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Rouses, based in Thibodaux, Louisiana, is something of an exception to the rules of modern grocery retailing. The family-owned business is successful and growing in an environment increasingly dominated by large chains.
Allison Rouse said the chain has survived tough times brought on by both natural and man-made disasters by adhering to the values handed down by Anthony Rouse, her grandfather and the chain's founder who passed away in March 2009.
Ms. Rouse spoke to RetailWire close to the time of the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. While many others have yet to rally to the aid of New Orleans post-Katrina, Rouses has chosen to open its first urban store in the city's downtown in the former Sewell Cadillac Building.
"We think it's going to bring new life to that area of New Orleans," said Ms. Rouse. "The Superdome is a couple blocks away, so we're excited for game day. The area doesn't have a grocery. [Locals] have to travel from their homes in the warehouse district to go get groceries. This will be more of a neighborhood market, which is something that that area desperately needs."
A more recent calamity, the BP oil spill in the Gulf, has also tested Rouses.
"The oil spill has really impacted us in that we are known for our local seafood. ... A lot of fishing waters were closed right away, especially in our little corner of the world down in southeast Louisiana. The western waters were still open so we still had seafood supply from the Gulf," she said. "We just really had to educate our customers that the seafood is safe. We are looking where it's coming from. We know which dock it comes from, which fisherman brought it in and also have tests in place on the dock and at the store so that there's no tainted seafood in our stores."
Keeping things personal is key to Rouses' success.
"We feel that going to the grocer is kind of a social thing for a lot of people in southern Louisiana because we love to cook. We love to go and socialize and see your neighbors and see the people you went to school with," said Ms. Rosue. "We feel like our employees are like a family. And they see people they know coming through the checkout lines, going through the departments."
While most of the magic happens in-store, Rouses is looking to expand the influence of its brand. The company uses social media, including Facebook and Twitter, to communicate with its shoppers, but also to get feedback to improve its performance. The company, which has been shipping king cakes around the continental U.S. for many years, is also looking at ways to take greater advantage of e-commerce opportunities.
"We're starting to ship some of our specialty items. We're kinda going slowly into that to make sure we do it right," said Ms. Rouse. "A long-term goal, but hopefully it will be a short term goal, very soon, is to provide a more in-depth online shopping experience -- to get the store mapped, and people will be able to shop online and pick up groceries and, in some areas, be able to deliver just an everyday grocery order. One step in between, there will probably be our catering and party platter items, just as a step towards that goal."
Discussion Questions: What most impresses you about Rouses' approach to retailing? Are there lessons from the Rouses' experience for other grocers?
How good are food retailers, in general, at turning grocery shopping into a social occasion?
The most impressive thing about Rouses is that they start by engaging with and becoming a part of the community that they serve, not only with a family approach to staffing, but in their support for local suppliers. Close behind this is there decision to go into central NO to provide the community with something that they need but do not have. This level of engagement and commitment to an incredibly tested community will surely be rewarded.
Bill Emerson, President, Emerson Advisors
As an analyst that works extensively in the Gulf region, I could go on forever about Rouses. As far as I know they are the largest Louisiana store chain and they capitalize on that fact. They have one of the highest sales per square foot of conventional stores in the south with their French Quarter location. It's tiny and has no parking but is highly productive. They also run large, high-volume upscale units. They succeed where the chain stores couldn't because they know their market when it comes to the unique Cajun diet. I'll admit I'm one of their online King Cake customers. Another area they quietly succeed with is with boats and barges from all over the world that re-supply their galleys with thousands of dollars worth of groceries.
There is a lot of growth potential for Rouses. Eventually I see Winn-Dixie pulling out and there will be sites available, particularly in Baton Rouge. I think if Rouses moves away from C&S and back to AG Baton Rouge, they will have fewer supply chain issues. New Orleans is still under-stored and is one of the country's fastest growing areas. The local economy is always hopping along, unfortunately from disaster recovery, but still hopping. Wal-Mart has already done their damage. Limited assortment stores can't compete in a Cajun climate with their cookie cutter stores void of local products. I see growth in online sales as consumers become more aware of Cajun specialties. Other than Wal-Mart, who is their major competitor, Winn-Dixie? How lucky can you get?
David Livingston, Principal, DJL Research
Rouses is a great example of a regional chain that maintains and grows its share of market against national chains in its own back yard. Other examples include Schnucks in St. Louis, Hy-Vee in Iowa, and Harris-Teeter in the Carolinas. These "regionals" are successful because they embrace their communities, provide the right SKU assortments for the local flavor, and they use their size as an advantage for flexibility, focus, and faster decision-making.
David Biernbaum, Senior Marketing and Business Development Consultant, David Biernbaum Associates LLC
What a great way to end the week! A feel good story about a grocery chain in an area needing feel good stories. I had not heard of Rouses before reading the article. Now that I have, and am aware and I can tell you I will be doing some research on them. I applaud them and hope they continue to set the bar so others get the message and follow in their footsteps. This is not only a success story about Rouses. It is also a success story about the Gulf Coast; an area deep in need of more successes.
Ed Rosenbaum, CEO, The Customer Service Rainmaker, Rainmaker Solutions
I applaud them and hope they continue to set the bar so others get the message and follow in their footsteps. This is not only a success story about Rouses. It is also a success story about the Gulf Coast; an area deep in need of more successes.
Rouses is walking the walk, meaning that they are willing to invest significant resources to open a physical store in an area of town that needs the service.
This is a demonstration of corporate philosophy put into action and consumers will reward them for it. This corporate behavior can be emulated by other grocery chains if they want to do so.
Other aspects of what Rouses is doing demonstrates their close ties to the community (relationships with local fisherman and mail order/ecommerce sales of specialty products). Not every area of the country has elements to leverage to this extent, but almost every area has something "special" that represents the local community. Grocers should work harder to connect with the local areas they serve as this would be a good defense against pure price-driven competition.
I share Ed's elation in this feel good story, and of course I wish Rouses all the success in the world (happily, for once, someone isn't in desperate need of good luck). But I'm not sure what broader lesson can be learned: certainly Louisiana is the epitome of unique--geographically, culturally and gastronomically unique--and if a niche player can't do well there, they can't do well anywhere...but sadly, there aren't many areas like that (Or are there? Maybe I'm just not seeing them).
Rouses, much like Publix, Central Market, Trader Joe's, Wegmans, Harris-Teeter, and a few others are grocers where you hear people say, "I wish we had one of those here." Speaking for myself, I wish we had a Rouses here. I too have ordered their king cakes over the years and plan to keep on doing so. Would be great if I could order even more local/regional goods from their website.
I commend Rouses on so many fronts. A few years ago, they acquired 18-20 Sav-a-center locations from Great A&P, including the famed Royal St. location in the French Quarter.
With only Winn-Dixie being left as the out-of-town chain, if WD decides to vacate as well, Rouses will be King of all New Orleans, becoming the main supermarket supplying various local food products to the New Orleans market.
Quite a success story they have become, after facing and confronting all that adversity from Hurricane Katrina.
I absolutely love supermarket stories like this. It reminds me of the great independent store owners I worked with while employed by Fleming Foods and SuperValu. The trick for Rouses, clearly, was maintaining their personal touch in nearly forty stores. That borders on prestidigitation or alchemy or mojo or even magic. Congratulations. My local Raley's, Bel Air, and Nob Hill stores (all owned by Raley's) used to operate similarly, but less so these days. They'll get their mojo back, though, and hopefully Rouses will never let theirs slip away.
M. Jericho Banks PhD, President, CEO, Forensic Marketing LLC


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Timothy Kincaid
July 12th, 2010
If the term "hate-filled homophobic bigotry" does not accurately describe the platform of the Republican Party in Texas, then it's a term without meaning.
Not content with clauses about the "protection of marriage" or which express dismay at what "the children" are being taught about homosexuality, the Texas GOP makes no bones about what they feel about gay people. They want to take away your children, deny you health insurance, and throw you in jail.
Homosexuality – We believe that the practice of homosexuality tears at the fabric of society, contributes to the breakdown of the family unit, and leads to the spread of dangerous, communicable diseases. Homosexual behavior is contrary to the fundamental, unchanging truths that have been ordained by God, recognized by our country's founders, and shared by the majority of Texans. Homosexuality must not be presented as an acceptable "alternative" lifestyle in our public education and policy, nor should "family" be redefined to include homosexual "couples." We are opposed to any granting of special legal entitlements, refuse to recognize, or grant special privileges including, but not limited to: marriage between persons of the same sex (regardless of state of origin), custody of children by homosexuals, homosexual partner insurance or retirement benefits. We oppose any criminal or civil penalties against those who oppose homosexuality out of faith, conviction, or belief in traditional values.
Texas Sodomy Statutes – We oppose the legalization of sodomy. We demand that Congress exercise its authority granted by the U.S. Constitution to withhold jurisdiction from the federal courts from cases involving sodomy.
But if you think that sounds harsh, well Texas Republican Party Vice Chair Melinda Fredricks knows who to blame: you. If you weren't so uppity, trying "to force acceptance, affirmation and normalization of homosexual behavior," then she wouldn't have to put you in your place.
From The Courier (which her husband publishes)
Although Fredricks admits she cannot speak for the entire Republican Party, she believes the strong statement was a response to an aggressive homosexual political agenda, including an attempt to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act and pass laws forcing churches to consider hiring homosexuals. Fredricks said "a large portion of our base is Christian, and we believe that homosexuality is contrary to what God says is appropriate behavior.
"People feel threatened that their children have to be taught that it's an equal lifestyle to heterosexuality," she said. "At the same time, you can't say people are subhuman. (Homosexuals) still deserve the dignity entitled to them."
I'm not sure I quite see the distinction between "subhuman" and the way in which Fredricks views gay people. And I'm not sure just how much dignity one can have when denied even the most basic of freedoms.

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Kinney played Leslie Mann's brother and Cameron Diaz's love interest (that's not a spoiler). He's known for CHICAGO FIRE.
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Here are my suggestions...
Worst Picture
Worst Supporting Actress:
Nicki Minaj. Her attempt at "acting" makes her look constipated.
Kate Upton. Her performance is insipid.
Worst Director:
Nick Cassavetes. His directing "efforts" result in a slow-paced movie. A comedy needs to have a reasonably quick pace. Otherwise the humor is killed off.
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Melissa Stack. Her script has too little humor to produce a decent amount of laughs.
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Kate Upton and Don Johnson. Upton's tedious performance makes this screen combination a bad one.
Directed by Michael Bay and M. Night Shyamalan comes...a movie guaranteed to win Razzies!
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Top statement of the film, in my opinion:
"Although Edith Piaf would rise and you would like to do with her a menage at trois , I would not care." (more or less, my friends)
Cameron Diaz, Leslie Mann and Kate Upton: the three gRAZZes!
Nicki Minaj? That mass of plastic hair was her, then? Really?
P.ost S.criptum : Kate Upton... Worst "Actress" of herself!
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Myr Review For: THE OTHER WOMAN (2014)
Okay.. I'll just say it: I hate this movie with the Passion. I really have no other words to describe how much "The Other Woman" annoyed me to no end. It's one of those movies that really just set back the female gender back like 50 years. The sad thing is almost half the cast is trying so hard to execute their flat characters well. However "The Other Woman is just a huge mess when it should've been a fun comedy.
Carly (Cameron Diaz) is going out with this guy who turns out is a huge cheater and liar. This guy just happens to be married to Kate (Leslie Mann) who also finds out about his affairs with not only Carly but also with Amber (Kate Upton). The three women hatch a scheme of revenge on this ass hat... and we have our movie. You know one of the biggest problems with this movie? Even within this film's realm of reality everything in it is a huge waste of Time! Kate can easily get a divorce and this movie would be over in like 20 minutes. Yeah there's this money scheme that pops out of nowhere but again that could've been solved in 10 minutes (which is exactly how much time it takes for it to be solved). This whole revenge thing doesn't have any real rhyme, reason or comedic payoff. So yes, this entire movie is literally a waste of time.
So how about our characters? Well... yeah they're pretty despicable and annoying too. They are all just stereotypical, clichéd and flat boards standing in for real people. However I will say almost every Actor or Actress tries to make their roles at least enjoyable. I feel so bad for both Leslie Mann and Kate Upton in particular. Leslie Mann plays a very annoying character very well (confusing I know). I guess I just admire her passion and dedication to a role that is horribly written. To be honest, Kate Upton is probably the "best" out of the three leads. Again there's not much to her character but she also looks like she's having fun. As for Cameron Diaz... she just phones it in. More than half the time, she just looks like a robot who's battery needs to be charged. She offers nothing to her character or to this movie as a whole. Another actress who could care less is Nicki MInaj as Carly's secretary Lydia. Man, she is freaking annoying here. Not only is the character annoying, but Minaj herself is pretty unbearable. She speaks in this awful voice that sounds like she was medicated before coming to the set. Granted she's only on screen for maybe 10 minutes but she's still a pain thanks to the way the character is written and Minaj's awful performance.
Just one question before I wrap up this review... How is anything in this movie empowering to Women? In fact, how is this empowering to ANYONE? There are a lot of people in general who like this movie because "it has a great message for women". Okay what is the message then? I actually find this movie incredibly sexist towards women. The three leads are never really empowered and have major problems with moving on from their experiences. This movie would've been better if this movie was about actual characters dealing with the actual pain from betrayal and heart break. But instead, these women pretty much sink themselves down to the cheating guy's level. That's not empowerment, these characters are destroying themselves. But of course the script romanticizes everything and sugar coats reality.
"The Other Woman" is beyond stupid, it's insultingly stupid and vapid. There is no real strength o love brought into this movie. The characters are boring, the writing is incredibly stupid, the acting is sub-par, the direction is sloppy and of course this film's message is botched right from the beginning all the way to the end. It could even be just as offensive as "Catwoman".
Possible Razzie Nominations:
Worst Remake, Rip-Off or Sequel (Rip-off of "The First Wives Club")
Worst Supporting Actress- Nicki Minaj
Worst Director
Worst Screenplay
Worst Screen Couple- Cameron Diaz and Either Leslie Mann or Kate Upton
Worst Actress- Cameron Diaz
Worst Picture
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Great review!
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Thanks VITS!
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I just watched this. It's just barely better than The Amazing Spider-Man 2 and only because it's shorter. I did not laugh once during this Godforsaken piece of crap. I'd honestly rather watch Blended!!! Grade: F
Worst Picture
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Worst Actress for Cameron Diaz
Worst Supporting Actor for The Kingslayer
Worst Supporting Actress for Kate Upton
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Worst Screen Combo for the entire cast
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Dear SchumacherH8ter,
does this mean you'll write a review for The Other Woman I'm only asking because its so fun to read you trash a movie! Would you do 9 worst things? Please?! It'll help me prioritize what to vote for, if anything.
Don't take this as something to get a big ego over, but when you're ranting in your reviews its more fun to read than most critics whose job it is to actually critique them! I love your humor and keep it up!!!
Also, can I have the link to your Transcendence review?
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New Tdap Immunization Recommendation For Pregnant Women
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Vulnerable populations in our community are at risk of contracting pertussis. This can have serious deleterious effects for newborns, even death.
Therefore, we support the use of Tdap vaccine during each pregnancy, optimally given between 27-36 weeks of gestation to maximize the maternal response and transfer to the infant.
However, it may be given at any time during pregnancy, and without regard of the patient's prior history of receiving Tdap. Additionally, family members and caregivers of infants should receive Tdap to further sustain the "cocooning effect" for the newborn.
Please refer to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Committee Opinion for more detailed information and guidance.
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With more than enough Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association opponents to fill out the schedule, the Lincoln Blue Tigers knew who they would be playing this fall in football.
Now they know when, as Lincoln released its 2012 football schedule Monday.
Lincoln will open the season Sept. 1 at home against MIAA newcomer Lindenwood. That is the first of five home games for the Blue Tigers, all of which will start at 2 p.m.
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Alexandra Tikerpuu looks flamboyant and powerful in this shoot for Grazia France, out on August the 16th this year. With styling by Marine Chaumien and photography by Henrique Gendre, this editorial is packed with colour as Alexandra rocks a matching top and bottom colour in the indoor shots in 'Hoten Couleurs'. Hair by Kazue Deki and make-up by Marielle Loubet.


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The CW has 5 new dramas next season
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The CW has the least amount of primetime real-estate on network TV. It only broadcasts two hours each night, instead of three, and it doesn't deal in sitcoms. Still, the network is supplementing its seven returning shows with five new ones next season. They are:
"Arrow": Superhero drama. 8 p.m. Wednesdays.
Stephen Amell ("Private Practice") stars as DC Comics' superhero, Green Arrow, in this dark tale of the billionaire playboy/crime fighter who protects his city using his mad archery skills and trick arrows. Although the Green Arrow character appeared on The CW's long-running "Smallville," there's no connection between that show and this one.
"Beauty and the Beast": Crime drama/romance. 9 p.m. Thursdays.
This procedural with a romantic twist is loosely based on the Linda Hamilton/Ron Perlman 1980s TV series of the same name. It pairs Catherine (Kristen Kreuk, "Smallville"), a New York homicide detective who was saved by a mysterious beast when her mother was murdered, with Vincent (New Zealand actor Jay Ryan), a mysterious doctor who happens to be said beast -- but only when he's angry.
"The Carrie Diaries": "Sex and the City" prequel. 9 p.m. Mondays, midseason. (Replacing "Gossip Girl," which will end this season.)
Based on the book of the same name by "SATC" scribe Candace Bushnell, it takes place in the early 1980s, during Carrie Bradshaw's senior year of high school in Manhattan. AnnaSophia Robb ("Soul Surfer") stars as Carrie, and Austin Butler ("Switched at Birth") plays her love interest.
"Cult": Crime drama. Midseason.
A journalist (Matt Davis, "Legally Blonde") and a popular TV show's production assistant (Jessica Lucas, "Cloverfield") team up to investigate the show's rabid fans, who might be re-creating the fictional show's crimes in real life. Alona Tal ("Supernatural") and Robert Knepper ("Prison Break") play the stars of the show-within-the-show.
"Emily Owens, M.D.": Medical drama. 9 p.m. Tuesdays.
The titular Emily (Mamie Gummer, "Off the Map") is a first-year surgical intern, who finds life at a Denver hospital is full of cliques and drama not all that different from high school. Among her co-workers is her med school crush, played by Justin Hartley (who was Green Arrow on "Smallville").
Series premieres: "Snooki & JWoww," 10 p.m. Thursday, MTV ("Jersey Shore" spin-off); "The Great Escape," 10 p.m. Sunday, TNT (reality race/competition); "Craft Wars," 10 p.m. Tuesday, TLC (creative competition); "Hollywood Exes," 9 p.m. Wednesday, VH1 (soapy reality); "Final Witness," 10 p.m. Wednesday, ABC (true-crime docudrama).
Season premieres: "Wilfred," 10:30 p.m. Thursday, FX; "Retired at 35," 10 p.m. Tuesday, TV Land.
Series finale: "How to be a Gentleman," 8:30 p.m. Saturday, CBS.
Season finale: "The Real Housewives of Orange County," 9 p.m. Tuesday, Bravo.
Specials: "Justin Bieber: All Around the World," 8 p.m. Thursday, NBC; "The Wages of Spin: Dick Clark, American Bandstand and the Payola Scandals," 8 p.m. Tuesday, PBS.
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I spent that summer outrunning sunburns at a Carolina beach. My sister and I dug for crabs, gathered shipwrecked slivers and the pinkest shells from dunes. At night, my dad told us stories in the light of hurricane lamps because at seven, though I loved words, I still couldn't read.
My parents tried everything--fairy books, a private tutor (those of you from the 80's remember "Hooked on Phonics?") but after kindergarten, words were still loose packages of sound and rhythm for me. I couldn't focus them onto pages where lettering slipped like black eels. To compensate, I "read" to my parents from stories I had memorized, embellishing here, skipping words there. I turned salty pages myself, marking the storyline in pictures. Then, I started to care about the order of my words, about how each picture came into play. Eventually, I noticed that there were fewer black squiggles below than I had imagined, and in trying to match my rhythms to theirs, the sound-image connection happened. The eels floated up and into focus one at a time.
the year when two high fives finally signify your age, a time of social reorganization, of jostling for individuality. During my teaching residency at Corbett Elementary last Spring, I was looking for a way to funnel my fourth grade students' intense thirst for knowledge and competitive spirits into creative energy on the page. So I started hiding my lessons in guessing games. My writing groups turned into "teams." Presentations of creative work happened during "finals." This ekphrastic poetry lesson came from that time when I finally learned to use my students' need to engage with each other as a constructive structure for writing.
I called the lesson Poetry Riddles, and began it with a short discussion of rhyme in poetry. I asked the class to think of places in the world where they could find poetry outside of books. To their ideas, I added hip hop and riddles, which can both involve rhyme, but don't do so as a rule (I generally veer away from teaching rhyme since I think it can constrict younger writers and leave their work feeling more basic and sing-songy than intended). I then asked the students if they wanted to play a riddle game, to which they responded with emphatic affirmatives.
Sarah Minor is a teaching artist at Corbett Elementary, and is pursuing her MFA in Nonfiction at The University of Arizona.
It seemed like I had just stepped into my classroom for that full first hour, my heart still aflutter, consistently surprised to look out and find 22 pairs of fourth grade eyes on me at all times. We had reached the heart of our first lesson, the crucial moment in which I transitioned from a partner activity to individual writing. If the students felt unprepared or uninspired at this point, I might find myself still the focal point of all those eyes rather than focusing their energy on the empty blue lines below their chins. "Okay class," I said, "now you get to turn back to your own desks and write your own story about an imaginary city by yourselves!" To my left, David Jurkowitz's eyes grew wide. He locked his elbows and raised his small fists in to the air and shouted, "THIS IS MY DREAM!!" And promptly fell over in his chair, having been balanced on two chair legs during my announcement. This, I thought, could be a good residency. Throughout our semester together, Ms. Pierson's 4th grade class impressed me with their grasp of unique voices, their deep, dark tales and creatures, and the sharp honesty of their first nonfiction stories. They really were my dream, too.
Sarah Minor is an MFA candidate in non-fiction at the University of Arizona, and writer-in-residence at Corbett Elementary.
On a warm Saturday morning this September I headed to the Poetry Center to lead my first Family Day activity. The event fell during the Poetry Center's Speak Peace exhibit and we had planned peace themed activities combining visual art and writing for the families to participate in. Having only worked with high school and college-aged students before I was, of course, terrified of young children. Not young children exactly, but the idea of inspiring young children to sit down and write, to come up with a message about peace--a topic adults have a hard time discussing--all while overcoming the limits of spelling and handwriting. What if the activity was too simple? What if they grew bored quickly or couldn't sit still? And how old were third graders again?


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Y-17 trauma harnesses are walking corpses, animated by robotic harnesses, in the Big MT in 2281.
The harness was designed at Big MT's Y-17 medical facility with autonomous casualty recovery in mind. The suit tracks the vital functions of the user and, once a certain injury threshold is reached, it takes over the motor functions of the user and walks them to the designated home base. It is a miracle of research, employing intelligent fibers and artificial muscle, rather than the crude hydraulics that dominated military technology back in 2077.
However, due to the prototypical status of these suits, they suffer from several major issues. First, if a home base is not defined, the suits enter an unpredictable wander state. Second, while it is possible to calibrate the upper injury threshold for the override to kick in, the sensors cannot detect if the user is still alive. Third, the suits record all user movements and can effectively "learn" to replicate their shooting and fighting reflexes, but lack any IFF software. All of these issues combined have led to them breaking out of the Big MT's research facilities and wreaking havoc around the crater.
With no defined home base and no ability to detect the death of the users, the suits acted as mobile coffins: soldiers and researchers trapped inside had no ability to shut them down and were forced to suffer a slow, agonizing death. Even after two centuries, the suits, still carrying the bones of their original users, continue to function, scouring the Big MT of undesirables.
The Y-17 trauma harnesses resemble nothing else than the walking dead, skeletons clad in red rubber suits, heads encased in spherical glass helmets. The suits have oxygen tanks on its back, which are in turn attached to additional armour plating around the neck and shoulder area, the area which the helmet is hermetically sealed to.
Gameplay attributes
The basic harness comes in several different varieties that are calculated to match the player's level. Their armaments vary quite a bit depending on the player's level also. Although they have exactly the same medium-to-high amount of hit points as lobotomites, on balance Trauma Harnesses are much more dangerous opponents, since they have much better armor as well as a wider variety of weapons available. Their armor is equivalent to a suit of combat armor, reinforced mark 2 or Ranger combat armor, and at high levels they can be seen wielding heavy incinerators, Gatling lasers, Tesla cannons, Gauss rifles and even plasma casters.
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The Y-17 trauma override harness is a pre-War autonomous suit created to evacuate wounded soldiers from the battlefield by taking over their motor functions. However, certain design mishaps coupled with the harness recording feature resulted in these harnesses becoming literal walking dead, technological horrors stalking the Big MT.
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- Inside of Z-43 Innovative Toxins Plant (1-4, even after DLC completion).
- The harness is coded in the game as a humanoid non-player character and it is wearing non-playable armor. Also, all harnesses are coded as female, and are affected by the bonus damage from the Lady Killer and Cherchez La Femme perks. Despite their semi-mechanical nature, they are not considered to be robots or power armor, and thus do not take EMP damage from weapons like the pulse gun or sonic emitter.
- Although the suit contains a skeleton with no living tissue, limb dismemberment will display the same visual effects as dismembering any standard humanoid non-player character, including white flesh and red blood. It is also possible to eat the corpse if the Cannibal perk has been taken.
- When decapitating one with a helmet, the helmet will break, but the skull won't come out. Oddly enough, gibs may include eyeballs.
- If using the Living Anatomy perk it can be hard to tell its HP and DT, due to this non-player character's very long name which causes the HP and DT values to be pushed past the bottom edge of the screen.
- The harness has a very similar appearance to the space suit, but without gloves. Sometimes, it even has a helmet.
- Despite the lack of gloves, the suit is somehow able to manipulate the hands of its dead occupant and use them to operate weapons. This may have been an oversight by the game developers.
- If the Courier stays close enough to a Y-17 trauma override harness, you can hear the occupant's bones rattling. This is even subtitled as "*Small number of bones rattling.*"
- Standing in the X-12 research center long enough could cause one harness to glitch up into the players area, transporting several others (all from the X-12 facility) with it. This can cause a dangerous fire fight.
Notable Y-17 trauma override harnesses
Y-17 trauma override harnesses only appear in the Fallout: New Vegas add-on Old World Blues.
Behind the scenes
With the Wild Wasteland trait, the Y-17 master trauma harness will say "Hey, who turned out the lights?!" This is a reference to the Doctor Who episodes "Silence in the Library" and "Forest of the Dead" when a group of microorganisms called the "Vashta Nerada" ate a character (Proper Dave) during one of the episodes. Said character had been wearing an environmental suit that shares a passing resemblance to a space suit, and his skull had been pressed to the visor on his helmet while the Vashta Nerada inside the suit made it walk around, similarly to the helmet-wearing trauma harnesses. The suit also had a thought based communication system that tended to retain echoes of the user's consciousness known as "data ghosts" that deteriorated into repeating single sentences, "Hey, who turned out the lights" being the sentence repeated by the suit after Dave's death.
- xbox360 pc They may not respawn after completion of Make up Your Mind or after completion of Old World Blues
- xbox360 ps3 A head shot on the variation without the glass dome over the skull may still result in graphics of glass shattering from the skull.
- xbox360 The master trauma harness may glitch and cross the forcefield in the Y-17 medical facility. This allows the player to obtain the K-9000 before being able to remove forcefields.


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The first U.S. military aid flight landed in Burma's capital city of Yangon on Monday, but a US official cited "massive concern" about supplies getting to the approximately 1.5 million people waiting for help in the cyclone-ravaged Irrawaddy Delta.
The director of U.S. foreign disaster assistance, Ky Luu, said the US plans to track the emergency supplies - water, mosquito nets and blankets - it flew in on a C-130 cargo plane, but appealed to the military government to allow disaster experts into the country.
Myanmar's ruling junta has given permission for just two more C-130 flights, but Luu said the US was prepared to give much more. It has thus far refused to grant visas to foreign aid workers waiting in Bangkok.
Admiral Timothy Keating, head of the U.S. Pacific Command, who accompanied the supplies, told a news conference at an airbase in Thailand before taking off, "We're limited only by the permission from the authorities in Burma."
At the same time, the White House Monday announced it was granting an extra $13 million in aid for the country.
"We are prepared to provide an additional $13 million in food and logistical assistance to the United Nations World Food Program for the relief operations in Burma," White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said. That takes the US total for Myanmar so far to 16.25 million, she said.
In its latest assessment, the U.N. humanitarian agency said between 1.2 million and 1.9 million people were in need of emergency assistance, and that the number of dead could range from 60,000 to 102,000.
Myanmar state television raised its official toll to 31,938 dead and 29,770 missing on Monday. Most of the casualties were killed by the 12-foot (3.5 meter) wall of water that overwhelmed the delta when the cyclone hit.


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I need to get peoples opinions here...My wife, 26, is going on her 9th day of a throbbing headache. Previous to this, never had more than just a little headache which resolved with Tylenol. This one, came on, Sudden onset, such intense pain she thought her head would burst. It was accompanied by a 103.7 fever, some basalar head/neck pain, but whole head throbbing. We took her to the ER, HR 130, BP 81/61, temp 103, Pain at a 10. ER gave 2 L NS, tordol, pain meds, which reduced pain to a 6 but never went away. Labs drawn-cbc, cmp, crp, ua. only abnormal was elevated crp (3.5) and slightly elevated monocytes. Discharged and told to return in 2 days if symptoms didnt go away. Went back 2 days later, Drew same labs, crp still elevated (3.2) but no other abnormal values. Gave her 1 L LR, with DHA, and magnesium. CT scan performed, came back normal. More pain meds given, which gorked her, but never did anything for the pain. Told to come back in 2 days if no result. 2 days later re-presented, same treatment, CRP down to 1.5, no other elevations. MRI performed, no abnormalities. She has had NO OTHER SYMPTOMS. Severe headache-throbbing, and 1 day of high fever... What next? Have an appt to see Neurologist in 4 weeks, but in the mean time, any ideas? She is superwoman usually, and this is really freaking me out....
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De Niro's Jolie worryRobert De Niro was reluctant to cast Angelina Jolie in 'The Good Shepherd', because he thought she was too tough for the role.
The actress plays the vulnerable wife of a CIA agent in the movie and claims De Niro had concerns she wouldn't be able to portray the character properly.
Jolie revealed to Britain's OK! magazine: "There are many things about the character that are broken. I don't often get to play that part. That's why I think it took a while for Robert to decide that I should play that part because she is more subservient, more vulnerable.
"It was a great challenge and as a woman, as I felt strongly about certain things in my life, there are pieces of me that are broken."
Jolie insists she connected to her alcoholic character and admits she would contemplate turning to drink if she had endured her character Clover's life.
She explained: "My character is surrounded by people who have a lot of secrets. As much as she is broken, she is also desperate to scream out to get some sort of reaction, something honest. I have found that in my life, a lot.
"I would start drinking if I was in a situation where I was surrounded by lies or secrets."
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A wealth of information on children's literature including book reviews, author information, themes of children's literature as well as curriculum areas.
Children's Literature Web Guide
A comprehensive guide to children's literature with information for kids, parents and teachers.
Provides reading suggestions, games and activities related to books and information about children's authors.
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Brief reviews of books for children and young adults.
World of Reading
An interactive site offering children the chance to read about books and submit their own reviews.
Biographical Dictionary
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Biography Center
Links to biographies of thousands of people.
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Short biographies from Infoplease Almanac online.
Links to biographies of people who have died.
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Biographies of America's founders including the signers of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution.
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A variety of Americans who made this country what it is today.
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Famous African American men and women.
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Biographies of famous Hispanics.
Anthropology Biography
Biographies of people who influenced anthropology.
Web Gallery of Art
Artist Index has short biography of artists and photos of several of their works.
Authors & Illustrators
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The websites of children's book authors and illustrators.
Dictionary of Composers
Facts about composers plus links to more information.
Explorers on the Web
Links to websites on several famous explorers.
Inventors and inventions with special lists of Black, Canadian, and Women inventors.
Hall of Fame
Information on inventors in the National Inventors Hall of Fame.
Presidents of the United States
Extensive information on each president with links; some contain audio and video.
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Biographies of African Americans in the field of science.
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Biographies of women in science, some are very brief.
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Modules 1 - 4 (Foundation & Intermediate) WSET Advanced Certificate required
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Applicants will be expected to complete preparation of a presentation to be delivered on the final day of the course prior to commencement and complete homework tasks during the course. Instructions on preparation requirements will be included in the course joining instructions.
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Selecting wine samples to meet learning objectives
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Dr. Yokochi is a Principal Investigator on the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal and Ovarian Cancer Screening Trial (PLCO) and the National Lung Screening Trial (NLST). He is also an Assistant Clinical Professor at the University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine. Dr. Yokochi is a Certified Independent Medical Examiner, Certified Medical Review Officer, and a Board Certified Diplomat in Internal Medicine. He also maintains an active private practice in occupational medicine.
Dr. Yokochi received his M.P.H. in Environmental Health from the University of Hawaii School of Public Health, and his M.D. from University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine.


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AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW) -- The Georgia Department of Labor announced on Thursday that metro Augusta's unemployment rate went down to 7.6 percent in April, which is down from 7.9 percent in March. The rate was 8.2 percent in April a year ago.
The rate went down as the number of jobs in metro Augusta increased by 3,700 to 218,800, up from 215,100 in March. Over the year, metro Augusta added 2,700 jobs in April 2012. Most of the growth was in education and health services.
Also from the Georgia Department of Labor, the unemployment rate in the Central Savannah River Area declined to 8.6 percent in April, down from 8.7 percent in March. The rate was 8.9 percent in April a year ago.
Georgia's unemployment rate for April was 8.2 percent, down from 8.4 percent in March. The rate was 9.1 percent in April a year ago.
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Deadlines no longer are in the distance for the NFL and the players' union. The collective bargaining agreement expires Thursday night, and the owners could lock out the players.
Even before that, though, the Players Association is likely to decertify to prevent a lockout and take its chances in court.
Both sides will resume meeting with a federal mediator Tuesday and probably Wednesday; seven recent sessions brought little progress. The 32 team owners have meetings Wednesday and Thursday in Chantilly, Va., where they will be briefed on the status of negotiations before deciding on the next step.
Just ahead stands the unthinkable: a labor shutdown in America's most prosperous and popular sport.
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Thursday, May 17, 2012
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I gave up doing a 126-day personal challenge to complete Gin Miller's Everybody Steps DVD when I went into the hospital the last time. I could kind of feel stuff breaking loose in there when I was flailing my arms around before the hospital, w... Read more
Thursday, April 19, 2012
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I just spent 5 days in the hospital and now have to have my husband drive me to a "wound care specialist" 3 times a week (because I have to take pain pills beforehand). So there is NO WAY I could finish my 126 days of Gin Miller step challenge.... Read more
Thursday, April 12, 2012
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Not as dizzy or shaky as yesterday and the day before. Not as freezing cold as well. Not taking as many naps throughout the day. Gin Miller Everybody Steps warmup (segment 1).... Read more
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
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Weird! I'm shaking like a leaf and I'm FREEZING cold (that NEVER happens). So I only did the bare minimum warmup segment 1 today. And my legs just can't keep the pace like they could a few days ago.... Read more
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
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All I ate today was an Egg McMuffin and a small bag of mixed nuts. And a large bottle of water. Plus I drove my husband's car to Houston. I am a wreck. I'm going upstairs to turn on the fan and take a nap. I will restrain myself as far as... Read more
Monday, April 09, 2012
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OK, did the warmup and cool down/stretch segments. Even though we supposedly stretched in the cool down, I still like to add the Spark Basic stretches plus a few more of my own. I feel better stretched out and less tight the next day if I do t... Read more
Sunday, April 08, 2012
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OK, today I added segment 6, cool down / slow stretch, in addition to segment 1, the warmup segment.
Hah, hah, hah! There is a part in the cooldown where you STAND ON ONE LEG WITH YOUR OTHER LEG LIFTED ! ! ! Alrighty then, Grasshopper!... Read more
Saturday, April 07, 2012
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Day 3 of the 2-week Gin Miller warmup segment for "Novices." The grapevine is getting somewhat easier although I can't do the arms with them, just the legs. Plus I'm able to do the arms on many of the other moves without too much flailing or... Read more
Friday, April 06, 2012
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This is day 2 of 126 of Gin Miller's 18-week "exercise prescription." Yay! She's starting slowly enough that I have "happiness" in my heart that I will be able to do the whole thing. Hope. It's exciting to me personally. The first challeng... Read more
Thursday, April 05, 2012
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I am SO out of shape that it surprises me a lot lately. Sore, slow recovery, no endurance at all for even simple things. I WAS blaming it on these estrogen-blocking pills, but I have been off them for about three weeks now. (Well, maybe they... Read more
Sunday, March 11, 2012
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Who knew that radiating a small area of your body could take so much energy out of you??? But I'm starting to feel A LOT BETTER. It's so good to have SOME energy back. Also to have better mental acuity for a change. It's been eleven days... Read more
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
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So when I told my radiation therapists about the surgeon's receptionist saying that positive people do SO MUCH BETTER, one of them said:
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Tuesday, February 21, 2012
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This radiation has been whipping up on me. I come home and just want to cry. Then I wonder why I voluntarily go there every weekday and allow my body to be assaulted like this. The "daily-ness" of it has sidetracked me from thinking about t... Read more
Friday, January 20, 2012
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OK, no amount of supplements in the world would take away the soreness I had yesterday. It felt like I'd been riding a horse and was so stove up I could hardly walk. My friend who is a masseuse called it a groin injury. I always thought that ... Read more
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
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My husband and his sister rode in the MS 150 for 16 years. The MS 150 is a two day 180 mile bicycle ride starting in Houston and ending in Austin that raises funds for the MS Society. The first several years they only took vitamins and ate pow... Read more


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There is no denying that BYOD is one of the most talked about trends in the IT industry so far this year; and yet in a recent survey of MSPs using RMM software it was found that on average only 19% of these MSPs were already monetizing on this trend.
It could be that until now it has always been a safer option for companies to simply avoid allowing BYOD within their organizations to reduce the possible risks to their networks – perhaps a welcome decision for MSPs whose responsibility it is to look after said networks.
However, there's just no escaping from BYOD anymore - particularly for MSPs. In fact, the time has come for MSPs to stop avoiding BYOD and instead begin embracing the opportunities it presents.
To get you started on your road to BYOD here are a few things every MSP should know!
What is Bring Your Own Device?
To start off with, before you begin to implement a BYOD strategy it's important to understand just what the implications of this surge in BYOD are.
Essentially the number of employees particularly in high growth markets, who bring their own devices to work, is continually increasing. So much so that research from Gartner suggests half of employers, who are realizing the potential of BYOD, will make it mandatory for staff to do just that by 2017.
The reason for this increase is simple; employees feel they can be more productive, work more efficiently and with more flexibility by having access to a familiar device they can work from at anytime and anywhere. And no one wants to carry two of anything (a business as well as a personal smartphone for example) when they can simply carry one.
And the benefits to the employer? Well for a start with staff providing all their own devices they can save money on equipment and maintenance costs – however, they need to consider any additional costs associated with Mobile Device Management (MDM) with so many different devices on the network. They will also see the benefits of a more flexible and mobile work force; not to mention the increased satisfaction for employees.
So it's clear to see that BYOD isn't going away and now is the time for MSPs to prepare for the wave that is sure to come.
BYOD vs. COPE
As an MSP it will be your job to not only manage the increasing number of mobile devices your clients and their employees are going to be utilizing but also to give advice as to the best way to do so.
As there are two possible models that can be adopted when considering Mobile Device Management (MDM), it is important to have a good grasp of the differences between them. As you will already be aware the first and most talked about model is BYOD, the other option is the COPE model – Company Owned, Personally Enabled.
COPE (Company-Owned, Personally-Enabled) Strategy
With COPE, devices are purchased by the company – to enable employees to work remotely – and are configured to company specifications, including software and security. Employees are often allowed to customize their devices to a certain extent but this is limited. Usually they will be able to download apps but will be restricted to using a certain browser for example. They are then able to make use of their device for both personal use and for work. At the end of the day though the device belongs to the company and it is expected that the device will be handed in when an employee leaves the company.
Many MSPs could be tempted to encourage their clients to opt for the COPE option, especially as this level of control ensures security risks are lower. However, for many of your clients COPE may not be an option. The costs involved in the purchasing and maintenance of mobile devices could be too high for a SMB to incur and so it is important to remember that you must weigh up the benefits of each option when advising your clients.
An added benefit from MSPs for the COPE model would be the option to offer the full mobile service –handsets, airtime & support contracts, giving the chance of an additional revenue stream.
BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) Strategy
Chances are BYOD is going to be the model which best suits most of your clients so it is important to be in a position where you can properly explain all the risks and implications involved. By doing so you can also ensure that you can put a robust strategy in place to protect yourself, your clients and their employees.
The main issue when it comes to BYOD is always going to be security, when you let people connect their own devices to a network you are opening up that network to a lot of threats. Are the devices themselves security protected? Have the devices been rooted or jailbroken? What vital company information is being stored on these devices? What would happen if these devices were to be lost or stolen?
One way clients can overcome some of these issues is to use an application which employees can download and install on to their devices enabling them to connect to the company network. By doing this you can limit access to non-critical data only, you can include antivirus and encryption software to protect the network and you could even locate a device if it is lost or stolen.
Each company will be different and as an MSP you can advise as to the best strategy for BYOD, for some you may want to consider a password policy for all devices, you may even want to consider the types of device which will be supported and whether clients should have devices inspected before allowing them to be used. Once you have an appropriate strategy in place which both you and your client are happy with you can begin to consider how you will tackle mobile device management.
Mobile Device Management
There are a few important areas to consider when implementing MDM for your clients. First of all do you have the appropriate policies in place to protect yourself in the event that something goes wrong?
A good BYOD policy should outline each party's responsibilities with regards to mobile devices; you can determine your level of support, what type of devices will be supported and what is expected of employees when using their personal devices at work, among other things. This will ensure you are covered if an employee uses a device on the network which is not supported by your security measures.
Another thing to consider is whether you have the best tools in place to begin managing mobile devices? To undertake MDM you will need to be able to manage, monitor and report on mobile devices connecting to a network while still providing the same level of service you had previously offered. For this reason if you are currently using a RMM tool, you will need to find MDM software which will integrate with your existing software.
Alternatively you could consider upgrading your software to one which offers MDM as part of its features. By upgrading your software to manage all possible devices you can ensure that you are offering the most efficient service to your customers.
By considering all the possibilities and with careful planning there is no reason why MSPs can't make the most of BYOD – now all you have to do is get started!
About the author
Debbie Thomson is a Content Marketing Specialist at GFI MAX, when she is not writing about marketing and sales for managed service providers she likes to spend her time watching TV shows, going to the cinema and making jewelry.


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Doesn't Anybody Know How To Be a Fugitive Anymore?
By Lisa Belkin
Published: April 30, 2000
For nearly three decades, his wanted poster described him as ''armed and dangerous.'' But the clean-shaven man in the federal penitentiary here in Florence, Ariz., looks more like an aging Boy Scout. He wears the mud-brown polyester-cotton shirt and pants that are standard-issue prison garb. There is a pair of black reading glasses in his only pocket, and his blue canvas sneakers are the slip-on kind -- no laces allowed. After all those years in Birkenstocks, the closed-toe shoes feel odd on his feet. More disorienting still is his bare wrist. If he'd been wearing a watch when he turned himself in, he would have been allowed to keep it. But there are strict rules about what may be sent into a penitentiary.
Time looms large in prison. The trick, the man says, is not to focus on it, and he is better at that than he was during his first, brief lockup a lifetime ago. But the threads of his world are tangled up in time. Five years: the federal sentence he is serving. Thirty years: the distance between this serene spring morning and the chaotic night of the crime. Twenty-eight years: the gap between the life he fled, in the fall of 1972, and the one that is now unraveling.
Today marks three decades since Richard Nixon expanded the Vietnam War to include Cambodia, and May 4 is the anniversary of the death of four students at Kent State University, shot by National Guardsmen during protests over that war. In the weeks after Kent State, demonstrators burned at least 32 R.O.T.C. buildings, including one at Washington University in St. Louis. Howard Mechanic, a 22-year-old senior, was in the crowd watching those flames, his face all but hidden by a bird's nest of hair and a scruffy beard.
Someone lobbed a cherry bomb toward the clustered firefighters that night. No one was hurt when the firecracker exploded. No damage was done. Howard Mechanic was charged with that crime (he denied it then and still denies it now) and was the first person in the country to be found guilty under a harsh 1968 law designed to quell campus protests. The sentence was five years, and when all his appeals were exhausted he skipped bail and disappeared.
In February he was caught. He was living where he has been for 28 years, in plain sight, in and around the tony and conservative town of Scottsdale, Ariz. He probably would be there still had he not done something audacious or nave, depending on your point of view. Using his assumed name, Gary Tredway, Howard Mechanic ran for elective office. In a move ripe for Freudian analysis (''Was I secretly hoping to get caught?'' he asks. ''I don't believe that I was''), he became a candidate for the Scottsdale City Council. And when a local reporter came asking questions for a standard candidate profile, he told her his secrets -- and then asked her not to tell them to anyone else.
Why on earth did he run for office? He took the risk, he says, because his past seemed a world away. So far away that he'd forgotten how to spell his given name (when he surrendered, and signed Howard Lawrence Mechanic for the first time since 1972, he could not remember whether his middle name had a ''w'' or a ''u''). So far away that, despite frequent visits by the Federal Bureau of Investigation to his twin brother in California (where agents snapped photos of one brother so they would know what the other looked like), he didn't really believe that anyone would still care.
But we do. When the Chicago Seven defendant Abbie Hoffman surrendered after six years posing as an environmentalist named Barry Freed; when the Black Panther accomplice Katherine Ann Power turned up as a restaurateur named Alice Metzinger; when the Symbionese Liberation Army member Kathleen Soliah was found living as a doctor's wife (and sometime actress) named Sara Jane Olsen; when the former Weatherman Bernardine Dohrn emerged as if from nowhere after a decade underground -- each of those times we were startled by their ability to yank us back into the past. The 60's spill into the Zeroes, and each fugitive who resurfaces from that most turbulent of times forces us to probe the wounds and find that they still have not healed.
They cause us to ask other questions too. What does it take to abandon one life and cloak yourself in another? Can you live without a past, with no connection to a former self, or does the real ''you'' -- in Mechanic's case a pacifist-entrepreneurial-vegetarian environmentalist -- always win out?
If anyone could have faded away and blended in, it should have been Howard Mechanic. Those who knew him in college describe him as quiet and bookish, the type who might easily get lost in a crowd. ''I wouldn't describe him as a leader,'' says Phillip Koch, now a filmmaker in Chicago, who roomed with Mechanic in their senior year at Washington University. ''There were others on campus who were . . . better at that.''
In other words, he wasn't a radical or a militant. Not S.D.S. or S.L.A. or Weatherman. He was just a kid shaped by a moment and drawn to a cause. So while it is tempting to lump him with Abbie Hoffman or Kathleen Soliah, his story is more disquieting than theirs. True, he said things back then like, ''The law, courts and pigs protect the propertied interests'' (part of his statement just after his conviction) and ''All you have to do is read a little Marx and you'll figure out how it's all going to turn out'' (a memorable comment to a classmate). And, true, his hair was as godawful as 60's hair could get. But strip the blandishments of the era away and what's left is an earnest, smart, somewhat awkward nerd who got the book thrown at him. A nerd who was caught because, after 28 years of lying, he turned out to be a surprisingly lousy liar.
Which is why, later this week, while others march with candles to commemorate Kent State, Howard Mechanic will be in jail -- a man still caught in a time warp, and wondering about the time.


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Hey all,
Am from Dublin, Ireland. Am hoping to buy a battery and conversion kit for a new bike which I have yet to buy.... Hoping to have made a final decision on bike/kit/battery in the next few days. I've been reading LOTS of your forums - they are fantastic!
So here's the scenario....
Bike will be for commuting 15 miles each way to/from work. Commute is 95% completely flat (but mostly coastal - so can get windy!). Am looking for a combination of power, speed, portability (take on train in rally bad weather)...
I have been considering 24" fold ups, but they're not the easiest to find over here... and I want to use the cycle to work scheme when purchasing... I could probably order any bike I like but have been told bikes with the 24" wheeled Dahons etc can be hard to replace parts etc... Bromptons are just too small (16" wheel) I think for the 15 mile commute (Pity as I love them!).
Have been thinking about Montague Paratrooper or similar (fold up 26" wheeled bikes) ... Any thoughts?
I'd like to be able to hit 30mph, have a budget of about 900 for the kit, and 1,000 for the bike... I know being stealthy is important so will be going for a rear wheel kit with pannier and bags to cover some of the wheel and to hold battery etc...
Would these options be a good match for the Paratrooper?:
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To Launch HISTORY™, BIO™ & other factual entertainment channels
A&E Television Networks, LLC (AETN) and Network18 Group have reached an agreement to form a joint venture, AETN-18 India.
AETN-18 will launch HISTORY™, BIO™ and other popular AETN channels in the Indian market. AETN is the fastest growing pay television company in the United States operating two of the top five Pay TV networks – HISTORY™ and A&E™, and the number one women's network, Lifetime. In addition, HISTORY™ is the number one factual channel in the US since 2009.
The joint venture between Network18 Group (51%) and AETN (49%) will be based in Mumbai. This venture will be owned by AETN and 'New TV18' eventually (the broadcasting business company post-recently announced restructuring). Timelines for the launch of various channels will be announced shortly and all new business operations are subject to regulatory approval. BMR Advisors acted as transaction advisors to Network18 Group.
Headquartered in New York, AETN is a global media company whose brand portfolio includes A&E™ Network, HISTORY™, Lifetime, BIO™, Crime & Investigation Network™, Military History™, Lifetime Movie Network™, History International™, History en espanol™ and Lifetime Real Women™. Outside the US, AETN's 44 channels and blocks reach over 250 million TV households in more than 150 countries. Internationally, AETN deploys its brands and content via channels, content sales, digital media distribution and home entertainment/electronic sell through.
Reaching over 250 million Indians cumulatively every month, Network18 group owns and operates India's premier bouquet of TV channels through the country's largest news network and the fastest growing entertainment network housing CNBC-TV18, CNBC AWAAZ, CNN-IBN, IBN 7, IBN-Lokmat, Colors, MTV, VH1, Nick, HomeShop18. Apart from this, the group has a market leading presence in web and mobile, special interest publishing and retail space and operates a suite of specialized service businesses in sports, events, data services and investments. Network18 recently forayed into the TV distribution space through a pioneering distribution alliance with the Sun Group. The new entity, Sun18, will be the first truly pan-India distribution company and is slated to emerge as one of the country's largest distribution entities.
"I am delighted about the launch of our new joint venture with Network18 in India," said Abbe Raven, President & CEO, AETN. "India presents us with strong growth opportunities for AETN's global portfolio strategy. We believe that in Network18, we've found the best partner for launching AETN's brands. We look forward to a long and successful partnership in this important market."
Raghav Bahl, Founder & Editor, Network18 said "We are excited to partner with AETN, one of the world's most innovative media organizations. AETN-18 will endeavor to mirror the success that channels like HISTORY have had in the US. I believe the time is right for India to have a vibrant and dynamic factual entertainment space, led by channels like HISTORY."
"We believe that industry leader Network18's extensive infrastructure and local market expertise matched with AETN's acclaimed brands and content will create a formidable media presence in India," said Steve Ronson, Executive Vice President, Enterprises AETN.
Haresh Chawla, Group CEO Network18 added "We hope to be able to create a unique position in the Indian market and become the number one player in the factual entertainment space. I am confident that AETN's programming prowess will be matched with Network18's skill sets in brand building, distribution and monetization. Greater addressability and growth in the pay TV market will help us capitalize on this significant, but relatively 'under-serviced' space. AETN-18 will endeavor to redefine the factual entertainment genre in India."


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#VisaCanada Understands That Sometimes - #HockeyLoveHurts...
TORONTO, April 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - Canadian Hockey fans are some of the most passionate and loyal fans alive, spending each season riding the incredible highs and disappointing lows that come along with true dedication to the game.This year, Visa, a proud sponsor of the NHL®, is once again celebrating this unique mix of passion and loyalty with the return of its Hockey Love Hurts campaign. Visa knows that sometimes "Hockey Love Hurts" as hockey fans go through ups and downs with their favourite teams, often getting their hearts "broken" in the process. To ease the pain, Visa is ensuring that fans across the country have a chance of attending the Stanley Cup® Final, even if their favourite team doesn't. Getting to the Stanley Cup Final has never been so easy! Throughout April, Canadian Visa cardholders are automatically entered to win a trip to Game One of the Stanley Cup Final for themselves and 10 of their friends every time they use their Visa card. No morning practices or perfect slap shot required. Instead fans can earn their trip to see Lord Stanley's Cup while purchasing weekly groceries or even that morning cup of coffee. Cardholders in Canada who have reached the age of majority in the province or territory they reside in can become the most popular person in Canada just by using their Visa card on everyday purchases. Hockey fans can also visit www.hockeylovehurts.ca to watch a Hockey Love Hurts video, download an app that allows them to draft the roster of 10 friends they would take with them if they won the grand prize, and get full contest details. Celebrating hockey As a partner of the NHL and NHLPA in Canada since 2008, Visa works to bring fans unique hockey experiences that capture the excitement of the sport and facilitate their love of the game. "As hockey lovers, we understand the emotional connection fans have to their favourite teams," said Brenda Woods, Head of Marketing, Visa Canada. "With that passion in mind, we are thrilled to be celebrating Canadians' love for the sport, offering cardholders from across the country (and ten of their friends) the chance to attend the Stanley Cup Final." The Hockey Love Hurts contest runs from April 1 st to 30, 2012 at 11:59 pm. ET. No purchase necessary to enter. For more information and complete contest rules, visit hockeylovehurts.ca or Visa.ca. NHL, the NHL Shield and the word mark Stanley Cup are registered trademarks of the National Hockey League. NHL and NHL team marks are the property of the NHL and its teams. All Rights Reserved. About Visa Visa is a global payments technology company that connects consumers, businesses, financial institutions and governments in more than 200 countries and territories to fast, secure and reliable digital currency. Underpinning digital currency is one of the world's most advanced processing networks—VisaNet—that is capable of handling more than 20,000 transaction messages a second, with fraud protection for consumers and guaranteed payment for merchants. Visa is not a bank and does not issue cards, extend credit or set rates and fees for consumers. Visa's innovations, however, enable its financial institution customers to offer consumers more choices: pay now with debit, ahead of time with prepaid or later with credit products. For more information, visit www.corporate.visa.com. SOURCE VISA Canada Corporation
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