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IT WAS THE WORST OF TIMES. ONE CHILLY NOVEMBER DAY IN 1990, two kittens—a brother and sister, both black with green eyes—stood shivering on Nancy Wilcox's patio in Little Rock. At first, Wilcox thought the frightened felines belonged to a neighbor. But no! They had been abandoned, and fate had sent them to her door. "They were so pretty, I couldn't understand why someone would have dumped them," she says. "I guess they kind of warmed my heart."
For a time, Wilcox kept the kittens outside in a warm towel-lined box, safe from her jealous cocker spaniel (named, remarkably, Chelsea). At night, the male stray, the one with the white paws, proved a good brother, draping himself protectively over his sleeping sister. During the day, though, he was less exemplary. "He was always the aggressive one," Wilcox says. "He kept trying to eat his sister's food."
Meanwhile, Wilcox was trying to find the duo permanent homes. She asked for help from neighbor Anita Reasoner, a piano teacher, and once again fate intervened. The Governor's wife, Hillary Clinton, brought her daughter, Chelsea, then 10, to Reasoner's house for a piano lesson. At the time the Clintons were still mourning Zeke, Chelsea's beloved cocker spaniel, who had died in a car accident. "They were raving about the cute little cats," says Reasoner. "Hillary asked for the one with white toes." Hence the name Chelsea chose for him: Socks.
The adoption may have warmed Chelsea's heart, but it was a wrenching experience for the sister Socks left behind. "She looked pitiful," says Wilcox of the lonesome kitten. So Wilcox pressed harder to find her a home. She dressed the young feline in a red-and-green Gucci bow and visited her best friend, Carolyn Hartstein, whose dog had recently died. "My granddaughter Courtny took one look and fell in love," says Hartstein. Courtny named the all-black cat Midnight.
Now it is the best of times for Midnight. She lives in luxury, lazing on soft pillows, dining on canned salmon and chicken. Like her brother, she has a sense of adventure—and a keen eye for squirrels. Unlike Socks, however, she has been declawed and spends her days lounging indoors, pawing at her prey through a window. She seems blissfully unaware of her brother's newfound fame, and that is just as well. Because Midnight, you see, is a Republican; her mistress voted for George Bush.
Hartstein says she has never given much thought to Socks' new life as a press-plagued celebrity. "We call Socks the aristo-cat," she says, with just the hint of a curled lip. But every now and then she can't resist teasing her own pet with a catty comment about the vagaries of fate. "We tell Midnight," she says, " 'You could have been in the White House now, and Socks could have been here with us.' " Midnight, true to her species, has never deigned to reply.
LINDA SATTER in Little Rock
A Tale of Two Kitties
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Editor's Note: Cybergolf's Jay Flemma attended yesterday's Senate Hearings featuring baseball star Roger Clemens. Though the session focused on potential abusers of steroids and human-growth hormones in Major League Baseball, it also sounded a warning for all athletes - professional or amateur - in all sports. Here's Jay's take on the historic day, and how it ultimately might affect golf.
Washington, D.C. - Like a lyric out of Pink Floyd's "The Wall," Roger Clemens went skating on the thin ice of modern life on February 13th, dragging behind him the silent reproach of a million disdained eyes. Of course, cracks in the ice appeared under his feet and he was left to claw helplessly as the last support disintegrated beneath him. We watched transfixed, horrified, but we could not turn away, jolted to the fence by the lightning strike.
Yet we must tear our gaze away from what appears to be the formerly iconic Clemens's spectacular self-immolation, and instead focus on how to avoid repeating this sad situation. The clear message of the combined House Committee on Oversight and Governmental Reform Hearings on "The Mitchell Report: The Illegal Use of Steroids in Major League Baseball" was that Congress will be watching to see that professional sports' testing policies, procedures, and punishments are effective. Moreover, when asked if they would convene hearings regarding drug use in other sports, several prominent Committee members were adamant that, if necessary to protect the public health and promote proper testing and education regimens, they would reconvene further hearings.
Though the pyre of Clemens will burn like a proprietary torch in sports pages throughout the land for months to come, the real purpose of the Congressional investigation was not only to see whether the Mitchell Report "should still stand as proof positive that baseball's effort to combat illegal drug use needs a fresh look," as Ranking Minority Leader Tom Davis (R-VA) said, but to remind the world that Congress would do what it must to hinder profiteering off a drug-fueled workplace in the world of sports in general. Davis specifically praised the depth and breadth of the Mitchell Report "in the face of a daunting list of obstacles: no subpoena power, little cooperation from players, and only tepid enthusiasm among owners more concerned with filling seats than promoting public health."
Davis then defined the battle lines clearly, especially to those who choose to ignore or belittle the devastating side effects of the illegal and sinister potions brewed and administered not in a doctor's office, but in back alleys, gym locker rooms and bathroom stalls. "Those attempting to sell HGH are scamming consumers and breaking the law. We learned of the terrible risks associated with unapproved use. We learned yet again of the dangerous and phony messages being sent to young athletes that there are magic pills and wonder drugs that can grease their path to the Hall of Fame . . . We're here to save lives, not ruin careers. Why? Because the health of young athletes across the country is at stake, and he won't hesitate to defend their interests, even if the process isn't pretty."
So while everyone may believe that this will be the last time Major League Baseball will be forced to account for its pre-2005 past, it's clear that Congress knew the pandemic nature of the performance-enhancing drug epidemic leaving wreckage throughout American high schools. Within the halls of the Capitol, the unofficial title of the hearing was "Truth and Myths about Human Growth Hormone and B-12." Truths and "myths" may be a bit soft. Even Congress said numerous times, "Someone here is not telling the truth." But Congress knew and sought to impart to the American people that the battleground is much greater than Clemens vs. McNamee; the difference between: 1) testing that catches drug cheats and testing that is implemented to avoid attracting the eye of Congress; and 2) punishments that are effective as deterrents and punishments that are a slap on the wrist is the difference between truth and lies, courage and cowardice.
"Our job is to look to the future. These drugs should not be used by kids or in professional sports," Committee Chair Henry Waxman (D-CA) told reporters gathered after the hearing. Yes, he made a point to address the lightning rod issue and say McNamee was "very credible," even though "I know he made inaccurate and false statements in the past," but Waxman also added, when asked if Congress would investigate other sports: "We want testing and educational regimes in all pro sports. We will continue to monitor."
Just look at this list of sports in which either the United States Anti-Doping Agency, the World Anti-Doping Agency, or other professional sports organizations that had athletes caught and punished for performance enhancers (not recreational drugs) in the last four years: Wrestling, Archery, Cycling, Track and Field, Racquetball, Weightlifting, Paralympic Track and Field, Paralympic Alpine Skiing, Judo, Paralympic Sled Hockey, (Paralympic Sled Hockey!?), Paralympic Basketball, Boxing, Taekwondo, Bobsled, Ice Hockey, Swimming, Sled Hockey, Team Handball, Snowboarding, Curling, Fencing, Synchronized Swimming, Baseball and Football.
Couple that with the death of young high school athletes like Taylor Hooten and the anecdotes of young girls doing HGH to stay trim and you can see how Congress must take forceful action. Look at the health risks: increased aggression, delusional feelings of invincibility, paranoia, degradation of the liver and cardiovascular system, circulatory and respiratory deterioration, breakdown of the endocrine system including the ability to produce testosterone or estrogen, just to name a few. Of course, there is also the worst risk - death.
So happily, for the great American sports fan and for all kids, athlete or not, Congress has decided to debunk myths and all sports should take notice. If paralympians, synchronized swimmers, bobsledders and archers are taking drugs to enhance performance, every sport, no matter what their altruistic history or ethos, needs to closely monitor their own testing and enforcement.
"Truth and Myths" - it's an appropriate dichotomy. Is there any truth to recent protestations by professional golfers like "Half the stuff they're testing for doesn't help golfers" (Frank Lickliter), and "We won't have that problem because of our culture of honesty" (many players). What about comments like: "Maybe I'm naïve. There's a bigger chance of someone testing positive who has absolutely no intent of trying to break the rules. The downside outweighs the upside by 1000-1" (Jeff Maggert), and "They're treating us like criminals" (Lickliter again). With all the medical and anecdotal evidence before Congress, professional sports better be aware that our lawmakers will find such comments as pure, weapons-grade baloney. I wonder if Lickliter would tell Congressman Waxman: "He [the tester] is going to have a hard time getting off my property without a bullet in his [behind]."
With the amount of money and public scrutiny involved do you really think the PGA Tour is going to have problems with false positives? Not unless they go to some back alley or mom-and-pop testing lab. These labs are the best in the world, scientifically and medically the top of the class in every way. There's no way they will confuse androstenedione with nasal spray. For every inconvenienced millionaire indignant that a collector accompanies him to procure a sample, there is also one middle-America family struggling with the effects of a child embroiled in the horrible health effects of dangerous chemicals. Over the course of the next few weeks, Cybergolf will be interviewing WADA, USADA and Harvard Medical School officials to analyze how testing policies, procedures, and enforcement can be both effective and avoid the possibility of Congressional scrutiny.
This was a great day for democracy - we saw our system in action, not star-struck by scores or stats, strikeouts or sliders. We watched them do what we elect them to do. They are gravely serious about this and have the public and, in particular, children's health at heart here. My confidence in them and in the government in general is renewed. Sure there were some grandstanders - most notably the misguided Dan Burton (D-IN), who castigated McNamee for "lying" about the "Canseco BBQ," then left before Waxman and others proved him horribly, horribly wrong. But on the whole almost 20 other lawmakers were prepared, lucid, thorough and concerned.
It's a great day for democracy, but only a pretty good day for sports. Today's hearing had a sideshow, Clemens. It will be a great day for baseball when the real people responsible for all this face justice and those who take their place resolve themselves not to repeat their mistake: Resolve not to squeeze the customer for every last dollar, resolve not to do whatever they can to maximize profits short term, resolve not to cover up dirty secrets. For every drug cheat you protect, it's another dirty secret ticking like a time bomb that you have to conceal. And in the long run, the lies will unravel. Look at BALCO, taken down by a rival track coach who got sick of having his cheaters lose to BALCO's cheaters. Somebody in the chain will squeal, somebody will let something slip, somebody will be careless. Then, like today, there will be hell to pay.
The difference between truth and lies, courage and cowardice is not just the difference between HGH and B 12, Clemens and McNamee, but the difference between testing that is ineffective, between expelling cheats and concealing them, and between avoiding scandals in the sport by excoriating and excommunicating the cheater for making the wrong choice.
Public embarrassment and the attendant legal expenses could be an enormous deterrent. If a player knows that he's on an island if he gets caught - instead of protected - he'll think twice. He'll think twice about what he'll put his wife and kids through. If he knows he'll be treated like you would - scorned and ridiculed instead of insulated and protected, that will add significantly to the risk. We have to increase the risk involved in doing these drugs as well as the consequences. When they see how far they have to fall - jail, serious health risks, public humiliation, the kids' college fund going to some lawyer - maybe they'll think more about the long run and less about a fast buck. That's how to combat the temptation to take shortcuts.
At one point yesterday, Clemens said what may be true of any competitive athlete, "When I'm on the mound, I want an edge." That appears to be the most truthful comment he made in months. Clemens' hearing may be over, but society's vigilance must continue. We must closely scrutinize every pro sports league and organization. We need to know that testing stays up to date with the latest designer drugs from rogue chemists, we need transparent punishments so we know we are protecting the clean players at the expense of the cheaters. Look how invisible was the Yankees' Rodomski, the towel-boy and rug supplier. You could walk past him 1,000 times and not even give him a first glance, let alone a second one.
PGA Tour Commissioner Tim Finchem may have commented at Torrey Pines that he felt testing was counterintuitive to everything golf stands for, but many do not agree. The problem in every sport is resisting the allure of the last dollar on the table. Money gleams, but in the world of professional sports it gives off a manic glint for too many players and sports business people. People will be tempted to dance with the devil, thinking only of the short term. Secrets need to be kept forever, just ask Marion Jones, who surrendered her medals before getting sentenced to prison. When trouble comes, cold winds blow and hot water runs deep. The best way to avoid it is transparency and strength of will. If an athletic league is an open book that shows everyone everything is being done to catch drug cheats, sport will benefit more in the long run than breaking records.
That's the message of Congress to sports and their commissioners. All leaders face difficult decisions. It's how they handle themselves when they're judged. For Bud Selig and Roger Goodell, or even Tim Finchem? The difference is the same between the lightning bug and the lightning, courage and cowardice. Remedying the situation takes nothing more than resolve and sound judgment.
Since launching his first golf writing website in 2004, http://www.jayflemma.thegolfspace.com, Jay Flemma's comparative analysis of golf designs and knowledge of golf course architecture and golf travel have garnered wide industry respect. In researching his book on America's great public golf courses (and whether they're worth the money), Jay, an associate editor of Cybergolf, has played over 220 nationally ranked public golf courses in 37 different states. Jay has played about 1,649,000 yards of golf - or roughly 938 miles. His pieces on travel and architecture appear in Golf Observer (www.golfobserver.com), Cybergolf and other print magazines. When not researching golf courses for design, value and excitement, Jay is an entertainment, copyright, Internet and trademark lawyer and an Entertainment and Internet Law professor in Manhattan. His clients have been nominated for Grammy and Emmy awards, won a Sundance Film Festival Best Director award, performed on stage and screen, and designed pop art for museums and collectors. Jay lives in Forest Hills, N.Y., and is fiercely loyal to his alma maters, Deerfield Academy in Massachusetts and Trinity College in Connecticut.
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Pasha Coffee & Tea, located near Mojo Burrito and Blacksmith Bistro, is part of the revitalized, hipper St. Elmo that is intended to ensnare Lookout Mountain residents as they come down to where "the people are."
It's a very neat little coffee shop that boasts the area's only organic and fair trade expresso bar. The shop itself is quite small, with big windows, a handful of tables and a few comfy pieces of furniture, and walls covered with the frequently-rotating work of local artists. If their event schedule is any indication, Pasha's is a music/art/writing social hub for the area. There is almost always something happening there.
The primary feature is coffee, which you can get in essentially any permutation, along with a variety of teas and other drinks, but they also serve an all-day menu featuring a few breakfast items (omelets, oatmeal, bagels and baked goods, mostly) and there is a handful of lighter Mediterranean fare, including paninis, pitas, hummus, salads, and a few low-key sandwiches. The staff is very friendly, but on my visits there have only been one or two of them working, so you can expect to wait accordingly depending on how many patrons are there.
I can say definitively that the baked goods are delicious; I've had some amazing scones there, and the baklava is nothing to sneeze at. The chicken curry sandwich was a little too stark and curry-ful and didn't particularly move me. For me, Pasha's would typically be a morning or evening coffee & snack stop, but I wouldn't rule out a lunch run if I wanted lighter fare in the area.
Ostensibly, you'll visit Pasha because you want to attend one of their many events or because you want some coffee (or both, honestly, because there's no reason to go in there without getting a beverage). And if you're there to worship the bean, I want to steer you towards something specifically: the Turkish coffee.
Pasha is, to my knowledge, the only place you can get Turkish coffee in the area. Every cup is made to order (I believe it takes about 7 minutes) and is made by grinding coffee beans extra-fine and brewing them directly in the water. (Green tea buffs may be familiar with Matcha, which has a similar method.) There is no filter; the dregs remain in the bottom of the cup.
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As the U.S. beef industry, grocery retailers, food-service operators, and average consumers struggle to cope with the fallout from the largest beef recall in history, government and food industry officials are talking about the need for more effective traceability, and consumers are demanding more information on where and how their meat is produced.
A quick turn through the meat department of a U.S. grocery store shows that consumers face an amazing array of product claims on meat products, including USDA organic, natural, kosher, humanely raised, free-range, grass-fed, hormone-free, U.S.-raised, and Angus. The recent proliferation of these claims has left consumers wondering what they really mean, which meat they should buy, and what products they can trust. Is there any foolproof way to know whether these labeling claims are true?
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HUNTINGTON- Four Buckhannon-Upshur wrestlers earned wins during the first day of the state tourney being held at the Big Sandy Superstore Arena.
Brandon Tenney (106-pounds) earned an 8-1 decision over Wheeling Park's Tyson Lira, Dakota Linger (126) defeated Brooke's Chance Pattison by a technical fall (18-1), Seth Cutright (152) defeated Shady Spring's Henry Matos by a technical fall (16-0) and Daniel Nolte (220) pinned Preston's Shane Catlett (3:40).
Lewis County's Kyle Rogers (170) and Ryan Carson (182) also earned victories.
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Buckhannon-Upshur's Dakota Linger battles Brooke's Chance Pattison during state tournament action Thursday night in Huntington. Linger, at 126 pounds, earned a 16-1 technical fall victory. The tournament continues through Saturday's championship round.
Rogers defeated John Marshall's Jacob Wood, 3-1, while Carson pinned Woodrow Wilson's Hunter Davis (2:21).
In Class AA-A, Philip Barbour's Ian Nuzum (113), James Bell (160) and Travis Pomp (195) all were defeated.
Petersburg's Tyler Rohrbaugh, meanwhile, pinned St. Marys' Mike Houser in a time of 3:54.
Huntington and Parkersburg, with 34 points each, share the early lead in Class AAA, while four-time champion Parkersburg South (33) is third, Washington (31) fourth and Point Pleasant (27) fifth.
Buckhannon-Upshur is 13th with 12 points, and Lewis County is 21st with six points.
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Bengals 45 - Broncos 0
Nope, that's not a typo. I got absolutely curbstomped in this one, probably the worst game I've ever played. The most amazing thing about this game is that my defense was really not as brutal as you'd expect, but eight turnovers is not going to put you in a good position to win. Three picks by Osweiller, two more by Sanchez when he came in. Receivers fumbling pretty much any time they crossed the first down marker. Just about the worst offensive performance you could possibly imagine (much of the credit goes to the Bengals D of course).
At least now I can cite this game if anybody ever claims that "bv gave up nothing for Joe Haden." Osweiler may be the future, but Manning he ain't. Nor is Sanchize (though we knew that). Hopefully this is a one-game blip rather than the start of a second-half slide.
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MIAMI — Dean Griffin liked the health insurance he purchased for himself and his wife three years ago and thought he'd be able to keep the plan even after the federal Affordable Care Act took effec....
Ha ha haaaa! Major, You Commando you! Such a typical libertarian! Causing unrest to all around. What Mamma don't know won't hurt!
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Hook: "im sure Barack will be telling us what color of underwear we need to wear..."
I suggest brown.
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Obama lied.... whats' new....
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dean I ran your stts bottom line you and or the repukeneck who wrote the story are liars. do you work for the teagirlies
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Let's change the healthcare laws targeted at those with individual healthcare plans, then disqualify them because the laws have changed and because of this..you don't qualify under your present healthcare coverage...but wait..we'll offer you plans X, Y & Z...even better...your premiums you enjoyed before our laws suddenly changed..well...you'll payer higher premiums now...WOW...how awesome is this folks....
I agree..its being spoon fed to the American people by way of couples like this...and soon, it will make its way towards companies, large corporations to local city governments....im sure Barack will be telling us what color of underwear we need to wear...
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You guys think Barry is bad... Just wait to Martin or Hillary in 2016.
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Universal care is the goal. We are trying the "private" route. I believe that in the end, we will turn to universal single payer MEDICARE for all. It truly is the only way to remove the burden of healthcare from private business. It also ensures that a basic level of care will be provided to all. I would rather pay my premium to MEDICARE than a private insurance company.
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... and it is the PRIVATE insurers who determine which doctors you can see by denying coverage for services provided by doctors not in a particular plan offered by the insurer. (difficult for me as my employer is based in nyc/dallas and I'm the only one in the company based in WV)- YES people who bought substandard health insurance will now pay more. These people were not covered for what is now considered the basic minimal standard. Consider car insurance for a moment. We require liability insurance with certain minimums.(one may always purchase more) The new minimums in healthcare will ensure that when you actually need the insurance to pay it will pay. There are many predatory policies out there that give the appearance of coverage but when needed; it is revealed to not cover very much at all
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my own company subsidized insurance plan offers me insurance with an $8k family deductible. Frankly it is nothing but catastrophic insurance. The only real "benefit" from the insurance is that the insurer has all these deals with doctors and hospitals to "discount" the services rendered. Very handy in keeping folks from ever reaching the yearly deductibles, but advantagous when buying prescriptions (from an insurance company's formulary) the insurer says you may take and not the reccomended ones the doctor wants you to have. (state rules about generics aside). As a way of moving forward the ACA was able to do away with "pre-existing" conditions as well as requiring insuers to pay for preventive screenings. (mamograms, colonoscopy's)
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it's not the premium that'll break you....take a look at your deductibles and out-of-pocket expenses..THAT will break most Americans.... they'll be paying nearly ALL of their med bills, if they are average in health..they will NEVER reach either limit,meaniang the ins comp pays LITTLE....the sheeple have been led
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Don't wrote "single payer health care, as you advocate, is not capitalism. I'd prefer free market capitalism myself."
Many markets are regulated. We allow capitalism because it is efficient; we regulate capitalism because it is deficient.
Utilities have long been regulated. The production of food and pharmaceuticals are regulated.
Antitrust, financial and advertising regulations are absolutely necessary.
Free market capitalism is a good slogan, but not a good policy.
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Don't, as an economist, I look for the most efficient method to deliver goods and services. This applies to health care.
I think a single payer system is much more efficient than the system we now have, which sprang up after WWII sort of by accident.
Many other countries have better results at a much lower per capita cost than the US. They have single payer systems.
In the meantime, Obamacare seems to be the only game in town for the uninsured.
What I don't understand is why some are against creating a healthy nation.
Another thing I don't understand is why the same people complaining about the "47%" who don't pay taxes, are also complaining about taxing the freeloaders who rely on emergency rooms.
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"democratic capitalism."
single payer health care, as you advocate, is not capitalism. I'd prefer free market capitalism myself.
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Fascism borrows a lot of socialist rhetoric to make it sound more appealing, but I would rather live under socialism than under fascism. However, I much prefer democratic capitalism.
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C1 many scholars believe that it's really not a left/right line but more likely a circle, where you take the two extremes of the line and join them....my point was in theory they are different when put into practice they are very similier, both require a strong central government with totalitarian powers. Not pasted from wikipedia critical thinking skills required.
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Quotes from Wikipedia.
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"Hostile to liberal democracy, socialism, and communism, fascist movements shared certain common features, including the veneration of the state, a devotion to a strong leader, and an emphasis on ultranationalism and militarism.
Fascism views political violence, war, and imperialism as a means to achieve national rejuvenation and asserts that stronger nations have the right to expand their territory by displacing weaker nations."
Sounds more like Bush, Cheney and the neocons, who got us into two wars. Does not sound like Obama, who has gotten us out of two wars.
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This is for Don't, who likes to use loaded terms but doesn't understand what they mean.
Don't wrote "socialism, or would you prefer fascism? Because there really isn't much difference when put into practice."
"Fascism is a form of radical authoritarian nationalism that came to prominence in early 20th-century Europe. Influenced by national syndicalism, the first fascist movements emerged in Italy around World War I, combining more typically right-wing positions with elements of left-wing politics, in opposition to communism, socialism, liberal democracy and, in some cases, traditional right-wing conservatism.
Although fascism is usually placed on the far right on the traditional left–right spectrum, fascists themselves and some commentators have argued that the description is inadequate."
Fascism is on the far right. Socialism is on the far left.
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the reason no repub.voted for it was they didn't want the dems. to get credit.and they were in power at the time and if you live in a state that didn't expand aca your screwed and must have a repub. gov. because they are the states that didn't implement it. a 5,000 dedutible is not ins.
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"Obamacare is not socialism. It is a conservative idea to use an individual mandate to expand healthcare insurance through the private marketplace."
socialism comes in small steps, because no one will except it when forced down their throat, but when fed to them in small portions they will except it...when the government controls the market place and the people who shop at that marketplace that's a step toward socialism, or would you prefer fascism? Because there really isn't much difference when put into practice.
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Obamacare is not socialism. It is a conservative idea to use an individual mandate to expand healthcare insurance through the private marketplace.
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I retract my last post. Some how I must have had a senior moment and miss read DontTreadOnME's post.
DontTreadOnME, I apologize. I agree with you.
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DontTreadOnME, You deserve to be tread upon. The Journal posts an associated press article that simply reports on some of the benefits of Obamacare so you say they are opposed to Obamacare? So if they censored the news and did not print anything that could possibly be thought of as negative to Obama, then you would be happy? You must be a big fan of the main stream media. The MSM is polluted.
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"Is the Journal opposed to Obamacare?"
sounds like they are, just like most Americans....socialism never works...want something screwed up more? Just ask the government to "fix" it.
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Marirena Hotel
The Marirena Hotel is a modern complex of 50 apartments and studios, built with much care and passion. Located in the tourist area of Amoudara, 4 km west of Heraklion and just 100 meters from an endless and well organized beach. Perfect for those seeking tranquility and relaxation, alone or with their families, for those who want to combine work and relaxation, but also for explorers who want to discover the incomparable landscapes of Crete.
To Marirena Hotel consists of apartments that can accommodate 2-4 persons Studio for 2-3 people. rooms are equipped with: refrigerator, kettle, phone, TV, safe, Crib, aircon. The rooms are shaped and decorated with care in order to meet your holiday needs.
In the lobby of Marirena Hotel, the friendly staff will offer integrated services covering every possible need. are possible: currency, car and bike, tours, alternative activities (scuba diving, horse riding, safari, etc). Also, the pool, you will enjoy unforgettable moments. The children's pool and swings close to that will make our younger guests to enjoy unprecedented
For lunch or dinner meal will be served to Dionysus, the hotel's restaurant where you can enjoy delicacies from the Cretan and Mediterranean cuisine, prepared with the finest ingredients (olive oil of our own production, fresh vegetables and local meat). There Also, the menu option for particular nutritional uses (dietetic, special health needs, etc.) upon request. At Snack Bar, located right next to the pool, you can sit back and let the caress of the sun. It offers a wide variety of snacks, refreshing drinks and cocktails.
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Cochrane for Clinicians
These are summaries of reviews from the Cochrane Library.
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Second-Generation H1-Antihistamines for Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria
There is good evidence that second-generation H1-antihistamines are helpful in the short- and intermediate-term suppression of urticaria. Cetirizine (Zyrtec) in a dosage of 10 mg daily is effective at completely suppressing symptoms of chronic spontaneous urticaria (number needed to treat [NNT] = 4).
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Capsaicin for Nonallergic Rhinitis
Intranasal capsaicin is safe and effective for reducing symptoms of nonallergic rhinitis (number needed to treat = 4; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1 to 22). There is insufficient evidence to compare the effectiveness of capsaicin to other topical or systemic medications.
Aug 1, 2016 Issue
Acetaminophen for the Treatment of Pain in Newborns
Acetaminophen does not significantly reduce pain associated with heel lance, eye examinations, or assisted vaginal births in newborns. Acetaminophen may reduce the total amount of morphine a newborn needs in the first 48 hours following major abdominal or thoracic surgery.
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Honey for Acute Cough in Children
For patients one to 18 years of age, providing honey for cough symptoms can reduce the frequency and severity of cough, as well as improve sleep for patients and parents, when compared with placebo or no treatment. Honey is no better than dextromethorphan for symptom control.
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Intermittent Inhaled Corticosteroid Therapy for Mild Persistent Asthma in Children and Adults
Intermittent inhaled corticosteroid therapy reduces the risk of asthma exacerbations in children and adults with mild persistent asthma. Intermittent use appears to be safe in these patients.
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Topical Antihistamines and Mast Cell Stabilizers for Treating Allergic Conjunctivitis
Topical antihistamines and mast cell stabilizers, either alone or in combination, are safe and effective for reducing the symptoms of seasonal and perennial allergic conjunctivitis.
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Children with epilepsy should be seizure-free for at least two years before stopping antiepileptic drug therapy, especially those who have partial seizures or a history of abnormal electroencephalography (EEG) results.
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Fluoride Varnish for Preventing Dental Caries in Children and Adolescents
Topically applied fluoride varnishes are safe and effective in preventing dental caries in children and adolescents. There is little information about adverse effects or treatment acceptability. Family physicians should consider incorporating fluoride varnish into childhood preventive care visits.
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Antiviral Therapy for Bell Palsy
The combination of antiviral agents and corticosteroids is more effective than corticosteroids alone for the complete recovery of patients with Bell palsy (number needed to treat [NNT] = 15) and for the resolution of motor synkinesis and excessive tear production (NNT = 12). Antivirals should not be used alone to treat Bell palsy.
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Light rain, the first of the season, stopped the wine grape harvest in the Paso Robles area of California's Central Coast in late October. While inconvenient it wasn't expected to threaten the grapes still on the vines – primarily Cabernet Sauvignon, and a few Bordeaux varieties, including Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot.
"It's been a great harvest," says Dana Merrill. "We've had very good weather, and the yields have been good.
Merrill's company, Mesa Vineyard Management, Templeton, Calif., owns and manages 6,000 acres of vineyards in Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo and Monterey counties.
"We're pretty optimistic," he continued. "With a little over a week left in October, we're about 80 percent done with harvest."
With the forecast of clearing and cool weather, John Crossland was expecting growers in the area would finish this year's harvest close to the first of November.
Crossland's company, Vineyard Professional Services, Templeton, Calif., provides management and consulting services for vineyards in the Paso Robles area of San Luis Obispo and southern Monterey counties.
This year's harvest started as usual with Sauvignon Blanc the week before Labor Day. Yields have been about average or, in some cases, a little less, Crossland notes. Freezing conditions in low-lying districts right before bud break and near-freezing temperatures after that may have limited production of some varieties by disrupting the fruit set.
However, excellent weather throughout much of the season contributed to the above average quality of the grapes, Crossland adds. Even three weeks of hot weather in late August and early September, which caused a moderate amount of sunburn, didn't seem to have hurt the overall quality of the grapes.
"Fruit maturity progressed well and evenly," Crossland says. "We saw a little heavier production in the white varieties. But, the chemistry and quality of both the whites and the reds across the different varieties was very good this year. The winemakers are very happy with the grapes they've received."
Crossland ranks the white Rhone varieties among the top in quality this year. "Grenache Blanc, Vigonier, Roussanne and Marsanne look terrific," he says. "And, just about all the red varieties are looking very good."
Crews were more readily available for picking the grapes than they were for thinning shoots and suckering earlier in the season. "There's not an overabundance of labor here," Crossland says." We compete for workers with vegetable growers in the area and their needs are much higher in late spring than in early fall."
This year Central Coast growers have been able to sell grapes for substantially higher prices than in the past few years. "If you did have any extra tons to sell (above contract), the spot market got a little soft at the end because the wineries were full," Merrill says. "But, it's hard to complain this year."


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Words Without Borders Staff Picks for Summer Reading
By Bud Parr
It was awkward at first. Halfway through our annual Memorial Day Words Without Borders vs Doctors Without Borders softball game, Joshua – our shortstop – starts asking us all what we're recommending to our friends to read this summer. You can guess the outcome of the game, but I did manage to jot down some of the suggestions I heard while playing outfield:
Geoff (pitcher) said "I've been reading African memoirs lately, and amid accounts of child soldiers, genocide, slavery, and FGM, I was charmed to discover "An African in Greenland," written by Téte-Michel Kpomassie and translated from the French by James Kirkup. Kpomassie, a native of Togo, had a near-death experience after falling from a coconut tree. In his unsettled state he encountered a book about the Eskimos, and the result was a highly unusual cross-cultural adventure."
Joshua (shortstop) said "I'll be reading small press books this summer including Jan Kjaerstad's The Conqueror, Jakov Lind's Landscape in Concrete (both by Open Letter, publisher of the upcoming Words Without Borders anthology, The Wall in My Head), Javiar Marias's Voyage Along the Horizon, and Harry Stephen Keeler's The Riddle of the Traveling Skull (both by McSweeney's). An older book that I just read and would recommend for summer reading is Idiots: Five Fairy Tales and Other Stories by Jakob Arjouni, translated by Anthea Bell."
Sam (first base) recommended 2666 by Roberto Bolaño: "Nightmare-inducing, labyrinthine novel centered around the murder of hundreds of women in the Mexican border town of Ciudad Juarez, across the Rio Grande from El Paso. Transports you from the eastern front of WWII to pre-millenial Mexico, across thousands of miles and scores of years. Buy the three paperback, slip-covered volume for portability and beach-reading."
She also recommended Senselessness by Horacio Castellanos Moya (see his writing at Words Without Borders here). "Hard core readers have raved about this slip of the novel, which begins, 'I am not complete in the mind.' The narrator has been retained by the catholic church to copyedit an 1100 page report on war crimes committed in Guatemala's civil war. Best read in one sitting, ideal for a 2 or 3 hour plane trip."
Marc (catcher) is reading the complete stories of John Updike and discovering the work of Larry Brown. He said he's looking forward to two soon-to-be-published novels, Generosity: An Enhancement by Richard Powers and The Anthologist by Nicholson Baker. (We teased him for not being more "international" in his reading for a Words Without Borders guy, but he hit a home run (the only one of the game) so we left him alone.)
Rohan (third base) recommended Ode to Kirihito by Osamu Tezuka (see his writing at Words Without Borders here). "Get wrapped up in this larger-than-life morality tale from "God of Manga" Osamu Tezuka. Striking for its deft pacing, its resolutely manga roots and its willingnesss to combine melodrama and Christian iconography with the dark, macabre and comic, Ode to Kirihito is epic narrative in manga compression--the perfect 832-page-bolt of oddities, deliverance, reversals and revelations to jump-start your summer reading. "
Ana María (right field) gave a great recommendation that I'm going to have to read: The Exception by Christian Jungersen, translated by Anna Paterson, published by Nan A. Talese/Doubleday: "A terrifying examination of how our natural propensity for self-justification can tip us headlong into dehumanizing evil."
Susan (second base) recommended Cesar Aira's Ghosts. "Set on a blazingly hot New Year's Eve in a half-built Buenos Aires luxury high-rise inhabited only by the caretaker's family and a flock of startlingly carnal ghosts; languor gives way to suspense and a shocking, inexorable conclusion."
She is also looking forward to reading Jose Manuel Prieto's Rex, Merce Rodoreda's Death in Spring, and Roberto Bolaño's Skating Rink (due out in August).
Nicolle (left field) said "this summer, I am going to read 1. Wonder by Hugo Claus (Archipelago, May 2009 release) and so should you. Belgian Fascists are great for thebeach! 2. The Halfway House by Guillermo Rosales (New Directions, May 2009 release) because Cuban halfway houses surely are light beach reading and 3. anything else I can get my hands on. I hear Ugly Duckling's got some Russian poets on the way too.
And me? I have something unusual (for me) to recommend: Emmanuel Guibert's The Photographer, which is the story of a 1986 Doctors Without Borders mission in Afghanistan told through Guibert's illustrations and photographs by his friend, the photo-journalist Didier Lefèvre (who subsequently died at the early age of 49). I saw Guibert speak at the PEN World Voices Festival and was not only moved by what he said of the book but also by his passion for his friend Lefèvre and his work. Translated by Alexis Siegel, the book's power comes out of the black and white photographs and the storyboard, which gives each picture context and continuity; together an entirely unique form of storytelling.
One I'm looking forward to reading is Julio Cortázar's Autonauts of the Cosmoroute, which he wrote in the eighties, but was only translated into English a couple of years ago by Anne McLean for Archipelago Books. As Pablo Neruda said "Anyone who doesn't read Cortázar is doomed."
Anyone who witnessed my short career with the Skaneateles Little League would have known better than to make me the pitcher. Deep right field would be more like it. But I'm honored.
COMMENT: I love your final quote. I love the full quote:
"Anyone who doesn't read Cortázar is doomed. Not to read him is a serious invisible disease which in time can have terrible consequences. Something similar to a man who has never tasted peaches. He would quietly become sadder… and, probably, little by little, he would lose his hair."
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Every United States Present when elected appoints a new Board of Governors for the Federal Reserve System
The purpose of the creation of the Fed was in response to problems with the nation's changing money supply.
The Fed uses changes in the reserve requirements to decrease or increase the amount of money a bank has available to lend.
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Discussion in 'Oregon Reviews' started by Northwest Firearms, May 3, 2009.
Sky's Gunsmithing
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Relentless, pitiless, bloody and intense. That's the remake of Sam Raimi's The Evil Dead.
But is this Evil Dead (they dropped The from the title)
any good? Yes and no. It has several genuinely hair-raising moments and presents, for your edification and enjoyment, some of the most graphic horror violence ever presented on the screen.
But Fede Alvarez's homage to the original Cabin in the Woods tale lacks the offhanded goofiness, the brittle jokes — visual and otherwise — of young people, in that wooded cabin, facing death at the hands of something supernatural. Sure, they're scared, and some of the cast of this new Dead — Jessica Lucas and Elizabeth Blackmore, in particular — get across what utter terror feels like. But the sardonic wit is lost in a sea of blood and guts.
Above all else, this Dead misses Bruce Campbell, who graduated from The Evil Dead and its sequels to become a B-movie icon.
The setup is similar. Friends and family of Mia (Jane Levy) have dragged her from Michigan State to a remote cabin to clean her up, get her off drugs.
The makeup effects, with piercings, scalding, dismemberments and the like, are spectacular. You will believe that's a human face, peeled off with a sharp object. Characters are chased, by the camera, through the woods and through this oddly roomy tiny cabin. They reach for the camera and are yanked back out of the frame, a favorite horror movie staging trick these days.
And occasionally — not often — you feel something for the dead and the doomed. None develop real empathy, and those we mourn for we do simply because nobody deserves their fate. David, in particular, is underdeveloped and blandly played in spite of all the tragedy and trauma happening around the character.
That transforms Evil Dead from a cut-rate romp through horror conventions into a by-the-book bloodbath, chilling at times, not the sort of film that invites a cult following the way Raimi and Campbell did back in 1981.
(C+) Directed by Fede Alvarez. R (strong bloody violence and gore, some sexual content and language). 92 mins. In wide release.


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- Life threatening grain bin encounters
- Pressure: The heavyweight of grain bins
- Mechanical hazards
- Know the rules, follow the rules
- Prevent explosions
More than 900 cases of grain engulfment have been reported with a fatality rate of 62 percent over the past 50 years.
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Grain bin safety should include training.
Working in or around a grain bin exposes farmers and storage workers to serious and life threatening hazards, including fires and explosions caused by grain bin dust accumulation, suffocation from engulfment and entrapment, and crushing injuries and even amputations from grain handling equipment.
Accidents associated with grain bins are nothing new. According to researchers at Purdue University, more than 900 cases of grain engulfment have been reported with a fatality rate of 62 percent over the past 50 years. In 2014, as of mid-March, two fatalities and at least two serious injuries have resulted across the nation from grain bin mishaps.
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In addition to engulfment, grain bin mishaps also include the risks of exposure to toxic fumigants, potential for unexpected fires and the threat of explosions caused by the build-up of combustible grain dust.
Grain bin safety and the dangers associated with engulfment and entrapment were the central theme of a special Coastal Bend Grain Storage and Handlers Safety Conference at the San Patricio County Fairgrounds Civic Center in Sinton April 23.
Texas AgriLife Extension specialist David Smith, one of the conference presenters, told producers that a growing percentage of engulfment cases come from facilities that are exempt from Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulations.
"One thing we need to be aware of is just how quickly a man can be trapped in flowing grain. As one example, if the auger is moving grain at 68 bushels per minute, with a six foot tall man weighing 165 pounds standing inside the bin, it only takes about five seconds before he gets trapped. After about 25 seconds, he would be completely engulfed," Smith warned.
He said most incidents occur when grain is being moved or transported and someone enters a bin to walk down the moving grain or is buried by falling grain that was bridged to the walls and suddenly collapsed. Smith said moving grain acts like quicksand and can bury a worker in seconds. In addition, grain that is too wet or in poor condition can cause pockets to form and these can collapse beneath a worker as he walks across the grain.
"Once they are stuck, the behavior and weight of the grain make it extremely difficult for a worker to get out of it without assistance. Even with assistance, it can be a monumental undertaking," Smith explained.


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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry promised Monday the Obama administration will do everything possible to protect U.S. diplomats serving overseas, vowing to spare no expense in the effort.
"The dangers of diplomacy are not unique to this moment in time: our diplomatic missions didn't become dangerous that night in Benghazi," Kerry told a group of State Department trainees.
Still, he said the Obama administration plans to implement and expand on recommendations made after last year's deadly attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya.
"We are working to upgrade our capacities. We're bringing on more security personnel, we're enhancing our training, we're putting more Marines at our high threat diplomatic posts, and we're making sure that their first responsibility is protecting our people, not just classified materials," said Kerry.
"We're working more closely with the Defense Department, with our partners, linking our embassies with various military commands to make emergency extradition more central to our military mission," he continued.
"We're upgrading our facilities and we're building new embassies and consulates, and we're making sure the safety and security always gets the attention that it needs and deserves."
Kerry's speech came ahead of a Mideast trip to push for peace talks between the Syrian rebels and President Bashar al-Assad's regime.
Kerry will meet with America's closest European and Arab allies to discuss solutions for ending more than two years of bloodshed in Syria. For the negotiations to succeed, the United States must have the support of Russia.
Despite demands from Washington for Assad's ouster, Russia continues to provide Syria's president with military aid and diplomatic support.
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Secure Communities: Identifying and Removing Criminal Aliens
By David J. Venturella, Executive Director, Secure Communities, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Washington, D.C.
t the beginning of this year, law enforcement officers booked three individuals, all incarcerated on charges of first degree rape, first degree kidnapping, and robbery with a dangerous weapon, into the Catawba County Jail in Newton, North Carolina.
Through Catawba's standard booking process, a new biometric information–sharing capability deployed in the county by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) identified all three subjects as being present in the United States illegally. One subject tried to conceal his identity by providing an alias, but his fingerprints revealed that he had overstayed his visa. The other two subjects were confirmed to have entered the country without inspection at ports of entry. ICE was automatically notified of their arrests and immigration statuses through the biometric information–sharing capability and issued ICE detainers for all three subjects. Upon completion of the criminal justice process and the individuals' eligibilities for release, ICE will assume custody, ensuring they will not be released back into the community.
Catawba County is one of more than 544 jurisdictions across the United States benefiting from this biometric information–sharing capability, part of the ICE Secure Communities strategy to improve and modernize the identification and removal of criminal aliens—non–U.S. citizens convicted of a crime—from the United States. By enhancing technology used by local law enforcement agencies during their current booking process and improving information sharing across federal, state, tribal, and local agencies, ICE is able to take appropriate enforcement action against aliens who are subject to removal in custody.
When Criminals and Immigration Enforcement Intersect
Each year, law enforcement officers arrest approximately one million people who, like the subjects described earlier, are accused of crimes, are non–U.S. citizens, and are of interest to ICE.1 Accurately identifying an arrestee as an alien is difficult. In recent years, ICE has made progress toward better identifying and removing criminal aliens through a variety of initiatives, but the criminal alien enforcement process still faces challenges.
Traditionally, identifying criminal aliens was time consuming and often relied on biographic information, such as a name and a date of birth, which could be false. To start, if law enforcement officers suspected someone that they arrested was a non–U.S. citizen, they would submit a manual request for identity information to ICE's Law Enforcement Support Center (LESC). Then, LESC personnel would manually process such requests by checking the information through multiple databases to verify the person's identity and determine immigration status. This process could be complicated by individuals who use multiple aliases to evade detection by authorities. Finally, law enforcement agencies could be susceptible to the perception of racial or ethnic profiling as the basis for their manual requests to ICE.
A Modern Approach to Criminal Alien Enforcement
ICE is implementing a new strategy to improve its ability to identify and remove criminal aliens from the United States, helping law enforcement agencies keep their communities secure.
The new strategy, titled Secure Communities, has three goals:
The FBI's Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Division and the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) US-VISIT program are two key partners in this effort. CJIS maintains the FBI's Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System (IAFIS), which stores biometric criminal records; and US-VISIT maintains DHS's Automated Biometric Identification System (IDENT), which primarily stores biometric immigration records. CJIS and US-VISIT have made these systems interoperable, enabling fingerprints submitted to one system to be checked against both systems automatically.
ICE is using this new biometric information–sharing capability, or IDENT/IAFIS interoperability, to support the identification of aliens when they are arrested by state, tribal, and local law enforcement. Reliant upon strong collaboration with law enforcement partners, the deployment of IDENT/IAFIS interoperability is a critical tool in the ICE Secure Communities strategy.
The IDENT system stores more than 100 million biometric records and checks fingerprint submissions against multiple sets of data. These data sets include people who have committed certain crimes and immigration violations, as well as non–U.S. citizens who have had no unlawful interactions with the federal government. Therefore, a match in IDENT doesn't necessarily mean that the person in custody is an immigration violator or has committed a crime.
IDENT data includes biometric immigration records, including records from visa applications, entries into the United States, immigration benefit applications, and other lawful immigration-related interactions. Additionally, IDENT included the US-VISIT watch list, which integrates data from across agencies and from the international police organization INTERPOL to provide a single resource for biometric records of criminals, immigration violators, and known or suspected terrorists.
Identification through Information Sharing
IDENT/IAFIS interoperability enables ICE to identify aliens in law enforcement custody more quickly and accurately using biometrics—in this case, fingerprints—and modernizes information sharing among federal, state, tribal, and local agencies. ICE is activating IDENT/IAFIS interoperability in jurisdictions across the United States with little to no change or cost to law enforcement's daily operations.
Currently, when law enforcement officers arrest and book an individual into custody, fingerprint records are taken and transmitted to the state identification bureau (SIB).2 Among its various checks, the SIB submits the fingerprints to the FBI's CJIS Division to check against IAFIS for criminal record matches. If there is a matching criminal record, law enforcement officers receive that subject's record of arrest and prosecution sheet.
As part of the Secure Communities strategy, ICE activates IDENT/IAFIS interoperability in local jurisdictions, enabling fingerprints submitted at booking to be checked against FBI criminal history records and DHS immigration records, providing valuable information to accurately identify those in custody. This process applies to all individuals arrested and booked into custody, not just those suspected of being foreign nationals.
When fingerprints match DHS records, ICE is notified and promptly determines if enforcement action is required. At the same time, law enforcement may receive this immigration information through the state identification bureau.3 The deployment of IDENT/IAFIS interoperability does not authorize law enforcement agencies to enforce immigration laws.
Through the deployment of IDENT/IAFIS interoperability, ICE is identifying criminal aliens at the earliest possible time: when they are booked into local custody for a crime. This early identification enables ICE to process aliens with prior criminal convictions for removal in parallel to their criminal proceedings, so ICE may efficiently remove criminal aliens directly following the completion of their criminal sentences. ICE encourages due process and the full prosecution of all criminals, including those aliens who are subject to removal.
Risk-Based Prioritization to Remove Threats
Where IDENT/IAFIS interoperability has been deployed, the ICE field office prioritizes enforcement action based on the level of threat an individual poses to society. ICE divides these priorities into three levels. Level 1 offenses—ICE's top priority—are criminals who have been convicted of serious crimes, such as homicide, kidnapping, robbery, major drug offenses with sentences greater than one year, and offenses involving threats to national security. Level 2 offenses are all other felonies, and Level 3 offenses are misdemeanors and lesser crimes.
While Level 1 offenses are the top priority, the ICE field office may take action on aliens who are subject to removal. The ICE field office maintains the discretion to take action and often considers the availability of resources at the time.
Enforcement action may include ICE issuing a detainer on an individual in law enforcement custody, arresting the subject at the time of release, or tracking the case through the criminal justice process. The law enforcement agency will be contacted if ICE plans to take custody of the individual after the criminal justice process is complete.
As of July 31, 2010, ICE has deployed IDENT/IAFIS interoperability to 544 jurisdictions across 27 states. ICE plans to be able to respond to leads generated through the biometric information–sharing capability nationwide by 2013.
ICE is prioritizing IDENT/IAFIS interoperability deployment, initially focusing on jurisdictions that have the highest estimated volumes of criminal aliens or criminal activity while remaining flexible. For instance, ICE prioritized jurisdictions in the Southwest last year to address increased violence along the U.S.-Mexico border. First and foremost, ICE is committed to working with law enforcement to ensure a smooth deployment of IDENT/IAFIS interoperability in jurisdictions across the country.
ICE is modernizing its overall approach to include new processes and technologies to deal with the anticipated increase in identified criminal aliens due to IDENT/IAFIS interoperability; smarter distribution and balance of ICE's workforce and detention capacity; and prioritization of resources to support criminal alien processing.
In addition to deploying IDENT/IAFIS interoperability nationwide, ICE is making investments to ensure the entire criminal alien enforcement process performs efficiently and effectively to accommodate the increased number of criminal aliens being identified. Ultimately, this means that information systems will help to gather and verify information, providing ICE agents with better data so they can concentrate on analyzing the data and taking action against criminal aliens.
Benefits for Law Enforcement
IDENT/IAFIS interoperability was first implemented in Harris County, Texas, in October 2008. Since then, through July 31, 2010,
The Secure Communities strategy helps law enforcement officers by helping to prevent criminal aliens from being released back into their communities—but this is not the only benefit.
It's easy. IDENT/IAFIS interoperability requires little to no change to current law enforcement procedures, and law enforcement agencies that use digital fingerprint scanners incur no cost. It takes place behind the scenes and does not affect law enforcement officers' daily operations.
It's quick and accurate. IDENT/IAFIS interoperability improves ICE's ability to quickly and accurately determine the immigration status of an individual in custody because it relies on biometrics and not simply biographic information, which can be forged. Also, IDENT/IAFIS interoperability may help determine if a subject is using an alias or has used an alias in the past with immigration officials.
It focuses on criminal aliens. IDENT/IAFIS interoperability is a tool to help identify aliens, convicted of a crime and subject to removal, from the United States. ICE maintains its authority to take enforcement action on any alien subject to removal from the United States, but detaining individuals on minor infractions is not a priority. Those arrested for felonies and violent crimes are the stated enforcement priority.
It reduces the opportunity for allegations of racial and ethnic profiling. The fingerprints of every individual arrested and booked into custody are checked against immigration records—not just those manually submitted by law enforcement officials based on something a subject has said or some other subjective indicator.
It provides law enforcement officials with more information about their subjects. Information shared through the SIB can now include criminal history, immigration status, and identity information, which may be useful for officer safety and for investigative purposes.
It brings an around-the-clock commitment from ICE. New immigration enforcement personnel have been added to enable ICE to issue detainers 24/7 on those subject to removal from the United States.
Law Enforcement's Group Effort
ICE is taking a multipronged approach, which includes implementing the Secure Communities strategy and efforts such as the Criminal Alien Program (CAP) and the 287(g) program, to address the complex and dynamic challenges of criminal alien enforcement. These efforts have distinct yet complementary roles.
CAP is responsible for identifying, processing, and removing criminal aliens already incarcerated in federal, state, and local jails throughout the United States. CAP officers provide coverage to 100 percent of state and federal prison facilities and to 46 percent of local jails, targeting the highest risk facilities with the largest foreign-born populations.
The 287(g) program is a voluntary program that authorizes state and local law enforcement officers to enforce immigration law as outlined in section 287(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act. Through 287(g), state and local law enforcement officers may be authorized to enforce immigration laws in jails (similar to CAP officers) or proactively in their jurisdictions. All criminal alien enforcement actions initiated by 287(g) officers are approved and managed by ICE officers.
IDENT/IAFIS interoperability, a key part of the Secure Communities strategy, complements CAP and 287(g) officers' enforcement operations by identifying aliens in local custody early in the criminal justice process through biometric matching. Additionally, the deployment of IDENT/IAFIS interoperability is helping ICE fill gaps where neither CAP nor 287(g) officers are available to identify aliens in local custody.
Overall, this multipronged approach to criminal alien enforcement is helping improve public safety nationwide by ultimately removing criminal aliens from the United States. Without the partnership and support of law enforcement agencies across the nation, the success of these efforts, now and in the future, could not be possible. ICE appreciates and values the support and collaboration of law enforcement agencies across the United States. For more information, visit http://www.ice.gov/secure_communities or contact the Secure Communities Communications and Outreach Branch at 202-732-3900. ■
East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana—On July 6, 2010, the Baton Rouge Police Department arrested an individual for three counts of simple burglary and one count of illegal possession of stolen property. During booking, ICE used the federal biometric information–sharing capability to verify the individual's identity. Cross-checking criminal and immigration records revealed that the individual had used at least three aliases and was a previously removed aggravated felon. In 2000, he was sentenced to five years in prison for manufacturing methamphetamine and for felony first-degree forgery, and he was removed from the United States upon completion of that sentence in 2006. He is currently in local custody with an active ICE detainer in place. Upon disposition of current charges, he will be removed from the United States.
San Pablo, California—On April 7, 2010, a suspect was arrested for murder; gross vehicular manslaughter; hit and run; driving under the influence (DUI); and driving with a suspended license. During booking, the suspect's fingerprints were checked through IDENT/IAFIS interoperability, revealing that the suspect was previously removed from the United States and returned illegally. The check also revealed prior convictions for carrying a concealed weapon, cruelty toward a spouse, and multiple DUIs. ICE agents placed a detainer for the suspect. Upon conclusion of his judicial proceedings, the suspect will be transferred to ICE custody and prosecuted for reentering the country after deportation.
Catawba County, North Carolina—On January 11, 2010, three suspects were arrested on charges of first-degree rape, first-degree kidnapping, and robbery with a dangerous weapon. During booking, their fingerprints were automatically checked against Department of Justice and DHS records, revealing that all three suspects were illegally present in the United States. Within hours, the local ICE field office placed detainers for all three individuals, enabling federal authorities to assume custody after the judicial process is complete.
1Calculated by Secure Communities, based on modeling.2National Fingerprint File (NFF) states send fingerprints to CJIS only at the time of the initial arrest. CJIS made system changes to support NFF states' participation in IDENT/IAFIS interoperability.3If a law enforcement agency does not currently receive messages from CJIS, it will not begin receiving them through Secure Communities unless information technology upgrades are made. For more information about the necessary capabilities, law enforcement should contact the local SIB.Please cite as: David J. Venturella, "Secure Communities: Identifying and Removing Criminal Aliens," The Police Chief 77 (September 2010): 40–49,http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/naylor/CPIM0910/index.php#/40 (insert access date).Top
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From The Police Chief, vol. LXXVIII, no. 9, September 2010. Copyright held by the International Association of Chiefs of Police, 515 North Washington Street, Alexandria, VA 22314 USA.


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Tangipahoa Parish Animal Shelter will begin Saturday openings
Tangipahoa Parish Animal Control's new Director Chip Fitz told the Parish Council during their Monday, October 27 meeting the Animal Control Center will begin opening Saturdays to increase the rate of adoptions from the parish shelter. Animal Control Director Chip Fitz explained to council members the shelter has taken in over 5,400 dogs and cats and adopted out approximately 540. "The animal shelter, Club Deluxe Road, will open Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. to determine if it makes an impact on adoption rates," Fitz explained.
Among the changes proposed, hiring a new director to the animal-control department to prevent the kennel conditions that parish officials say lead to a disease outbreak and the mass euthanasia of cats and dogs. "Currently the parish is building 24 outdoor kennels to serve as a quarantine area for new incoming animals," Fitz says.
In other parish business Monday night, council members accepted a bid to build a new radio tower at the Parish Government office from Daley Tower Manufacturing Inc., that will be used for the parish's Office of Emergency Preparedness. "This will allow emergency personnel and parish employees to use a 700 megahertz band for communication during disasters," Parish President Gordon Burgess said.


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JERSEY SHORE - With the official opening Wednesday of the trailhead for the Rail Trail pathway here, local and state officials claim this borough is on the cusp of exciting new opportunities.
They gathered at the site on Railroad Street as Jersey Shore was named a Susquehanna Greenway River Town.
"This trail will help attract people and investment and promote sustainable economic development," said Trish Carothers, executive director of the Susquehanna Greenway Partnership.
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Above, two individuals walk on the Rail Trail behind the Jersey Shore YMCA.
Carothers noted that Jersey Shore is one of just two of the state's 70 river towns to receive such a designation.
People can walk or bike the 65-mile trail from Jersey Shore northward to the New York state line, with the trailhead marking the borough as a destination site.
Most recently, an additional portion of the trail has opened, running from the rail head through the borough to the Susquehanna River.
Mayor Dennis Buttorff said the borough can be a "major gateway," just as it once was many years ago after the community's settlers arrived.
He said he can see the trail attracting more tourists and helping create small businesses.
State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Secretary Richard Allan said recreational trails ultimately spur economic development.
"People will come here and see things. They will stop at restaurants. It also preserves the heritage of communities," he said.
Carothers said she could foresee small businesses such as bed and breakfasts, cafes and outdoor outfitters opening their doors in Jersey Shore.
As officials gathered for a photo, a lone walker passed along the trail, prompting SEDA-Council of Governments Joint Rail Authority Chairman Jerry Walls to call out to him, "Glad to see you are using the trail."
"Thank you. I do every day," he responded.
Walls said the trail brings with it many benefits, including the sort of recreational opportunity that can help promote healthy lives.
"The healthy living aspect can't be over-stated," he said.
He said the trail, which will eventually link to the pathway from Williamsport, has been the culmination of many groups and people working together toward a common goal.
Bill Kelly, deputy director of the Lycoming County Planning Commission, gave special credit to his colleague, Mark Murawski.
Murawski, county transportation director, used his skills in securing grants, forging partnerships and working on details to bring things to fruition, he said.
"This allows for a world-class recreational destination," Kelly said.
The quality of life, he said, sustains the area.
And to share such resources with others is important.
Buttorff noted the trail has been open in around Jersey Shore for quite some time, but in recent months upgrades with respect to signage and water drainage have been done.
"It's been a long adventure," said state Rep. Garth Everett, R-Muncy. "It's great to see the partnership come together."


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Mars Team Online Photo Gallery
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A composite of shots taken from the Viking Orbiters, featuring Valles Marineris canyon system
Hubble's sharpest view of Mars, taken March 10, 1997
Shots taken by Hubble Space Telescope giving a three-way perspective
Valles Marineris canyon system covers about one fifth the circumference of Mars
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On the theme of teaching and learning, I chose to compose a short Animoto film on National History Day. I wanted to capture the experience of young students researching and collaborating with classmates on a history project. My approach was similar to my approach for the 'story in 5 photos' – in fact, this is really more of a story in 10 photos. Perhaps I should have made more use of the text frames as my classmates have. However, I just hoped that the photos would do the talking for me.
I wasn't pleased with the Animoto interface. It seems rather limiting. That by itself might not be a problem, but it is also rather slow. Each time I tried to change my video, it would take around 15 minutes to reload.
Without further ado, here is National History Day 2009.


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Children who start their lives malnourished, without health care and emotionally stressed from their parents' homelessness, poverty and unemployment face huge challenges in succeeding in school and life. A new report (PDF) from the Children's Defense Fund says that America's children fared especially badly during the Great Recession, creating roadblocks to success.
Child poverty increased by almost 10 percent between 2008 and 2009 — the largest one-year increase since 1960, according to the State of America's Children 2011. The report is stuffed with hundreds of distressing statistics that paint a grim picture of how conditions for America's children have declined.
A total of 15.5 million children in America — one in five — lived in poverty in 2009, the report says. Almost half of all poor children lived in extreme poverty, in families struggling on annual incomes of less than half the poverty level, which is an annual income of $22,050 for a family of four. The average income for the bottom 90 percent of households is at its lowest level in a decade.
Although the number of uninsured children is the lowest in 20 years, one in 10 children still does not have health insurance, the report says. In 43 states and the District of Columbia, more than one in 10 households does not have access to enough food. The number of children receiving food stamps in 2009 reached a record high of 15.6 million. Since the recession began in late 2007, participation in the federal free or reduced-price school lunch program increased by 1.2 million children.
The report also highlights racial disparity; children of color are behind on nearly every measure. Babies of black mothers are almost twice as likely as babies of white mothers to be born at low birthweight. While one in 10 white children lives in poverty, one in three black children do. Black and Hispanic children are significantly more likely than white children to be overweight or obese.
In 20ll, the share of federal funding for children dropped by nearly 10 percent. Food aid and other safety-net programs are at risk in current budget negotiations. As the economy limps along, many families will need help from state and federal programs.
Too many children start life with the cards stacked against them. Poverty, homelessness and hunger threaten not only their health as children, but their potential to grow into educated, successful adults. For the country to succeed, we must invest in our children.