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by Bernard Weiner
Most likely, we'll never find out what really happened inside the CheneyBush Administration until after January 20, when ethically-motivated insiders feel they can spill some beans without violating their oaths of loyalty, but here's my surmising:
The catastrophe would then happen on Obama's watch, making sure to cripple all his "liberal" plans and programs. Fixated on solving the economic crisis and unable to fulfill much of what he promised (and probably having to raise taxes for many), Obama and his Democratic majority in Congress would become highly unpopular and the Republicans would be poised for victory in the 2010 congressional elections and might well be able to take back the White House in 2012.
The problem for the Republicans was that the financial house of cards collapsed in a surprise rush, a bit too early to help McCain. Indeed, the economic crisis (and McCain's inability to deal effectively with it) was the undoing of any hope that he could pull off a victory in 2008.
It's important to remember that the presidential race was pretty much even before the financial disaster manifested itself. The polling indicated that only a percentage point or two separated Obama and McCain. Karl Rove was in his element, with a "margin of error" that would permit just enough "tweaking" in the polls and vote numbers to guarantee a Republican victory in the White House.
McCain wanted Lieberman as his running mate, but went along with the HardRight choice of Sarah Palin. Her addition to the ticket solidified the red-meat conservatives and the fundamentalists, guaranteeing that the GOP's base votes would volunteer in large numbers and show up in force on Election Day. This, they believed, would balance out the hordes of enthusiastic younger and African-American supporters who would be working and voting for Obama.
But that strategy depended on holding off the economic collapse until after November 4th. The Republicans missed their target by just a few weeks, and the rest is history. The Obama turnout was immense, and too many moderate Republicans and Independents couldn't stomach Palin's manifest ignorance and incompetence. Thus, the McCain/Palin campaign, watching the economic disaster unfold and realizing the significance of that electorally, was forced to turn to downright nasty political name-calling and implied racism as the only arrows left in their quiver.
The result was a landslide for Obama, both in terms of the popular vote (by more than 7,000,000) and, especially, in the decisive Electoral College numbers where Obama triumphed by more than a two-to-one margin.
Unable to keep Obama from entering the White House, the Republicans are somewhat confused now as to how to stop his programs from succeeding after Inauguration Day.
Some Republican leaders are urging the GOP to shun the extremists in charge of the party and move more toward the center, in order to capture the growing ranks of moderate Republicans and centrist Independents. Others are locked into the "we would have won if we'd been more conservative" philosophy, and are dedicated to bigger and better obstructionism in Congress.
After all, they reason, the Democratic tidal wave lapped up to the banks of the U.S. Senate but was stopped just short of the 60-vote total, thus permitting the Republicans in that body to filibuster Obama's preferred legislation.
In addition, Bush is doing his part by attempting to gum up the works for his successor with numerous executive orders overturning environmental safeguards, thus easing the way for polluting corporations to get what they want before the Democrats take over. He also has placed key aides under civil-service protections throughout the federal bureaucracy, there to hamstring Obama's programs from the inside.
The essence of the Republican strategy is to ensure that Obama will face concerted, unrelenting opposition from inside both Congress and his own administration, while the corporate mass-media continue their anti-Obama assaults from outside the government.
In this scenario, a weakened Obama presidency, struggling from one crisis to another and unable to gain political traction, will create the conditions for a Republican resurgency in 2010 and 2012.
I think the Obama transition team sees that handwriting on the wall as well, which helps explain why the President-Elect has been, in effect, assuming the mantle of the presidency by his speeches and actions well in advance of Inauguration Day, to help build up his presidential momentum and enlarge whatever political "honeymoon" period he's granted.
This is why the forces that worked for Obama's victory must remain united to counter the pressure from the Right. Ordinarily, the progressive Democratic base could be counted on to provide the bodies and support for the Obama presidency, but there are fissures inside the Democratic Party that could weaken the effort.
Many progressives, for example, feel they are being taken for granted and watch, with disappointment and anger, as Obama moves more toward the center and even the center-right in his appointments, positions and, particularly, his foreign/military policies.
Watching the Obama balancing act on the greased high-wire of the presidency is going to make for some fascinating, scary political theater during the next four years. Stay tuned for the mayhem and fun.
Bernard Weiner, Ph.D. in government & international relations, has taught at universities in California and Washington, worked as a writer/editor with the San Francisco Chronicle for two decades, and currently serves as co-editor of The Crisis Papers (www.crisispapers.org). To comment: email@example.com
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River Dell and Mahwah have been playing each other for a few seasons now, despite being in different leagues. But thanks to the latest realignment, the two teams are now both in the Patriot Division of the Big North Conference. That also happens to be the deepest division in the Big North. Yeah, I know Northern Highlands and Ramapo are in the Freedom Division, I'm talking the deepest league. From top to bottom, there is not an easy game among the five teams. Four of the teams are ranked in The Record girls soccer Top 25.
Having played each other in recent years, the two teams had a built-in rivalry even before they became divisional rivals. Monday's 1-1 draw reflected that kind of emotion. There was a lot of physical play and some of the rough play should have earned cards. But the style of play was just like previous games between the teams. Because both sides know they're facing a good opponent, both teams seem to step it up on defense. The drawback there is it leads to an ugly game because neither team can string passes together and build an attack.
But if you're a fan of defense and hard-fought games, you should have been at Mahwah Monday night for the 6:30 start (nice for fans, not so good for sportswriters on deadline). River Dell controlled most of the first half and had a few dangerous chances, most of which came via corner kicks taken by midfielder Frankie Maier. Just about every one of her corners turned into a potential scoring chance.
The Golden Hawks got on the board just before halftime on one of those corners. Maier delivered a corner that Mahwah goalkeeper Aly Burns appeared to grab just in front of the crossbar. As Burns came down with the ball, it popped free and Kayla McGovern poked it in about one foot from the goalline. Burns, of course, was furious, telling the referees she had possession of the ball and it was kicked out of her hands. She told me the same thing after the game. The refs discussed it, but let the goal stand.
Mahwah got the tying goal in the 65th minute, when sophomore Jackie Martinelli was rewarded for her hard work. Martinelli latched onto a defensive mistake and went in on goal, blasting a shot to the upper-left corner. I asked her after the game if she was shooting for a target or just trying to hit the ball as hard as she could. As I suspected, it was the latter. She just let it rip.
Martinelli was buzzing around the field all game — Mahwah coach Courtney Carrelha called Martinelli "My Energizer bunny," which should give you an idea about how much she was running around the field. Martinelli is one of those players who seems to be everywhere and never gets tired. And, again, she's just a sophomore.
"I learned the European style when I was younger. Quick possession and touches. Always quick to the ball and go in strong," Martinelli said. "Once one person plays like that, more people want to play that way."
The game did get nasty as it went on. I rarely criticize referees, but the duo at this game needed to be more proactive and cut down on the contact. Too many players — from both sides — were going to the ball looking for contact, rather than the ball. Whistles should have been blown more often and yellow cards should have been issued. Instead, players kept pushing the issue, and each other. A Mahwah player — I'm not going to say which one; she'll know who she is – went so far as to respond with two-handed shoves on more than one occasion. Better referees would have shown her a red card after the first one. I'm talking straight red, not yellow, for shoving another player to the ground. It was amazing that not even a yellow was shown.

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Sometimes that's legitimate. Sometimes, it's user error. (And sometimes, it's an odd mix of both.) Fixya has dug through over 40,000 complaints to determine the most common problems with each of the new machines on the market.
The complaints come through the Fixya website and app (where consumers can discuss problems and occasionally find remedies to their woes). And it looks like there have been a number of unhappy console owners.
There are a few overarching themes in the report. Xbox One users are getting really frustrated with Kinect's communication issues – in particular, its trouble recognizing commands, as well as glitches with the motion sensor tech. PS4 owners, not surprisingly, are grumbling at the "blue light of death". And Wii U users say they're still having problems with the console freezing - even though the company has already addressed the issue.
"Buying a video game console is a big investment, and can cost up to five hundred bucks for the console alone – and that's before games even enter the equation," said Fixya CEO and founder, Yaniv Bensadon. "With promises of 'the future' from each of these manufacturers, we wanted to give customers an insider look into the most common problems with each device."
So how did things, um, break down with consumers? Here are the top five problems for each system, per Fixya.
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1. Freezing—35%
2. Gamepad issues—30%
3. Internet Connection—15%
4. Audio/Video —10%
5. Other – 10%
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1. Kinect —30%
2. Console Turning Off—25%
3. Audio/Sounds—15%
4. Disc Drive —10%
5. Other – 20%
Sony PlayStation 4
1. Console Turning Off —35%
2. No Audio/Video —25%
3. Freezing—20%
4. Disc Drive —10%
5. Other – 10%
The site also offers some potential solutions for the problems, though it's largely what you've read before if you've done any online research on the issue.
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Otoplasty or ear pinning is designed to improve the appearance of the protruding ear, the poorly shaped ear or a combination of both. Commonly, one ear is more prominent than the other. This operation can be performed on children older than 4 or adults with longstanding deformity. Children entering into school age are often targets of ridicule and may be socially withdrawn as a consequence of their ear deformity. This procedure may dramatically improve the patient's self-confidence.
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Cosmetic surgery in Tampa for otoplasty is done as an outpatient under general or local anesthesia with sedation. The procedure takes from 2 to 3 hours, depending upon the degree of the correction to achieve. All incisions are behind the ear, with no visible signs of surgery on the outward facing side of the ear. Through the back of the ear, sculpting of the ear cartilage, with or without stitch material, will be used to maintain shape. Absorbable stitches are used to close the incisions, such that no stitch removal is necessary in the postoperative period.
Postoperative bandages vary with the extent of the procedure. Usually a bulky bandage for 24 hours is placed and then removed and replaced with a light headband for wear. No drains are typically used. Some throbbing and minor bleeding are expected for the first few days. Light activity is encouraged. Pain medication and antibiotics are prescribed for pain and infection prevention, respectively. Adult return to work is approximately 1 week. This procedure has a high degree of satisfaction. We hope you enjoy your new ears.


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Hello all. I want to make a world map of a planet similar in size to Earth. I've read some tutorials here (which were very helpful) and I think I have the basics down on how to actually make a map. Fiddling around with a map the size of 4000x2000 however, I found out there weren't enough pixels for me to add any detail to it.
Since it seems 1 mile=1 px is the standard around here, I'm wondering if I can create a map of something like 20,000x10,000 px (or perhaps even 40,000x20,000, though that is perhaps not necessary) without my computer starting to lag. I tried it briefly just zooming and drawing a little, and it worked very well. Will that stay true once I add tons of layers and other things to the map as well?. It's at this point only for my own reference and understanding and will be in black&white, if that makes any difference.
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FIFA Soccer 13 Demo Available Now on Origin
Electronic Arts has released a PC demo of FIFA Soccer 13 that you can download right now, provided you're willing to use Origin.
You'll need to fire up EA's online portal client to access the demo, which is available in the Store section under the "Free" tab. There, you'll find the FIFA 13 demo link, which you can supposedly download. For my part, as of this writing, Origin is loading into oblivion and I can't seem to get a download started. Maybe the service is a bit overloaded right now, given how much people like FIFA.
According to the description, the demo will give you a chance to "experience the second generation of the Player Impact Engine and take a test drive of features like new passes and tactical free kicks."
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) -- State revenue figures show Florida property taxes have dropped $2.28 billion, or 7.5 percent, over the last three years.
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James McAdams, the department's property tax oversight program director, said officials cannot be sure exactly how much the passage of a law in 2007 and state constitutional amendment in 2008 are responsible for the reduction. But taxable property values for school taxes declined less than 1 percent from 2006 through 2009 while school taxes dropped 7.85 percent in that span.
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 22, 2011 -- All 26 members of the New York Air National Guard's 109th Airlift Wing, currently deployed in support of Operation Deep Freeze, are safe and unharmed after a 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck the New Zealand capitol of Christchurch today.
The Air Guard wing will remain in Christchurch and are scheduled to begin returning home this week on two of the unit's three LC-130 Hercules cargo planes, which are a ski-equipped version of the C-130 Hercules used in the Arctic and Antarctic, Air Force, said Col. Timothy LaBarge, commander of the 109th.
"We're making very good progress to have everybody depart New Zealand per schedule," he said.
Another LC-130 will remain in New Zealand for planned maintenance.
The Guard members were in Christchurch as part of Operation Deep Freeze, which runs from mid-October to mid-February, assisting the National Science Foundation in Antarctica with climate change research.
Christchurch is a maintenance and re-fueling location for Operation Deep Freeze.
The Guard's mission had completed Feb. 13, and the Guard members were already scheduled to return back to New York, regardless of the earthquake, LaBarge said.
At the time of the earthquake, most of the 109th Airlift Wing was either at the airport, which is located about eight miles from the center of Christchurch, or in one of two nearby hotels, he said.
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Our crew on the scene tells us the suspect, Scott Williams, was wanted for several burglaries in Edgefield County.
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: Remmeber last month when a woman named CHANDREA NICHOLLS had Rich Dollarz ARRESTED for failure to pay child support. Well word on the street is that she's being INVESTIGATED for FRAUD - and possibly MORE!!!
According to a person IN THE KNOW, Chandra is said to have FALSIFIED documents - so that her 23 year old "husband" McKenzy Sewell could attend HIGH SCHOOL AGAIN, and play High School basketball. Tells our snitch, "She presented herself as his guardian stating that he was a wayward child whose mother is a crack head. She presented phony documents stating that he was Louisiana which included a phony transcript and birth certificate."
The school allowed her husband IN TO SCHOOL - where he played basketball. McKenzy managed to play on the team, although he only scored 4 points ALL YEAR, until he was DISCOVERED. How did they FIND OUT ABOUT HIM ? Well MediaTakeOut.com learned that CHAUNDREA snitched on him - when she suspected that her husband was having an INAPPROPRIATE relationship with a 17 year old high school girl.
But the story gets even MORE scandalous. One of the basketball team's assistant coaches, Coach Jimmy McClain was mysteriously and BRUTALLY murdered just a few days before McKenzy's fraud was discovered. And family and friends are PUSHING police to see whether Coach McClain was MURDERED because he found out about McKenzy's fraud. As an FYI, police say that McKenzy is a former GANG MEMBER who still has TIES TO THE STREETS!!!
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If there's something you never want to see in the bath a spider must be pretty close to the top of that list.
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Have you guys looked at his baseball reference page? http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/middlwi01.shtml In the recent news section it has the blog post from our infamous "friend" pesky about him having two broken ribs. Have the Sox or WMB addressed any of this yet? This makes no sense
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Welcome to our third Inside Insights with Qualvu interview. Through this series, we are giving you the inside scoop into life according to Qualvu – who we are; what we do; how we deliver better business value; what our favorite items from the Qualvu fridge are – but most importantly, who makes up our energetic team.
Qualvu is software driven, but people powered. While supported by a software platform, we rely on human intelligence to drive our business ‒ because at the end of the day, it is our people who go above and beyond to inspire, innovate, and deliver better business solutions.
Today, we are joined by Dean Macko, Senior Director, Research & Strategy.
Q: Can you tell us a little about your background and how you ended up at Qualvu?
A: I have over 17 years of market research experience. I started off working for one of Canada's largest market research firms in Toronto after I graduated college. They had an opportunity to open a London and Detroit office, but due to lack of seniority, I got second choice, so I ended up moving to Detroit for 13 years. After that, I moved out to Boston, where I analyzed clickstream and auto shopping behaviors for two years. I then spent four years with Hyundai Motor America as a market research manager and strategist before moving to Qualvu, where I've been for almost two years now.
The funny thing about Qualvu is that I had actually met John Williamson, our CEO & Founder, at a market research event where I was speaking. I had lunch with him and he made such an impression on me as an individual that we instantly clicked. When I started getting a little antsy at Hyundai, John was the first person I called. And within two weeks, I had a job offer.
Q: Qualvu's goal is to deliver the truth to businesses globally. What role do you play in that process?
A: As a strategist on the research team, I work closely with research stakeholders to understand their business needs, goals, and strategy, and design a project that gets them to their truth. One of the critical tasks I take on is developing discussion guides, one of the unheralded steps in the research assembly line and probably the most important document we produce in tandem with the client, as it's key to eliciting the feedback we need.
Once we've gotten the discussion guide nailed down, the participants really take over from there. The participants we recruit are more willing to open up their minds, hearts, and in some instances, their homes to us in a way I've never seen before. Even when we give them outlandish tasks, they always come through for us.
Q: How does your position play a role within the overall Qualvu structure and process?
A: My role is becoming increasingly collaborative. I am working closer with the sales and project management teams in particular. I work with the sales team to develop an initial understanding of the client's business needs and objectives. And I work with the project management team to ensure we are delivering world class qualitative research reports and experiences every time.
Beyond my role as a strategist, I'm also part of the leadership panel at Qualvu, meaning I play a role in driving the business forward and upholding the key philosophies of executive management.
Q: How do you believe Qualvu is addressing a need within the industry?
A: Researchers are seeing a rise in demand for reports with embedded video for a number of reasons: they are more impactful, more believable, and easier to digest. By embedding consumer feedback videos into our reports, the research data is accessible and on demand – and that is what really sets us apart.
Having the consumers staring back at the executives on almost every report slide makes our underlying findings almost irrefutable. The level of truth we're able to bring to a conference room – to a room full of executives – by having our findings supported by video is extremely powerful. It makes our research pop – not only because consumers' voices and faces are projected on the slides – but because their responses are so candid and raw. I've never seen a participant cry before until I joined Qualvu. And now, I feel like I've seen it all. From new mothers crying about motherhood to a participant tearing up while recalling family memories gathered around a bucket of KFC chicken. It's just remarkable that we get the types of responses that we do. I think a lot of it has to do with the fact that people don't think there are other people in the room when they talk in front of a camera. It's like reality TV – participants forget there is a camera, and they revert back to their raw instincts – and that is how we capture such organic consumer insights.
Q: What do you think makes Qualvu unique?
A: I would have to say our asynchronous video qualitative research methodology. It is just so unique. Even when you are on the phone with a client you can see the light bulb go off in their head when you start talking about Qualvu's methodology. It's such an easy premise to understand they usually get it instantly. And because it's so powerful in its simplicity and deliverables, 99 times out of 100, once they've done a pilot study with us, they are lining up at the door to do another one. That's a rarity in this industry.
Q: How do you think Qualvu optimizes value for businesses?
A: While other methodologies abstract key themes from memory, we are extracting and reviewing every word of every sentence via video and speech-to-text transcripts. It is really unmatched in the industry. As a result, we bring unprecedented accuracy to our data. If clients ask us a question on the phone about what percentage of participants responded in a certain way, for example, we can answer that immediately by using our powerful analysis suite to search for keywords, codes, and themes, or quickly filter data – and that is impossible to do with any other qualitative research option. And of course, having that embedded video in every report is key to optimizing business value for stakeholders.
We are also advancing our thinking from a strategy perspective. We continue to hire better and better people who can think deeper and offer more meaningful consumer insights and recommendations.
Q: Thank you, Dean, for sharing a little bit about your role at Qualvu. Just one last important question, what is your favorite beverage in the Qualvu fridge?
A: Diet Coke (with Splenda). I don't think it's been proven to cause cancer – yet.


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Media Coverage Of Love Won Out Protest In Colorado Springs
Daniel Gonzales
October 26th, 2008
The Colorado Springs Gazette ran an article which quotes three people involved in planning the counter protest, Nori Rost (local Unitarian pastor), Wes Mullins (local MCC pastor who is also an ex-gay survivor), and ends with a fabulous quote by yours truly:
But Daniel Gonzales has a different view. The 28-year-old Denver resident will be one of four panelists at the "Love Came Out" event, where he'll talk about embracing his sexual orientation after years of trying to change it while attending faith-based reparative programs.
"It all boiled down to trying to make up excuses for what was causing my attractions and convincing myself that my attractions had some other meaning and ultimately could be ignored or pushed aside," Gonzales said.
"If that sounds like a fancy way of saying 'repression,'" he said, "that would be exactly right."
I haven't been able to find the local Fox affiliate's coverage online but here's NBC's coverage (in case you want more of me):
Colorado Springs Gazette Defends Paul Cameron
Jim Burroway
April 28th, 2008
This was shocking. Two weeks ago, the Colorado Springs Gazette defended Paul Cameron against the Southern Poverty Law Center's naming his Family Research Institute a hate group:
The story about elevated hatred included a list of Colorado hate groups, as identified by the Southern Poverty Law Center – a thoroughly discredited organization that labels organizations with opposing political philosophies as hate mongers.
The new Colorado list includes the Colorado Springs-based Family Research Institute. The conservative fundamentalist organization is headed by Paul Cameron, a psychologist and reviewer for the British Medical Journal, Psychological Reports and the Journal of the Canadian Medical Association. The organization's mission is "to generate empirical research on issues that threaten the traditional family, particularly homosexuality, AIDS, sexual social policy, and drug abuse."
There's no question about it: The Family Research Institute opposes homosexuality, and goes out of its way to discourage and besmirch it. It's controversial, ideological, politically incorrect and unpopular. But is it a hate group, like the Ku Klux Klan or a Nazi skinhead club? Far from it.
Far from it? Really? Cameron has more in common with a Nazi skinhead club than the Gazette seems to realize. Perhaps the editors of the Gazette needs to look over his 1999 article in which he admires how Nazi Germany (and specifically Rudolph Höss) "handled homosexuals" in Dachau and Sachsenhausen.
Instead of casting aspersions against the Southern Poverty Law Center and coming to the defense of a man who proposes similar draconian "solutions" for homosexuality in this country, the Gazette ought to consider engaging in a practice we like to call journalism. A hate group like a Nazi skinhead club? It's exactly like a Nazi skinhead club.
The editorial board of the Colorado Springs Gazette is the latest to join our growing list of Cameron supporters. And I'll once again ask the question I ask everyone who joins the list: Do the Gazette's editors agree with Cameron's draconian agenda?
Hat tip: Mike Airhart.
Colorado Gunman Scared Co-Workers, Heard Voices
Jim Burroway
December 10th, 2007
The more we learn about Matthew Murray, the gunman who killed four and wounded five more in Arveda and Colorado Springs yesterday, the more tragic the story becomes. The latest information suggests mental illness:
[Richard] Werner, of Balneario Camborius, Brazil, said he had a bunk near Murray's and that Murray would roll around in bed and make noises.
"He would say, 'Don't worry, I'm just talking to the voices,' " Werner said. "He'd say, 'Don't worry, Richard. You're a nice guy. The voices like you.' "
…Peter Warren, director of Youth With A Mission, said Monday that Murray did not go on the mission he was training for in 2002 because managers thought that "issues relating to his health made it unsafe for him to do so."
I'm no mental health professional, but this has a bit of déjà vu about it. My best friend since second grade slowly descended to schizophrenia during middle school and high school. I can't even begin to describe how agonizing it was to see a bright young man slip into a hellish world the rest of us can't enter — or would want to. He's okay now, living in a group home and staying on his meds. It's easy to feel sorry for him — I often do — but compared to so many others he's relatively lucky.
There are so many victims all around in this sad episode in Colorado: those who were killed or wounded, those terrorized by the horror of what happened, their families and friends… and now this. Imagine, if you possibly can, the long, drawn-out nightmare that Matthew Murray's family underwent. And yes, don't forget Matthew himself.
See also:
Colorado Gunman Scared Co-Workers, Heard Voices
The LaBarbera Award: Tony Perkins
Prayers and Condolences for Arvada and Colorado Springs
Four Shot At New Life Church
Two Christian Missionaries Killed, Two Injured Near Denver
The LaBarbera Award: Tony Perkins
Jim Burroway
December 10th, 2007
Good Lord, what should we make of this? I received an FRC Action E-mail from Tony Perkins, as I often do. There's an article praising Mike Huckabee, there's another one chastising Congress, and then at the bottom, Perkins says this:
An Assault On Faith
It is hard not to draw a line between the hostility that is being fomented in our culture from some in the secular media toward Christians and evangelicals in particular and the acts of violence that took place in Colorado yesterday. But I will say no more for now other than that our friends at New Life Church and YWAM are in our thoughts and prayers.
It looks like Perkins has been chomping at the bit to pin the blame for the Colorado shootings on somebody he doesn't like. When it comes to culture wars, nobody is safe, and no tragedy is off-limits for exploitation. Here he chose the old familiar bogeyman, "the secular media." We're lucky I guess. It could have just as easily been anyone else.
I'm not sure how Perkins found it so easy to "draw a line" between the secular media and Matthew Murray, the Christian-raised guy who actually did the shooting. Unlike the FRC, we won't imagine any lines where none exist. (Update: The most direct line so far may be mental illness.) And we call on the Family "Research" Council to live up to its name and do a little research before releasing statements that are so patently moronic. Why, they're beginning to sound like someone else we know…
Here is a screenshot of the E-mail. Click on it to see the full-size version.
See also:
Colorado Gunman Scared Co-Workers, Heard Voices
The LaBarbera Award: Tony Perkins
Prayers and Condolences for Arvada and Colorado Springs
Four Shot At New Life Church
Two Christian Missionaries Killed, Two Injured Near Denver
Colorado Gunman "Hated Christians"
Jim Burroway
December 10th, 2007
The Denver Post is reporting that the gunman responsible for the shooting spree at the missionary training center in Arvata, Colorado and the New Life Church in Colorado Springs has been identified as 24-year-old Matthew Murray. He is the son of a prominent neurologist and researcher on multiple sclerosis.
Tiffany Johnson, 26, and Philip Crouse, 24, were killed in Arvata, and two sisters, Stephanie Works, 18, and Rachael Works, 16, were killed in Colorado Springs. Five others were wounded.
According to The Post, anonynous sources report that Murray targeted the facilities because he "hated Christians." The Post also reports that Murray had worked for the missionary school three years ago but was kicked out. He was also apparently raised in a deeply religious family and was home-schooled for at least part of his childhood.
It's hard to know what could have happened to turn this young man to such a violent end. While these background factors are likely to be cited as clues to the makeup of his psyche, I don't think the answer is there. It takes an awful lot to build up this kind of rage. I personally know home-schooled kids, and I know deeply religious families. The temptation to point fingers of blame to any of those factors would be a deeply misplaced one.
As I said before, our thoughts, prayers and condolences go out to those who were killed and wounded, the families and friends of the victims, and to their communities. I'd also like to extend the same for the family of Matthew Murray.
Prayers and Condolences for Arvada and Colorado Springs
Jim Burroway
December 9th, 2007
Four shot, two died in Arvada, Colorado outside of Denver. Four more shot at New Life Church in Colorado Springs. We will update those two posts as more information become available. We don't know if these two incidents are related, but I fear the worst.
Our thoughts and prayers go out to those who were injured and killed, to their families and friends, and to the communities affected by this senseless and incomprehensible violence. And our prayers also go for the swift apprehension of all those responsible for these shootings.
See also:
Colorado Gunman Scared Co-Workers, Heard Voices
The LaBarbera Award: Tony PerkinsPrayers and Condolences for Arvada and Colorado Springs
Four Shot At New Life Church
Two Christian Missionaries Killed, Two Injured Near Denver
Four Shot At New Life Church
Daniel Gonzales
December 9th, 2007
As of this blog posting police were unsure if this shooting is related to an earlier shooting in Arvada (Denver). From CNN:
A gunman opened fire in the parking lot of a Colorado Springs church on Sunday, striking four people, the church's pastor said.
A black-clad man armed with a rifle opened fire on worshippers inside a Colorado Springs, Colorado, megachurch Sunday afternoon, wounding several people, church and hospital officials reported.
The gunman was then shot to death, a minister said.
Rob Brendle, an associate pastor at New Life Church, said the attack took place after a late-morning service.
Amy Sufak, a spokeswoman for Penrose-St. Francis Hospital in Colorado Springs, told CNN that several victims were taken to the hospital.
Colorado Springs Police Chief Rick Myers would confirm no details of the incident, calling it a "very dynamic situation right now."
Lt. Lari Sevene, a spokeswoman for the El Paso County Sheriff's Department, said the attack took place shortly after 1 p.m. and said possibly two or three people were wounded. She could not confirm the death of the gunman and referred further questions to the Colorado Springs Police Department.
But Brendle told CNN the gunman was dead.
New Life Church was founded by Rev. Ted Haggard in 1984.
Update: Other reports suggest that a suspect has been detained. Another report says that one gunman was shot, and a second possible gunman and a car full of explosives was being sought. No confirmation yet from Colorado Springs police or the El Paso Sheriff's office on any of these reports. Obviously things are rather chaotic right now.
Update: Fox31 in Denver reports that "Police have confirmed that the shooter was killed, though they are not saying whether he was shot by police or died of a self-inflicted gunshot." No one else is picking up this report yet, so it's unclear whether it's been confirmed.
Update: The Associated Press is reporting that "Colorado Springs police Lt. Fletcher Howard said a suspect had been detained in the shootings at the New Life Church, but a church member who was locked down at the church Sunday afternoon said a security guard had shot and killed the gunman."
Update: CNN and the Denver Post confirm that the gunman was shot dead by a security guard at New Life Church. Several "suspicious devices" were found at the church. The Colorado Springs Gazette reports that a church member was also killed in the rampage in addition to the gunman, and four others were wounded. New Life had instituted unspecified security measures when they received word of the Arvada shooting.
See also:
Colorado Gunman Scared Co-Workers, Heard Voices
The LaBarbera Award: Tony Perkins
Prayers and Condolences for Arvada and Colorado Springs
Four Shot At New Life Church
Two Christian Missionaries Killed, Two Injured Near Denver
How Hate Crime Laws Can Protect Everyone
Jim Burroway
September 28th, 2006
It appears that a hate crime may have been committed in Colorado Springs Tuesday night.
You may remember a few months back when the Gill Foundation kicked off an ad campaign featuring a dog trying to "moo" as a humorous illustration that being gay is not the result of a choice. Focus on the Family countered with a "No Moo Lies" campaign. Christina and Brandon Sewall of Briargate, CO., participated by placing "No moo lies" signs in their yard.
Since then vandals have damaged or stolen the signs, to which the Sewalls responded by just putting even more signs in their yard. They also started running a video security camera overnight. Tuesday evening, someone was caught on tape piling the signs, trash, and patio furniture onto the Sewall's front lawn and setting it on fire.
The investigation is continuing. If it turns out that whoever did this was motivated by bias against the Sewall's position against homosexuality, it may fall under Colorado's hate crime laws protecting its citizens against bias crimes based on sexual orientation.
You read that right. You see, lost behind all of the rhetoric of "special rights", it turns out that hate crime laws which include sexual orientation really do protect everyone. According to the FBI's most recent hate crime report, there were thirty-three anti-heterosexual hate crime incidents affecting thirty-six victims in 2004. And I noted in our report, Federal Hate Crime Statistics: Why the Numbers Don't Add Up, there are many reasons to believe that this is an undercount. In fact, the undercount may be quite substantial since most people assume that hate crime laws only protect the minority.
I don't know the specifics of Colorado's hate crime law, nor do we know what the outcome of the investigation will wind up being. But it may well be ironic that a law that has been vigorously opposed by Focus on the Family for "promoting the homosexual lifestyle" may, in fact, serve to protect a participant in a Focus on the Family action.
And while it would be ironic, it would nevertheless be appropriate, depending on what the investigation finds. Because it turns out that anybody can be a victim of hate. And everyone deserves the protection of hate crime laws.


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|Cancer Survivors Walk Lap of Hope at the American Cancer Society Relay For Life
|News Releases - Local Events
|Written by Cindy Bruhn
|Friday, 13 April 2012 12:15
Davenport, IA –On April 20 at 7:00 p.m., Relay For Life of Scott County will hold a special Survivors' Lap, a moving experience honoring those who have defeated cancer. Survivors will join together to take Relay's opening lap, unified in victory and hope, while the rest of the event's participants surround the track to cheer them on.
Relay For Life is a unique grassroots fundraising event in which individuals and teams of participants in nearly 5,100 communities nationwide walk around a track overnight to celebrate the lives of those who have faced cancer, remember loved one lost, and ommit to fight back against the disease. The money raised through Relay For Life supports the American Cancer Society's efforts to create a world with less cancer and more birthdays.
If you are a cancer survivor or caregiver and would like to take part in the Relay For Life please register via our website: www.RelayForLife.org/scottcountyia or call Barb Lowe (Survivor Chair) at 214-926-2583. All survivors receive a free Relay For Life T-shirt and are invited to join us for a complimentary Survivor Dinner meal to be served at 6 p.m.
The American Cancer Society combines an unyielding passion with nearly a century of experience to save lives and end suffering from cancer. As a global grassroots force of more than three million volunteers, we fight for every birthday threatened by every cancer in every community. We save lives by helping people stay well by preventing cancer or detecting it early; by helping people get well by being there for them during and after a cancer diagnosis; by finding cures through investment in groundbreaking discovery; and by fighting back by rallying lawmakers to pass laws to defeat cancer and by rallying communities worldwide to join the fight. To learn more about us or to get help, call us anytime, day or night, at 1-800-227-2345 or visit cancer.org.
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posted at 04/29/2016
14 years after the band showed its first sign of life with their self-titled debut, David Eugene Edwards (who's prolific work in both Wovenhand and the legendary 16 Horsepower has influenced a generation of musicians) announces the release of his new album which will be a joint release and collaboration between Sargent House, the bands US based management company and label and Glitterhouse Records who will continue handling Wovenhand's releases in Europe. Due at the end of Summer 2016 entitled "Star Treatment". The follow-up to the critically acclaimed "Refractory Obdurate" released two years ago almost to the day.
This fall's Wovenhand tour is not to be missed. With its spoken tradition of transference and its roaring guitars and driving percussion a Wovenhand live concert is one of the most intense musical experiences you can ever witness. A sweeping tapestry of gothic Americana, neo-folk, punk, alternative country and psych.
When asked about the forthcoming album and the following tour Edwards simply replied "give up your dead!".
12.09.2016 DE - Köln - Gebäude 9
13.09.2016 DE - Frankfurt - Zoom
15.09.2016 CH - Bern - ISC
16.09.2016 CH - Zürich - Bogen F
17.09.2016 AT - Wien - Flex
18.09.2016 HU - Budapest - A38
20.09.2016 AT - Salzburg - Rockhouse
21.09.2016 DE- München - Ampere
22.09.2016 DE - Leipzig - UT Connewitz
23.09.2016 DE - Berlin - Heimathafen
24.09.2016 DE - Hamburg - Reeperbahn Festival
26.09.2016 DK - Århus - Train
27.09.2016 NO - Oslo - John Dee
29.09.2016 FI - Helsinki - Tavastia
30.09.2016 SE - Stockholm - Nalen
01.10.2016 SE - Lund - Mejeriet
02.10.2016 DK - Copenhagen - Vega Jr.
04.10.2016 NL - Eindhoven - Effenaar
05.10.2016 NL - Amsterdam - Melkweg
06.10.2016 BE - Leuven - Het Depot
07.10.2016 BE - Gent - Handelsbeurs
08.10.2016 BE - Charleroi - L'Eden
10.10.2016 FR - Lille - L'Aéronef
11.10.2016 FR - Paris - La Maroquinerie
13.10.2016 FR - Orleans - L'Astrolabe
14.10.2016 FR - Grenoble - La Belle Electrique
15.10.2016 FR - Feyzin - L'Epicerie Moderne
16.10.2016 FR - Toulouse - La Rex
18.10.2016 UK - London - The Dome
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United Tribes NewsMakwa poetry resonating with Native People
2 April 2008
BISMARCK (UTN) When Niizh Makwa finished a talk with students in a Native American literature class at United Tribes Technical College, he got a hug from one young woman and firm handshakes of appreciation from others. Another young woman from his own tribe, Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa, lingered until all had drifted out of the classroom to tell him what she thought about his poetry.
"A lot of Natives have poems inside of us but most of it doesn't get written down. They don't share them with anybody. They never get heard," said Theresa Wilkie, a student in the college's Computer Information Technology program. "But yours people are reading these. They're going to hear and understand the pain we go through. I appreciate what you've done. I can't wait to get the book and show my family."
Makwa's book is "Red Man's Diaries," a slim paperback that came out late last year containing 50 of the more than 5,000 poems he has written over the past 15 years or so. The verses contain powerfully worded, unvarnished depictions of historic and contemporary relations Indians have with mainstream society.
Don't tell me you can relate to my troubles
or that you know me now that you rented dances with wolves
don't tell me that we could get along if we could just forget yesterday
& don't give me your pointers on how an Indian should live today.
Don't stand there & tell me to reach for opportunity
don't talk about the programs' out there for people like me
don't act like you know me my life is not a movie
you could never fathom what it's like to be me.
from DON'T TELL ME
The work resonates with tribal people. Theresa Wilkie described it as "comforting" to know that you're not the only one who is feeling the pain.
On a cold Saturday in February at a Bismarck bookstore all copies sold out before his book signing was over. He said a woman elder from Standing Rock was so excited that she nearly "busted down the door" to get in to meet him.
"I've had people cry when I read them," Makwa said. "And I've had non-Indians get up and leave."
In short, the response is bigger than he expected.
Niizh Makwa is the poet's Ojibwe name, which means Two Bears. Also known as L. Joseph Belgarde Jr., he was born in 1978 and raised in North Dakota on the Turtle Mountain reservation. He is a single parent and now lives in Bismarck.
Makwa allows that his poetry is harsh and that it will offend some people. He describes it as fierce and strong in keeping with his mission as a warrior poet to "remind people of the reality that's out there" for Indians.
You seem surprised to see me not doing a rain dance.
fancy meeting you again
Looks like you're wondering how I jumped the fence around the
Rez again.
from STEREOTYPICAL
intolerant of thieves, liars, & murders
I can understand now what you say and write
I know your true nature, & will not yield my fight.
Beware; my Red Rage is no illusion
& there will be no escape from my Revolution
from RED RAGE
At United Tribes, he read softly from his poems and answered questions. He said he continues to compose new works that he handwrites into notebooks and tries to keep up with the almost overwhelming amount of e-mail he now receives. He commended the students on their commitment to getting an education and thanked them for listening and asking questions. And he said he is planning a tour that will kick off in North Dakota.
Theresa Wilkie's closing advice to Makwa: "I'm really glad this book is out there. Keep writing. Keep pushing em out. Cause you're doing a lot of good."
"Red Man's Diaries" is published by Publish America, Baltimore, MD. It is available through the publisher (www.publishamerica.com), Amazon Books, Target, and the Bismarck Barnes & Noble.
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Another cost of Iraq war: billions for mental care
From the National Bureau of Economic Research:
In The Psychological Costs of War: Military Combat and Mental Health (NBER Working Paper No. 16927), authors Resul Cesur, Joseph Sabia, and Erdal Tekin report that the mere length of deployment or breaks between deployments are far less significant for veterans experiencing post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) than the frequency of actual exposure to firefights. These researchers exploit the variation in overseas assignments that control for mental health prior to deployment in order to study the relationship between military combat and young adults' mental health. They find that U.S. soldiers who serve in combat zones are at greater risk of PTSD and are more likely to receive psychological or emotional counseling than their counterparts serving outside the United States in non-combat zones.
The authors estimate that just the combat-induced PTSD imposes two-year costs of $1.5 to $2.7 billion on the U.S. health care system. They determine that the psychological costs of combat are largest for soldiers who kill someone (or believe they have killed someone), are injured in combat, or witness the death or wounding of a civilian or a coalition member. These troops are at substantially increased risk of suicide or thoughts of suicide, depression, and PTSD. Interestingly, the authors find that observing the killing, death, or wounding of the enemy has no independent adverse psychological consequences. These findings are consistent with the hypothesis that strong feelings of guilt may accompany the death of non-combatants or fellow soldiers.
Here is a March 2003 column on the likely cost of the Iraq war that got me a lot of hate mail.


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Topic: Kongregate Multiplayer Games / [Mud & Blood 2] Wtf moments
I had 2 trenches at the bottom of the screen, with 5 guys in each, and a falme guy closest to the middle in each one. A german soldier walks between my trenches, my flamers both fire at him, light eachother, then explode killing ALL 10 OF MY DUDES!!! Freakin' epic.


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advice on planted tank
hi guys. i havent been on the forums on a while due to school work and after school activities. but now that im bag in the swing of things, i want to get rid of all my plastic plants. i want to replace them with the real thing. i have a 20 long tank that currently has 2 rosy barbs and a ghost shrimp or 2 in it. Ive had them for about 2 months so all is well. i wanted some ideas for some plants that i could put in. i was thinking about some easy plants like dwarf anubias, and java fern, java moss and some dwarf hairgrass. what do you guys think of these plants together? thanks:-D
I need some more info about your tank to help you out. First off, how much time and money are you willing to put into this hobby? this will effect factors such as potential CO2 injection and how heavy lighting you should get. What equiptment do you currently have on the tank? What are the water parameters? This info will really hep me with my recomendations. I'd check out Aquariumplants.com and LiveAquaria.com to get some ideas and good info about plants.
After you tell me the tank size, parameters, your "budget", and current hardware, Then I can really help you, but this basic information is necessary first.
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Wednesday, November 14, 2012
On Thursday, individuals across the nation will celebrate America Recycles Day, in the midst of National Recycling Week, which is held Nov. 12-18 this year.
With few select places in the Lake of the Ozarks that encourage and take in recycling for the community, one location – Gateway Industries – is continuing to grow its recycling efforts and supply important jobs in hopes to preserve America's environment.
Gateway Industries in Eldon, which was established in April 1998, is a not-for-profit extended employment sheltered workshop for the mentally and physically handicapped in central Missouri. It employs 42 certified employees that do a variety of assembly and packaging work for businesses in and around the Lake Area.
"Outside of our 41 certified employees, we have myself and four supervisors," said Dave Souders, manager at Gateway Industries in Eldon. "We do a variety of assembly and packaging work including packaging for Fasco, assembly work for Johnson Control (formerly Keiper), tie specialized twine for cured hams at Burger's (Smokehouse), packaging for a handrail manufacturer at the Lake, specialized and labeling work for Innovative Procurement's shooting targets and small additional small jobs. Then we do our recycling."
Souders said four years ago, PAVE AmeriCorps approached Gateway Industries about helping them start a recycling program in the community. They primarily wanted to start recycling efforts in the school, and Souders found that paper recycling was an effort he and his employees could participate in at Gateway Industries' 10,000-square foot facility.
"The sheltered workshop in Boonville did work for Caterpillar for 35-40 years (before the company dropped the services of the workshop)," Souders explained. "So they went strictly to recycling. I went up there and visited the facility and they do a great job. I helped model our program after them. We are making money on it, but it is more of a community service. Everybody wants to recycle and there is another recycling place in town that does cans and aluminum. We take all of our cans over to them, too, helping each other out. It's been a great program for the employees and for the community."
Souders said the program began with PAVE AmeriCorps and the schools in the area, quickly growing beyond those facilities.
"They put recycling containers in every room at the various schools in Eldon. The kids put all the paper in their room's container, then the kids take those containers down and dump them into one of the bigger containers for pick up," Souders explained. "We then go around and pick it up a couple times a week. It just kind of escalated from there."
The recycling program began with paper product pick up at Eldon's South Elementary, Upper Elementary, Middle and High schools, administration offices and Vo-Tech building. Then, Souders said the churches inquired about getting in on the recycling program. Now, Gateway Industries picks up bins at seven to eight churches in the Eldon area.
"The post office called me one day and asked if we wanted their undeliverable mail such as discarded newspapers, junk mails, etc.," he said. "Now, we go there twice a week to pick up those paper products for recycling."
Souders said when Gateway Industries started the recycling of paper products, they would take a variety of newspaper, white copy paper, magazine slick and other assorted office products, sort them and put them in big Gaylord boxes to be picked up by their recycling reclaimer. After about a year, Souders pursued a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) grant to purchase a baler and shredder in hopes to keep up with the volume of products being recycled.
"We received a USDA grant for $22,000. This helped purchase our first baler and shredder, along with other little equipment to help such as metal cages used to separate the paper into," he said.
Souders said they also started taking in cardboard. At first, Gateway Industries employees would store the cardboard until they had enough to fit it into the bales. However, after about a year and a ½ of that, they decided they needed additional equipment to solely tackle the cardboard recycling process.
"We then received a $15,000 grant from DNR (Missouri Department of Natural Resources) through the Lake of the Ozarks Solid Waste Management District T, which serves Miller, Camden and Laclede counties," Souders said. "This grant allowed us to purchase another baler for cardboard and a conveyor."
Souders said when they first got the shredder, the employees had to use small rollaway carts and roll them to the warehouse for the baler. Now, with the conveyor, it helps the employees deliver the recycling products to the baler, cutting down on time and additional physical labor.
"We are taking 5-6 times more cardboard then we have a year. We have four-five convenience stores in town that save their cardboard for us, in addition to a furniture store, auto parts store and some of our companies we have job contracts with," Souders said. "With the second baler and conveyor we got in April we are able to send stuff to our recycling reclaimer about every four and a 1/2 to five weeks, versus every eight weeks."
Outside of the paper and cardboard pick up efforts, Gateway Industries also has a drop-off dumpster available to the Lake Area community for individuals to recycle paper and cardboard products, as well. Souders said people will drop off items in the dumpster, which the employees collect the next morning as part of the program.
Souders said Gateway Industries currently recycles office paper, color paper, magazines, phone books, old newspaper print, computer paper, old corrugated cardboard and boxboard items such as cereal boxes, paper egg cartons, etc. They also recycle hardback books, which have become an increasingly popular recycling item at the facility.
"We will take anything paper. This one lady brings us a load six to eight times a year of hardback books. They are left over books that don't sell have a long period of time from a large book sale in Jefferson City (at one of the local organizations). We take the pages out of the hard back books and it goes in one box and the covers go into another box," he said. "We also have a board member from Iberia that brings a lot of books and other paper products up to us for recycling. We would love to expand the program to other schools in the area, and just need to grow our manpower to do so. We can always talk to schools about the opportunity."
Souders said outside of the paper products and cardboard, they have also started recently recycling shrink-wrap from local companies such as Fasco and Smith and Paper Supply. He said he has some plans in the work to help utilized some of the recycled materials to help out local businesses, as well, and possibly continue to grow the recycling programs to include other areas and more types of recycled products.
"There is a local business that is trying to go green and get rid of their Styrofoam peanuts. They are looking at shredded boxboard for their packing material," he said. "This way, they can pack up their stuff with the shredded boxboard and when a company receives it they can recycle it, too. We are working out that deal and hoping to expand on a few others."
Overall, the recycling program has created four additional jobs with the new baler that arrived in April. Souders said overall it keeps 10-12 employees busy with Gateway Industries' recycling program, along with a few supervisors. In addition, Gateway Industries has students from Eugene, Eldon and Osage high schools and Vo-tech programs that also work a few hours a week helping with the recycling program.
Souders said about 70-75 percent of the sheltered workshop's funding comes from contracted work in the community, however they do receive state funding and are governed by the Missouri Department of Education. Yet, he feels that the recycling program is not only beneficial to his employees, but also a community service that is greatly needed.
"I think the employees enjoy the recycling opportunity for work. I have a couple employees that get to go with the supervisors for pick up and interact with the community. They really love talking with the people at the schools and other places we stop at," Souders said. "The parents are also enthralled with their success. They are excited their child is running a baler, knowing when it's full and how the job is done."
"There are so many people from the Lake that are from Chicago, St. Louis, Kansas City and used to curbside. I would love to have it, but they still recycle when they are here. I get a lot of people from the Lake," he said. "I have found out that you can recycle anything as long as someone is willing to take it. Recycling is all about making it easy; if you can make it easy for someone they will do it."
For more information about the recycling program and Gateway Industries, contact Souders at 573-392-4405, ext. 21 or visit www.gatewayeldon.com.
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Here's a wrap of what went down Tuesday around baseball:
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Pedro Alvarez homered and singled, and Russell Martin had three hits for Pittsburgh, which has won three straight.
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