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Shares in Eastman Kodak jumped 55 cents, or 26 per cent, amid speculation that patents held by the 131-year-old pioneer of photography and digital imaging might be worth far more than the company itself.
Analysts estimate that digital-imaging patents owned by Kodak might be worth $3bn in a sale – more than four times the company's market capitalisation at the market's close on Wednesday.
The company, based in Rochester, New York, has reported losses in five of the past six years and its market value has slipped steadily since the 1990s, reflecting the company's failure to capitalise on the shift from traditional film photography to digital imaging, a trend now accelerated by the inclusion of high-quality digital-imaging technology in the latest smartphones, including Apple's iPhone.
Interest in companies such as Kodak, which holds extensive intellectual property portfolios, has soared after a series of recent deals highlighted the value of patents that could be used in an escalating "patent war" between Apple and rival smartphone makers, including Samsung and HTC, which use Google's Android operating system.
Last month, a consortium led by Apple paid $4.5bn for 7,000 patents owned by the now defunct Nortel Networks, while Google agreed to pay $12.5bn earlier this week for Motorola Mobility in order to obtain access to the company's 17,000 patents, which it said would help it defend and extend "the Android ecosystem".
Patent wars are raging in the smartphone industry. This interactive graphic shows the technology companies involved in patent lawsuits and licensing agreements.
Motorola Mobility's sale came after Carl Icahn, Motorola Mobility's largest shareholder, urged the company to investigate options to maximise the value of its patents.
Like Motorola, Kodak confirmed in a statement last month that it was exploring "strategic alternatives" for the more than 1,100 digital-imaging patents it owns, including those for processing, editing and storing digital images. The patents represent 10 per cent of Kodak's US total, it said.
While analysts warned on Wednesday that Kodak has a $1.2bn pension shortfall, they also noted that potential buyers such as Microsoft or Samsung Electronics could both profit from its technologies, which are used in 85 per cent of digital cameras. These patents are believed to include one covering image-preview technology used in many digital cameras and smartphones.
Kodak has claimed Apple and Research in Motion, the Canadian maker of BlackBerry smartphones, infringed its patents and is seeking $1bn in licensing fees. Apple and RIM have both denied the claim. The dispute is due to be decided by the US International Trade Commission this month.
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A Missouri mother is facing charges, but drawing sympathy
from hundreds, for a baseball bat attack on her son's alleged heroin
Sherrie Gavan of Imperial, near St. Louis, was arraigned Monday on
charges of third-degree assault. The judge refused to dismiss the case.
Gavan told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that she tried everything to
protect her son, Clayton, even sending him to a different high school.
When those efforts failed, she drove to the home of 21-year-old Joshua Loyd, whom she believed supplied the drugs, and struck him with an aluminum bat.
""I don't know if I can say that what I did was right," Gavan told
the Post-Dispatch. "But it was the only thing I could do in the moment."
The four foot eleven inch Gavan said her son was trying to stay clean.
His family got involved and tried to help him stop. He
was sent to live with a relative for a while, and when he was at home he
was kept under close watch by his parents. The family says a twenty
year old man who lives nearby was providing him with heroin. They say he
continually kept trying to bring Clayton back to the drug, in some
cases, right under his parents nose.
"They came to my house," Sherrie Gavan says. "They came to my work
looking for him. Trying to get him to buy again when he was clean."
Clayton says it made the already mountainous task of getting clean all the more difficult.
Sherrie Gavan claims the man aided Clayton in relapsing several
times. She finally says she had enough in December and went to try and
talk to him.
"I just wanted him to leave my son alone, and stay away from where I work and stay away from where we live," she said.
In her statement to police she says during the conversation the man reached for something in his car.
"I felt extremely threatened," the four foot eleven Gavan told us.
"As you can tell I'm not a young person and I'm not a tall person so I'm
not a strong person. "
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She only did what any good mother would do to someone selling her son poison.
I, as a father, would tear him limb from fucking limb and not stop till a DNA test was needed to ID the man.
But that's just lil' ol' me.....
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@michael567 sounds like a good Mom to me too. let a jury decide ;)
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Cheers, Sloop.
Hope your week end's a grand one.
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The dealer is basically walking around with a loaded gun, and trying to talk a depressed person into commiting suicide with the dealers loaded gun.
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Ya, and kill the liquor store owners while your at it...
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Derp. The liquor store owner doesn't go to your house trying to hunt you down. But yeah, if my son had a alcohol problem and your moonshining ass came to my house... your going to get run off with a bat as well.
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Nice to know personal responsibility is alive and well...
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Derp De Derp. Your the clown trying to compare apples with oranges. I just called you on your shit.
Liquor store owners do not come to your house trying to hunt you down for a sale, like this drug dealer did.
You first comment of "Ya, and kill the liquor store owners while your at it..." is as stupid as this one.
Not only do you not regonize your own failed analogy you follow up with some personal responsibilty shit. Your words and opinion should definitely not be li More..
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The person pushing for the prosecution needs a little aluminum to the head.
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If I had any say in the matter, I would prosecute Sherrie Gavan for stopping the beating before he was dead. I also would have given her a commendation for her efforts if she had succeeded in killing that piece of shit.
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Case should be dismissed. Also heroin addict in highschool? Goddamn thats early.
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Why is there not a law giving all mothers right to beat their children`s drug-dealers with aluminum baseball bats?
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Perfect example of 'jury nullification' when all is said and done.
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Way to go mom. Make sure you don't plea. Get a Jury trial and you'll be good to go.
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All I can say is that her instinct sure prevailed. I like that she has no regrets either.
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In a situation like this: I feel the the parent has every right to kill the dealer. However, she 1st must dispose of the body. 2nd, DO NOT INVOLVE AUTHORITIES.
Problem solved...
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@PrestonBollinger ..the big prob, Preston, is the fact she used an aluminum bat. Those fuckers are loud and you can hear the "CLINGG" for a long ways. Should have used an ash or hickory bat and THEN gotten rid of the evidence. No one can hear a tennie weenie "thump". :)
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Don't know what they're made of. But a sledge hammer handle works great & almost silent :-)
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Wooden bats break easily. An axe handle about a yard long will break bones never breaking itself.
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What a wonderful Mom! Maybe we should all take a stand like this for our children when they truly need help.
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The Lost Creek High School class of 1959 met in Elkins on July 19 at the Bearhunter Mountain Estates home of Jim and Marlea Wheeler.
The afternoon began with appetizers being served while classmates enjoyed looking at photos, yearbooks and scrapbooks with 1950s music playing in the background.
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LCHS class of 1959 — Attending the Lost Creek High School class of 1959 reunion are, front row, from left, Gary Waggoner, Karen Lightner Lough, Jim McQuaid, Judy Junkins McQuaid, Norma Davis Paugh, John Wheeler, Sharon Nutter Wheeler, Ann Chisler Brady and Audrey Dodd Lanham; back row, Marlea Miller Wheeler, Harley McCloud, Jim Paugh, Pat Cooper, Jerry Bartlett, Carolyn Loofboro Bartlett, Gary Frush, Barbara Zivkovich Jenkins, Barbara Kay Helmick Swisher and Mary Helen Swisher Bargeloh.
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American Justin Leonard fired a four-under par 67 on Saturday to share the third round lead at the US PGA'S Tampa Bay Championship in Florida.
The 1997 British Open winner hasn't won a US PGA event since 2008 and stood alongside countryman Kevin Streelman and South African George Coetzee on six-under 207 after three rounds at the $US5.5 million ($A5.32 million) event.
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The year is 1676. 100 years before the Declaration of Independence.
German composer Samuel Rodigast composes a hymn, "Whatever My God Ordains is Right," to encourage a friend who is suffering. Almost 200 years later, in 1863, Catherine Winkworth translates the hymn into English.
Fast forward to 2007. My daughter Beth, who has suffered with migraines for 7 years finds herself 250 miles from home shooting photos at a friend's wedding. The past couple years have been painful for Beth in many ways – a good friend lost her 2-year old daughter to cancer and another friend's car accident left him in a coma.
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Whatever my God ordains is right
In his love I am abiding
I will be still in all he does
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He never will deceive me
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I take content, what he has sent
His hand can turn my griefs away
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Though now this cup in drinking
Bitter it seems to my faint heart
I take it all unshrinking
My God is true; each morn anew
Sweet comfort yet shall fill my heart
And pain and sorrow shall depart.
Whatever my God ordains is right
Here shall my stand be taken
Though sorrow, or need, or death be mine
Yet I am not forsaken
My Father's care circles me there
He holds me that I shall not fall
And so to him I leave it all.
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The Kootenay Ice ran their winning streak to two as Game two of the nine-game road trip in Vancouver resulted in a 4-1 win.
The Lions are going to the Grey Cup; the Canucks won in OT but the Giants couldn't pull-off the trifecta as some Ice hometown boys took advantage of their only stop on their home stage in two years.
Sam Reinhart had a career best four-point night with a goal and three helpers while Joe Antilla and Max Reinhart both had a goal and an assist in the 4-1 win. Brock Montgomery was the non-BC'er to round out the scoring with his 4th of the season on the power play in the second period with the game-winner.
Nathan Lieuwen despite facing a barrage of 28 shots and Giant forwards who were in his face all night, stopped 27 of them to get the win.
The highlites - done right and up within an hour of the game's end - are on the Giants website here. The Vancouver Sun has a recap here.
The Ice improved to 15-5-1-2 and 33 points on the season but not much changed as the club remains atop the Central Division but tied for second in the Eastern Conference as both the Blades (6-5 over Calgary) and the Wheaties (7-6 in OT over Moose Jaw) won tonight.
The Ice halted the Giants six-game winning streak with the 4-1 win.
Ice captain Drew Czerwonka took his turn sitting out tonight as now two of the six veterans who broke team rules have sat out. I'm told that Jesse Ismond, Dylen McKinley, Luke Paulsen and Elgin Pearce are the other four that will also serve one game each on the road trip.
Attendance was 5608 at the Pacific Colosseum despite another sell-out for the Canucks and a further 41,000+ at BC Place to watch the Lions get to the Grey Cup at the Dome next week. Not bad for the G-men but at the same time Jeff H. on the broadcast said that over 600 fans/friends showed up to see Ice forward Joe Antilla play. Antilla is from Madeira Park, about 30 minutes up the Sunshine Coast from Sechelt (Beachcomer land for those unfamiliar). I think I heard that right and Jeff said he triple checked the number. 600, unbelievable. Maybe some of those included fans of the Reinhart boys, who took home first (Sam) and third (Max) star honours tonight. Or Nathan Lieuwen (Abbotsford) or Elgin Pearce (Port Coquitlam) or Dylen McKinley (Langley) or Adam Rossignol (Surrey) or Mike Simpson (Semiahmoo - White Rock). Or even Mackenzie Skapski (Abbotsford) as no fewer than nine members of the Ice call the Lower Mainland/Fraser Valley home. That would make more sense but maybe I heard it wrong.
Steve Ewen of The Province has a great recap and story here.
The road trip continues as the Ice are in Prince George to face the Cougars Tuesday. Gametime is 8PM Mountain and as always on The Drive.
Coincidentally there's an ice/snow storm warning for the Lower Mainland tonight as the Kootenay Ice head for Prince George. Sounds like the warning was issued a little too late.
Sunday, November 20, 2011
1 comment:
- ELL said...
Jeff I am really apreciate the insights you bring to your recaps. With Hollicks Blog just reporting the game summary and team releases (which is fine as it serves a purpose) I really look to your blog to get the connection with the team, interesting stories and also your predictions on how things might turn out. Not having a another Ice fan in the house it is great to see if my thoughts or predictions match yours. I am not aware of another WHL team that offers two blogs with updates as regular as you both. Thank you.
- November 21, 2011 at 10:09 AM
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SIKESTON -- Hard hitting defense, explosive bursts of offense and all-around aggressiveness on both sides of the ball was what some fans saw at the annual Red and Black game of the Sikeston Bulldogs on Friday night.
Seeing a swarming defense and an offense that can break out for big yardage was all well and good, but for Sikeston head coach Kent Gibbs, it was the aggressiveness on both sides that he like the most.
"I thought we were aggressive. That's the big thing," Gibbs said. "We made some mistakes but that's to be expected. Overall, I liked our enthusiasm and I liked our aggressiveness."
With the first team defense stealing most of the show by not allowing much, if any, yardage early on, the first team offense also had their moments as well.
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Israeli musician Menachem Herman reworks the lyrics to show the global reach of the spirit of "Sweet Home Alabama"
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In this archival footage from the 1970s, Skynyrd perform their classic hit before an audience of thousands of fans.


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Police are looking for a man who they say has burglarized nearly a dozen U-Haul stores in the Houston area.
Officials said the man always strikes at night and his method is usually the same.
In a burglary on old Katy Road, the man drove up in previously stolen U-Haul truck before tossing a large rock through the front door. He was in and out of the store in 30 seconds. He left with the cash drawer, headed to the parking lot, and drove off in a different stolen truck.
During a burglary at a U-Haul lot on Fondren on March 3, the man arrived in a stolen truck and broke into the office. This time he took a television bolted to the wall. He drove off in a different truck on the lot.
"Basically he's showing up after the business is shut down and he's going through the front door, either throwing something through front window or kicking it down," said Jeff McShan, spokesman for Crime Stoppers of Houston.
Since the beginning of March, the man has burglarized ten storage lots that police are aware of. Officials believe there are more.
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This post has been a long time coming! I made this cake for the last Edinburgh Cake Ladies baking event, a Spooky Bakes themed cake munching extravaganza held at Mary Kings Close. For those that don't know, Mary Kings Close is a preserved underground close from when Edinburgh was a rabbits warren of different lanes, alleyways and closes coming from the Royal Mile. These date back to the 1600s and most of these have been closed up now but Mary Kings Close remains preserved under the Royal Mile, providing a fascinating insight into how people from all classes of society lived. With two potential ghosts haunting the close it was the perfect venue for our spooky bakes and it was a really special event.
I pretty much knew what I wanted to make straight away - a gruesome (but delicious) bloody heart cake. As a long time fan of Miss Cakehead's Eat Your Heart Out project, I love gory cakes so it was a great excuse to make this bloody anatomical heart cake. It had to taste amazing too, so I combined a cherry vanilla cake filled with cream cheese icing and covered with cherry syrup sticky sugarpaste. It's not quite as an intimidating project as it looks and it doesn't matter if you're not very confident with rolled fondant - it's very forgiving of a roll or two as this helps with the anatomical veined look that it's aiming for. It does take up a bit of time but the cake can be frozen before you're ready to cover it in fondant and certainly benefits from a long period in the fridge before carving it.
It goes without saying that other cakes from the evening were fabulous, however because it was so dark I didn't really get any good pictures so visit the Edinburgh Cake Ladies' blog to see them if you so wish!
My Bloody Valentine Bloody Heart Cake
Cherry vanilla cake
320g plain flour
50g cornflour
20 g baking powder
3/4 teaspoon salt
415 ml whole milk, at room temperature
6 egg whites, at room temperature
3 tablespoons (45 ml) cherry juice/syrup (from the jar of cherries, I used Bonne Maman Cherry Compote)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
450g vanilla sugar (or regular caster sugar)
173g unsalted butter, at room temperature
150g finely chopped maraschino cherries (optional)
1 teaspoon red food colouring gel (I used Sugarflair's Ruby)
1. Preheat the oven to 180°C and centre the oven rack. Line and grease three round 8-inch pans.
2. Sift the flours, baking powder and salt into a medium-sized bowl. Whisk together the milk, eggs, cherry juice and vanilla extract in a medium bowl or large glass measuring cup.
3. In an electric mixer cream the butter and sugar on medium speed until very pale and creamy, about 5 minutes.
4. With the mixer still on medium speed, alternate additions of the flour mixture and milk-egg mixture, beginning and ending with the flour mixture (3 dry additions, 2 wet), beating after each addition until incorporated. Continue mixing on medium speed for 2 minutes. Fold in finely chopped cherries.
5. Divide batter evenly among 3 cake pans, smoothing the surface with a small offset spatula or rubber spatula. Bake until a skewer comes out with a few crumbs only, about 30 minutes. Cakes should be well-risen and springy to the touch.
6. Transfer the cakes to cooling racks and cool for 5 minutes, then loosen the edges by running a knife around the sides. Gently turn out the cakes, peel of parchment paper bottom, then cool right side up.
Cherry cream cheese frosting
500g icing sugar
100g unsalted butter, at room temperature
250g cream cheese, cold
1 teaspoon cherry juice/syrup
1 teaspoon red food colouring gel (I used Sugarflair's Ruby)
1. Beat the icing sugar and butter together in an electric mixer with a paddle attachment (or use a handheld electric whisk) until the mixture comes together and is well mixed (about 5 minutes.
2. Add the cream cheese, cherry juice and food colouring gel in one go and beat until it is completely incorporated. Turn the mixer up to medium-high speed. Continue beating until the frosting is light and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Do not beat for longer as the mixture can go runny.
1 jar cherry compote (I used a jar of Bonne Maman cherry compote)
Sugarpaste icing, tinted red (I used poppy red fondant from The Finishing Touch)
Blue gel food colouring
Corn syrup or piping gel
1. Once cooled, place first cake on your plate and cover with a thin layer of cream cheese icing and cherry compote. Repeat for the second layer and leave the third top layer uniced. Put the cake in the fridge for at least 20 minutes.
2. Using a large serrated knife, trim the cake into a triangular shape with rounded corners, creating a roughly sculpted three-dimensional anatomical heart shape.
3. Add a small of of blue gel food colouring to the red fondant with a toothpick and knead, folding two or three times. Do not overmix, you just want the illusion of veins.
4. Measure the cake. Dust a stainproof work surface with icing sugar and roll the fondant with a large rolling pin. Roll the fondant to a quarter inch thickness. Fondant should be about twice the size of the cake measurements. Lay the fondant over the cake. Position the fondant so there is a large overhang of fondant at the top of the cake, but still plenty of fondant at the bottom of the cake.
5. Cut away excess fondant around the "bulb" of the heart (everything except the "artery" at the top of the cake), leaving a 2 inch margin to tuck under the cake. Reserve excess fondant for later use.
6. Tuck the excess fondant under the cake by gently lifting the cake slightly and folding the fondant underneath. The weight of the cake will help seal the fondant edges. Use the uncut fondant at the top of the cake to create a tubelike shape, or "artery".
7. Use corn syrup to seal the artery ends together. Fold a portion of the tube inward to create a clean edge. Sculpt the heart's artery further by pressing your fingers into the icing on either side of the fondant tube and pulling your fingers downward to create an impression.
8. Cut a piece of rolled fondant to 6 x 10 inches. This does not have to be perfectly square, just use whatever scraps are available. Fold 1 inch of fondant inward and roll the piece lengthwise into a tube, leaving the bottom portion open. This piece will be placed to the right of the artery; use corn syrup or piping gel to adhere to the cake. Any imperfections in the fondant can be 'molded' to look more anatomical - don't worry if there's any small tears or bumps, this will all be covered over.
9. Drain the jar of cherry compote and glaze the cake with the juice. Any stray cherries that are on the cake make a gruesome addition! Cover the cake completely so it's shiny and red and sufficiently gory.


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Tuesday, August 04, 2009
En Banc Rehearing Sought In Washinton State Pharmacy Board Conscience Case
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It's time to get rid of the Free Exercise Clause.
-American Atheist
- Tue Aug 04, 01:28:00 PM EDT
- Deacon John M. Bresnahan said...
One great thing that separates the United States from the European countries is the written document-the U.S. Constitution-- that protects our rights and keeps government from becoming all powerful. When the government--through use of the licensing power-sets out to regulate our consciences and obey or be fired-we are on the way to creating robot citizens all tuned up for the day a president of dictatorial mind gets into power. And those who would be glad to see more needless government dictating are not hard to find. There is absolutely no shortage of pharmacists willing to dispense anything the customer has the money for--although a few might--oh horrors--have to walk across the street to get their pills from a more willing druggist.
The Free Exercise Clause is one of the most important parts of the Bill of Rights. Without it you might as well use copies of the whole Constitution for bonfires
- Tue Aug 04, 08:12:00 PM EDT
I agree, Deacon John, that the free exercise clause is an important clause to keep around. It prevents the government from interfering with legitimate forms of religious expression.
However, I think it is also important to realize that the free exercise clause does not generally give one license to ignore the law. Laws of general applicability, applied generally trump the Free Exercise clause, a la the Smith case from Oregon regarding Peyote use.
Whether there are alternatives available or not is irrelevant. If a state licensing board licenses pharmacists to dispense drugs when presented with a valid prescription from a licensed doctor, and if a pharmacist willingly ignores her duty to do this, her license to dispense pharmaceuticals should be revoked. She has broken the public trust that license represented, and should have her authority revoked.
Free exercise over law is not liberty - it is license.
As a man of conscience, ought I to (were I in another job) refuse to grant licenses to hunters? Refuse to grant marriages to people of faiths I find antithetical to my views? I would be very wary of stepping across the boundary of allowing a person's conscience to give them a consequence-free pass to ignore the law, Deacon John. It was not so long ago that Catholicism was openly discriminated against and where a Catholic President was a legitimate worry for those afraid of the "Papists".
- Wed Aug 05, 06:57:00 AM EDT
MD, well spoken as usual. I'm curious though can someone please tell me of specific instances where I might find the revocation of the Free Exercise Clause harmful?
I'm asking sincerely. I, not being religious, don't see any advantage to keeping it around. We would still have the protections of the Establishment Clause to keep the government from coercing us into religious activities. I don't suppose the government would have an incentive do interfere with rather benign church activities like religious gatherings for worship or religious schools. I just think removing the Free Exercise Clause would remove a person's ability to claim a right to really outrageous behavior like claims smoking peyote is part of your religion or wearing a beard and turban are required even if it interferes with your work.
But, trying to be rational and knowing how the scientific method works (form a hypothesis and then try to tear it down), I'm reasonably sure there is a problem with my advocating the removal of the Free Exercise Clause. I also know I'm probably blind to it's advantages.
Please, someone tell me, as specifically as possible, where it's removal would be harmful.
-American Atheist
- Wed Aug 05, 08:05:00 AM EDT
- Jim51 said...
"I would be very wary of stepping across the boundary of allowing a person's conscience to give them a consequence-free pass to ignore the law..."
This is, to me, the key thought. As a former conscientious objector myself, I tend to support such objections. However, as a form of civil disobedience, which CO status often is, it does not come consequence free. If it did there would be no barrier to flippant abuse.
I am having a hard time imagining a mechanism by which such objectors could stand their moral ground without incurring, under many circumstances, a penalty.
I don't think that the penalties should be born primarily by others. And while it's true that in many cases the prescription holder could go across the street (or nearly so) and get what they need, there are plenty of cases where that will not be so.
The case of a nurse or doctor that will not perform precedures or services that a hospital provides is another such case. Why should a clinic hire a medical professional who will not perform the services that the clinic provides?
Wherever the line gets drawn, in my view it needs to be drawn at least this side of full disclosure. A pharmacy chain hiring pharmacists has a right to know if the drugs and products they provide will cause their prospective employee to object.
- Wed Aug 05, 01:54:00 PM EDT
The danger is not necessarily in how the free exercise clause operates currently, but rather in how it operates concurrently with the Supreme Court's definition of 'religion'. As I recall, the USSC includes things like secular humanism, philosophical systems, and atheism as 'religions' because they (can) occupy similar places in peoples lives. I think there is more than enough room to argue the USSC's understanding of the facts to which they apply the law there, but that's the current rule.
One area that the FE clause operates is in military drafts (or assignments as the case may be). A Quaker can apply for conscientious objector status and get his draft waived or be placed into service which does not violate his religious code (perhaps as a doctor, translator, or mechanic). Because philosophical systems can occupy the same place in our Constitutional framework as ordinary religions, they are called religions for the sake of the Constitutional tests. Thus, if I am a pacifist for ethical reasons - even though no deity is involved in the ethical principle I would be espousing - then I can also get conscientious objector status.
Take away the FE clause, and we have no CO status. There are other things that come to mind, but that's certainly one of them.
I also don't have a problem with FE clause jurisprudence like the cases which rendered flag oaths (ever read the German youth oath in pre-war Germany? Eerily similar in vibe) voluntary, and the like.
That said, I do recognize the tension between what I've just said and my previous statements to Deacon John, above. The resolution to that tension is pretty fine, and I'm far from certain that it meets any sort of Constitutional muster.
- Wed Aug 05, 05:27:00 PM EDT
- Deacon John M. Bresnahan said...
Ananymous --what good is a free exercise clause in a Bill of Rights if the government can use its licensing power to crush that part of the Bill of Rights any time a majority decides it wants to. Over the years I have read many stories of politicians supporting increased licensing requirements as a means of incrementally destroying a particular right--for instance some anti-gun people have been very open along these lines.
And as for the last Anonymous, the fact our government has to deal with conscience issues because of the Free Exercise Clause is why we-as a people- have never become as subservient to government as Europeans have in their countries over the centuries--This is why we have not created our own Hitlers, Mussolinis, Stalins, etc. Can you imagine those countries under those leaders doing anything but laugh at anyone raising a conscience argument in their courts??
This should be reason enough to keep the Free Exercise (conscience) clause.
- Wed Aug 05, 07:10:00 PM EDT
- BeyondBelief said...
Quoting "anonymous": I would be very wary of stepping across the boundary of allowing a person's conscience to give them a consequence-free pass to ignore the law,.
Couldn't agree more. Claiming conscience as a trump card to legislation is the end of society, if the right is enshrined in law. Each person becomes his/her own personal legislative bypass valve.
As for free exercise, the danger here is the expansion of the term "religion." Is it free exercise to deny another person their legally allowed rights, like the right to receive the prescription medications his/her doctor prescribes? The religious are worried about "us" expanding the definition of "public" and "secular, while we fear the encroachment of claims of religious protection for actions affecting someone other than the believer.
- Wed Aug 05, 08:19:00 PM EDT
MD, thanks for taking the time to write back. A couple of thoughts and as it's mildly late, these will not be stated as clearly as I'd like.
Conscientious objector (CO) status seems to me to be pretty weak as a defense for removal of the Free Exercise Clause (FEC). Doesn't the government currently evaluate each CO claim individually, granting it to some and denying it to others? When CO status is granted, it seems to me, it's probably granted as an admission the recruit would not do their job as a soldier no matter what the army did. Putting this particular soldier into combat only endangers his/her squad mates. So by granting CO status, the Army is improving the odds that it's members will survive. Besides, removing the FEC doesn't stop the government from granting exceptions to carrying a rifle.
As for secular humanism (SH) being a 'religion', I found this at the Friendly Atheist blog today:
MItchell also says Torcaso vs. Watkins defined Secular Humanism as a religion.
Here's what you need to know about the case: Torcaso wanted to become a notary public, but as an atheist, he did not want to declare a belief in God as was required by Maryland state law. The state denied his appointment, he sued, the case went to the Supreme Court, and the court unanimously ruled that Torcaso was right and Maryland's law was illegal.
In the court's decision, they wrote this:
We repeat and again reaffirm that neither a State nor the Federal Government can constitutionally force a person "to profess a belief or disbelief in any religion." Neither can constitutionally pass laws or impose requirements which aid all religions as against non-believers, and neither can aid those religions based on a belief in the existence of God as against those religions founded on different beliefs.
The court is absolutely right. The government shouldn't be telling us to worship or not to worship. They should stay out of that business.
There's also a footnote to that excerpt that reads like this:
Among religions in this country which do not teach what would generally be considered a belief in the existence of God are Buddhism, Taoism, Ethical Culture, Secular Humanism and others.
Why put that in there? To offer examples of non-theistic faiths that should also not be endorsed by the government. That's it. I don't think the court's intention there was to define Secular Humanism as a religion despite the wording.
Even if it did define it as such, the purpose is to say the government cannot force Secular Humanism on people. And even then, the court would be right.
I think this also pretty much covers flag oaths as part of coerced speech.
So while thoughtful, I don't think I'm convinced yet the FEC needs to be kept.
-American Atheist
- Wed Aug 05, 09:54:00 PM EDT
Mr. Bresnahan, I'm calling bullshit.
The Free Exercise Clause (FEC) has not made us less subservient to government than anyone else. Americans are just as human and subservient as any other population. Does it benefit the people or our government to have such low voter turn out? Does the rioting in the streets of France benefit their government when some minor social benefit is withdrawn? If our allegiance isn't to our government it is too often given to religious organizations like the Catholic Church Reverend Bresnahan!
As for creating our own Hitlers, Mussolinis, Stalins, etc. these are accidents of history and opportunity. The FEC wouldn't have stopped it there and it wouldn't stop it here. Hell, I'd be surprised if the FEC were raised if totalitarianism ever reared it's head here in the US. I think it was Upton Sinclair that said when Fascism comes to American it will be wrapped in a flag and carrying a cross. It won't be the FEC that protects us then, it will be the Establishment Clause.
Remember, the churches were heavily involved with the Nazis. The Russian Orthodox church had the same power as the Stalinist Communists did before they were overthrown. Did the FEC stop the Japanese internment during WWII? Was it the FEC that kept Truman from dropping more A-bombs on Japan or Patton from pushing on to Moscow? Remind me how many Iraqi's have died and people tortured under the protection of our FEC! Our country is not sinless despite our FEC.
No Mr. Bresnahan, your religion does not give you morals we mere atheists do not have and the FEC seems to be only a free pass for the religious.
-American Atheist
(Sorry....I'm a little upset)
- Wed Aug 05, 10:27:00 PM EDT
- Deacon John M. Bresnahan said...
I agree there have to be parameters to the Free Exercise of one's conscience lest society disintegrate. But the debate should be over those parameters rather than wiping out the Free Exercise-conscience clause of the Bill of Rights in the Constitution. As a public high school teacher I have had serious problems in my conscience with the Pledge of Allegience--but not over the "Under God" in it, but over the state worship it is. However, since "Under God" clearly undercuts the pledge's seeming pledge of subservience to the state, I can live with it.
And I also am in favor of moments of silence or meditation rather than state written or composed prayers. If some kid wants to approach God in his mind--that is his business--if he wants to take the time to ponder over the well-built charms of the girl in the next seat to get his day off to a pleasant start--that is his business. But some courts seem to take the attitude--Egad! we can't even allow a moment of silence lest someone sneak in a prayer in their mind.
- Thu Aug 06, 12:03:00 PM EDT
- Jim51 said...
Regarding your question about the Free Exercise clause--
I understand the frustration of watching it used as an excuse but I do think that there are things that would happen without it. I can imagine some municipalities and possibly even some states (should we experience another major terrorist attack) that might decide to proscribe mosques within their jurisdiction. The FEC could certainly be used to stop that state or municipality from carrying out its new law.
I have actually had some difficulty with your question, which surprised me. I will have to consider it some more.
- Thu Aug 06, 01:40:00 PM EDT
Jim51, thank you for the kind response and taking the time to think about my question.
Rolling your scenario around in my mind, I have to wonder a couple of things.
1) Are the mosques being proscribed because they're mosques or because they help terrorists (in your scenario. I have no problems with mosques or muslims or churches or christians in general). If they harbor terrorists, the FEC won't protect them. If they're being proscribed BECAUSE they're Muslims, aren't they protected by the 14th or 9th amendments (I'm not a lawyer so I don't know)? Could it be defended under the Establishment Clause as prosecuting one group solely on their beliefs lowers their status thereby elevating the status of the others?
Perhaps the FEC and Establishments Clauses are two sides of the same coin? Could I be vilified for being an Atheist WITHOUT establishing a state religion? Is it possible (in an extreme example) for the US to be made up of a majority of Muslims and Christians who as a group decide they don't like Atheists and kick them out of the country without violating the Establishment Clause??
I'll have to think a bit more about this myself.
-American Atheist
- Thu Aug 06, 06:11:00 PM EDT
Friends, do me a favor and read the article below then tell me if the FEC is protecting the atheists or is it the Establishment Clause, or the Equal Protections Clause or the 9th Amendment?
-American Atheist
Gov. Chet Culver weighed in on the controversial Des Moines bus ad that has been yanked after multiple complaints.
"I was disturbed, personally, by the advertisement and I can understand why other Iowans were also disturbed by the message that it sent," Culver said.
The question will likely become a legal battle, Culver said. He deferred questions of whether the group deserves the same free speech rights as Christian organizations to advertise on the buses to the Iowa Attorney General.
Culver also declined to answer if he would also have gotten off the bus had he been a rider, but noted that he would have been offended by the ad's message.
The Des Moines Area Regional Transit Authority, better known, as DART, began running the ad on the side of some buses this week. It read, "Don't believe in God? You are not alone," and was sponsored by the Iowa Atheists & Freethinkers group.
DART Advertising Director Kirsten Baer-Harding said the agency's board never approved the signs and that they were put up by mistake.
The ads were removed Tuesday.
...The ads sponsored by the Iowa Atheists & Freethinkers group read, "Don't believe in God? You are not alone."....
...DART admits it has run advertisements from Christian churches in the past.
- Thu Aug 06, 10:02:00 PM EDT
- Jim51 said...
My scenario was meant to be one in which there is no evidence of the mosque supporting terrorism. Lack of evidence, however, rarely stops hasty majorities from taking unjust actions. Also, the use of Moslems was just an example. It could easily be a Mormon church in a county that is overwhemingly evangelical.
I think the case is one of Free Exercise since it is one in which a particularly unpopular church is banned. This would certainly be restricting free exercise without necessarily establishing a different church.
And I do think that the Free Exercise clause and the Establishment clause are flip sides of the same coin. I think that the Founders were quite wise in putting both sides of this into the first amendment. I cannot conceive of Free Exercise being anything but an illusion if the power of civil government is involved in an establishment of religion.
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"Keeping Up with the Kardashians" keep the Kardashians in Stardom
This is incredible!!! Kim not only had landed key positions on yahoo and google searches, the family's reality show is also breaking records.
So thrilled about the event, she posted in her blog:
"Last weeks ratings for Keeping Up with the Kardashians were through the roof! I can't believe 4.1 million people tuned in for the season […]


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Clarence Dana Boord, 91, of Barlow, died Sunday afternoon, July 7, 2013, at Select Specialty Hospital in Zanesville.
Funeral services will be Friday, July 12, 11 a.m., at the Barlow Chapel of Cawley & Peoples Funeral Home. Friends may call at the funeral home from 2-4 p.m. and 6-8 p.m. Thursday.


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Louis P. Masur: Thenceforward and Forever Free, MostlyRoundup: Historians' Take
Louis P. Masur is a professor of American studies and history at Rutgers University and the author of "Lincoln's Hundred Days: The Emancipation Proclamation and the War for the Union."
A couple of years ago, speaking to a bipartisan group of college students about the Emancipation Proclamation, President Barack Obama commented, half jokingly, that if the executive order were signed today, headlines would scream, "Lincoln Sells Out Slaves." His observation spoke not only to our sensationalist news culture, but also to the rocky reputation of the Proclamation itself, a document that has been both praised and damned by politicians, scholars, and activists on both sides of the ideological aisle since Lincoln announced it in 1862 and then signed it 150 years ago this year, on January 1, 1863.
The reasons behind the ups and downs in the Proclamation's reputation are various. From the outset, it was roundly and predictably condemned by Democratic opponents, who characterized it as a brash and sweeping abuse of presidential power. Perhaps less predictably, Northern abolitionists also condemned it, but for the opposite reason. They argued that it didn't do enough, didn't go far enough. Since the Emancipation Proclamation applied only to those slaves in rebel-held territory, abolitionists complained that it abandoned thousands of slaves, including the four loyal slave states: Delaware, Maryland, Missouri, and Kentucky. Of the four million slaves in America at the time, the Proclamation applied to only about 3.1 million of them. It would take another three years and the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment in December 1865 to abolish slavery throughout the United States. Adam Gurowski, a Polish radical working as a translator in the State Department at the time, despaired that "the proclamation is generated neither by Lincoln's brains, heart or soul, and what is born in such a way is always monstrous."
Despite Gurowski's prediction, in the decades following the Civil War, until the middle of the twentieth century, the reputation of the Emancipation Proclamation expanded in most Americans' estimation, reaching a rather exalted status in the American history textbooks in many of our childhoods. But then, in the 1960s, the Proclamation's reputation began to shrivel again. Some historians began to find the prose wanting. It irked them that the Proclamation was written in legalese as a military measure, not as an expression of moral conviction—evidence, they thought, that the document was "merely" the product of political calculation and compromise. Lincoln was found wanting, too. Steeped in the realities of the nineteenth century, Lincoln's racial attitudes seemed out of step with the times....
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The Type 57 reflects Jean's ambitious, if not radical, new ideas and undoubtedly inherited creative talent. The established Bugatti company was now in the hands of it's youngest name holder. Only in his early twenties, Jean came up with a completely new concept that strayed far away from the traditional Bugatti practice. It was so outlandish, in fact, that his father told him to abandon the idea (independent front suspension) immediately. But like every good headstrong son, he did not listen and continued to conceive his wild brainchild. The Type 57 bore countless unique innovations that were completely unlike the past Bugattis, everything from the camshaft at the rear of the engine instead of the front, a single plate clutch instead of Ettore's favored multi plate design to a split front axle instead of the original solid front axle. Official production began in 1934 and continued until World War II was declared in 1939.
The young visionary ingeniously created an effortless silhouette of sweeping lines and aviation style.
As the brilliant new design had much success, multiple variations were created. The high-class clientele now called for a sports version, which was answered with a dramatically revised 57S. By 1935 young Jean had created the ultimate Bugatti. Only 48 of the exclusive, sophisticated, rapid, and beautifully constructed Type 57S Bugatti's would be built of which only seventeen were bodied with the beautiful, elegant, athletic Atalante coupé style. This incredible creation of the Bugatti prodigy was not only an unbelievable example of his natural abilities, but it would also immortalize his legacy. Jean Buggati was killed, at just 30 years of age, while testing a Type 57 race car.
Before his premature death, Jean presented the world with one more remarkable gem, the Bugatti Atlantic, built from nothing less than the stuff of legends. The young visionary ingeniously created an effortless silhouette of sweeping lines and aviation style, building an industrial sculpture with a mechanical beating heart. It's skin is made of Electron, an alloy of magnesium and aluminum from IG Farben of Germany. Although it is strong and much lighter than aluminum, it is highly flammable. This meant that each panel had to be hand riveted. This process created the raised dorsal strip, which showed off an unbelievable marriage of function and form. Our other favorite characteristics of the holy Atlantic are the six beastly exhaust pipes and free-form suicide doors.
Only three Atlantics were ever produced, and only two remain to bless the streets and the world's most prestigious car shows. The third was tragically totaled in a fatal train collision in 1955. The most well known one is all black and owned by famous car collector and fashion designer Ralph Lauren. The mighty Atlantic's name holds weight, as it is the most expensive car in the world and possibly the first true supercar to ever reach an untouchable top speed. A few years back, an Atlantic sold at auction in the neighborhood of $30 million. Yeah take that Birdman, your Veyron only cost a measly million.
The contemporary Veyron possesses some similarities to its magnificent predecessor—both are capable of top speeds that double that of any rival and both appear to have come from somewhere out of this world. Bugatti's legacy will continue on, as a final decision to pay proper homage to its original God—the upcoming Galibier is touted as "the world's best sedan"—has been confirmed. Bugatti has been doing this supercar thing for nearly a century. The latest chapter will be the world's greatest ever sedan. One certain to become an object of lore and desire for our favorite celebrity drivers.
Related: The Complete History of the Bugatti Veyron


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By Todd Wittman, Wye River Marine / US Boat Wholesales
Over the years I have made almost every mistake there is in boat sales. Learn from my experience. The following are some key points on how to sell your boat quickly. Some are obvious, some are painful. However, if you do what I suggest you will sell your boat faster and for more dollars than other comparable boats on the market. You ask "this is too obvious, why doesn't everyone do it?"" They don't. Be thankful. It's your opportunity.
- Price Your Boat Right- Use the internet to find boats similar to yours. Call the owners or brokers selling the boats to find out how long the boat has been for sale or if there is something wrong with the boat. You'll find that you will get a lot of useful information about how to market your boat. Take your emotion out of your process and look at these boats from a buyer's perspective. If there are similar boats in the market for less money, why would someone buy your boat for more? If those boats are clean and well equipped, the answer is simple; they wouldn't.
- Prepare your boat to sell- Now that you've done your research and know your pricing strategy, you have to make sure your boat is ready for the market. Thoroughly clean the boat inside and out. Your boat needs to shine and look perfect. Check every hatch and compartment for dirt or grime that might offend a potential buyer. You only have one chance to make a first impression. If there is anything broken or anything that needs attention, fix it! You may want to consider hiring a marine technician or marine surveyor to do a pre-sale inspection to make sure everything on the boat is in proper working order.
- Exposure- You need to make your boat visible to potential boat buyers. The days of putting your boat in the local newspaper are just about over. You need to get your boat in front of as many eyes as possible. BoatTrader.com provides a way to get some important internet exposure. You may also want to consider additional avenues like boat owners or fishing forums. You can enlist the services of a broker to list and sell your boat for a fee. Sometimes people don't see the value in boat brokers, but after wasting a couple of weekends or missing the kids' soccer games because you had to show someone your boat who never bothered to show up, you may change your mind.
- Wholesale – One option that sometimes goes over looked is the wholesale option. This option sometimes isn't the best option for everyone, but it does provide a quick cost-effective way to sell your boat. You're not going to get a retail price for your boat, but many of the cosmetic or maintenance items may be overlooked. Coupled with the monthly costs of owning a boat and the length of time it may take to sell, you could be better off.
Once you've made that mental commitment to sell your boat, you really need to move quickly. Remember that the world is a much smaller place and while you might be thinking about weather-stripping your windows somewhere, someone is oiling their fishing reels. Price your boat right, get your boat ready, and get maximum exposure! Or you could do it the easy way; just call me and I'll do it for you.
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Who is Wye River Marine? Wye River Marine and its wholesale division US Boat Wholesalers is a company that has rapidly become the go to company when banks, dealers, and individuals want their boat sold quickly. We are not brokers; we are a wholesaling company that offers US built boats, at wholesale prices, to customers throughout the world. It is our goal to offer the boat buyers of the world a simple process to buy a quality new or used boat from the US without the difficulties, barriers and risks that are involved buying and shipping large expensive items over long distances.
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The new car will be unveiled via the Lotus YouTube channel at 19.15 UK time on Monday January 28.
The event will also be broadcast live on Sky Sports News HD in the UK.
Lotus's choice of date means it will be the first F1 team to take the wraps off a 2013 car, as its unveiling takes place three days before McLaren's.
The team has retained Kimi Raikkonen and Romain Grosjean for this season after taking a big step forward in performance during 2012.
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Summer: 3rd Night Free
Stay two nights this summer and your 3rd night is on us!Details »
Schweitzer Village is a relaxing, family friendly gathering place offering convenient ski-in/ski-out accommodations, shopping, a variety of restaurants, lively après ski, and an array of non-skiing activities.
Schweitzer offers two slopeside lodges in the heart of the village. Traditional hotel accommodation is available at the Selkirk Lodge while the White Pine Lodge offers condominium-style accommodation. The resort also offers a diverse array of condominiums and homes located around the mountain community.
Dining & Nightlife
Chimney Rock Grill- A fine-dining option in the village, the grill serves breakfast, lunch and dinner, with North Idaho flair. A full bar, fireplaces, and comfortable lodge furnishings complete the appeal. The Chimney Rock serves a complimentary hot breakfast for guests of the Selkirk and White Pine Lodges during the winter season.
Lakeview Café - Serving cafeteria-style lunch as well as delicious Mexican cuisine.
Taps - The mountain's prime après spot features a full bar, 24 beers on tap, big screen televisions, pool tables, dance floor, and a stage – featuring live music and DJ's throughout the winter season.
Sam's Alley - Gourmet pizza by the slice or pie.
Mojo Coyote Café - A casual eatery with hot breakfast and lunch specials, coffee drinks, and freshly baked pastries.
Cabinet Mountain Coffee - Located in the Lakeview Lodge. It is a prime spot for a quick coffee and lunch on the go.
Outback Inn - An on hill option for hot food and drinks, it's located in the mountain's Outback Bowl. Seating is available inside and on the deck near the bonfire. Open when the Stella lift is running.
Pucci's Pub - Focus on local and organic ingredients, Pucci's serves high-style pub fare for lunch and dinner, plus microbrews and wine.
Powderhound Pizza - Specializing in slices and pies, Powderhound is a great place to stop for a beer and a slice. Located in the Lazier Building.
Gourmandie - Schweitzer's specialty deli, featuring craft beers and wines. Located in the White Pine Lodge, enjoy fresh soups, salads, and amazing cheeses from around the world.
The Source - Outdoor gear including mountain apparel, goggles, gloves, and other winter sports needs.
The Alpine Shop - Specialty equipment, clothing, rentals, repairs and demos.
The Market at Schweitzer - State run liquor store, beer, groceries and more.
The Artist's Studio - A local artist cooperative showcasing unique photos, drawings, paintings, glass art, jewelry, and more.
Lakeview Lodge is Schweitzer's day-lodge which offers plenty of relaxing, warm spaces to rest up and rejuvenate. The Lakeview Lodge houses Taps, Sam's Alley, The Caribou Room, The Lakeview Café, Cabinet Mountain Coffee, Kinderkamp, our Season Pass Office, Guest Services, Ticket Sales, Selkirk Powder Company and day-use lockers.
The Mountain Activity Center is the place to plan vacation activities. The friendly staff assists guests with scheduling individual activities or planning an itinerary for their entire stay.
Kinderkamp is a childcare program offered at the resort. The facility is located on the lower lever of the Lakeview Lodge and accepts children ages four months to six years old. Services range from childcare only, to supervised ski lessons with meals and playtime in between.
Schweitzer Ski and Ride Center offers lessons for skiers and riders of all levels and ages, plus equipment rentals and repairs. Get top-quality Rossignol rentals from an extensive alpine and snowboard demo fleet. Nordic rentals and snowshoes are available too. Plus there's a full-service tuning and repair shop.
Snowsports School is a great place for certified coaches to assess students' current abilities and set realistic goals. Coaches then work with students in a group of 10 or less or one on one for maximum improvement. Focused specialty clinics are available. The Snowsports School also offers Funatics for youth ages 7-14 years old. Kids are placed in a group of skiers or snowboarders of similar ability and spend eight weeks exploring all the mountain has to offer. The group and their coach stay together for the entire program. Mountain Explorers is available for children ages 5-9 and is a flexible, multi-week program that allows parents to choose from a range of dates and lesson lengths. Snowboarding is not available for this program.
Solstice Center of the Healing Arts offers a wide range of integrative therapies from Oriental bodywork to therapeutic and relaxation massage. Solstice combines a clean, professional environment and clinical knowledge to suit the needs of any mountain adventurer.
Selkirk Powder Company offers cat skiing adventures on the backside of Schweitzer Mountain. Guides take pride in finding you the best untracked powder turns around. Also offering guided backcountry snowmobile tours.
Non-Skiing Activities
The Mountain Activity Center offers non-skiing activities weekly. Examples include movies, crafts and village games for kids.
Snowmobile Touring lets guests travel to the other side of Schweitzer Mountain to explore spectacular backcountry. Guided tours with Selkirk Powder Company depart from the top of Schweitzer's Great Escape Quad.
Snowshoeing is available for guests who want to savor the peace and quiet of Schweitzer trails. Trail passes and snowshoe rentals are available at the Mountain Activity Center and The Ski and Ride Center.
Hermit's Hollow Tubing Center teaches us how to be a kid again. Tubing is easy and fun, and is open Saturday and Sunday. Tickets are available in the Mountain Activity Center and at all ticket windows. Advance reservations recommended.


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WashWire Daily Brief: Cold War Echoes in Naval Exercise
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These days, it's hard to simulate torpedoing a Russian submarine and not have it mean something. A Navy exercise beneath the Arctic Ocean this past weekend that did just that—shot simulated torpedoes at a simulated Russian Akula-class submarine—has taken on new geopolitical significance. The exercise, arranged before Russia's annexation of Crimea, was intended as a show of U.S. force for the benefit of America's allies, but it came as U.S.-Russian cooperation in the Arctic has come to a sudden halt.
Defense officials said they chose a Russian simulated sub as the target because that was the only other nation that operates in the Arctic, and stipulated that the exercise was not a signal that the U.S. sees military conflict on the horizon. But tensions between the two countries continue to proliferate, as more than 30 countries agreed to adopt guidelines improving nuclear security Tuesday—with the notable absence of Russia, which has large stockpiles of nuclear weapons. (Maarten Van Tartwijk and Carol E. Lee have more: http://on.wsj.com/1oZ8X8n)
President Barack Obama, in a move meant to reassure jittery U.S. allies in the wake of Russia's annexation of Crimea, has also cautioned Russia that it would face a swift response if it encroaches on countries that belong to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Mr. Obama will meet with European Union and NATO leaders today to further plans to counter Moscow's moves in Ukraine. Carol E. Lee and Naftali Bendavid report on NATO's role in the standoff: http://on.wsj.com/1gmEmiT And Julian E. Barnes has the exclusive on Cold War echoes under the Arctic ice: http://on.wsj.com/1gnMZcT
–Rebecca Ballhaus
President Obama solidified his stance with the European Union on enacting political and economics sanctions toward Russia. However, there is no sign that Russia will back down from Crimea or bend to punishments from the West. Washington Bureau Chief Jerry Seib analyzes the situation. VIDEO: http://on.wsj.com/1jHlpGq
Here's a question that will be chewed over a lot as the two parties rumble toward 2016: Are young voters up for grabs? The youth vote not long ago appeared to belong to the Democratic Party, but that grip has weakened since Mr. Obama twice racked up huge margins among younger voters. Less clear is whether the GOP can pick up the slack. But be sure, both parties will pursue young voters aggressively. Read Neil King's full post in Washington Wire: http://on.wsj.com/OTRiSS
ENROLLMENT DELAY: The Obama administration is extending the deadline to enroll for health insurance this year beyond Monday for certain people who have started but not completed their applications. The number of applicants that fit that description could be in the millions, and the move was widely anticipated. It wasn't immediately clear how long the extension would last, and a handful of states that run their own exchanges have also decided to extend enrollment for those in the middle of the signup process. Louise Radnofsky reports: http://on.wsj.com/1mtPCgH
CONTRACEPTION CASE: The Supreme Court remains sharply divided on the question of whether companies are entitled to a religious exemption from providing emergency contraceptives in their employee health plans. The court's three female justices, part of the court's liberal wing, vigorously disputed the corporations' claims that their religion entitled them to deny women employees contraceptive coverage. But other justices evinced varying levels of sympathy for the two companies. Jess Bravin reports: http://on.wsj.com/1p0baAk
*SPREECAST: Join our Spreecast at 2 p.m., when Supreme Court report Jess Bravin and health-policy reporter Louise Radnofsky will answer your questions about the contraception case other legal challenges to the health law. You may submit questions now. http://bit.ly/1dv0Kao
UBER REGULATIONS: There have long been über Republicans. Now, there are Uber Republicans. The app-based taxi service is becoming an icon among Republicans, who are criticizing rules in cities from Miami to Washington, D.C., that make it difficult for the new service to compete against the taxi industry and other transport companies. GOP lawmakers are blasting such rules for stunting "innovation and competition," as Florida Sen. Marco Rubio argued this week. Beth Reinhard reports: http://on.wsj.com/1mtDf4r
ALSO IN THE NEWS: The White House and congressional leaders are nearing a consensus on how to end the government's mass collection of phone records: http://on.wsj.com/1p0pZ5X … House Republicans are showing little inclination to consider an extension of jobless benefits for the long-term unemployed that is expected to pass the Senate as soon as this week: http://on.wsj.com/1dLyx9Q … Facebook made its second blockbuster acquisition of the year: Oculus VR Inc., a 20-month-old maker of virtual-reality goggles: http://on.wsj.com/1dLh9SH
–Compiled by Rebecca Ballhaus
President Obama isn't likely to find much happiness when he visits Saudi Arabia later this week, Aaron David Miller writes in National Interests. There, the Saudis have "the perception that Barack Obama has a view of the region in which the United States will play a less central role, leaving a vacuum for Iran, extremists of both Sunni and Shi'a varieties, and the migrating mess from an unresolved Israeli-Palestinian issue to fill." http://bit.ly/OTRXDK
Despite the escalation of tensions over Ukraine, the Pew Research Center finds Americans more likely to describe Russia as a serious problem than an adversary, and just 6% think military options ought to be considered in response. http://bit.ly/OTRUYG
Erick Erickson of Redstate.com says that the Hobby Lobby case, in which the Supreme Court is to decide whether an employer can decide on religious grounds against providing contraception coverage to its employees, has helped show that there are two Americas, increasingly "divided by faith and lack of faith — or at least ignorance of faith." http://bit.ly/OTRRMq
In the American Prospect, Harold Meyerson proposes eight ways to raise wages and strengthen the middle class, including linking corporate tax rates to CEO-employee pay ratios and mandating that workers be represented on a corporation's supervisory board as they are in Germany, which has a manufacturing sector that's proportionately almost twice as large as its U.S. counterpart. http://bit.ly/OTREJ8
Council on Foreign Relations senior fellow Heidi Crebo-Rediker argues that state and local policy makers lack the expertise to use public-private partnerships for infrastructure investments and proposes that the federal government create an advisory unit under the Treasury Department, which already has experience with evaluating risk, financial structuring, and public debt management. http://on.cfr.org/OTRJfM
Six in ten of the uninsured polled say they don't know that March 31 is the deadline for most people to buy coverage for the year under the new health law if they want it, and also the date after which many of them will have to pay a penalty if they don't have a plan, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation's monthly tracking poll. http://on.wsj.com/1dv1Rae
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The YWCA of Silicon Valley will feature Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Doris Kearns Goodwin at its 20th annual fundraising luncheon this fall.
Goodwin's 2005 book on the Lincoln presidency, "Team of Rivals," is often cited as a favorite of President Barack Obama's.
And I'd expect she'll have interesting perspectives on current history, given that the Nov. 16 luncheon comes just two weeks after this year's midterm elections.
The event is free to attend, though a donation will be requested at the lunch. RSVP to email@example.com or call 408-295-4011, ext. 216.
Regular attendees should note that the event has moved this year to the Santa Clara Convention Center from the San Jose McEnery Convention Center.
VODKA PARROT? A few students may be surprised this week when they make their way to the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts to see "To Kill a Mockingbird," based on Harper Lee's classic novel.
A Palo Alto Borders bookstore employee reported students recently searching the shelves and asking for copies of "Tequila Mockingbird" to read in preparation for the performance.
TheatreWorks has student matinees this week to give youngsters a taste (no pun intended) of an American masterpiece performed live. Go to www.theatreworks.org for more details.
THRIVING MARKET: The San Pedro Square farmers' market returns Friday with Kaiser Permanente as the new presenting partner, along with the San Jose Downtown Association.
Kaiser's also a new sponsor for the outdoor "Starlight Cinema" series, which opens June 9 with "Raiders of the Lost Ark."
IT'S A CYCLING WORLD: On May 15, cars will be transporta non grata on San Fernando Street between Highway 87 and Third Street for downtown San Jose's inaugural "ViaVelo."
Between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m., the street will be reserved for pedestrians, cyclists and skateboarders for a celebration of all things cycling.
The ViaVelo, sponsored by Mattson Technology, is part of a week of two-wheeled events that begins with Bike to Work Day on May 13 and climaxes with the Amgen Tour of California on May 19.
Get more information at www.sanjoseclassic.com.
THE UNKINDEST CUT: Another part of Cycling Week is the May 19 "King of the Mountain" CEO challenge up steep Sierra Road, sponsored by Webcor and SunPower.
Silicon Valley Leadership Group CEO Carl Guardino has thrown down the gauntlet for his fellow pedalling execs.
"For any CEO who beats me up that hill, I will personally shave their legs the next time they need it," Guardino promised.
Think anyone will try to beat him now?
GETTING BLUESY: San Jose Blues Week gets started today with Chef Ramon's "Talkin' Blues" show on KSJS-FM (90.5).
You can watch the 2 to 6 p.m. show as it's broadcast live from the San Jose State University Theatre. Tickets are $5 at the door.
Host Ramon Johnson expects a lot of music and discussion from guests including J.C. Smith, Bob Gonzales, Max Cabello Jr. and Stan Erhart.
Of course, it's all prelude to the 30th annual Fountain Blues Festival at San Jose State on Saturday.
Go to www.fountain bluesfestival.com for details.
GREEN SCENE: Green is already the school color of San Jose's James Lick High School, but it got a little greener late last month when a solar-panel system was installed on campus for Earth Day.
The work, done by San Jose-based Clean Solar, was funded by a $15,000 grant from the Earth Day Network and the University of Phoenix.
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