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on June 26, 2013 - 9:49 PM
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WASHINGTON – Gay Americans won their greatest civil rights victory ever Wednesday, as the Supreme Court overturned a long-standing law banning federal benefits for same-sex married couples while also, in effect, restoring gay marriage in California.
For same-sex couples in states such as New York where gay marriage is legal, the impact of the high court action will be profound, as they will now be eligible for more than 1,100 federal benefits that had always been denied to them.
Now those couples will be able to file joint U.S. tax returns. Gay widows and widowers will be eligible for Social Security survivor benefits. And citizens of other countries who wed a same-sex partner who is an American citizen will encounter a much easier path to citizenship.
Yet those may just be the first among the profound changes wrought by the court's 5-4 decision in U.S. v. Windsor, in which it struck down a key provision of the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act, or DOMA, as an unconstitutional violation of the Fifth Amendment's guarantee of due process to all citizens.
Gay rights activists see the decision as the first legal chapter in a long journey that will inevitably make gay marriage the law of the land.
"In another five or 10 years, it's going to be like: What were we arguing about?" said Shari Jo Reich, a Buffalo attorney.
But the Supreme Court rulings also prompted opponents of same-sex marriage to vow to work even harder to stop its spread.
"We cannot surrender to the growing distortion of what God has created marriage to be, even if that distortion has been made law in our own state," said Bishop Richard J. Malone of the Catholic Diocese of Buffalo.
The high court decided two gay marriage cases Wednesday: the DOMA case and Hollingsworth v. Perry, in which backers of a California referendum banning gay marriage there asked the justices to overturn lower-court rulings that said the ban was unconstitutional.
In that case, a 5-4 court majority ruled that the referendum's backers did not have standing to bring the case to the Supreme Court. That decision leaves in place a U.S. District Court ruling that re-established gay marriage in California.
While the justices essentially punted on the California case, their ruling in the DOMA case will stand as a landmark. According to the Pew Research Center, the decision will extend the full federal benefits of marriage to at least 71,165 gay married couples nationwide, including 12,285 in New York.
New York is one of 13 states that, along with the District of Columbia, have made same-sex marriage legal in recent years.
To Justice Anthony M. Kennedy and the court majority in the DOMA case, the federal government cannot seek to limit the marriage right that those states have extended to gay couples.
"DOMA seeks to injure the very class New York seeks to protect" by passing a law legalizing gay marriage, Kennedy wrote in his opinion for the court. "By doing so, it violates basic due-process and equal-protection principles applicable to the federal government."
Justices Ruth Bader Ginsberg, Stephen G. Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan joined Kennedy's majority opinion.
The ruling in the DOMA case, U.S. v. Windsor, reflected the change in public opinion toward favoring gay marriage, but the dissenting justices illustrated how divisive the issue remains.
"In my view a perfectly valid justification for this statute is contained in its title: the Defense of Marriage Act," said Justice Antonin Scalia, reading part of his dissent from the bench. "Society has the right – it has always had the right – to define and defend that institution."
While the DOMA opinion will be of obvious benefit to same-sex couples living in places that allow gay marriage, its overall impact will be up to President Obama.
That's because various agencies have different standards for what constitutes a marriage recognized under federal law.
Some agencies, such as the Social Security Administration and the Internal Revenue Service, base that decision on the state where a couple lives. That means a gay couple married in New York but living in, say, Pennsylvania would not automatically win access to federal benefits because of Wednesday's ruling.
Other agencies, such as the Department of Defense, recognize marriages based on the state where they take place, not where the married couple resides.
Obama now will have to decide whether to extend gay marriage benefits more broadly by basing them uniformly on the state where a marriage is performed.
Then again, the court did not go nearly as far as it could have. The California case could have resulted in a sweeping finding that the Constitution's guarantee of equal protection under the law means that gay couples, just like straight couples, can get married in any state.
Instead, the justices decided that the California referendum's supporters didn't have legal standing to bring the case to the high court.
"Because we find that petitioners do not have standing, we have no authority to decide this case on its merits, and neither did the Ninth Circuit," said Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., writing for the majority.
That means the District Court decision restoring gay marriage in California is now the law of the state, which will be good news to people such a Kevin Poloncarz, brother of Erie County Executive Mark C. Poloncarz.
"There was always some question as to whether his marriage was in limbo or not," Mark Poloncarz said of his brother, who lives in San Francisco. "I think with the ruling of the Supreme Court today, he and other gay couples know their marriages are legal."
In an unusual alignment, Kennedy and Sotomayor dissented in the California case, as did Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel A. Alito Jr.
While the California ruling has no impact beyond that state, legal experts believe that it's just the first case on the question of whether gay marriage is a constitutional right.
Kennedy and Scalia seemed to presage that coming debate in what they had to say about the DOMA case.
"By seeking to displace this protection [of marriage] and treating those persons as living in marriages less respected than others, the federal statute is in violation of the Fifth Amendment" – which seems to raise the question: Aren't state laws banning gay marriage the same kind of violation?
Kennedy said, "This opinion and its holdings are confined to those lawful marriages."
But Scalia, in his dissent, contended that the court was opening the door to eventually finding a constitutional right to gay marriage.
Opponents of gay marriage vow, of course, that they will fight such cases every step of the way.
"As the American people are given time to experience the actual consequences of redefining marriage, the public debate and opposition to the redefinition of natural marriage will undoubtedly intensify," said Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council.
Despite poll after poll that shows increasing public support for gay marriage, Rep. Timothy A. Huelskamp, R-Kan., promised Wednesday to introduce a constitutional amendment that would define marriage as a union between a man and a woman.
But if you believe Chad Griffin, president of the Human Rights Campaign, the nation's largest gay rights group, that effort faces long odds and a race against time.
During a joyous rally of gays and their allies on the steps of the Supreme Court, Griffin said, "Within five years, together, we will bring marriage equality to all 50 states."
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GEN News Highlights : Jun 21, 2013
FDA this week approved its first genotyping test for patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV), Abbott's RealTime HCV Genotype II. The test can differentiate genotypes 1, 1a, 1b, 2, 3, 4, and 5 from a blood plasma or serum sample, which FDA said "will aid health care professionals in determining the appropriate approach to treatment."
In a statement, Alberto Gutierrez, Ph.D., director of the Office of In Vitro Diagnostics and Radiological Health at FDA's Center for Devices and Radiological Health, said that "tests such as this one can help physicians gain an understanding of a patient's HCV status. …Along with other clinical factors, the particular type of HCV is an important consideration in aiding health care professionals in determining if and when to initiate treatment and the appropriate type of treatment."
FDA added that RealTime HCV Genotype II is approved for individuals known to be chronically infected with HCV, not as a diagnostic or screening test for the presence of HCV. The agency said it based its approval in part "on the assessment of the test's accuracy in differentiating specific HCV viral genotypes compared to a validated gene sequencing method." Further, it said the test has not yet been evaluated in newborn or pediatric patients, or those who have compromised immune systems.
Said Abbott's John Coulter, vp, molecular diagnostics: "The Abbott RealTime HCV Genotype II test adds yet another test to the Abbott portfolio for a full spectrum of hepatitis C testing—from ensuring blood supply safety and providing initial screening to enabling targeted diagnoses, identification of the right treatments, and the monitoring of response to therapies."
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Sixth Caribbean Environment Forum and Exhibition (CEF 5) and 16th Annual Wider Caribbean Waste Management Conference (ReCaribe)
These two events will be held simultaneously under the unified theme "The Green Economy: Challenges and Opportunities in Managing Health, Water, Waste, Land, Energy, Climate Change and our Natural Resources" to emphasize technologies, actions and strategies to address key environmental and health issues facing Caribbean small island developing States (SIDS). The CEF series on Caribbean health and environment has been organized by the Caribbean Community's (CARICOM) Caribbean Environmental Health Institute (CEHI) biennially since 2000. The annual ReCaribe has been organized since 1995 by Clean Islands International (CII) to discuss waste management issues in the wider Caribbean region. The combined event is being co-sponsored by the Government of St. Kitts and Nevis, the UN Environment Programme's (UNEP) Caribbean Regional Coordinating Unit (CAR/RCU), the Global Environment Facility's (GEF) Integrating Watershed and Coastal Area Management project (IWCAM), and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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on February 2, 2013 - 10:53 PM
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Kenneth Adams is out to convince the business community that New York is becoming a better place to do business.
Despite the state's reputation for high taxes and crushing regulations, Adams, the president of Empire State Development, says that's changing for the better. Reform proposals in Gov. Andrew Cuomo's budget would reduce unemployment insurance costs and trim worker's compensation expenses, while also raising the state's minimum wage from $7.25 an hour to $8.75 an hour.
Adams discussed those proposals during a stop in Depew last week.
Q: The Cuomo administration is pushing for a higher minimum wage. Why?
A: It has not been raised since 2009. If you consider expenses like housing and child care and gasoline and groceries, even in a modest inflation environment, we've had rising prices of these necessities. I see it as a cost-of-living allowance for low-wage workers.
New York State has never had its own minimum wage. $7.25 is the federal minimum wage set by Washington. But New York State is not average in terms of cost of living. As long as we have stayed at the national minimum wage of $7.25, we're not adjusting for the high cost of living in New York State.
Will it put us out of sync with other states? Absolutely not. We would be joining 29 other states that already have raised their minimum wage. Vermont's at $8.40.
Q: What do you say to a small-business owner who says a higher minimum wage will really hurt his business?
A: On balance, the degree to which increased wages get spent by low-wage workers in other small businesses mitigates against some of that. That's important to recognize. They're not going to put it into their pocket. The wage increase goes right back into the economy.
We recognize that, for a small-business owner facing that today, that can still be a concern. But it's balanced against fairness and the fact that there hasn't been any kind of cost-of-living allowance for low-wage workers since 2009, while all the basic costs of daily life have gone up.
For Chamber of Commerce members who are concerned about it, it is to some degree, the price of fairness, but it should be offset by the stimulative effect of more money circulating in the communities where low-wage workers work and tend to spend their money. It's overdue. As a dollar amount, it's not even inflation-adjusted. It would be over $10 an hour if it were fully inflation adjusted.
Q: The state is proposing to extend the historic tax credit for five years, while continuing to cap it at $5 million. Some developers wanted it raised to $12 million. What impact will the governor's proposal have?
A: There's a $1.3 billion deficit, so there's not enough money to make it more than $5 million. But when people make a commitment to develop a historic commercial property, they need the security of knowing that the credit is going to be there, not just for one year. It's giving that message of continuity and stability that will allow investors to do more projects.
Q: The governor's budget proposal includes $1.25 million for innovation "hot spots" that will offer property tax breaks and other incentives for high-tech companies that locate in certain areas in a competitive awards process. It also includes $50 million for a venture capital fund aimed at start-ups. That's not a lot of funding when you spread it across the state. How much of an impact can these initiatives have?
A: The idea is it's going to leverage private capital. The Innovate New York program that we currently have requires a two-to-one match. With the governor's focus on technology transfer, I think it's likely that a good portion of this $50 million will be invested in these small start-ups that are setting up to be eligible for venture capital investors. The venture capital investors are more cautious.
But the details still need to be worked out. They'll be competitive programs so you really get to choose the best ideas and we'll rely on the regional councils to guide the allocation of these resources.
It's limited resources, but the pledge of no new taxes is really important for the fiscal integrity of the state and the business climate. I'm sure everybody would like bigger numbers for the historic tax credit and other programs, but it's a balance.
Q: Unemployment insurance has been a growing cost. How does the governor's proposal address that?
A: New York State, for some number of years now, especially in this tough economy, has been paying out to people claiming unemployment more in weekly benefits than it has been billing employers and governments in unemployment insurance taxes.
When your unemployment insurance system is paying out more in claims – even at a $430 a week benefit rate that is one of the lowest in this part of the country – at a greater rate than it's bringing in revenue, you have an insolvent system. When a state's system is insolvent, the federal government gladly steps in and lends you money at a significant interest rate.
For some years now, New York State has been building up this deficit with the federal Department of Labor, to the tune of $3.5 billion. It's time to pay off the federal government and get rid of that interest charge and provide a much more stable and predictable rate to employers. The legislation will enact serious reforms to put stiffer penalties and prevention on employee fraud.
That's about a $400 million savings. The legislation also includes an increase in benefits to workers who legitimately, because of a layoff or circumstances beyond their control, need to get unemployment. The benefit will increase over time, through a very slow ramp-up, to 50 percent of average weekly wages.
The states surrounding New York all have much higher benefit levels than New York does, so that will not affect our competitive position. Q: How would the governor's proposal to reform worker's compensation affect businesses?
A: In 2007, the Spitzer administration initiated a series of administrative reforms that never got done. So legislative reforms were made that imposed some caps and a benefit increase that labor wanted. We're going to complete the worker's compensation reform.
We'll shut down some funds. There will be a streamlining of the worker's comp assessments. This solution will streamline all of that and reduce those assessments by closing down those funds and actually have a bonding solution that will pay down the unfunded liabilities of self-insured group trusts.
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Early Stage:
Champion Startup
Majority Owners:
Benjamin Hughes
Thomas Lyon
Topher Ahlers
Westminster Entrepreneurs:
Benjamin Hughes ('09)
Launched in 2012
Approximate Yearly Revenue: $25,001-$50,000
Industry: Business Products & Services (Design, branding, and marketing)
Company Overview: Champion Startup provides companies and professionals with affordable branding and modern marketing solutions. Through leading design and development methods, Champion Startup creates world-class results for: Logo Design, Branded Materials (business cards, letterhead, packaging, etc.), Websites, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), and Local Internet Marketing (LIM) needs. Our clients receive customized services and Startup Packages designed grow their business. With our experienced Startup Champion's (members of our team) directing up to 20+ graphic designers and the use of some of the leading design, development, and research software, you can expect world-class results at an affordable price from Champion Startup. As mentioned by the Graphic Artists Guild, you may pay anywhere from $2,000 to $10,000 for a corporate logo at a traditional design firm and according to SEOmoz, a leading SEO intelligence company, SEO costs vary across countries, but $76-$200/hour (the USA has a majority in the $101-150 range) is most common. According to these statistics, for companies and professionals looking to grow their branding and modern marketing efforts, it can cost well beyond what Champion Startup charges for similar services. Additionally, the results from Champion Startup are often superior. For example, on our most recent logo design project, our client received, 175 logo designs from 21 designers all for under $1,000.
Future Growth Plans: Our future growth plans include: using various marketing and awareness methods to obtain a larger client base, further testing business model and refining services and pricing. Employ a few good people, see if business scalable and then approach other markets outside of Utah.
Cobalt Dental Insurance Advisors
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Launched in 2010
Number of Employees other than Owner: 2
Approximate Yearly Revenue: $25,001-$50,000
Industry: Business Products & Services
Company Overview: Provide a professional business analysis of dental practices which provide net profit and income per hour for each third party dental plan they contract with (or might contract with). At this time, most dentists do not know how much money (if any) they make with each dental plan, even though 70-95% of their income comes directly from insurance reimbursement.
Future Growth Plans: Looking at possible partnerships with other dental service companies, including the Dental Cooperative, possibly as an "advisory service" or even in-house. Also want to expand service online for a monthly fee, which each practice can update themselves, allowing them to see real-time results from increase/decrease of fees to adding/dropping insurances. Also looking at negotiating with insurances for higher fees directly on behalf of dentists.
Major Accomplishments: Recently asked by the Utah Dental Association to write 2 articles for their Action magazine, and to present at the upcoming 2013 Utah Dental Convention. Have also spoken at 3 UDA District meetings and 2 additional Dental Study Groups.
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Launched in 2010
Approximate Yearly Revenue: $75,001-$100,000
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Company Overview: Companies that focus on a greater purpose or ideal generate 400% more profit than companies that focus on the bottom line. Not only are profits affected by a "Why" (the reason the company exists), but the culture of those companies makes them great places to work. I help companies find and articulate their Why so they can become the kind of places where people come to work because they want to, not because they have to.
Future Growth Plans: I plan to extend my services to include more workshops and consulting services so I can help companies successfully implement ideas into their cultures.
Majority Owner and Westminster Alumni:
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Launched in 2009
Number of Employees other than Owner: 14
Approximate Yearly Revenue: $2,500,000
Industry: Business Products & Services
Company Overview: VICTIG provides innovative and progressive background screening solutions to employers, property managers, and affiliated partners directly and through API integrations.
Future Growth Plans: Keep up with demand.
Major Accomplishments: Cash flow positive from month 1. Business was started with $500.00 and no additional capital.
Majority Owner and Westminster alumni:
Sonia Cordero '14
Launched in 2000
Number of employees other than owner: 6
Approximate Yearly Revenue: $100,001-$500,000
Industry: Business Products & Services
Company Overview: Accounting, Payroll, Bookkeeping, Income tax Preparation for Business and Personals, Sales Tax.
Future Growth Plans: I would love to purchase the building so I can move my office.
Major accomplisments: I am a minority female with my own business in USA.


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Top Definition
Commonplace reference to George W. Bush
George W. Bush is a dickwad.
by dabren October 07, 2005
An idiot
More powerfully insulting than its predecessor 'dickhead'
More powerfully insulting than its predecessor 'dickhead'
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girl 2 - no, what a dickwad!
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by J October 17, 2003
jerk, bastard
don't be such a dick wad
by JO January 25, 2003
The tissue (kleenex) used to catch and mop up the ejaculate after masturbating. The tissue is then wadded into a ball and disposed of.
Popular australian usage amongst teens
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A stupid person. You can make up any definition for the word, but it bascially means a complete ass.
Marline was being a dick wad in 5th period
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A filler word you can use in your everyday conversation if you don't want to sound too much like a Terminator. If used correctly, it will make you sound cool and tough at the same time.
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|November 6, 2012, 07:32 PM
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I run the original fighting shotgun.
1903 Winchester 1897 12g 20" slam fire baby !
|November 10, 2012, 07:46 PM
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Wrong about that. Some of the top trainers in the Country teach shotgun for defensive shooting and can run them as effectively as an AR15. Google & You Tube Magpul.
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RIP Dave, see you on the other side
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As someone who is still reading and researching about buying a first shotgun I think it's interesting that so many people seem to still favor pumps over semi-autos (like, say, a mossberg 930) and that lighter-weight 20 gauges aren't more popular (since a lot of people have said that weight is a real important factor).
Also, Rip Dave
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I just bought a Remington 870 Express, got it off a friend who needed $. Came with a 28 & 18.5" barrel. Scattergun Technologies extended mag. Had maybe 20 shots through it. Way too long to fit the wife, got a Knoxx GenII recoil absorbing stock, with the adjustments, fits both of us fine. Need to get to the range and shoot it a bit, I've been told shooting 'clays' is a good way to have fun and use the gun, looking for a class for both of us to take. In the meantime it sits unloaded in the closet. She keeps her .38 special on her night stand, my flash light and Sigma on mine.
|January 3, 2013, 01:41 AM
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Great post - possibly the best I've read!!
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Great post; could be the best I've read on the subject. Thank you!
|January 4, 2013, 03:31 PM
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Totally helpfull!
I am currentlly in the market for a home defense Shotgin and this string has debated and answered many of my own doubts!
I only saw one Brand suggestion, that being in favor of the 870. The model I am leaning toward! I like wood atocks and I like Remingtons. I want a simple shotgun sans all the gizmos.
I'm after function with a sholder sling and a slip onto the stock 5 round shell carrier. I figgure that pratice will replace a snap on Lazer and that knowing where the shot colum will hit means more. I am leaning toward a 20"bbl though a 18 1/2 would do.
Mossberg offers so many "Kits" that it would be easy to just buy a new plastic stocked gun *I don't likr Plastic)
Chance and looking on the "used" market is sorts exciting!
I want a pump just because I had a pump when I was a kid. They bespeak utter reliaibility to me
ANy suggestions would be appreciated.
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|February 24, 2013, 03:23 PM
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I recommend shooting a Remington, Mossberg and Benelli or any shotgun you are interested in, in a 18.5 or 20" barrel format, prior to buying. Try both pistol grip and standard stocks if you can. This way you find the one that fits you best.
I personally went with Mossberg for the weight, ergonomics of the safety and the slide release. I have a Mossberg 590 with ghost ring sights and an ATI Akita stock, which has an adjustable LOP and comb height so I can get a perfect fit.
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WHen buying the gun you can make mistakes...
Well I bought a Sweet 20 ga Stoger Uplanser combo (just had one barrel tho) for $200 "used". The problem is that the Uplander has 28" bbls and needs to be chopped for easiest handling in the hall.
I couldn't do it! Frankilly the lines and handling quality of the little English stocked Double was just too good a fit for me and I decided to just start over.
Same Hock Shop (super deals!) I found a Montgomery Wards M550AG 12 gauge Pumpgun with a 30" bbl for $100! The "M" in the designation stands for Mossberg! Truthfully the gun is a Mossberg 500/550 made for Wards to sell.
Back to the drawing board.
The Barrel will be cut to 19" or 20" a bead installed.
I bought a Blackhawk shell scabbord for the stock. Depending on the handling qualitys of the finished gun it may/not get used.
I also need to add a recoil pad as it hasn't got one.
That's it plain and simple, no extra goodies to hinder speed.
Oh yea several cases of target loads to get familliar with using the gun as if it grew there!
OK I made a little mistake up front, but gained a very nice field/ play SxS 20ga Shotgun. I woulda wasted the money on coffee and tips at Starbucks anyways. I also got the advantage of starting this project with a Pumpgun. As a renewed Shotgun owner (haven't had one since 1970!), and "Gun Tinkerer" this project is "Big Time" for me! I am going about it carefully (the barrel cut) and I may even have a 'Smith do the chop to have it done right?
The M550 won't get refinished or reblued cause the little dings and scrapes add character to a working gun. It'll likely get several more so why worry?
Ammo choices in this Post Obama NESS are slim but as I said a couple cases of Target loads to learn the gun with. I scored some Federal 20 Ga slugs for the SxS and really acored on some Low Recoil 12 Ga slugs. I got 4 boxes of #4 Phesant loads for the SxS till I can find some Buckshot loads for it. Finally I am stuck with 1 oz, 3 1/2 dram #8 Dove loads for the pump for the time being. Now these are some very heavilly charged Dove Loads and kick like hell because of the power they make! A little trick for inside the house loads to stop agression or attack.
When ammo frees up again I will use Buckshot loads and slugs for H/D loads.
Then pratice, [ratice, pratice.
I want to thank everyone here for the fine advice contained in this string it helped me choose which route is best for me to follow with a H/D Shotgun!
|April 7, 2013, 04:54 PM
Join Date: November 21, 2008
Location: Texas
Posts: 6,262
Great Thread, I have shot every brand of shotgun made in the USA, Any of them will work in either in 20 or 12. So find one that fits YOU and stay safe out there.
I just an ole sinner saved by Grace and protected by Smith & Wesson.
|May 2, 2013, 09:46 AM
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To all who see these present's, greetings. After reading through a good portion of this thread I see some trends, good and bad. As for my choice I am as close to what my agency uses without an NFA tax stamp. I am using a Rem 870 magnum express with a 18.5 barrel bead sight, 6 point pistol grip stock with a 5 slot shell carrier on the stock and a light on a pressure switch. In my younger days I had the aftermarket tacticool rails mounted, the mag extension, the 40mm red/green dot and the three point sling. But after replacing the word tactical for practical my gun lost a few pounds. For HD ultimately it is your choice on what you choose, for me my pump gun works, it is close to what I use at work, I can effectively combat and tactical load. For my HD situation I can see both major entries into my house from the top of the stairs and if SHTF I will stay at the top of the stairs. You can have the TV, don't really care. But set foot on my stairs and I will light you up then I will shoot you down IF I need to (hence the light). But every situation is different and before I PCS'ed the shot gun was ineffective and a hand gun would have been preferable due to the tight lay out of the upstairs hall but I made due and thankfully did not to use it in a HD situation. regardless of what you choose the most important thing I have read on this sight and many other's is practice like you play and practice, practice, practice. With respect Skew
|May 2, 2013, 10:45 AM
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I shoot my shotguns a lot (persoally prefer Mossberg 500 for "field work" and Mossberg 590 for home defense though other name pump brands are just as good). I'm at the point where it really doesn't matter to me if it is a bead or iron sights. I think the most important thing by far is no matter what you choose (within reason) is to take formal classes such as Gunsite, Thunder Ranch, and Loui Awerbuck and then practice a lot.
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My trusty 1897,m 20" barel and 5 home made 0000 buck with 8 .38 caliber balls . Slam fires 40 38s in about 4 seconds!
|August 7, 2013, 03:01 PM
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I'd really love to get an AA-12 looks like an amazing weapon to me.
Anyone here have one? If so what's it like?
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|August 7, 2013, 03:02 PM
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They can only be owned by licensed dealers as dealer samples. Not many people will have them.
|August 14, 2013, 02:39 PM
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I just got into the fighting shotgun game...My new to me 870 Wingmaster Police gun
Came with the factory top folder
I shot it a few times with that stock, and like many of you advised, i was not a fan. So i searched around on ebay and found this police take off and scored it for $25.
Now all i need is a period correct butt plate or recoil pad..if anyone has any leads
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|August 14, 2013, 02:44 PM
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Nice shotgun pikid!
|August 24, 2013, 02:35 PM
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I just added one of those Mossburg 12 gage 18 1/2" barrels in cylinder bore to my older (and very smooth) 870 Express. After a trip to the range with some #1 buck at 15 feet my target had 75 30 caliber holes center mass..... Not bad.
I did remove the prehistoric factory 'recoil pad and replaced it with a grind to fit Limbsaver. Think I'll leave It at that and and stock up on some buckshot.
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|November 30, 2013, 06:10 PM
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Actually if practiced single loading is by far faster. As an any cas shooter who uses a 97 can show you
|November 30, 2013, 06:32 PM
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Look up duece stevens on u tube hes one of the best. Or Missouri lefty. A 13 year old wonder shooter. . I shoot a double most times. On a bad day i can get 4 rounds out of an empty gun in under for seconds. I'm not even one of the faster shooters
|December 10, 2013, 11:28 PM
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This thread needs more pictures of fighting shotguns.
I had to cut the barrel shroud to fit and used metal band to secure temporarily.
I am a long time pump guy, but decided to switch to an auto-loader. I'll never look back....
It has performed without error through about 500 misc rounds.
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|A Key Enzyme to the Potency of an Anticancer Agent
Incorporation of halogen atoms into drug molecules often increases biological activity. This is the case with salinosporamide A (sal A), a natural product from the marine bacterium Salinispora tropica that is 500 times more active than sal B, its nonchlorinated analog. Sal A is in phase I human clinical trials for the treatment of multiple myeloma and solid tumors. A group of researchers, using diffraction data collected at ALS Beamline 8.2.2, discovered and characterized the chlorinating SalL enzyme, a crucial component in sal A biosynthesis that uses a unique chlorine-activating mechanism.
Over 2,000 chlorinated natural products have been discovered. Until now, common enzymatic methods for C–Cl bond formation have involved oxidation of ground-state chloride to form reactive electrophilic or radical species, which then function as halogenating agents. SalL, however, uses chloride to displace L-methionine from S-adenosyl-L-methionine (SAM) and generate 5'-chloro-5'deoxyadenosine (5'-ClDA) in a rarely observed nucleophilic substitution strategy, which is analogous to that of fluorinase from the fluoroacetate producer Streptomyces cattleya. Fluorinated compounds make up approximately 20% of all drugs in the market. Understanding structural similarities between SalL and flurorinase could lead to new halogenation pathways and more effective drug treatment strategies.
SalL chlorinase was characterized in vivo and in vitro. First, the researchers disrupted the salL gene in S. tropica, abolishing sal A production while still allowing accumulation of sal B. Addition of 5'-ClDA to the salL– mutant culture selectively restored sal A assembly, confirming that 5'-ClDA is a biosynthesis intermediate. SalL recombinant protein purified from E. coli organizes as a homotrimer (30 kDa/monomer). Biochemical in vitro analyses showed it also accepts bromide and iodide as substrates but not fluoride. However, kinetic constants measured in vitro suggest the brominase and iodinase activities have no biological relevance in the marine environment since the Km for these halides is at least two orders of magnitude higher than their concentration in seawater.
Next, the researchers determined the crystal structures of SalL wild-type, and single (Y70T) and double (G131S/Y70T) active-site mutants co-purified with substrates or products by molecular replacement using an available fluorinase structure. SalL's monomeric units are similarly organized to fluorinase's, comprising two domains connected by a well-defined loop of 17 residues. The catalytic machinery of these enzymes is located at the interface of adjacent monomers between their N- and C-termini with three active sites per trimer. Analysis of these structures revealed that SalL differs from fluorinase by the absence of a 23-amino-acid inserted loop in the N-terminal domain between residues 87 and 90, which decreases the buried area around the active site. Furthermore, fluorinase is a hexamer (a dimer of trimers).
Site-directed mutagenesis confirmed residues important for activity. Replacement of Tyr70 by a less bulky threonine reduces substrate turnover to 0.07%. Accordingly, the Y70T crystal structure shows SAM and chloride substrates trapped in the active site. Moreover, in contrast to the wild-type structure, Y70T allows water to enter the halide binding pocket, inhibiting nucleophilic substitution.
Despite mutations toward a more "fluorinase-like" active site (evidenced in SalL double mutant G131S/Y70T), no activity was detected in the presence of fluoride. A structural overlay of fluorinase and the double mutant shows the active sites are not identical (G131S/Y70T has a larger halide binding pocket). The extra 23-residue loop in the fluorinase N-terminal domain sits just above the active site, appearing to modify its architecture and residue-product interactions, thus influencing halide specificity.
SalL's mechanism for chlorine incorporation is orthogonal (unrelated) to known examples of biological chlorination, expanding our knowledge of nature's halogenating repertoire. The discovery of common committed steps for the biosynthesis of chlorinated and fluorinated natural products opens the door for engineering of new drug candidates. The team recently synthesized fluorosalinosporamide in a salL– mutant by feeding 5'-FDA to the corresponding fluorinated product of the SalL reaction.
Research conducted by A.S. Eustáquio and B.S. Moore (University of California, San Diego), and F. Pojer and J.P. Noel (Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA).
Publication about this research: A.S. Eustáquio, F. Pojer, J.P. Noel, and B.S. Moore, "Discovery and characterization of a marine bacterial SAM-dependent chlorinase," Nature Chemical Biology4, 69 (2007).
Research funding: The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the U.S. National Institutes of Health, the U.S National Science Foundation, the Life Sciences Research Foundation, Tularik, Inc., and the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft. Operation of the ALS is supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Basic Energy Sciences (BES).


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If any one performer personified the outlaw country movement of the '70s, it was
Waylon Jennings
. Though he had been a professional musician since the late '50s, it wasn't until the '70s that
, with his imposing baritone and stripped-down, updated honky tonk, became a superstar.
rejected the conventions of Nashville, refusing to record with the industry's legions of studio musicians and insisting that his music never resemble the string-laden, pop-inflected sounds that were coming out of Nashville in the '60s and '70s. Many artists, including
Willie Nelson
Kris Kristofferson
, followed
's anti-Nashville stance and eventually the whole "outlaw" movement -- so-named because of the artists' ragged, maverick image and their independence from Nashville -- became one of the most significant country forces of the '70s, helping the genre adhere to its hardcore honky tonk roots.
didn't write many songs, but his music -- which combined the grittiest aspects of honky tonk with a rock & roll rhythm and attitude, making the music spare, direct, and edgy -- defined hardcore country, and it influenced countless musicians, including members of the new traditionalist and alternative country subgenres of the '80s.
was born and raised in Littlefield, TX, where he learned how to play guitar by the time he was eight. When he was 12 years old, he was a DJ for a local radio station and, shortly afterward, formed his first band. Two years later he left school and spent the next few years picking cotton, eventually moving to Lubbock, TX, in 1954. Once he was in Lubbock, he got a job at the radio station KLLL, where he befriended
Buddy Holly
during one of the station's shows.
's mentor, teaching him guitar licks, collaborating on songs, and producing
' first single, "Jole Blon," which was released on Brunswick in 1958. Later that year,
became the temporary bass player for
's band
the Crickets
, playing with the rock & roller on his final tour.
was also scheduled to fly on the plane ride that ended in
's tragic death in early 1959, but he gave up his seat at the last minute to
the Big Bopper
, who was suffering from a cold.
's death,
returned to Lubbock, where he spent two years mourning the loss of his friend and working as a DJ. In late 1960, he moved to Phoenix, AZ, where he founded a rockabilly band called the Waylors.
and the Waylors began to earn a local following through their performances at the local club JD's, eventually signing to the independent label Trend in 1961. None of the group's singles made any impact, and
began working for Audio Recorders as a record producer. In 1963,
moved to Los Angeles, where he landed a contract with
Herb Alpert
's A&M Records. By this point,
's music was pure country, and
wanted to move him toward the pop market;
didn't cave in to the demands and his sole single, "Sing the Girl a Song, Bill," and album for A&M flopped.
Following the A&M debacle,
landed a contract with RCA with help from
Chet Atkins
Bobby Bare
, and he moved to Nashville in 1965. After arriving in Nashville, he moved in with
Johnny Cash
, and the two musicians began a long-lasting friendship (which eventually resulted in a collaboration in the form of
the Highwaymen
in the '80s).
released his first single for RCA, "That's the Chance I'll Have to Take," late in the summer of 1965, and it became a minor hit. With his second single, "Stop the World (And Let Me Off)," he had his first Top 40 country hit, and it began a string of moderate hits that eventually developed into several Top Ten singles -- "Walk on Out of My Mind," "I Got You," "Only Daddy That'll Walk the Line," "Yours Love" -- in 1968. At this point, he was working with Nashville session men and developing a sound that was halfway between honky tonk and folk. As the next decade began, he started to move his music toward hardcore country.
In 1970,
recorded several songs by a struggling but promising songwriter called
Kris Kristofferson
, which led to a pair of ambitious albums --
Singer of Sad Songs
Ladies Love Outlaws
-- the following year. On these two records, he developed the roots of outlaw country, creating a harder, tougher muscular sound with a selection of songs by writers like
Alex Harvey
Hoyt Axton
. During the following year,
began collaborating with
Willie Nelson
, recording and writing several songs with the songwriter.
By 1972, he had renegotiated his contract with RCA, demanding that he assume the production and artistic control of his records.
Honky Tonk Heroes
, released in 1973, was the first album released under this new contract. Comprised almost entirely of songs by the then-unknown songwriter
Billy Joe Shaver
and recorded with
' road band, the album was an edgy, bass-driven, and surly variation on stripped-down honky tonk.
and his new sound slowly began to gain more fans, and in 1974 he had his first number one, "This Time," followed by yet another number one single, "I'm a Ramblin' Man," and the number two "Rainy Day Woman."
's success continued throughout 1975, as
Dreaming My Dreams
-- featuring one of his signature songs, the number one "Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way" -- reached number 49 on the pop charts; he was also voted the Country Music Association's Male Vocalist of the Year.
truly crossed over into the mainstream in 1976, when
Wanted! The Outlaws
-- a various-artists compilation of previously released material that concentrated on
but also featured songs from his wife
Jessi Colter
Willie Nelson
, and
Tompall Glaser
-- peaked at number one on the pop charts. Following the success of
became a superstar, as well known to the mainstream pop audience as he was to the country audience. For the next six years,
' albums consistently charted in the pop Top 50 and went gold. During this time, he recorded a number of duets with
, including the multi-platinum
Waylon & Willie
(1978), which featured the number one single "Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys." Over the course of the late '70s and early '80s,
scored ten number one hits, including "Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love)" (which hit number 25 on the pop charts and spent six weeks at the top of the country charts), "The Wurlitzer Prize (I Don't Want to Get Over You)," "I've Always Been Crazy," "Amanda," "Theme from 'The Dukes of Hazzard' (Good Ol' Boys)," and three duets with
By the mid-'80s, the momentum of
's career began to slow somewhat, due to his drug abuse and the decline of the entire outlaw country movement.
kicked his substance habits cold turkey in the mid-'80s and formed the supergroup
the Highwaymen
Willie Nelson
Kris Kristofferson
, and
Johnny Cash
in 1985; over the next decade, the band released three albums, yet none of them were more successful than their debut, which spawned the number one single, "Highwayman." Also in 1985,
parted ways with RCA, signing with MCA Records the following year. At first, he had several hit singles for the label, including the number one "Rose in Paradise," but by the end of the '80s, he was no longer able to crack the Top 40. In 1990,
switched labels again, signing with Epic. "Wrong," his first single for the label, reached the Top Ten in 1990, and "The Eagle" reached the Top 40 the following year, but after that minor hit, none of his singles were charting.
Despite his decreased sales -- which were largely due to the shifting tastes in country music --
remained a superstar throughout the '90s and was able to draw large crowds whenever he performed a concert, while many of his records continued to receive positive reviews. In 1996, he signed to Justice Records, where he released the acclaimed
Right for the Time
Closing In on the Fire
followed in 1998. His work was slowed by his health in the years following that album, as complications from diabetes made it difficult for him to walk. His foot was amputated in December 2001 because of his illness, and he died on February 13, 2002, at his home in Arizona.
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Rocker-bottom shoes (also referred to as toning shoes or round bottom shoes) were first made popular by a company called MBT.
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LEETONIA - The Italian feast previously set for Saturday night at St. Patrick Catholic Church to raise funds for the St. Vincent de Paul food pantry has been canceled.
Tracks will be closed in EP
EAST PALESTINE - The railroad tracks at Market Street will be closed for repair Thursday through Monday.
'Chicken on the Run' sold today
SALEM - "Chicken on the Run" drive-thru chicken dinners will be sold from 4 to 6 p.m. today, until sold out, at the First United Methodist Church, 244 S. Broadway Ave.
The dinner includes a stuffed chicken breast, mashed potatoes and gravy, green beans and a brownie. Cost is $7.
Harvest of Hope event is today
NORTH LIMA - Reservations are still available for the Harvest of Hope 2012 local food fund-raiser for Goodness Grows agricultural outreach to be held from 7 to 9 p.m. today at Common Ground Church, 2310 W. South Range Road, North Lima.
The event features 10 area chefs, gift auctions, and music by Scammin' Jones. Cost is $15 ($25 with guest) payable to Goodness Grows at the church address. For more information call 330-549-9408.
Trappers Association will meet
LEETONIA -The Ohio State Trappers Association Region B meeting is scheduled from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at the Leetonia Sportsmans Club featuring free admission to the public and free dealer set-up. A potluck lunch will be served at noon.
Those attending are asked to bring a coverdish. The tableware and beverages will be provided. Demos will be held all day. For more information call Nick Bower, Region B director, at 740-968-4644 or Vern Snyder at 330-223 1683.
Pumpkin Festival is this weekend
LISBON - The fifth annual Pumpkin Festival will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and noon to 4 p.m. Sunday at the Columbiana County Fairgrounds.
A garden tractor pull begins at noon Saturday in front of the grandstands sponsored by the Winona Garden Tractor Pullers.
On Sunday, a classic car cruise and an antique tractor pull will be presented by the Columbiana County Antique Tractor Pullers. There will be daily events such as horse-drawn wagon rides, pony rides, train rides for children, pumpkin and corn stalks, crafters, and vendors.
Cheryl Kear, an award winning kite designer, will have her kites on display on the upper midway. There also will be a raffle of an embroidered hand-quilted wall hanging on Sunday afternoon.
LEGO Club meets Saturday
SALEM - The LEGO Club will meet at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Salem Public Library. Children in kindergarten through fifth grade are invited to bring their LEGOs to the library to create some "monsters." Admission is free. For more information call the library at 330-332-0042.
MetroParks roads will close
YOUNGSTOWN - The following roads in Mill Creek MetroParks will be closed from approximately 7 a.m. to noon Saturday for the Garden District Neighborhood Association 5k Race: Price Road, West Glacier Drive, West Drive, Calvary Run Drive, and the Price Road entrance of Fellows Riverside Gardens. On Sunday, Valley Drive in Mill Creek MetroParks will be closed for a wedding ceremony on the Suspension Bridge from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Haystack breakfast planned
COLUMBIANA -The public is invited to a haystack breakfast from 8 to 11 a.m. Sunday at 40/8 Chateau on state Route 14, Columbiana. Cost is $5.
St. Paul sponsoring Banquet
SALEM - The Banquet in Salem will be served from 5 to 7 p.m. Monday at the Memorial Building. Next week's sponsor is St. Paul Church Team Two.
The menu offers vegetable soup, creamed chicken casserole, mashed potatoes, corn, biscuits, salad, fresh fruit and vegetables and cupcakes.
Additional sponsors are needed. For more information call Patty Colian at 330-831-2169.
Beaver Local BOE will meet
LISBON -The Beaver Local Board of Education will meet in regular session at 6:30 p.m. Monday in room two at the high school, 13187 Route 7, Lisbon.
A special session follows at 5 p.m. Tuesday.
Support Group meets Monday
LISBON - Columbiana County Chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness will host a support group meeting at 7 p.m. Monday at the Columbiana County Counseling Center on state Route 154.
A second meeting begins at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 22 at the Metrovich community room on Pugh Road in Calcutta.
All family members, recovering adults, spouses and friends of people living with severe mental illness are encouraged to attend.
SHS Class of 1948 will meet
SALEM - The Salem High School Class of 1948 plans to meet for breakfast at 10 a.m. Oct. 9 at Adele's Place.
Lisbon BOE will meet Oct. 9
LISBON - The Lisbon Exempted Village Board of Education plans to meet at 5 p.m. Oct. 9 in the board room at the BOE office.
Columbiana '51 Class will meet
COLUMBIANA - The Columbiana High School Class of 1951 will meet for breakfast at 9 a.m. Oct. 10 at Das Dutch Haus.
Salem luncheon series is Oct. 10
SALEM - The Salem Area Chamber of Commerce will continue its 2012 Chamber Business Connection luncheon series at 11:45 a.m. Oct. 10 at the Salem Community Center.
The featured program is titled "Marketing Begins at Home" by Dan Pecchia, owner/senior public relations consultant of Pecchia Communications, LLC from Canfield. The Business of the Month will be Consumers National Bank.
Cost for the lunch and program is $20 for Salem chamber members and $25 for guests and potential members.
Reservations are required and may be made by calling 330-337-3473 or e-mailing email@example.com.
Dr. Bond will discuss fracking
EAST LIVERPOOL - Dr. S. Thomas Bond, an inorganic chemist and farmer, will speak at 6 p.m. Oct. 10 in the Slak Shak at Kent State University East Liverpool Campus in the Main Building, 400 E. Fourth St.
Dr. Bond, who earned his doctorate at KSU, will speak about fracking, particularly about environmental difficulties experienced from the fracking process.
He received his higher education from Salem College (W.Va.) and Jackson State Teachers College (Alabama), a master's degree in science teaching from West Virginia University, and a Ph. D. in inorganic chemistry from KSU.
Born on a farm, he has also farmed continuously all his life except the years he was in college and while he was in the Biological Warfare Unit at the U. S Army Chemical Corps School, Fort McClellan, Ala.
His presentation about fracking will focus on the water table and problems with water, but will also include information about air quality, surface destruction, health issues, and legislation related to fracking.
He has identified 13 major problems with fracking: air pollution, water pollution in streams, contamination of aquifers, trucks destruction of inadequate roads, leasing complaints, corruption of the political process, loss of surface area, explosions, health issues, life style issues, transient workers, population scale issues, and, devaluation of the land surface.
Catholic Daughters meet Oct. 11
SALEM - Catholic Daughters of the Americas will meet for lunch at 11 a.m. Oct. 11 at the Salem Hills Golf and Country Club. The guest speaker is Steve Ruwoldt, Salem Community Hospital, chief executive officer.
Ex-Kaiser employees will meet
SALEM - Kaiser/National retirees and past employees will meet for breakfast at 8:30 a.m. Oct. 11 and 25 at Adele's Place.
Elkrun trustees meet Oct. 16, 30
ELKTON - Elkrun Township trustees will meet at 7 p.m. Oct. 16 and 30 at the township administration building on state Route 154. The public is welcome.
SHS Class of 1947 will meet
SALEM - The Salem High School Class of 1947 will meet for breakfast at 9 a.m. Oct. 18 at the Salem Hills Golf and Country Club on Route 45. For information call 330-337-8887.
Tourism Bureau meets Oct. 29
ELKTON - The Elkrun Township Tourism Bureau meeting begins at 4:30 p.m. Oct. 29 at the township administration and garage building on state Route 154, Elkton.
Junior Achievement celebrating
YOUNGSTOWN - Junior Achievement of Mahoning Valley's 60th anniversary celebration is slated Oct. 18 at Fellows Riverside Gardens, 123 McKinley Ave.
The event kicks off at 5:30 p.m. with a cocktail reception (cash bar) following introductions and dinner at 6 p.m.
The program follows. Cost is $60 per person. Junior Achievement will be honoring the following individuals, businesses and community partners, volunteers, educators, and schools for their outstanding dedication, leadership and service to area youth.
The honorees are Junior Achievement Board member, Bruce Sherman Creative Promotions Inc.; Educator, Jill Martin, Austintown Fitch High School; Volunteer, Chris Jaskiewicz, VEC Inc.; Whole School Partner, Huntington National Bank; Program Event Partner, Youngstown State University; Work Readiness, Better Business Bureau of Mahoning Valley; Entrepreneurship, Burton D. Morgan Foundation; Financial Literacy, Associated School Employees Credit Union; and Endowment, George B. Woodman.
Lighting Contest will be held
COLUMBIANA - The Columbiana Area Chamber of Commerce is inviting anyone in the 44408 zip code to enter its Columbiana Christmas Lighting Contest by contacting the chamber office at 330-482-3822 or by email at email@example.com.
Judging will take place on Dec. 3. Winners will receive $50, one winner per category, residential and business.
Holiday Bazaar planned Nov. 17
SALEM - The Salem Community Center Holiday Bazaar Extraordinaire will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Nov. 17. Tables space is available for $30 per table or $35 for a table with electric. Tables must be reserved by Nov. 9. This event will be held in the auxiliary gym. For information call 330-332-5885 or inquire at the SCC front desk.


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In an article from the BBC, reposted on the same site, Tom Geoghegan says, "the prospect of unwaged employment might not be so appealing if you're a cash-strapped school leaver who wants to help mum put food on the table. "When volunteering is so often presented just one way -- as a state-sanctioned free labour activity -- these responses are completely justified.
Current promotions of volunteerism, whether in rich or poor countries, are focused primarily on government-endorsed activities: the state or large corporations, through their sponsorship of such campaigns, encourage people to work without pay to address community and social needs, the gain being a better community, improved self-esteem for the volunteer, and less money needed to pay for such action, as volunteers aren't paid. It's an appallingly limited view of what volunteering is and its true importance and power, and it's no wonder that the unemployed and the disenfranchised scoff at such campaigns.
The world and its history are rife with examples of volunteering by the unemployed and disenfranchised to positively affect people and the environment in confrontation to the state or other power structures. These activities have sometimes empowered the volunteers as full citizens for the first time. Those who organized in the Southern USA in the 1950s and 60s to register voters, to shine a blinding light on social injustice and to stop Jim Crow, the American version of apartheid? They were volunteers, they were often socially excluded themselves, and they often worked against the state or local power structures, in order to improve American society and to change their own destinies for the better. Local people engaging in campaigns to counter the practice of female genital mutilation or to improve women's rights, often in direct opposition to local community leaders or long-held traditions? Again, volunteers and, often, people who do not enjoy full employment. Yet, most volunteerism campaigns and conferences ignore these passionate volunteer campaigners, whom Mary Merrill calls both "vigilantes" and "entrepreneurs."
Talking about volunteering as a way to challenge the state or other power structures or to empower people and communities would probably be quite appealing to that earlier-mentioned Yemeni student, or others who are unemployed and disenfranchised. However, mainstream campaigns continue to promote volunteerism as a feel-good activity and a way for the state or others to not have to pay people for work -- a message that just does not resonate with so many.
There's also a tendency by such campaigns to equate all community service with volunteerism. However, if a person is paid to provide a service to the community, he or she is no longer a volunteer. That isn't to say he or she, because of the receipt of money, has less dedication than a volunteer; I've certainly encountered UNDP and NGO paid staff members who are every bit as committed and heart-felt in their work as people providing unpaid service. But "volunteer" should mean the person is unpaid, or at least, giving up his or her employment for a significant period of time in order to provide full-time community service. In certain situations, volunteers may be the most appropriate to staff an initiative, while other situations may call for paid staff -- and these situations often have nothing to do with whether or not there's a budget to pay people.
If governments and donors want volunteerism campaigns in poor communities to actually lead to more volunteering, they must radically update their message. They must be prepared to show why volunteers, rather than paid staff, are best for a particular task, beyond that there's no budget to pay such people. They must show how those whom they are trying to entice to volunteer will benefit directly in terms of potential employment or an improved life and a greater voice. They need to point out that volunteering can give a person a first-hand view of the work of the government or others, and a fact-based perspective and voice to endorse or oppose it. They need to explain that volunteers can also have their own agendas for their service, just as those promoting volunteerism do. And governments and donors need to put the individuals in charge of defining their own volunteerism goals and activities, and to be prepared for those activities, at least sometimes, to be counter to the volunteerism campaigner's agendas.
It's a challenging proposition for the mainstream promoters of volunteerism to think and speak so differently. But without meeting this challenge, we will turn generations and groups all over the world off to volunteering. What a tragedy that would be.


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Thursday, May 23, 2013
A dispute over office space in the county courthouse appears to be over and, as one councilman observed, everyone is unhappy with the outcome.
Dorchester County Council voted Monday to spend no more than $12,000 from the delinquent tax fund on interior construction to create a new office for at-large Circuit Court Judge-elect Maite Murphy.
"I know it's a task to try to please four ladies," said Councilman George Bailey, who led council's work on the issue through his chairmanship of the public safety committee.
"I don't like none of this," he said later, saying he's been working for months to please five ladies he isn't even married to.
Bailey didn't specify the ladies who needed mollifying, but the female denizens of the courthouse include Murphy, Probate Court Judge Mary Blunt, Clerk of Court Cheryl Graham and Circuit Court Judge Diane Goodstein, with Supreme Court Chief Justice Jean Toal exercising authority from Columbia.
Murphy currently serves as master-in-equity. When the General Assembly elevated her to the circuit court earlier this year, it created a need for another office in the still-new courthouse.
Carving out the office from existing space, however, required moving several agencies and taking space from the Probate Court – how much space is one of the issues in dispute.
Bailey said Probate Court would lose only 67 square feet.
Blunt, however, said her office would lose between 400 and 1,100 square feet.
"I would not have worked tirelessly on this for 67 square feet," Blunt told council. She said she had a professional contractor run the drawings through a CAD system and that Probate Court would lose 400 square feet.
"That is a lot of space for an office like ours, that services families and constituents, to lose. I don't think we can bear that," she said.
She later said the office would actually lose 1,100 feet based on the difference between the motion council voted on and what had been orally represented as the changes.
The space is so important because of the type of work the Probate Court does, she said. The court serves as its own clerk, meaning it stores all its own records, and works with families on estates of the deceased, guardianships for minors and incompetent adults, drug, alcohol and mental illness commitments, marriage license applications and more.
The nature of its work means it deals with sensitive family issues and needs spaces for groups to meet privately, Blunt said.
Blunt's attorney, John Moylan, sent a letter to the county attorney Monday saying the county's plan would violate the law by not providing the space necessary to transact business.
Its current space was calculated based on recommendations from an independent consultant using figures from the 2000 Census, he and Blunt said.
Several Probate Court supporters also asked council to reconsider.
Bailey disputed Blunt's figures and even moreso disputed her characterizations of the process.
"I've surely kept Mrs. Blunt in the loop," he said.
Some of the things said to council were "not facts," he said. He then thanked County Administrator Jason Ward, Sheriff L.C. Knight, Solicitor David Pascoe and Public Defender Mark Leiendecker for working with the county.
Knight will lose some space, the public defender will move downstairs, the solicitor will move into the public defender's office and the Probate Court will be shifted to include the solicitor's office.
Both the solicitor and public defender have primary offices in downtown Summerville.
The initial plan for an office for Murphy, outlined in a letter from Graham, involved adding on to the courthouse, Councilman David Chinnis said.
That just wasn't going to happen, he said.
Chinnis did a walk-through of the courthouse and found some areas underused, he said.
Murphy's office will also be underused, he said, as he's heard estimates she might be in her office between 20 and 30 days per year because she'll be hearing cases throughout the state.
The county is required to provide her with a space.
Unfortunately, Chinnis said, the entire issue has devolved into personality and politics.
"That's what this is. It's politics. I don't even know how to look at this and feel good about what's happening," he said.
Some of the proposals the council received were ludicrous, he said.
Councilman Larry Hargett said Bailey's solution was "probably as good as we can do."
Most of the disputed square footage seems to be over a shared conference room, he said.
In contrast to Bailey's solution, Blunt proposed her office stay put, Murphy remain in the current master-in-equity office and the new master-in-equity occupy the solicitor's office.
That would make sense for people who have business in the master-in-equity's office but can't get to it because it's behind the secured "red zone," said Probate Court administrative assistant Melissa Burns.
Burns deals with those people, usually angry from several fruitless walks up and down stairs, as they try to figure out how to access the master-in-equity.
Chinnis said Blunt's proposal would make sense, except council was told the master-in-equity must have an office in the "red zone."
Blunt said council was misinformed, but Chinnis said only that she should get a clarification from the state Supreme Court for council to pursue that idea.
Wednesday, Blunt said she is "exploring all possible options" on next steps but hopes council will help her work around the problem.
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Franklin still trying to make his mom proud
May 12, 2014 - Neil Rudel
Longtime colleague Philip Cmor wrote a terrific Mother's Day story on the main influence in Penn State football coach James Franklin's life.
His mother, Josie, passed away in 2007.
Thought I'd share the link.
By Philip Cmor
James Franklin's first sports love was baseball, and his mother, Jocelyn, known as Josie to her friends, could be found regularly at his games in Langhorne, working at the concession stand or serving a team mom when she wasn't cheering on her son.
Franklin's football career, though, started off with a wardrobe malfunction, courtesy of Mom.
"They gave us the equipment. Back in those days, you put all your equipment on when you were playing little league football. You drove with all your equipment on in the car and just ran out onto the field," Franklin said earlier this week in an interview before departing on the Penn State Caravan. "There's that little spine pad that you have in your girdle. My mom was like, 'That makes sense. I know where that goes.' So she had that down the front. "And they said bring a cup. So I came with a cup in my hand. She thought the cup was for drinking water. So I had a cup to drink water and the girdle on backwards because that made sense to her."
Although Franklin might not have been dressed for success that first game, things couldn't have turned out much better. After establishing himself as one of the brightest young coaches in the game during several college and one NFL stop, including bringing unprecedented success as the head man at Vanderbilt from 2011-13, Franklin has returned to his home state to take the reins of the Penn State football program.
And he will tell you it wouldn't have been possible if not for Mom.
Josie Franklin, who passed away in 2007, had a profound effect on the Nittany Lions' new coach. In fact, much of the James Franklin we see today is a direct result of the values and qualities his mother, an immigrant from Manchester, England, instilled in him.
"Mom basically raised me and my sister," Franklin said. "Her work ethic and her sense of pride in our family and what we stood for and the work ethic, that was important to me. It still is. To this day, I'm still trying to make her proud of the foundation she laid in me and my sister."
"Josie was a survivor. She worked. Her life was taking care of those two kids and maintaining what she had to do. I don't know a lot of women that could have done that. She overcame some major obstacles," said Gary Bowman, a neighbor and close family friend since they arrived in Langhorne when James was 5 years old. "She allowed James the freedom to become his own man through some guiding principles that she lived with.
"James overcame some real, real obstacles in his life. She helped him become what I call a self-made man. She provided that platform or that launch pad to become a self-made man. "You talk about unsung heroes, she was truly one of those people who went about doing what she felt was good and right for her kids."
Bowman, his wife, Joan, and his son, Jason, remember Josie Franklin as almost always attending her son's games, not only while he was growing up, but even when he played college ball at East Stroudsburg and then coached at placed like Maryland, Green Bay and Kansas State.
"The best way to describe her in the neighborhood or at an event was if you heard something it was Josie," Gary Bowman said. "She was always the most vocal, the most supportive person you could find, be it in the stadium or on the field. That was her.
"His mom was a character and a very, very strong, strong woman," said Jason Bowman, best friends with Franklin since he came around their house riding what they called "The Green Machine" -- Franklin is the godfather to one of his children. "My recollection is that his mom did almost all the parenting from an early age on."
And the apple didn't fall far from the tree in some ways.
"My mom was kind of a psycho like I am," the energetic and enthusiastic Franklin said. "I remember running down the field scoring a touchdown, and my mom was running on the sideline with me and tripped over a trash can, and you're kind of like embarrassed as you run into the end zone. But she's always very passionate, was always very, very supportive."
Josie Franklin met James Franklin's father when he was in the Air Force stationed near Manchester. They eloped to Ireland before coming back to live with his mother in Pittsburgh and then moving to Trenton, N.J. when he got a job there with General Motors.
However after having two kids -- James' sister, Debbie, is 5 years older -- the Franklins' marriage hit the rocks. James Sr. was in and out of the picture until James was in 11th grade, when he completely faded from the scene. James Franklin Sr. passed away in 1997.
"Think about this. My mom came to this country, and she knows nobody. No friends. No family. No nothing. And things don't go well with my mom and my dad, and she's got nobody. A lot of times, you've at least got family or someone to turn to or lean on. She's got nobody," Franklin said. "So she really kind of invested and poured everything into us."
To spend some extra time with her children while providing for them, Josie took a job as a hall aide at Neshaminy High School. Gary Bowman, who was the school superintendent, still remembers occasions when her British accent would come out.
"She and another gal ran those halls, and [the kids] didn't mess with those two. They knew every kid. They knew the kids to look out for. They knew the kids to take care of. The ones that were on the edge of things. The just had that insight," Bowman said. "As a mom, there was never anything false about her. What you saw was what you get. You might not like to hear what you got, but she was there."
Bowman thinks Josie set a great example for her son. "I never heard her complain on whatever burden she had to carry, on whatever she had to do. She never, ever complained. That goes a long way," Bowman said. "She never whined. What you saw was what you get."
Jason Bowman remembered Josie as a stern presence but one that also gave the young Franklin the freedom to pursue his own dreams, whatever they might be. However, there was another side to Josie Franklin, one that would have her invite her into her home and do anything for you.
"She was very big on relationships as well, and I think much of James' success is built on his ability to build relationships with people," Jason Bowman said. "From his recruiting days -- his early recruiting days at Maryland is where he really made a name for himself, recruiting top-notch players into Maryland's program -- that's all based on him building relationships, and I think a lot of that comes from his mother and other people around him."
Most of those people were women. All of his parents' siblings had died by the time he was born - his mother's brothers were lost to polio and a bus accident, his father's brother to cancer. What Franklin came to call his cousins actually were his dad's cousins. And many of his "aunts" were his father's divorced relatives who remained friends with Josie.
"I was raised by all women. When I would go to Thanksgiving, it was all women and my and a couple of my other cousins," Franklin said. "I'd go to Thanksgiving or Christmas or summers in Pittsburgh, and it would be my Aunt Lawanda, my Aunt Romaine, my Aunt Belvadene, and my mom, and sometimes my grandmom, Leota, and my Aunt Donna. So all women, and me, my sister, my cousin, Karen."
Franklin believes that strong female presence definitely has made him more relationship conscious, but also because it lacked the male role model.
"I think the other thing is, as bad as families may be, and situations may be, I think boys always have a yearning to have a relationship with their father, no matter how things have played out. You always kind of want that," Franklin said. "When I got into coaching, you end up recruiting a bunch of kids that come from single-parent homes. Maybe the coach is the first male role model or male person in their life. You realize that's really important. It carries a lot of substance, that relationship. It's probably been magnified for me, because I want to provide that type of relationship and stability for my players. That's very important to me.
"A lot of kids have both Mom and Dad. But, what happens is they're going away from home for the first time, and I know how challenging and difficult that is. Then you have others that haven't had a father at home, and I know the challenges that are a part of that as well."
Coaches helped provide some of that male role model in Franklin's life growing up, as did Gary Bowman. Bowman, who spent three years in a foster home in his formative years, felt a special kinship with the young, polite, bright and magnetic young Franklin that went beyond the neighborhood kid who so often was at his home playing with his youngest son.
Franklin's relationship with the Bowman's goes beyond just neighbors, too. When they came to the Blue-White Game, he introduced them as his parents at the postgame picnic.
"It brings tears to my eyes when I think about him. That made me cry. That made him cry, too," Joan Bowman said. "He looked over at us and said 'My parents are here.' It made me feel so good."
Franklin also has credited his sister, Debbie, with playing a big role in his development. Now Debra Sharpe, she would often attend her brother's games with her mother. She lives near the family's childhood home and has kids of her own who James is more than happy to outfit with Penn State gear.
"It's been great. I know my sister appreciates us being closer to home," Franklin said. "Now my kids get a chance to really develop a relationship with her kids as well."
"She was more of a friend and a confidante to him than a parent," Jason Bowman said. "It was more 'let me give this kid some guidance, let me be a friend, let me be a confidante. We have a very strong mother who can be a mother.' They were very close growing up and stay close to this day."
That family tie became all the more important when Josie Franklin died after a bout with cancer on Oct. 13, 2007. James was the offensive coordinator at Kansas State at the time.
"I felt guilty about not being there and then having to leave the team during the season and fly back. I still have a lot of guilt associated with that, to be honest with you," Franklin said.
"He's putting in an obscene amount of hours [at work]. Yet he was taking time to make sure she was being taken care of and that he was there. It was a difficult time for him. I know he was struggling," Jason Bowman said. "He and I would have those conversations 'Hey, you've got to come in to see her.' And he would pop in for a couple of days and he's got to go."
Now Franklin has a family of his own. He and his wife, Fumi, have two young daughters, Ava and Addison, and Franklin said his own life experiences have driven him to provide for them so they have an easier time growing up than he, his mother and sister had.
"Women have had a huge impact on me. Now I've got one at home that's calling all the shots as well, my wife and my two daughters," Franklin said. "So I'm surrounded by women again.
"The impact that moms have in this country, I don't think you can put it into words, the difference that they're making, whether they're moms that are raising children in a traditional family or whether it's single parents. I know for myself and a lot of the players and people I come in contact with, you can't measure the importance that moms have on families and that moms have on a lot of our players."
Maybe it can't be measured, but Franklin can appreciate it.
"I saw how hard my mom worked and how much she sacrificed for us. There were a lot of people out there that had it a lot worse that we did, and I wanted to work really hard to take care of my mom and make sure that my family didn't have to go through some of the experiences that we went through as a kid," Franklin said. "I wanted to make her proud. I still, to this day, want to make her proud.
Gary Bowman thinks Franklin has done that.
"I know today she's just looking down on James," Bowman said, "and she's probably having the biggest smile for Mother's Day that you could ever have."