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SEN. SANTORUM: I'm Rick Santorum. I'm the chairman of the Republican Conference. And we have been meeting over the past couple of hours to talk about what our priorities are taking on this next session of Congress, and it was a clear consensus of our members what the highest priority items that we should be dealing with.
First and foremost is getting this economy going and creating better jobs and, as we saw yesterday, taking care of those who have fallen through the cracks as a result of the soft economy.
That was our first and highest priority, and we're looking forward to working with the president and his plan to revitalize this economy and getting that up and going very, very quickly.
Second. Obviously, as -- the threats both abroad and domestically, homeland security and national security, are obviously very, very important during this time when we're conducting a war on terrorism and potentially engage in another war overseas. And so, supporting the president and working with him to defend this country is a very, very high priority for us.
Thirdly, back on the domestic front, there is -- really, I can't think of any higher priority at home than getting a stronger and more secure Medicare system which will include the prescription drug benefit for seniors. That's something that -- frankly, we all agree that time has run out for finger-pointing. We need to get this done, we need to get it done in a responsible way, but to get it done in a way that does not threaten the long-term health and viability of Medicare and takes care of those seniors who are really in need.
And finally, the final two issues are -- education. Education, education the president has drummed into our heads over and over again with his leave-no-child-behind bill, and we believe that the implementation of that act, which is going to really start to kick in this year, is a very important -- very important affair. There is a lot of -- there are going to be a lot of attacks on that issue, and we need to be supportive of the president, the implementation of that act, and supporting him and the resources he needs to make sure that this is successful.
And finally, as we are engaged in things overseas, energy becomes even a more important issue. We look back a couple of years ago and saw the dramatic spike in energy prices that drove us into this recession and slowdown that we're in. We are very concerned about that and believe that an energy bill that focuses in on both conservation and responsible use of energy as well as new production of energy sources here at home is a high priority for this Congress, and we'll be acting expeditiously on that.
Thank you.
SEN. HUTCHISON: We also talked in our caucus about the importance of inclusion, of putting forward an agenda that shows that we want every American to have the opportunity to succeed and to reach his or her full potential. We will be continuing to push education and excellence in public education, because that is the beginning of everyone's capability to succeed. We are going to continue to increase funding and attention to historically black colleges and Hispanic-serving institutions to make sure they have the resources they need to serve their constituencies and give them the best chance to go into job market and to be able to do well.
We certainly want to continue to make sure that small businesses have access to our economy and especially to federal projects and funding opportunities. This is something that we have pushed in the past and we will continue to make sure that there is access for all of our people.
So, we are going to focus very much on inclusion; making sure that people know through leadership summits that we have had in the past year, bringing in Hispanic leaders, women leaders, African American leaders from around the country, to hear from our colleagues and also members of the administration. These were quite successful last year and will be repeated again this year. So, we are very excited about this opportunity, and I think everyone in the caucus is very pleased to try to embrace and adopt the openness that we all feel.
SEN. KYL: Well, you've seen the broad outlines the Republican policy agenda laid out. Let me just tell you briefly what the policy committee does, and as chairman, what I do. We, among other things, help with the committee chairman of the leadership to develop this policy, of course, following the lead of President Bush and the development of his policy agenda.
But here's what might be of interest to you; I talked to Senator Frist about this. As you know, he came to this position as a heart surgeon. He would meticulously prepare his cases before he made that first critical incision. And he didn't have any chance for mistakes, for second chances; he had to get it right the first time. I practiced law for almost 20 years, including before the U.S. Supreme Court, and similarly, you don't misquote something to the Supreme Court; you've got to get it right the first time. You've seen Mitch McConnell argue from meticulous preparation on the floor of the Senate, as well as my other colleagues here. Our pledge to our colleagues is -- and to all of you -- that we will present the best researched, most analytical product that we possibly can in carrying out these debates so that the American people will know that what we propose to you is based upon sound evidence, analysis, fact, and that you can bank on the word that we give to you. The product that the policy committee will put out will be a quality product and enable us to win these battles on the floor of the Senate, as well as to help educate the American public.
SEN. ALLEN: I'm George Allen, chairman of the Senatorial Committee. My main role is to make sure that we maintain, and hopefully also expand, the number of Republicans in the United States Senate.
We're in the majority, thanks to the great work of Bill Frist, now our leader, and a lot of other senators and staff who worked hard.
All of this is very relevant to what I'm going to be trying to do in this position, and that is, now that the Republicans are entrusted with leadership in the Senate, the American people want to see action. They want to see ideas going forward. They're sick of the obstructionism that they saw in the past. And so I think it is very crucial for us to keep moving forward, as we did on the first day, and making sure that Americans have better job opportunities, they're more secure in our homeland and abroad, make sure our children are getting a good quality education, and make the improvements that need to be made in health care -- in particular, an affordable, reasonable prescription drug plan, especially for those with catastrophic drug costs.
How do those apply? The Republicans are in control. I think one of the key factors in how we do in November of 2004 will be determined a great deal by how we do in the first six months of this year. People will see the Republicans don't care to just be in power to be in power, but to be there to help and positively impact the lives of all Americans.
I look forward to working with this leadership and our colleagues for all the American people. And hopefully in 2004 we will have recruited good new candidates, quality candidates, as well as make sure our quality incumbents are sent back to keep working for America.
Thank you.
Q Senator Frist?
SEN. : Rick's going to --
SEN. FRIST: Go ahead.
Q Hi. I was wondering, Senator Frist, if there was anything beyond what Senator Hutchison outlined that you want to do to heal the racial divide that you mentioned a few weeks ago, and also whether you're planning on supporting the nomination of Charles Pickering, which has contributed to some of that.
SEN. FRIST: Two questions, I think, essentially: first of all, the issues surrounding inclusiveness and racial reconciliation, and the second, which I'll probably defer -- I wasn't on the judicial committee, but -- the Judiciary Committee -- will refer (sic) to Senator McConnell on that.
We talked in our caucus today about the issues surrounding inclusiveness and the issues surrounding -- raised -- some -- really much beyond that, but what is the very best way for us to address that, in many parts, because in past, certain peoples have neglected addressing it right up front. And we have a tremendous opportunity, I believe, as we think over the next few weeks together, as a caucus, of the best way to address it.
The most common question I get -- so what I promise is the dialogue -- is the listening, is the learning, is the recognition that all of us broadly, not just Republican, Democrats, but as an American people, have failed to address this as directly as we might. And so that's my pledge. And you will see there will be meetings, and right now we're beginning to schedule meetings, We just started yesterday, but we're beginning to schedule meetings to carry on that dialogue, both in an organized as well as an informal basis.
Secondly the most common question I get is, what kind of legislation are you going to put through to demonstrate that you're serious and you're going to be different, not as individuals, but as a government? Again, not Republican or Democrat. I'm going way beyond that. And I can cite the issues and we talk about the issues, and there are many. You can go through the list. Funding of historically black colleges and medical centers is one that was mentioned, but it goes beyond that. Faith-based initiatives, something that Senator Santorum and all of us feel strongly about that the president of the United States -- which needs to be addressed and, I would say, addressed very aggressively.
If you look at issues in health care, there are many. Most of you know that I was the lead sponsor on the Health Care Disparity Act, where, for reasons we don't fully understand, but we've got to face and we've got to elevate, we know that African Americans today do not live as long, don't have the same access; that doctor-patient relationship in some way is colored by the medical training. And that's something I began to address a long time ago and will continue to address.
Again, without going through a laundry list of issues, we just had a long discussion about global HIV/AIDS, which all of you have heard me say is a moral travesty that we as a government have not addressed. And it just so happens that about 90 percent of the HIV/AIDS cases are in Africa. And it's something that I'm committed to address.
And the list goes on and on. I guess what I can do is reassure people that it's a very important issue to us as a caucus and, I would say, the entire United States Senate, obviously, and the Congress, and not just reflexively putting out the bills and saying this is a good marker, that we care, but try to address it in a sophisticated, in a mature, in a thoughtful, in an inclusive way, bipartisan, nonpartisan, reaching out broadly. We've got a lot to learn, and my pledge is that we're going to be learning as we go forward.
Let me -- on the Pickering question, let me just turn to --
SEN. MCCONNELL: Yeah. Leader, I would just add one other issue too, to your list. And the -- I was one of the principal sponsors of the election reform bill last year, and I can tell you that the leadership conference on civil rights believes that adequate funding for election reform this year is one of their top priorities, and we intend to work to see that that happens.
With regard to Judge Pickering, as a member of the Judiciary Committee last Congress, I had an opportunity to be in the hearings, to listen carefully to Judge Pickering's testimony. It was my view that he was given a raw deal by the committee. This is a man who testified against the Klan in 1967 at great personal risk to himself and to his family.
I'm optimistic that the new Senate Judiciary Committee will give him a fair hearing, and if he deserves to be reported to the floor, as I believe he does deserve to be reported to the floor, he'll be given a fair shot on the floor of the Senate. It was our belief last year that had Judge Pickering gotten to the floor, he would have been confirmed by the full Senate. And I'm optimistic that A, he will get to the floor; and that B, he will be confirmed by the full Senate.
Q Senator Frist, are you willing, though, to put the Senate through what could be a lengthy debate and a filibuster to get Judge Pickering approved? And assuming the Judiciary Committee approves him early, when would you be bringing that nomination up?
SEN. SANTORUM: I would just say that the fact is that we've never seen a filibuster on a judge, and I think that would set a very dangerous precedent for the Democrats to begin filibustering federal judges. We have never done so. I think it would be very destructive to the institution if we went down that road.
Q Senator Frist, as majority leader, are you willing to say you support the nomination, the president's renomination of Mr. Pickering? And what's your response to --
SEN. FRIST: Let me just say on the nomination, because people have asked a lot since 4:30 yesterday -- the nominations have come over. I did not participate actively in that debate or discussion, have not been on the Judiciary Committee. What I am hopeful for and what I will insist upon, as for all of the 31 nominations that came over, that systematically their qualifications are addressed, that we do it outside of rhetoric, but look at the facts themselves, and then we'll assess at that standpoint.
And that's the great thing about our system, is that once the nominations are made, if we're committed to principle and to truth, when we take that oath that was taken yesterday, in and principle in truth, what we all have to come back to, that each of these nominees will be evaluated in a fair and equitable way.
Q But at this point you haven't taken a -- staked out a position on Mr. Pickering. What's your response to Democrats who say that the Pickering nomination will undermine your pledge of new inclusion, though?
SEN. SANTORUM: I'll answer that question, and the fact of the matter is, you've heard a very detailed description of a lot of things that have been working on. There's many other things that we've been working on, Kay and I have been working on, that were not discussed today. The fact of the matter is, Judge Pickering, as Mitch said, was someone who was out front leading the charge for a racial healing in Mississippi, had the support of every African-American group in Mississippi. I can't remember the number of African-Americans from Mississippi who came here to support Judge Pickering. But we -- what -- there may be some groups out there who have an agenda that they don't like Judge Pickering's decisions. But that has nothing to do with -- and they don't like a lot of President Bush's nominees' decisions. But that has nothing to do with Judge Pickering and his history, which is exemplary, and the issue of race.
Q Senator -- go ahead.
Q Just a follow-up. I wanted Senator Frist to talk about -- knowing what he knows of -- knowing what you know of Judge Pickering's record, can you speak to his record and how do you support it?
SEN. FRIST: Well, I -- you know, I'm not sure this press conference needs to be on Judge Pickering, especially the whole conference. But let me just say, I haven't sat through any of the hearings. So I'm speaking having observed from afar. And I reserve the right to look at the information and the facts: promising to use principle, promising to use truth as we go through. But, let me say that Judge Pickering is, I believe, extraordinarily qualified, based on what I've heard, to serve as an appellate judge. The American Bar Association gave Judge Pickering a well qualified rating, a rating that the Democrats in the past said is the gold standard.
I know that Judge Pickering has dedicated his life to public service. He's got a long commitment to promoting civil rights. He testified against the Imperial Wizard of the KKK for firebombing a civil rights activist. And I believe that was 1967. He has served on the board of Institute for Racial Reconciliation in the past. That's what I know today. And I'll be interested to follow and to participate as far as I can as we go forward, but coming back to truth, principle and facts.
STAFF: A few more questions.
Q Senator Frist, you've talked in general terms about the need for changes in Medicare, but because of your experience, you must have some fairly specific ideas about what you'd like to see done there. I was wondering if you could share any of that today about how much Medicare needs to be changed and what specific areas -- (off mike)?
SEN. FRIST: Yes, and the issue is Medicare, and I would expand that to health care, and I would expand it to the uninsured and the portions of our population -- the segments of our population that simply don't get the quality of care that I believe Americans deserve. And you've -- many of you have heard me talk about the uninsured with legislation in the past before assuming majority leader, and I'd like to see much of that legislation be addressed. Health care disparities, minority versus non-minority populations, is something I feel strongly about. So you'll see that elevated. So when we say Medicare, prescription drugs, which is what everybody thinks about, let's not forget that there are many health care challenges, which I would call crises, out there today.
But yes, as majority leader -- as majority leader and having a right, to some extent, to set the agenda that I'm very hopeful that we can address. Medicare itself; it is -- I say this as somebody who has taken care of thousands and thousands of Medicare patients with my hands, period -- not period, comma -- I've written myself thousands and thousands of prescriptions. Unfortunately, when I write them to Medicare patients, I know that some of those prescriptions are never going to be filled because there is not any help in Medicare -- a little bit of an exaggeration, but any help today. And that extends from transplantation to heart surgery to lung surgery -- I've just been there.
Now, I can't solve it all; I don't know how to solve it all. But it's going to take, again, working across the aisle; working with legislation that, in part, came out of the Medicare Commission in the past; building upon bills like the tripartisan bill and the Democrat bills in the last Congress so that at the end of the day, we strengthen Medicare; we make Medicare more secure in the sense that what a senior really worries about is what's going to happen to be if I get sick. And Medicare today, because it has been outdated -- it hasn't changed very much since 1965 -- needs to be strengthened and it needs to be improved. And I'm committed to do that, and as a part of that, I very much, based on what I just said, think that a prescription drug benefit needs to be a part of Medicare as part of that strengthening process.
STAFF: Last question.
Q Nobody's mentioned holding the line on federal spending, which is a priority of President Bush. Where, on the list of priorities, do you place holding the line on federal spending or reducing it?
SEN. SANTORUM: I think the president's been very, very clear that in a time when you're in a recession and a time when you're at war, you have to focus on, number one, winning the war, and number two, trying to get this economy up and going. And I think if you look at the history, that if the economy is strong, deficits go away. We saw that in the 1990s. Spending was historically very, very high, yet the deficits went away and we went into surplus.
I think the president believes first and foremost we need a strong economy and we need to fight the war on terrorism, and potentially there may be other conflicts that we're going to engage in, and deficits have to take a back seat to that. Now, having said that, he's also been very, very clear in holding the line on spending and appropriation bills. He's had very tough numbers. We're going to meet those numbers this year. You heard the chairman of the Appropriations Committee, Ted Stevens, talk about how they're going to go down to the president's number, because the president has held a firm number. I think he's going to come forward with a budget that will, obviously, spend more on homeland security, national security, that will do something to try to strengthen this economy, and on the rest of the budget, where there are quote, you know, some lower priorities, he's going to hold the line. There will be areas where there will be increases. Education will be one. Election reform. There will be areas we increase, but overall I think he's going to be very, very tough in holding the rate of growth in government spending in the rest of the budget.
With that --
Q Will you -- (off mike) -- ANWR as part of the energy package again this session?
SEN. SANTORUM: Absolutely. ANWR would have come out of the committee when the Democrats controlled it had there been a vote in committee. We will go through the committee process, and there will certainly be enough votes to get a strong, comprehensive energy bill through that's needed for this country.
We've got to wrap it up. Thank you.


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This is a discussion on "No Guns Allowed" within the Concealed Carry Issues & Discussions forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; Originally Posted by JJVP Here in Texas we see those "No Guns" sign and after pausing a moment to laugh, we go right in. I ...
Rugerguy one of the perks of carrying in MN is that the signs on the door don't mean much. They actually have to notice that you are carrying and ask you leave before you would be in jeaporday of getting in trouble. Since most of us carry concealed, the signs have little to no effect on me and where I carry.
I do always mention it to the management when I come across them because they need to know it is pointless.
I recently switch to M&I bank from Fifth Third. First time I walked in, to speak with the manager I saw their "NO GUNS" sign. I went into the managers office, introduced and explained I was LEGALLY armed and EVERY time I will come in I will be armed. He looked at me and said "Ignore it."
No sign no business, I move on to a competitor that doesn't post one
"People should not be afraid of their governments. Governments should be afraid of their people." -V
"To disarm the people is the most effectual way to enslave them." - George Mason
"When a strong man, fully armed, guards his house, his possessions are safe." - Luke 11:21
Who is John Galt?
Sometimes there's justice, sometimes there's just us...
When political power is up for grabs, personal liberty is usually one of the first casualties
Wait, those "No Firearms" signs are referring to me?
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The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress and grows brave by reflection. ― Thomas Paine
In my part of AZ if you see a male in a hoodie he is generally one of two things. Homeless or a banger!!
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Do not stand between Me and Mine!!
I know in Wisconsin that a business that posts a sign not allowing concealed weapons on property will have higher liability insurance. Owners who post signs wave the right for their employees to protect themselves thus the owner takes on all liability.
If you wish for peace, prepare for war.
Bass Pro Shops (in CO) requires checking guns at service counter. It makes me laugh that a sporting goods store would risk alienating a great share of their customers. Whem asked about legal carry 2 employees have said No and 2 have said Yes. I would like to hear other's experiences. For now I will believe the Yes's or shop somewhere else.
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Today I received this Mike Kelly of the Bergen Record. Seems he's miffed that someone challenged his facts. So he challenged back.:
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Mike Kelly here of the Bergen Record. Just read the blog bit in which a "bud" questions the facts in my column. Feel free to have your "bud" call me.
The facts are all there to research. Go ahead. Make my day. Mike Kelly
Office Phone: ***-***-****"
Whooboy....Down boy....Mikey.....down boy.
"Make my Day..." Cripes, what the hell is this a bad Hollywood Movie?
Well, I don't do phones or emails, but if you are referring to this post, the challenge to you and any other reporter taking about this story stands.
Simply this, cut the crap about the anonymous "super agents", and vague references, and produce proof. Show us the bodies, the records, or more than just your "say so".
You may be a very good repectable writer, and I'm not challenging yours or anyone else's integrity, but right now we have too many "ghosts", show us the proof, or write about something else.
You don't have to "prove" your "facts" to me or even a "bud".....
Just simply prove it.
Either produce the "super secret agents", or the phone records, or even the sign in sheet at the "Waynn Inn", or something, otherwise - take a bow.
The fact is at the point, we have a lot of people writing and talking about this "story", but no one to this date has produced any real viable proof of record. So you got some proof/evidence - good! Print it up in the "Bergen Record" - better yet, give it to the NY Times! Or hold on to it for hopefully Senate hearings.
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Lydia regarded the mist-shrouded manor with a sinking heart as the attendant hauled her trunk out of the carriage. Rookwood Manor had been known for its pastoral beauty at its prime, but that time had certainly passed. Trailing ivy, no doubt charming when properly cared for and cultivated, covered wall and window alike. The gardens, somehow simultaneously overgrown and sparse, gave the grounds an ominous air that was only enhanced by the low-hanging fog.
"Is it always so grey?" she wondered aloud, then clapped a hand over her mouth.
The attendant just laughed, a brief, hollow sound. "Often moreso."
Ah, well. Beggars can't be choosers, I suppose.
He carried the battered wooden trunk up to the massive front door, swinging it open without bothering to knock. Lydia trailed behind him awkwardly, uncertain of what reception she might receive. She needn't have been nervous, though; inside the dim great hall, only a single, stork-like man awaited her. Lydia waited for the carriage driver to introduce her, but he set the trunk on the hardwood floor and beat a hasty retreat.


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A Valley for All Seasons
By BETH ARCHER BROMBERT; BETH ARCHER BROMBERT is the author of ''Cristina: Portraits of a Princess'' (Knopf), the biography of a 19th-century Italian political figure.
Published: October 9, 1988
THE VALTELLINA, a ribbon of green between two Alpine ranges, stretches about 60 miles east of the northern tip of Lake Como. The peaks that tower behind its slopes are among Europe's tallest. Rising up from the valley floor are ancient vineyards, first laid out by Ligurians and Etruscans. Once part of the Roman province of Rhaetia, the Valtellina continues to produce the wines celebrated by Vergil, Pliny and Strabo, and much appreciated by Caesar Augustus. The vines, terraced above the Adda River in a 25-mile strip between Ardenno and Tirano, require a goat's sure-footedness and a mule's back to tend and harvest - labors still accomplished by villagers working with funnel-shaped baskets strapped to their backs.
The region is a captivating blend of Swiss scenery and Italian civilization. And given the present anemia of the dollar, the Valtellina can provide all that one expects of the Alps without paying Swiss prices - with the bonus of Italian cordiality, an unusual cuisine, and noteworthy wines as unfamiliar to Italians outside the region as to Americans.
This great sweep of mountainside is inhabited by only 175,000 people, yet everywhere are traces of the human hand, from prehistoric stone carvings to Renaissance frescoes. Stone villages cling to hillsides above racing torrents. Medieval walled towns fringed with vineyards dot the landscape. Onion domes atop slender square bell towers, typically Gothic, recall the Austrian presence. The entire history of Europe is encapsulated within this compact region. Annexed by Rome in 22 B.C., it fell to Charlemagne in the 10th century, was incorporated into the duchy of Milan in 1335, was ruled by France from 1500 to 1512, contested during the religious wars of the 16th and 17th centuries by Spain, France, Switzerland and Germany, conquered by Austria, unified with the Cisalpine Republic by Napoleon, retaken by Austria after Waterloo, and finally joined to the kingdom of Italy in 1859.
Still attesting to the prosperity and importance of these lands are the palaces and patrician houses in every community. While none of them may be worth the trip, in Michelin parlance, each is an arresting discovery in a setting primarily associated with mountain trails and ski runs.
What distinguishes the Valtellina from other Alpine regions is that it holds more than scenic beauty. Countless artists have left a legacy here, from neolithic carvers to painters and architects. Because of its vineyards and accessibility to two important Alpine passes - the Splugen and the Bernina -the Valtellina became a trade route to northern Europe, and a military route to the south, one of the wine routes that prospered over the centuries in pre-industrial Europe. Today there are modern dairy cooperatives and sophisticated mechanisms for controlling vinification, but the appeal of the region resides in its continuing dialogue with the past. In many villages cheese is still made by heating milk in copper cauldrons over wood fires and straining the curds through burlap. The baita, a stone shelter, is still used to house people, grain and livestock in the high meadows where taupe-colored cows graze. Here, human skills have not been rendered obsolete. Cars have replaced wagons, but they have not taken over the landscape. One can stumble on a walled village, a cheesemaker's cabin or a Romanesque chapel.
In an active weekend one can come away with a flavor of the region; in three or four days the visitor can begin to savor it. But a week's stay allows for mountain walks in the summer or skiing in the winter (there is also summer skiing), alternating with visits to towns, vineyards and shops. Local artisans make slate grills for broiling over wood embers, objects in local soapstone, hand-woven rugs, rustic wooden furniture - all the crafts of centuries. Distances are so short that one can tour in half-day excursions.
We began our stay in the Valmalenco, a dramatic valley through which a well-paved road winds up from Sondrio through the narrowest and steepest of the Valtellina's lateral rifts. The least touristy of the region's resorts, the Valmalenco can nevertheless accommodate 5,000 visitors. Chiesa, at 3,150 feet, is the best equipped of its villages, with several hotels, simple restaurants and, above all, a famous center of Alpine guides. The Valmalenco offers every level of walking, climbing and skiing.
The valley is rugged, unspoiled, and a major supplier of serpentine as well as other minerals. The exposed rock of the quarries flanking the road above Chiesa lends a certain drama to the otherwise bucolic landscape. At the end of the road, at 5,200 feet, is Chiareggio, where a few outsiders from Milan or Rome who have unpretentious summer houses pray that tourists never venture higher than Chiesa. From Chiareggio the glaciers seem to be within reach. In late summer, cars from Bergamo and Milan, a good three hours away, sit abandoned on the roadside while their owners forage in the woods for porcini (expensive even in the local shops: $17.50 for 100 grams of first quality freshly dried porcini, or over $80 a pound).


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Larry Mac Duff Steps Down
Longhorns Interview Auburn Assistant Coach
Conflicting Reports on Will Muschamp
IT Members Only: Muschamp Has Agreed, In Principle, To...
Tigers Looking For New Coordinator
The Inside Texas Inside Scoop (Details from behind the scenes)
REPORT: Muschamp resigns as Auburn DC, accepts Texas offer
Muschamp Comments on Move to Texas
Official release:
One of the nation's premier defensive coordinators and a 2007 Broyles Award Finalist (nation's top assistant coach), Will Muschamp has been named Defensive Coordinator at Texas, Longhorn Head Coach Mack Brown said on Friday. Muschamp joins the Texas staff after spending the past two years as Defensive Coordinator at Auburn and the last eight years as a defensive coordinator on the collegiate and NFL levels. He will coach UT's linebackers while coordinating the defense.
"We're thrilled to have Will joining our staff," Brown said. "He's a bright, young, high-energy coach who has gained a great deal of experience and had a lot of success in working for three tremendous coaches in Nick Saban, Tommy Tuberville and Roy Kidd (Eastern Kentucky/College Football Hall of Famer). He built a defense at LSU that helped them become one of the nation's most dominant units for several years, including a National Championship in 2003, and he's done the same thing at Auburn.
"Greg Davis and Mac McWhorter both know Will very well having worked with him as a player at Georgia and they both highly recommended him. Our entire staff had a chance to spend some time with him on Thursday and all really enjoyed him. They all agreed that he'd be the perfect fit for us. He has a great personality, a terrific family and is one of the bright young stars in our business. We're anxious to get him here, working together with our defensive staff."
In his six years as a coordinator at Auburn and LSU, Muschamp's defenses have ranked among the nation's top 10 in total defense four times and scoring defense three times.
"I'm really excited about the opportunity to work for Mack Brown and The University of Texas," Mushcamp said. "Having followed the Longhorns as a player, coach and fan of college football, I always had a lot of respect for the program, but after visiting the campus, I'm even more impressed. When you think about Texas, you see all of the championships, the great coaches like Darrell Royal and great players like Earl Campbell and Tommy Nobis. Having an opportunity to work at a place like that with such a proud tradition and history excites a young coach like me."
During Muschamp's two seasons at Auburn, where he coached the secondary while coordinating the defense, the Tigers held 21 of their 26 opponents to 20 points or less. No. 21 Auburn, which knocked off No. 16 Clemson, 23-20, in the Chick-fil-A Bowl, entered the bowl game ranked fifth nationally in scoring defense (16.7 ppg), eighth in total defense (298.3 ypg) and seventh in passing defense (179.0 ypg). His unit held Heisman Trophy finalist Darren McFadden of Arkansas to a season-low 43 yards rushing. Auburn also held five of its last seven opponents to 10 points or less.
"I've admired the job Coach Brown has done for a long time and followed his program at Texas closely," Mushcamp added. "The way he handles everything and the way he and his players represent the Longhorns on and off the field is very impressive. I've been fortunate to have worked with some great head coaches and I'm really looking forward to working with Coach Brown. He's a tremendous coach who has been as successful as anyone for a long time, won a National Championship and runs a great football program. Working with him is a great opportunity for me and my family."
In 2006, Muschamp's Auburn defense ranked seventh nationally in scoring defense (13.9 ppg) and allowed just 21 TDs on the year, which ranked eighth nationally. That unit also allowed just 292.3 yards (19th NCAA) of offense per game.
"Austin is a great place and I was really impressed by The University during my visit," said Mushcamp. "I had a chance to talk to DeLoss Dodds and Bill Powers and you can see they have everyone pulling together and in the same direction. They're all on the same page and are driven to be the best and to do things right. That really excited me."
Muschamp spent the 2005 season in the NFL, serving as the Miami Dolphins Assistant Head Coach for Defense. He led the Dolphins to top 10 rankings in yards per play (4.7/7th), yards per rush (3.7/7th) and yards per pass (6.0/9th) and Miami ranked second in the NFL in sacks (49) that year. The Dolphins posted a 9-7 record and finished the year with a six-game winning streak.
Prior to his stop in the NFL, Muschamp coached linebackers and served as Defensive Coordinator at LSU from 2001-04. During his tenure, LSU won the 2003 National Championship and two SEC titles (2001, 2003). His defense led the nation in total defense (252.0 ypg) and scoring defense (11.0 ppg) and played a key role in the Tigers claiming the 2003 National Championship. That unit topped the SEC in every major defensive category and also ranked second nationally in pass efficiency defense (89.8 rating) and third in rushing defense (67.0 ypg).
In 2004, LSU ranked third nationally in total defense (256.9 ypg), fifth in passing defense (157.2 ypg) and seventh in rushing defense (99.8 ypg). Muschamp's defense also allowed just 17.1 points per game (14th NCAA). In 2002, he led a defense that ranked eighth nationally in total defense (266.8 ypg) and 15th in scoring defense (18.3 ppg). The Tigers led the SEC and ranked fifth nationally in passing efficiency defense (93.9 rating) and ranked second nationally allowing just 152.7 passing yards per game that year.
Muschamp began his coaching career as a graduate assistant coach at Auburn (1995-96), where he earned a Master's Degree in 1996. He coached the secondary at West Georgia in 1998 and Eastern Kentucky in 1999 before earning his first defensive coordinator position at Valdosta State in 2000.
The 1994 Georgia graduate was a four-year lettermen at safety for the Bulldogs (1991-94). Muschamp was selected as a defensive co-captain as a senior and was a part of two bowl teams. He also earned a spot on the SEC Academic Honor Roll in 1993.
"I played at Georgia under Greg Davis and Mac McWhorter and played with Donnie Maib (UT assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach) and George Wynn (UT Assistant Athletics Director for Football Operations) there so I'm very familiar with four guys in the Texas football program. They were very helpful during this process and they should make the transition to a new place easier."
A native of Rome, Ga., Muschamp and his wife, Carol, have two sons, Jackson and Whit.
The Muschamp File
Defensive Coordinator/LBs
Hometown: Rome, Ga.
College: Georgia '94
Graduate degree: Auburn '96
Years in coaching: 12
Bowls: 8
Wife: Carol
Children: Jackson, Whit
2006- Auburn (Defensive Coordinator)
2005- Miami Dolphins (Assistant Head Coach for Defense)
2001-04- LSU (Linebackers/Defensive Coordinator)
2000- Valdosta State (Defensive Coordinator)
1999- Eastern Kentucky (Secondary)
1998- West Georgia (Secondary)
1995-96- Auburn (Graduate Assistant)
Player- 1991 Independence, 1993 Florida Citrus
Coach- 1995 Outback, 1996 Independence, 2002 Sugar, 2003 Cotton, 2004 Sugar, 2005
Capital One, 2007 Cotton Bowl, 2007 Chick-fil-A Bowl


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Dark Companion by Marta Acosta (website/twitter)
Grade: 4 stars out of 5
When foster teen Jane Williams is invited to attend elite Birch Grove Academy for Girls and escape her violent urban neighborhood, she thinks the offer is too good to be true. She's even offered her own living quarters, the groundskeeper's cottage in the center of the birch grove.
Something's not quite right about the school -- or is it Jane? She thinks she sees things in the birch grove at night. She's also beginning to suspect that the elegant headmistress and her sons are hiding secrets. Lucky is the gorgeous, golden son who is especially attentive to Jane, and Jack is the sardonic puzzling brother.
The school with its talented teachers and bright students is a dream for a science and math geek like Jane. She also loves her new friends, including hilarious poetry-spouting rich girl, Mary Violet. But the longer Jane stays at Birch Grove, the more questions she has about the disappearance of another scholarship girl and a missing faculty member.
Jane discovers one secret about Birch Grove, which only leads to more mysteries. What is she willing to sacrifice in order to stay at this school...and be bound to Birch Grove forever?
Note Dark Companion is *not* a paranormal romance novel. Marta Acosta calls it dark gothic.
Dark Companion is a great title because it gives a sense of the plot and just how "dark" this novel can actually get.
When the manuscript for Dark Companion first arrived in my hands, I admit that I was a little scared. It was daunting stack of 200+ pages that would later be printed, bound, and shipped off as a book. While 200 pages might not so scary on screen, when you have it your hands and feel its weight, you worry if you can ever finish it. So I set a goal for myself, a chapter per day while eating breakfast/lunch. (The convenience of a lightweight single paper as opposed to a huge book makes that possible.) But for some reason I couldn't stop at one chapter per day.
Dark Companion is addicting. It immediately drew me in from the very first page and wouldn't let go until the last. With its combination of sinister secrets and equal parts light and dark romances, Marta Acosta's debut YA novel will surly captivate new readers. (And have some fans asking for their own Jake; I know I want my own Jack.) With strong, but conflicted heroine Jane Williams leading the charge of a delightful motley crew, Dark Companion really asks what the true worth of free will really is to a person.
The prologue leaves readers wanting to know what happens next, what happened before. Rather than forcing the readers to continue on just to make any sense of the scene, Marta Acosta dangles a carrot to entice the reader.
It was a great hook for what I hoped to be a great book. The characters alone seemed to seal the deal for me. When I say a motley crew, I meant it. From Jack, the epitome of an organic, healthy, silly boy to the melodramatic and amusing Mary Violet, every character is different. However it was Lucian (Lucky) that I suspect will leave readers torn down the middle. He is rather childish, selfish, arrogant and hard to emphasize with. I spent a good 10 minutes ranting to someone how much I disliked him and why Jane liked/pitied him. This is not necessarily a bad thing since polarization creates discussions between readers and what better way to spread a book than through talking.
Jane Williams was a surprising character. On one hand she is constantly praised for her intelligence. She's book smart, but she's also street smart. And yet I felt that because she's never known physical and emotional security she latches onto Lucky (whom you might recall isn't the most giving and kind boyfriend). He comes from a well-do-to family and definitely shows some sort of attraction towards her, which would later prove dark. He can provide physical security, but emotionally he's much more immature than her. I could empathize with Jane while at the same time I wanted to shake her. Her development over the course of the novel showed Jane transforming from the little Mousie and just Jane and her taking roots. Her old lifestyle was all that she knew and can't forget (that results in a charity that made me proud), but this new lifestyle was one she grew accustomed to.
Dark Companion delves into the issue of security that separates the major characters into two separate groups. There is the survival of a population and there is the individual survival. Which is worth more depends on the character's personality which comes through the dialogue and action. Their actions are far from the norm which makes it hard for me, particularly, to comprehend and swallow. I understood why—for the sake of survival of course—but the motives were evil and dark.
Dark Companion will shock readers with its many twists and turns. While readers might have an inkling of what might come, the finer details will be a complete surprise. Marta Acosta has begun to what I hope will be a long continuation of YA novels.
Cover B: after finishing the novel I'm less in love with it*
Source: accepted manuscript from author
Publication Date: June 2012 from Tor/Macmillan
(not available on Amazon yet)
*this was my initial reaction that I expressed to the author:
I think the cover is pretty. Really pretty. It's simple and catches a reader's eye immediately because there's a great contrast of colors. And all the you really need is the chance to catch the reader's attention before convincing them with the synopsis. I mean after looking at it, I'm a little bit more eager to read it!
It fits nicely with the other YA fantasy novels now. Following the trend, however, can be bad at times. The cover is less "wow" than some of the other covers for example, The Girl in the Steel Corset.
The leaf border on the bottom, I feel, is not needed. Most YA book covers do not have any type of bordering. The font of the title I'm iffy about. It gives off a playful air which is different from the sober environment/coloring.
I will say that the designer did a great job with the setting. In your synopsis, you mentioned birch trees, which thankfully was incorporated into the cover. Too many times I see covers that have absolutely nothing to do with the book. So while the cover is following the trend of 'girls in dresses', it's one of the better ones. Especially for a stock image.
You described Jane Williams as a plain girl and what this cover is showing is a plain girl with a simple dress. The background is what gives the book a light fantasy element that you mentioned.


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Short story that is set in the 1920's and based on a gay relationship. However, the main narrator kills himself as his partner was hung after being found out he was gay. Continue however you like! For example you can write about their past etc.
It's been fifty-two weeks since you've gone away.
My hair is longer, curling at the ends and brushing my collar, falling over the hollows beneath my eyes. What used to be crinkles from the effortless laughter you drew out of me are now deep frowns, replaced as your name was scoffed at in disgust and damned by those closest to us. My nails are bitten raw and my skin is blemished; this anxiety never seems to fade. My pace is slower, but time more so, for I will never heal if you are not beside me; I will never heal if you are not beside me to step into a land where those who loved the same were cursed and condemned.
I long for a revolution. One where honour doesn't mean abiding by the norm, and the right to love wouldn't be stripped from our bare, calloused hands. Your memory is kept alive only through the beating of my chest, goose bumps rising as our secret is silenced still. The silver of the pendant you placed around my neck with whispered kisses is fading, fading from fingertips that plead for change. If only you were still with me, we would be far away from this wretched land like we had once dreamed, far away from anyone who would dare to preach that our love isn't pure.
What could have become of us, our future, had I been able to kiss the lips that belonged to the one I loved?
I remember how your tan skin would contrast against my pale palms during the times we were alone, covering the prominent veins as your fingers linked with my own. Your fine hair was swept to the side, the sides short but not shaved, perfectly aligned teeth on display when the spaces between your ribs were tickled. Nobody could compare to the light that stole my solitude, the light that erased all sorrow, worry, and torment. The joy you set alight within me gave hope that one day being open and proud wouldn't be spat upon and that we would no longer have to stand without one another in a room full of immorality. When you whispered promises of protection, love, and faith underneath the sheets it became an ever-growing need to have you by my side, to depend on the touches that only I saw.
Without you to press your lips against mine as the moonlight creeps through the thin drapes, our bodies once shadowed and hidden from the harsh beliefs of our sick reality, darkness engulfs me. It scratches at my skin until I'm begging on my knees for forgiveness, forgiveness for my sins, my flaws, my love for a man who brought me shame and pleasure entwined. Your name isn't spoken of, for I am the only one who dares remember you, but uttered when another commits the same sin against an unforgiving God. The Bible teaches that 'above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins' yet here my chest aches with hatred for those who taught sexuality is absolute, for those who dared preach that our love couldn't cover sin.
But the days, my dear, the days have grown so long and bleak since they bound your neck that December evening, your cheeks raw and blue from the bitter breeze. Traces of my love were scattered across your body, fingertips having once brushed skin that was now embraced by demise. Remorse is all that runs through my frail bones, knowing it should have been me hanging before a repulsive city. You didn't utter a word as I pleaded desperately for them to leave you, to leave you sheltered from the fate you didn't deserve, your chin held high throughout all the beatings served at the hand of a loveless religion. If only I had an ounce of the strength you once possessed, if only I could have fought the demons that tore our fate apart.
Winter will come and go, but this obscurity will always stay. Trickles of crimson are dotting along this paper as I write, my tears mixing and running the ink until it's dripping onto the cold, hard, stone floor beneath my bare feet. My wrists ache, but the haziness that is clouding my vision does more. This sharp metal is slipping from my grasp. I never would have kissed you behind the Church all those years ago had I known family cared more about pride than their child's happiness, that even your own flesh and blood will betray. I am no longer with them, but I will soon be with you, my love.
I cannot continue in a world where my sins are compared to those who strike their hand at another. May your soul be at rest and silence mine.


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Prophetic events are moving quickly ahead! You are invited to Tomorrow's World Presents in Birmingham. Regional Pastor, Mr. Rod McNair, will give an exciting and informative presentation that will address:
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At first, sixth-former Vincent tried to keep his homeless status a secret. He didn't want everyone to know, he says, that his mother had kicked him out in June and he'd been sleeping in a park wearing the same clothes for four months. But when his physics teacher set the class homework on the internet, and Vincent explained that he had no computer and no access, the truth emerged.
The school immediately leaned on his local council, Southwark, and Vincent was housed in a homeless hostel in Borough — but the place turned out to be cockroach-infested, says Vincent.
"One day I was pouring cereal and loads of cockroaches started crawling out the bowl. The hostel has been fumigated, but they still climb out of the cooker whenever I turn it on and I find it impossible to eat in my kitchen. I get to school starving and tired, because with people screaming until 4am, it's hard to sleep, let alone work."
Vincent's experience prompted Jo Shuter, the inspirational headteacher at Quintin Kynaston, to act on a radical idea that she'd been mulling over for two years — to create an accommodation centre for its homeless pupils.
"We currently have around six students in the sixth form who are living in hostel accommodation, and another dozen with home situations so chaotic that they are on the precipice and could easily drop over," she says.
"For a 16-year-old who becomes homeless, the council has no duty to provide foster care, so they end up living in a hostel for under-25s where they are expected to cook and fend for themselves. Two years ago, I was driving with my deputy head to a school basketball match and we started talking about a star pupil who was struggling academically because he had become homeless. We both have teenage sons and we mused how horrendous it would be for them to live in a hostel, how hard it would be for them to cope, and that's when the idea popped into my head."
Shuter's plan is to buy a "large, rambling family house with a garden in nearby Willesden with up to 10 beds". She reckons the house will cost £1.5 million and that they'll need a £500,000 endowment to run it and employ a couple as proxy parents. Last month she launched a £2 million appeal, enlisting the backing of Kieran Gibbs, the Arsenal fullback who recently visited the school, and Madness singer Suggs, a former pupil, to help raise the cash.
Awarded a CBE last year for her services to education, and crowned winner of the Royal Air Force's award for national headteacher of the year in 2007, Shuter is nothing if not a rebel and on the day we meet, she's wearing shocking-pink tights to offset her grey skirt.
"There's always an element to what I'm wearing that's shocking, denoting my underlying uniqueness," she laughs. "And the vision behind this house is no exception. The ethos of our school is to create a family environment that replicates, if you like, the Jewish home in which I grew up and where I was given unconditional love despite being a terrible rebel. It's that sense of family as a safety net that I am looking to recreate for children that come from these deprived and sometimes dysfunctional families."
Shuter, 49, who is paid more than £100,000 a year, is credited with turning around Quintin Kynaston (known as QK), a tough comprehensive paradoxically located on one of London's richest roads graced with £5 million homes. In 1995, when a former pupil murdered headteacher Philip Lawrence at nearby St George's School, QK was the place nobody wanted to send their children to, but since Shuter took the helm in 2002, Ofsted has rated it "outstanding" and it is a school transformed.
The number of pupils achieving five good GCSEs including English and maths has risen from 25 per cent to 57 per cent; the roll has doubled to 1,500 pupils; and for the past three years, every sixth-former bar none has gone on to university, she says, and several have got into Oxbridge. This despite the fact that half the children are on free school meals, 77 per cent speak English as an additional language, and 40 per cent come from two of the most deprived wards in the country.
Moreover, with the education maintenance allowance — a weekly benefit of £30 to help poor teenagers stay in education — being cut by the Coalition Government, Shuter worries that the situation is about to get worse.
But her plan, which she hopes to execute by September 2012, is likely to come too late for the current crop of homeless sixth formers selflessly spearheading the appeal. Vincent is undeterred: "QK House is an amazing idea, and if I can make sure no other pupil has to endure what I've been through, then I'll have achieved something."
Vincent, who is mixed-race and the eighth of 12 children, was brought up on benefits by his English single mother in south London after his bricklayer father, who is bipolar, left. "When I was about 10, my mother had a stroke and she hasn't been the same since. Last year we had a fight and she threw me out. It wasn't the first time she had done that and I went to sleep on a friend's sofa, expecting to return in a few days.
"But when I came back, she said, You have to go.' I went upstairs to find my bedroom empty. Even the mattress was gone. She had bagged all my stuff in bin-bags and put them on the street."
For the next few months, Vincent lived between friends' sofas and the benches of Hyde and Regent's Parks. "You don't do much sleeping in the park. I thought of staying with my older brothers but most of them live out of London.
"I became quite depressed," he says. "You realise you're 17 and on a bench with nothing: your mum don't want you, you've got no job, no money, no food. I lost four stone in four months, and although I repeatedly asked Southwark's housing unit to put a roof over my head, they kept dragging their feet. Even my girlfriend gave up on me — she handed my ring back and said we were no longer engaged. But my school has been there all the way. And although QK House will be too late for me personally, I want to do what I can to help."
Robyn Kelly, 18, is another QK student who wound up homeless a year ago after a fight with her mother on New Year's Day. She moved out of the council flat she had shared with her mother, a police officer and lone parent, in north-west London. "I don't blame my mother, it was both of us really, because we hadn't got on for years, and so, when she kicked me out I thought, fine, I'm ready to go. But I had no idea what it would mean. How lonely I would feel, how fragile.
"I turned 18 in a Westminster women's hostel. My room is OK — it looks like my room at home — but still, I feel so alone, especially at night. Stuff gets stolen. You have to buy your own food and toilet paper. We only have two computers with internet access that are either busy or broken, and so my work suffers. Sometimes living in a hostel is not a choice. Sometimes in life, you don't see what's coming your way."
For Andrea Morales, 19, being homeless meant that she wound up in a women's refuge for four months after falling out with her mother, a Spanish-speaking cleaner who was living on benefits. "It knocked my confidence," she says. "The place was so dirty and disgusting that I refused to even take a shower, and I felt isolated because most of the residents were battered women while I was just a schoolgirl trying to pass her exams.
Recently I moved to a mixed hostel for young people in Victoria that is much better, but still, I've lost a lot of weight since I left my mum's house and most times I feel hungry. It's hard to work when you're hungry."
Shuter believes that if her homeless pupils live in a home where they are looked after as a family, they can be given the support they need to keep their lives — and most importantly their education — on track.
What makes Shuter think she can pull it off? "All I need is for Kieran Gibbs to throw a fundraising event for some of his footballer friends and we'll be sorted," she laughs. "Seriously, I have been hugely encouraged by the response so far. Already, individuals have donated almost £15,000, and we haven't even got going. Our catering manager has offered to go two nights a week to teach the pupils how to cook, our bursar has said he will help them with financial management, and other teachers say they will go over to play Scrabble and games and do the kinds of things you do with your own kids and which make a house a home."
She looks me in the eye. "The idea that homeless teenagers can look after themselves and still make it to university is ridiculous. I will make sure that QK House comes to fruition. The children deserve nothing less."
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