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What we learned in the 2012 elections is that there are not enough white male voters left in America to give the Republican Party victory in a national election. So the GOP must become more liberal and inclusive, or expand their voter suppression efforts against minorities.
While minority voter suppression might be effective in the short-term, by the next presidential election, white male voters, which make up the base of the GOP, will be so outnumbered by other voting blocks, even the most blatant vote-tampering and voter-suppression efforts may not be enough to produce winning Republicans on the national stage.
The GOP fear factor
The Republican base is shrinking because the Republican message is narrow and based almost entirely on fear. Their motivation tactics are rooted more in conspiracy theories than in actual truth. This became even more apparent when Mitt Romney tried to scare Ohio voters with false claims about Chrysler-Jeep shipping their jobs off to China. The claim was rebuked by Chrysler's CEO as completely false. But instead of backing down, the Romney campaign doubled-down on the lie with even more television and radio ads.
Ohio voters knew Romney was lying and some pundits believe it was what cost the GOP Ohio's 18 electoral votes.
The 2012 Romney campaign was all about promoting fear through false claims. In the first presidential debate, an audience of about 62 million people watched Mitt Romney deny the massive tax cut plan the candidate had posted on his website for more than a year.
And the instances of denial went even further.
Republican pundits denied shrinking unemployment numbers and all other positive signs the Obama administration had brought to the economy, women's rights, education, and green energy.
The GOP's fear of a Romney loss even carried over into distortion of the poll numbers, denying their accuracy for favoring an Obama victory. As late as election night, Romney fundraiser and Fox News commentator Karl Rove played the fool as he tried to deny the Romney loss in Ohio by claiming the vote count was wrong.
The problem with the message
For the most part, there was no positive vision for the future coming out of the Romney camp. It was all bad news aimed at scaring people about how tragic a second term for Obama would be.
The GOP worked hard for four years to demonize the president. Right-wing media voices called him a foreigner and a socialist with an anti-American agenda. They also lit the fire of racism among their primarily white base.
A look back at what actually happened in the last four years says something entirely different. Life in America went on very much like it did before the first black president took his seat in the Oval Office. The exception has been on the state level, where Republican-controlled legislatures have used their power to attack women's reproductive rights, voting rights and union rights.
Fear vs. truth
Romney's biggest mistake may have been in thinking that American voters were stupid. After being caught calling half the population lazy government-dependent freeloaders in a secretly taped video, the real Romney had been exposed. And while that kind of talk may have appealed to the GOP's white male base, the rest of the country was not going to forget it just because Romney told them to.
The Republican ideal is an America controlled by rich white men: Wall Street CEO-types, whose lobbyists bid for their cause of lower taxes and higher profits. It's a world where voters are only tools to be bought in order to circumvent the democratic process.
Republican fear-based campaigns have been highly effective in getting people to vote against their own interests. In the poorest parts of the South, in states like Texas, Alabama and Florida, elected Republican lawmakers have cut off access to government help for food, housing and health care for millions of the poorest Americans. Yet these same people continue to vote for candidates who are making their lives worse.
The Romney loss blame-game
After Election Day, "at the Wednesday breakfast, Romney told the donors he believed Hurricane Sandy stunted his momentum in the final week of the campaign, according to multiple donors present," the Washington Post said.
That may be partly true. But Romney's momentum had begun to falter long before the weather changed. For years, the GOP has been alienating voters with an ideology right out of the last century. Women, blacks, Hispanics, and Asian Americans are not part of their version of what's best for the country. For conservative Republicans, these are people to be shut out and isolated from their government. Perhaps because their voice really does mean that America is caught up in a dynamic tide that will inevitably wash away the old ideas of a Republican Party destined for extinction.
America is a nation of many colors, religions and ethnic groups, and the Republican Party is trying to discredit rather than embrace them. That is a losing formula. The numbers that cannot be erased with denial have proven that already. Just ask Mitt Romney.
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Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel Started Planning Wedding Right After Engagement
Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel were coy about their engagement and mum about their wedding before it happened, but now the newlyweds reveal that they started planning their spectacular nuptials right after they became engaged.
"Justin told me that since the day he proposed on top of a mountain in Big Sky Montana, the two of them have been planning this incredible wedding," says PEOPLE senior writer Jennifer Garcia, who interviewed the couple for this week's cover story.
"The most important thing to them, they wanted it to be personal," says Garcia.
Timberlake, 31, and Biel, 30, fulfilled that desire and had a wedding loaded with small personal touches in Italy.
Biel used pearls from her grandmother's wedding day tiara on her veil, and Timberlake serenaded his bride with a song written just for the occasion.

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Their arms heavy with near-bursting bags from Abercrombie & Fitch, Victoria's Secret, Bath and Bodyworks, and Aeropostale, Heather and Bernie Grucza of East Aurora said – as they hauled their loads through the Walden Galleria mall this week – that there was no question they were spending more this holiday season.
"Because our kids want larger items," Heather Grucza said with a shrug.
Despite the widespread damage caused by Superstorm Sandy and concerns over the "fiscal cliff," shoppers across America appear to be spending a little bit more this holiday season. Which makes today – traditionally the busiest day of the shopping season – even more important.
According to the National Retail Federation, retail sales for November increased 0.8 percent over last year.
But the federation still is expecting this year's sales to be 4.1 percent higher than in 2011.
"A successful Thanksgiving weekend for retailers and diminishing impacts in the Northeast due to Hurricane Sandy put retail sales back on track in November after tepid results in October," Matthew Slay, president and CEO of the federation, said this week.
"Though negotiations in Washington over the fiscal cliff could affect consumer confidence and spending in December, overall we are optimistic we'll see solid sales growth this holiday season," he said.
"Stable employment rates, lower gasoline prices and a recovering housing market have all contributed to a holiday shopping season that is on target to meet our original expectations," said Jack Kleinhenz, the retail federation's chief economist.
"American consumers are expected to spend cautiously as they monitor the situation in Washington and wrap up their holiday shopping lists." he said.
John Tranquilli, of Lancaster, who sipped coffee while his wife braved the preteen clothing store Justice at the Walden Galleria for gifts for their 5- and 12-year-old daughters, said he's among those shelling out more bucks for holiday presents this year.
"We were a little more generous this year," he said.
It all started with the younger daughter, a budding gymnast, asking for a trampoline, he said. That meant he and his wife would have to get comparable "big ticket" items for the older daughter and their 18-year-old son.
"I tried to make it fair," he said.
Susan Spangler, of Fredonia, who watched her 5-year-old son, Jackson, clamber over coin-operated kiddie rides near Macy's, said she and her wife, Rachel, are probably spending about the same amount of money they did last year. "We've sort of set a budget," she said, and as of Wednesday, they were still on target.
One difference, she said, is that they have bought more "tickets to things," made donations to charities and prepared homemade gifts. They've bought more online this year, too, she said.
Across the country, retailers are trying to salvage what has been a sluggish shopping season with a last-ditch effort during the final days before Christmas.
Shoppers should expect to see more "70 percent off" and "buy one, get one free" signs. Aeropostale has slashed prices on everything in its stores by 60 percent. Saks Fifth Avenue will reduce prices on some designer duds by as much as 60 percent, and the Children's Place's website is offering discounts up to 75 percent off.
At Eastern Hills, Mac Solutions Plus offered iPads for $150 off, and Giftology had 50 percent off Vera Bradley items.
"The merchants I have visited today are all very pleased with the season to date, but are expecting the icing on the cake to be this weekend, the way the holiday is falling," said Russ Fulton, general manager of the mall, earlier this week.
Payday on Friday, a weekend off to shop before Christmas and possible snowfall to get shoppers in the mood could all factor into a nice finish for retailers, he believes.
"Sounds like the 'perfect storm' for a record-breaking holiday season to me," Fulton said.
In the Elmwood Village this week, shoppers were busy seeking one-of-a-kind items at independent stores.
"Things have been going really well," said Carly Battin, executive director of the Elmwood Village Association. "This year's shop-local movements have really helped."
Battin said the association's members benefited from a series of promotions – Black Friday the day after Thanksgiving, followed by Small Business Saturday, then Boutique Crawl and Holiday Open House.
"These shopping events got the momentum going, and everybody's been really busy since," she said. "And we're expecting that to continue into the next week."
Tammie Busby, of Kenmore, who toted a bag filled with specialty candy from Globe Market, said she always spends more than she should during the holidays.
"I always splurge," she said. "It's the season."
She said she's found herself spending more on "really nice things" as opposed to buying lots of things on sale.
Darleen Zigich and her daughter, Deanna Donelson, of North Tonawanda enjoyed a rare day off of work together, doing some mother-daughter shopping. Zigich said she'll be spending less this season, but her daughter, who recently got a job as a delivery truck driver, thinks she'll spend more, thanks to being on the payroll.
"I have extra money to buy everyone a little something," she said.
Shawn House, of Niagara Falls, who was browsing at the Everything Elmwood gift shop, said she will likely spend more this year, but not because she's buying more presents.
"The prices of everything have gone up," said House, who has done a combination of on-line, mall and independent store shopping this season.


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Enjoying Strongbow cider, the actor, who arrived solo, appeared to be "having a good time and talking to people," the source says.
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MIAMI - An art gallery in Miami's Wynwood neighborhood filled with Pablo Picasso, Andy Warhol, and Fernando Botero paintings is receiving police protection, and nearby galleries owners believe they should, too.
Gary Nader, who owns Gary Nader Gallery, said he has one of the most important art collections in the world. The collection is called "Masterpieces."
"This is a selection of masterpieces from the most important collection of modern and contemporary art in private hands in the world," said Nader.
The City of Miami Police Department is spending thousands of taxpayer dollars protecting the collection.
"It's over $2 million. I cannot afford to have a policeman, so I told the city, 'I want the city involved,'" said Nader.
Mayor Tomas Regalado agreed to post a uniformed police officer at the collection, which is temporarily in Miami.
"It's bizarre," said William Braemer, who owns nearby Art Fusion Gallery.
Braemer said if Nader receives free protection, so should he, along with the other galleries in Wynwood.
"I understand that his collection is a very important collection, but so is mine and so is the other community of galleries and we're not getting the protection," he said.
Nader argues that his collection is free for the public and needs to be protected.
According to the Mayor's office, Regalado agreed to posting the detail because the exhibit is free to the public and because an art theft there would be be detrimental to the city's image.
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An Akron man has been indicted on child pornography charges by a federal grand jury.
Michael A. Taschetta, 54, is accused of downloading images of child pornography from the Internet utilizing a peer-to-peer software application.
The charge carries a possible prison term of up to 10 years and a fine of up to $250,000 or both. The case stems from an investigation by special agents of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.


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A group of Hanahan Middle School students is holding our state representatives accountable for increasing recycling efforts in South Carolina.
These eighth-graders traveled to the Statehouse in Columbia last week to lobby for recycling on RecyclonomicsSC Legislative Day. And they don't just talk about it, they live it.
The Eco Challenge Team won the Southeast regional Lexus Eco Challenge for the fourth year in a row and will submit its project for the national competition Friday.
The prize for winning regionals was $10,000 and the team could win $30,000 in the national contest.
Seven thousand dollars of the regional prize money went to a college fund for each of the team members. The rest went to the school for more recycling projects.
The team is collecting plastic bottle caps for its nationals project, Caps for a Cause. Team members will use the caps to make a bike rack, bench and picnic table for the school.
The goal is 50,000 caps with 20,000 collected in the first two weeks.
The team has partnered with the College of Charleston Office of Sustainability, Blackbaud, SPAWAR and other local businesses to reach the goal.
The entire school is excited about the project because the grades are competing against each other to see who can collect the most caps. The winner gets a pizza party.
The students also have gotten their family members involved in recycling.
"It gives our parents something to interact with us," said Madison Moeller about bonding with her parents when recycling.
The students learned from the RecyclonomicsSC organization that only 27 percent of South Carolinians recycle, and the goal is to increase that to 75 percent by 2030.
The team's adviser is science teacher Alexandra Davis. She said that only two cities in Berkeley County have curbside recycling pickups: Daniel Island and Hanahan.
Davis said the Hanahan program is new and not many people use it because they aren't aware of it.
The students said they plan to reach out to the community with fliers and social media to increase participation.
They have a YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/user/ecochallenge20122013), a Twitter account (@ HMS Eco Hawks) and a Facebook page (HMS Eco Challenge 2012-2013).
Members said they were surprised the representatives were receptive to their ideas and spoke about their work to increase recycling in the area.
They also learned that recycling not only benefits the environment but creates jobs.
Members include Lexis Davis, Tyler Futrell, Caroline Hall, Andrea Heyward, Kimberly Johnson, Madison Moeller, Kirsten Songer, Kaylee Stacey, Britney Tsui and Aaron VanMaanen.
To donate caps, drop them off at the Hanahan Middle School office at 5815 Murray Drive.


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The Rev. Dr. Charles Godwin Jr., 89, of Buckhannon, died Monday, Dec. 24, 2012, in St. Joseph's Hospital NCF in Buckhannon.
He was born Aug. 17, 1923, at Elkins, a son of the late Charles A. and Blanche Wilmoth Godwin.
On March 6, 1945, he married Wilda Moore, who survives.
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Also surviving are one daughter, Sharon Carr and husband Bob of Buckhannon; five sons, Rodney Godwin and wife, Barbara, David Godwin and wife, Jane, all of Buckhannon, John Godwin and wife, Kim, of Morgantown, Greg Godwin and wife, Lisa, of Athens and Jeff Godwin and wife, Diane, of Buckhannon; seven grandsons, Kenneth and Robert Carr, Graham, Donovan, Jon Richard and Charles Wesley, Jordan and Ryan Godwin; eight granddaughters, Patricia Holley, Trisha Citrone, Lindsey Moehle, Natalie Eitel, Jocelyn Peters, Lauren, Susie and Emily Godwin; five great-grandsons, Eugene, Tyler, Adam, Matthew and Michael; and five great-granddaughters, Sierra, Francesca, Genevieve, Audrey and Eliana.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two grandsons, Adam Godwin and Dana Carr; one granddaughter, Margaret Ellen Godwin; and one sister, Alphon Conner.
The Rev. Dr. Godwin was a member of First United Methodist Church in Buckhannon. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He received an academic Bachelor of Arts from West Virginia Wesleyan in 1949; M. Div. Garrett 1951; DD, WVWC (where he was a trustee for 32 years) in 1965; (Service): Canaan Circuit 1946; Bishop Hill (Illinois) 1947; Associate First, Clarksburg 1951; Moorefield 1955; St. Paul's, Oakland 1958; Parkersburg district superintendent 1961; First, Buckhannon 1965; Bland Street 1977; St. Mark's, Charleston 1982; retired in 1989. After retirement, he worked at Glenwood Park United Methodist Home, Hospice Care Corp. and St. Joseph's Hospital. The Boy Scouts of America awarded him the Silver Beaver Award for distinguished service. He was a member of Buckhannon Rotary Club and Franklin Lodge 7 AF & AM and other various organizations.
Friends will be received Friday, Dec. 28, from 5 to 8 p.m. at First United Methodist Church. A funeral service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday at the church with the Rev. Steven Meadows officiating. Burial will follow in Buckhannon Memorial Park. Buckhannon VFW Post 3663, Frank B. Bartlett Post 7 American Legion and the Disabled American Veterans Chapters 5 and 36 will conduct military honors at the gravesite.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Charles Godwin Scholarship Fund at First United Methodist Church. Online condolences may be made to the family at www.polingstclair.com. Poling-St. Clair Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.


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Pittsburgh Symphony in the Parks Part of the Allegheny County Summer Concert Series, these free concerts, led by Resident Conductor Fawzi Haimor, feature a rousing mix of American music and audience favorites, including "American Salute," Overture to "Candide," the 1812 Overture and more.07/05/2014
Pittsburgh Symphony in the Parks Part of the Allegheny County Summer Concert Series, these free concerts, led by Resident Conductor Fawzi Haimor, feature a rousing mix of American music and audience favorites, including "American Salute," Overture to "Candide," the 1812 Overture and more. The Hartwood Acres concert features Pittsburgh Symphony cellist Adam Liu in Saint-Saens' Concerto No. 1 in A minor. 07/06/2014
West Hills Symphonic Band Enjoy a free concert on the lawn at Mellon Park. Food is available on site from The Bagel Factory or bring your own -- you might win the weekly Best Brunch Contest.07/06/2014
Evita Evita tells Eva Peron's passionate and unforgettable true story, and features some of theater's most beautiful songs, including "Don't Cry for Me Argentina," "Another Suitcase in Another Hall" and "High Flying, Adored." This new production of Evita isdirected by Michael Grandage and choreographed by Rob Ashford.07/08/2014
Woman and Scarecrow Woman is dying. With quintessentially Irish wit, she and her mysterious companion Scarecrow consider what she leaves behind and what might have been as she faces the mystery of what is to come. Is that Death lurking in the wardrobe? If you liked Margaret Edson's Wit, try Marina Carr's lyrical play. Alan Stanford directs Nike Doukas as Woman, Karen Baum as Scarecrow, Sharon Brady as Auntie Ah, and James FitzGerald as Him.07/10/2014
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The Winter's Tale "The Winter's Tale" is BoB's 24th annual Shakespeare production.07/10/2014
An Evening with Marianne Cornetti Internationally-renowned Verdi mezzo-soprano Marianne Cornetti returns to her Pittsburgh roots for SummerFest's special opening concert. In addition to the performance, you can opt for tickets to a festive dinner and/or a post-concert reception with Ms. Cornetti and the SummerFest artists.07/10/2014
Gallery Crawl The crawl showcases a wide variety of thought-provoking art exhibitions. Live bands, DJs, dance, comedy, film, and participatory activities are also part of the complimentary crawl events. To celebrate a decade of its gallery crawls, the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust invites you to Instagram your favorite Gallery Crawl memory using #CrawlPGH by July 18, 2014. Your photo may be used to promote September's Gallery Crawl.07/11/2014
Some Begins The exhibition evaluates the lives of objects, exploring what it is they radiate through their beings, their material evidence of history, and the miracle of their discovery.07/11/2014
Concert 1 - The Lost Traveler Kevin Noe directs a new music journey through life as represented by Iannis Xenakis: Rebonds (A); Kevin Puts: Living Frescoes; Iannis Xenakis: Rebonds (B); Martin Bresnick: The Lost Traveler; and Vinko Globokar: ?Corporel.07/11/2014
Late Night Cabaret Enjoy a glass of wine and toast the SummerFest artists as they serenade you with Broadway favorites, jazz standards, and beloved arias after each mainstage performance. Free for all audience members, cash bar available.07/11/2014
The Merry Widow Since its premiere in Vienna in 1905, Franz Lehar's classic has been delighting audiences with its charming melodies and lavish party scenes. The libretto, by Viktor Leon and Leo Stein, follows Hanna, a rich widow, and her countrymen's attempt to keep her money in the principality by finding her the right husband. WQED-FM's Anna Singer returns for a third time as Hanna Glawari in The Merry Widow.07/11/2014
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The Jumping Frog of Calaveras County Mark Twain's famous American short story explodes with musical dramatic life in The Jumping Frog of Calaveras County. This children's opera captures the authenticity of the original tale, set during the American Gold Rush.07/12/2014
The Fantasticks The Fantasticks invites audiences to travel on a journey of love discovered, lost, and then rediscovered, with humor and pathos and memorable melodies. But this new production of the world's longest-running musical, in collaboration with Attack Theatre, integrates movement and dance into the tale in a way you've never imagined.07/12/2014
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TRUCKEE, Calif. - One Truckee business was cited for selling alcohol to a minor during a two-day Truckee Police sting operation last week, the department announced Monday.According to a Truckee Police Department press release, officers conducted a sting operation on Oct. 31 and Nov. 2, in which a minor was used to attempt to purchase alcohol from businesses licensed in Truckee by the California Department of Alcohol Beverage Control to sell alcohol for consumption off the premises.Of these 18 licensed businesses in Truckee, J&L Food Mart, located at 12105 Donner Pass Road, was the only one to complete a sale of alcohol to the decoy. The clerk was cited for a violation of Section 25658(a) of the Business and Professions Code for selling alcohol to a minor and released with a promise to appear, according to police."Minor decoy operations in the area of alcohol and tobacco sales are part of on-going operations intended to make our community a safer place to live and play," police said in the press release.Those interested in learning more about California's alcohol laws may obtain information from the California Department of Alcohol Beverage Control, or visit www.abc.ca.gov.
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Opponents of the Hyatt Place hotel in Amherst were dealt a blow Tuesday when a judge denied their request to stop the project.
But the feisty neighbors say they have more tricks in their bag – and the sound of noisy bulldozers clearing the site appears only to have emboldened them to try harder.
"I hate these guys," resident Michele Marconi said Wednesday. "I am certainly doing everything I can to stir this pot."
State Supreme Court Justice Paula L. Feroleto late Tuesday denied the neighbors' request for a temporary restraining order on the Main Street property.
David Chiazza, executive vice president of Iskalo Development, said the judge "made an appropriate ruling" to let the project move forward.
Even before Marconi uttered her remarks, though, Chiazza seemed to anticipate a nasty response from the neighbors, predicting that "the accusations of injustice" would fly.
"At some point we would hope the reality would set in that no injustice has been done to anyone," Chiazza said. "In fact, it is the project opposition and Councilman [Mark A.] Manna that have been the aggressors."
The Livingston Parkway residents have banded together to fight the hotel development on the grounds that it would destroy the character of their residential neighborhood. Manna has sided with them and has made the issue a large part of his campaign for supervisor.
Marconi was undaunted by the judge's ruling, predicting the residents would get a victory to stop the project soon enough, either at another State Supreme Court hearing on July 17 or before that date.
The residents have three separate appeals pending, two dealing with zoning variances and another with environmental reviews.
Two of the legal challenges have been combined for the July 17 court date, while another on the property's previous height restriction will be argued at the Appellate Division in December.
Manna said that Iskalo "is not the victim here. They've gotten everything they wanted and they're still not happy."
Meanwhile, work continues on the hotel site in the wake of a building permit granted last week that allows Iskalo to perform initial construction to ready the site for a foundation.
Chiazza said the work was outlined during a sit-down meeting five weeks ago with the neighbors in which both sides tried – and failed – to put their differences aside.
The work is visible from I-290, which the six-story hotel will face, and where heavy brush and trees once separated the area in back of the Lord Amherst hotel from the highway.
Those trees are gone, but under a gentleman's agreement with the neighbors ,Chiazza said the developer has agreed to stay away from the property closest to the homes.
"We're basically working on the land, which we have approval to do, and staying away from" the disputed property closest to "Mike's Pond," which sits in the backyards of the homeowners, Chiazza said.
The developer is not interested in making a point or trying to intimidate the neighbors by going into that area first, he said.
"We waited a little longer than we wanted to, but we just have to start," Chiazza said. "None of this should be a surprise to them."
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MeadWestvaco Corporation, a global leader in packaging and packaging solutions, today launched Packaging Matters, the company's third annual study of the impact of packaging on product satisfaction and consumer purchasing behavior. This year Packaging Matters examined the attitudes of consumers in five markets (Brazil, China, Germany, France and the United States) across 11 FMCG product categories (food, beverage, personal care, etc.), offering brand managers key insights on how to increase the impact of packaging for their business.Read more
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Breakfast buffet set at Salem Masons
SALEM-A public breakfast buffet will be served from 7:30 to 10 a.m. today at the Masonic Building, 788 E. State St. Cost is $6 for adults, $3 for children under 10 and free for children under 2. The menu offers pancakes, waffles, sausage, bacon, scrambled eggs, homemade sausage gravy, biscuits, homefries, toast, fruit cocktail, orange juice, coffee and tea. The building is equipped with a handicapped accessible elevator.
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SALEM - The Salem High School Class of 1945 plans to meet for breakfast at 9 a.m. Nov. 29 at the Salem Hills Golf and Country Club.
Breakfast offered at Salem Hunting Club
SALEM - The public is invited to an all-you-can-eat-breakfast from 7 to 11 a.m. Dec. 1 at the Salem Hunting Club, 549 Indiana Ave. Eggs, pancakes, potatoes, bacon, toast, orange juice and a choice of hot beverages will be served. Cost is $5. Club officers will also be on hand to answer any questions related to membership or club activities.
A one day Basic Ohio Concealed Carry class taught by NRA certified instructors begins at 8 a.m. Dec. 22 at the club. Pre-registration is required. Gift certificates are available for this and future classes. For information call 330-332-9847 or visit www.salemhuntingclub.com.


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Walton goes for 22
Jontay Walton, a junior, continued her torrid scoring pace for Holy Angels, putting up 22 Wednesday night in a 54-28 triumph over Mount Mercy in Monsignor Martin Association girls basketball. Walton now has 1,301 career points, most ever by an Angels player. For the season she has 472 in 19 games. The Monsignor Martin girls single-season record is 562 by Rae Ann Stilwell of St. Mary's of Lancaster.
Farrant's bucket is huge
Matt Farrant, a recent callup from the JV team, hit a three-point shot to give Holland the lead with 2:05 left and the Dutchmen went on to a 62-55 nonleague boys basketball victory at Pioneer on Wednesday night.
Once Holland was in front, Clay Lewis sealed the deal by making six of six free throws in the final 1:30.
Lewis finished with a game-high 20 points. David Pedizwater added 10 for Holland.
Terik Lewis led Pioneer with 15 points while Dylan Souder added 13.
Lake Shore withstood the outside shooting of Springville's Greg Beatty and Billy Dickinson and defeated the Griffins, 54-51, in their ECIC III game.
The Eagles trailed, 45-44, entering the final quarter but outscored Springville, 11-6 in the final period.
Clark Brueckl (13), Wade Bergum (11) and Matt Vona (11) led the Lake Shore offense, with each hitting a pair of three-point baskets. Beatty scored 14 for Springville, 12 on three-point shots, while nine of Dickinson's 13 points came from outside the arc.
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Has Finance Made the World Riskier?
Raghuram G. Rajan
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business; International Monetary Fund (IMF); National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
European Financial Management, Vol. 12, No. 4, pp. 499-533, September 2006
Developments in the financial sector have led to an expansion in its ability to spread risks. The increase in the risk bearing capacity of economies, as well as in actual risk taking, has led to a range of financial transactions that hitherto were not possible, and has created much greater access to finance for firms and households. On net, this has made the world much better off. Concurrently, however, we have also seen the emergence of a whole range of intermediaries, whose size and appetite for risk may expand over the cycle. Not only can these intermediaries accentuate real fluctuations, they can also leave themselves exposed to certain small probability risks that their own collective behaviour makes more likely. As a result, under some conditions, economies may be more exposed to financial-sector-induced turmoil than in the past. The paper discusses the implications for monetary policy and prudential supervision. In particular, it suggests market-friendly policies that would reduce the incentive of intermediary managers to take excessive risk.
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Men's Volleyball Defeats McKendree in Straight Sets
MUNCIE, Ind. – Fifteen Cardinals saw playing time in Ball State men's vollleyball's 3-0 (25-13, 25-15, 25-13) win over McKendree Friday evening at Worthen Arena. Several Cardinals earned season and career-best figures on the night including freshman Mike Scannell who had seven kills, a solo block and an assisted block. Sophomore Marcin Niemczewski led the match with 10 kills while senior Larry Wrather added seven kills.
With the win, Ball State improves to 2-3 on the season. McKendree, who was playing its first match in program history, stands at 0-1 on the campaign.
Scannell had his best attacking percentage of the season with a .667 clip (7-1-9) in only two sets of play. He passed six passes with no reception errors while also picking up two digs, a solo block and an assisted block. Niemczewski had 10 kills on 19 attempts to go with three service aces, including two that were back-to-back late in the second set that led to set point. The sophomore also added four digs and two assisted blocks.
Wrather equaled Scannell's attack percentage at .667 (7-1-9). Wrather passed eight balls with no reception errors, was credited with a dig and knocked in two service aces. Junior David Ryan Vander Meer was the libero throughout the match and picked up eight digs. Also playing all three sets was senior Kevin Owens who ended with a solo block, three assisted blocks and three kills.
All three setters on the Ball State roster were given time in the match led by senior Graham McIlvaine who had 12 assists and two digs. Sophomore transfer Hiago Garchet played the second set and picked up 10 assists. Freshman Connor Gross rounded out the match earning six assists, a service ace, a dig and an assisted block in the third set.
Also playing in his first collegiate match was freshman Alex Pia who had two kills, a dig, a solo block and two assisted blocks in two sets of action. Classmate Brendan Surane added two kills and an ace.
Ball State hit a .397 clip on the night (36-11-63) to McKendree's -.058 attack percentage (18-22-69). The Cardinals held the advantage in total blocks (9-3), service aces (8-1) and digs (23-13).
Ball State is back in action next Friday, January 31, when it travels up to face intrastate rival IPFW for a 7 p.m. match. Check ballstatesports.com for more news and information.


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Students from New Alpha Christian Academy admire The Best Friend of Charleston locomotive. The historic train reproduction made its final stop in Summerville before settling permanently in a new museum in Charleston.
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February 10, 2013, 05:21 PM
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February 10, 2013, 05:51 PM
Maybe we should leave all that lead in the mines, where it isn't harming the Earth for some reason.
February 10, 2013, 06:07 PM
Folks, we do try to be civil here, remember?
If you have an answer, answer politely like a gentleman.
If you have an insult -- go shout it at a mirror.
February 10, 2013, 06:13 PM
Well, steel shot is supposedly less harmful, but unfortunately, is much less effective for bird hunting - less energy per projectile, shorter effective range etc.
So maybe you can make the 'feathers fly' but you'll have more maimed birds and flyaways.
No thanks, I'll stick to lead, other than where it is banned by law.
February 10, 2013, 06:17 PM
I admit, I really like some the older models such as the Winchester 12. It ruins their barrels. A bit of a conflict with me. I have seen firsthand the effects of lead poisoning to eagles and it's pitiful.
February 10, 2013, 06:20 PM
I'll stick with lead where legal as well. It gets really old chasing crippled birds all over the place in the boat. I really don't want to be chasing birds in the field.
February 10, 2013, 06:21 PM
Nice thing is that the market has come up with a number of really good alternatives for use in sensitive areas where the lead can affect the eagles. They're pricey, but you don't usually need THAT many shells for a successful day of duck or goose hunting, (and the sports tend to be bloody expensive anyway! :))
So the issue really is a declining one.
February 10, 2013, 06:26 PM
I stopped waterfowl hunting when lead was outlawed back in the early 80's. I shoot too much at targets to go with something more expensive and not as good for the task at hand
February 10, 2013, 08:08 PM
I could live with it...
February 10, 2013, 08:15 PM
You may have helped restore a little faith that Americans might sacrifice a tiny bit today for the better tomorrow.
February 10, 2013, 08:35 PM
"how many are willing to use lead free shot for all shotgun shooting?"
I can afford to if it's proven to be necessary for all shotgun shooting. If. There is more to the science of lead than meets the eye.
I spent the money for Hevi-Shot for many years when I hunted ducks and geese. I wouldn't want to spend that kind of money shooting multiple rounds of clays every week, so steel might have to do.
I have a question for you. What have you given up; do you shoot only lead-free shot?
February 10, 2013, 08:49 PM
Fair question. I don't bird hunt nowadays. If I did again, I would avoid lead shot on upland game. Not interested in waterfowl. On a fishing forum I asked about people's opinions of using a biodegradable line Eagle Claw tried but pulled a few years later. I think it wasn't marketed well as many people I asked about it never saw it but like the idea. If we really value our outdoors, we may have to change some habits of different activities or our concern is in vain.
February 10, 2013, 09:51 PM
I don`t use steel, I try & use Bismuth when I am hunting in a lead free zone..............
February 10, 2013, 09:57 PM
Where I shoot, we mine the fields regularly, so the shot is reused again and again - I think that is doing a great job of taking care of the outdoors
February 11, 2013, 06:24 AM
The local trap and skeet range actually requires the use of lead shot. I think they reclaim it.
A quick google search suggests the next closest trap and skeet range is maybe 80 miles away. Mostly city driving. And I didn't check if they allowed the use of lead free shot either.
It's also too expensive and I suspect my older full choked shotguns can't safely fire it.
February 11, 2013, 06:34 AM
I can tell you that Hevi-Shot is great for turkey hunting. Kills at 50+ yards multiple times with my SP-10. Gotta pattern you gun to see what it likes. Mine blew out the center of the target at 40 yards.
As noted, it would be too expensive for a round of clays
February 11, 2013, 06:43 AM
In the light of evidence of the toxic effects of lead shot,
The science behind the "evidence" is questionable at best. I use non toxic shotshells for waterfowl because it is required by law. I will continue to use lead for everything else until someone develops something that proves to be cheaper and or better.
I do somtimes use non-lead big game bullets, not because of environmental concerns, but because in some applications they have poven to be better than lead bullets.
February 11, 2013, 06:52 AM
How do you know it was lead affecting the eagles and not some other compound? Back in the early 70s we saw an eagle - just one - at the swamp where we duck hunted a lot. So did a lot of other people hunt there. I said "don't say anything, they are liable to ban hunting." That place is now lousy with eagles. Up on the river where we goose hunt, and so do tons of other people, there are eagles all over the place and they have been there since well before the lead shot ban. If you cripple a goose they will race you for it. Also, eagles, being carrion eaters and carnivores, do not rely on grit and a craw to digest their food nearly as much as birds that eat seeds and such, so they should be far less liable to the effects of any lead shot. The silly tests on ducks used ducks fed exclusively corn and lead pellets; hardly a real world scene.
I am afraid that since the environmentalists seem always ready to jump one way at the drop of a hat, I am ready to jump the other way. Just once before I die I would like to meet an "environmentalist" who is FOR something. I'm also afraid there are just too many of us to go out and subsist on nuts and berries with the ghost of Ewell Gibbons.
February 11, 2013, 08:26 AM
They don't know. The science is iffy at best. Meanwhile, we're being challenged - dared even - to change our ways and explain why we're such bad people.
I'm trying to be polite. :)
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February 11, 2013, 08:45 AM
It`s not a big issue with me. They say use steel shot........Ok with me.
February 11, 2013, 11:25 AM
I think I would take the opinions of vets and scientists who work on wildlife and diagnose their health problems to treat them. I'm also a little put out over Americans who complain that their national symbol is increasing their population to thrive when we nearly exterminated them, some Americans in past decades shot them down for no more reason then to watch them drop. I have shot a lot of guns and thrown a lot lead everywhere and realizing the toxic nature of lead prompted me in making some changes in my habits to help prevent further problems.
February 11, 2013, 07:04 PM
So... inquiring minds want to know, what do you shoot now?
February 11, 2013, 07:48 PM
I think I would take the opinions of vets and scientists who work on wildlife and diagnose their health problems to treat them.
That would all depend n who is paying their salaries - if it is the CDC, a major University, or the Federal government, I would have serious doubts about their methods, data, and results - not like they haven't used skewed data and bias slants on things like global warming and other environmental issues.
If you are that concerned about the environment, does that mean you only ride a horse or bicycle? Auto smog poses a greater risk than all the lead in the world
February 11, 2013, 08:54 PM
I'm starting to look at lead a little differently. I would never argue in favor of a lead free ammo mandate or anything like that, but I'm in the process of switching to completely lead free for all hunting.
The way I see it, I wouldn't add a few granules of lead dust to my steak or pizza, so why would I do that to my wild game?
Trace amounts of lead in what a person eats may or may not have a huge effect on a person, but it doesn't sit well with me. I also worry a lot about mercury in fish.
February 11, 2013, 09:20 PM
And we took lead out of paint because ghetto babies were eating the chips. Took years and lots of rusty cars before the paint industry recovered. We are the only country with all the child proof bottles and warning labels out the ying yang on everything. I want to get some bumper stickers made:
February 11, 2013, 11:01 PM
I doubt the vet working the wildlife rehab here is involved in a conspiracy. What does driving a car have to do with shooting a gun? Remember leaded gas? And the foul air pollution so prevalent back in the 80s? Tightening emissions and so forth improved air quality. Every change, even small can make a noticeable difference.
February 12, 2013, 06:02 AM
I also worry a lot about mercury in fish.Good point. I do refuse to shoot any fish with mercury ammo.
February 12, 2013, 06:42 AM
I don't know if your vet is involved in a conspiracy or not. I don't know him. Is he a member of PETA? Look at all the doctor's with no gun signs on their offices. People all have an agenda that may or may not be related to their work. Please don't tell me you watch CNN or MSNBC because they are unbiased.
February 12, 2013, 09:13 AM
I despise the 'unleaded' shotgun ammo. First year we all had to use it for waterfowl, I thought the ducks had grown Kevlar feathers......
February 12, 2013, 10:44 AM
Steel has come a long way since the 80's its much better now, than it was back then!
With that said; I will continue to shoot lead (where legal) until the Tree Huggers and Whale Savers get their way!
I will not give up on persuing a sport I love because of an ammunition mandate, unless I just can't afford the ammo!
February 12, 2013, 01:57 PM
What is your opinion on using lead free shot for predator hunting? (Coyote, fox, bobcat.) What would be the best load and shot size?
February 12, 2013, 04:56 PM
What does driving a car have to do with shooting a gun? Remember leaded gas? And the foul air pollution so prevalent back in the 80s
SERIOUSLY? YOU are comparing the environmental damage done from folks shooting lead to something cataclysmic, (which it isn't) and you seemed genuinely overly concerned about the environment - to me, that would mean that you should be leading by example and not using a car (of course with only 29 posts I suspect another agenda) as to the lead in the air from exhaust - MILLIONS of gallons of gasoline vaporizing the lead into a small congested urban area, versus a few folks hunting with a solid metal in wide open urban areas - YOUR correlation doesn't wash I am sorry to say.
The whole non-lead waterfowl thing came about because of Ducks Unlimited. The Feds wanted to shut down waterfowl hunting for one or two seasons on the Atlantic Flyway to see if there were any differences. DU protested, so they just banned lead. ( This told to me by a major gun writer who was heavily invested time and money-wise at the time with these studies and with DU)
The impact of hunters using lead on the environment is so miniscule as to be not measurable. The impact of off-road ATVs, gasoline powered watercraft of every size, cruise ships and coral reefs, etc. pose a far greater risk top the planet and everyone's health.
February 12, 2013, 06:06 PM
Good point. I do refuse to shoot any fish with mercury ammo.
February 12, 2013, 06:13 PM
At the risk of going way off topic, I'll never understand the seething contempt that many outdoorsmen have for environmentalism.
Anything taken to an extreme is a bad thing, but you can't hunt or fish a toxic waste dump. Well, I suppose you can, but the results will either be sad (spending time in a barren wasteland where a forest once stood) or terrifying (realizing you don't have enough ammo to fight off the horde of sewer mutants now inhabiting your former hunting grounds).
February 12, 2013, 06:38 PM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BioaccumulationDude, seriously...
I still won't shoot a fish with mercury ammo, though! :D
February 12, 2013, 06:59 PM
The lead battery used in automobiles is one of largest user of lead. I believe that lead batteries are a responsible for a huge amount of the lead pollution we are experiencing. A couple examples;
1. Take a look at how old batteries are stored and handled. They are out side in a fenced in area exposed to the elements, piled on a pallet every which way. some upside down, some on their side. They are dead batteries susceptable to freezing, and bursting the case. They pile them there waiting for the price of lead to go up before they will sell them. The lead acid leaks out and is washed away and soaks into the ground to leach into the ground water. Lead acid solution is very toxic.
2. In the event of a auto accident the chances of a battery surviving is slim at best. All that lead acid leaks on the ground and into the ground water.
IMHO lead from shot or bullets is minor compared to batteries. Just as steel and copper are alternatives to bullets and shot, there are alternatives to lead acid batteries. They very expensive and people don't want to, and they aren't willing to pay the cost. They choose to look the other way. So if we have to change the whole lead usage consumers as a group must change. must change. Not just the paint,ammo and fishing tackle industry.
February 12, 2013, 08:59 PM
Lead is an inert metal. Solid lead, like batteries, will not vaporize and go anywhere, and the chunks are to big for even the California Condors to eat. I am sure Lithium will be much better. Just ask Boeing.
I have a contempt for environmentalism because I see the zealots twisting everything to try and get their way. Phoney science out the wazoo. CNN purporting that global warming is responsible for asteroids no less. Mars has warmed up more than Earth over the same period. Think maybe the Sun has something to do with everything? And most of it is about money. So many people think they are all so altruistic - heck they are a profit free organizations. Yeah, they are profit free because they pay their top officers HUGE salaries.
Ducks Unlimited was NOT the driver on steel shot. John Olin - I suspect Alzheimer's - conducted a bunch of tests using mallards and corn and shared the data with the EPA and that was the impetus they needed. The real agenda was they were hoping it would kill duck hunting, but we had more perseverance than they had imagined.
February 12, 2013, 09:18 PM
Eagles and Condors don't eat carrion with lead battery parts, they eat meat with chunks of lead shot or bullets. Birds often eat the same as well as fishing weights in the environment mistaking it for grit for digestion. It takes a grain of rice-sized piece of lead to kill an adult eagle. Looks like Virginian is convinced that every act to eliminate pollution in the natural world is a conspiracy to eliminate his outdoor activities. Wildlife agencies are seeing their efforts to restore America's largest bird(California Condor) being frustrated by lead poisoning. Do a little research on the web, youtube. The evidence and the consequences is knee deep with examples. Jason is right that too many people think of the outdoors as something to exploit without acknowledging any consequences of their actions. Those who would enact laws to ban entirely all fishing and hunting see the refusal to change habits in the face of evidence as self-centered. There are other living creatures in the outdoors to be considered besides the ones you can lay in the back of your pickup truck or stack up for a photograph.
February 12, 2013, 09:28 PM
Right now for the foreseeable future I don't think we have much choice of what type of shot we use. 100 rounds of just dirt cheap birdshot has jumped from under $20 to close to $30. A shooting club that I frequent places massive orders for AA shotshells. Distributors won't even accept their orders. Just this summer distributors sent a salesman to their ammo order meeting to pitch other products. We are talking about a club that has an FFL and they buy 100's of cases of Winchester AA ammo every month.
If the ammo industry doesn't attempt to meet demand when the panic is over they will never recover all the shooters who have found other hobbies.
February 12, 2013, 10:46 PM
If I hunted I may or may not, I dont know enough about how the shot works on the target. But for trap I just cant afford it, it cost 2 more bucks a box. So currently no
February 13, 2013, 07:37 AM
By the way, I have probably spent well over $200 million dollars installing industrial pollution control equipment. It was entirely justifiable. I have no problem with dealing with real issues. But just for example, the environmentalists are against oil, gas, wind, solar, nuclear, geo-thermal, hydro, just about ANY energy source you can imagine. The fact is with NO population control we are just going to keep needing more energy. And every cause is soliciting money from the uninformed.
My point about carrion eaters was that they do not have a craw quite like seed eaters. The seed eaters craw, with the gravel they pick up, grinds the food and lead, if there is any, that can get in the blood. They are also much more selective about what they pick up and eat, except for billed species like ducks.
The phoney animal lovers like PETA will be the end of wild animals. If we would allow licensed hunting of the leopards, and charge enough that they are worth more via a tag than to a poacher, THEN we might see some progress. When an African farmer can raise crops and make MORE money letting the elephants eat it and hunter's shoot a regulated number than he can for tipping off poachers, then elephant poaching will go away. Unfortunately, in the real world, money - and votes which are just a road to money - is the driving force for just about everything.
I flat out do not believe a lot of the "claims". I have seen way too many eagles eating geese shot with lead without seeing one dead eagle to believe one shot pellet in a real world setting is gonna do it. When they analyse the tissue in a dead Condor and find lead, do we KNOW it came from a bullet, or accumulated car exhaust or something else? I am highly dubious. I do not think that every effort is aimed at eliminating my outdoor activities. I do believe the zealots are anxious to do anything they can think of that they think might help things, as they see it, without regard to the consequences to anything else. It doesn't have to be proven technology, if it might be better then do it and to hell with everything else. They operate on fear tactics just like the whole advertising world. If we don do yada-yade we won't have any more Bald Eagles. Bull. When they stopped using DDT all the raptors rebounded. There are hawks sitting all over the power lines these days and millions of LEAD shotgun shells fired at doves don't seem to be hurting them one iota. A lot of them do seem to be getting hit by cars though. Maybe we need to reduce the speed limit to protect hawks. Whoops, nope, too many voters won't like that one much. By the way, if malaria had been a big issue in the United States, the raptors would probably be gone, because we would probably never have banned DDT.
The owls needed 2,000 pristine acres per pair to survive, and we were able to kill a lot of logging, which they hated anyway. And then we found the same owls living happily right in housing developments in Northern California. Too much junk science and personal agendas. I do not trust them, at all.
If they can show me hard evidence, that I can believe, then I will listen. Otherwise we are at odds.
February 13, 2013, 11:25 AM
You take blood and measure the level of lead in it. You do an x-ray scan and see the chunk of lead in it's belly. Virginian, do you think PETA has taken over every aspect of society? Sounds more like paranoia. I mentioned the biodegradable fishing line that was introduced a few years ago. It was pulled because the demand wasn't what they hoped for. However, people I mentioned it to, never heard of it nor saw it but though it was a great idea. I'm trying to persuade the company to reintroduce it with a better name and marketing. Its more expensive but what price do put on a land you claim to love?
February 13, 2013, 12:08 PM
There's a whole discussion about trade-offs that needs to happen. Recently there has been some conversation about lead and eagles/raptors, but the source was not shot; it was bullet fragments in deer. The source of the story was reasonably credible, but the underlying political position was something like "if it would save just one bird..." as opposed to "here's what we know we can prove and here's what we think this means."
The ecological and economic reality (and these are linked) is our environment is cleaner, more diverse, and more productive now than it was 100 years ago. There are more trees in the US now than there were 200 years ago, by a significant margin. There is *much* more productive "edge habitat" than there was 200 years ago as well. Modern forestry practices encourage this, and deer hunting today is more productive, meaning more hunters and more animals, than ever before in this country. Wetlands are recognized in many states as something of value that needs to be preserved, not as a swamp that needs to be filled. Much of this result is directly due to sportsmen via licenses, excise taxes on guns and ammo, and sportsmen funded groups such as Ducks Unlimited and Whitetails Unlimited.
The research and conversation that is not happening is centered around what we know, what we think we know and need to prove, and what is acceptable. Those need to be rational discussions and analyses, not emotionally driven conversations. Emotion here will only lead to undesirable unintended consequences. Please try to think in these terms. It's really in everyone's best interest, even the hardcore environmentalists that react in horror at the horror of it all. :rolleyes:
February 13, 2013, 12:23 PM
I burn five boxes of dove loads most opening weekends. Politely, not no, but HELL no! If lead dries up, I'll just have to quit hunting doves, I guess. Limits on ducks are lower and I rarely ever sho0ot more'n 15 or 20 rounds a morning. I have put up with steel in the marsh. Fasteel has stopped the crippling that was a problem in the past, made the stuff more effective. But, I still long for the lead shot days, 5s from a 20 gauge 2 3/4" were deadly on ducks. Now days, I leave the 20 at home and 12s in 2 3/4" is all I use on ducks, number 2 or 3 fasteel 2 3/4". I've not yet found a 3" 20 that patterns worth a toot with biggish steel shot. Takes a 12 to push enough steel in a good pattern to take a large duck consistently. Geese, I've gone to 10 gauge. I just bought a 12 gauge 3.5" last year, but haven't gotten around to buying some 3.5" steel T to pattern in it. I ain't got much hope of it out-patterning my 10, though. That thing is amazing with the big bowling ball T stuff.
Bismuth, forget it, I'd just sell my shotguns. I ain't that rich, not even for ducks and geese. I'd just stick to deer hunting, I guess. Now, trap and skeet shooters shoot a LOT of rounds, a box per round. It would stop many a working man for participating if you tripled the price of a box of ammy, I'm betting. The .410 and 28 bores would likely disappear as they would be useless with steel, the only half way affordable non-toxic.
Nope, I vote no. Of course, I bet there'll be a push considering the current state in DC, wouldn't surprise me, anyway. Just fact, if they did it and I could still get lead dove loads or lead shot to reload, I'd probably just break the law. Heck, the lead is falling on MY land, anyway and I've never been checked by a game warden while dove hunting on mine or my buddy's private land. I don't hunt public land for doves. Some laws are made to be broken or ignored. That may not seem high road to you, but it's how I feel about THIS particular subject, and gun control for that matter.
February 13, 2013, 12:29 PM
An observation on current non-toxic laws. I can hunt the same field iin September for doves using number 7.5 lead dove loads that I must use STEEL SHOT or some non-toxic over for geese in November. I never figured out that stupidity. Most such laws are agenda driven and rooted in stupidity. If lead is mandated for all shooting, you can bet PETA will be happy. Who's agenda do you think is driving it.
I've often though if the 10 percent of the duck population is being killed off by lead, which I'm VERY skeptical of, then why not drop the limits by 1 bird and allow lead shot? The "if just one bird" argument sickens me. Lots of birds were crippled in the 80s and 90s, lots more than would have died of lead, I'm betting, by ineffective steel shot. I learned to up shot size and go to 3", seemed to work better, but it's fasteel that really made the difference. Again, I use it on ducks, but I ain't goin' there for doves. It would be cost prohibitive.
February 13, 2013, 07:40 PM
Flyingfeathers, what do you shoot?
February 13, 2013, 08:21 PM
I would not trust the government if they said day was light and night was dark. They are the lowest of the low in my book. It's one huge self preserving bureaucracy, and Everything goes back to some politician's agenda. The Insurance Safety Institute's "safest cars" is BS. Last week some group published the list of vehicles that averaged the lowest total accident costs, including medical bills. Shocker - full sized pickups and SUVs came out on top. 6,000 pounds is better life insurance than 3,000 pounds makes perfect sense, but how will that encourage people to buy smaller cars ! One night in an ICU will pay for a Porsche these days. Maybe I am paranoid, but I don't trust anything anymore unless I see the raw data, or I know who came up with the conclusions.
February 14, 2013, 10:55 AM
Everything goes back to some politician's agenda.
Maybe I am paranoid, but I don't trust anything anymore unless I see the raw data, or I know who came up with the conclusions
AMEN to that!
February 14, 2013, 10:58 PM
something is smelling phishy here. OP doesn't answer questions, just wants to preach.
Remnds me of a recent visitor named Timmy.
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Thanks to Easy Rawlins and Leonid McGill – and a bunch of less savory characters – Walter Mosley could spend his 60s writing for a few hours each day, then dabbling with his art projects before heading out into the streets of New York City to enjoy the good life and wait for inspiration to find him.
And some days are probably just like that.
But Mosley, like the heroes of dozens of his best-selling books, starting with "Devil in a Blue Dress," also chooses to get involved with issues that he easily could avoid. In his public speaking and opinion writing, he departs from the difficulties faced by the modern fiction writer and addresses things like the real meaning of the Trayvon Martin case (a concise essay for Newsweek magazine) and the "senseless cynicism" that has taken over America (in the Nation).
He sees the environment as one of the most significant, and significantly ignored, problems facing the world today, and he could talk for quite a while about the fundamental failure of both capitalism and communism to build a society that values all its people equally. (He even has what he admits is probably an unworkable solution – it involves a leasing, rather than selling, economy.)
Expect some of those things to come up Thursday evening when Mosley presents the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration keynote address at the University at Buffalo's Center for the Arts.
The MLK talk traditionally celebrates the slain leader's legacy by focusing on issues of race, rights and where America stands on both, with past speakers including children of the Rev. King, Newark Mayor Cory Booker, lawyer Johnnie Cochran and figures from sports and entertainment, like Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Sidney Poitier and rapper KRS-ONE.
"What was appealing about Walter Mosley is that, in addition to being a significant author, he is not afraid of making social commentary," said William Regan, UB director of special events. "Certainly he's very capable of reflecting on civil rights."
Regan also noted, "He brings a whole different side to the discussion [and] appeals to the nontraditional audience. Our English department is completely jazzed up about it."
As Mosley put it, in a recent telephone conversation, "To a great degree I'm a political figure, at least regarding political philosophy. I'm interested in Marx and Hegel and Freud, and in those aspects of technology and technique that create society."
He details that in his 2011 book "Twelve Steps Toward Political Revelation," a discourse on how America can free itself from its culture of consumption, much the way he eventually overcame his addiction to alcohol and cigarettes. And note his use of the word "revelation" rather than "revolution" in the title.
Clearly, Mosley is a "big picture" sort of man, and he sees no simple answers to the difficulties faced by the planet's underclasses.
"There are so many problems in the world," Mosley said. "The biggest problem that we face is that the world is at a standstill – even the things that we invent are not moving us forward. Capitalism has kind of turned in on itself. Instead of creating, [the pursuit of profit] now limits the potential for growth – economic, cultural and intellectually."
Even though his genre is crime fiction, Mosley's books don't skim over his social concerns. His modern-day investigator, Leonid McGill, works in both the gritty and glittering streets of New York, connecting the dots between the lives of the poor and the actions of the rich in books such as "The Long Fall" and "All I Did Was Shoot My Man." The suffering he discovers often is born of economic inequality, and of larcenous levels of corporate and bureaucratic greed – along with the greed of a well-organized underworld.
Mosley's characters come in the full spectrum of skin tones, from creamy to caramel to ebony, but he uses the various shades of white and brown to describe their looks, not their character. This is especially true in his McGill books, set in the here and now; in the Easy Rawlins books, set in the 1950s and '60s, racism plays a more powerful role. But even then, for Rawlins, bigots are barriers to work around, not chains holding him back.
For Mosley, the only child of a Jewish mother and African-American father, it's a matter of pragmatism.
"I understand racism, but understanding racism is like understanding a rabid dog," Mosley says. "I mean, it's a rabid dog – it's going to bite you.
"But to make that a major part of your philosophy would be defining yourself down. It would let the rabid dog that bit you to define who you are. Yes, race is a part of my life, but it does not run my life. I have a really good life."
In the interview a week ago, Mosley said he wasn't sure exactly what he would say at UB, but expected it would be a little different from the "normal kind of talk about race."
"When people say we are in one world (a post-racial world for example), it's so crazy," he said. "I have a story that I tell: about how, in the 20th century, a young black man in Detroit, would say, 'It's tough on a young black man in Detroit, ' and I would be saying, 'I know what you're talking about, brother,' and in the early 21st century, you could go there, and ask 'How ya doing?,' and he'd say, 'I'm OK, but it's hard on a young black man in Detroit,' and I'd say 'I know, brother, but the world is so big – there is a guy in Kandahar who would be happy to trade apartments with us.' "
The global view adds perspective, but, Mosley said, "to say there is no more racism is completely ridiculous. How can we say we live in a post-racial world, as if we didn't have millions of black men in prison … as if people of color weren't still facing this economic divide. … If you're a black child in an economically depressed area, if nothing is going your way, for that kid and that kids' parents – bad schools, no jobs – for them, race is a major issue."
But, he says, it really is a different world from the one of 60 years ago – the one in which his parents faced a multitude of prejudices for their ethnicity, skin color and love for each other.
"We have to realize everyone is not George Wallace, the world is different," Mosley said. "I mean, Obama got elected twice."
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