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Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero ended his quest for Governor Tuesday night when he conceded the race to his Republican opponent, Rick Snyder.
Bernero said his campaign staged "an incredible come from behind campaign," but came up short.
Republican Rick Snyder marketed himself during his campaign for Michigan governor as "one tough nerd."
That nerdiness was evident in college, when he earned his undergraduate, business administration graduate and law degrees at the University of Michigan by age 23. After graduation, he taught at his alma mater and then went to work as an accountant at Cooper & Lybrand, now PricewaterhouseCoopers, where he became a partner.
In 1991, he joined fledgling computer maker Gateway Inc. He moved up to president and chief operating officer before leaving in 1997 to return to Michigan and set up two venture capital companies in Ann Arbor.
Snyder grew up in Battle Creek, home to cereal-maker Kellogg Co., and spent many summer days at a lake 40 minutes north where he still likes to water ski in his spare time.
A political newcomer, the 52-year-old largely avoided debates during the primary and general elections. He won a five-way GOP primary by letting his rivals split the conservative vote while he won the nomination by appealing to Democrats and independents.
He also used his personal wealth to put up more ads and run a more expensive campaign than any other candidate.
His pitch as a political outsider who knows how to create jobs struck a nerve in economically hard-hit Michigan, which has lost nearly 850,000 jobs in the past decade.
Snyder and his wife, Sue, a breast cancer survivor, have three children.


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WASHINGTON (February 4, 2013)--Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is raising the possibility of a filibuster to block confirmation of President Barack Obama's nomination of Chuck Hagel to be the next defense secretary.
McConnell told Kentucky TV station CN2 that it's "not clear yet" whether Hagel will need a simple majority of 51 votes or 60 votes to secure Senate confirmation.
McConnell declined to say whether he backs the president's pick of the former two-term Republican senator, but did say opposition was intensifying after Hagel seemed unprepared at his confirmation hearing before the Armed Services Committee last week.
More than a dozen Democrats and two Republicans have announced their support for Hagel, including Nebraska GOP Sen. Mike Johanns this past weekend.
About a dozen Republicans have said they will vote against Hagel.

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DC Retroactive: The Flash – The '80s #1
Messner-Loebs is the Wally West writer that more people should remember.
|August 5th, 2011
Superman #814
Hello, Superman, hello. J. Michael Straczynski's "Grounded" plot wraps up here, with help from Chris Roberson and Jamal Igle.
|August 3rd, 2011
Superboy #10
As a way to deliver backstory, this is a nice way to do so.
|August 3rd, 2011
Batman: Gates of Gotham #4
Fill-in artists and scripters result in a slightly rushed lead-up to the finale.
|August 3rd, 2011
Flashpoint: Batman Knight of Vengeance #3
Batman and Joker go at it for the bajillionth time. This time, however, it's different. In more ways than one.
|August 3rd, 2011
Flashpoint #4
"Flashpoint" inches towards a conclusion, as characters blip on and off the page.
|August 3rd, 2011
Batman: The Dark Knight #4
Etrigan. Ragman. Batman. I thought you really wouldn't need much more for a good comic. Yeah. I was wrong.
|August 1st, 2011
Brightest Day Aftermath: The Search for Swamp Thing #2
The second issue avoids zero stars on the skill of Renato Arlem's art. Otherwise, it's the same pointless 'search' as the first issue, except with bad Superman characterization instead of bad Batman characterization.
|July 31st, 2011
Flashpoint: Project Superman #2
Kal-El is experimented upon by the government and manipulated by Subject Zero, all while looking as freaked out as possible.
|July 31st, 2011
Flashpoint: Kid Flash Lost #2
This is one of the few "Flashpoint" tie-ins that appears to have a clear purpose.
|July 27th, 2011
Flashpoint: Hal Jordan #2
Remove Ben Oliver and a lot of the pep leaves with him.
|July 27th, 2011
Detective Comics #880
Scott Snyder writing Joker, James Gordon, James Junior, Dick Grayson, and Barbara Gordon. Yes sir, this is going to be a good story.
|July 27th, 2011
Batman: Gates of Gotham #3
The building of Gotham in the past takes a harsh turn, while the mystery of the bombings in the present has the Bat-Family at odds. Okay, just Damian. Damian is always at odds with someone.
|July 24th, 2011
Supergirl #66
Supergirl continues her undercover investigation of missing students at a college at the behest of Lois Lane, while Lois does her own investigation.
|July 23rd, 2011
Flashpoint: Deadman and the Flying Graysons #2
Amazons attack the big top in search of the "helm of Nabu" and Dick Grayson loses his entire family in the process.
|July 22nd, 2011
Legion of Super-Heroes #15
It's a race to the conclusion! Can Paul Levitz scramble to wrap things up?
|July 21st, 2011
War of the Green Lanterns: Aftermath #1
The War of the Green Lanterns is over. Mogo is dead. Hal Jordan has been returned to Earth. Sinestro, wearing the ring of Sector 2814 decides to start whining. Good times.
|July 21st, 2011
Flashpoint: The Outsider #2
The purpose of "Flashpoint: The Outsider" is still a little perplexing, even at the two-thirds mark.
|July 20th, 2011
Flashpoint: Wonder Woman and the Furies #2
The Wonder Woman versus Aquaman conflict continues to play out, but it's distinctly less exciting once all the facts are out.
|July 20th, 2011
Birds of Prey #14
The ladies attend a veterans charity auction with The Phantom Lady, and we flashback to a 1940's mission against some Nazis who turn out to be very much alive and present at the auction.
|July 15th, 2011
Flashpoint: Frankenstein and the Creatures of the Unknown #2
For an origin that's about to get wiped out, an awful lot of time is being spent on it, here.
|July 15th, 2011
Green Lantern #67
The "War of the Green Lanterns" concludes, wrapping up a half-decade of event after event for the Green Lantern Corps.
|July 13th, 2011
Detective Comics #879
Enter, The Joker. He's the Batman's greatest horror villain in what's become the greatest horror arc for the Dark Knight.
|July 13th, 2011
Secret Six #35
"Secret Six" looks determined to end with a bang, not a whimper. The protagonists are still villains, and Gail Simons reminds us of that this month.
|July 10th, 2011
Adventure Comics #528
"Adventure Comics" winds down with a graduation ceremony, and the return of an old villain.
|July 7th, 2011
Flashpoint: Secret Seven #2
If there's a plot here, it's hard to find.
|July 7th, 2011
Batman and Robin #25
Dick Grayson (Batman), Jason Todd (the Red Hood), and Damian Wayne (Robin) team up to rescue Todd's friend and partner, Scarlet, from kidnappers. Three former Robins in a Batmobile turns out to be pretty fun.
|July 7th, 2011
Flashpoint: Batman: Knight of Vengeance #2
"Knight of Vengeance" remains the crown jewel of the "Flashpoint" stories.
|July 6th, 2011
Superboy #9
"Superboy" is deep into its endgame from Jeff Lemire and Pier Gallo.
|July 6th, 2011
Flashpoint #3
More of the "New 52" characters pop up this issue, while forces are joined by Batman, Cyborg, and Flash. Proofreading issues aside, it's an enjoyable issue.
|July 6th, 2011
Flashpoint: The Canterbury Cricket #1
Don't buy this comic.
|July 3rd, 2011
Flashpoint: Hal Jordan #1
It's a brisk read, but Ben Oliver's art sure is pretty.
|June 30th, 2011
Flashpoint: Green Arrow Industries #1
"Flashpoint Oliver Queen is a jerk." Printing those five words over and over again might have been more entertaining.
|June 30th, 2011
Green Lantern: Emerald Warriors #11
This issue hit shelves out of order, but is still coherent. This is Guy Gardner at his Guy Gardner best.
|June 29th, 2011
Batman Incorporated #7
The idea of a Lakota Batman sounds ludicrous, but somehow Grant Morrison makes it work.
|June 29th, 2011
Flashpoint: Project Superman #1
Building a better superhuman isn't all it's cracked up to be.
|June 29th, 2011
Detective Comics #878
This one has a big shock ending we won't be spoiling for you, but it's the culmination of Scott Snyder's sly work so far on the title. Also: Tiger Shark!
|June 28th, 2011
Flashpoint: The Outsider #1
If this issue is any indication, the Outsider should definitely be the 'X-Man' of "Flashpoint" and somehow survive into the DCU.
|June 26th, 2011
Zatanna #14
This issue feels like the least of a fill-in issue, and loses Jamal Igle's art halfway through it.
|June 26th, 2011
Justice League of America #58
"The way I see it we have two goals, fighting Eclipso himself and freeing everyone in Emerald City from his control."
|June 26th, 2011
Batman: Gates of Gotham #2
We learn who helped build Gotham as we know it today, while Dick, Tim, Cass, and Damian try to prevent a series of bombs throughout the city. How the two stories are related is slowly being revealed, in intriguing fashion.
|June 23rd, 2011
Superman #712
It's a tough life, being a dog.
|June 22nd, 2011
Batman and the Outsiders #40
"Frustrations mounted, tempers flared and friend turned on friend. The team splintered, and spiraled on a collision course, where only one could survive!"
|June 22nd, 2011
Brightest Day Aftermath: The Search for Swamp Thing #1
"Mind you, if it isn't one crisis, it's another. I've seen it before and, to be honest, it seemed like a bit of a laugh to me."
|June 22nd, 2011
Flashpoint: Lois Lane and the Resistance #1
Unfortunately, the exciting scene on the cover has nothing to do with the contents of this comic.
|June 22nd, 2011
Flashpoint: Kid Flash Lost #1
Where's Bart Allen? As it turns out, right where he should be.
|June 22nd, 2011
Flashpoint: Reverse-Flash #1
What at first seems unremarkable may actually have an important plot point for "Flashpoint" buried inside of it.
|June 22nd, 2011
DC Universe Online Legends #10
"Was fighting your crazy villains more important than saving hundreds of people? So now you pick and choose who and what to save?"
|June 19th, 2011
Flashpoint: Deadman and the Flying Graysons #1
The biggest difference in the "Flashpoint" reality? Comics don't need plots apparently.
|June 19th, 2011
Flashpoint: Legion of Doom #1
Cornball dialogue goes a long way towards killing reader enthusiasm here.
|June 17th, 2011


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Over the past generation, the building of accurate replicas of ships from the distant past has radically changed perceptions of our ancestors' sailing and voyaging. In this beautifully illustrated book, some of the world's leading authorities look at individual replicas and discuss what they have taught us. This fascinating work offers the most accessible view yet as to how the ships of our seafaring forbears affected the manner in which they traded, fought, and explored.
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RANDOLPH – Chiropractor Dr. Andrea Kannas has joined the Sharon Health Center's sports medicine team part-time.
Dr. Kannas, who is also in private practice in Woodstock, is a Rutland native and Middlebury College graduate who went on to Northwestern Health Sciences University in Bloomington, Minn., for her doctor of chiropractic (D.C.) degree.
She completed her internship at Bloom Chiropractic, Bloomington Natural Care Center and University Health Services, part of Northwestern Health Sciences University, all in Minnesota.
She previously worked at Lakes Region Chiropractic in Bristol, N.H., before opening her own practice, The Chiropractic & Wellness Studio, last year.
It was through volunteer work with the Woodstock Union High School track team that Dr. Kannas connected with Sharon Health Center chiropractor Dr. Hank Glass. The health center, renowned for its sports medicine practice, was in need of more chiropractic help.
Dr. Kannas excitedly joined the team, which includes Dr. Glass, two podiatrists, a sports medicine physician, a nurse practitioner, an athletic trainer and physical therapists, this month. "I'm really excited to work with the other doctors and staff and, most importantly, the patients. I really love what I do."
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Glenis Leon "Glen" Scivally, long-time Thackerville, Okla., resident, passed away Thursday, November 29, 2012 in the Denton Regional Medical Center in Denton, Texas, at the age of 71. Funeral services for Mr. Scivally will be held at 2 p.m., Monday, December 3, 2012, in the First United Methodist Church located at 214 S. Denton Street in Gainesville, Texas, with the Rev. Don Yeager officiating. Interment will follow in Lakeview Cemetery in Marietta, Okla. Visitation will be held today from 3 - 5 p.m. at the Flanagan-Watts Funeral Home Chapel in Marietta.
Glen was born January 7, 1941, in Addington Bend, Okla., the son of M.C. Scivally and Ethel Fanny Bond Scivally. He grew up and attended schools in Thackerville where he served as his Class President and Salutatorian. Glen attended the University of Texas-Arlington where he received his Bachelor's degree in business and then went on to get his license as a C.P.A. Glen married early in life and moved to Gainesville and Fort Worth as he followed employment. He held a position with NCH for 31 years in which he served as Treasurer and Executive Vice President until his retirement in 2004. During this tenure, he also held an international position in England for three years. In 2006, Glen returned to the Gainesville/Thackerville area.
Glen loved listening to vintage Country Western music. He traveled the world extensively and even traveled the U.S. on motorcycle. He loved cars and working on things. In his down time you would likely catch Glen enjoying a smoothie or eating some Blue Bell ice cream.
Glen had two previous marriages. The first to Jean Kelley, who preceded him in death. The couple bore two children who survive, Rick and wife, Jeneth Scivally of Arlington, Texas, and Jay Scivally and wife, Dawn of Ovilla, Texas. The union to his second wife, Jo Beadle of Mineral Wells, Texas, bore one adopted child, Ryan Austin Scivally of Bedford, Texas. Glen later married Kathye Davis-Scivally who survives of the home. From this union came two stepchildren, Paige Owens and husband, Todd of Grapevine, Texas, and Blake Irwin of Little Elm, Texas. Additional survivors include three brothers, Thurman Scivally and wife, Ann of Gainesville, Roy Scivally and wife, Rosalind of Haltom City, Texas, and Don Scivally and wife, Linda of Thackerville; 15 grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.Glen was also preceded in death by his parents; and a brother, Vernon Scivally.
Casket bearers will be Jacob Scivally, Daniel Scott, Dale Scivally, Rob Scivally, Todd Owens and Danny Scivally.
Memorial contributions in Glen's name can be left with the First United Methodist Church, 214 S. Denton, Gainesville, TX 76240 "Future Carport Fund," or to the National Parkinson's Foundation.
On-line condolences: wattsfuneralhome.com.
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Dr. Edwards' ambition is to change people's lives with the Word of God and equip others to do the same. Kent is known for his passion for preaching, and brings over 30 years of Christian leadership experience, both as a senior pastor and a church planter. He is a popular conference and seminar speaker and lectures regularly nationally and internationally.
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The guy AVB, you guys have taken on will need a season at least, if he's still there, to transfer he's ideas and choices to the pitch and achieve consistency. So be prepared to whinge a bit and face up to a slip down the table.
H---Have I worded that right, Harry.Sort: Newest | Oldest | Most Replied Expand all replies
Wouldn't get down in the dumps,s/babe---a mediocre season maybe---but you bring a media hyped guy from across the water in and that's the chance you take. A bucket full of cash over his arm improves his chances but that applies to any new guy.
Suppose Arry had to go in the end, but he left a decent squad behind, well capable of lifting some trophy. That's it though, foresight and building stability like Moyes for example, requires a few years running on the spot before the gun goes. All you guys on here and all big clubs demand instant success no matter how.
H---Pools 1 Tranmere nowt, tomorrow night---you think you've got problems.
i think the future looks very bleak for us under avb.
than again i listen to a lot of radiohead.
seriously thou i dont rate avb.
the only things i like about him is that he gives youngsters a go, he likes to press the opposition & he likes a mobile team.
but there are about 20 things i dont like about him.
u have to be honest, he is so lucky to have been given the chelsea & then the spurs job!
when u consider what little notable things he achieved.
as sfer said, leading porto to the title is no big deal.
we might as well hire the celtic manager if we are going down that route.
europa league is difficult to win so il give him some credit for that. but its still a 2nd rate competition. he also inherited falcao who basically did most of the hard work!
his arrogance is very annoying. he doesnt know how to man manage. he seems to choose the most unlikely solution to any problem. so just on the off chance it works, people will say it was a master stoke!
he does odd things like bringing defoe off when we need goals, talking about dawson as captain & then trying to flog him, trying to offload hudd & then making him the main man.
it was a really odd choice by levy! i hope levy isnt arrogant enough to let avb fail for years before he accepts he was a mistake.
bring on moyes!
Ha ha, yep I remember Freund being a little agricultural in his playing approach to the game, we could probably do with that now! what with Sandro and Parker being out.
As far as I know Freund hasn't been involved in managing any clubs at any level. I don't know how relevant that is because he managed half of the German national team at youth level, some of whom are sublime footballers, so IMO his credentials stand up, I know little of his tactical/technical nous, but the Germans strength often lies in those areas.
What more can I/we do than hope? we all want the best for our club, I believe that faith and trust is rewarded, so I am prepared to give AVB that (I know, good of me!) If we are fighting relegation in April I may well have a different opinion, but currently we are in a similar position to last season having just been through huge changes (we lost one of the best play makers in the world), so I expect things to improve throughout the season as injured players return (Dembele) and as we sign we players in Jan!
I know what you mean about his demeanour, he can come across as cocky or arrogant and yes he does on occasion look like he's the keeper of all the secrets (on the flip side, I loved his reaction to beating Manure), thankfully his ability to manage a team is not dependant on my opinion of his face. That probably says as much about me as it does about him.
Any Maribor predictions? who will we start? We play Citeh at the W.E!
Just a thought to add to the equation Joe - who does AVB turn to when looking for tactical advice and support in making the big calls?
Stephen Freund.............!!
I have no idea how that appointment came about. I am not even sure if AVB even knew who Freund was before his appointment. As far as I know Freund has no relative experience of being an assistant manager of a PL side and all he did during his time as a player was clatter around the park giving free kicks away.
There are a few too many "hopes" in your post for my liking Joe. AVB has shown no sign of trying different things - even when it is obvious to everybody else what needs to happen - he seems to think he is omnipotent.
You pays yer money and takes yer choice so we will have to wait and see won't we.
This is tricky for me as I had the same opinion as you prior to his arrival, I was not a fan and I am not 100% convinced.
But I think it shows a reactionary, small club mentality to sack a manger after such a short period of time, maybe I have become more sympathetic due to the idiocy of our home fans boo'ing! I find that completely ridiculous, counter-intuitive and deplorable.
In spells we have looked superb, during the United game we played in the style I want us to, fast attcking football, I agree this has not happened anywhere near enough. The lack of cohesion, I am putting down to time, huge changes to the club and its staff. With regards to tactics and team selection, I would do things differently and I hope AVB will at least try some other options. I do think we have been limited by injuries. Had Parker and Ade been fit I'm certain we would have seen them used more.
Do we want a manager who can be manipulated by fans and the media? I don't.
'The question is - do we wait to see if he changes his tactics, makes better sub decisions, get the squad back on his side and plays a formation better suited to our style OR bite the bullet. I can't see that happening to be honest'
I would have to say yes, I want to wait and see. I hope he tries something different (maybe 2 upfront), I hope he uses the squad differently, IMO Falque and Naughton have earn't more opportunities also Danny Rose has been good for Sunderland. I have read a couple of articles suggesting players aren't happy, but that seems to happen no matter who's in charge.
All things change in time.
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The guy AVB, you guys have taken on will need a season at least, if he's still there, to transfer he's ideas and choices to the pitch and achieve consistency. So be prepared to whinge a bit and face up to a slip down the table.
H---Have I worded that right, Harry.
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The problem with your assesment H is that there is nothing to prove that AVB's "tactics" will work and IF they don't where does that leave Spurs? After one good season with Porto (the Man U of Portugal) he was plucked by Abramovich to get Chelsea to win the CL, as Porto had done.
He immediately upset the senior Chelsea players, played some very strange, negative tactics, made some very weird substitutions, did his usual thing of looking smug and Abramovich was brave enough (after wasting so much money on getting him in the first place) to make a quick decision and get rid before it was too late.
Now it seems he has learnt nothing from his time at Chelsea other than to be a bit friendlier in front of the camera.
If we give AVB a season and his methods don't work (which I don't think they will) where does that leave Spurs? Languishing near the foot of the table, a depleted, demoralised squad, no reason for any top class players to join us and all in all - up the swanny.
I don't like his tactics. I don't think 4-5-1 suits us or the players we have. I don't understand his logic as far as subs are concerned. I cannot for the life of me understand why he thinks little Defoe can play on his own up front (I like Defoe and with another player up front he will get his fair share of goals). I don't understand why he thinks Hudd is good enough (in whatever position anybody thinks he can play) and I think he is losing the dressing room already.
Time will tell obviously but the signs do not look good and personally I hope Levy has the same size balls as Abramovich..
Just looked Mr Anelka - and you're right. It seems though that he put in a transfer request - from the Wiki:
'...Anelka scored Chelsea's first goal of the 2011–12 season against West Bromwich Albion in a 2–1 victory. However, this would prove to be Anelka's final goal for Chelsea as he failed to find the net in 14 further appearances in 2011. On 3 December 2011 after Chelsea's 3–0 victory against Newcastle United, manager André Villas-Boas confirmed to the media that Anelka along with Alex had submitted transfer requests to the club and would be free to leave Chelsea in January....'
...looks like the treatment he received after he handed in the request was a bit harsh though.
Hope Spurs A'tVB against Reading.
Berkshire Yid Berkshire Yid Sep 14, 2012 21:14 Flag
From memory John dont quote me on it but i think it was Nicolas Anelka and Alex.
I belive it was the sale of Anelka that riled up the chelsea dressing room and caused a huge training ground tear up with AVB and the senior Chelsea players.
I'm not a Spurs fan, but I can't see AVB lasting the season.Poor man management and lack of commonsense suggest to me he will struggle and Spurs will be bottom end rather than top end. I shall watch with interest.
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I am facing this strange issue with PMS on gentoo. But PMS on ubuntu installation on the same laptop is working fine. So its not network or the TV.
If I start PMS after deleting the folder ~/.config/PMS/ then it detects my TV as render. But in TV its not showing. This is the debug log in that case
But in second time when I start PMS it wont detect the render. This is the debug log in that case.
Please help me solve this.


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The Secret History of Mass Shootings and Gun Control
High-profile gun incidents once led to significant reforms in America's gun laws. Back in the early 1930s, the first major federal gun control laws were enacted in the wake of Al Capone's St. Valentine's Day Massacre. In the 1960s, the back-to-back assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert Kennedy pushed Congress to enact the Gun Control Act of 1968. And the attempt on President Reagan's life eventually led to 1993's Brady background check law. Since then, however, there's been one mass shooting after another – from Columbine (13 dead) to Aurora (12 dead) – without any significant gun control reforms. What changed?
No doubt part of the explanation lies in the political strength of the NRA and the gun lobby. As I detail in the book "Gunfight," the NRA once was a supporter of gun control, pushing states to enact restrictive laws limiting the ability of people to carry guns in public. In the 1970s, however, the NRA underwent a radical transformation when a group of hardline opponents of gun regulation staged a coup and assumed control. Refocusing the organization away from hunting and sportsmen activities, the new NRA devoted itself to stopping gun control laws.
After the Brady law was passed, the NRA used the law to motivate pro-gun voters to turn out in force in the 1994 midterm elections, delivering a House majority to the Republicans for the first time in half a century. The lesson Democrats took from this was that Election Day success meant putting gun control on the back burner. This became so ingrained in the party's thinking that even its current leaders, like Barack Obama, avoid talking about guns as much as possible.
The NRA didn't fare particularly well in this past November's elections, leading some to question whether the gun lobby still holds much sway over voters. Yet gun control advocates still face the problem of identifying laws that will prevent mass shootings. Some are calling for reenactment of the assault weapons ban; the Sandy Hook shooter, however, apparently used two commonplace handguns inside the school. Others will call for a ban on high-capacity magazines; yet this is easily evaded by carrying several guns or multiple replacement magazines, which take less than a second to insert. The gun enthusiasts have their own proposal of arming teachers; in both Aurora and Newtown, the shooters wore body armor and bulletproof vests.
The sad reality is that in a nation awash with approximately 300 million guns, no law can be counted on to completely eliminate access by criminals or the mentally ill. We can and should do more to make it harder for them to obtain guns, which could reduce the number of daily gun deaths at the margins. Whether the political environment has been transformed enough to allow that to happen remains to be seen.
Adam Winkler is a professor at the UCLA School of Law and the author of "Gunfight: The Battle over the Right to Bear Arms in America" (W. W. Norton).
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Collected by Irene Carlisle
Transcribed by Mary C. Parler
Roland Williams
High, Arkansas
March 21, 1951
Reel 98, Item 1
Nonsense Story
One time me and my dad, we decided we'd go wild terrapin and coon-skin
huntin', so we called all the dogs up but old Shorty, and we called him up
too. Went on down to the foot of the hill till we got on top of the mountain,
all the dogs treed one but old Shorty, and he treed it too, up a great big
long, tall, green sycamore sapling about ten feet above the top of an old
dead green chestnut snag. I told Dad I'd shake him out if he keered, so
he asked me he didn't keer, so I dumb up in the tree and shuk and shuk
till dreckly I heard sumpin hit the ground. Looked around, and it was me.
"Ever' one of them dogs got on top of me but old Shorty, and he was on
top of me too; so when I come to my right mind I told Dad to pick up the
pine knot over there and knock 'em all off if he keered. So he asked me
he didn't keer. He picked up the pine knot and knocked 'em all off but
old Shorty, and he knocked him off too.
We went on back to the house, and the dogs treed another'n in a
huckleberry log, about ten feet through at the little end. I told Dad
we'd just chop him out if we keered. So he asked me he didn't keer.
He picked up the axe, and the first lick, he cut old Shorty's long keen,
smooth tail off right up close behind his ears. Just like to ruint my
So we went on back to the house, seen all them punkins out there in
the big patch, so we began to chase them punkins all over the pig patch,
till dreckly I got mad at one, picked him up by the tail, and slung his
brains out over a pig. And Dad he got mad at me and talked to me like I
was a red-headed stepchild. Then he told me to shuck and shell the
pigs a bucket of slop, so I shut the fence, and put up the gate, and went
Nonsense Story
Reel 98, Item 1
and shucked and shelled the pigs a bucket of slop.
Then I decided I'd go down to Sally's house. Sally, she lived
down in Moonshine Holler, on Tough Street. The further you go,
the tougher it gets, and she lives in the last house, and that's a
big white house painted green, with the two front doors on the back
So I went out to the lot and put the bridle on the barn, and the
horse on the saddle, led the gate up beside the fence, and the horse
got on. Went on down the road kind of study-like, till dreckly the
stump • •(?) got skeered at the fence; fence rared up and throwed
me right flat of my back in the middle of the road, right in a briar
patch. Tore one sleeve out of my Sunday breeches. So I picked myself
up, brushed the dirt off of the horse, got back on, and went leadin'
him on down the road. When I got to Sally's house, she had both doors shut
wide open, and the winders nailed down.
I knowed she was glad to see me, so I hitched the fence to the horse,
went in, throwed my hat in the fireplace, spit on the bed, and down I set
on a big iron chair, on a stool. So we begin to talk about politics, and
dreckly she said, "Bud, let's go down to the apple orchard and get some
peaches to make a huckleberry pie." So I asked her I didn't keer; while l's
going' down there I's walkin' jist as close beside her as I could get, her
on one side of the road and me on the 'tother. I got down there, I told her
I'd climb up in the pear tree and shake off some apples if she keered. She
asked me she didn't keer, so I dumb up in the pear tree and shuk and shuk
and shuk; dreckly the limb I was standin' on broke, and I fell
right straddle of a barb-wire fence, both feet on the same side. Hit my
right chin above my left elbow, and I told Sally right then and there, that'd
be my last time down in Moonshine Holler, and I ain't been back since.
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After all, soundtracks for "The Descendants," "Midnight in Paris,""The Artist," "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo," "Hugo" and even that Muppet movie were nominated. But the music for Affleck's "Argo" was left off the list.
That affront to the actor/director, and all human decency for that matter, is probably why Affleck cleaned up at the Golden Globes.
But somehow, we must move on and recognize the worthy nominees for the 55th annual Grammy Awards.
The telecast itself should be entertaining, thanks to scheduled performances by Bruno Mars, Rihanna, Sting, The Black Keys, fun., the Lumineers, Mumford & Sons, Frank Ocean, Taylor Swift, Jack White, Elton John and Justin Timberlake. The star quotient remains high, with presenters including Beyoncé, Jennifer Lopez, Prince, Carly Rae Jepsen, Katy Perry, Neil Patrick Harris, Keith Urban and Faith Hill and Tim McGraw.
Unless Kanye West shows up to assail the Recording Academy for freezing out Affleck, the awarding of gilded gramophones should be fairly straightforward. But in the absence of another Adele sweep, it's more difficult to predict the winners than it was last year.
Here are my predictions for who should win, who will win, and who shouldn't, under any circumstances, take the gramophone home.
LISTEN: Spotify playlist of the 104 tracks of nominated music
Record of the year (awarded to performer)
"Lonely Boy" - The Black Keys
"Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)" - Kelly Clarkson
"We Are Young" - fun., featuring Janelle Monáe
"Somebody That I Used To Know" - Gotye featuring Kimbra
"Thinkin' Bout You" - Frank Ocean
"We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" - Taylor Swift
Will win — Ocean might pull this out, as his feud with Chris Brown doesn't hurt. Plus, his bravery of being open about his sexual orientation should earn him votes. Ocean's atmospheric, well-produced "Thinkin' Bout You" conveys heartbreak much more convincingly than Gotye ever could. (Plus, Kimbra steals the song from Gotye.)
Should win — Swift's single annoyed more people than it delighted. But I was of the latter opinion, who thought the coupling of her acoustic guitar and Max Martin's Swedish production was inspired.
Shouldn't win — "We Are Young" is a good song, but it was the wrong fun. song to be nominated. The title track of "Some Nights" was the most smartly written record of the entire year, with singer Nate Ruess' operatic arias about existential loneliness teaming up with heavy percussion and Afrobeat to rousing effect.
Album of the year
"El Camino" - The Black Keys
"Some Nights" - fun.
"Babel" - Mumford & Sons
"Channel Orange" - Frank Ocean
"Blunderbuss" - Jack White
Will win — With the rock albums canceling each other out, and fun.'s nomination on the basis of two good singles ("We Are Young" and the title track), the race is between Mumford & Sons and Ocean. Mumford & Sons is one of the few acts whose songs are aired on country, rock, alt-rock and bluegrass radio stations, and it's difficult to find anyone who downright hates that quartet. The album is more of an accessible crowd-pleaser than Ocean's challenging album and will beat out Ocean by a nose.
Should win — "Blunderbuss" was one of the best rock albums of the year and was included on my Top 10 list, but Ocean's R&B masterpiece was No. 1.
Shouldn't win — "El Camino" and "Some Nights" were simply OK albums, with a few gems but overall not remarkable efforts.
Song of the year (awarded to the songwriter)
"The A Team" - Ed Sheeran
"Adornæ" - Miguel Pimentel
"Call Me Maybe" - Tavish Crowe, Carly Rae Jepsen, Josh Ramsay
"Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)" - Jörgen Elofsson, David Gamson, Greg Kurstin and Ali Tamposi
"We Are Young" - Jack Antonoff, Jeff Bhasker, Andrew Dost and Nate Ruess
Will win — fun.'s stirring chorus, along with producer Jeff Bhasker's hip-hop-influenced wizardry at the soundboard, will ensure that fun. doesn't get shut out of the three major categories.
Should win — I have a soft spot for "The A Team," a deceptively simple song about a young woman addicted to heroin with an unconventional melody that gets better each time you hear it. But you know what? Is there one person in the world who heard "Call Me Maybe" for the first time and didn't hum along? It might be underwhelming when you look at it lyrically, yet it's still an irresistible tune — though too many music snobs will pooh-pooh it.
Shouldn't win — Clarkson had no hand in writing her hit "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)," and she needs to find a different shtick beyond girl-power anthems. Great singer, weak material.
Best new artist
Alabama Shakes
Hunter Hayes
The Lumineers
Frank Ocean
Will win — fun. and Ocean dominated the major nominations (record, album and song), with Ocean scoring two nominations and fun. scoring three. By a score of 3-2, fun. wins.
Should win — I'll flat-out say that Ocean should win any category he's nominated in. Even though Hayes won't win, can you think of any other artist besides Prince who ever wrote, produced and played all of the instruments on his debut record? Plus, the super-talented Hayes is the next big star coming out of Nashville (via Louisiana), with his single "Wanted" becoming the latest country song to cross over onto the pop charts.
Shouldn't win — I like The Lumineers' "Ho Hey" as much as anyone, but one song doesn't a Best New Artist make when the competition in the category is so strong.
Best dance/electronica album
"Wonderland" - Steve Aoki
"Don't Think" - The Chemical Brothers
"Title Goes Here" - Deadmau5
"Fire & Ice" - Kaskade
"Bangarang" - Skrillex
Will win — Skrillex dominated the dance and electronic categories in 2012, so he should do so again despite the rapid ascent of Deadmau5.
Should win — I'm biased because Kaskade is a University of Utah graduate who once owned a Salt Lake City record store, but local ties aside, I still think "Fire & Ice" is his greatest achievement yet. Being the first EDM artist to book and sell out the Staples Center (where the Grammy Awards will be held) in 2012 illustrates how good he is and how great he is becoming.
Shouldn't win — In EDM, what's cool one month becomes passé the next. Skrillex's sound defined 2011, but already seemed played out in 2012.
Best rap song
"Daughters" - Nas
"Lotus Flower Bomb" - Wale, featuring Miguel
"Mercy" - Kanye West, featuring Big Sean, Pusha T & 2 Chainz
"The Motto" - Drake Featuring Lil Wayne
"N****s In Paris" - Jay-Z and Kanye West
"Young, Wild & Free" - Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa, featuring Bruno Mars
Will win — West has had Grammy success in the past, despite his repeated petulance at being snubbed for major awards. But Nas' recent album, "Life Is Good," is a welcome return to form for one of the best MC's out there.
Should win — "Daughters" was an insightful, complex reflection on raising a daughter in a not-so-righteous life: "She's seen me switching women, pops was on some pimp s--- / She heard stories of her daddy thugging /So if her husband is a gangster, can't be mad, I'll love him." Plus the soul music samples made this a smooth ride. Honorable mention goes to West's drawled rhyming on "N****s In Paris" : "Prince William's ain't do it right if you ask me / Cause I was him I would have married Kate & Ashley."
Shouldn't win — "Young, Wild & Free" is fun but slight, and the title sounds too much like a One Direction song. Plus, Snoop has turned into a cartoon.
Best country album
"Uncaged" - Zac Brown Band
"Hunter Hayes" - Hunter Hayes
"Living For a Song: A Tribute to Hank Cochran" - Jamey Johnson
"Four the Record" - Miranda Lambert
"The Time Jumpers" - The Time Jumpers
Will win — In 2010, Lambert's "Revolution" was robbed in this same category. Voters won't make the same mistake twice. Plus, even though Vince Gill is a new member of The Time Jumpers, no one has heard of them.
Should win — Zac Brown Band's latest was amusing, but "Four the Record" was just as good as "Revolution," and heads and shoulders above other country albums. The straight-talking, rocking Texan should win in a landslide.
Shouldn't win — Johnson's well-intentioned tribute album to Hank Cochran is something to be admired, rather than enjoyed.
Best rock song
"Freedom at 21" - Jack White
"I Will Wait" - Mumford & Sons
"Lonely Boy" - The Black Keys
"Madness" - Muse
"We Take Care of Our Own" - Bruce Springsteen
Will win — While "Wrecking Ball" was just an average album for The Boss, "We Take Care of Our Own" was its best moment, thanks to lyrics that emphasized what Springsteen does best: celebrate community and the common man with a jab at the government ("From the shotgun shack to the Superdome / We yelled "help" but the cavalry stayed home / There ain't no-one hearing the bugle blown"). While The Black Keys and White are comparatively young upstarts who might be "cooler," the Recording Academy loves Springsteen.
Should win — White's slinky critique of a woman who has wronged him shows some of the best vocals he's ever displayed, but my choice goes to Muse, whose "Madness" was one of the year's best showcases for how EDM can work with guitars to create something truly hypnotizing. It's 12-bar blues for the 21st century.
Shouldn't win — Mumford & Sons' "I Will Wait" is a bluegrass song, not rock.


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SANTA CLARA -- Marcus Lattimore surrendered on the spot. He took one look at his knee -- his wretched, distorted mess of a knee -- and kissed his NFL dreams goodbye.
"I just knew football was over with at that point," he said, "so I had to find something else to do with my life."
Spoiler alert: Lattimore didn't walk away after all. One of the greatest running backs in South Carolina history told his story from 49ers headquarters recently, not long after the latest strenuous workout of his comeback attempt.
The 49ers hope that the onetime supernova can be an impact draft pick in 2014, even if it's a full year after they selected him. The 49ers snagged Lattimore with a flier -- a fourth-round compensatory pick (131st overall) knowing from the get-go that he'd spend a year on the shelf.
Even now, the 5-foot-11, 221-pounder will be competing for a backup role with no guarantees. Lattimore, by his own assessment, is not all the way back, physically or mentally.
But he's close enough to dream again.
"I'll probably be pouring out in tears, man, to tell you the truth," he said, when asked about the possibility of strapping on his helmet at Levi's Stadium. "I was just hoping to walk again."
The funny thing is, it didn't even hurt, at least not physically. On a second-and-10 from the 25-yard line, Lattimore took a handoff as one of the nation's best running back prospects. Two yards later, his career was in jeopardy.
One Tennessee defender hit him high, the other low, and it was as if someone put Lattimore's left knee in a blender. He wound up with an eye-chart of an injury: ACL, PCL, MCL -- all torn.
That play, the last of his college career, was Oct. 27, 2012, two days shy of Lattimore's 21st birthday.
"I was just shocked," he said. "I had no feeling."
Resigned to the end of his athletic career even before the cart arrived to haul him away, Lattimore spent the next few days mulling a new career. The man who had scored more touchdowns than anyone in Gamecocks history fixed his sights on becoming a chef. He had plans to enroll in an academy for the culinary arts. "Without question," Lattimore said.
But a funny thing happened on the way the kitchen: The calls started coming. And the letters. And the tweets. And the tears.
And Frank Gore. The 49ers running back, who had overcome his own career-threatening knee injuries out of college, called out of the blue to check on Lattimore's soul. "It was, 'How's your head? How's your mind?' That was the first thing he said: 'How's your mind doing?' " Lattimore said, recounting the conversation.
Lattimore explained to Gore why he was giving up the game, why the only thing he was sure of was that he'd never play again.
"Pray about it," the 49ers star replied. "I've been through the same thing. There are a lot of people who are going to tell you what to do. You have to go with your heart and with what you want to do."
Gore added one more thing before hanging up.
"I've got a gut feeling that you don't want to quit football," he said.
Leaning forward in a chair at the 49ers practice facility, Lattimore flashed a wide smile. He now can admit that he thought Gore was a little crazy for saying that.
But Gore had been there himself. He tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee playing spring ball after his freshman year at Miami. The next year, Gore tore the ACL in his right knee.
That's why Gore slipped to the third round, 65th overall on draft day. Even then, Sports Illustrated called him "the most overrated running back in the draft."
Now the 49ers' all-time rushing leader, Gore was watching South Carolina's fateful 2012 game on TV when he saw Lattimore writhing on the turf. Gore looked on for a few minutes in silence. Then he turned to public relations man Mike Chasanoff and said: "Get me his number."
These days, the two players can talk face to face. Lattimore spent all of last season on injured reserve, but Gore took him under his wing, teaching him the mental side of the game. One of the things Gore likes to tell him is: "A lot of people are going to doubt you."
So Lattimore listens, knowing that until he recovers his physical prowess, he will need all the details he can get.
"You don't even have to talk to Frank to learn so much about the game of football," Lattimore said. "He's the best pass-protection back in the league, without question. And (Tom) Rathman, he's the best running backs coach in the league. And between those two, I learned so much about the little things about the game and how much technique matters when it comes to the NFL."
Lattimore concedes that he still lacks the first-step burst, the explosiveness through the hole, that once helped him rush for 1,197 yards with 17 rushing touchdowns as a freshman at South Carolina. Lattimore suspects that part won't come back until he's on the field again and gets the adrenaline boost that comes from being chased by a defender.
"I would say that's the last step on the physical side," he said.
And there's still the matter of how Lattimore's mind is doing -- the knee is in his head. "Oh, every day," he said. "That's part of the life now."
On the day he was injured, the sellout crowd of 80,250 at South Carolina's Williams-Brice Stadium gave him a huge ovation. Tennessee players surrounded him on the field to wish him well.
Lattimore missed it at the time. "I couldn't hear anything," he said. "I was zoned out at that point."
But he saw it all on ESPN days later. He was floored.
"So I had to get back up," Lattimore says now. "I knew I couldn't give up because I knew that someday somebody would be in the same situation. Somebody was going to have that same exact injury.
"I wanted them to be able to look at me and say, 'I gave them hope.' "
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By the numbers
Marcus Lattimore's rushing statistics during his college career at South Carolina:
Year G Att. Yards Avg. TD
2010 13 249 1,197 4.8 17
2011 7 163 818 5.0 10
2012 9 143 662 4.6 11
Totals 29 555 2,677 4.8 38
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50th victory in North America
Roger stretched his winning streak in North America to 50 matches, stretching back more than two years when he defeated Sébastien Grosjean of France 6-3, 6-3 in the second round of the Rogers Cup yesterday.
After nine days of holidays and over two weeks of intensive training with Pierre Paganini and Tony Roche in the immense heat in Dubai Roger did not precisely know where he was standing. "It's quite similar to a fresh start, comparable to the beginning of a new season in january. That's why it was so important to find the right rhythm straight away," Roger commented.
"Same as (Tuesday) -- good," Roger replied when asked to assess his latest triumph. "I think I played a little more aggressive. I had patches where I played really good tennis. I was really pleased with the way I played, because he's a tough player and I haven't played him in a while. He's a veteran and he knows how to play the game well, and he's quick, so I had to play a good match."
Roger will play either Tommy Haas (AT 17) or Russia's Dimitri Tursunow (ATP 27) in the next round. Only three of the men originally seeded in the top 10 are left in the tournament. And no Americans remained in contention after Kevin Kim, ranked 96th in the world, lost to No. 25 Fernando Verdasco of Spain, 6-3, 6-2.


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USA, 1959, 125 Minute Running Time
Genre/Subjects: Archival, Drama, Family Issues, Social Issues, Womens IssuesLanguage: English
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Archival 35mm presentation - In Douglas Sirk's emotionally and visually extravagant final film, Lana Turner is Lora Meredith, an aspiring actress and single mother who meets Annie Johnson, a black and similarly single and struggling mother. The two women move in together and face a huge challenge as they try to raise their children -- especially Annie's daughter, who, favoring her extremely fair-skinned father, slowly comes to resent her mother's black identity.
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WEST POINT, N.Y. -- If Stanford starts as slowly against Arizona State as it did Saturday against Army, the Cardinal could be in some trouble.
Cardinal coach David Shaw isn't worried about another repeat of the sluggishness that his fifth-ranked squad showed before pulling away for a 34-20 victory over the Black Knights. Shaw addressed the issue before anyone could even ask about it.
"When you're playing a triple-option team, it takes a half to get used to the speed, the tempo," Shaw said. "You never talk about stopping a triple-option team. You talk about slowing them down."
By the time Stanford (2-0) figured it out, Army was on its way to 284 yards on the ground. But the Cardinal had a triple of its own. Kevin Hogan threw three touchdown passes, Tyler Gaffney scored two touchdowns and Ty Montgomery gained 233 total yards before 39,644 at Michie Stadium.
"What I loved about the team today," Shaw said, "when people tell you you're supposed to win by a lot and you come in at halftime and it's close if you listen to the people on the outside you get a little anxious. We were not anxious. We knew we had to play our best. We came out in the second half and we played great."
Hogan hit Michael Rector in the first quarter, Montgomery in the second and Gaffney in the third for touchdowns to overcome a listless Cardinal start and an early 6-0 Black Knights lead that could leave national poll voters underwhelmed.
"It's not about frustration," said Shaw. "It's about figuring it out. They're gonna poke and prod and use whatever you do against you. There's a reason for 40 to 50 years, everybody ran the triple option. It's hard to defend."
Defensive end Josh Mauro, who led Stanford with six solo tackles, gave Army (1-2) the credit for how the first quarter went.
"It's the quickest offensive line probably in the nation," he said. "Those guys are really good at what they do and it's hard to simulate that in four days and then do it on Saturday. They have all the respect in the world from us."
It wasn't until a 23-yard strike from Hogan to Gaffney with 4:05 left in the third period that Stanford looked in control. Gaffney's second TD came on a 1-yard run with 9:59 remaining to make it 34-13. Army scored with 17 seconds left on a 6-yard pass from A.J. Schurr to Edgar Poe.
"We moved the ball pretty well," Shaw said. "We've got to take the error out of our game. That touchdown to (Devon) Cajuste, he has to finish the catch." Shaw was referring to a bobble in the corner of the end zone.
Listless well into the third quarter and ahead only 20-13, Stanford got some life by forcing a fumble by Army quarterback Angel Santiago. Starting from his 43, Hogan led an eight-play, 57-yard drive. A third-down strike to Montgomery went for 27 yards. Five plays later, Gaffney shrugged off his own face-mask penalty with a 23-yard reception and a 27-13 lead.
"We kept our calm," Gaffney said.
Army showed no awe of a top-five opponent, getting two Dan Grochowski field goals before the Cardinal managed a first down. When Stanford did get a first down, it happened in style, with Gaffney running 25 yards. Four plays later, Hogan threw to Rector, who caught it for a 26-year TD despite a tip by Pittsburg's Josh Jenkins.
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This was unanimously voted on by all members of Occupy Wall Street last night, around 8pm, Sept 29. It is our first official document for release. We have three more underway, that will likely be released in the upcoming days: 1) A declaration of demands. 2) Principles of Solidarity 3) Documentation on how to form your own Direct Democracy Occupation Group. This is a living document. you can receive an official press copy of the latest version by emailing firstname.lastname@example.com.
Declaration of the Occupation of New York City
As we gather together in solidarity to express a feeling of mass injustice, we must not lose sight of what brought us together. We write so that all people who feel wronged by the corporate forces of the world can know that we are your allies.
As one people, united, we acknowledge the reality: that the future of the human race requires the cooperation of its members; that our system must protect our rights, and upon corruption of that system, it is up to the individuals to protect their own rights, and those of their neighbors; that a democratic government derives its just power from the people, but corporations do not seek consent to extract wealth from the people and the Earth; and that no true democracy is attainable when the process is determined by economic power. We come to you at a time when corporations, which place profit over people, self-interest over justice, and oppression over equality, run our governments. We have peaceably assembled here, as is our right, to let these facts be known.
They have taken our houses through an illegal foreclosure process, despite not having the original mortgage.
They have taken bailouts from taxpayers with impunity, and continue to give Executives exorbitant bonuses.
They have perpetuated inequality and discrimination in the workplace based on age, the color of ones skin, sex, gender identity and sexual orientation.
They have poisoned the food supply through negligence, and undermined the farming system through monopolization.
They have profited off of the torture, confinement, and cruel treatment of countless nonhuman animals, and actively hide these practices.
They have continuously sought to strip employees of the right to negotiate for better pay and safer working conditions.
They have held students hostage with tens of thousands of dollars of debt on education, which is itself a human right.
They have consistently outsourced labor and used that outsourcing as leverage to cut workers healthcare and pay.
They have influenced the courts to achieve the same rights as people, with none of the culpability or responsibility.
They have spent millions of dollars on legal teams that look for ways to get them out of contracts in regards to health insurance.
They have sold our privacy as a commodity.
They have used the military and police force to prevent freedom of the press.
They have deliberately declined to recall faulty products endangering lives in pursuit of profit.
They determine economic policy, despite the catastrophic failures their policies have produced and continue to produce.
They have donated large sums of money to politicians supposed to be regulating them.
They continue to block alternate forms of energy to keep us dependent on oil.
They continue to block generic forms of medicine that could save peoples lives in order to protect investments that have already turned a substantive profit.
They have purposely covered up oil spills, accidents, faulty bookkeeping, and inactive ingredients in pursuit of profit.
They purposefully keep people misinformed and fearful through their control of the media.
They have accepted private contracts to murder prisoners even when presented with serious doubts about their guilt.
They have perpetuated colonialism at home and abroad.
They have participated in the torture and murder of innocent civilians overseas.
They continue to create weapons of mass destruction in order to receive government contracts.*
To the people of the world,
We, the New York City General Assembly occupying Wall Street in Liberty Square, urge you to assert your power.
Exercise your right to peaceably assemble; occupy public space; create a process to address the problems we face, and generate solutions accessible to everyone.
To all communities that take action and form groups in the spirit of direct democracy, we offer support, documentation, and all of the resources at our disposal.
Join us and make your voices heard!
*These grievances are not all-inclusive.
Reggie wrote:
Yeah. All it took was three weeks and 700+ arrests to get this sorted out.
It's a non-protest. Really more of an occupational annoyance. Hitting the symbolic towers of the American economy didn't stop greed and neither will hanging around the symbolic center of American commerce. As if the protesters are keeping stockbrokers from entering the exchange or something. Most of that shit happens online anyway.
Simply protesting general greed and bad business practices is meaningless. You might as well hold a rally against meanness. Making these general grievances against "the corporations" gives the impression that the protesters don't know what they're talking about. A lot of bearded white twenty-somethings in Sharpie-scrawled t-shirts does not represent the face of people that have been disenfranchised by American greed.
I think that even if this protest were mirrored in every major American city, it would have no effect. No one is listening because they look like assholes. Should have occupied Times Square--or even more poignantly, protested at the WTC site and tied that event to current events. But no, it's a lot of white girls in dreadlocks acting indignant that they can't get a Whopper at Burger King.
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Week of Dec. 20, 2007
Eagle Valley High School students were busy spreading Christmas cheer with members of the National Honor Society traveling to Denver to help at a soup kitchen, LULAC members assisting with the Eagle Masons toy drive and the entire student body contributing to a canned food drive.
Rusty and Laurie Bossow's home on Strohm Circle was the winner of the Gypsum Holiday Lighting contest. The Bossows won a $100 cash award.
Frank Doll, life-long Eagle County resident and longtime weather historian, died. He was 86.
The Gypsum Town Council rejected a liquor license application from Hugo Parra to open a nightclub in the Airport Gateway area.
Week of Dec. 19, 2002
After 20 years in office, newly enacted term limits forced Eagle County Sheriff A.J. Johnson out of office. Noting that retirement wasn't really his style, Johnson promised to reappear in the public eye.
A proposal to place lights at the new ball fields in Gypsum struck out with the facility's neighbors. Tom and Chris LaVenture had purchased their residence before the town's acquisition of the adjacent parcel for development of a recreation site. The LaVentures were concerned that glare from the proposed lights and after-dark play would disturb their peaceful home life.
The gazebo at the Golden Eagle Senior Center took first place in the Eagle holiday lighting contest.
Week of Dec. 24, 1992
Representatives from the towns of Minturn and Gypsum appealed to the Eagle County Commissioners to reduce the subsidy charged for animal control services. The county planned to bill $8,000 annually to both towns for animal control contracts but the municipal representatives argued a bill of around $3,600 to $3,900 would be more appropriate.
Randy and Diane Gunn of 13403 Colorado River Road won first place in the western Eagle County holiday lighting contest.
Eagle County Attorney Kevin Lindahl resigned to open a private law practice in Eagle.
Alex Gamble of Eagle offered the following request in his letter to Santa: "My favorite food is pizza and my favorite sport is football. I hope you have a good time delivering presents. Why do you live in the South Pole? I want a nut cracker that cracks nuts."
Week of Dec. 23, 1982
The eight cyanide tablets reported missing from the Battle Mountain High School chemistry lab were accounted for. After hearing the story on a morning television show, a BMHS senior told his chemistry teacher he had used the tablets in an experiment the previous year.
Local law enforcement agencies participating in a statewide drug crackdown netted nearly two pounds of cocaine and 27 pounds of marijuana.
Local resident Nancy Mercer received a rather bizarre Christmas present - she learned that her brother was alive. In August, Mercer had received notification from Wyoming officials that her brother had been killed and unrecognizably burned in an auto accident. However, he had actually reported his car stolen but Wyoming law enforcement agencies did not receive that information when the accident occurred. Mercer was understandably shaken when she received a collect call from her brother, but was happily surprised when she recognized his voice.
Week of Dec. 21, 1972
The Eagle Town Board published a front-page notice to announce that the Eagle Community House would be manned between the hours of 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays to issue dog licenses. License fees were $5 per year for male or spayed female dogs and $10 per year for unspayed females.
The U.S. Forest Service presented its detailed study of the "Meadow Mountain-Beaver Creek area."
The annual Santa Claus visit hosted by the Eagle Lion's Club was planned Dec. 23. Santa was slated to arrive at the Eagle airport at 11 a.m. and a free matinee showing of the Disney movie, "The Legend of a Boy and an Eagle," was planned at the Eagle Theater.
The Federal International de Ski, faced with lack of snow at Jackson Hole and Sun Valley, directed all team training to a "Holiday Classic" race at Vail.
Week of Dec. 20, 1962
"Two popular lower Eagle Valley young men narrowly escaped losing their lives in the Colorado River early Sunday morning," the Enterprise reported. "Jim Randall of Eagle and Freddie Davenport swam their way to safety in a pre-dawn car accident in Glenwood Canyon near Hanging Lake."
The Eagle County School Board decided to bring an $850,000 bond issue proposal to the voters in February. The proposed property tax increase was earmarked for a high school in the Wolcott area and a junior/senior high school in the Gypsum area.
After months of mild, warm and dry weather, snow finally hit the area just in time for Christmas.
The Eagle Lions Club annual Santa Claus Party was planned Dec. 22. Santa was slated to arrive by airplane at 11 a.m. and the free movie at the Eagle Theater was planned at 1:30 p.m.
Week of Dec. 25, 1952
The Eagle County Cattlemen's Association elected Leonard Horn of Wolcott as president, Jim Stephens as vice president and Dan Rule as secretary.
Local residents were preparing for two "gala holiday events." The Eagle River Valley Post 150 American Legion planned a dance Dec. 27 and the Eagle High School Alumni's annual Homecoming New Year's Eve party was planned at the Eagle gym on Dec. 31.
Billie Moody hosted the December meeting of the Eagle Progressive Homemakers Club. "An interesting project lesson on seafood dishes was given by Johnnie Greve."
The Stanley Cash Grocery announced it would close at noon on Dec. 26 to complete its annual inventory report.
Week of Dec. 18, 1942
Air warders from a seven-state region declared the Dec. 14 blackout event a success. "In the town of Eagle, the community area was totally blacked out within two minutes after the warning signal was sounded," the Enterprise reported. "Much of the success of the county's response to the call for a blackout was due to the efforts of Eldon Wilson and Leo Fessenden, who have made trips to every corner of the county within the past three weeks, attempting to organize completely every locality."
President Franklin Roosevelt announced that no further student enlistment in the U.S. Army Reserves would be accepted.
The Eagle Valley Lions Club planned Santa Claus's appearance. "The jolly old Saint, so well beloved by all of the children, will have a sack of nuts and fruit for every boy and girl that he can reach."
As a special Christmas gift to the community, the Eagle Theater announced a special showing of Irving Berlin's "Holiday Inn," starring Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire.


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PAGOSA SPRINGS - It had been a long, hot motorcycle ride that day, so by the time The Springs Resort and Spa came into view, it was time for a beer, and then a soak.
Southern Colorado is a good day's road trip from Vail, but the lower part of the state's allure is strong. The mountains are still there, but the San Juans have a different look and feel. Those mountains loom over and around Pagosa, which sits at the base of Wolf Creek Pass.
People have known about the hot springs ever since the Utes roamed this country. Early settlers made good use of the water's alleged healing properties, too. But it's taken the owners of The Springs Resort and Spa to make the place remarkable.
Unlike the hot springs at Glenwood Springs, Ouray or other soaking spots, The Springs Resort and Spa has built a number of pools around the resort. All are fed by the resort's "mother spring," a source of mineral water that bubbles from the ground at between 120 and 150 degrees, depending on the time of year. That water is fed to pools with names including Twilight, Cozy Cove and Lobster Pot.
The Lobster Pot, as you can guess, is usually kept at 110 degrees or more, but other pools range in the mid-90s and higher.
If you go for the hotter pools, be careful; everyone at the resort encourages guests to drink water constantly. Even a couple of long soaks in relatively temperate 100-degree pools left me with a powerful thirst.
The springs are the draw
There's a day spa, of course, and there are a couple of snack bars around the pool, as well as any number of lounge chairs, the better to take a quick break from the hot water.
While the pools are a delight, perhaps the best way to enjoy them is to stay at the lodge. Standard rooms are good mid-level hotel fare, and there are plenty of towels to go around. Rates can be around $200 per night, but there's value there if you and the family go.
Perhaps the best part of a lodge stay is the fact that guests have 24-hour access to the pools. Check in, spend an afternoon soaking, head to dinner at one of the town's many restaurants - my choice was a sandwich and a beer at the Pagosa Brewing Company - and then head back for the evening.
The next day, you can stay at the pools all day. You'll have to load the car, but you can keep soaking, then shower and change in one of the resort's locker rooms.
If you're in Pagosa for more than just a night, the town has shopping - from rubber tomahawks to fine jewelry and more - as well as golf and, of course, the kind of access to public lands that we in the Rockies have come to love.
In the winter, the springs are a great end to a day of skiing at Wolf Creek, which remains one of the state's untamed ski areas.
But the springs are the draw. The Utes and many who've followed have ascribed healing powers to those waters. But at the least, those water will cure a day of "been on the road all day."


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Reports from drinktec, Pack Expo and NBWA
Mid-September through the very beginning of October was likely the busiest two-week period for warehousing-and-logistics-minded beverage companies in recent memory, as it offered a trio of industry trade shows on two continents with equipment and solutions for a range of distribution functions. First among those events, as you likely witnessed in the Production & Packing Equipment, Packaging and Ingredients sections of this issue, was drinktec in Munich, Germany, Sept. 16-20. That was followed closely by Pack Expo at the Las Vegas Convention Center, Sept. 22-25 and, finally, by the National Beer Wholesalers Association's 76th annual convention and trade show, also in Las Vegas at Caesar's Palace. Here are some of the warehousing and material handling solutions on display for a combined total of nearly 100,000 visitors 6,000 miles and nine time zones apart during those three trans-Atlantic events.
An Orderly System
At drinktec, System Logistics introduced new solutions for automated storage, picking, and material handling dedicated to the beverage market. Among those were the automated warehouse FRS (Fast Rotation Storage), allowing warehouses to reach very high throughput levels and storage capacity in limited spaces. The company also showcased the new fully automated picking system APPS (Automatic Pick to Pallet System), which, System Logistics says, combines management simplicity and investment scalability. Additionally it highlighted its Modula Vertical Lift Module (VLM), tailored with some unique "beverage configurations." Finally, it demo'd its Systore software, which boasts 20 years of experience in optimizing complex logistics flows. systemlogistics.com
Smaller Size, Greater Efficiency
In its first new product intro in the U.S. in about two decades, Chep at Pack Expo announced that it's offering pooled half-pallets for its customers. The half-size pallet is designed as a more efficient option for retail merchandising as an in-store display. About 60 percent of the total cost comes from moving products and getting them to stores, and the half pallet cuts down on a lot of that cost. It's designed to enhance the profitability of fast-moving products like bottled water. It's tougher and tougher to make money off of bottled water, especially when 24-packs are being sold for as low as $1.99 in some places. The half pallet, the company says, will take out some of the labor cost of getting it to retail, thereby enhancing its profitability. chep.com
Keg Collaboration
Krones AG at drinktec showcased its partnership with Micromatic, which resulted in BEVkeg, a one-way 10-liter PET keg. It's equipped with a screw cap, human-engineered handle and disposable beverage line and features proprietary, gas-free BEVmate tapping equipment, which operates with mechanical pressure. When emptied, the container rolls itself up inward, helping to eliminate tapping losses. krones.com
Slim Key
Lightweight Containers at drinktec unveiled a slim one-way keg that will hit the market in early 2014. The KeyKeg 30 Slimline is a cylindrical 30-liter keg fitted with two walls, allowing the keg to withstand higher internal pressures and resist external damage. It features Bag-in-Ball technology, which the company says makes it perform like steel kegs while keeping the product fresher longer. www.keykeg.com
Freeing Up Time
Liberty Technologies, a Millwood, Inc. company, introduced a line of lift tables and pallet loaders at Pack Expo. The line has been designed to maximize load-building efficiency and improve ergonomics and worker safety by continually adjusting load heights to minimize back strain, providing load maneuverability to reduce wasted motion, utilizing rugged components to handle a wide range of loads and providing a range of table tops to handle a variety of load types. millwoodinc.com
Robotic Revolution
At Pack Expo, Intelligrated showcased an interactive system with robotic arms integrated with Intelligrated pallet conveyor and motor-driven roller case conveyor. One robotic arm was able to palletize multiple case sizes while a second performed vision-guided random case depalletizing. The robots' flexibility, combined with advanced software and vision technology, enables variable load handling and brings the speed and accuracy of automation to previously manual processes. The two order-fulfillment-enabling technologies showcased can integrate with the company's other material handling components including software, conveyor, sortation and picking systems to streamline operations. intelligrated.com
Intermec recently introduced its CN51 mobile computer, which, it says, is designed for distributors that depend on mobile workers being "nimble, empowered and well informed." The Intermec CN51 allows the choice of Windows or Android operating systems on a single device and offers a power-packed 1.5GHz dual core, multi-engine processor design with 1GB RAM, and 16GB Flash for the highest degree of future-proofing capability. The CN51's large, multi-touch, outdoor-readable screen provides ample room for application viewing with less scrolling and greater productivity, Intermec adds, as well as more space for capturing more legible signatures. It's also equipped with state-of-the-art smart battery technology, delivering life that lasts through a full shift and beyond without interruption to replace or recharge to get the job done.
The company says the CN51's high-performance imagers provide optimal barcode scanning capabilities even in low light scanning environments with significant motion tolerance and rapid scanning to eliminate costly delays and user frustration during scan-intensive applications. The 5 megapixel color camera and Intermec's image processing technologies deliver capability beyond reading barcodes. Mobile Document Imaging (MDI) and Remote Deposit Capture (RDC) provide a fast and reliable way to convert full-size paper documents or check payments into electronic files. intermec.com
Productive Picking
At the NBWA trade show, Encompass Technologies highlighted what it says is the industry's first and only iPod voice-directed warehouse solution. The WMS offers live real-time inventory counts, eliminating the need to shut off all or part of the warehouse. The iPod-based voice recognition with integrated scanning, Encompass says, enhances ease of use and simplifies training. The intuitive touch-screen interface shortens the learning curve for warehouse employees. The voice-pick system supports multiple-pallet picks per pick. encompass8.com
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Schroeder-Manatee hires commercial real estate chief
Published: Thursday, February 20, 2014 at 1:00 a.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, February 19, 2014 at 9:16 p.m.
LAKEWOOD RANCH - The master developer of Lakewood Ranch has filled the vacancy atop its commercial real estate division, ending a five-month national search.
Las Vegas real estate veteran and Sarasota native Kirk Boylston is slated to join Schroeder-Manatee Ranch Inc. in early March to head LWR Commercial Realty.
Boylston comes to LWR with experience in industrial, retail and office development on the West Coast.
He will now be tasked with keeping Lakewood Ranch's year-end office vacancy rate of 9.3 percent as the best in the region.
Boylston's ability to set up a network of brokers, developer contacts and equity partners was key in his selection as president of the commercial division, said SMR president and CEO Rex Jensen.
"We need to put ourselves on the national map," Jensen said in a statement. "The Sarasota-Manatee area has fallen through the cracks on some big things. We want to remedy that."
Most recently, Boylston was regional director of EJM Development Co. in Las Vegas, where he was responsible for all of the company's operations in the southern Nevada market.
There, he managed a portfolio of more than 5.5 million square feet of leased industrial, office and retail space. He also was responsible for developing the largest master-planned commercial project in Las Vegas -- the 450-acre Arroyo.
Before moving to Las Vegas, Boylston held various positions in development, sales, and leasing for different firms in California, including with developer Cabot, Cabot & Forbes.
Boylston, who was named president of the Southern Nevada chapter of the National Association of Office and Industrial Parks for 2013, could not be reached for comment in Las Vegas on Wednesday.
"The Ranch has everything a company would need to move here," Boylston said in a news release.
"It's just a matter of getting the word out."
Boylston replaces Brian Kennelly, who worked as president of LWR Commercial Realty for seven years before leaving in September to rejoin the Starling Group, a Sarasota County developer. There, Kennelly is expected to hold an equity stake.
Kennelly had been instrumental in bringing 4 million square feet of commercial space -- worth more than $1 billion -- to Lakewood Ranch, and lowering the vacancy rate.
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Della Renner, 91, of Carrington, N.D., died, Friday, November 8, 2013 at Golden Acres Estate in Carrington.
Her Funeral Service will be held on Monday, at 2 p.m. at Bethel Assembly of God in Carrington. Burial will be at Pingree Cemetery, Pingree, N.D.
Evans Funeral Home, Carrington, is in charge of arrangements.
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With a winter storm threatening to blanket parts of the Northeast with two feet of snow or more, motorists are scrambling to get to their destinations before roads become impassable.
As the storm worsens, slippery and narrow roads, impaired visibility and occasional fender benders will slow traffic to a crawl in many places. While the best driving strategy in a blizzard is to stay home and avoid driving, some people don't have such options.
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5. Steer like a rally driver. If your car begins to slide, turn the steering wheel in the direction of the skid to regain traction. Gradually and smoothly, straighten the wheel as the car recovers. Steering into the skid is important, but don't forget the recovery.


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Ann Hunter, a Wichita State University registered dietitian, has heard several reasons for not eating healthy food."If you didn't grow up eating fruits and vegetables, you don't know how to fix them," Ann said.But there might be an easier way to eat your fruits and veggies--extract their nutrients with the NutriBullet."It's the super food, nutrition extractor. With the NutriBullet, you can turn ordinary food into super food that now absorbs easily into your body's system," the commercial said.The commercial says it's not a juicer or blender. Instead, the NutriBullet breaks through stems, skins, and seeds creating a drinkable concoction. We found one at Bed, Bath, and Beyond for $99.99.We started by following a recipe. It called for spinach. Ann also added blueberries, a banana, strawberries with the stems, almonds, and she topped it off with some water. The concoction was finished about 30 seconds later."It looks very thin," Ann said.Drinkable? Sure. But enjoyable?"I could definitely consume this," Ann said.The NutriBullet says the drink and its contents will also go through a strainer. We tried that with our drink. And it all dripped through the strainer.Ann made another recipe. But this one wasn't so visually pleasing to the eyes."We do eat with our eyes," Ann said.And the $100 price tag is hard for Ann to swallow.But, does it work?"I think it does work," Ann said.We asked Ann, a registered dietitian, to help us test this product to see if it really would help us absorb nutrients better. Her answer? Not really. She says we do absorb liquid faster, but that's not always a good thing.
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