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Otis Smith, Jameer Nelson and Jason Richardson were all in the hot seat during a heated discussion about the Orlando Magic-Atlanta Hawks playoff series on ESPN's 1st and 10 Monday.
Brothers Doug and Ryan Stewart, hosts for the popular Atlanta-based sports talk radio show "2 Live Stews," were the guest debaters for Skip Bayless. The question of the day was who was to blame for the Orlando Magic's two-game deficit?
Ryan Stewart was the more vocal of the brothers first blaming Otis Smith for trading away Vince Carter and Rashard Lewis. Stewart said Carter and Lewis had greater postseason impacts than Hedo Turkoglu and Gilbert Arenas.
"Turkoglu has been a guy in a mask since he left Orlando two seasons ago and when you're talking about Gilbert Arenas there's just no limp left there, it's like he's trying to figure things out so I blame Otis Smith," Ryan Stewart said.
He also blamed Jameer Nelson for giving the Atlanta Hawks "bulletin board" material for telling Derrick Rose after a regular season game that he would see him in the second round of NBA Playoffs.
"Go fishing Nelson peace," he said at the end of the segment.
Stewart's brother Doug took a more passive stance blaming "Father Time" as the culprit for knees and bodies that are getting too old, referencing Gilbert Arenas and Hedo Turkoglu.
Skip Bayless blamed Jason Richardson for getting himself suspended in Game 3.
"I think they would have won last night if Jason Richardson had played," Bayless said.


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The Myth of the CEO
Mary Barra, the CEO of GM, spent yesterday being grilled by Congress for her company's years-long failure to fix a known safety defect in its cars. Barra's lack of answers is being blamed on the size of the organization she leads. Which is a great argument against the salaries that CEOs earn.


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This stadium blanket is a blanket that wraps up into a bag. A blanket-and-bag-in-one. The outer part (the orange that you see in the picture) is easy to wipe right off if you use it at the beach, at the park, or on some bleachers. The inside is a softer gray fabric for sitting on.


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The WorldCat difference: connect to and leverage our shared catalog
A unique resource, WorldCat is the world's most comprehensive online library database. The database encompasses hundreds of languages and all formats, including rapidly growing numbers of electronic resources and digital objects.
High hit rates, quality-controlled metadata and the application of FRBR principles to records mean your patrons and staff locate the right resource quickly. WorldCat spreads data about library collections across the Web via strategic partnerships.
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- Information seekers link to your catalog through search engines, browser toolbars, the WorldCat.org destination site and more.
WorldCat embodies the best of what is possible through collaboration and is a tribute to the cooperative spirit of libraries and librarians. As a result of efforts by OCLC and the member libraries, WorldCat is much more than a catalog of library metadata. It's a hub around which information discovery, resource sharing, delivery, automation and research as well as collection and library system management occur.
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The variety of record sources for WorldCat also continues to grow. The diversity of methods for contributing to WorldCat ensures that more types of libraries and other institutions can contribute to the cooperative and make their collections highly visible to a worldwide audience. This, in turn, means more records, less cost and better visibility and resource sharing. Records come into WorldCat from online cataloging and batchloading; from the smallest public libraries to the largest national libraries in the world; from archives, museums and research institutions; from publishers and partners who contribute their metadata or have OCLC catalogers create it; all contributing to a single, comprehensive source for library data.
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Two-and-a-half as many people stayed at the Peace House shelter during the first six months of 2012 than in the first six months of 2011. The number of people staying overnight during the same time has doubled.
The Peace House has also seen an increase in the number of helpline calls and participation in their outreach program.
Patten said they have two theories about what is causing that spike.
"One theory is the economy, where the small businesses and homeowners have been just hanging on," Patten explained. "Whenever there is financial stress within a household, it increases the abuse that goes on."
The other theory is that more people are becoming aware of the Peace House and are seeking help.
To meet the need, Peace House is opening offices in Kamas and Coalville.
"Our outreach program not only gets the word out into Wasatch and Summit County about domestic violence and our services, but also informs about options, resources and safety planning for families that don't necessarily need or want to go to the shelter, yet still really need help with issues of violence within the family," Patten said.
"We always felt that if people were staying in an abusive relationship, not making those changes and not moving out of their home, then we haven't really succeeded, we haven't fulfilled our mission.
Patten suggests those who are in an abusive relationship, or suspect a loved one may be, to call their hotline,1-800-647-9161, especially before the situation reaches a crisis level.
"If you are in a crisis situation we will find a way to get you to the shelter and safety, but a better way would be to make those decisions when you are not in the crisis situation," Patten said.
Those who call don't need to provide their names, where they are from or anything else that is identifying.
"But they can start the process of making the change to a life free of abuse, for the adult as well as the children," Patten said.
Because of her heavy workload and budget cuts, most of Probst's time is spent helping victims through the court system, rather than responding with law enforcement on domestic calls.
"For the most part, I've had to back off the domestics, saying, I can't do that," Probst said. "I can't be everywhere. Law enforcement is giving them the resources they need to contact me the next day."
She then works with domestic violence victims to get orders of protection, counseling, restitution and anything else they might need.
Previously, there were two victim advocates in Summit County, but one position was eliminated during budget cuts, despite crime and calls for service having doubled, Probst said.
To handle the prosecution side of her job alone, she said two full-time people would be ideal.
"It kept two of us busy and constantly running," Probst said. "And that's not including when I go out on a call. If I have to go out on a call at night, I have to be in court the next day, be here and be happy, and help the people that are down and discouraged. Plus, I'm a mom with four kids and seven grandkids."
But Probst says loves what she does and hopes that she's helping.
For those who are impacted by domestic violence, she said there is light at the end of the tunnel.
"It's tough and it's hard to go through but they have support all around. I think the resources here in Summit County can't be beat," Probst said.
During Domestic Violence Awareness Month, the Summit County Domestic Violence Coalition and Peace House will host a candlelight vigil on Oct. 23 to honor domestic violence survivors and those that have lost their lives to domestic violence. The time and location is to be determined. More information about the candlelight vigil will be posted on www.peacehouse.org.


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Great herds of zebra thundering across the African plain... fragile butterflies traveling unbelievable distances... family groups of whales coursing through the waves. Many kinds of animals make annual migrations, and their stories reveal incredible strength and will to survive. These treks are magnificently documented in Great Migrations, the children's illustrated companion to the 7-hour National Geographic television special of the same name.
Created for the huge audience of young animal loversand for the nation's schools, where migration is taught as part of the core curriculumthis book spotlights wild creatures of highest interest to children. Action-filled photo spreads have immense "wow" appeal as animals vault over obstacles and escape the clutches of predators. Info-graphic spreads pack in the fascinating facts, with at-a-glance information on where, why, and how animals migrate.


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Dolphins set to hire Jim Turner as O-line coach
Now that college football's signing day has concluded a few more spots on the Miami Dolphins coaching staff should be finalized.
For instance, Texas Tech officials announced that recently hired offensive line coach Jim Turner will be leaving the team to take the same position with the Miami Dolphins.
No official announcement has been made by the team.
Turner spent the past four years working on Mike Sherman's Texas A&M's staff.
Have you connected the dots yet on Joe Philbin's Packer-less staff? Plenty of them have a history with Sherman, who happens to be one of Philbin's mentors.
Remember who told you Philbin couldn't add any of Green Bay's more high profile assistants because that's not how the Packers family rolls.
This past season, Turner's group led the nation in fewest sacks allowed as the Aggie line surrendered only eight sacks over the course of a 12-game regular season. The offensive line also paved the way for the Aggies to boast the nation's 21st-ranked rushing attack.
Before teaming up with Sherman, who is Miami's new offensive coordinator, Turner worked with the Boston College staff as offensive line coach in 2007. Before that he spent two years at the University of Delaware, where he coaches the offensive line and also served as assistant head coach.
Turner has also coached at Temple, Harvard (he wasn't there at the same time as Philbin), Louisiana Tech and Northeastern.
This is Turner's first season in the NFL as an assistant. But he's been working his way up the coaching ranks since his playing career at Boston College, where he was a fullback, ended in 1988.
Here's a look at the staff Philbin has assembled so far.
On the offensive side of the ball, the Dolphins still need to formally hire a running back coach (there's speculation Jeff Nixon will be retained), a lead quarterback coach, and a receiver coach, if not two.


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Independent Bar owner John Gardner has opened a second location of his downtown Orlando nightclub but it's not in Orlando and it's not named Independent Bar.
The new nightclub is in Austin, Texas and is called Barbarella. If that name sounds familiar (and I'm not referring to the Jane Fonda movie) it's because it's the former name of Independent Bar. The club is one of my favorites for years now and plays a fantastic mix of '80s, '90s, goth, industrial and more.
Wow, that last sentence sounded like an ad for 105.9 FM with a bit of a curve ball thrown in the end.
"I wanted to call it Independent Bar," says Gardner. "But Scott [Graham], Mickey [Gannett] and my wife said it should be Barbarella."
Barbarella is exactly like Independent Bar down to music, decor and some Orlando staff too. Right now Gannett is serving as general manager for the club over the next month and Graham is DJing at the new club. Gardner said he even saw some Orlando residents come through during the soft opening last weekend.
For those of you familiar with the Austin area, Barbarella takes over the space that was formerly Spiros, next to Emo's at the corner of 6th Street and Red River Street. Gardner has brought in the old Barbarella signs to the space along with video screens and decor, and has put in a new sound system, lights and some new video screens to. If you're in the Austin area definitely check it out at 615 Red River Street.
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What an exciting time to be a part of Bluefield College! Football, South Campus development, a new apartment complex, and new academic programs have become the stepping stones to the College's future. Now is the time for Bluefield College. We have excellent leadership, we have a campus master plan urging development, we have the right faculty, staff, and coaches to help students "Live their passion...," but most importantly we have you.
You as alumni and friends give the College a living testimony and provide resources for these things to come to fruition. I encourage you to take a look around the website, and get a glimpse of life at the College today. Then take time to discover what your "passion" is, and how best you can support the College with it today.
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Deeplinks Blog posts about Biometrics
New documents released by the FBI show that the Bureau is well on its way toward its goal of a fully operational face recognition database by this summer.
EFF received these records in response to our Freedom of Information Act lawsuit for information on Next Generation Identification (NGI)—the FBI's massive biometric database that may hold records on as much as one third of the U.S. population. The facial recognition component of this database poses real threats to privacy for all Americans.
The San Diego regional planning agency, SANDAG, has been quietly rolling out a new mobile face recognition system that will sharply change how police conduct simple stops on Americans. The system, which allows officers to use mobile devices to collect face images out in the field, already has a database of 1.4 million images and serves nearly 25 federal, state and local law enforcement agencies in the region.
When it comes to searching the most sensitive part of our bodies—our DNA—the Fourth Amendment's prohibition against unreasonable searches and seizures should be a strong bulwark, keeping the government out of our most personal and private biological information. But in the last few years, those protections have been eroded as courts throughout the country, including the US Supreme Court, have approved of the warrantless DNA collection of people arrested for crimes—individuals who are presumed to be innocent in the eyes of the law. A new amicus brief we filed on Monday argues that these decisions don't mean the complete death of Fourth Amendment protection from DNA collection.
You lost some important Fourth Amendment protection when the Supreme Court ruled yesterday in Maryland v. King that the police can take a DNA sample from an arrestee without a search warrant for purposes of general law enforcement rummaging.
The Supreme Court recently heard oral argument in Maryland v. King, a case considering the constitutionality of warrantless DNA collection from arrestees.
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Damming Magdalena: Emgesa Threatens Colombian Communities
by Jonathan Luna
Special to CorpWatch
July 21st, 2009
Near the town of La Jagua, overlooking the Magdalena River, the landscape is dotted with concrete markers declaring the land, river, and everything else a public utility that Colombia has given to the energy company Emgesa as part of the Quimbo Hydroelectric Project. A construction permit was granted in May, with the dam scheduled for full operation by 2014.
The True Cost of Chevron: An Alternative Annual Report
by Antonia Juhasz
May 26th, 2009
Chevron's 2008 annual report is a glossy celebration of the company's most profitable year in its history. What Chevron's annual report does not tell its shareholders is the true cost paid for those financial returns, or the global movement gaining voice and strength against the company's abuses. This jointly-produced report documents negative impacts of Chevron's operations around the globe, in stark contrast to the message sent by the company's ubiquitous "Human Energy" advertising campaign.
Goa Cursed By Its Mineral Wealth
by Emily Bild
Special to CorpWatch
April 23rd, 2009
Set on India's west coast, Goa is renowned as a beach paradise popular with Indian and foreign tourists alike. Just a few miles inland from the quaint restaurants and the pristine waves lapping the silver shores of India's smallest state, iron-ore mining is destroying the environment, say activists and locals.
Ducking Responsibility: Entergy Spins Its Nukes
by Shay Totten
Special to CorpWatch
August 4th, 2008
Entergy Nuclear (part of the broader Entergy energy family) is spinning off its northeastern U.S.-based nuclear power plants into a related limited liability corporation, Enexus. Stakeholders in Vermont, home of the Yankee Nuclear power plant, are less than happy, with Entergy also reneging on prior commitments to cover eventual plant decommissioning costs, potentially stranding taxpayers with much of the bill.
Crossing the Wayúu: Pipeline Divides Indigenous Lands in South America
by Jonathan Luna
Special to CorpWatch
June 5th, 2008
Touted as the first step in a major regional integration project, the 225-kilometer TransCaribe pipeline travels underground across Colombia's Guajira Peninsula to the gas refineries of Maracaibo, Venezuela. Protesting the mega project's impacts on the peninsula's indigenous communities, the Wayúu community of Mashiis-Manaa is leading the struggle against oil giant Petróleos de Venezuela.
Suing the Smelter: Oklahoma Town Takes on Freeport
by Eliza Strickland
Special to CorpWatch
May 15th, 2008
Residents of the town of Blackwell, Oklahoma have brought a class action lawsuit against mining giant Freeport McMoRan. The plaintiffs say that the company's zinc smelter, which closed in 1974, left a toxic legacy in the town, including contaminated sand from the smelter that was given away for free.
Smokestack Injustice? Toxic Texas Smelter May Reopen
by Kent Paterson
Special to CorpWatch
April 2nd, 2008
The old American Smelting and Refining Company (Asarco) copper smelter in El Paso, Texas, which has spewed out toxins for over a century, has been granted a new five-year permit. This is despite the fact that it violates international laws by polluting communities on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border.
Ecuador's Yasuni Park: Oil Exploration or Nature Protection?
by Agneta Enström
Special to CorpWatch
March 20th, 2008
Permission for Petrobras of Brazil to drill for oil in Yasuni National Park, one of the most biologically diverse places in the world, has been suspended, but some damage has already been done by Swedish construction giant Skanska. Unless new money is found to protect the forest, exploration may resume.
Playing with Children's Lives: Big Tobacco in Malawi
by Pilirani Semu-Banda
Special to CorpWatch
February 25th, 2008
Cigarettes may be damaging not only your own health, but also that of some of the world's poorest children. Much of Malawi's thriving tobacco industry rests on the backs of exploited children, some as young as five years old.
Titanium or Water? Trouble brews in Southern India
by Nityanand Jayaraman
Special to CorpWatch
October 24th, 2007
Tata, India's largest conglomerate, wants to take 10,000 acres of land to mine ilmenite in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The plan has sparked protests by local villagers who say the project will destroy their traditional way of life and the environment.
Mud and the Minister: A Tale of Woe in Java
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Over a year after a torrent of liquid mud at an Indonesian oil exploration site inundated four villages, killing almost 100 people, the local community is still awaiting clean-up and proper compensation. This is despite the fact that the drilling company is owned by the family of a senior Indonesian minister.
Barrick's Dirty Secrets: Communities Respond to Gold Mining's Impacts Worldwide
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A small, but growing, group of Diné indigenous peoples in New Mexico are protesting against a planned new huge coal-fired power plant. This is one of 150 similar plants scheduled to supply an anticipated boom in energy demand in the U.S.
Merck's Murky Dealings: HPV Vaccine Lobby Backfires
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March 7th, 2007
Merck's lobbying campaign for mandatory vaccination of school girls provided funding for a prominent women's non-profit. The ensuing uproar has created a backlash against the pharmaceutical giant.
High-Tech Healthcare in Iraq, Minus the Healthcare
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Almost four years after the toppling of Saddam Hussein, Iraqs healthcare system is still a shambles. While most hospitals lack basic supplies, dozens of incomplete clinics and warehoused high-technology equipment remain as a testament to the failed U.S. experiment to reconstruct of Iraq. First in a series of CorpWatch articles.
Vedanta Undermines Indian Communities
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November 15th, 2005
Vedanta, a fast growing British mining and aluminium production company founded by a billionaire expatriate Bombay businessman, threatens communities in India with environmental degradation and widespread pollution.
Religious Right Discovers Investment Activism
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August 3rd, 2005
A tiny, but effective, religious right financial movement is using fundamentalist values and shareolder activism to push conservative evangelism into corporate suites.
Adding Insult to Injury
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May 24th, 2005
Many Halliburton contractors leave Iraq with debilitating injuries and deep psychological scars. Then they return home only to find that the insurance they need to rebuild their lives is out of reach.
Exporting Cures, Importing Misery
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January 19th, 2005
The Kazipally industrial area once good farm country now accounts for more than one-third of India's pharmaceutical industry, meaning skyrocketing rates of cancer, heart disease and birth defects for its residents.
Dynamite in the Center of Town
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December 2nd, 2004
In 1984 the world's largest industrial disaster killed 8,000 people over night in Bhopal, India. Two decades later, some sort of closure might seem called for. But today survivors groups continue to struggle for justice, while the chemical industry promotes volunteer initiatives.
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Inductees: Tom Petty (vocals, guitar; born October 20, 1950), Ron Blair (bass; born September 16, 1948), Mike Campbell (guitar; born February 1, 1950), Howie Epstein (bass; born July 21, 1955, died February 24, 2003), Stan Lynch (drums; born May 21, 1955), Benmont Tench (keyboards; born September 7, 1953).
In a sense, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers are America's band. Durable, resourceful, hard-working, likeable and unpretentious, they rank among the most capable and classic rock bands of the last quarter century. They've mastered the idiom's fundamentals and digested its history while stretching themselves creatively and contributing to rock's legacy. Moreover they are, like such compatriots as Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, a people's band, writing of everyday struggles and frustrations while offering redemption through tough-minded, big-hearted, tuneful songs.
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers' knack for generating concise, tuneful pop nuggets has kept them consistently on the charts and in critics' and fans' good graces, and they've weathered passing fads by sticking to the basics of solid, melodic songs delivered with passion and conviction. They've also hung together through good and bad times, resulting in a lengthy shared history and deep musical bonds that few other bands can approach. They are rock classicists with a restless streak, innovating atop a rock and roll base that's as solid as bedrock.
Tom Petty, Mike Campbell and Benmont Tench first came together in the early Seventies as Mudcrutch in their hometown of Gainesville, Florida. Like Lynyrd Skynyrd, with whom they occasionally shared bills, they married British Invasion pop with harder Southern rhythms, and they became local stars. Signed to the Tulsa, Oklahoma–based Shelter Records, they recorded a couple of singles as Mudcrutch and then disbanded, only to regroup in Los Angeles as Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, with bassist Ron Blair and drummer Stan Lynch, a year later.
Their self-titled debut album appeared in 1976. It boasted the tunefulness of Sixties pop, the sinewy crunch of Seventies rock and the bristling energy of the nascent punk movement. Though they were not punk-rockers per se, Petty and the Heartbreakers did their part to revitalize rock in the mid-to-late Seventies with their first three albums – Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers ("Breakdown," "American Girl"), You're Gonna Get It! ("I Need to Know," "Listen to Her Heart") and Damn the Torpedoes.
The last of these was an early peak for the band and one of the essential rock albums of the decade. Strong from start to finish, it contained the classic tracks "Refugee," "Even the Losers," "Don't Do Me Like That" and "Here Comes My Girl." It also revealed Petty's depth of conviction and fighting nature. When his record company changed hands, Petty refused to be "bought and sold like a peace of meat," and the ensuing legal tangles held up the release of the album, whose recording costs Petty personally bore until he was forced to declare bankruptcy. The case was eventually settled, with Petty and the Heartbreakers assigned to a specially created MCA subsidiary, Backstreet Records. The album – its combative title reflective of the band's attitude during the legal standoff – rocketed to #2 for seven weeks and produced a Top Ten hit, "Don't Do Me Like That." Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, who had been headlining shows since 1977, were now bonafide superstars.
Their fourth album, Hard Promises, also had a difficult gestation, as Petty battled the record company again. This time the issue was the album's list price, which MCA wanted to raise by one dollar over the prevailing rate of $8.98. "If we don't take a stand, one of these days records are going to be $20," Petty argued in 1981, unwittingly foreshadowing the latter-day era of CDs. Standing up for the long-suffering rock fan, Petty held firm and won that skirmish, too. By their fifth album, Long After Dark (1982), the band had become an incomparably tight, well-oiled unit – and one in need of a little risk-taking, by Petty's reckoning.
Southern Accents, which followed two and a half years later, took a more experimental and conceptual turn. The group utilized two producers (Dave Stewart and Jimmy Iovine) and employed outside musicians as well. Southern Accents, which found Petty returning to and contemplating his Southern Roots, yielded an offbeat hit, "Don't Come Around Here No More" (#13). The album did not come together easily and Petty suffered a hand injury during its making that nearly cost him his ability to play the guitar (though he recovered completely). The big-budget tour that followed the album's release – Petty and the Heartbreakers were joined by backup singers, a horn section and visual props – resulted in the double live album Pack Up the Plantation.
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers backed Bob Dylan on a pair of tours in 1986 and 1987. Dylan noted, "I've got a lot of respect for Tom – he's a deep and soulful cat. Tom is a heroic character in his own kind of way. And he's got a very good band; they're quick, and they know the fundamental music." Dylan's spontaneous, first-take approach rubbed off on the group when they went to record Let Me Up (I've Had Enough), which came together more quickly than its studio predecessor. Following that release, Petty went solo.
Working primarily with guitarist Campbell and producer Jeff Lynne – a fellow member of the "temporary supergroup" the Traveling Wilburys and the former leader of the Electric Light Orchestra – Petty cut his first solo album, Full Moon Fever, released in 1989. Relying heavily on acoustic guitars and succinct, poppy arrangements, Full Moon Fever marked a turning point for Petty. His music henceforth took a simpler, more melodic and decidedly pop-oriented tack that seemed deliberately shorn of stress or overreaching.
The more easygoing Petty saw Full Moon Fever became his best-selling album to date, climbing to #3 and yielding the biggest hit of his career, "Free Fallin'" (#7). Subsequent albums, both with the Heartbreakers (1991's Into the Great Wide Open, the 1996 soundtrack She's the One) and without (1994's Wildflowers), worked toward the same ends of clarity and simplicity with great success. Wildflowers inaugurated a label switch from MCA, where the Petty and the Heartbreakers had spent the previous 20 years, to Warner Bros.
In 1993, Petty and the Heartbreakers released their generous, 17-track Greatest Hits CD. One of its two new tracks, "Mary Jane's Last Dance," became a Top Twenty hit. The album stayed on Billboard's Top 200 album chart for more than six years and even made the RIAA's list of 100 best-selling albums of all time for a spell. Playback, a six-CD box set retrospective, appeared in 1995. A hardcore fan's dream, fully half of it consisted of rare and unreleased material. In 1997, the group undertook a historic 20-night stand at San Francisco's Fillmore Auditorium. Echo, the group's first album of new music in five years, appeared in 1999 and was preceded by another lengthy run of shows at the Fillmore.
Petty once said, "I'd like to see us break some new ground and leave some sort of mark on the music. That would be the nicest thing – to give something back, as noble as it sounds. If you could make some little dent in rock, where that little area is yours – that's what I'm striving for now." Surely, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers have accomplished all that and more.


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Music is in Salvador Santana's blood and has been for generations. Ever heard of 10-time Grammy award winning guitarist Carlos Santana? Salvador Santana just calls him dad. American blues icon Saunders King, and legendary violinist Jose Santana are his grandfathers. In his family, "anyone can pick up an instrument and play," he says. And he expanded that instrument collection with his particular expertise in the piano and keyboard.
Santana calls the piano a percussive instrument. He says his father thought it imperative to learn the rhythm and tempo of music before attempting melody and harmony. So he began playing the drums, then the guitar, but it was the piano at age 6 that really spoke to him. It told him that the piano isn't a delicate instrument, but has a rhythm and beat of its own. "It wants you to go to town on it," he says. Santana has been tickling the ivories ever since.
"Tickling" might not be the word to describe one of his most memorable moments as a child. In 1989, he remembers being seated at one of many student pianos surrounding his teacher in a large San Francisco office room. Each student was given a chance to play individually, and during Santana's performance the room began shaking violently. "I started crying because I thought I caused it," he says. Well, that's one way to remember the San Francisco Bay earthquake of 1989. Luckily, this didn't deter him from pursuing the piano, and probably helped him understand the real power his music could unleash.
From ballad to beat, the versatile range of Santana's sound reflects his optimistic view of life. "In a world where 99 percent is darkness, lets focus on that one percent of light," he says.
When he says, "I play life," it means he doesn't believe in specific musical genres, but rather the overall love and positivity every type of music holds in it. He can't stress enough the importance of filling life with things you love rather than hate.
His genuine messages are complemented by the rhythmic prose of poetic lyrics. "In the music industry, you have to be a writer," he says. New singles, "Into the Light" and "Mi Tesoro," exemplify the authenticity, clarity and conviction of love and hope in his voice. He was taught the power of spoken and unspoken word from his mother Deborah, a poet and writer. Vocal lessons are taking him out of his comfort zone and stretching his music even further.
As you can imagine, Santana understands the importance of musical collaborations. Other musicians bring out the best in him, and he hopes to bring out the best in them. No collaboration is more important than what he has with his own band. "We all just fit like a glove," he says. He says that night in and night out, the excellence the band exudes and the individual talent each member possesses is a blessing.
There are no hidden agendas with Salvador Santana. His humble and grateful nature are truly represented in his music. Life is a celebration and he wants everyone to celebrate with him. The goal for each show is for each audience member to dance from start to finish. When the band comes to SLC on March 5, the audience can expect Santana to "start strong and finish even stronger."
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In FIVE MINUTES IN AMERICA, eleven year old author Alden Sylvester shares some highlights from two years of his young life's journey.
In his book Alden tells us of places of interest which he and his family researched and visited, along with the many interesting people he met along the way. He introduces us to a variety of interesting people, ranging from "man-in-the-street" interviews to celebrity encounters, all of whom his father John photographed.
Alden learned that everyone has a story to tell and he is convinced that the heart of that story can usually be felt in five minutes through the classic questions of Who?, What?, Where?, When? and Why?
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I am a 6th grade student. I wrote this book to share my adventures with other kids. I hope this shows that you don't have to be wealthy to have adventures. I'm planning on going to MIT some day to study Aerospace Engineering and go on to work for NASA. Hopefully I'll sell enough books to pay some of my tuition.
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Cleaning Out My Wardrobe
To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose. And my purpose this time of year is to get ready for spring — to spend a weekend packing away cold-weather clothes, unpacking warm-weather ones, and shopping my closet. Operating on the principle that we reach for 20 percent of our clothes 80 percent of the time, I look for great pieces I've forgotten I own — pieces that will enable me to freshen my wardrobe before I go near a store.
My seasonal closet ritual has three steps: assess, dejunk, renew. In the first, I think about what I need to wear. Are there any special events on my calendar? Since I've started working from home, my daily uniform has shifted from suits to sport clothes. When I dress up, I usually wear something that's more fun and individual than I did when I was younger. The dejunking phase requires the time to try on all my spring clothes and the courage to discard those that are from a life and body I don't have anymore. I'm happy I no longer need a suit for every workday, but annoyed I need to keep a few sizes of pants in my closet for my good weight weeks and my not-so-good ones. Inevitably there are things I hang on to, knowing I'll never wear them again. I have a suede micro-mini that's hung in a corner of my closet for decades. I keep hoping one of my daughters might want it. Maybe this season I'll get real and convert it into a pillow.
Dejunking is also when I shop my closet — think about wearing old pieces in a new way. This spring, black and white has become stylish again, as have ruffled shirts and chunky ethnic jewelry. That's great news for me; my spring requisites have long been white jeans and black pantsuits. They'll look new again if I mix them with my other black and white clothes, and so will anything I wear with my favorite white ruffled shirt. I already wear substantial artisan necklaces but will dig deep into my accessory drawer for the bold bangles I favored decades ago.
Next, it's time to get rid of the stuff I don't want. Recently I decided to try selling a few things online. As I wrote up their descriptions, I realized I was chronicling why and how each piece entered my life: the coral chiffon gown from my mom's Grace Kelly look-alike days, the pinch-too-small Manolo Blahnik pumps I bought when I was experimenting with big-price-tag designers, the Ralph Lauren shearling jacket I bought when I was dreaming of living in Sun Valley. I never wore these clothes, because I believed they represented fantasies that didn't work with the life I was actually living.
The last part of my ritual-renewing is about picking up a few trendy items to refresh my spring basics. Because I now know exactly what's in my closet, I shop with a keener eye and make fewer mistakes. Blue is the fashion accent I like most this spring, and I'm getting excited about finding something in white eyelet — a feminine fabric that will give new life to everything I wear it with. I still find myself eyeing cowboy boots and leather vests. Trying them on is like trying on my dreams. Who knows? When I repeat this process next fall, maybe I'll have moved on to live the next stage of my life somewhere else.
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Pairing a slim skirt with a twinset, hobo bag, and bangles is a style formula that always works. For a new twist, just add texture. Here, Theory's stretch-cotton skirt, $160 — a perfect long-term keeper — gets fresh updates: Nine West embellished cotton cardigan, $49, and tank, $39. Michael by Michael Kors gold leather hobo bag, $248. Stuart Weitzman metallic wedges, $245. Kenneth Jay Lane bold malachite beads, $163. Coach bangles in zebra, $128, and leather, $68.
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We still love the committee-to-cocktails confidence of a well-cut pantsuit—but accessories can add an urban edge. We took the starch out of Cinzia Rocca's stretch-cotton blazer, $498, and trousers, $242, with unexpected add-ons: Lafayette 148 embellished shell, $328. Aerosole faux-gator wedges, $79. Forth & Towne woven leather tote, $168.


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Friday, March 28, 2008
Welcome to Terrible Twos
There, was that low-key enough?
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The Phillies pitching staff is in shambles. We're all crossing our legs, toes, arms, fingers, and whatever other appendages that can be crossed in hopes that Brad Lidge returns healthy sometime soon. Interim closer Tom Gordon isn't exactly instilling faith in this fan's heart with his 12.38 spring era. Here's to hoping mending starting pitcher Kris Benson is ready by May, because resident shitcicle (yes, that's a frozen turd still attached to the bunghole) Adam Eaton is doing his best impersonation of a batting practice pitcher. Seriously though, I'm worried about the state of our pitching staff. Currently there are only 10 active pitchers and 30% of them suck (Eaton, Condrey, and Gordon being the 3 out of 10). Let's not forget Chad Durbin, Kendrick, and Moyer are mediocre/questionable too. Who to blame? Pat Gillick. He's the GM, he knew this was a problem, and yet he signed Pedro Feliz and So Taguchi rather than truly addressing the pitching. Don't get me wrong, Feliz and Taguchi are welcomed additions, and should help the club, but not at the expense of pitching. Patty G could still swoop in and get lucky with some table scraps that other teams are about to push down the garbage disposal (Fultz, Seanez, etc.), but that's yet to be determined. Either way, living off of supposed trash is no way to live, unless of course you're a freakin' hobo. It's a shame that the pitching of the 2008 Philadelphia Phillies could be the death of the 2008 Philadelphia Phillies. Sorry for being a Negative Nancy today, but I'm only being honest.
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- Kevin McGuire said...
Happy Birthday! Kudos on sticking with it for two solid years.
- March 28, 2008 7:41 AM
- GM-Carson said...
I plan on plugging along for more years to come as well.
- March 28, 2008 8:57 AM
- furiousBall said...
Happy Blogiversary or whatever the fuck you call it.
- March 28, 2008 10:10 AM
- Jacobin said...
So, you're like 14 in Adam Eaton years? Umm... I mean dog years... wait, same thing.
- March 28, 2008 1:00 PM
- GM-Carson said...
From MLBTR-
Not that it's a trade rumor, but there are whispers that Adam Eaton may have pitched his way out of the Phillies five slot. There isn't mention of a replacement, but it could be Chad Durbin.
*Both Eaton and Durbin are horrible choices for the 5th spot, you don't make the playoffs with someone like that holding down the backend of the rotation.
- March 28, 2008 2:17 PM
- GM-Carson said...
A rumor that makes no sense- Ryan Freel to Philly via a trade with the Reds. Freel is good when healthy, a versatile speedster, but where would he play on our team. I thought we needed pitching?!
- March 28, 2008 2:19 PM
- GM-Carson said...
Chris Snelling has been placed on waivers. Poor BloodStripes lost both Blackley and Snelling (fellow Aussies). Although, Blackley is back in the Phils minors now.
- March 28, 2008 2:24 PM
- Bob D said...
Today's Phillies Pep Rally has been cancelled. Must've been due to the wonderful pitching performance turned in yesterday by Eaton/Gordon.
Maybe we will just skip the 5th spot in the rotation all season.
- March 28, 2008 3:06 PM
- GM-Carson said...
Phillies transactions today-
Claimed RHP Tim Lahey off waivers from the Chicago Cubs; Outrighted RHP J.D. Durbin, INF Ray Olmedo and OF Chris Snelling to Triple-A Lehigh Valley ; Signed INF Chris Woodward to a Minor League contract.
*Woodward is a good veteran to have in Triple A for guidance and should we need a 15 day "fix". I'm glad Olmedo, Snelling, and Durbin in Triple A too. No prospects in the Lehigh Valley for the most part, but people who could surprise for a 15 day spurt when the inevitable DL stint haunts us this season. The guy claimed off waivers won't help...sorry.
- March 28, 2008 3:41 PM
- GM-Carson said...
Apparently this Lahey cockrocket is a Rule 5 pick that Gillick plans on keeping...WTF? Dude hasn't really been that good in the minors, has only pitched 3 horrible innings at Triple A, and had a bad spring- what makes Gillick think he'll be good for our bullpen. He's really pissing me off. He's wasting a talented offense with shitty decisions in the pitching department.
- March 28, 2008 4:24 PM
- Jacobin said...
You forgot to mention Wes Helms is on the 25-man roster, which is great if you want someone that is a miserable pinch hitter, slow runner, and lousy fielder coming off the bench.
- March 28, 2008 4:58 PM
- SirAlden said...
Happy Birthday Dos Gms!
- March 29, 2008 1:59 AM
- BloodStripes said...
Happy birthday lads! Terrible twos eh? We should expect plenty of tantrums this year then.
Shame about the Aussie boys. Maybe later.
I wonder what Gillick would have done if Kendrick wasn't found last year. Get well soon Benson.
- March 29, 2008 5:15 AM


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Breakthrough in neuroscience research into autism disease, the impact of early onset Alzheimer's, and NIH challenges innovators to develop ways to track the health status of a single cell in complex tissue over time in the hopes of developing breakthroughs in disease like Alzheimer's (read more).
Must reads, watch, and listen
ALS co-founder calls for a commitment to fight brain diseases like ALS and Alzheimer's, the growth in Alzheimer's related fiction, and Alzheimer's patients will receive young blood transfusions as part of a Stanford School of Medicine clinical trial (read more).
Must reads
The difficult and personal decision to test for early onset Alzheimer's, AARP releases new report that documents unique stressors family caregivers face when helping to manage dementia and other cognitive conditions, and the dangers of driving with dementia (read more).
A new poll from GE Healthcare finds that 80% of Americans want to know if they have an incurable neurological disorder, Rep. Gus Bilirakis highlights the importance of medical innovation, a Michigan woman gets married in a nursing home to include her father with Alzheimer's (read more).
The need for improved caregiving services for Alzheimer's sufferers, Alzheimer's and end of life care, and the Stanford School of Medicine's efforts to understand the origins of Alzheimer's (read more).
Must reads (caregiving opinions and more)


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It's refreshing to know that at least some public figures still have the critical thinking capabilities and courage to speak the truth. From Raw Story:
"I think, my dear brother, the chickens are coming home to roost," West told Smiley. "We've been talking about this for a good while, the immorality of drones, dropping bombs on innocent people. It's been over 200 children so far. These are war crimes."
"I think we have to be very honest, let us not be deceived: Nixon, Bush, Obama, they're war criminals," West said. "They have killed innocent people in the name of the struggle for freedom, but they're suspending the law, very much like Wall Street criminals. The law is suspended for them, but the law applies for the rest of us. You and I, brother Tavis, if we kill an innocent person we go to jail, and we're going to be in there forever."


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The official term was "euthanized," which is kind of misleading. That suggests that the lions were ill and were put out of their misery. They were actually tracked down by hounds, treed, and shot. The CIA might call that "aggressive euthanasia," or maybe "proactive euthanasia." They were going to die anyway, someday.
The response has been mixed. A lot of people (who mostly do not have lions in the backyard) have said that there are plenty of dogs and not so many mountain lions. They said putting them down seemed like an overreaction. If you are going to live in a very small town like Woodland, you should expect to find animals that will eat you in the backyard. They suggested the lions ought to have been tranquilized and relocated. No volunteers have come forward.
Hauling them up into the Uintas doesn't accomplish anything.
We might have been able to relocate them over into Pinebrook, maybe letting them out by the school-bus stop. But somehow, I think the reaction might have been less than welcoming. And that was the problem in Woodland.
My house is far enough out in the sticks that seeing lion tracks is not particularly unusual. I've only seen one on the hoof a couple of times in my life, and that has been from a pretty good distance across the hay fields. But they are around in a general way, if not right in the backyard. They are unusual right in downtown Woodland, where the houses are as close together as Jeremy Ranch, though not so many of them. Sending kids out in the early morning to wait for the school bus would be problematic. "Have you got your lunch money? Remember your homework? Don't get eaten by a lion."
From a selfish perspective, I'm sorry to see the lions dispatched. They had made a lot of progress thinning out a deer herd that eats about half of my hay crop every year. I figure three lions eating the deer were probably worth the equivalent of a ton of fertilizer, and it's all free and organic. I'm not sure how many deer a lion will eat over a winter, but the usual kamikaze herd running across the highway is gone.
Compared to lions lurking in the woods, the Super Bowl was not such a big deal. It was the most-watched power outage in history, with play-by-play coverage and announcers filling 34 minutes saying, "We don't know anything at all." They maintained the banter as if there were a football game going on. If I remember right (and there was some napping going on), they brought us the entire 34-minute blackout without commercial interruption. The game, on the other hand, never ran more than about two minutes without a break. I'm surprised the network didn't get on the phone to the sponsors and offer to run their ads again for a reduced fee during the outage.
As football goes, it turned out to be an exciting game. It's the only football game I watch all year, and it's done from a sense of social obligation rather than real interest. I'm not sure I even remember who was in it, and didn't care which squad of chemically altered freaks of nature won. But it's one of those rites of popular culture that is hard to ignore. One team apparently had an accused murderer who found Jesus. They could have used the power outage to explain that.
A few years ago, the world was knocked off its axis by a nanosecond flash of Janet Jackson's nipple. There were Congressional hearings and fines imposed over the famous wardrobe malfunction. This year, we were invited to Beyoncé's gynecological exam, and the only outrage was PETA objecting to her wearing a postage-stamp-sized piece of leather. I thought the music was terrible and the presentation something from a low-budget strip club. The power failure could have come sooner.
But no lions were killed in the production.
Tom Clyde practiced law in Park City for many years. He lives on a working ranch in Woodland and has been writing this column since 1986.


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the government all ways takes the "easy" path.
crime is out of control and violence is everywhere.
our government wants to control crime by restricting law abiding citizens rights.
why would they do that ?
because they see taking firearms from the law abiding folks as "EASY".
they pass a law and we all are supposed just roll over and take it.
dealing with the real cause of all the murder and crime is a hard thing. criminals will have to given real prison sentences and they will have to serve the full time.
murderers will have to be executed.
dealing with the criminals is difficult and they don't respond to new laws--
the government wants make it easy on the criminal types , let um out early and somehow executing criminals who commit murder just ain't humane the government says. and government wants to make it easy on itself--so lets just blame guns and gun owners for crime.
were paying the price of all this , in more crime , more murder and ironically more police/government intrusion in our lives.
we need to stop being "easy".
as long as the government sees law abiding citizens as "easy" or a "pushover" the law abiding citizens going to be punished every time the government wants to reduce crime or reacts to a criminal act, rather than the actual perpetrators.
it is obvious that restricting the rights of the lawful does noting to deter criminal activity of criminals.
we should not be punished for the acts of those the government failed to secure in prison or in the mental ward.
we need to make it loud and clear that were not rolling over. the politicians need to get off our backs and do their damnned jobs and deal with the real causes.
unless we start speaking UP loudly the government will take our ability to speak. do we really want that?


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Activists Seek Answers on Police Militarization After 5 Hour Lockdown
Liberty activists and West Manchester residents came together yesterday to address the escalation and use of militarized police tactics in Manchester.
Approximately 60 people peacefully gathered at City Hall Plaza holding signs like "More Mayberry, Less Fallujah," "Lock Downs are for Prisons," and "Free People Move Freely."
Former FSP president, Carla Gericke, addressed the crowd as a West Manchester resident affected by the recent neighborhood lockdown (see speech below). Several city residents also testified before the mayor and city council.
Says the Union Leader:
"A liberty activist said the New Hampshire Attorney General should make a legal inquiry into the shelter-in-place order issued last month by the Manchester police after they arrested a suspect for the non-fatal shooting of two police officers.
You Could Live Here! Or At Least Visit for PorcFest...
New Hampshire's White Mountains is where the Porcupine Freedom Festival (a.k.a. PorcFest) will be held June 19-26, 2016 at Roger's Campground in Lancaster. But unless you have wings, you won't see the world like this! Check out the stunning aerial views YouTube user Michael Holzwarth caught in this drone footage. Read more at Boston.com. Buy your tickets to PorcFest today!
Education Activism Track at PorcFest XIII is Exceptional-Don't Miss It!
We've set up an exceptional Education Activism track at PorcFest this year! The sessions will be at noon each day in the Pavilion, with an extra session Friday 10:30am. You don't want to miss any of them!
Monday: James Davis
Trusting Young People: Lessons Learned from a Coercion-Free Summer Camp
James's stories from running a free-range kid summer camp (with 100+ kids!) paint a very different picture from what many suspect would happen.
Tuesday: Jon Trossbach and Ken Danford
North Star: Self-Directed Learning for Teens
"Learning is natural. School is optional." That's the slogan of Self-Directed Learning for Teens, a community-based, independent learning program for teens. More...
Carla Gericke, Former FSP President to Pursue Bold New Challenge
Earlier this year, New Hampshire was cited as the wealthiest standalone state in the developed world. Think about that for a second... New Hampshire beat countries like Luxembourg, Norway, and Switzerland. The great Granite State is the little state that can.
Today, the Foundation for New Hampshire Independence announced that former FSP president, Carla Gericke, has joined this 501c3 educational nonprofit organization as its new president. Says Gericke: More...
Relocate to the Great State of NH
From today's Union Leader:
"NEW HAMPSHIRE is looking for several thousand individuals to relocate to a great state, pay no sales or income tax, and enjoy good schools and a safe environment, all within an hour or two from beaches, lakes, mountains and cities.
Sporting a low 2.6 percent unemployment rate, employers across the Granite State are clamoring for you, out-of-staters, to come to New Hampshire and stay, work and play here. Once you do, you won't want to leave. These high quality jobs come from a diverse base of organizations. Use your soft skills, love of technology, interest in advanced manufacturing, or many other areas as you consider joining our New Hampshire team. As an added benefit, you could meet the next President of the United States during our rousing political season. Contact a Granite State company now!"
The PorcFest One Pot Cook-Off, hosted by the Liberty Ladies of NH, is celebrating its 10th anniversary and we want you to join the party!!
For our judges, it's a culinary scavenger hunt and unique dinner experience! As one of PorcFest's most delicious and longest running events, the Cook-Off is a lot of fun and a great way to connect with friends, old and new. For our contestants, it's a friendly but fierce cooking competition! FREE to enter and everyone goes home with prize $$$! Cook right at your site and the judges come to you. You provide your winning main dish one-pot entry and we'll provide the rest!
Rain or shine, the celebration will be Thursday, 6/23 @ 4:30pm!
Visit: www.porcfestonepotcookoff.com or contact Edi Swearingen at firstname.lastname@example.com, for tickets and/or contestant registration, today!
Free State Project on NHPR: Hour-Long Interview
Yesterday, FSP founder Jason Sorens and former FSP president Carla Gericke chatted to NHPR about the Free State Project. They were joined by Drew Cline, communications consultant in Bedford and the former editorial page editor of the New Hampshire Union Leader, and Dan Eaton, 13-term Democratic Representative from Stoddard.
From NHPR:
"Recently, this movement announced success in its plan to encourage twenty-thousand libertarian-minded people from around the country to move to New Hampshire. And already, Free Staters have had an influence on Granite State politics, although it's not always been welcome. We'll check in on this project and its impact."
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The company just closed on a $50 million round of financing, and is planning to heavily step up its hiring. Check out current openings, which include both tech, sales and support positions, here. From today's Union Leader:
"Dyn, a thriving Millyard technology company, expects to add hundreds of jobs in New Hampshire over the next five years after it received $50 million in funding."
Want Freedom? Consider the Porcupine Option
The American Conservative takes an in-depth look at the Free State Project with this thoughtful and enlightening discussion between Rod Dreher and FSP founder Jason Sorens.
"Sorens and other Free State activists chose New Hampshire as the site of their experiment, attracted by the state's small population and tradition of flinty New England individualism. Some Free Staters didn't wait for the group to cross the 20,000 threshold: they pulled up stakes and moved straight to the granite hills. Sorens was among them—two years ago, he took a position as a lecturer at Dartmouth College in Hanover.
In February, the Free State Project finally reached its target number of pledges. 'It's resonating with people who are really looking for solutions,' Carla Gericke, the group's [then] president, told the Associated Press on the occasion. 'A lot of people like to sit around and complain, and what this really is, is activist-driven. These are people who have goals and want to see them achieved.'"
The 603: A Tip for Your Job Search
When I discovered the entire New Hampshire was covered by one area code, I was strangely delighted. Coming from big cities where the city itself might have a few different codes, this seemed so old-timey, and quaint. But, 603 pride is a New Hampsha thing! (Check out the video, if you don't believe me.)
If you have started your job search in anticipation of your upcoming move, make sure to get a local "603" area code phone number. It will help with the job search!
An FSP participant was kind enough to share her tips for getting that sweet, sweet six-oh-three as part of your journey to be more free:
"How I just got a 603 area code phone number from Indiana for $11 without leaving home:
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NH's Low Joblessness: Magnet for Movers?
What are you waiting for? If you have skills, you will find a job in New Hampshire! So says The Boston Globe in this article about New Hampshire's low unemployment rate.
New Hampshire has long boasted some enviable economic statistics: low poverty and crime rates, high median income. And lately, there's been an especially eye-popping number: an unemployment rate that has dropped to 2.6 percent, the lowest in the country after South Dakota (2.5 percent).
However, not everyone in New Hampshire is cheering the news, least of all employers who are struggling to fill hundreds of vacancies and experts who are concerned the low unemployment number represents a major crimp on economic growth. As impressive as it might appear, the state's low unemployment rate does not reflect a surge in hiring so much as it does the fact that employers are having to draw on a shrinking pool of skilled workers.
One Year in New Hampshire!
My wife and I have now resided in the Granite State for 1 year and here are some thoughts:
The move has not disappointed. We relocated from Connecticut, a tax-happy gun-hating stinkhole. There is a noticeable difference, perhaps primarily for those of us who came from such states, in the reach of the taxman here. Sales tax may seem negligible, but it had been a constant factor in my life, and in CT, I had to live through multiple increases and the looming threat of more. I work in MA, so I am still paying state income tax, but I salivate at the prospect of having that washed away at some point down the road (not now thought because I have a great job). Just knowing that is a future possibility makes me happy to live here. More...
NH: "Organic Bitcoin Farm Paradise"
Early mover Joel Valenzuela writes about New Hampshire's "Organic Bitcoin Farm Paradise."
"New Hampshire, home to 4,150 farms comprised of 471,911 acres of farmland, is a prime destination for local, organic farm products. The state is also home to one of the most robust Bitcoin communities in the world, and as a result you can buy all your organic groceries with cryptocurrency."
Read more at the Coin Telegraph.
SoapBox Idol Returns to PorcFest XIII
SoapBox Idol will be returning to Roger's Campground at PorcFest XIII! Conceived in 2009 with the goal to give voice to the community, I had no idea how popular or crazy things would get!
The idea was simple: PorcFest attendees seemed like the type of folks who might be harboring an opinion, frustration, or passion or two (or ten!). I wanted to provide an opportunity to "tell us how you really feel."
The rules were basic: You had 3 minutes and if you ran over your time, you got shot by a water pistol, and a point was taken off from your score. I lined up judges: Angela Keaton (Antiwar.com), Chris Lawless (Ron Paul's Friggin' Giant and Liberty Forum lead organizer) and Gardner Goldsmith (writer and radio host). I was the Vanna White of the night. More...
Courcruxes: When Everything is Open to Interpretation
FSP early mover Ian Underwood writes a thought-provoking and compelling piece on Granite Grok today about the role of courts in New Hampshire. He starts with the following thought experiment:
"Suppose you buy a car made by General Motors. And there is a problem with the car — the brakes aren't designed properly, and you're severely injured in a car crash. So you want to sue GM.
And suppose you're required to do that in a court that is owned and operated by GM. In particular, the judge and the other officers of the court are employees of GM.
You go to the judge to voice your concern about this. And he tells you: Oh, there's no conflict of interest, because the court is a separate part of the company.
It's laughable, right? Because it violates what we might call 'the first rule of justice', nemo judex in sua causa: No one can be judge and party in his own case."
Manchester: The Queen's City
The first time I visited Manchester, the largest city in New Hampshire (pop. 110,000), was back in 2006 when hubby and I came up from NYC to attend our first PorcFest, which you should do too!
It was a Sunday, it was dreary out, and Elm Street, the main downtown drag, was depressing as all get-out with boarded up buildings and "Going Out of Business" signs. I hated it. I actually teared up, saying to Louis, "Please don't ask me to live here."
At the time, I was still ambivalent about the whole "Move to New Hampshire as part of the Free State Project and work towards 'Liberty in Our Lifetime'" thing--how life has changed!--and Manchester was not doing Louis's pitch any favors.
Fast forward a decade: 10 PorcFests, 20,000 signers, and one Trigger the Move later, and I'm happy to report: I love it here! Manchester's economy has improved and downtown is now vibrant, sporting restaurants and shops like Dancing Lion Chocolates that even take bitcoin! More...
Early Mover's Top 6 Tips for Moving to New Hampshire
This video guide by early mover Dr. Tarrin Lupo (chiropractor) is designed to help you relocate to New Hampshire. Dr. Lupo discusses how he saved $1,000 on his moving truck, and other useful information you need to know before you move.
Before you move, please email "email@example.com" to let us know. Thanks!
Check out the calendar of local events here.
To find out more about the PorcBuddy Program and the Welcome Wagon click here.
To get more tips on movers, check out the independent FSP Movers site click here.
To come meet the community, join us at PorcFest in June. Get your tixs soon!
To buy your own hand wood burned Porcupine mandala featured in the video click here.
To find Route 101 Gifts click here.
FSP Board Minutes - April 17, 2016
FSP Board Meeting
Time/Date: 3:00p Sunday, April 17, 2016
Attending: Carla, Jason, Jody, Matt, Rich (tele), Séamas
Meeting called to order at: 3:09pm
- Choose meeting chair
- Treasurer's Report
- President's Report
- Carla
- Matt
- PorcFest
- Board
- Aaron resigned
- New Board members
- Elect new board Chair
- New Business
- Amend Bylaws to clarify emergency meeting protocol
- What is the mission of the FSP?
- Future of Liberty Forum and PorcFest
- FTL/Ian Freeman
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"Yankee Liberty" Needs to Be Conscious Effort
This article is the third and final part in the series on libertarianism and liberty in New Hampshire. Part 1 and Part 2.
From The Dartmouth, America's oldest college newspaper:
"'The Free State Project is a natural outlet for dissatisfaction in the political system,' Merrill said.
'It's a natural outgrowth of individuals wanting to be certain that government doesn't intrude in their lives in an unreasonable manner,' he said. 'I have yet to run into any Free Stater who wasn't patriotic, interested in keeping government at an appropriate size, and willing to do their part. I think those are the kinds of people that will keep New Hampshire the state that it has been and should remain.'"
Read more... Buy your tickets to PorcFest today! More...
NH Culture Fosters Libertarian Ideals
This article on libertarianism and liberty in New Hampshire is the second in a three-part series from The Dartmouth, America's oldest college newspaper. The final part will be published tomorrow, so stay tuned.
From the article:
"New Hampshire is in Henry David Thoreau's backyard, a region north of Massachusetts' Walden Pond where individual responsibility, community cohesion in the small valleys of the White Mountains and personal liberty have always been valued. The small, isolated towns of northern New England may contribute to Alexis de Tocqueville's concept of "self-interest rightly understood," the tendency of people to view aiding their communities through private action — for instance, by removing a fallen tree from a roadway without waiting for government agents to do the task for them — as a self-serving goal, helping others by helping oneself."


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Two Brunswick men accused of pimping minors
Published: Monday, May 6, 2013 at 2:05 p.m.
Last Modified: Monday, May 6, 2013 at 2:05 p.m.
Two Brunswick County men are accused of promoting minors in prostitution, according to a press release from the Boiling Spring Lakes Police Department.
Kyle Bradley Wolfe, 20, of Boiling Spring Lakes is charged with two counts of promoting prostitution of a minor and was booked into the Brunswick County jail on Saturday.
Sean Christopher Conley, 20, of Southport, also is charged with two counts of promoting prostitution of a minor, and was additionally booked on the charges Thursday. Conley has been in custody since April 7 on an unrelated burglary charge, Police Chief Brad Shirley said .
"This is a complex investigation that involves advertisements on the Internet via different social media websites," Shirley said. "The investigation is ongoing and more arrests are anticipated. Additional information relating to this investigation and the arrests will be released at a later time."
Shirley said Wolfe and Conley "set up the encounters."
Anyone who may have information that would be helpful to the investigation is asked to contact the Boiling Spring Lakes Police Department at 845-2247.
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