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Softball Sets MAC Home Run Record In Win At Buffalo
BUFFALO, N.Y. - The Ball State softball team blasted three home runs in a Mid-American Conference record-setting 13-0, five-inning victory over Buffalo Sunday afternoon at Nan Harvey Field.
Senior designate player Amanda Montalto (Las Vegas, Nev./Palo Verde) provided the record-setting moment for the Cardinals with two outs in the top of the third, when she deposited her 14th home run of the season over the center field fence to give BSU its league-record 60th home run of the season.
Sophomore Lauren Schroeder (Greenfield, Ind./New Palestine) added her second pinch hit home run in as many games, while freshman right fielder Hanne Stuedemann (Mattawan, Mich./Mattawan) launched her fifth long ball of the season over the UB scoreboard to up Ball State's league-record total to 62 for the year.
In the circle, senior pitcher Audrey Workman (Wickenberg, Ariz./Yavapai College) earned her fifth complete game shutout of the season, improving to 14-10 by limiting the Bulls to just four hits over five innings of work. She would also strikeout three batters in the game.
With the win, the Cardinals run their record to 35-13 (13-3 MAC) and maintain their lead over Bowling Green for first place in the overall MAC standings. Buffalo drops to 14-27 (4-13 MAC) with the loss.
In addition to her home run, Stuedemann led the Ball State offense by going 3-for-3 at the plate with two RBI and two runs scored, while also drawing a walk. Montalto and junior center fielder Amanda Carpenter (Santee, Calif./Santana) each tallied two hits, with Montalto driving in a team-best three RBI.
With two outs in the top of the third, Stuedemann drew a six-pitch walk to spark a BSU rally. Sophomore left fielder Jennifer Gilbert (McKinney, Texas/McKinney) followed with her league-leading 18th double of the season to drive in Stuedemann from first. Montalto then added her two-run blast to center to give Ball State the MAC record for home runs in a season.
The Cardinals tacked on four more runs in the top of the fourth thanks in part to two more homers. With one out, Carpenter tripled to right field and came around to score on a fielder's choice sacrifice bunt from senior shortstop Alison Mercado (Perris, Calif./Arizona Western College).
Schroeder would follow with her second pinch hit home run in as many games, while two batters later Stuedemann added her fifth career four-bagger to move the score to 7-0.
The Cardinals added six more runs in the top of the fifth to extend their lead to 13-0. Montalto and sophomore first baseman Taylor Rager (Fishers, Ind./Hamilton Southeastern) drew walks to open the inning, while a single from sophomore third baseman Audrey Bickel (Munster, Ind./Andrean) drove in the first run.
Sophomore pinch runner Julie Cortez (Colorado Springs, Colo./Chaparrel) scored the next run when Carpenter reached on a fielder's choice on an attempted play at the plate. After a second fielder's choice by Mercado led to the first out at third, an infield single from Taylor Cox (Garden Grove, Calif./Pacifica) loaded the bases, while a walk to junior catcher Sadie Robertson (Fenton, Mo./Rockwood Summit) made the score 10-0.
Stuedemann added a RBI single to left field to plate BSU's fourth run of the frame, while a Montalto single and an error on the play allowed the final two runs to score.
Buffalo's Holly Johnson (3-13) picked up the loss in the contest, allowing seven runs on seven hits over 3.2 innings of work. Haylee Land pitched the final 1.1 innings, allowing six runs (five earned) on four hits.
The Ball State softball team concludes the 2012 regular season next weekend when its hosts Toledo (Friday) and Bowling Green (Saturday and Sunday).


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Friday, May 2, 2014
Wando rolled past Dutch Fork, 6-3, in the second round of the Class AAAA playoffs Friday in Irmo.
Wando (16-8) advances to host the District VIII title game Wednesday against either Ashley Ridge, Carolina Forest or Dutch Fork, who will play Saturday and Monday.
Warriors senior right-hander Mark Evans picked up the complete game win, allowing three runs, two earned, off five hits and two walks while striking out six.
Wando jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the top of the second. Trevor Pedersen lined a double to center to score Owen Ravenel and Harrison Smith. Oliver Hill tripled to left field to drive in Pedersen and Tyler Ackard.
Dutch Fork countered with three runs in the bottom frame. JoJo Markle doubled to right field to score Austin Ruger. Derek Olenchuk singled in Ward Hacklin and Markle scored off a passed ball.
Evans shut down Dutch Fork the rest of the night, allowing no hits, just a single walk and one infield error.
Smith reached on a fielders choice in the fifth to score Mark Fries, and Pedersen drove in Andrew Lee with a sacrifice fly in the seventh. Hill finished 2 for 3 with two RBIs, and Lee hit 2 for 4 with a run scored.
Erik Holton suffers the loss for Dutch Fork, lasting just 1 2/3 innings after allowing four earned runs off three hits and a walk.
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Much like ripcording, during sex anal beads are fully inserted into the rectum of the receiving partner. Once they are all inside, stand to the side, and pull them out at full force whilst shouting "LET IT RIP!". Then demand her bit beast.
"I was beyblading my girlfriend last night so hard the suction caused the contents of her plumbing to fly out and hit the wall and now I need to buy paint."
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Every summer Hollywood takes off its gloves and throws its best (read: most expensive) movies at us.
They are the ones we'll talk about around the water cooler, and are the epic blockbusters you don't want to miss.
This year, the sad thing is that Hollywood proves it has very little, creatively speaking, in its toolbox.
Most of the offerings are sequels or retellings ("Smurfs 3D," we're looking at you) of old stories.
There was a time when summer movies gave us the likes of "Star Wars" and "Raiders of the Lost Ark."
Heck, we'd even take a "Weekend at Bernie's" this year.
Of course, there is some logic to the studios' way of thinking -- that being, it's easier and a wiser money strategy to bet on the ponies that already won their respective races.
Let's take a closer look at some of this year's most expected titles.
Up First: Overindulgent Hilarity
"The Hangover 2" (May 26)
On paper, "The Hangover" wasn't anything at all special. It was your basic road trip movie that we've all seen a million times.
But what made the movie really stand out were the performances. It made Bradley Cooper a star; Zach Galifianakis was hilarious; Ken Jeong stole the show; and who knew Mike Tyson could be so funny?
So what's not to work? This is a sequel, and although there's a lot of hype and expectation, second movies tend to be let downs ("Weekend at Bernie's II"? We're looking at you).
Lightning rarely strikes twice, and this has all the hallmarks of a studio just trying to milk as much money out of a property as they possibly can. As much fun as the first movie was, we hope this one will be as good.
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"Smurfs 3D" (July 29)
"The Smurfs" was a cartoon 30 years ago, and we thought it was left in the past. That said, there are some big names attached to the "Smurfs 3D" movie. We've got people such as Neil Patrick Harris, Hank Azaria, Jonathan Winters, Katy Perry, Jeff Foxworthy and even Wolfgang Puck willing to bring the Smurfs to a new generation.
Here's the plot: A movie studio releases a new movie and then unleashes a stunning amount of merchandise that kids will pester their parents to buy in and effort to try and make boatloads of money. OK, so that's not what happens on screen, but it's likely to play out in the real world.
The fact that they're making a movie about the Smurfs shows how deeply Hollywood has to dig for an idea. The Smurfs were a cartoon from the 1980s.
If Hollywood is digging so deep, stay tuned for a "Thundercats" movie, next.
Up Next: Dame Judi Dench And Keith Richards, Together At Last
"Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides" (May 20)
When the first "Pirates of the Caribbean" movie came out, it went to show what acting duct-tape Johnny Depp is -- the guy can do anything. He can be deadly serious in one role, move on to something goofy next and then tackle an action flick.
The plot here is that Capt. Jack Sparrow and his mates are off to find the legendary Fountain of Youth, only to discover along the way that Blackbeard is also looking for the mythical fountain.
We were fed the line that Pirates was going to be a trilogy, but they decided to go for another. While the movies tend to be terribly long, they also tend to be terribly good.


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Hot Links: In Dallas, "support" ain't what it seems
That's one takeaway, among many, that you should have from the Dallas City Hall bribery trial. Let's explore:
1. Co-defendant Allen McGill (shown at right) testified Monday that his sham Black State Employees Association of Texas opposed a housing developer's project to force the hiring of minority contractors who'd give it kickbacks later, The News' Jason Trahan reports. Once the developer played ball, the opposition lifted. McGill and his cohort, Darren Reagan, realized that they were ones worked over months later: The developer was an FBI informant.
2. The Hearst network of newspapers, which includes Houston and San Antonio, is wrapping up a series that finds about 98,000 people die each year from preventable medical errors. That echoes The News' State of Neglect investigative series, which earlier this year found that Texas lets hospitals hide their mistakes from the public.
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Denise Richards: Homeless Pets Need Even More Help After Sandy
"People can donate any old towels or blankets for the animals where they're sleeping, any food, any toys," she says. "If they want to make a monetary donation, they can go on [North Shore Animal League's] website, or to your local shelter."
You can also make a more permanent contribution, like Richards did when she adopted rescue dog Lily from New York's North Shore Animal League, where the actress was lending a hand over the weekend.
"When you're able to adopt from a shelter," Richards tells PEOPLE, "you're making room for one more to come in and have a place to go."
While in New York shooting a new project, Richards found herself face-to-face with the devastation wreaked by the superstorm, and wanted to pitch in with animal relief efforts however she could.
"I work very closely in Los Angeles with Best Friends Animal Society, and they were the first ones I reached out to and asked if they had anyone in New York that I could help," she says.
On Saturday, Richards visited Long Island's NSAL shelter where she saw firsthand the number of pets affected by the storm. Over 200 animals belonging to families who had lost their homes were taken in, joining the 600 that already call the shelter home until they can be adopted.
"For them to take care of over 200 animals, they set up mobile units for them," the actress says, describing the scene. "They set up a gymnasium at one of the schools for the animals to stay at until these people are able to get back on their feet, get into a home and get their animal back."
The actress and her three daughters made room for another homeless pet when they adopted a black Labrador mix during their visit.
"There was just something that we connected with, that the girls connected with," Richards says of their new puppy, adding, "She's fitting in nicely."
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Groundhoggin It: when one has to take a shit and it is trying to sneak out and you force it back up there and it does the same thing again and again until you eventually let nature take its course in the bathroom.
Dad i have to take a dump. Groundhog it son
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When you have to take a shit so bad, and so large that it starts occasionally peeking out of your butthole. This usually occurs when your diet is mostly composed of meat. Not to be confused with prairie doggin' it, ground hoggin' it is much larger than prairie doggin'.
I had to shit so bad the other day that I was ground hoggin' it.
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Seeing as how I don't see any threads on this, I just wanted to see if anyone was interested in maybe starting up a New England chapter of the Dtoid Army. When I went to NY for Comic Con, Power-Glove brought up the idea that maybe we should give it a shot. Are you there NE? Let's have some fun. If I get enough interest I'll start the whole shibang with a cblog and google group or if anyone with more charisma and writing spirit than I can take this bitch over to make the prospects of this more attractive than it already is. I'm not very good at organizing things like this but I will give it the ol college try :swings fist:
I finally created the NE Google Group
Here is the link to the C-blog post.
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A video has been leaked through the group Anonymous. The video is disturbing (it does not show the actual rape but still) so fair warning if you decide to watch. After a girl was gang raped by football players and only two guys were charged despite tweets, FB posts and video indicating more were involved Anonymous released this video.
I don't know much about Anonymous but I have to say good for them on this one.


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people that have no prior experiance of the internet or computer and decided to use AOL (america on line) because it was thrush through their letterbox
ha, you can't use a computer, your such an aolian
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The stupid language invented by losers who think it adds several hours for typing a few extra lettters
"r" "u" "ur" "lol" "brb" and "g2g" just to name a few
"Man, I can't believe you type AOLian like a retard."
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LOCKPORT – If you are interested in local history and have a little spare time to help share that knowledge with local schoolchildren, a volunteer opportunity is knocking.
The Niagara County Historical Society is looking for volunteer docents to help lead school and group tours through its five-building complex at 215 Niagara St.
"Being a docent is a lot of fun," said Ann Marie Linnabery, the society's education coordinator. "We have training sessions; we don't just hand new docents a manual to read, and we have them follow veteran docents a few times. We also take them through each of the buildings and talk about the artifacts and history of them, and we have meetings to exchange information."
The society's museum complex includes five buildings, featuring an 1835 law office, an 1863 home, an 1885 home; a circa 1900 carriage house and a reconstructed barn. The buildings contain period rooms and exhibits relating to the history of Native Americans, early settlers, the Erie Canal, transportation, business and industry, the Civil War and the Victorian era.
Docents lead groups of 10 to 15 students or adults on tours lasting around an hour. Linnabery said schedules vary and are flexible, but docents usually need to be available on weekday mornings in order to accommodate school tours.
"We are very flexible," Linnabery said. "Some docents volunteer once a week, and some volunteer once a month. We have about 10 to 15 volunteers on our roster, but several are inactive, and we'd like to beef up our numbers."
Linnabery said the museum complex hosts around 2,000 schoolchildren each year, visiting from not only Niagara County, but Erie, Orleans and Genesee counties, as well. The majority of the schoolchildren are fourth-graders studying local history.
"We really cover all areas of local history, so we are a one-stop shop for all of the areas the teachers are looking for," she said.
"The kids really get to experience history on a more tangible basis, rather than just looking at pictures in a textbook. They get to see artifacts here and in some cases, handle them, so they learn a little bit more about them. It's a cliché, but it really brings history alive."
Linnabery said spring and fall are particularly busy times for the school tours, so the society likes to train new volunteers in the late winter or early spring "before it gets really busy so that the docents are ready for the tours."
She said an application process and training program will be scheduled later this winter. For more information on volunteering, call Linnabery at 434-7433.
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During the past two decades, radical environmental and animal rights groups have claimed responsibility for hundreds of crimes and acts of terrorism, including arson, bombings, vandalism and harassment, causing more than $100 million in damage. While some activists have been captured, ecoterror cells - small and loosely affiliated - are extremely difficult to identify and most attacks remain unsolved. Although it has been overshadowed by Islamic terrorist threats since September 11, ecoterrorism remains one of the country's most active terrorist movements.
In recent years, an increasing amount of terrorist activity in the United States has been carried out in the name of animal and environmental protection. Automobile dealerships, housing developments, forestry companies, corporate and university-based medical research laboratories, restaurants, fur farms and other industries are targeted across the country. Although no one has yet been injured in a domestic ecoterror attack, the increasingly violent nature of attacks suggests that someone will be hurt before long.
Since the 1970s, hundreds of groups in the United States have advocated for stricter legal protection for animals and the environment. Change has been incremental. Some activists on the fringes of these causes, frustrated by the pace of legislation, have become violent, creating an underground terrorist movement to combat companies and practices they consider abusive and immoral. During the past two decades, extreme animal rights and environmental activists, or ecoterrorists, have committed hundreds of arsons, bombings and acts of vandalism and harassment, causing more than $100 million in damage.
In recent years, fast-food restaurants have been firebombed and car dealerships and housing developments burned to the ground in the name of "ecology" and "animal rights." Increasingly, people that work for companies perceived as harming animals or destroying the environment are targeted as well.
Influenced to varying degrees by their English predecessors and by segments of the anarchist movement, ecoterrorists operate through autonomous cells, are unconstrained by geographic boundaries and are very difficult to infiltrate and stop. Unlike racial hate groups with established hierarchies and membership requirements, for example, an activist can become a member of the ecoterror movement simply by carrying out an illegal action on its behalf.
While post-September 11 discussions of terrorism tend to focus on Islamic threats, ecoterrorist attacks continue to occur around the country and pose significant problems for law enforcement officials. It is unlikely that this movement will disappear any time soon.
The Animal Liberation Front (ALF) is the nation's most active extreme animal rights movement. Composed of anonymous underground cells that oppose any form of animal experimentation and perceived mistreatment, it aims to rescue animals from "places of abuse" and to "inflict economic damage to those who profit from the misery and exploitation of animals [sic]". ALF cells have claimed responsibility for hundreds of "direct actions," a euphemism for crimes that include freeing animals from their owners and property destruction.
ALF's origins trace back to a group of English activists in the late 1960s known as the Hunt Saboteurs Association. The Hunt Saboteurs disrupted fox hunts by blocking roads, protesting hunters with bull horns and confusing hunting dogs by spraying chemicals that eliminated the scent left by foxes. In 1972, according to the anonymously published ALF Primer, "after effectively ending a number of traditional hunting events across England, members of the Hunt Saboteurs decided more militant action was needed, and thus began the Band of Mercy."
Band of Mercy activists were willing to act more radically to protect animals. Two of its founding members, Ronnie Lee and Cliff Goodman, were jailed for firebombing a vivisection research center in England in 1974. Following the attack, Lee issued a statement saying that the firebombing was intended to "prevent the torture and murder of our animal brothers and sisters." Upon Lee's release from prison in 1976, the core followers of Band of Mercy re-formed as the Animal Liberation Front.1
While ALF took shape in England, several mainstream animal welfare groups in the U.S. emerged from the social movements of the 1960s to lobby for stricter laws protecting animals. A number of books addressing animal welfare issues also brought attention to the treatment of animals and helped shape a broader understanding of animal rights. Perhaps the most influential was Animal Liberation, written in 1975 by Australian philosopher Peter Singer. Although Singer did not advocate violence, he suggested that animals deserve the same rights as humans.
It is difficult to identify exactly when ALF first acted domestically; a very early incident in 1979 involved vandals breaking into the New York University Medical School and releasing five animals. From this modest start hundreds of so-called liberations followed throughout the country on a larger scale. In a 1993 report to congress from the Departments of Justice and Agriculture on the "effects of terrorism on enterprises which use animals," investigators called ALF the most significant "radical fringe" animal rights group and reported more than 313 incidents of break-ins, vandalism, arson and thefts committed in the name of animal rights between 1979 and 1993.
ALF's crimes during that period included a 1987 arson at a University of California-Davis veterinary laboratory, causing damages of $3.5 million, and a 1992 firebombing at an animal research laboratory at Michigan State University. Rod Coronado, a veteran animal rights advocate, was convicted for his role in the firebombing and served a three and a half year prison sentence. Coronado was previously active in the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, a Vancouver-based group founded to protect marine mammals through various direct actions, including sinking whaling ships.
Coronado's violent act and prison stint solidified his reputation within the movement as a hard-core activist, and after his release he became one of ALF's public representatives. He has lectured dozens of times around the country on behalf of ALF and other radical animal rights and environmentalist groups. In an interview with a Michigan State University newspaper, Coronado defended his past activity. "I wish I could do it again," he said. "I have absolutely no regrets, and I hope the same thing continues to happen at MSU and every other college campus that does animal research."
Although ALF has no official membership and operates under the "leaderless resistance" model of activism, several supporters - like Coronado - have volunteered to speak publicly for the movement. These representatives perform the essential tasks of publicizing communiqués from anonymous cells claiming responsibility for illegal actions and recruiting.
Before it established a press office in the U.S., ALF activities were frequently publicized by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), a Norfolk, Virginia-based animal rights organization whose controversial advertisement campaigns have generated substantial publicity since the group's founding in 1980. PETA has openly supported ALF: in 1995, the organization gave $45,200 to the legal defense of Rod Coronado, while co-founder Ingrid Newkirk applauds ALF's efforts in two of her books.
ALF began to handle its own publicity in the U.S. by the mid 1990s after activist Katie Fedor founded its North American press office in Osseo, Minnesota (a British office had been established in 1991). The office publicized the details of direct actions, which it received from anonymous cells via mail, fax and e-mail. In the summer of 1999, another well-known ALF supporter, David Barbarash, took over for Fedor and moved the office to Vancouver.
Barbarash was an established figure on the extremist scene. He served four months in prison for releasing cats from a University of Alberta laboratory in 1992; in 1998, he and Canada-based activist Darren Thurston were charged in Vancouver with sending letters filled with razor blades to 22 hunting trip guides. The charges were later dropped because the prosecution did not want to jeopardize other investigations, according to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, but the incident helped establish Barbarash's bona fides in the ALF subculture.
In a 2000 interview with the San Francisco-based magazine No Compromise, Barbarash characterized his role as providing an "aboveground network of support for the ALF." He maintained that his only contact with ALF cells was "one-way" and that ALF "is not a group or a club you can join, but a concept which is only realized when an action takes place under that name."
Under Barbarash's direction, the press office released a 46-page "Direct Action Report" for 2001, containing a list of "illegal direct actions for animal, as well as earth liberations." The report described 137 actions and listed businesses targeted during the year and statistics on liberations and property damage.
In August 2002, Canadian law enforcement officials seized video tapes and computer files from Barbarash's home as part of an investigation into ALF. Four months later, the veteran activist resigned, claiming that "my position is not necessary for the furtherance of animal liberation." Before leaving, however, he encouraged others "to organize and garner public support" for future ALF actions. The press office continues to publicize direct actions on its Web site, but the role of spokesperson remains vacant at present.
By 2002, several ecoterrorist groups in addition to ALF were active in the U.S. and the total number of direct actions had reached about 1,000, including more than 600 criminal acts since 1996. This rise in activity was matched by the growing sophistication and severity of the attacks.
By 2004, ALF's environmental counterpart, the Earth Liberation Front (ELF), was setting new records for property damage. Modeled after ALF, ELF consists of "autonomous groups of people" who are "anonymous not only to the public but also to one another," according to its Web site. The movement aims to "inflict economic damage on those profiting from the destruction and exploitation of the natural environment" and "to reveal and educate the public on the atrocities committed against the earth and all species that populate it." Acts of property destruction are considered by ELF to be non-violent because no human being or animals are targeted.
ELF evolved out of Earth First!, an ardent environmentalist group founded, in its own words, "in response to a lethargic, compromising, and increasingly corporate environmental community." Dave Foreman, a former lobbyist for the Wilderness Society, and several other activists influenced by more militant organizations, founded Earth First! around 1980.
The group combined environmental protection with a form of spirituality called "deep ecology," popularized by a Norwegian philosopher and mountain climber, Arne Naess. Members regarded their activities as not merely political but also spiritual. During the 1980s, Earth First! activists performed direct actions ranging from tree-sitting to tree spiking - hammering a long nail that can create shrapnel injuries when cut by logging tools such as a chainsaw.
In his 1985 book Ecodefense: A Field Guide to Monkeywrenching, Earth First! founder Foreman provided detailed instructions on how to perform various methods of sabotage - from disabling equipment to properly spiking a tree. The term "Monkeywrenching" was borrowed from Edward Abbey's 1975 novel The Monkey Wrench Gang, which romanticized the efforts of four characters who destroy machinery and burn billboards across the southwest, and who unsuccessfully plan to blow up the Glen Canyon Dam. (Abbey, an outspoken critic of the development of public lands in the U.S., later contributed an introduction to Foreman's book.) In 1989, Foreman and three other members of Earth First! were arrested by the FBI on charges of conspiracy to sabotage nuclear facilities. Foreman pleaded guilty to reduced charges and did not serve any jail time. He left the group in 1990.
The methods of Earth First! proved too moderate for some of its members, and in 1992 a small group met in England to form the Earth Liberation Front. Today, Earth First! continues to sponsor gatherings but operates mainly through its publication, the Earth First! Journal, which publicizes and recruits for ELF and ALF (convicted activist Rod Coronado is a member of Earth First! in Arizona and has contributed writings to the Journal). Although Earth First! remains radical, ELF now attracts activists who prefer more violent direct action.
ELF first claimed sole responsibility for an attack in the U.S. in 1997, when activists burned down a Bureau of Land Management horse corral in Oregon (previous attacks had been claimed in conjunction with ALF). The group made national headlines the following year when it claimed responsibility for the arson of a ski resort in Vail, Colorado, causing $12 million in damages - the costliest act of ecoterrorism in American history at the time. The attack included seven separate fires, which destroyed three buildings and damaged four chairlifts. In its communiqué, ELF said, "putting profits ahead of Colorado's wildlife will not be tolerated….We will be back if this greedy corporation continues to trespass into wild and unroaded [sic] areas."
Since the Vail arson, hundreds of crimes have been committed in the name of environmental protection nationwide. The most damaging occurred on August 1, 2003, when arsonists burned down a housing complex under construction in San Diego, destroying a five-story building and 100-foot-high crane; losses were estimated at $50 million. A 12-foot banner reading "If you build it, we will burn it," along with the ELF acronym, was found at the scene. (Six weeks later, ELF set fire to three other homes under construction in the area.)
These arsons typified, in an especially destructive way, ELF's ongoing battle against "urban sprawl," which it views as a wasteful and unnecessary encroachment on natural habitats. Direct actions targeting urban sprawl have occurred in different parts of the country (sometimes in clusters that suggest copycat cells), including Long Island, New York; Chico, California; and locations in Michigan.
Car dealerships and sport utility vehicles are also common targets for ELF. On August 22, 2003, approximately 40 Hummers and SUVs were destroyed or damaged in a fire at a West Covina, California, dealership, causing about $2 million in damages. "Fat Lazy Americans" and "ELF" were among slogans painted on the vehicles. The movement has taken credit for vandalizing SUVs in dozens of other cities. At an auto dealership in Erie, Pennsylvania, for instance, jugs of gasoline were ignited under three vehicles, engulfing them and a nearby car in flames. ELF said the dealership was targeted "to remove the profit motive from the killing of the natural environment."
ELF's ideological direction in recent years has been shaped by Portland area native Craig Rosebraugh. Rosebraugh became involved in the movement in the early 1990s as a member of a local animal rights group in Oregon. Also active in opposing the first Gulf war, Rosebraugh said he came to believe that "animal rights issues, environmental issues, social justice, are all related."
In 1996 he and another activist, Leslie James Pickering, formed the Liberation Collective in Portland, which linked ELF's struggle to other social justice problems - all caused, Rosebraugh said, "by our main ideological structure in the country, which we continue to operate under, and in my view that is capitalism." More than any other activist, Rosebraugh was able to infuse the ecoterror movement with a strong anti-capitalist and anti-government bent, which had the effect of broadening its potential targets as well as recruits.
Rosebraugh became the movement's spokesperson in late 1997 and would go on to handle ELF messages taking credit for acts of sabotage resulting in millions of dollars in damages. Additionally, it was not uncommon for him - and other spokespersons - to receive communiqués from both ELF and ALF; the two movements declared solidarity in 1993 and members who affiliate with either movement often carry out acts on behalf of both.
In 2000, Rosebraugh and Pickering established the North American Earth Liberation Front press office in Oregon. The office operated like ALF's, receiving and posting or otherwise distributing messages from cells and handling media inquiries. According to Pickering, who served as co-spokesperson, the press office is the "public face ideologically in support of the ELF and similar acts of economic sabotage." ELF's Web site was then launched to "educate both the general public and the media on the ELF and actions that the group has taken in defense of the earth" (ELF's Web site is currently registered to ALF activist Darren Thurston in Vancouver).
In April 2001 Rosebraugh's home was raided by agents from the FBI, ATF and Oregon State Police; he was also served with a subpoena relating to a fire that destroyed over 30 new SUVs at a car dealership in the Portland area. Although he was not charged in the investigation, the increased scrutiny may have led Rosebraugh and Pickering to resign their ELF positions in September 2001.
Later that year, Rosebraugh was subpoenaed by the House Resources Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health to testify at a hearing on ecoterrorism in February 2002. During his testimony, Rosebraugh invoked the Fifth Amendment in response to all but a few questions. In a written explanation, he said that "in light of the events on September 11, my country has told me that I should not cooperate with terrorists. I therefore am refusing to cooperate with members of Congress who are some of the most extreme terrorists in history."
Although no longer ELF's official publicist, Rosebraugh remained influential in the movement and continued to give lectures and presentations at colleges and universities. On March 17, 2003, he issued a message addressing antiwar activists that was posted on a number of left-wing Web sites. Rosebraugh said that "the only possibility of stopping this current military action is to engage in strategies and tactics which severely disrupt the war machine, the U.S. economy, and the overall functioning of U.S. society." He recommended large scale urban riots and attacking financial and media centers, as well as U.S. military establishments.
On March 28, 2003, shortly after Rosebraugh issued this manifesto, five cars and a van at the Navy recruiting headquarters in Montgomery, Alabama, were spray-painted with anti-war slogans and a two-ton truck was set on fire. All the graffiti was signed "ELF." A few days after the attack, ELF issued a communiqué claiming responsibility for the incident, saying, "This is the first specifically anti-war action carried out by the ELF in North America."
In April 2003, Rosebraugh and Pickering launched a new organization, Arissa, aimed at linking other social movements, especially the antiwar movement, to environmentalism. In addition to serving as a forum for Rosebraugh and Pickering's anti-war proclamations, Arissa sells their books on its Web Site. Titles include Rosebraugh's The Logic of Political Violence, which says that "revolution in the United States must be comprised of a variety of strategies" and that "it cannot be successful without the implementation of violence."
Rosebraugh's credibility was slightly undermined after he opened a natural food restaurant in Portland in January 2004 and fired workers who threatened to go on strike. Nevertheless, his influence in the movement remains high and ELF likely will continue to bundle other social concerns with its environmentalist mission. In a March 2004 television interview, Pickering underscored this ideological expansion: "Violence is a necessary element of an oppressive struggle…to overthrow an oppressive government…[ELF is] only part of a larger building revolutionary movement that won't stop until it has a successful overthrow of this country."
In 1998, the BBC broadcast a graphic documentary alleging mistreatment of animals by Huntingdon Life Sciences (HLS), a British-based research firm. In response, outraged animal rights activists in Britain began to pressure financial institutions associated with HLS to drop their support of the company and thereby force HLS to discontinue using animals in its tests. The campaign, which borrowed from the ideology and tactics of ALF and ELF, named itself Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty (SHAC). SHAC quickly become a transatlantic cause among radical animal rights activists, with chapters in Germany, Italy, Portugal and the United States. To date, its activists have claimed responsibility for several bombings and dozens of acts of vandalism and harassment in both the U.S. and Europe.
Activists in the U.S. became involved with SHAC after HLS was sold to Life Sciences Inc., a New Jersey-based holding company, and its headquarters moved to New Jersey. Stephens Inc., an investment company based in Little Rock, Arkansas, bought HLS's bank loan and became its senior lender. In response to Stephens' purchase, SHAC started a Web site called StephensKills that was dedicated to informing activists "of the cruelty that Stephens Inc. invests in as shareholders" in HLS. Several months later, activists traveled to Little Rock and staged a protest against Stephens that resulted in 26 arrests. In the following months, the company's employees were harassed and its e-mail and faxes jammed. In 2002, Stephens sold its investment in HLS at a loss, while denying that pressure from SHAC influenced its decision.
By this time Kevin Kjonaas had become SHAC's spokesperson in the U.S. Kjonaas had been introduced to animal rights while studying political science at the University of Minnesota and he briefly served as an ALF spokesman when, in 1999, activists liberated 166 animals from the university and damaged and vandalized equipment, causing $700,000 of damage.
In May 1999, as part of a federal investigation into the crime, FBI agents searched Kjonaas's apartment, and the U.S. Attorney in Minneapolis brought him before a grand jury. To avoid appearing at a second grand jury, he subsequently went to England and became active with SHAC there. Returning two years later, he established SHAC's American headquarters - first in Philadelphia, then in New Brunswick, New Jersey, closer to HLS offices. He has been the group's public face since, despite a 2003 raid of his home by the FBI, and he has organized several anti-HLS demonstrations and appeared at other animal welfare conferences. In 2004, Kjonaas was arrested on various charges relating to his activity with SHAC, but he continues to appear at various animal rights events. See "Recent Arrests" below.
After the Stephens campaign, SHAC began targeting other U.S. companies that did business with HLS. "Rather than protesting [HLS] itself," the group said on its Web site, "the SHAC campaign targets secondary targets - those companies that HLS needs so desperately to operate, but that don't need HLS or the pressure that comes with doing business with them."
SHAC next took aim at Marsh Inc., the company that insured HLS at the time. In February 2002, organizers sent an e-mail to the group's supporters noting that British activists had aggressively targeted Marsh. "Let's show them that the US is no different and let Marsh know that…we are about to raise the premium on pain," they continued. The e-mail included a list of Marsh offices, phone and fax numbers, and e-mail and home addresses of employees. SHAC posted to its Web site maps with the locations of Marsh's 60 domestic offices and a statement announcing that by "hitting" Marsh the group hoped to "attack HLS in a way they could never have predicted nor defend themselves against."
SHAC soon began targeting Marsh offices and employees. One executive received a letter saying, "You have been targeted for terrorist attack." The home of another executive was doused with red paint. "Puppy Killer" and "We'll Be Back" were painted on another's home. In April 2002, the address and telephone number of a Marsh employee in Boston were posted online with a note that said, "Let [X] know that it does not end until Marsh USA severs its ties with HLS." A dozen activists protested at [X's] home, chanting through a megaphone: "what comes around goes around…burn his house to the ground." A communiqué on SHAC's Web site referred to [X], his wife and his 2-year-old son as "scum." Twelve protesters were arrested (39 charges against them, including extortion, stalking, threatening and conspiracy, were dismissed in 2004).
In July 2002, activists released smoke bombs in two Seattle high-rises that housed Marsh offices, forcing hundreds of office workers into the streets.
At the end of the year, Marsh announced that it would no longer insure HLS. A victory statement on the SHAC site credited "those who smashed windows" as well as "those who held vocal protests outside Marsh offices and homes of executives."
"No lawsuit, private investigator, or criminal prosecution prevented this victory," said an activist quoted in the release. "Until HLS is closed we will not apologize, we will not compromise, and we will not relent."
Several other companies have stopped doing business with HLS after enduring sustained pressure by SHAC activists, including Citibank, Merrill Lynch, HSBC and Deloitte & Touche. The group's success seems to have emboldened its members, which has led to an increasing level of violence and threats.
SHAC's campaign against the biotechnology company Chiron demonstrates this heightened militancy. Activists began protesting at the homes of the company's employees in April 2003. On June 11, 2003, SHAC posted an anonymous message on its Web site containing information allegedly provided by a Chiron employee. The message listed the names and social security numbers of company staff, as well as information on "how to bypass security at a Chiron office." Addressing Chiron, the message said, "Send a fax to SHAC saying you will never use HLS again, and you can avoid paying for lawyers, security, and broken windows."
Two months later, activists calling themselves the "Animal Liberation Brigade" and "Revolutionary Cells" took responsibility for setting off two pipe bombs at the Chiron office in Emeryville, California. The bombs caused relatively minor damage, but a communiqué posted to one of SHAC's Web sites stated, "You might be able to protect your buildings, but can you protect the homes of every employee?"
In September 2003, the "Animal Liberation Brigade" and "Revolutionary Cells" took responsibility for another bombing, this time at the offices of Shaklee Inc. in Pleasanton, California. Shaklee was targeted because its parent company, Yamanouchi Pharmaceutical, does business with HLS (ironically, Shaklee is listed as a "Caring Consumer" on PETA's Web site). In December 2003, the FBI announced a $50,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of fugitive Daniel Andreas San Diego, a 25 year-old Sonoma man who is the prime suspect in the Chiron and Shaklee bombings.
An anonymous e-mail claiming responsibility for the incident said that activists had used a 10-pound ammonium nitrate bomb "strapped with nails." Although the building sustained minimal damage, the e-mail warned that "we will now be doubling the size of every device we make" and that "customers and their families are considered legitimate targets."
"We gave all the customers the chance, the choice, to withdraw their business from HLS," the e-mail said. "Now you all will have to reap what you have sown….You never know when your house, your car even, might go boom….Or maybe it will be a shot in the dark."
Threats of violence like these have become a troubling trend in the ecoterror movement. Although no one has yet been injured in a domestic attack, the language of movement activists suggests that harming those perceived as responsible for animal or environmental abuse may be seen as justifiable.
In England, ecoterrorists have already committed several acts of violence. These include:
In February 2001, two teenagers pleaded guilty to burning down housing under construction on Long Island, New York. One of the teenagers, Matthew Rammelkamp, testified that he "obtained and received information from the ELF Web site and used that information in furtherance of that conspiracy. I and others then reported, by press release, those acts."
Rammelkamp's testimony demonstrates the link between the increasing levels of ecoterrorism in recent years and the growth of the Internet. Electronic message boards, list services and chat rooms link virtual communities of like-minded ecoterrorists regardless of location. Dozens of ecoterror-related Web sites supply information on how to make bombs and implement attacks, and also offer ideological support and motivation. Activist cells report their actions to these sites, and news of these acts circulates widely. Some of the sites also provide activists with encryption keys so that e-mails cannot be traced.
No ecoterrorist group has used the Internet more effectively than SHAC, which provides activists with specific targets - HLS investors or "puppy killers" (a person or company associated with HLS whom SHAC singles out for targeting). Along with names and addresses, the group has posted spouses' names, social security numbers and bank account information.
Once the information is relayed electronically, SHAC activists protest outside the homes of targeted employees. In May 2003, for example, Los Angeles protestors gathered at 3:00 a.m. in the neighborhood of a manager of a company that sold software to HLS; the group yelled through bullhorns, set off sirens and leafleted the neighborhood. Afterward, on its Web site, SHAC warned "we'll be back" and "we know where you live, we know where you work, and we'll make your life hell until you pull out of HLS."
The bombings against Chiron and Shaklee at the end of 2003 coincided with the launching of a new SHAC site providing a list of companies tied to HLS that can be sorted by company or state. SHAC's main site also has a "targets" section, which the group hopes will inspire visitors "to get out and smash HLS in any way you can - no matter where you are." Another SHAC site offers tips on how to gather and leak personal information about customers of HLS.
Publications like the ALF Primer provide operational instructions and advice and are available for download on several Web sites. The Primer advises activists, for instance, that if "you are using tools such as crowbars or bolt cutters (this is mostly for liberations), sharpen or file them after every action, since slight markings on the tool can leave traceable markings on what is opened." The Primer also offers instructions on gluing locks; damaging vehicles, telephone lines and security cameras; conducting surveillance; arson; and creating timers for incendiary devices.
Another manual, ARSON-Around with Auntie ALF, provides step-by-step instructions and diagrams for preparing various igniters and incendiary devices, as well as home-made napalm. "Arson is not always used by ALF in the course of an action, but when it is, it can be devastatingly effective," the guide notes.
Devices described in ARSON-Around have been used in a number of actual attacks. In one instance, the destruction of an Oregon slaughterhouse in 1997, an ALF communiqué taking responsibility described how activists drilled holes in the walls, poured in 35 gallons of homemade napalm and then set three electrically timed incendiary devices to "halt what countless protests and letter-writing campaigns could never stop."
A guide published by ELF and posted on its Web site, Setting Fires With Electrical Timers: An Earth Liberation Front Guide, claims that "nothing on the following pages is beyond the talent of any activist." While allowing sympathetic groups and bookstores to copy and distribute the manual, the book's authors warn that public officials are "expressly forbidden" to do so on pain of "prosecution or retribution. "
Another guide available online is The Final Nail: Destroying the Fur Industry - A Guided Tour: it lists addresses for fur farms, which are common targets. In August 2003, for instance, ALF activists released approximately 10,000 mink from their pens on a farm in Sultan, Washington. An ALF communiqué claiming credit for the incident, which caused an estimated $500,000 in damage, warned that "all institutions of animal exploitation - regardless of any attempts to conceal their bloody operations - will be located and the animals liberated." The mink release was the area's third in three years.
ALF and ELF propaganda is also circulated on the Frontline Information Service (FIS), an e-mail-based initiative created in 1994 that offers an "uncensored clearing house for information and news about animal liberation activities and activists." In September 2003, it was renamed Direct Action Frontline Information Service to reflect the "wide-range of actions that we support through publishing information on it." Posts increasingly included anti-capitalist and anti-war themes.
The cover of ARSON-Around with Auntie ALF includes a cartoon of a McDonald's burnt to the ground. It is no surprise that McDonald's has been one of ALF's main targets. For example, on September 8, 2001, an arson attack against a McDonald's in Tucson caused $500,000 in damages. In a statement released by ALF and ELF claiming credit for the blaze, the groups said the fire was meant as a warning to corporations worldwide.
In another incident involving McDonald's and incendiary devices on March 3, 2003, two explosives designed to spread fire quickly once ignited were found at a McDonald's in Chico, California. The phrases "meat is murder" and "species equality" were spray-painted in red, as was "Animal Liberation Front." A note connecting ALF to the crime was found in a nearby phone booth. Although the two incendiary devices failed to ignite, a week later a different McDonald's in Chico was damaged by another device. "Liberation" and "ALF" were also spray-painted on the walls.
The Internet also helps eco-activists support associates imprisoned for animal or environmental direct actions. Earth Liberation Prisoners (ELP), which produces the online newsletter The Spirit of Freedom, provides information about convicts (described as "political prisoners") and attempts to mobilize support and aid for them. "Make no mistake," ELP warns its followers, "a war is being waged on the Earth and all its creatures…Failure to support our prisoners is tantamount to sanctioning repression by the state."
Jeffrey "Free" Luers and Craig "Critter" Marshall, perhaps the two most well-known ecoterrorists in jail, are among those listed by ELP as political prisoners. The men were sentenced to 22 and 5 ˝ years, respectively, for their role in a 2000 arson attack that destroyed 36 SUVs in Eugene, Oregon. Since their sentencing, many from the environmentalist, animal rights and anarchist movements have solicited financial support for them, created Web sites to generate publicity and organized concerts on their behalf to raise both awareness and funds.
Green Anarchy, a Eugene, Oregon-based newspaper also includes a list of "prisoners of war" organized by movement (anarchist, anti-imperialist, animal liberation, etc.) and prisoner contact information. The Earth First! Journal has a political prisoners section that provides contact information for anarchists, "ecological resistance," anti-imperialist and anti-capitalist convicts.
March 2005: Peter Daniel Young, an animal rights activist wanted for allegedly releasing thousand of animals from Wisconsin fur farms in 1997, was arrested in California. Young, 27, had been a fugitive for over seven years when he was arrested in San Jose for shoplifting at a Starbucks. Authorities say Young broke into three Wisconsin fur farms, releasing thousands of animals and causing more than $200,000 in damages. The Animal Liberation Front claimed responsibility for the releases.
March 2005: Jeremiah Colcleasure, 24, Eva Rose Holland, 25, and Lili Marie Holland, 20, all from Newcastle, California, were arrested on conspiracy charges related to an attempted firebombing at a housing development in Lincoln for which the Earth Liberation Front claimed responsibility. Eva Holland was also charged with assisting a similar attempt in Auburn.
March 2005: Justus A. Ireland was sentenced to seven years in federal prison. He earlier pleaded guilty to starting a fire at a lumberyard in West Jordan, Utah, in June 2004. The arson caused $1.5 million in damage, destroying a building and some forklifts. Ireland sent a fax to news media claiming responsibility on behalf of the Earth Liberation Front.
March 2005: Jason Hall was charged with a misdemeanor for his alleged role in setting fires last year at Brigham Young University's Ellsworth Farm that burned two tractors and more than 3,000 pounds of cardboard. He is accused by federal prosecutors of aiding and abetting animal enterprise terrorism. Two other men, Harrison David Burrows and Joshua Demmitt, are already serving sentences of 2 1/2 years for their part in the fires, which were claimed on behalf of the Animal Liberation Front.
February 2005: Christopher McIntosh, a 22-year-old New Jersey man, was charged in U.S. District Court with setting a fire on the roof of a McDonald's near the Space Needle in Seattle in January 2003. The FBI apprehended McIntosh after identifying his fingerprints on a spray-paint can left at the scene. McIntosh also allegedly left a message on a Seattle arson hot-line, saying, "There was an ELF ALF hit at McDonald's across from the Space Needle."
February 2005: Twenty-one-year-old Ryan Daniel Lewis, of Newcastle, California, was arrested on arson-related charges for his alleged role in planting five incendiary devices at an office building under construction in Auburn. All five devices failed to ignite. Lewis admitted transporting "components of the incendiary devices knowing that they would be used to commit arson," according to the criminal complaint. ELF claimed responsibility for the attempted arson in Auburn, as well as in Lincoln, in a letter sent to several area newspapers. Lewis also faces charges in the Lincoln case and in an arson at a Sutter Creek apartment complex on February 7 that caused $50,000 in damages.
January 2005: Harrison David Burrows was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison for his role in an arson at Ellsworth Farms, an animal husbandry building on the campus of Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. Burrows, 18, pleaded guilty to destruction of property by fire. Burrows and co-defendant Joshua Stephen Demmitt, who earlier pleaded guilty to the same charge and received the same sentence, admitted setting the July 2004 fire on behalf of the Animal Liberation Front.
November 2004: Rod Coronado was indicted in Arizona on a felony charge of conspiracy to impede or injure an officer. Coronado, a longtime activist and spokesperson for extreme environmentalist movements, attempted to disrupt an effort by the Arizona Game and Fish Department to capture and kill mountain lions in Sabino Canyon near Tucson in March. Matthew Crozier, who like Coronado is affiliated with the ardent environmentalist group Earth First!, faces the same felony and misdemeanors charges.
November 2004: California graduate student William Jensen Cottrell, whose vandalism attacks on car dealerships caused more than $2 million of damage in 2003, was found guilty of arson and related crimes in a Los Angeles court. A jury convicted Cottrell, 24, on eight of nine federal counts in connection with the attacks, acquitting him of the most serious charge - attempting to use a destructive device in a crime of violence. Cottrell damaged approximately 40 Hummers and SUVs at three Southern California dealerships. Cottrell admitted to spray-painting Earth Liberation Front slogans on SUVs, but said he was unaware that two un-indicted co-conspirators, Tyler Johnson and Michie Oe, intended to throw Molotov cocktails.
May 2004: Federal agents in New York, New Jersey, California and Washington arrested seven people at their homes in connection with their SHAC activities. Spokesperson Kevin Kjonaas was apprehended in Pinole, California, as were Lauren Gazzola, whom the indictment identified as SHAC's campaign coordinator, and Jacob Conroy. Darius Fullmer and John McGee were arrested in New Jersey. Andrew Stepanian, a member of the Animal Defense League, an animal rights group that works with SHAC, was arrested at his Long Island, New York, home. In Seattle, Joshua Harper, a self-described anarchist and SHAC activist, was arrested as well. The indictment against the so-called "SHAC 7" alleges that the defendants encouraged harassment and intimidation of HLS employees and tried to force the company out of business through acts of vandalism, stalking and computer hacking as well as e-mail blitzes, telephone calls and faxes. The indictment further charged that SHAC targeted employees and shareholders, as well as companies that provided services to HLS, by posting personal information on its Web sites and encouraging followers to "operate outside the confines of the legal system."
March 2004: Michael J. Scarpitti, (a.k.a. Tre Arrow), who had been a fugitive on the FBI's most-wanted list for more than 19 months, was arrested in Canada after allegedly trying to steal bolt cutters from a home improvement store in Vancouver. An FBI warrant for Scarpitti's arrest had been issued in August 2002 after he and three others were charged in a June 2001 logging-truck arson. Scarpitti, 30, is also suspected of being involved in an April 2001 arson of three Mack trucks belonging to a Portland mining company.
January 2004: Three former students from Douglas S. Freeman High School in Henrico County, Virginia, pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy to destroy vehicles and property used in interstate commerce. John B. Wade, 19, was sentenced to three years in prison and Aaron Labe Linas, 19, was sentenced to 3 ˝ years for vandalizing and damaging new homes, SUVs, construction equipment and fast-food restaurants in Richmond. Linas, who was active in his school's Friends of the Earth club, reportedly learned of ELF through the Internet. A third defendant, Adam Virden Blackwell, 20, was expected to receive a similar federal prison term.
Many eco-activists affiliate themselves with a brand of anarchism that opposes modernization and its effects on the natural environment. Some call themselves primitivists, or green anarchists, and contend that humans were better off thousands of years ago, before the advent of farming. Based on an ideology devised by John Zerzan and centered in the Eugene, Oregon, area, primitivism "views technology and civilization as an unnecessary evil and believes humanity would be much happier and healthier outside the modern industrial world," according to the Eugene-based radical publication Green Anarchy.
Various anarchist publications and Web sites articulate the movement's ideology. For example, Green Anarchy provides ideological support for anti-capitalist and anti-authoritarian groups, as well as for the animal and earth liberation movements. A letter written by the imprisoned activist Craig "Critter" Marshall, published in Green Anarchy, illustrates the connection: "Only by hitting corporations and government establishments where they 'feel it' will they ever collapse and take this 'whole stinking order' with them." Marshall continues: "when someone picks up a bomb, instead of a pen, is when my spirits really soar."
In 2002, activists joined forces for the Green Anarchy Tour, which traveled the country in "an attempt to bridge the gap between the punk movement, the revolutionary anarchist movement, the ecological movement, and the prisoners of war that have been incarcerated for their involvement in the struggles listed above." More specifically, the tour aimed to raise awareness for the movement and to raise money for convicted ecoterrorists. According to the tour's Web site, proceeds were intended to help "West Coast anarchist and Earth Liberation Front prisoners" like Jeffrey "Free" Luers and Craig "Critter" Marshall.
A similar tour was scheduled to travel across the country in the summer of 2004. The "Total Liberation Tour," which promoted a radical social agenda and sought to gather hardcore bands and speakers representing radical animal rights and environmental groups, was scheduled to make stops in nine cities throughout the U.S. The tour was a failure, however, and the only stops that received any notable media attention were Syracuse, New York and Salt Lake City, Utah.
The tour was so disappointing that the Web site promoting it stated, "The days of Vegan Straight Edge, and hardcore music as a vibrant political force, have long since passed." The post had a militant tone and recommended that activists familiarize themselves "with modern weapons and weapon-craft, as well as combat tactics on par with or superior to those of our enemies. Every one who wishes to participate in this struggle should obtain a high-quality combat handgun and rifle of common model and caliber." The site also links to Web sites selling firearms.
Terrorism in the name of animal and environmental protection has steadily increased during the past decade in the United States. Automobile dealerships, forestry companies, corporate and university-based medical research laboratories, restaurants, medical-supply firms, fur farms and other industries continue to be targeted. Although no one has yet been injured in a domestic ecoterror attack, the increasingly violent nature of attacks suggests that someone will be hurt before long.
In a statement before the Senate Judiciary Committee in May 2004, John E. Lewis of the FBI's Counterterrorism Division noted the "upswing in violent rhetoric and tactics" among ecoterrorists and said that in recent years ALF and ELF "have become the most active criminal extremist elements in the United States."
Despite a few successes by law enforcement in capturing those responsible for ecoterror-related crimes, most acts remain unsolved. Ecoterror cells remain extremely difficult to identify and infiltrate, and it is unlikely that this rapidly growing movement will disappear soon.


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A pair of young hurlers -- Marlins closer Steve Cishek and Mets rookie Jacob deGrom -- were named the co-National League Players of the Week on Monday after outstanding performances from the mound for the week of July 21-27.
deGrom tied for the league lead in wins and innings pitched last week, going 2-0 with a 0.68 ERA over 13 1/3 innings. He struck out 11 and walked three over two starts.
The rookie righty beat the Mariners on Tuesday, allowing just one run on five hits in seven innings, striking out seven. It was deGrom's third consecutive start of at least seven innings and no more than one run allowed, joining Jerry Koosman (April 1968) as the second Mets rookie to post such a three-game streak.
The 26-year-old then held the Brewers scoreless over 6 1/3 innings on Sunday for his fifth win of the season. deGrom struck out four and walked two, and he now ranks first among NL rookies with 87 innings pitched and 83 strikeouts.
Cishek converted a Major League-best five saves in as many opportunities, striking out eight over five full innings. He allowed just two hits while also tying for the MLB lead in pitching appearances for the week.
It is now the second straight season in which Cishek has hit the 26-save threshold. It's his second career NL Player of the Week Award, after he won it last July 22-28 for a five-save week.


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Just six months after the Affordable Care Act (ACA) law was signed on March 23, 2010, California children gained expanded health coverage and new protections that will ensure that more children have the health care they need to grow up healthy and ready to learn. Health care reform is already helping millions of California children and their families - and even more will benefit once the law is fully in place in 2014.
Children and families are benefiting from the Affordable Care Act in the following ways:
1. No-cost preventive care for children. The ACA focuses on prevention, so we can keep children from getting sick in the first place. The ACA has made it easier for kids and their families to get primary and preventive care. Since September 2010, there are no longer co-payments to receive preventive services, which means children can receive well-child visits, immunizations, and developmental screenings at no-cost. An estimated 1.6 million California children are receiving expanded coverage of preventive services due to plan changes as a result of the ACA.[i] The ACA has also invested over $85 million to promote wellness and disease prevention in California.[ii] For example, initiatives to address obesity and make healthy foods more available are already under way in communities across California.
2. Young adults can now stay insured until age 26. Since September 2010, over 350,000 California young adults under age 26 have gained coverage by being able to remain on their parents' employer-sponsored health insurance plan.[iii] Resources for young adults looking for coverage can be found at www.GettingCovered.org.
3. No more health insurance discrimination against children with pre-existing conditions. As a result of the ACA, children under age 19 who have pre-existing health conditions, like asthma or diabetes, can no longer be denied coverage by insurance companies. That means that nearly 600,000 California children with pre-existing conditions and their families no longer have to worry about being denied coverage.[iv] California law now provides for specific enrollment opportunities for children with pre-existing conditions.[v]
4. Protection of health coverage programs for low-income children. Over 4.5 million low-income California children have no or low-cost comprehensive health coverage through Medi-Cal and the Healthy Families Program.[vi] The ACA protects that coverage by preventing eligibility rollbacks or significant premium increases.
5. An end to dollar limits on health care coverage. The ACA bans annual and lifetime dollar limits on health coverage. More than an estimated 3.2 million California children will no longer run out of coverage because of arbitrary lifetime limits on health benefits if they develop a health problem, need a number of health services, or require expensive health services.[vii] Families no longer need to fear that ongoing necessary medical treatments for chronic conditions will be cancelled.
6. No more insurance cancellations when people get sick. As a result of the ACA, California children and their families with private coverage no longer face the risk of having coverage taken away (or rescinded) when they get sick.
7. Investments in health care where kids and teens are – in school. The ACA has already provided more than $14 million to 35 school-based health centers and clinics in California.[viii] School-based health centers help keep students healthy, which enhances academic success. By addressing health issues early at school, problems are prevented from developing into something more serious.
8. Advancements in important care for infants and young children. The ACA has already invested in important maternal, infant, and early childhood home visitation programs that provide comprehensive and coordinated services for families in at-risk communities. California has received over $20 million to support state and local early childhood home visitation programs, such as the Nurse-Family Partnership.[ix]
When the ACA is fully implemented by 2014, California children and families will gain additional benefits:
9. Strengthened health coverage for low-income children. The ACA will strengthen the no or low-cost comprehensive health coverage California children receive through Medi-Cal and the Healthy Families Program by streamlining eligibility processes, investing in Medi-Cal primary care, providing additional federal funds for Healthy Families, and renewing efforts to sign up the nearly 700,000 uninsured children who are eligible but not yet enrolled.[x]
10. One-stop shopping for health insurance. The ACA will make coverage easier for families and children to obtain. California agencies are currently developing an easily accessible online portal where families can apply for, compare, and enroll in the coverage options that fit their individual needs. Coverage will also be available through in-person or telephone access. The ACA will also establish health insurance "navigators," who will help families understand and enroll in the best health coverage options.
11. More affordable health insurance for families. In January 2014, the California Health Benefit Exchange (HBEX) will be a new marketplace where many small businesses and nearly 2.3 million Californians will be able to purchase coverage.[xi] Many individuals will be able to receive federal premium and cost-sharing subsidies to ensure that coverage is affordable. The federal affordability subsidies for consumers, estimated to be the equivalent of about $160 per Californian,[xii] will help ensure that families can enroll in coverage.
California parents can learn if their child qualifies NOW for free or low-cost comprehensive health coverage through Medi-Cal or Healthy Families by calling 1-877-KIDS-NOW (1-877-543-7669) or they can apply directly online at www.healtheapp.net or www.benefitscal.org.
[i] "Affordable Care Act extended free preventive services to 54 million Americans with private health insurance in 2011," U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (February 15, 2012), available at www.hhs.gov/news/press/2012pres/02/20120215a.html.
[ii] "The Affordable Care Act's Prevention and Public Health Fund in California" U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (February 14, 2012), available at www.healthcare.gov/news/factsheets/2011/02/prevention/ca.html.
[iii] "New Data: The Affordable Care Ace in Your State," The White House (March 5,2012), available at http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2012/03/04/new-data-affordable-care-act-your-state
[iv], "Health Reform: Help for Americans with Pre-existing Conditions," Families USA (May 2010), www.familiesusa.org/assets/pdfs/health-reform/pre-existing-conditions/california.pdf.
[v] Under a recent California law, the best time for a parent to apply for private coverage is during the birth month of their child when premiums are the least expensive.
[vi] Analysis of Department of Health Care Services and Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board enrollment data.
[vii] "Under The Affordable Care Act, 105 Million Americans No Longer Face Lifetime Limits on Health Benefits," U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (March 5, 2012), available at http://aspe.hhs.gov/health/reports/2012/LifetimeLimits/ib.shtml.
[viii] "HHS announces new investment in school-based health centers," U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (July 14, 2011), available at www.hhs.gov/news/press/2011pres/07/20110714a.html.
[ix] "HHS announces $224 million to support evidence-based home visiting programs to help parents and children," U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (September 22, 2011), available at www.hhs.gov/news/press/2011pres/09/20110922b.html; and California Home Visiting Program at the Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health division of the California Department of Public Health, available at www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/mcah/Pages/HVP-HomePage.aspx.
[x] Genevieve Kenney, et al., "Who And Where Are The Children Yet To Enroll In Medicaid And The Children's Health Insurance Program?," Health Affairs, 29, no. 10 (2010): 1920-1929, content.healthaffairs.org/content/29/10/1920.abstract.
[xi] "State Progress Toward Health Reform Implementation: Slower Moving States Have Much To Gain," Urban Institute (January 2012), available at www.urban.org/publications/412485.html.
[xii] Ibid.
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Tuesday, October 2, 2012
We are less than five weeks from the election. Not only are there local and national races that will affect the future of this country, there will be a School Improvement Referendum on the ballot in Dorchester County.
There will be a separate question regarding the addition of an Aquatic Center, owned by the school system and operated by the YMCA.
If you have attended one of the events to hear Superintendent Pye speak about the referendum, you know the facts, and the facts are appalling.
We have children who are eating lunch at 10 a.m. and being forced to sit outside to do so, regardless of the weather, due to lack of space in the lunch rooms.
How is a child who eats lunch at 10 a.m. supposed to have enough energy to participate in after-school sports at 3 p.m. on an empty stomach?
We have arts teachers who are literally wheeling their supplies from classroom to classroom, finding available space to hold class, because band and art rooms have been turned into much-needed classroom space.
We have schools built for 600-700 students, that now house 1,300 students, putting the overflow in trailers on the campus. Currently 3,500 students attend class in trailers each day.
We have children waiting at bus stops at 5:30 a.m. because there are no schools anywhere near their neighborhoods.
One of the biggest reasons that people move to this area, boosting our local economy by buying houses here, shopping in our local stores, and eating in our local restaurants is our school system. Dorchester District Two is known as one of the best school systems in the state.
No one wants their property taxes raised, myself included. But the tradeoff here is a better quality of life for us all. Not passing this will cost each of us more than we would save in taxes.
Whether this referendum passes will have a huge impact on this community for years to come.
It will affect the prices we can all expect to ask for homes we might want to sell.
The technology upgrades alone will affect whether our children are prepared for what the future holds, and whether companies will locate here because of an available well-trained workforce.
Our children deserve better, our teachers and administrators deserve better, and we in Dorchester County deserve better. This goes far beyond bricks and mortar.
For just 19 cents per day on the value of a $100,000 home, we can make this happen. What can you get today for 19 cents?
In this case, you can improve the lives of our students, teachers, administrators, and you and me.
For an additional one half-cent per day, we can teach every second grade student in DD2 to swim, eliminating the unnecessary deaths of some of our precious children each year.
Less than two dimes a day.
Id call that quite a bargain indeed.
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Today, 2 p.m.: Poets and Writers Series reading featuring poets Sandra Cookson and Carole Brown Knuth. Knuth is professor of English emeritus from Buffalo State College, where her specialties were Anglo-Irish literature (James Joyce) and women's literature. Her first collection of poems, "When the Morning Breaks," appeared in 2010. Tower Auditorium, Burchfield-Penney Art Center, Buffalo State College, 1300 Elmwood Ave.
Monday, 7 p.m.: BABEL at Betty's. Book discussion of Alexandra Fuller's latest book, "Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness" led by Buffalo News reporter Charity Vogel. Fuller will deliver Just Buffalo Literary Center's next BABEL series lecture March 7. Betty's Restaurant, 370 Virginia St. $10, $5 Just Buffalo members/ BABEL Series subscribers.
Tuesday, 7:30 P.M.: SUNY Empire State College Reading Series hosted by Carole Southwood and Jennifer Attaway. Ten open reading slots available. Empire State College, Appletree Business Park, 2875 Union Road, Cheektowaga.
Wednesday, 5 p.m.: Larkin Square Author Series: Informal talk and book signing with Timothy Bohen, author of "Against the Grain, The History of Buffalo's First Ward" (Bohane Books LLC, 2012). Co-sponsored by Talking Leaves Books. The Filling Station, Larkin Square, 745 Seneca St.
WednesDAY, 7:30 P.M.: Readings at RIC Series featuring poets Michael Basinski and Lynn Ciesielski. Basinski is a noted American text, visual and sound poet with more than 20 books to his credit. He is the curator of the Poetry/Rare Books Collection of the University at Buffalo. Ciesielski is the author of "I Speak in Tongues" (Foothills Publishing, 2012) and curates and hosts the new Circleformance Reading Series. Research and Information Commons, Daemen College, 4380 Main St., Amherst.
Thursday, 7 p.m.: Tangential Readings, open format poetry, prose and spoken word performance series hosted by George Georgakis. Rust Belt Books, 202 Allen St. $2.
Friday, 8 p.m.: UB Poetics Program reading by poet, sound performance, visual and conceptual artist Mathew Timmons. Timmons' works include "The New Poetics" (Les Figues Press, 2010), "Sound Noise" (Little Red Leaves, 2010), "The Archanoids" (a CD of solo and collaborative sound poetries, 2010), "CREDIT" (Blanc Press, 2009) and "Lip Service" (Slack Buddha Press, 2009). Timmons works as the general director of General Projects and editor of Insert Press and Joyland in Los Angeles. Rust Belt Books, 202 Allen St.


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quote: In a 36-page report to clients issued Monday, a Credit Suisse team led by Kulbinder Garcha took a close look at the iPhone's price elasticity -- Econ 101 jargon for the question: "If I lower the price of my widget, how many more will I sell?"Garcha et al.'s focus is the iPhone 3GS, which Apple (AAPL) last month began offering to its partners for an ASP (average selling price) of $325, allowing the likes of AT&T (T), Vodafone (VOD) and Rogers (RCI) to give it to customers at subsidized prices ranging from $0.99 to $0.00.It also marked Apple's entry into what Credit Suisse believes is the sweet spot for mobile phone growth -- the $250-$400 (to carrier) price range, where Apple's competitors do most of their business.How does this change the competitive landscape? According to Credit Suisse:Apple has an 85% share of the $500+ market and a 50% share of the $400+ market, but nothing to speak of, before the 3GS price cut, in the $250-$400 range.The $250-$400 slice of smartphone market is expected to grow 80% over the next four years, from 119 million to 213 million.Apple is well positioned to capture 25% of that market, putting more pressure on competitors whose margins are already being squeezed.HTC and Samsung are the most exposed, with a 22% and 20% share, respectively, of the $250-$400 market.The impact, according to this report, could be most severe on Research in Motion (RIMM) "given ongoing concerns around its product portfolio."On Monday, Credit Suisse lowered its price target for RIM from $30 to $20.Its price target for Apple is $500.
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Noland: Shirley tenders resignation
January 12, 2013
CHARLES TOWN —Jefferson County Commissioner Patsy Noland said Friday evening that Jefferson County Sheriff Robert "Bobby" Shirley has tendered his resignation as sheriff effective immediately....
Shirley pleaded guilty . No trial
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Ms. Barbie9. you would not have made your post unless you wanted a " knock out drag out" Thro made a clear statement no if an's or but's( it's the law ) back your statement or pipe down, stop testing the water looking to sign up bleeding hearts .
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Not going to have a knock out drag out argument on here..will say I am not a member of the family..
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Will the Journal have breaking news on the Bobby court room today or act like it never happened ?
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Barbie I responded with a clear responce to your comment I would truly like to hear your reply or any of his supporters or family as most would.
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If you voted a straight demo. ticket even if you didn't punch his name , he got the vote, thats how he got re elected
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I think the real question here is not why didn't he resign before the election. It should be, why did all you idiots in jefferson county elect a sheriff that has a longer criminal history then the weed peddlers he puts in jail. I guess it is ok for him to break the law because his badge says sheriff, right?? This guy is going where he belongs.
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Barbie9 if the average citizen harbors, aids or protects a criminal in any way they to are charged, his family, friends, employee's and supporters have harbored, aided and protected him they should all be brought in and charged also what's good for the goose is good for the gander
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My prayers today go out to all the individuals that this man has brought pain to while acting as judge, jury and executioner. He has destroyed mens lives and careers for personal and selfish reasons, breaking laws in order to accomplish his goals.
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I hear the train a comin' It's rollin' 'round the bend, And I ain't seen the sunshine, Since, I don't know when, I'm stuck in Folsom Prison, And time keeps draggin' on, But that train keeps a-rollin', On down to San Antone.
When I was just a baby, My Mama told me, "Son, Always be a good boy, Don't ever play with guns," But I shot a man in Reno, Just to watch him die, When I hear that whistle blowin', I hang my head and cry.
I bet there's rich folks eatin', In a fancy dining car, They're probably drinkin' coffee, And smokin' big cigars, But I know I had it comin', I know I can't be free, But those people keep a-movin', And that's what tortures me.
Well, if they freed me from this prison, If that railroad train was mine, I bet I'd move out over a little, Farther down the line, Far from Folsom Prison, That's where I want to stay, And I'd let that lonesome whistle, Blow my Blues away.
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My thoughts and prayers are going to the Shirley family today. Its not just Bobby its his Mom,wife,children, brothers, sisters, nieces and nephews. I am sure I will be "beaten up" on here for my for my comment..
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Uh, one thing to say Maje...you were wrong and many of the posters who have followed this from, well actually, before the story broke from this crummy rag of a paper were right. Needless to say you won't need to throw that party you mentioned months ago - you know the one you were planning following his acquittal. I don't think you are from JeffCo., but instead find it irresistable to comment on any and everything controversial. I find it incredible that stomper was able to keep his job as a deputy as long as he did, let alone be re-elected Sheriff. But, the voice of an ignorant electorate is loud and clear now-a-days. Just look at the recent presidential election if you need another glaring example. Sorry Maje about the blow to your ego, but you never really had a chance to be right on this one. The info that the feds released was only a scratch of the surface, but if you didn't already know that, well you never did know much of anything. Blame the left, now.
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Major - go to the federal courthouse in Martinsburg at 1:30 today.
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lilmissmidol, you spin it any way you want but no one falsifies documents unless they have done something they know they shouldnt and are afraid of being caught. As for Haines deserving more than he got, the man had his hands behind his back and had the crap beat out of him,and his head stomped on and apparently was tased with his hands behind his back,Shirley stood looking at the police cruiser that was videoing what happened with a smile on his face, he was proud of hiimself, well, how proud is he now...
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To the family members of Mr. Shirley, I am sure this is very difficult for you to endure. However, as a Sheriff, one must be able to control his anger, act appropriately in accordance with the law and treat persons (even the most violent criminals) fairly. It is evident that there is a pattern of bad choices, if you will. But, these choices are not acceptable from a person in his capacity. He took an oath and unfortunately, he crossed the line. Any other person who shot at an unarmed man, regardless of whether or not he was having sex with his spouse, would have been arrested. Yes, the crime is old but it represents a pattern. How can the public trust a person with such power. And, to urinate on someone? It could be looked at as minor if a normal person did such a thing but a police officer? A person never has to plead guilty. If advised by an attorney then the attorney has deemed the risk of being found guilty with a much longer sentence vs the sentence w/ a plea.
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Momx2,is right on one thing,they all need to be brought out of the woodwork,the c. commission turned their heads to all. They knew,along with Lorenzetti's office whats been going on for 4 years.the whole court system new. So don't take any good old boys pats just yet,hopefully KARMA is just around the corner.
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And obviously we will never know because yet again Bob is going to stay out of court .
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"He was given no other choice" - you are an absolute hoot!! You have blamed everyone but Bobby for this whole mess and now your blaming someone else for his pleading guilty. Bobby is such a cocky , smug JA - he would never plead guilty unless he is guilty - which he is.
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Really? He only had no choice if he knew there was a preponderance of evidence against him. He had a better legal team than many of the people his office arrested ever dreamed of having. If they advised him to change his plea, there had to be a reason for it. Even so, the decision was his, not theirs.
I guess now we'll never really know what his side was in all of this. I, for one, was looking forward to hearing his testimony regarding why he felt the need to falsify the use of force report. Oh, well.
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@Johnnycash...it wasn't his choice to plead quilty, he was given no other choice! @LazerFlash I'm not at all trying to be anonymous, most people on here know who my family is and I'm not afraid of being apart of the Shirley family. I will NEVER hang my head in shame because I know the truth! Trust me there are alot of things you ALL have know clue about!
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The journals coverage of this story is shameful. The Herald has been days ahead ...
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Reva Mickey, Dem Chair, Jeff Co does not know what she is talking about as usual on how a replacement is chosen for Shirley. Reva, stay home and quit making a fool of yourself or look up the law and how the replacement is chosen as provided by law, not your dirtly little democratic playbook. Not to take up for Shirley, but rumors persist that a former Sheriff who lost to him turned him into the Feds as payback. Camiletti, the AUSA was using an incident involving Shirley over 30 years old stating that it would predict his behavior now. That is just wrong. So, Reva Mickey is wrong (go away) Shirley is wrong, the former Sheriff may be a rat because he lost to Shirley and may have turned him into the FEDS as sour grapes, and the Feds are just evil. Never trust any of these people.
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Oh please just give him his orange jumpsuit, soap on a rope and move on everyone knew about him and his less than law biding ways, he's getting just what he asked for , it's just long over due.
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Momwboyz. - You dont understand ? The truth will not come out - your uncle is making sure of that ! He has decide to plead guilty , so he doesnt have a side to tell!
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Momxwboyz. - hang your head in humiliation. Everyone tried to tell you. He is pleading guilty because he commited a felony. The Shirley name will be forever linked to this..... Pi ss & moan all you want , it wont change the facts
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You can lead Minor to a dictionary, but you can't force him to learn.
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"But a society that pretends it can fuse all the worlds faiths and cultures in to one, it aint ever safe."
So you fear equality and peace then, or just one of the founding premises of our country?
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The media feeds this mess. If everyone knew that it wasn't going to be sensationalized then less would do it. That will never happen though.
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For the second time, Penn State has missed out on the top-ranked prep linebacker in the commonwealth.
Wyomissing's Alex Anzalone gave a verbal commitment to Notre Dame over the Nittany Lions on Sunday while taking part in "The Opening,'' a Nike-operated training camp and competition in Oregon for elite rising seniors. Anzalone also had Florida in his final three.
A national top-100 prospect, Anzalone originally had committed to Ohio State but changed his mind shortly after a visit to Columbus and then eliminated the Buckeyes. Notre Dame was reputed to be his favorite in recent weeks, although internet recruiting analysts thought Penn State had made up quite a bit of ground when it got the 6-foot-3, 220-pounder to come to University Park on June 28, when a couple of high profile Lion commits also were on campus.
The Fighting Irish now have 17 commitments for 2013. Notre Dame recently got an oral commitment from another linebacker with Penn State interest, Michael Deeb of Florida. Philadelphia area offensive tackle Mike McGlinchey and Washington D.C. cornerback Devin Butler chose the Irish over the Lions, as well.
Penn State has three linebackers in its 2013 recruiting class and is expected to add one more. Al-Rasheed Benton of New Jersey and Jonathan Walton of Alabama appear to be the top two players on the Lions' board to fill that spot; the Lions were in the running for Maryland's Marcus Newby and Florida's Freddie Stevenson, but those players announced for Nebraska and Florida State, respectively, last week.


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ALBANY – Riding a rebound on Wall Street, the state's largest public pension fund saw a 10.38 percent rate of return in the year ending March 31, state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli announced Monday.
The gains took the New York State Common Retirement Fund's balance to an estimated $160.4 billion, the third-largest public fund in the nation. The fund has more than one million current public employees, retirees and beneficiaries at more than 3,000 state and local government entities, from villages to large state agencies to professional police and fire departments across the state.
For taxpayers, the fund's growth is important because it helps set – on a smoothed-out basis over a number of years – how much localities have to pay for employee pension contributions. Those rates, which have skyrocketed since the 2008 and 2009 fiscal meltdown, have been eating into fiscal plans in New York state, putting increased pressure on property taxes.
Pension costs are not covered by the state's property tax cap, so a poor-performing Common Retirement Fund ends up boosting annual tax levy hikes beyond the cap's 2 percent floor.
The $160.4 billion balance is up from $108.9 billion reported for 2009. The fund's active members include 613,000 working for state and local governments and 34,000 in police and fire agencies. There are 380,000 retirees in the system and 30,000 beneficiaries.
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The 40th Anniversary of Cattle Barons Ball benefiting American Cancer Society drew a large crowd and raised a lot of money despite the weather at South Fork Ranch on October 5, 2013
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