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"There are fixers in Washington, and there are fixtures. Fred Fielding is both."
We wish we had thought of that line, which opens up a Legal Times profile on the man who on Feb. 1 will replace Harriet Miers as White House counsel. Fielding, it turns out, knows many of the staffers he'll be joining at the White House because he was in charge of vetting them during the Bush transition in 2000. How about Chief of Staff Joshua Bolten, who recommended Fielding for the White House counsel job? "I vetted him down in Texas six years ago," he said.
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Ever since the vice president jumped the gun on gay marriage last week, "forcing" President Obama to make an announcement he'd already planned to make, the Dump Biden meme has come roaring back. But if anyone needed reminding why Biden makes an ideal complement to the cucumber-cool commander-in-chief--and some fretful Democrats do--the last two days should have pretty well clinched the case.
Playing his role as the president's minister of outreach to the white working class, the veep was dispatched to eastern Ohio, traditional Democratic territory where Obama floundered in 2008. Biden grabbed headlines again with his rip-snorting speech yesterday in Youngstown, excoriating the rich-guy politics of Mitt Romney and the Republicans with a pent-up and highly personalized anger. "They don't get us," he flat-out hollered. "They don't get who we are. My mother and father dreamed as much as any rich guy dreams." This time, it was conservatives who were fuming: This wasn't Obama's brand of "class warfare," which never actually sounds like a declaration of war. This was righteous fury. The real thing. From the gut.
And that, more than the fact that he comes from white working-class stock, is what makes Biden so valuable as Obama's teammate. He can think, like the boss, but he can also feel--he can't help it, in fact. In the most compelling defense of Biden's role in the gay-marriage episode, The New Yorker's George Packer compared it to LBJ's nudging of President Kennedy on civil rights in the heated summer of 1963. Some issues, Packer points out, are made "for politicians whose egos are not under tight rational control--who are, come heaven or hell, passionate." The same can be said for some political moments. And 2012, when Democrats need a populist message that resonates both intellectually (the president's forte) and emotionally (Biden's), is one of those moments.

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Based on Hasbro's "My Little Pony" toy franchise, The HUB Network's animated series "My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic" has gone from a children's cartoon to sell Hasbro toys to pop culture phenomenon appealing to children and adults alike. As "My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic" is scheduled to conclude its fourth season on May 10, The HUB Network will hold an online press conference with voice actress Tara Strong (Twilight Sparkle) and co-executive producer & story editor Meghan McCarthy this Tuesday on May 6 starting at 5:30pm PT.
Dubbed "The HUB Network's What's the Hubbub?", this online press conference will stream live on YouTube and "My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic" fans can watch as Tara Strong and Meghan McCarthy answer various questions about the production of the show; the challenges Tara Strong may have when portraying Twilight Sparkle; future plans for the show & "Equestria Girls" film franchise; and a bit about the creative process between the writing team, the voice acting team, and perhaps the Hasbro toy line.
As an Animation Examiner of Examiner.com, I will be part of the press who will be interviewing Tara Strong and Meghan McCarthy during this volume of The HUB Network's What's the Hubbub?" In addition to my own questions, I am open to hearing what you "My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic" fans would like to ask.
Whether you missed your chance to ask Tara Strong or Meghan McCarthy a question during the recent "My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic:" themed convention BABSCon, or just have a pressing question about Hasbro and The HUB Network, this will be a good chance to get your answers. Please comment below with what questions you have. If time permits and it sounds reasonable (aka: no questions about spoilers), I'll have it asked for you. You can check out the embedded YouTube link on May 6 to watch the press conference live from wherever you watch YouTube videos.
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Donkey Footcare
By The Veterinary Department at The Donkey Sanctuary
Routine Care
Diseases and problems of the feet are all too common in donkeys. Proper daily care and attention is essential if problems are to be avoided or minimised in those donkeys already suffering from ongoing conditions.
Here is our checklist for keeping your donkey's feet healthy:
- Get to know his feet! Pick them up and remove all the muck and stones daily.
- Keep bedding clean and dry. Wood shavings or cardboard beds well maintained would appear to be very useful, especially for donkeys with chronic foot problems. Provide a well-drained, clean exercise area. Avoid grazing in muddy fields.
- Keep him trim! Overweight donkeys are more prone to foot problems.
- Encourage regular exercise particularly if housed during the winter. A daily walk out in-hand will be good for everyone.
- Find a farrier who regularly trims donkeys' feet; ask him to visit every 6-10 weeks. If your donkey has specific problems it may need more frequent visits. Keep your farrier happy!
- Avoid laminitis. Restrict access to new or fast growing grass by use of a moveable electric fence or limiting the time donkeys are allowed out to graze. Feeding with hay or straw prior to turning out will help reduce consumption of too much rich grass initially. Avoid obesity. Take care with feeding. Introduce any supplementary feed slowly and feed small feeds frequently. Similarly reduce or change feeds slowly. Use high fibre/low starch-sugar feeds e.g. Dengi Hi Fi or similar. Good quality new hay may need to be introduced slowly in limited amounts. Have feet well trimmed on a regular basis.
- Seek veterinary help without delay if you suspect lameness or laminitis.
- Individuals prone to "seedy toe" (a disease of the hoof wall when areas become weak, grey & crumbly) or "thrush" (an infection of frog and sole) need particular care and attention. They must be kept in a clean and dry environment and have their feet picked out more regularly. If seedy toe or thrush becomes a problem then professional help needs to be sought.
- Hoof oil/grease is not normally required. However, occasional use for shows etc., should not be harmful.
- Supplements to encourage hoof growth should only be used on the advice of a vet.
How to keep your farrier happy!
- Move the donkey close by, ensuring he is ready to be tethered with a safe and fitted headcollar or halter.
- Ensure legs and feet are dry and mud free.
- Provide a clean, well lit, preferably concreted area, which is protected from the elements.
- Stay with your animal and show an interest in what your farrier is doing. He will then work with enthusiasm.
- Seek and follow any advice your farrier can give you, particularly the date when the feet should be seen next.
- Provide a cup of tea and prompt payment.
Common Foot Problems Of The Donkey – what are they and what to do.
Hoof abscesses
Abscesses in the hoof are a common cause of lameness. In donkeys they are most often caused by small stones or other matter penetrating the weakest part of the foot, the junction between the wall and the sole (the "white line"). Bacteria and other micro organisms are also introduced. The white blood cells trying to eliminate this infection accumulate as a build up of "pus" between the hoof wall and the internal sensitive tissue. The pain is often intense and gets worse unless the pressure from the build up of pus is released. Such donkeys will often prefer to lie down and walk only slowly trying to bear the least possible weight on the affected foot.
- Seek veterinary help as soon as possible and follow any advice closely.
- Ask your vet to explain anything you don't understand, how to apply any dressings if unsure, whether any pain relieving drugs might help and what progress you should expect to see.
- Provide water close by.
- Make sure that your donkey continues to eat. Don't allow fit friends to eat it all!
- Provide shelter and protection.
- Foot dressings should be kept clean and changed regularly, probably daily. (Waterproof adhesive tape and "silage bag patches" are useful outer coverings to protect from wet and dirty underfoot conditions.)
- Be warned. Some very lame donkeys will seem to improve if infection breaks out at the coronary band (the top of the hoof). Prompt veterinary attention is still needed.
- Regular tetanus vaccination relieves the worry of this potential complication.
- Wet muddy fields, small sharp stones on tracks and stable floors, delayed farriery and bouts of laminitis all increase the risk of foot abscesses.
Laminitis is a common yet sadly often unrecognised problem of donkeys kept in countries like the UK. Repeated and untreated bouts lead to serious structural damage to the hoof. It is a disease in which the important bonding between the bone in the hoof and the insensitive hoof capsule is damaged along with inflammation of associated sensitive tissue. Potential causes include:
- Grass rich in carbohydrates. This is often, but not exclusively, new or rapidly growing grass.
- Too much "concentrate" type feed, especially of cereal based mixes.
- Obesity.
- Long feet and poor farriery.
- Certain illnesses and conditions in which laminitis is a possible complication.
- Typical signs include
- Reluctance to move.
- A preference to lie down or stand on softer ground or bedding.
- A change in stance with weight being taken back on the heels.
- Alternate lifting or weight shifting on the fore feet in particular.
- All four feet may be affected.
- An increased "feel" to the pulse in the arteries on either side of the fetlock joint.
If you suspect laminitis call your vet as soon as possible.
- Follow all veterinary advice closely. Ask your vet to explain anything you don't understand, how to apply any dressings if unsure, whether any pain relieving drugs might help and what progress you should expect to see.
- Prevent access to further excess feed or grazing.
- Do not starve.
- Feed limited meadow hay, feed straw or high fibre low carbohydrate feeds.
- A deeply bedded stable is very useful.
- Rest and minimal walking allows the healing of damaged tissues. Ask for your vet's advice.
To minimise the risk of future problems with laminitis:
- Restrict access to new or fast growing grass by limiting the time allowed for grazing or by the use of moveable fencing.
- Make all diet changes gradually.
- Avoid high-energy carbohydrate rich feeds. There are many suitable high fibre feeds now available from well-known feed companies whose advice can be sought.
- Diet fat donkeys carefully.
Wet muddy under foot conditions, damp and dirty bedding, and neglected trimming of the frog all combine to make infections of the frog and adjacent hoof more likely. A black foul-smelling discharge is often noticed and this is typical of "thrush". It may progress to cause ulceration of the frog particularly towards the bulbs of the heel. (Bandages which become wet and rub or poultices applied for too long a time are also likely to result in thrush developing.)
Successful treatment necessitates:
- Thorough trimming of the foot to remove all overgrown or under-run tissue. Remember to check all four feet.
- The conditions in which the donkey is kept must be improved to prevent reoccurrence, particularly if housed for any length of time.
- Your farrier or vet will be able to advise on an appropriate antiseptic dressing or treatment.
- Remember to book the farrier to return at regular intervals i.e. every 6 – 10 weeks.
"Chronic Laminitis/Founder"
The bonding between the hoof capsule and the last limb bone is progressively weakened by each attack of laminitis. Consequently, repeated bouts of laminitis, which often go unrecognised, result in long term and frequently permanent changes to the structure of the hoof. Signs of this problem include the following:
- "Growth rings" on the outside of the hoof which are nearer together at the toe than the heel. (The hoof wall when viewed from the side may be more upright at the top near the coronary band than lower down.)
- A sole that is convex, and possibly thin and painful.
- The donkey may move with a slower "pottery" gait, taking weight more on the heels with the shoulders prominent.
- Recurrent foot problems such as abscesses, seedy toe and white line disease.
- A history of obesity, excess grazing and infrequent farriery.
Owners of donkeys suffering from such problems should consider the following advice, which may help to stabilise the condition and maximise the quality of life for their donkey:
- Seek regular veterinary advice and ask for a routine general check over at least once a year.
- Have feet trimmed with care and checked by the farrier regularly. Individual donkeys will vary in their rate of hoof growth and trimming intervals need to be adjusted accordingly.
- A deep clean well managed bed provides a comfortable rest from standing on sore feet.
- Fat animals should be carefully dieted.
- A balanced high fibre diet should be fed with supplements and additives only on veterinary advice.
- Beware anything likely to trigger future bouts of laminitis.
- Avoid muddy paddocks and dirty wet beds.
- Pick out and clean feet at least once daily.
- Unfortunately it is inevitable that some donkeys' hooves will gradually deteriorate to the point where pain is constant. Treatment, including analgesics, may be to no avail. Sadly, in such cases one has to look at euthanasia as being the final act of caring for your donkey.
White line disease and Seedy toe.
The "white line" is the weakest part of the base of the hoof between the wall and the sole. When this area becomes filled with small stones and other debris it is referred to as "white line disease".
"Seedy toe" is a condition affecting the hoof wall outside of the white line, and may be seen to spread from an obvious point of penetration of the white line. Bacteria and fungi, normally present in the environment, multiply in these pockets and cause decay of the normal hoof structure. The hoof wall takes on an abnormal grey crumbly texture. Areas affected vary in size from barely visible to extensive separation of the wall from the underlying white line. These larger cavities may be filled with a mix of debris and decaying hoof wall and sound hollow on tapping.
These problems of white line disease and seedy toe are not in themselves generally painful but they do put the animal at greater risk of abscesses, which would cause more severe lameness.
Factors which may help to cause these problems include:
- Damp dirty bedding
- Muddy paddocks
- Continuous contact with faeces and urine
- Poor diet
- Delayed farriery
- Recurrent/chronic laminitis
- Old age
All of these factors must be considered when looking at the treatment and control of white line disease and seedy toe. It would certainly seem to be true that the worse the changes of chronic laminitis, and the wetter and dirtier the environment, the more difficult it is to resolve the situation. Successful treatment is more likely when owner, vet and farrier work together, each playing their part. Unfortunately there are no simple and quick remedies.


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WALNUT CREEK, Calif. -- Arizona sophomore center Shawntinice Polk has been named the Pac-10 Women's Basketball Player of the Week for Feb. 23-29, Commissioner Tom Hansen announced today.
Polk, from Hanford, Calif., averaged 20.5 points, 14.0 rebounds, 3.5 blocks, and 3.0 assists in a road sweep against Washington and Washington State last week, giving Arizona a share of the program's first Pac-10 regular-season championship. Arizona tied for first place with Stanford at 14-4 in Pac-10 play and the two teams are Conference Co-Champions. On the week, Polk shot 66.7 percent from the field (20-of-30), and also notched her 35th and 36th career double-doubles, tying her for the most double-doubles in school history.
In the 77-72 victory over Washington State on Feb. 26, Polk shot 9-for-15 from the floor (60.0 percent) on her way to 19 points, 14 rebounds, six assists, six blocks and three steals. In that same game she scored 15 of her points in the first half. In the 71-54 triumph over Washington on Feb. 28, Polk tallied game-highs of 22 points and 14 rebounds, shooting 11-for-15 (73.3 percent). Her 22 points pushed her over the 1,000-point mark, the fastest for an Arizona player (60 games) and the first time a Wildcat sophomore has surpassed that milestone.
With only their second win ever at Washington, the Wildcats finished 22-7 overall, and 14-4 in the Pac-10. Their 14-4 Conference mark ties for the best league record ever compiled by a Wildcat team. Arizona earned the No. 2 seed in the State Farm Pac-10 Tournament by virtue of the Conference tie-breaker. The Wildcats face the winner of No. 7 seed Oregon State and No. 10 Washington State, on March 6 at 1:15 p.m. at HP Pavilion in San Jose.
The Player of the Week honor is Polk's third this season, seventh overall. It is the 32nd all-time selection for Arizona.
ALSO NOMINATED: Leigh Gregory, CAL; Corrie Mizusawa, ORE; Nikki Blue, UCLA; Giuliana Mendiola, WASH; Bianca McCall, WSU.
2003-04 PAC-10 WOMEN'S BASKETBALL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK: Dec. 1- Giuliana Mendiola, WASH; Dec. 8- Nihan Anaz, CAL; Dec. 15- Nicole Powell, STAN; Dec. 22- Leilani Estavan, OSU; Jan. 5- Shannon Howell, OSU; Jan. 12- Nicole Powell, STAN; Jan. 19- Shawntinice Polk, ARIZ; Jan. 26- Ebony Hoffman, USC; Feb. 2- Kylan Loney, ASU; Feb. 9- Shawntinice Polk,ARIZ; Feb. 16- Noelle Quinn, UCLA; Feb. 23- Noelle Quinn, UCLA; March 1- Shawntinice Polk, ARIZ.


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TUCSON, Ariz. ?- A trio of University of Arizona men's golfers occupied the top three spots on the leaderboard Saturday, finishing first, second and tied fro third at the ASU Thunderbird Invitational in Tempe, Ariz.
Senior Kipp Riehle shot a final-round 68 (-3) to finish the 54-hole event with a seven-under 206 total and win by six strokes over teammate Nathan Lashley. Fellow Wildcat Henry Liaw carded a final round 72 (+1) and finished in a three-way tied for third place at 213 (E).
It was the first career victory for Riehle and the 59th time in school history that a Wildcat has claimed individual medalist honors. A native of Phoenix, Ariz., Riehle matched his career low tournament total, originally set April 11-12, 2003, at the same ASU Thunderbird Invitational where he tied for 17th place.
Riehle is the first UA varsity player to claim individual medalist honors this season. Freshman Trey Denton won the Ron Moore Invitational, Sept. 27-28, in Brighton, Colo., with a 12-under 204 total for the Arizona junior varsity. Arizona last individual medalist in varsity competition was Chris Nallen at the 2004 NCAA West Regional. Riehle is also the first UA golfer to claim individual medalist honors in the 33-year history of the ASU Thunderbird Invitational
The 1-2-3 finish wasn't quite enough to move the Wildcats up in the standings, as Riehle was competing as an individual. Lashley and Liaw were the only members of the UA varsity to finish at par or better in the field. Arizona's 54-hole total of 869 (+17) placed the team in a tie for third with Arizona State. UNLV topped the 15-team field by two strokes with a 859 (+7) total. Pepperdine (861) and UCLA (873) rounded out the top five places.
Also competing for the Wildcats was senior Nick Juszczak, who tied for 37th place at 10-over 223. Sophomore Josh Esler tied for 47th place at 12-over 225. Freshman Travis Esway tied for 51st place at 226 (+13).
In addition to Riehle, two other Wildcats were in the field as individuals. Trey Denton tied for 41st place at 224 (+11) and Nathan Tyler tied for 51st place at 226 (+13).
The 54-hole ASU Thunderbird Invitational was contested at the Karsten Golf Course, a par 71, 7,025-yard layout. Arizona will next be in action on April 15-16 at the U.S. Collegiate Championships in Palo Alto, Calif.
Top Five Teams Top Five Individuals
1. UNLV 859 (+7) 1. Kipp Riehle *, Arizona 69-69-68=206 (-7)
2. Pepperdine 861 (+9) 2. Nathan Lashley, Arizona 68-70-74=212 (-1)
3. Arizona State 869 (+17) 3. Henry Liaw, Arizona 68-73-72=213 (E)
ARIZONA 869 (+17) 4. Matt VanCleve, Kansas State 71-70-72=213 (E)
5. UCLA 873 (+21) Gregg LaVoie, Oregon 72-68-73=213 (E)
Arizona Finishers
T1. Kipp Riehle * 69-69-68=206 (-7)
2. Nathan Lashley 68-70-74=212 (-1)
T3. Henry Liaw 68-73-72=213 (E)
T37. Nick Juszczak 73-75-77=225 (+12)
T41. Trey Denton * 71-76-77=224 (+11)
T47. Josh Esler 73-74-78=225 (+12)
T51. Travis Esway 76-76-74=226 (+13)
T51. Nathan Tyler * 71-73-82=226 (+13)
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Police say Donald Mills was fatally shot on May 9 after two men falsely claiming to be police officers forced their way into his Knox County home. Police say Mills was shot when he began struggling with one of the men.
Media outlets report that two people, 30-year-old Elijah Messer and 39-year-old Angela Mills, were arrested Saturday and charged with murder. On Friday, officers charged 36-year-old Patrick B. Baker and 36-year-old Christopher Bradley Wagner with murder.
All of the suspects are being held at the Knox County Detention Center, where online records don't indicate whether they have attorneys.
Police say that they don't think Mills' home was randomly targeted.
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It takes a lot of preparation before you can shoot photos of a scientist, but your time is well spent on such a venture. You are welcome to send your results to me and also feel free to share your questions about this topic.
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Professor Kees van Achterberg
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If you don't already know a scientist personally and wish to find one, visit the nearest museum or institute, make an appointment with the scientist working there, and explain your idea is to shoot a series of photos of his/her research. Look for someone who is studying a subject you find interesting, because you need to be interested in order to represent the work appropriately. Otherwise the photographs will be empty and won't tell a story. Your images must be able to translate the work of the scientist for the public.
My own first contact with a scientist happened in 2007. I had done an exhibition at the Natural History Museum, Rotterdam, Netherlands, after shooting photos of a parasitic wasp. I asked the Latin name of the insects, and the museum representatives sent me to Professor Kees van Achterberg of NATURLIS Leiden, Netherlands. He also teaches at the South China Agricultural University at City Guangzhou, China. Every year a few students from China visit the NATURALIS for their educational research, and Kees helps them. Last year, I had an opportunity to shoot photos of student Chun-dan Hong of China and Kees during their research of parasitic wasps from Russia.
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Chun-dan Hong
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For the above and to the left, I used a Sigma 20/1.8 mm wide-angle lens. With my Sony Alpha 700, I have 1.5 x 20 = 30 mm lens, so I get a natural perspective in the image. A Sigma 10-20 mm/3.5-5.6 will give an unrealistic image, because it blows up the perspective. While photographing, I try keep as close as possible to the subjects to get a great perspective in the images. But I have to take care that I don't irritate them as they work. Otherwise, their behavior would change, and for the rest of the day I could forget getting them back to the natural reactions they had been showing.
Erik-Jan Bosch, Scientific Illustrator
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By getting lower with the camera (around 10 cm above his desk), I was able to frame the insect under the microscope into a single image with Erik-Jan's drawing. The fact that Erik-Jan's head doesn't appear in the picture is not a problem, because the subject is the drawing and the insect. I had to take great care not to touch the table with my body. An illustrator is never amused if you accidentally move the table. The work he does is on the scale of millimeters. I used my flash-gun wireless to light up the insect; otherwise, it would be invisible in the image. Never take too many photos of a scientist from a single position; it makes him unsure if his image is coming out well.
Erik-Jan drawing the insect that's mounted on
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your camera very fast, because what you see in that moment will be lost in a second or less!
Over the last six months, I have been taking photos of fossils at the Prehistoric Times Museum in Boxtel, Netherlands. Two months ago I met student Frank Van Dorp from the University of Utrecht. He was at the museum to begin research on a 70 million-year-old Mosasaurus from Marokko. He started the research for his master script. It will take him around seven weeks before he will complete just the upper mouth of this eight meter long animal. I asked Frank if it would be okay if I took photos during his work. He was pleased that I asked because the images could be used for his script and the media.
I used two flash-guns to get light into the image where I expected it should be. I tried to get as close to Frank as I possibly could so that in the image, Frank disappears with his mind into the world of evolution. Keeping my eye against the viewfinder, I waited as silently as possible for the right moment. Suddenly, Frank looked at the fossil and the time had arrived. I pressed the exposure button and caught the moment.
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Student Frank van Dorp working on Mosasaurus.
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Student Frank van Dorp working on removing
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2014 is an election year in Arizona, and Examiner.com is sitting down with some of the candidates for key races so that the voters will be able to make informed decisions. The next in this series is a phone interview with congressional candidate Joe Cobb, the libertarian nominee for United States Congress.
Cobb is running for the Seventh Congressional District from Arizona. He is a professional economist and has been a college professor of economics. He was the John M. Olin Senior Fellow in Economics at The Heritage Foundation in Washington, DC, and has also served as Chief Economist for the U.S. Senate Republican Policy Committee, Staff Director of the Congressional Joint Economic Committee, Economic Advisor with the State Department's United States Mission to the O.A.S., and Deputy Director in the White House Office of Policy Information. He is a Past President of the National Association of Business Economists, National Capital Chapter, and taught economics for a number of years at Concordia University, Saddleback College, and Orange Coast College.
We spoke with Cobb in a phone interview regarding his run for United States Congress.
Why are you running for office?
I'm running for office primarily to change American immigration laws. We need to get rid of the quota system connected to our immigration laws. Anybody who comes to a legal border crossing, passes a background and health check, should be allowed in. With no quota, no arbitrary cutting them off in the middle of the year and saying no more, we need to address the absurd quota system.
What are your qualifications?
I worked for the U.S Congress from 1983 through 1993. I worked for Congressman Ron Paul in the beginning, he hired me to work on the banking committee. I worked for the White House in 1982, I have plenty of experience and I know what they do. The other candidates in the debate make some grand promises about what they'll do there. I hate to tell them this, but they'll be the most junior member there. They won't get anything done other than answer constituent mail and maybe handle some constituents' social security problems. I would be the only libertarian there. One candidate likes to say he'll be the first black from Arizona in 102 years. Well, I'll be the first libertarian there in 102 years. They'll say "who's this guy? He's not a republican, not a democrat." I think that would make news. I think I can get about a third of the republicans there to join with me and the democrats to get rid of the immigration quotas. That is a majority.
Third party candidates have a reputation for being spoilers for the two major parties. Do you agree with this assessment?
No, I think that's a silly analysis. The premise of such an analysis is that people who would vote for us would vote for the other parties. We inquired with our voters, and they say they would not vote if there were not a libertarian to vote for. Second is the premise that they would chose a right wing candidate, but a third, maybe even half, would vote for a democrat. With the social issues we support, like legalizing cannabis, we have more in common with democrats on these things. The only thing we have in common with republicans is the free market, and they support crony capitalism in business, which we oppose. We draw from democrats more than republicans. Who are you going to blame when the libertarians get more than the difference between them? If the people could have a ranked choice voting system, this would not occur. Our current plurality voting system is broken. Our perverse form of plurality voting benefits from gerrymandering. I like it because it reveals how many would have voted for libertarians, you would see who would get the votes before the others. The other thing about ranked choice voting is it would eliminate negative voting. If voters are choosing a second choice that they think is more likely to win, for example, if you hate the democrats but hate the republicans more, this doesn't tell who you hated more. You just happened to vote for the lesser of two evils.
Why do you think that you have a better chance than past third party candidates?
In the first place, in this district there's no republican. There would be nobody voting against the republican, no people voting for the democrat just to keep the republican out. Second, it's a vacant seat, the current representative is retiring. The favorite is just one machine democrat who's been active in latino grassroots, who served as a political hack, a paid political position on Maricopa's board of supervisors. The so-called smart money says that she has it. I represent an alternative. Second, I know that getting rid of immigration laws will not be accomplished by the most junior member of the minority party of the house of representatives but it could be accomplished by my idea of splitting the republicans.
Same-sex marriage appears to be heading toward legalization in most states. If elected, how will you ensure that the LGBTQ community will gain equal rights?
I'm absolutely in favor of it, I have been all my life. The Libertarian Party included equality for gay rights in 1971 when it was founded. At the bottom line we don't believe government should be involved in marital licensing, but to the extent that it's going to do it, that should be a status available to everybody. I will do everything I can to ensure equal rights, do everything I can to ensure the federal government doesn't discriminate. The Department of Justice should enforce the Fourteenth Amendment to ensure equal rights. I would support legislation that reinforces the Fourteenth Amendment. The courts have done a lot in the last couple of years. But the employment non-discrimination laws for LBGTQ people have not even been passed. That needs to advance. There shouldn't be discrimination on what anyone's personal preference is.
What is your opinion on oil fracking?
I think it's a marvelous new technology as long as it's done with regards to public safety. I disagree with the silly scare videos of kitchen faucets catching fire, which can happen without fracking.
Do you support an increase in alternative forms of energy, including green energy such as solar and wind?
Yes, but I would not subsidize. I would not give any tax benefits or payments from the government. To the extent that natural gas and oil get those I would take them away. I don't think any of them should get tax subsidies or benefits.
Do you support the legalization of marijuana?
Yes. Cannabis is the correct name. That should be up the the judgment of the individual consumer. I support scientific studies. It's absurd that in the last 50 years the federal government has suppressed the research. There's a recent story of a University of Arizona researcher who was fired. She got a grant to study the effects and was fired from the University because she offended republican lawmakers. This is totally absurd.
What is your opinion on gun rights?
I'm totally in favor of gun rights and the Second Amendment. The recent Supreme Court rulings are right on. I filed an amicus brief that clarified that it is an individual right. I strongly support it. Personally, I have a concealed carry permit, even though Arizona doesn't require it. It's a travesty what happened to that lady in New Jersey. She was pulled over in traffic and asked if she had a gun. She was from Pennsylvania and said that she did and that she had a legal Pennsylvania permit for it. She got 11 years in a New Jersey jail, this from the same judge that let a pro football player go free for worse. I think everyone should have a personal gun and the country would be a safer place if everyone did.
What, if anything, will you do in order to make the Affordable Care Act more palatable to your constituents?
That's a difficult one, because the Affordable Care Act did a couple of different things. One of the things it did was popular and will never be changed: health insurance can no longer discriminate against pre-existing conditions. But as a result, within five years there will no longer be any private insurance. If any insurance companies survive, it will be only one or two. No small insurance company can stay in business with the risk that they will have to take. They will have to merge. You need healthy people to outnumber the sick. I don't know how to get rid of that problem without getting rid of private insurance. The employers should have nothing to do with it whatsoever. We need to make a transition. We need to have employee groups that could form their own insurance pools and move from job to job. The next thing we need to worry about is medical costs being too expensive, but there's no possibility whatsoever of reducing medical costs. If you try to impose price controls or rationing you make the system totally worse with waiting lines, and all the horrors that come with price controls. Essentially a nearly zero price to the half of people who believe they can't afford insurance without subsidies won't work. I'm not prepared to endorse any plan like that. The real problem is that most people believe they can't afford it and won't buy health insurance. Current federal law mandates any hospital that can render medical service must do so regardless of any other cost element. We need to repeal that law, somebody without health insurance would have to confront that problem as a private problem. It's a sad thing that some are not as rich as others. But trained medical workers deserve to be paid for their work, they are not slaves. My own personal physician dropped out of the system on July 1st. He now takes direct payment, and charges an annual fee of $750. That includes house calls, no waiting. Instead of serving 30,000 patients he now serves a few hundred, privately in his own time, without the government involved. The way the media has treated this is that it is a right to have medical service for free, and that's nonsense. It's a costly and technical service that everybody wants. The providers study hard and train hard, modern medicine is keeping us alive longer, that's what's bankrupting Social Security. We need to stop spending our entire GDP to buy health care, that's just nonsense. Health insurance is not a right, it's something that you have to pay for.
Do you support school choice in the form of vouchers?
Yes, but that's my second choice. My first choice is homeschooling, parents teaching their own kids, hiring their own teachers and tutors. I would take every school building and make every teacher working there the owner, give them the deeded title. Some people don't have money to pay for school tuitions, but teachers are not slaves, they deserve to be paid for their work. Public schools are not free, that's a myth. They are tax funded. In Arizona we offer tax credits, up to a thousand dollars, donated to tax exempt school organizations. Your tax burden is reduced dollar for dollar when you donate. All education should be privately operated, all teachers should be paid directly by the parents of students they teach. The voucher system is a workaround, it's inferior. The current tax-funded system is trickle down economics, from the tax collector to the school board and to the unions, finally to the teachers. I would have a bottom up finance system, from the parents directly to the teachers
Do you support an increase in the minimum wage?
No, wages should be determined by employers and employees, the government should have nothing to do with wages. The minimum wage is a clear job destroyer. The CBO recently reported that 500,000 jobs would be destroyed with a $10.10 per hour minimum wage. These people are the poorest and least skilled, and you are kicking them when they're down. Most people who earn a minimum wage aren't supporting a family on it, and nobody is supposed to support a family on a minimum wage. Those are starter jobs. Without a starter job, you're never going to get a chance to get experience. Outlawing starter jobs is a stupid public policy idea, not to mention that it violates employers' rights. We need to get rid of all traces of Marxism from our minds. It is a bad philosophy and incorrect system of thinking about economics.
How would you handle the current immigration crisis?
America needs more young workers. You can talk to anybody in agriculture, in the South, particularly in Georgia and Alabama. We have these strict anti-immigration laws and all the farmers are screaming and crying that they can't get anybody to work and pick their fields. Go to Silicon Valley, they need more H1B visas, the quotas are too small. They start a new quota of H1B visas in March every year and they're all allocated within hours, they're all gone for the year. This quota needs to be unlimited. We need to have more visas to get workers for farmers, and to get rid of the quota system altogether. The classifications of visas are unnecessary, I think there are hundreds of different classifications. With the current system people immediately turn around and sponsor elderly parents, that's stupid. Why bring elderly here that can't work, they're a charity expense on society, they never contribute taxes. The children love them and want to bring them here and get subsidized medical care, I understand that. But they aren't taxpayers, we need to prefer young workers, the important priority is to get young workers to contribute to economic growth. Every immigrant comes in with a mouth and two hands and a brain, particularly the young ones. They're a godsend, bring them in, no matter how young, get them trained and get them working. The argument about costs for their education is that they'll pay it back manyfold when they become productive adults. I have no argument against them coming from Central America.
Do you have anything else you'd like to add?
Another thing I'd like to mention, if you go to my website you'll be able to see more on this, is to repeal the Sixteenth Amendment. We need to not use income tax to fund government. In the Constitution Article One Section Two, there's a method of financing a government with a balanced budget. Every ten years a census determines how many representatives will come from each state. The House of Representatives is organized to impose tax laws. Taxation should be in proportion to state population, each state would pay their population share. The government of Arizona, and each state, would choose its own method of raising tax money to pay the federal budget. It could be income tax, progressive system, or a sales tax. That was the original plan and design by our founding fathers. It was derailed by the Sixteenth Amendment in 1913. I would have the federal government collect from state legislatures. You would have people back home tell you how to write local tax laws. Today we force you to pay federal income taxes and then act like Congress found the money on the street. They have no responsibility and voters cannot have any influence on the tax system at the federal level.


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Marten Beels from Grand Rapids, MI (BA from Goshen College and BSE from Messiah College) is working with Professor Biaggio to study the linear and non-linear optical properties of small, organic molecules. He also enjoys racing bikes, both road and cyclocross, for Lehigh's collegiate team and the local Bethlehem team, Lamprey Systems.
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(left to right ) Figen Bekisli and Lanlin Wen, graduate students at Lehigh University, and Kelsey Potter, an undergraduate student from the University of Tulsa, are shown making low-temperature, IR-absorption spectroscopy measurements to investigate the microscopic structures and properties of impurities in semiconductors
(left) Polarization dependence of the IR spectrum of SnO2 treated in an H2 ambient. (right) Structure of an (O-H)2 center in which two H atoms are bonded near an interstitial Sn atom. The blue atoms are oxygen, the black atoms are tin.
F. Bekisli, M. Stavola, W. B. Fowler et al., H impurities and shallow donors in SnO2 studied by IR spectroscopy, Phys. Rev. B, 84 (2011).
L. Wen, F. Bekisli, M. Stavola, W. B. Fowler et al., Detailed structure of the H-N-H center in GaAsyN1-y revealed by vibrational spectroscopy under uniaxial stress, Phys. Rev. B, 81, (2010).
Ling Cai studies the disordered relaxor ferroelectric system. Polar Nanoregions (PNRs) in these systems give rise to frequency-dependent dielectric dispersion. Primary experimental techniques include dielectric spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy, neutron scattering.
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BS, Applied Physics, 2008, California State University, San Bernardino
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Tyler Drake is a graduate student from Norwich, Vermont. He obtained his undergraduate degree in physics at Drew University in New Jersey. In his research with Prof. Vavylonis he develops analytical and computational models based on non-linear dynamics to understand how cells break symmetry for polarized growth. He also enjoys basketball and motoring.
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T. Drake and D. Vavylonis, "Cytoskeletal Dynamics in Fission Yeast: A Review of Models for Polarization and Division," HFSP J., 4 122-130 (2010).
Pavel Irkhin, a graduate student from Moscow Engineering Physics works with Prof. Biaggio. He uses lasers to study organic molecular single crystals of rubrene which exhibit anisotropic exciton diffusion.
P. Irkhin and I. Biaggio, Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 017402 (2011)
Brian Knorr is a graduate student from Prospect Park, New Jersey. He obtained his undergraduate degree in physics at Ramapo College of New Jersey. In his research with Prof. Dierolf he uses Raman spectroscopy to study laser-induced crystallization in glasses. He enjoys hockey, softball, whistling, and chocolate chip cookies.
Brian (coke) with Brandon Mitchell (champagne), Nate Woodward (no drink), and Prof. Dierolf (wine) celebrating Nate's hooding.
Raman spectra from various points on a LaBGeO5 sample containing femto-second laser written crystal lines. T to B: glass region, edge of crystal line, just off center, center of line
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G. Stone, B. Knorr, V. Gopalan, and V. Dierolf, "Frequency shift of Raman modes due to an applied electric field and domain inversion in LiNbO3," Phys. Rev. B, 84 134303 (2010).
Wei Li is a graduate student from China. He obtained his B. S. Physics at the University of Science and Technology of China. He works with Prof. James Gunton to study the equilibrium and non-equilibrium properties of self-assembly processes for different models of proteins, polymers and colloidal particles.
Photo: Wei (right) with peer in Lehigh at Phi Beta Delta induction, 2009. Image: Nanochain formation for Bipolar model.
Wei Li has been the president of the Lehigh Chinese Student and Scholars Association in 2010-2011. He received the Lehigh Graduate Life Leadership Award in 2011.
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W. Li, Y. Liu, T. Pérez, J. Gunton, C. Sorensen and A. Chakrabarti, " Kinetics of nanochain formation in a simplified model of amelogenin biomacromolecules", Biophys. J., 101, 10 (2011)
W. Li, Y. Liu, T. Pérez, J. Gunton, C. Sorensen and A. Chakrabarti, " Kinetics of nanochain formation in a simplified model of amelogenin biomacromolecules", Biophys. J., 101, 10 (2011)
W. Li, J. Gunton, S. Khan, J. Schoelz, and A. Chakrabarti, "Brownian dynamics simulation of insulin microsphere formation from break-up of a fractal network", J. Chem. Phys. 134, 024902 (2011)
Amber Marsh Boyer, a graduate student from Virginia, completed her undergraduate degree in Applied Physics at Christopher Newport University. She is working with Prof. McSwain to investigate the physical properties of B and Be stars in the double cluster NGC 869 and NGC 884. They are also investigating the temperature and density structure of known Be star disks.
Right: In front of the 0.9m telescope at CTIO in Chile.
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Artist Bill Pounds illustration of a classical Be star.
A. N. Marsh Boyer & M. V. McSwain "Analysis of the B and Be Stars of the Double Cluster h and χ Persei", 2011, Four Decades of Research on Massive Stars, (2011) in press
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Monte Carlo simulation of a polymerizing contractile meshwork of actin filaments in the presence of cross-linkers
N. Ojkic and D. Vavylonis, "Kinetics of Myosin Node Aggregation into a Contractile Ring," Phys. Rev. Lett. 105 048102 (2010).
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Photos: Jonathan at the 2011 MAS Cathodoluminescence Topical Conference (left). The combined excitation experimental setup as it sits on an Oxford Low Temperature SEM Stage to be inserted into a JEOL 6400 (right).
J. Poplawsky et. al., "Nature and Excitation Mechanism of the Emission-dominating Minority Eu-center in GaN Grown by Organometallic Vapor-phase epitaxy" Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 1342 (2011)
Matthew Smith (B. S. Physics and Mechanical Engineering, California State University Chico) works with Prof. Dimitris Vavylonis to model the dynamics of actin proteins in motile cells by analyzing single molecule fluorescent microscopy images of live cells from the lab of Naoki Watanabe (Tohoku University, Japan).
Matthew (yellow shirt) at the 61st Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting in Germany, 2010. Second photo: Single actin molecule tracking within a live cell
"Interactive, Computer-Assisted Tracking of Speckle Trajectories in Fluorescence Microscopy: Application to Actin Polymerization and Membrane Fusion," M. B. Smith, E. Karatekin, A. Gohlke, H. Mizuno, N. Watanabe, and D. Vavylonis, Biophysical Journal 101:1794(2011)


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The premise of a 10-year-old left by her separated parents to look after her ailing grandfather isn't a hopeful one. It makes matters worse that her family was forced to leave its home in Bikini Atoll following the nuclear testing in the '40s and '50s. Yet in the hands of producer/directors Jack Niedenthal and Suzanne Chutaro, THE SOUNDS OF CRICKETS AT NIGHT skillfully balances deadly radiation with the supernatural, family dysfunction with innocence, and isolation with inner peace. The results are oddly charming yet shadowed by darkness so that it never becomes cloying. It recalls the restrained wonder of renowned Thai director Apichatpong Weerasthakul, as further tempered by the darkness of David Lynch.
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In an old Italian calculus problem book, there is an example presented:
The solution given uses the strange substitution $$x=\frac{1}{1-u}$$
Some preliminary work in trying to determine the motivation as to why one would come up with such an odd substitution yielded a right triangle with hypotenuse $x$ and leg $x-1;$ determining the other leg gives $\sqrt{2x-1}.$ Conveniently, this triangle contains all of the "important" parts of our integrand, except in a non-convenient manner.
So, my question is two-fold:
(1) Does anyone see why one would be motivated to make such a substitution?
(2) Does anyone see how to extend the work involving the right triangle to get at the solution?


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By Miroslav Kopecky on Mar 18, 2009
Following short message should be taken as a pre-announcement. Official announcement is going to be published very soon (expected Today) on official GeeCON web, GeeCON Facebook group and LinkedIn one.
The case of this announcement is following. One day before the GeeCON conference itself there will be Sun Learning Services Workshop. We can call it GeeCON Trainings day it depends on you. More important are topics of 4 organized courses. There I'm only announce names of courses. You can find more at links mentioned above.
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To the Editor:
It is truly unfortunate that state Sen. Tom Tiffany, R-Hazelhurst, has decided to totally undermine his credibility by providing false statements to the Daily Globe for Saturday's article on the talk that I gave to the Iron County Citizens Forum on the need for the county to adopt a local mining ordinance to protect private property owners and county property taxpayers.
Tiffany stated that I recommended that Iron County adopt a two-year moratorium on mining in the county. The truth is that I did not do so and in fact, three different times indicated that a moratorium would be a bad idea. There are an audio tape (with written transcription) and a video tape of my full remarks.
In addition, Tiffany indicated that I was anti-mining. That is also 100 percent false. I have not taken a position on the Gogebic Taconite mine. In my former career, I was involved in the approval of metallic mines in Wisconsin and in my Thursday remarks, I spoke approvingly of the Flambeau and Jackson county mines in Wisconsin and the involved mining companies, Kennecott Copper and U.S Steel.
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I am asking the Daily Globe to clear the record on Tiffany's false statements.
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The UNCW baseball and softball teams juggled their schedules this weekend because of inclement weather Friday.
The baseball team plays VCU at 3 p.m. Saturday, along with a 1 p.m. doubleheader on Sunday. The softball team has a similar setup, playing a single game with N.C. Central at 4 p.m. Saturday and completing their three-game series with a doubleheader at noon Sunday.
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Lori Beth Adams is the CAA women's golfer of the week after a tie for 21st at the Bruin Wave Invitational in California. ... The men's and women's track and field teams combined for seven victories Friday at the Palmetto Classic in Mount Pleasant, S.C. Margaret Edwards and Emily Kimble tied for the high jump win after posting best marks of 5 feet, 5 inches. Other UNCW winners were: Hezekiah Ward (110 hurdles, 15.25 seconds); Trip Foreman (400, 49.44); Meredith Bozzi (800, 2:20.10); Sarah Whitman (200, 26.27); and Ryan Edmonds (100, 11:05).
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After four impressive seasons, Justified has become like a welcome houseguest; you expect to see it come back and you know that when it does, it's going to be worth the wait. Still led by the unstoppable Timothy Olyphant, season five is everything we love about this show and then a little extra something, too.
The first few minutes of the season premiere play out like a Kentucky-based episode of Law & Order. Raylan's in court being taken to task for his less-than-civil handling of bad guys, while Boyd is visiting an incarcerated Ava to assure her that he's working steadily toward her release. After he leaves his fiancee, he gets down to business, executing a few unlucky Detroit thugs who thought they could rip him off. "Pack a bag. We're going to Detroit," he tells Wynn Duffy (as Jere Burns has made the opening credits this season), and with that Justified is back.
In other news, there's a late-night drug deal going down on a boat that involves the tremendously underrated Jason Gray-Stanford as Dilly, another member of the Crowe family who has a gambling problem, but no issue shooting a shady Coast Guard officer. His accomplice, played by Chase star Amaury Nolasco and delightfully named Elvis, is not pleased. Naturally, Raylan catches the murder case while Art admires a picture of our hero's newborn daughter, who is conveniently being raised by Winona in the same general area.
Raylan thinks it'd be smart to chat with the Crowe in the area before jumping on any planes, so he heads off in search of Dewey. However, he first stumbles into Wade (James Le Gros, who is always amusing to see around if only because he played the first Raylan Givens), who is a little too social. When Raylan eventually finds Dewey, he's told that "them Florida Crowes are bad news," which doesn't bode well. Oh, and then he shoots the swimming pool on the way out.
Arriving in Miami, he's partnered with Gregg Sutter, presumably named after Elmore Leonard's longtime researcher, and played by the fantastic David Koechner, currently of Anchorman 2. (Put your hand up if you said "Whammy!" at least once during this episode. You know you did.) As they hit the road, Daryl Crowe (Michael Rapaport, reunited with his Prison Break colleague Nolasco), is realizing that his idiot relative has created a "federal situation" and tells him to get rid of the body. This is how everyone gets to Jean Baptiste (Edi Gathegi), who alerts Daryl after Raylan and Sutter pay him a visit, as Dilly and Elvis look on.
Detroit is not a fun place to be for Boyd and Duffy, who end up in a very questionable apartment building for another meeting with Sammy (Max Perlich), while some poor bastard gets hacked up by a chainsaw in the next room. Sammy soon gets shot right in front of them, along with the dude being tuned into sushi and the chainsaw guy, by a henchman who informs them that they really ought to be talking to the Canadians. One of these Canadians is played by the fantastic Dave Foley, of NewsRadio, Celebrity Poker Showdown, and Dan Vs. fame. "The idea behind organized crime," Dave drawls, "is that it's supposed to be organized." Rimshot.
Raylan is approached by Wendy Crowe (Alicia Witt), who tells him that she's Daryl's lawyer as well as his sister, and that he's willing to play ball if he gets something in return. Once the deal is done, the man of the hour arrives and tells the Marshals that they'll have Elvis by tonight; if he fails to produce, Raylan warns, Daryl will be back behind bars tomorrow.
Here's where things get gruesome: Dilly gets stabbed by his own brother Danny for generally being stupid, and so we take a moment to mourn Jason Gray-Stanford, and how we won't get to see his awesomeness in future episodes. Daryl tells Raylan where Wendy is taking Elvis, but Elvis has a gun, so when Raylan and Sutter arrive at the motel, no one is there. A quick-thinking Wendy escapes from the car after a traffic accident, leaving Elvis stranded but armed. Our heroes eventually find him at a local marina, intent on escaping to Cuba on a boat that won't start. When he pulls on the Marshals, they turn him into Swiss cheese.
The next morning, Raylan meets Daryl to inform him that he's held up his end of their deal, and finds out that Wendy has fled to Miami, and that Dilly is now inside of an alligator. We know this won't be the last we see of the Crowes, of course, as Jean Baptiste suggests to Daryl that he head to Kentucky. Meanwhile, Raylan goes back home without stopping to see the baby, although he gets a video-chat update from Winona while sitting in the office. While he cares about his family, it's obvious that his work will always be the first love in his life.
And Boyd pays an unwanted late-night visit to Paxton, hoping to use him to curry favor with his friend Judge Bishop, who's overseeing Ava's case. When the meeting doesn't go well, Boyd beats Paxton in a fit of rage, and leaves him for his much younger trophy wife to find.
Justified premieres always do a fine job of introducing all the plots and players for the season, and this one is no exception. Having taken us through the Crowders and the Bennetts, now season five is giving us a closer look at the Crowes, and introducing another handful of new antagonists for Raylan to dispatch. (One wonders just how many criminal families have some tie to Kentucky.) It is an absolute shame that Jason Gray-Stanford won't be with us for the rest of the season, though Alicia Witt is a piece of inspired casting, and it'll be interesting to see how Michael Rapaport's part develops, since he's played so many different shady characters, most recently a mobster on FOX's short-lived The Mob Doctor.
In fact, this whole episode is sort of the gift that keeps on giving for TV fans, with all the casting of folks who've been around the small screen for a long, long time. We could've made Cybill references, Boston Public references, Monk references, a whole slew, really. That's one of the small pleasures of television: being able to turn on a show and see a familiar face. Kudos to the always excellent Justified casting directors for not only continuing to bring us great talent, but reminding us just how rich the TV talent pool is.
As for the plots, there's enough here to satisfy the wait from last season, but just enough to keep you wondering how it's all going to come together. Many shows either don't put enough on the plate, or go too far and you can see the story arc coming a mile down the road. Justified generally kept a nice middle ground. There's some obvious stuff, like Winona and the baby being sidelined, presumably due to Natalie Zea having moved on to other gigs like her once-regular, now-reduced role on FOX's The Following - although she is still billed as a recurring cast member here - and the implausibility of having a baby running around this show.
Yet we're also left wondering how Boyd is going to free Ava and how quickly (because it'd be a shame to see Joelle Carter limited to prison scenes all season), what's up with that slightly creepy Jean Baptiste, and if we can bribe David Koechner to come back for more episodes. And on that note, where are Rachel and Tim? It won't completely feel like a new season until the gang's all here. But this is a good, solid start.
Justified has been one of our favorite shows for so long, because it's not just another crime drama. In fact, one could argue it's not a crime drama at all; it's always been a broader story about families, cultures, and even human nature. In that sense, it's a little bit like The Wire, without that show's sense of social purpose. Season five's premiere gives us all the little hallmarks that have come to make up the show - Raylan's pithy remarks, bodies being dropped, a hint of romance - and it also returns one of the richest shows on television. When you watch Justified, you really do start to feel like you're in a whole other culture. And we're never in any hurry to come back.
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