meanwhile, took a tiny stake and signed a big advertising deal that valued Facebook at, yes, $15 billion.
Will Poole has been on both sides of the equation, co-founding early e-commerce company eShop, which Microsoft bought. He then spent 12 years as a senior Microsoft executive before leaving in 2008. Will quips: "As an entrepreneur who's staring into the gullet of a big acquirer, be sure you really know why you're being gobbled up," Poole says. Is it "for your business, your team, or your intellectual property? If it's for the business, plan to move on after a well-crafted transition process. If it's for your team, be sure you focus on how to lead and grow your team from inside a big new beast, becoming an 'intra-preneur.' And if it's for your IP, buy your beach house and plan your next startup."
Click here to continue reading Save the Entrepreneur. Big Business Keeps Buying Startups. And Killing 'Em.
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Staring glass eye is a glass eye that stares at people. It was among the Dark items for sale in Borgin and Burkes in 1992.
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The Bangor Daily News has abandoned a freedom of access request for personal information on gun permit holders in Maine. Republican lawmakers and gun rights supporters launched a coordinated attack against the newspaper Thursday, one day after it asked the Maine State Police and local municipalities to supply the records. As Jay Field reports, critics of the newspaper are raising questions about whether it allowed its journalistic decision-making to be influenced by advertisers and powerful political interests.
On Wednesday of this week, the Bangor Daily News hit the Maine State Police and local law enforcement agencies with a series of FOA requests for vital information on gun permit holders across the state. In the letters, the BDN assured law enforcement that it had no intention of publishing such information, en masse, on its Web site, like a New York paper did back in December.
Katy Culver is with the Center for Journalism Ethics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. "It's a perfectly acceptable request for public information. But what I think we saw in the New York case is when we do not have ethical reasoning surrounding the publication of - albeit, public - information, we can do harm."
A short time after the shootings in Newtown, Connecticut, the Journal News, a suburban New York paper, launched an interactive tool on its Web site. It allowed readers to look up the names and addresses of gun permit holders in two of the three counties the newspaper covers.
But the database was riddled with inaccuracies. The News Journal's editors struggled to come up with a compelling reason for their decision to publish the information and the move was unanimously condemned.
On Thursday, in response to heated criticism from Gov. Paul LePage, other Maine Republicans, gun rights supporters and law enforcement authorities, the BDN's top news official, Anthony Ronzio, issued a statement. Ronzio said his paper needed access to the permit data for in-depth projects the paper is reporting on domestic violence, sexual assault and drug abuse.
And he reiterated that the BDN had no intention to dump all the information into a searchable database on the Web.
"Where was the trust in that word from the get go?" said Judith Meyer, managing editor of the Sun Journal Newspaper, reacting to word this morning that the BDN was withdrawing all its FOA requests. "That seemed to have been dissolved in this kind of emotional outcry that there was without even giving them a chance to do what they say they were going to do."
Ronzio and the paper's publisher, Rick Warren, declined to comment on the reasons the paper abandoned its public information requests. But media ethics specialist Katy Culver says the paper's leaders would be wise to say more publicly about the
reasoning behind their decision.
"If they don't communicate further about why they made the decision they made, they're leaving a vacuum and people will fill that void voide with, 'We pressured them, they buckled,'" Culver says.
And there has been pressure For the past twenty-four hours, Republican lawmakers, led by Gov. Paul LePage, have criticized the paper's request for information. This afternoon, LePage announced he was submitting an emergency bill to block the release of the names, addresses and birthdays of firearms permit holders. And a Web site has popped up encouraging subscribers to boycott the BDN and call businesses that advertise with the paper.
Kenneth Fredette, from Newport, is the top Republican in the Maine House. He defends his party's response the FOA request. "There are some First Amendment rights that need to be balanced against Second Amendment rights. And so in the legislative process, we will make a determination about where that line ought to be, because this is about line drawing."
A big question for some observers of journalism is what sort of line the BDN has drawn by not standing by its FOAs. Katy Culver says the paper's decision could make it tougher to do hard-hitting journalism in the future.
"The precedent is problematic," she says. "This is not the last difficult open records request that that paper is going to make."
In the meantime, the newspaper's decision to withdraw its request for information has sparked heated debate among its online readers.


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- Gun-control compromise wins bipartisan support on Capitol Hill
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- Sandy Hook families bring emotion to gun-control debate
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- Connecticut lawmakers expected to pass tough gun control bill
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Threatened by long-term declining participation in shooting sports, the firearms industry has poured millions of dollars into a broad campaign to ensure its future by getting guns into the hands of more, and younger, children.
The industry's strategies include giving firearms, ammunition and cash to youth groups; weakening state restrictions on hunting by young children; marketing an affordable military-style rifle for "junior shooters" and sponsoring semiautomatic-handgun competitions for youths; and developing a target-shooting video game that promotes brand-name weapons, with links to the websites of their makers.
The pages of Junior Shooters, an industry-supported magazine that seeks to get children involved in the recreational use of firearms, once featured a smiling 15-year-old girl clutching a semiautomatic rifle. At the end of an accompanying article that extolled target shooting with a Bushmaster AR-15 — an advertisement elsewhere in the magazine directed readers to a coupon for buying one — the author encouraged youngsters to share the article with a parent.
"Who knows?" it said. "Maybe you'll find a Bushmaster AR-15 under your @tree some frosty Christmas morning!"
The industry's youth-marketing effort is backed by extensive social research and is carried out by an array of nonprofit groups financed by the gun industry, an examination by The New York Times found. The campaign picked up steam about five years ago with the completion of a major study that urged a stronger emphasis on the "recruitment and retention" of new hunters and target shooters.
The overall objective was summed up in another study, commissioned last year by the shooting sports industry, that suggested encouraging children experienced in firearms to recruit other young people. The report, which focused on children ages 8 to 17, said these "peer ambassadors" should help introduce wary youngsters to guns slowly, perhaps through paintball, archery or some other less intimidating activity.
"The point should be to get newcomers started shooting something, with the natural next step being a move toward actual firearms," said the report, which was prepared for the National Shooting Sports Foundation and the Hunting Heritage Trust.
Firearms manufacturers and their two primary surrogates, the National Rifle Association of America and the National Shooting Sports Foundation, have long been associated with high-profile battles to fend off efforts at gun control and to widen access to firearms. The public debate over the mass shootings in Newtown, Conn., and elsewhere has focused largely on the availability of guns, along with mental illness and the influence of violent video games.
Little attention has been paid, though, to the industry's youth-marketing initiatives. They stir passionate views, with proponents arguing that introducing children to guns can provide a safe and healthy pastime, and critics countering that it fosters a corrosive gun culture and is potentially dangerous.
The NRA has for decades given grants for youth shooting programs, mostly to Boy Scout councils and 4-H groups, which traditionally involved single-shot rimfire rifles, BB guns and archery. Its $21 million in total grants in 2010 was nearly double what it gave out five years earlier.
Newer initiatives by other organizations go further, seeking to introduce children to high-powered rifles and handguns while invoking the same rationale of those older, more traditional programs: that firearms can teach "life skills" like responsibility, ethics and citizenship. And the gun industry points to injury statistics that it says show a greater likelihood of getting hurt cheerleading or playing softball than using firearms for fun and sport.
Still, some experts in child psychiatry say that encouraging youthful exposure to guns, even in a structured setting with an emphasis on safety, is asking for trouble. Dr. Jess P. Shatkin, the director of undergraduate studies in child and adolescent mental health at New York University, said that young people are naturally impulsive and that their brains "are engineered to take risks," making them ill suited for handling guns.
"There are lots of ways to teach responsibility to a kid," Shatkin said. "You don't need a gun to do it."
Steve Sanetti, the president of the National Shooting Sports Foundation, said it was better to instruct children in the safe use of a firearm through hunting and target shooting, and engage them in positive ways with the heritage of guns in America. His industry is well positioned for the task, he said, but faces an unusual challenge: introducing minors to activities that involve products they cannot legally buy and that require a high level of maturity.
Ultimately, Sanetti said, it should be left to parents, not the government, to decide if and when to introduce their children to shooting and what sort of firearms to use.
"It's a very significant decision," he said, "and it involves the personal responsibility of the parent and personal responsibility of the child."
The shooting sports foundation, the tax-exempt trade association for the gun industry, is a driving force behind many of the newest youth initiatives. Its national headquarters is in Newtown, just a few miles from Sandy Hook Elementary School, where Adam Lanza, 20, used his mother's Bushmaster AR-15 to kill 20 children and six adults last month.
The foundation's $26 million budget is financed mostly by gun companies, associated businesses and the foundation's SHOT Show, the industry's annual trade show, according to its latest tax return.
Although shooting sports and gun sales have enjoyed a rebound recently, the long-term demographics are not favorable, as urbanization, the growth of indoor pursuits like video games and changing cultural mores erode consumer interest. Licensed hunters fell from 7 percent of the population in 1975 to fewer than 5 percent in 2005, according to federal data. Galvanized by the declining numbers, the industry redoubled its efforts to reverse the trend about five years ago.
The focus on young people has been accompanied by foundation-sponsored research examining popular attitudes toward hunting and shooting. Some of the studies used focus groups and telephone surveys of teenagers to explore their feelings about guns and people who use them, and offered strategies for generating a greater acceptance of firearms.
The Times reviewed more than a thousand pages of these studies, obtained from gun industry websites and online archives, some of them produced as recently as last year. Most were prepared by consultants retained by the foundation, and at least one was financed with a grant from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
In an interview, Sanetti said the youth-centered research was driven by the inevitable "tension" the industry faces, given that no one under 18 can buy a rifle or a shotgun from a licensed dealer or even possess a handgun under most circumstances. That means looking for creative and appropriate ways to introduce children to shooting sports.
"There's nothing alarmist or sinister about it," Sanetti said. "It's realistic."
Pointing to the need to "start them young," one study concluded that "stakeholders such as managers and manufacturers should target programs toward youth 12 years old and younger."
"This is the time that youth are being targeted with competing activities," it said. "It is important to consider more hunting and target-shooting recruitment programs aimed at middle school level, or earlier."
Aware that introducing firearms to young children could meet with resistance, several studies suggested methods for smoothing the way for target-shooting programs in schools. One cautioned, "When approaching school systems, it is important to frame the shooting sports only as a mechanism to teach other life skills, rather than an end to itself."
In another report, the authors warned against using human silhouettes for targets when trying to recruit new shooters and encouraged using words and phrases like "sharing the experience," "family" and "fun." They also said children should be enlisted to prod parents to let them join shooting activities: "Such a program could be called 'Take Me Hunting' or 'Take Me Shooting.'"
The industry recognized that state laws limiting hunting by children could pose a problem, according to a "Youth Hunting Report" prepared by the shooting sports foundation and two other groups. Declaring that "the need for aggressive recruitment is urgent," the report said a primary objective should be to "eliminate or reduce age minimums." Still another study recommended allowing children to get a provisional license to hunt with an adult, "perhaps even before requiring them to take hunter safety courses."
The effort has succeeded in a number of states, including Wisconsin, which in 2009 lowered the minimum hunting age to 10 from 12, and Michigan, where in 2011 the age minimum for hunting small game was eliminated for children accompanied by an adult mentor. The foundation cited statistics suggesting that youth involvement in hunting, as well as target shooting, had picked up in recent years amid the renewed focus on recruitment.
Gun companies have spent millions of dollars to put their recruitment strategies into action, either directly or through the shooting sports foundation and other organizations. The support takes many forms.
The Scholastic Steel Challenge, started in 2009, introduces children as young as 12 to competitive handgun shooting using steel targets. Its "platinum" sponsors include the shooting sports foundation, Smith & Wesson and Glock, which donated 60 9-millimeter semiautomatic pistols, according to the group's website.
The site features a quote from a gun company executive praising the youth initiative and saying that "anyone in the firearms industry that overlooks its potential is missing the boat."
Larry Potterfield, the founder of MidwayUSA, one of the nation's largest sellers of shooting supplies and a major sponsor of the Scholastic Steel Challenge, said he did not fire a handgun until he was 21, adding that they "are the most difficult guns to learn to shoot well." But, he said, he sees nothing wrong with children using them.
"Kids need arm strength and good patience to learn to shoot a handgun well," he said in an email, "and I would think that would come in the 12-14 age group for most kids."
Another organization, the nonprofit Youth Shooting Sports Alliance, which was created in 2007, has received close to $1 million in cash, guns and equipment from the shooting sports foundation and firearms-related companies, including ATK, Winchester and Sturm, Ruger & Co., its tax returns show. In 2011, the alliance awarded 58 grants. A typical grant: 23 rifles, four shotguns, 16 cases of ammunition and other materials, which went to a Michigan youth camp.
The foundation and gun companies also support Junior Shooters magazine, which is based in Idaho and was started in 2007. The publication is filled with catchy advertisements and articles about things like zombie targets, pink guns and, under the heading "Kids Gear," tactical rifle components with military-style features like pistol grips and collapsible stocks.
Gun companies often send new models to the magazine for children to try out with adult supervision. Shortly after Sturm, Ruger announced in 2009 a new, lightweight semiautomatic rifle that had the "look and feel" of an AR-15 but used less expensive .22-caliber cartridges, Junior Shooters received one for review. The magazine had three boys ages 14 to 17 fire it and wrote that they "had an absolute ball!"
Junior Shooters' editor, Andy Fink, acknowledged in an editorial that some of his magazine's content stirred controversy.
"I have heard people say, even shooters that participate in some of the shotgun shooting sports, such things as, 'Why do you need a semiautomatic gun for hunting?'" he wrote. But if the industry is to survive, he said, gun enthusiasts must embrace all youth shooting activities, including ones "using semiautomatic firearms with magazines holding 30-100 rounds."
In an interview, Fink elaborated. Semiautomatic firearms are actually not weapons, he said, unless someone chooses to hurt another person with them, and their image has been unfairly tainted by the news media. There is no legitimate reason children should not learn to safely use an AR-15 for recreation, he said.
"They're a tool, not any different than a car or a baseball bat," Fink said. "It's no different than a junior shooting a .22 or a shotgun. The difference is in the perception of the viewer."
The AR-15, the civilian version of the military's M-16 and M-4, has been aggressively marketed as a cool and powerful step up from more traditional target and hunting rifles. But its appearance in mass shootings — in addition to Newtown, the gun was also used last year in the movie theater massacre in Aurora, Colo., and the attack on firefighters in Webster, N.Y. — has prompted calls for tighter restrictions. The AR-15 is among the guns included in a proposed ban on a range of semiautomatic weapons that was introduced in the Senate last week.
Given the gun's commercial popularity, it is perhaps unsurprising that AR-15-style firearms have worked their way into youth shooting programs. At a "Guns 'n Grillin" weekend last fall, teenagers at a Boy Scout council in Virginia got to shoot AR-15s. They are used in youth competitions held each year at a National Guard camp in Ohio, and in "junior clinics" taught by Army or Marine marksmanship instructors, some of them sponsored by gun companies or organizations they support.
ArmaLite, a successor company to the one that developed the AR-15, is offering a similar rifle, the AR-10, for the grand prize in a raffle benefiting the Illinois State Rifle Association's "junior high-power" team, which uses AR-15s in their competitions. On its website, Bushmaster has offered a coupon worth $350 off the price of an AR-15 "to support and encourage junior shooters."
One way to find a gun is through a target-shooting video game and mobile app called Point of Impact, which was sponsored by the shooting sports foundation and Guns & Ammo magazine. The game — rated for ages 9 and up in the iTunes store — allows players to shoot brand-name AR-15 rifles and semiautomatic handguns at inanimate targets, and it provides links to gun makers' websites as well as to the foundation's "First Shots" program, intended to recruit new shooters.
Upon the game's release in January 2011, foundation executives said in a news release that it was one of the industry's "most unique marketing tools directed at a younger audience." Sanetti of the shooting sports foundation said sponsorship of the game was an experiment intended to deliver safety tips to players, while potentially generating interest in real-life sports.
The confluence of high-powered weaponry and youth shooting programs does not sit well even with some proponents of those programs. Stephan Carlson, a University of Minnesota environmental science professor whose research on the positive effects of learning hunting and outdoor skills in 4-H classes has been cited by the gun industry, said he "wouldn't necessarily go along" with introducing children to more powerful firearms that added nothing useful to their experience.
"I see why the industry would be pushing it, but I don't see the value in it," Carlson said. "I guess it goes back to the skill base we're trying to instill in the kids. What are we preparing them for?"
For Potterfield of MidwayUSA, who said his own children started shooting "boys' rifles" at age 4, getting young people engaged with firearms — provided they have the maturity and the physical ability to handle them — strengthens an endangered American tradition.
Potterfield and his wife, Brenda, have donated more than $5 million for youth shooting programs in recent years, a campaign that he said was motivated by philanthropy, not "return on investment."
"Our gifting is pure benevolence," he said. "We grew up and live in rural America and have owned guns, hunted and fished all of our lives. This is our community, and we hope to preserve it for future generations."


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GRAYSON COUNTY, TX - A Princeton, Texas, man who was shot last week attempting to burglarize a scrap yard outside Sherman last week died Monday morning, according to the Grayson County Sheriff's Office.
Lt. Rickey Wheeler said in a press release Monday morning 41-year-old Princeton native Shannon Sides died this morning after complications with a gun shot wound to the leg. Sides was shot in the leg by an employee in an attempted burglary of Stinky's Scrap Yard on January 15.
Lt. Wheeler said Sides had undergone several surgeries after being flown to Plano Medical Center for treatment.
Wheeler said they have issued a warrant for a second suspect in the burglary, but are not releasing his name at this time.
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