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Since its very inception, I have disagreed with the anonymous nature of Sound Off. Since people can call or write in as often as they desire, readers have no idea if the comments posted are from one disgruntled individual or if many share the same view. Reality can become distorted very quickly and untruths are perpetuated, all with no accountability. Individual people have actually been identified, bullied, insulted and defamed in Sound Off, again by those who are not required to be responsible for what they say. Some people may find it entertaining, but when we cease to be offended by that which is offensive, our civility has diminished. In contrast, "Letters to the Editor" permit only one letter per month from a person and a name must be attached in order for it to be published.
It is disheartening to read the misinformation that Sound Off perpetuates. For example, over the last four years, numerous falsehoods about the Falcon Academy taking money away from Field Schools have been printed. How much money comes out of Field School funds for students at the Academy and how much goes back to Field Schools in the form of rent, teacher and staff salaries and benefits, oversight and service fees is public record. As a member of the governing board of the Falcon Academy, I know firsthand that most of what has been printed is incorrect. Unfortunately, whoever keeps bringing it up in Sound Off prefers to remain anonymous and perpetuate untruths. There are many more examples of absolute untruths that have been published and perpetuated.
On occasion, I have expressed disappointment to the owner of the paper when postings in Sound Off have gone far beyond common decency and civility and have been assured that it would be edited more judiciously. A few weeks ago, within the space of a week, there were three posts that were very offensive. One was a derogatory remark about gays. Interestingly, a short time later, a KSU wrestler was indefinitely suspended for tweeting similar remarks. He would still be wrestling if he had simply posted anonymously to Sound Off. The second post referred to a person by name and was of a bullying nature. There is a huge anti-bullying movement in our schools, yet these kinds of Sound Offs have become commonplace. The third post of that week was an outrage. It was a comment about "the 326 American soldiers who committed suicide being too stupid to have guns, having voted for Bush and then realizing they were wrong, etc." I cannot even begin to comment on the ignorance of that statement and the audacity of the paper to print it.
Writing the "Around Brimfield" column has brought me a large measure of satisfaction, especially as I have met new "neighbors" who have shared their stories, their triumphs and challenges and who have allowed me the privilege of sharing those stories. Regrettably, I must bid farewell to my faithful readers because I cannot in good conscience continue to be a contributor to a newspaper that publishes hateful, ignorant, uninformed and prejudiced comments from people who hide behind anonymity. I am hopeful that the Record- Courier will eventually show more integrity.
Shirley Mars, Brimfield
Ms. Mars, Go to the school district and Falcon Academy and get their revenue reports so you can prove once and for all that the school district doesn't lose any funds because of Falcon Academy and then post these findings on a website or give them to someone who can. This will dispel the rumors and inuendo's. That is the hope anyway.
All these arguments over Falcon Academy could have all been dispelled if someone would have done it. Maybe the local newspaper or the Record Courier or the schools could have offered that up. But no, everyone rather go with the rumors and inuendo.
Research it and present it and then everyone will know the absolute truth.
Call the treaurers or email each of them to get the reports. They are public domain.
Martin Fleming
Ms. Mars, But to be sure of my understanding, you are resigning in protest of "Freedom of Speech" right? One person can protest, but one person doesn't make a protest.
Not only do you want speech censored by other people, but you are also censoring yourself. You could have continued to write your articles and then contribute yourself to all those comments that were made.
The world is not going to be the paradise you think it should be. It is very, very harsh out there whether you want to believe it or not.
Many things are going to be printed that you are not going to like. It has always been that way and I really don't think anyone can do anything about it and you just have to accept that.
But what you can do is contribute. Just don't sit back. Let others know that there truly is another side of the fence that has a different opinion. Show them there are others who think different.
Isn't that Democracy? Isn't that the right of the "Freedom of Speech"?
Throwing in the towell, you're letting them win.
Words do not a bully make. Physical harm does.
Words can be offensive, but as far as I know, I have never been physically bruised by them.
People throw words at you, throw them back.
Martin Fleming
Ms. Mars, I've been writing in this paper and the Gateway News within the comments section and have sent letters to the editor for the past 10 years or so. And don't think it didn't cause or create some unruly comments. But there is one thing I have never done. And that is bully. Yes, people said I have bullied others on this site, but the thing is, I never struck first. I have always returned a salvo that was first hurled at me. And the one thing I will always do is punch back if I am punched first.
I will defend myself against anyone who throws the first punch, but unlike them I will throw a lot of salvo's back. And I will continue writing and ignoring the ignorant.
Those are the "words" that will never hurt me and I thank my Mom and Dad for driling that into my head.
Martin Fleming
Ms. Mars, there are many things out there that are not liked by everybody. Writing this article proves you don't like it either. So you refuse to write for the paper. You know this makes you out to be a hypocrite. It's Okay if you do it, but it is not okay if others do it. I see many good articles in the paper and many bad ones. I see some that hit the nail on the head and others seem like the person wasn't even there or have never thought about what they are writing about.
Not every thing in the paper is not going to be to your liking. Many things are not true in the paper and hopefully the person reading it will have the intelligence to figure out what is true and what isn't. That is why they have a comments section so people can point out the truth or falsehood in an artcle. Some people are crude, some are arrogant, some are kind, some are just idiots, and some are rude. It's going to happen.
The person being attacked can fight back or the person can ignore it. Their choice. Our choice. Your opinion and observations and our opninion and observations.
From childhood I was taught, "Sticks and Stones may break your bones, but names will never hurt me". There is truth beyond that statement that is meant for more than just the moment. It tells us that someone may label us today, but if we ignore it and move on with our life rather than being so sensitive, later we can show and prove to society that we are much more than those derogatory words that were slung at us. And if you do fight back in print with words, as you did above, you have just joined a cause for making a change. One that is not warranted, but still a change you would like to see. Get in line. It's a long one.
There are those who are going to come into the picture and disrupt the world as we know or knew it. They will cause an upheavel or they will gently state their view. Some will try to enter the political picture and succeed and there are those that are going to be denied.
Our problem here is there are too many people that are too sensitive and they focus on their sensitivy more than the sensitivities of others. Maybe that person lashes out because they were to sensitive at one time and want to get in the firt punch.
Our Society has become overly sensitive and are worried about too many things.
Can anyone out there tell me who stated recently "I belive little of what I read and beleive even less of what I hear". It means that person will research it before making a comment or they already know what they are hearing is false and won't comment on it. Smart way to move and a great philosophy I say.
Martin Fleming
Darn, forgot to re - proof read and run spell check.
~~whizzard wrote: "Maybe it is good you go for you apparently are not able to understand the concept or use what you read to your advantage."
Not only does Ms. Mars miss the concept but also how the whole thing works as evidenced in this remark:
"I cannot even begin to comment on the ignorance of (taggr's) statement and the audacity of the paper to print it."
The phrase "the paper to print it" implies the editor(s) of the RC have an active hand in what appears in the comments section. This isn't the first time I've seen someone be mistaken in this.
The RC has no control over what appears in the comments section. The RC only has control over what remains in the comments section.
Why would the RC staff allow a comment you find abhorrent to remain in the comments section?
First, someone is always offended.
Second, there would be cries of restricting freedom of speech and expression even though this is a private web site and this sites owners have the right to control what appears on it. Ms Mars, if you've actually read the comments sections you would realize there is a number of people who the concept of ownershiop rights would be beyond their uderstanding if it got in the way of them spewing thir own garbage.
Third, maybe the RC is somewhat like myself and wouldn't dream of squelching a persons ability to publically display that persons stupidity, ignorance and or vitriol.
Ms. Mars,
Sound Off is not as you make it. Just as Ratdogtommy stated, the readers are intelligent enough to decipher for themselves. I have always know that Falcon Academy operates under separate funds from the school district and I personally get a good chuckle when people state otherwise in Sound Off. It seems to me that you think everyone is going to believe what they read. I may read something but then I also do research outside of reading the newspaper to see if what was written was factual.
Sound Off allows us to see how others think and helps us realize what people think out there. Sound Off is entertaining at times and it also let's hear or feel somethings that we would have never know was going on out there. It also enlightens us on how misinformed some people can be and we can learn from it to understand how sometimes information is not getting out there. It is a great tool that informs in more ways than you appear to know.
We can't hide our problems under the rug or in the closet. For if we do, they will only become worse as time goes on.
I've alway felt that people who use screen names are in the same league as those who write to Sound Off and don't want to give their names. Some fear releasing their names because of some repercussion from their comments.
Some will think or say one thing in public, but then immediately go home and post something totally opposite in the media using their screen name.
Record Courier should be awarded for developing the Sound Off section because it gives people to vent their anguish through media without being chastised for their thoughts.
Maybe it is good you go for you apparently are not able to understand the concept or use what you read to your advantage.
Go read some of the other published newspapers out there and you yourself will see that the Record Courier has some great integrity. Articles may not always be accurate but that is why the computer and internet has become some popular. It allows many to research those things of high interest to them to find the truth.
Sound Off keeps the fact on top of many readers minds, that communication within each of the communities needs to improved greatly and that TV, radio and the Newspapers are only one source but not all.
We are not the idiots you think we are there are idiots out there just the same.
Martin Fleming
I think most of the readers are intelligent enough to decipher the truthfulness of the sound offs and the integrity of the people who make these statements. It appears obvious to me that many of these people have an ax to grind or a chip on their shoulder but I find it interesting none the less.


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Karen Anderson – Nederland
The perfect Cancer holiday arrives. The United States of America is born on the fourth of July. Cancer is the sign that signifies the archetype of the mother and the homeland. This is the juncture in which we celebrate the good fortune of having been born in this country.
The New Moon Child also begins your astrological year anew on Monday, July 8. Once a year the new moon is in your sign. The Sun and Moon hold hands together in your luminescent moon-ruled sign at eighteen degrees of Cancer. This is the start of your starry year, so set the intentions that you want to achieve in 2013.
Aries March 21 – April 20
The holiday of the Fourth of July is deeply tied to the archetypes of the mother and the home. If you are searching for a new housing situation, opportunities will arise for you. If you are already settled, home decoration and repair will appeal to your sensibilities this month.
Taurus April 21 – May 21
You are the one with the fresh start-up ideas for your life. The new moon on the July 8 will bring you the solutions that you are looking for. While you can utilize others as valuable sources for information, the core of these concepts will be coming from your best resource — you.
Gemini May 22 – June 21
Variety is the spice of life and so important for the lively Gemini. Now that Mars, the action man of the stars, is in your sign, this is the ideal time to get your exercise regime up and running. Start two different skill sets — yoga and mountain biking, or gardening and Tai Chi.
Cancer June 22 – July 22
Happy Birthday and fun fourth as well. You are the perfect New Moon Child this week, with the annual joining together of both the Sun and Moon in your sign on Monday the July 8. This is an ideal week for you to envision the adventures and achievements that you can create in 2013.
Leo July 22 – Aug. 22
Your end-of-year sweep-up op occurs this week. The new moon on Monday June 8 happens in the sign that precedes yours, Cancer. This opportunity will allow you to look homeward, angel, and review your past year and decide which projects you want to bring forward into your future.
Virgo Aug. 23 -Sept. 23
The bidding is over and you have won. This week's new moon in Cancer is just what you wanted to order cosmically from E-bay. While the Sun and Moon are merging in the sign of the
Moon Child, you will be able to see exactly where you want to take your career in the year ahead.
Libra Sept. 24 – Oct. 23
After years and in some cases, decades, of personal work, you are now able to be your own person. As a Libra, you are naturally skilled at accommodating other people. Now you know exactly how to create space for you, both on the personal level and in the career realm.
Scorpio Oct. 24 – Nov. 22
The intuitive compass of the heavens is the planet Saturn, who visits each sign in turn, every 29 years. The schoolteacher of the zodiac is helping you review your past 29 years, and
clearing out glitches so that you can develop the blueprint for the next major cycle of your life.
Sagittarius Nov. 23 – Dec. 21
The macrocasm of the cosmos is speaking to the microcosm of your individual DNA this month. You are the philosophical sign, the one most inclined to ask the large questions – the what's it all about inquiries – and you have the opportunity to receive answers this month.
Capricorn Dec. 22 – Jan 20
People, people, everywhere, and not a moment to think — just time to act quickly.
Remember in the midst of work schedules, power struggles, and management decisions to take time to find joy in recreational summer activities with your friends and your loved ones.
Aquarius Jan. 21 – Feb. 19
You are crawling around in the bit bucket, the part of the computer and your life that has to do with the exact details of getting the job done. You, as the braniac inventor of the zodiac, are often floating in the realm of ideas, so enjoy manifesting your concepts in the here and now.
Pisces Feb. 20- March 20
The golden gateway into the beating heart of summer has opened for the sign of Pisces.
You are the creative expression of life. Your DNA is allowing you to explore the portals of possibilities that are opening for you. Your talents are starting to astound you this summer.
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By Farnaz Fassihi
UNITED NATIONS -- The Security Council unanimously adopted a sanctions resolution aimed at penalizing North Korea for its nuclear-weapons program, cutting the country's annual revenue by about $800 million by means of a ceiling on the amount of coal it can export.
The resolution was supported by China, North Korea's closest ally, which said the security situation in the region had grown "dire" and was adopted on Wednesday.
For three months, diplomats, led by the U.S., negotiated over how to punish North Korea for repeated violations of United Nations sanctions banning the country from firing ballistic missiles and conducting nuclear tests. North Korea conductedits last and largest nuclear test on Sept. 9.
The last round of U.N. sanctions, in March, had failed to deter North Korea. Provisions meant to prevent the suffering of ordinary people by allowing certain types of trade were exploited by government officials to the benefit of the state, U.S. officials said.
In response, diplomats moved to curb North Korea's lucrative export of coal, its single largest source of revenue, estimated at more than $1.2 billion a year. The challenge for U.S. and its European allies on the Security Council was to persuade China, which remained the only country to import coal from North Korea and has been weary of drastic measures that would destabilize North Korea's economy, to go along.
Complicating the negotiations, diplomats said, Russia inserted itself into the bilateral negotiations between China and the U.S., delaying talks by raising its own concerns about the text of the resolution.
"Thewhole thing was difficult to overcome," said a Security Council diplomat. "The Chinese drove a very hard bargain...but something has changed in the Chinese calculus." The diplomat added that China appeared fed up and embarrassed by the behavior of North Korea.
China said it wanted to avoid a deterioration of security in the region, where it shares an 880-mile border with North Korea.
"The resolution reaffirms the need to safeguard the stability of the Korean peninsula," said China's ambassador to the U.N., Liu Jieyi. "The current situation in the Korean peninsula is sensitive, complex and dire."
Chinese experts say Beijing's decision to target a key source of Pyongyang's income was meant to admonish North Korean leader Kim Jong Un for his persistence in pursuing nuclear weapons.
"The political message encapsulated in the resolution is more important than the specific sanctions that it spells out," said Yang Xiyu, a Korean-affairs expert and senior fellow at the China Institute of International Studies, a Chinese Foreign Ministry-affiliated think tank.
The resolution was hailed by U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon as the toughest and most comprehensive set of sanctions ever imposed by the Security Council and called on all member states to ensure they are fully implemented.
South Korea's intelligence agency estimates North Korea spent around $200 million on two nuclear tests and multiple missile launches this year.
North Korea hasn't reacted to the new sanctions, which will cap its coal exports at about $400 million or 7.5 million metric tons a year.
--Chun Han Wong contributed to this article.
Write to Farnaz Fassihi at email@example.com
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November 30, 2016 19:21 ET (00:21 GMT)
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It's wedding season (isn't it always it seems) and the people at Time Magazine put together a list of the 10 Most Popular Wedding "First Dance" Songs:
1. "At Last," Etta James
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3. "You Are the Best Thing," Ray LaMontagne
4. "All of Me," John Legend
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6. "A Thousand Years," Christina Perri
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On Friday, Janeabeth Wells will dance for a woman she has known her entire life, but who doesn't know her at all – her mother.
Over the past four years, Wells said she has watched her mother slowly fade from existence. The woman who raised her and taught her to work hard, the woman who married her father 50 years ago has slipped away, leaving behind a stranger who wanders around her father's home aimlessly, unable to interact with or understand the world around her.
"She doesn't know who she is; she doesn't know who I am," said Wells. "It is very sad."
Volunteerism comes naturally to Mario Banez.
Born in the Philippines, Banez moved to Chicago when he was 20. Soon after, he looked for ways to contribute to the community.
Making the transition from a tropical environment to the blustery winters on the shore of Lake Michigan was a shock but it didn't stop Banez from becoming a volunteer firefighter and fire inspector.
After his job with NutraSweet transferred him to the Augusta area in 1994, he once again found ways to help improve his community.
University Hospital has long envisioned building a hospital on its campus in Evans, and now it has formally filed for permission to do that.
It might depend, however, on Columbia County voters approving $28 million in tax funding, according to the application.
University is the first of three Augusta hospitals vying to build a 100-bed hospital in Columbia County to put in the application for the required certificate of need. Doctors Hospital and Georgia Regents Health System also said they are on track to turn their applications in.
Columbia County is offering a fun beach-themed way to kick off summer.
The annual Summer Beach Blast concert starts at 6 p.m. Friday at Evans Towne Center Park in Evans.
The Beach Blast features beach music from The Catalinas, Jim Quick and the Coastline and The Embers.
"There will be water slides for children to play on, beach balls and dancing in the sand," Columbia County Community Events Manager Stacie Adkins said.
"We are kicking off the summer beach season with a fun evening of classic beach music."
Saturday was a day of celebration for Augusta Preparatory Day School as it honored 53 graduates – all of whom have been accepted to four-year colleges.
Families, friends and well-wishers filled the Boardman Athletic Center on the school's Martinez campus with cameras ready as they waited to film their loved ones.
Valedictorian Nickolas Friedman addressed the audience about the importance of the number 14, as it relates to his class year.
Supervisors and managers from five area municipalities recently came together to tackle a problem that plagues each – lack of adequate address markers.
Leaders from Columbia County, Harlem, Waynes-boro and Thomson joined forces for a class project during a Management Development Program through the Carl Vinson Institute of Government of the University of Georgia.
"This is a class project," said Columbia County Fire Rescue Battalion Chief Danny Kuhlmann, who is in the class. "Everybody had to come together and put forth into it."
The following accounts were taken from Columbia County Sheriff's Office incident reports:
Harlem High fields damaged
Columbia County authorities were looking Monday for the driver of a truck that damaged the fields at Harlem High School last week.
The video surveillance system at the school on Appling-Harlem Highway caught images of a dark-colored Dodge Ram that drove on the softball and practice football fields just after 2 a.m. on May 23.
Two garbage service employees sustained minor injuries after the truck they were in rolled into a ditch Tuesday morning.
Anthony Tutt, 43, of Thomson, was driving a Columbia Waste garbage truck east on Columbia Road near St. Teresa of Avila Catholic Church at about 10:30 a.m., when a truck backed out in front of him from a nearby construction site, according to Columbia County sheriff's Deputy Chris Burnett. Tutt said that about 300 feet down the road, the truck driver put on his signal and stopped to turn left in Amherst subdivision.
Arsonists set fire in vacant home
The owners of a Martinez home were not living in the house Tuesday when someone set a fire inside.
Authorities responded to an alarm at a home on Pavilion Court at about 6 a.m. A deputy found a window on the back of the house broken and smelled smoke. Just inside the window, the deputy saw a stack of magazines smoldering on a table top.
A resurrected home owners association in Ivy Falls Plantation has some property owners protesting its efforts to enforce covenants and collect dues.
Cynthia Sager, who has lived in the Grovetown neighborhood since 2010, contends the board of the homeowners association doesn't have the right to collect dues because the board voted to dissolve the association three years ago.
That, however, hasn't stopped the revived association from sending out notices for annual fees and threatening to place liens on homeowners who don't comply.
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Lynyrd Skynyrd Sue Artimus Pyle Over 'Street Survivors' Biopic
Lynyrd Skynyrd are suing their former drummer, Artimus Pyle, over his plans for a biopic, 'Street Survivors', about the band's 1977 plane crash.
Lynyrd Skynyrd are suing their former drummer, Artimus Pyle, over his plans for a biopic, 'Street Survivors', about the band's 1977 plane crash.
A new film that tells the story of Lynyrd Skynyrd's deadly 1977 plane crash has begun filming.
Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist Gary Rossington suffered chest pain on July 18. Now, the band reveals he needed heart surgery.
Chris Stapleton ended his already incredible 2015 on a high note, performing for more than 150,000 people at Nashville's New Year's Eve Jack Daniel's Bash on Broadway. In addition to his own set, the singer-songwriter joined headliners the Kings of Leon for a cover of Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Simple Man."
Recovering from his mid-October heart attack is taking Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist Gary Rossington longer than expected; therefore, the Southern rock group has canceled the remainder of their 2015 tour dates.
Gary Rossington, Lynyrd Skynyrd's guitarist and only remaining original member, suffered a serious heart attack late last week and is reportedly under observation.
Summer is in full swing, and if you're still looking for a great album to listen while laying on a beach or by the pool, driving around with your windows rolled down or roasting marshmallows in a campfire, perhaps one of July's new releases will be that record for you.
Lynyrd Skynrd will release an all-star live album this summer. One More for the Fans, recorded during an all-star tribute show last November at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta, includes appearances by Gregg Allman, Cheap Trick, Peter Frampton, Blackberry Smoke, Alabama, Randy Houser, Aaron Lewis, Warren Haynes and others.
Brantley Gilbert and Lynyrd Skynyrd will together perform some of their biggest hits for an upcoming taping of the popular TV show CMT Crossroads.
Bob Burns, one of Lynyrd Skynyrd's founding members, died Friday (April 3) in a car crash in Cartersville, Ga.


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NYS Divests $86m From Companies Tied to Iran, Sudan
New York, NY —
One of the largest institutional investors in the US, the New York State pension fund, says it's pulling $86 million out of companies doing business in Iran and Sudan. State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli manages the pension fund, which represents the retirement savings of more than a million state and municipal workers.
DINAPOLI: they don't want us investing their future in excessively risky markets. and they shouldn't have their pension fund dollars jeopardize by regimes that support genocide and terrorism.
REPORTER: The move marks the first time the state's pension fund has divested from companies for "moral" reasons. The pension fund is pulling out of nine companies, including state-run Russian oil company Gazprom and Chinese state-owned oil company Sinopec.


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This is a discussion on Patrol Rifle / Carbine Course - Charlottesville, VA area, April 11-12 within the Defensive Carry & Tactical Training forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; Defensive Training Concepts, Inc. will be presenting a Patrol Rifle / Carbine course on April 11 and 12 at the Rivanna Rifle & Pistol Club ...
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Patrol Rifle / Carbine is a 22 hour course designed to increase the operator's ability, knowledge, and effectiveness in deployment with the patrol rifle or "carbine". Students will learn material from the listed topics below through participation in classroom discussion and live fire practical exercises.
Patrol Rifle Parts and Nomenclature, Patrol Rifle Handling Fundamentals, Patrol Rifle Marksmanship Fundamentals, Field Strip and Reassemble, Using the Sling, Trigger Control, Loading and Unloading, Tactical Reloading, Loading to Cruiser Safe, Finding Mechanical Zero, 50 Yard Zero, Immediate Action / Feedway Clearance, Position Shooting (standing, kneeling, sitting, squatting, and prone), Identifying and the Tactical use of Cover, Safety Circle, Down and Scan, Verbal Commands, Challenge Commands, Flash Sight Picture, Weapon Transition, Reactionary Gap, Shoot and Move, Shooting on the Move, Pivots and Turns, Moving Threats, Multiple Threats, Decision Making (shoot / no shoot), Transition to and Support Side Shooting, Incapacitation Drills, Contact Distance Shoot and Evade, Body Armor Drills, Flashlight Techniques, Blinding Drill, and more.
Semi-auto rifle with sling (AR, AK, H&K, FN, or similar platform)
No optics for zeroing exercises
Rifle must be capable of holding at least 20 cartridges
800 rounds of rifle ammunition
At least 3 30 round or 5 20 round rifle magazines
Handgun with extra magazines
100 rounds of handgun ammunition
Holster for handgun and belt carriers for magazines
Eye and ear protection / Baseball style cap
Cleaning equipment - Rifles will be cleaned daily
Handheld Flashlight
Clothing suitable for an extended period on a firing range
$275 per student
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Saco Steam Laundry wagon, ca.1895
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Location: Saco
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Westbrook Star Laundry, Westbrook, ca. 1934
Contributed by: Walker Memorial Library
Date: circa 1934
Location: Westbrook
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Eastern Maine General Hospital Laundry Building in 1923
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Location: Bangor
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26 Temple Street, Portland, 1924
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In 1857, when Daniel Cough left Amoy Island, China, as a stowaway on a sailing ship from Mt. Desert Island he was on his way into history as the first Chinese person to make his home in Maine. He was soon followed by a cigar maker and a tea merchant who settled in Portland and then by many more Chinese men who spread all over Maine working mostly as laundrymen.
Toy Len Goon: Mother of the Year
Toy Len Goon of Portland, an immigrant from China, was a widow with six children when she was selected in 1952 as America's Mother of the Year.
Public education has been a part of Maine since Euro-American settlement began to stabilize in the early eighteenth century. But not until the end of the nineteenth century was public education really compulsory in Maine.
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The history of a northern Maine community as told by an array of local institutions and organizations. Site contributors include University of Maine at Presque Isle, Presque Isle Historical Society, Mark and Emily Turner Memorial Library, Presque Isle Middle School. Some of the topics include historic buildings, potato farming, transportation and the Aroostook Valley Railroad.


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Thursday, April 10, 2014 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM (CDT)
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.This 2 hour class features the "HeartSaver CPR AED" content from the American Heart Association. It covers adult CPR and AED use (compressions with breaths) & child CPR and AED use & infant CPR, including child and infant choking. Skills are taught in a fun, dynamic group environment with hands-on CPR practice time using the industry's best manikins. This class is intended for those with limited or no medical training who need a course completion card in CPR and AED use to meet job, regulatory, or other requirements. Ideal for nannies, school teachers, therapists, personal trainers, doulas, healthclub employees, etc. A Heartsaver CPR AED card is issued at the completion of this class. The card is valid for 2 years
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Shed Truss Fascia and Overhang Framing
So I am building a shed as a project, no plans, just from scratch. I am getting prefabbed trusses for various reasons and have a general idea of how to frame up the overhangs, but I am sure I will miss something and I really don't want to mess it up. It will be a 4/12 pitch with a 12 inch overhang on all sides of the 8 x 12 shed. Does anyone have a good how-to guide, preferably with pictures? How about some pictures of it framed up before covered so I can see it all together?
Thanks so much!
The overhangs can be incorporated into the trusses when they're built..
i would use drop truss on gable ends so overhang doesnt sag
Sometimes gable end trusses are made 1-1/2" or 3-1/2" shorter than the other trusses you order. That's to help you extend the roof out a few inches over the gable end.
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Look on page 12 under drop chord gable truss.
Good to know about the shorter end trusses. What about finishing off the ends with the fascia boards and preparing for install the soffit vents and associated framing.
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Author: dsa99
[The following refers to the Rulebreaker Port Report discussing the covering of our short position in DJT]
I have this recurring nightmare in which David Gardner sends me an e-mail to announce that the Rule Breaker port is covering its short position of DJT.
Please, someone wake me.
|"Maybe the Fools just spent a bit too much time on Donald's boardwalk during their visit, but something about this smells, well, fishy."
Maybe the Fools just spent a bit too much time on Donald's boardwalk during their visit, but something about this smells, well, fishy.
I'm sure the Brobdingnagian gilded office and the sheet of dollar bills and the slicked-back hair and the "I give you my word" rhetoric are all very convincing, but I'm just a bit surprised that it worked. Okay, I'm shocked. Stunned. Flabberfreakingasted.
What about Donald's answer to the "deeper question": "Basically, I'm a real-estate developer. I haven't focused enough on Trump Hotels and Casino Resorts, but I plan to. This is important to me."
It is difficult to type when your eyes are welling with tears. Truly, I am moved by The Man's vision and passion. He's going to focus more on the business. Maybe up to 50% of his time. Wow.
|"On the other hand, if Donald could fool the Fools, maybe He's not such a bad businessman after all."
Mr. Trump did get one thing right: The Fools are influential. You can bet that all the rightfully deserved and eloquently expressed vitriol various Fools have directed Donald's way over the years has not exactly helped encourage investors to sign over their paychecks to The Man. At the very least, it was certainly worth an hour and six minutes of His time and a Styrofoam cup of Coca Cola.
Because it worked. The Fools actually bought His act. They liked Him. They even liked the sycophantic Nicholas "Donald is our greatest asset" Ribis. The man who was the inspiration for Mr. Smithers on "The Simpsons."
On the other hand, if Donald could fool the Fools, maybe He's not such a bad businessman after all.
I am a great admirer of the Motley brothers and will continue to be a fan of the Fool. But I think this decision is out of character; it is foolish.
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Are Your Passwords Safe?
The experts say one of the biggest risks we take is using weak passwords, and then recycling them. SplashData, a leading provider of apps for smartphones has just released it's annual "25 Worst Passwords of the Year" list. Complied from files with millions of stolen passwords that hackers posted online, the usual suspects retained the top three spots on the list: "password," "123456" and "12345678."
Other all-too-common passwords found in the top 25 again this year include "monkey," "abc123," "letmein" and "iloveyou". New to this years "25 Worst" are "welcome," "Jesus," "ninja" and "mustang." SplashData suggests we be a little more creative, and although recycling is a wonderful thing, it should not be practiced when it comes to our passwords.


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Annual Holiday Gift Guide
Gifts of Involvement
These are appropriate for ardent aficionados and advocates of anthropology/archaelogy, art, arboreta, and academe.
. . . Stage Spectacular: Penn Presents will stage numerous shows including classical, gospel and jazz music; ballet, modern and tap dance; and world discovery performances now through May. To subscribe, or for information: (215) 898-3900 or www.pennpresents.org.
. . . Sweet Sounds: WXPN 88.5 FM, Penn's member-supported radio station offers several membership choices for those who enjoy discovering emerging artists and re-discovering some old favorites. For $60, the music-lover gets an 2004 New Music CD. For $75, the recipient gets a choice of 'XPN 2005 calendar: 885 Greatest Songs of All Time; 'XPN baseball t-shirt; Live at the World Café volume 18, I'll Take You There;For the Kids, Too CD. Information: www.xpn.org.
World Café Live provides a year-round musical venue of live proformances as well as a restaurant serving breakfast, lunch and dinner. For information see www.worldcafelive.com/.
. . . Literary Lovers: Friends of the Kelly Writers House help sustain seminars, readings and webcasts. Friends will be acknowledged in the electronic Annual Report which is available on their web site and in print annually. Membership fees: $40, $100, $250, $500, and William Carlos Williams Circle $1,000 or more. Information: (215) 573-WRIT, ask for Jennifer Snead, director, or www.english.upenn.edu/~wh/support/become.html.
Library Friends are invited to exhibition openings and other special events. Information: (800) 390-1829 or https://galaxy.isc-seo.upenn.edu/pls/devadmin/dvpk0100.nv00 and select library.
. . . Caring Cravats: Friends of the School of Social Work are invited to support the School's Scholarship Fund this Holiday Season. With a $25 donation, supporters receive a Rivetz of Boston silk tie of their choice as SSW's gift. They have, bowties and neckties—from serious to seasonal—nutcrackers and snowmen, whales and dolphins, stars and stripes. Stop in the Caster Building, 3701 Locust Walk, or call (215) 898-5526. While supplies last.
. . . What a Wonderful World: International House members receive $1 off all film screenings at I-House, $1 off Philadelphia Film Festival tickets and e-mail announcements for advance screenings of major motion pictures, program guide and Mosaic by mail. Individual $40, Household $60, Contributing Member Individual $100/Household $150, Sustaining Member Individual $250/household $300 World Member $500, Internationalist Member $1,000. Call (215) 895-6553.
. . . Marvelous Museum: Those who treasure the past will be delighted with a full year's membership to the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. They will enjoy free admission, Museum Shop discounts, invitations to openings and other members-only events, and Expedition Magazine; and they will be kept up-to-date about the latest discoveries from the Museum's worldwide fieldwork and research. The gift membership will be mailed. Student membership $35, Dual Student memberships $50, Associate membership $45, Individual membership is $50, dual membership $60, household $75, sustaining $125, patron $250, and fellows $500. Information: (215) 898-5093 or www.museum.upenn.edu/new/members/membership/membership.shtml.
. . . Alluring Art: Members of the Institute of Contemporary Art receive free admission to the exhibitions, lectures and programs, invitations to preview opening receptions and the annual benefit, a calendar listing lectures, programs, tours, and special events, 20% discounts on ICA catalogues, use of the ICA library, and discounts on selected Penn Presents programs. Individuals $40; family $100; contributor $250; participating $500; benefactor $1,000; with additional membership bonuses for each. Information: (215) 573-0217 or www.icaphila.org/support/.
Arthur Ross Gallery offers those who contribute $50 or more, invitations to preview opening receptions and special events and the schedule of upcoming exhibitions, in addition to the free admission to exhibitions, lectures, and programs. New members who mention this Almanac listing can select a free catalogue from the already discounted publications on sale in the Gallery. For more information: (215) 898-3617.
Generations of Tradition, a lithograph of the University campus by Jane Wooster Scott, is available at four different prices depending on the edition: $150, $200, $400, $1,000. Profits benefit the Shoemaker Fund for Women's Athletics. Information: (215) 898-6123.
THE BRIDGE Cinema de Lux shows both major studio and high profile independent films. Gift Certificates are accepted toward all purchases, including 12 Lounge. Gift Certificates are available in single denominations in books of $25. Gift Certificates can be purchased online at www.thebridgecinema.com or at the Elite Services desk in lobby.
. . . Botanical Beauty: Members of the Morris Arboretum, Pennsylvania's official arboretum, receive free admission, free bonus plant, orientation tour and reception, 10% course discounts, the quarterly newsletter, plant sale benefits, access to the Reciprocal Admissions Program, gift shop discounts, and invitations to events and lectures. Membership fees are: Beech $90, Chestnut $150, Holly $250, Oak $500, and Laurel $1,000. Membership form is online at www.business-services.upenn.edu/arboretum/member2.html. For your favorite gardener, the Arboretum Gift Shop has a full line of garden-inspired home items, toys and the latest horticulture publications for the professional and amateur. Call the Morris Arboretum Gift Shop: (215) 247-5777.
. . . Delectible Delights:Houston Market gift certificates in the amount of $10 are available for purchase at Houston Market.
The Faculty Club offers faculty and staff in their first year at the University a year of membership free; you could make a deposit into a declining balance account for the member to enjoy meals at the Club. Gift certificates for membership are $50, a Club mug is $5.70, gift certificates for dining are available. Information: (215) 898-4618 or e-mail email@example.com.
. . . Feeling Fit: The Class of 1923 Ice Rink offers a discount book of 10 admission passes to any public skating session for $40 with a PennCard or $50 for the public. Why not stuff a stocking with skating lessons? Six weeks of group lessons, beginning week of January 9, are available for ages 6 through adult in a variety of skill levels. The registration deadline is January 2. Cost $100. Information: (215) 898-1923.
Levy Tennis Pavilion memberships are $15 students and spouses, $30 faculty, staff and spouses, $50 alumni, $75 public, $35 senior citizens, $6 guest fee; valid through August 2005. Information: (215) 898-4741.
The Department of Recreation offers gift certificates for the Penn Running Store, and The Energy Zone. Information: (215) 898-6100 or visit www.upenn.edu/recreation.
The Men's Basketball Club offers various gift levels from $25 to $1,500+ with benefits that increase with the level. Benefits include invitation to Club receptions, Hoopenings, media guide, Club memento, and preferred seating. Information: (215) 898-4717.
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The percentage of applicants who falsify their educational credentials and job experience typically goes up when the economy heads south. Recent layoffs and the financial meltdown have applicants feeling desperate, and desperate applicants tend to add that extra punch to their résumés.
Investigators at Kroll, Inc., which does employee background checks, estimate that 20% of job applicants exaggerate their educational backgrounds. More than 60% of HR pros told the Society for Human Resource Management that they have uncovered inaccuracies when checking the veracity of résumés.
Applicants lie most about their education, followed by their reasons for leaving past jobs, salary, job titles, scope of duties and criminal records.
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Mewie, I have been tagged, by Penelope catster kitty # 462190. now I am going to tag 7 kitties in hopes dat they will tag 7 friends also.
This is how it works, list 7 facts about mewself and den tag 7 other kitties. Purries
here are 7 facts about me.
1. Meowmie says mine furr looks like a bunnys, dat is why my nickname is Miss bunnyfurr.
2. I was dumpped here on a stormy night when I was a tiny kitten, meowmie heard me crying but couldnt find me, but in da morning, she found me in da barn, and I had weathered da stome, hince da name Little Willow, cause willows bend in da wind.
3. I have one ear dat was split bya a stray kitty.
4. I luff mine new burgandy soft bed, dat I have in da garage, dat I got for Christmas dis year.
5 .I luffs fancy feast sliced beef in gravy, wet kitty food.
6. I'm a loner, I do not get on with the other kitties here, or other humans, just mine human meowmie
7. I luff to watch stars at night on da lawn chair wiff mine meowmie in da summer.
Now Im on mine way to tag these 7 kitties.
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2. Royal-catster #199020
3. Screwy-#478871
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I like when it snows, we habe been habing a lot of ice over the last couple weeks, and da roads are furry slick. Now it is snowingon top of da ice. Im so gald im inside and not habing to worry about all dat. I did see a white kitty go across da road yesterday. Mwe do not know who dis kitty bleongs too, it do look to be well fed and healthy, so maybe a neighbor up da road, mwe live in da country and da houses are not furry close together . but dere is a guy lives up da road from us dat has kitties dat stay in his barn so maybe dis one belongs to him. I hope it has a home where it can get nice and warm.
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Oct. 20, noon-4 p.m.Waukesha Reads at Carroll
Waukesha Reads and The Big Read present activities that explore the themes of 'Into the Beautiful North' by Luis Alberto Urrea. Carroll University again partners with the annual event.
On Sunday, Oct. 20, a showing of "Seven Samurai" will be from noon-4 p.m. in the Dorothy Goff Frisch Recital Hall of Shattuck Music Center, 218 N. East Ave. This award-winning 1954 film tells the story of a group of samurai that protect a village being attacked by bandits, with subtitles. The movie is three-and-a-half-hours long and there will be an intermission. For more information, call Brittany Larson, Carroll's access services librarian, at 262.650.4887.
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LA Times describes appointees as "the four horsewomen of disinformation" on abortion and contraception
A new article in the New England Journal of Medicine called out four of President Donald Trump's recent appointees for promoting bad policy on contraception and abortion -- policies that are rooted in "alternative science" supported by discredited research and right-wing media.
In a June 14 article in the New England Journal of Medicine, University of Wisconsin Law School professor R. Alta Charo, who focuses on the law and bioethics, wrote about President Donald Trump's appointment of Charmaine Yoest, Teresa Manning, and Valerie Huber to the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), as well as his assignment of Katy Talento to serve as a health care adviser on his Domestic Policy Council. Charo lamented that these appointments exemplified how "reproduction has become the victim of alternative science, rife with alternative definitions of well-understood medical conditions."
In a June 15 article for the Los Angeles Times, Michael Hiltzik characterized Charo's article as "identifying four Trump appointees as carriers of the disinformation virus" and called the appointees "the four horsewomen of disinformation." Most alarmingly, Charo told Hiltzik that these four appointees "could influence an entire generation's attitude toward contraception, for the worse."
For example, Charmaine Yoest, the assistant secretary for public affairs at DHHS and the former president of the anti-abortion group Americans United For Life, has a long history of misinforming on contraception, abortion, and LGBTQ rights. One of Yoest's most egregious and often repeated claims is that abortion increases the risk of breast cancer, an assertion that Charo explained "will only encourage the alarming pattern of state legislation requiring physicians to provide this misinformation in the name of 'informed consent.'"
Similarly, Teresa Manning, the deputy assistant secretary for population affairs at DHHS, is a former legislative analyst for the hate group Family Research Council and a former lobbyist for the National Right to Life Committee. Although Manning doesn't believe that contraception can be effective, she is now in charge of the Title X program, which provides family planning funds for low-income people. Manning's belief, which will shape the federal policy, is not supported by science. As Charo noted, there is ample evidence that "hormonal methods are 91% effective and long-acting reversible contraceptives such as intrauterine devices (IUDs) are 99% effective at preventing pregnancy."
Trump's recent appointment of Valerie Huber to serve as chief of staff to the assistant secretary for health is problematic given the department's oversight of adolescent health programs. As the former head of a group called Ascend, Huber promoted abstinence-only sex education, which Charo rightfully identified as having "repeatedly been shown to be ineffective at preventing" teen pregnancy. Indeed, as multiple studies have found, abstinence-only sex education failed to prevent a long-term delay in sex or teen pregnancy, and, in some cases, actually led to a decrease in the use of condoms or contraception, increasing the risk of pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases.
The final appointee Charo criticized was Katy Talento, who now serves as a health care adviser on the Domestic Policy Council. Talento believes birth control causes infertility and miscarriages, which is not supported by the majority of scientific studies. To demonstrate the lack of scientific evidence behind Talento's claims, Charo pointed to an article Talento had written in which she incorrectly cited a study to claim birth control is "breaking your uterus."
According to Charo, misinformation on abortion and other reproductive choices has "been used to support abortion restrictions" at the state level, despite having little factual or scientific basis. Such rewriting of science, Charo claimed, is not done by "reasonable people" for they "may disagree about how to interpret data, but they do not ignore scientific method by giving credence to flawed, fraudulent, or misrepresented studies."
Although the appointment of these anti-choice stalwarts may be recent, the misinformation they advance is nothing new in the world of right-wing media. Fox News has continually provided legitimacy to the discredited anti-abortion group the Center for Medical Progress and carried water for its disproven claims about fetal tissue donation and Planned Parenthood. Fox News has also hosted people like White House counselor Kellyanne Conway, who advocates for 20-week abortion bans based on a flawed scientific premise and has a long history of promoting anti-choice misinformation during her appearances on the network. During the 2016 election, Fox News also alleged multiple times that Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton supported "partial-birth" abortion, a term that has no medical basis and was, in fact, invented by anti-abortion groups to demonize people seeking medically necessary late-term abortions. Similarly, the congressional Select Investigative Panel on Infant Lives relied heavily on claims from anti-abortion groups that were promoted as credible evidence by right-wing media.
Trump's health care appointees exist in the right-wing media world of "alternative science." And as the New England Journal of Medicine reported, the impact of these discredited anti-choice views will lead to unsound policies that will have a substantial impact on abortion access and reproductive health throughout the country.
Just days before NBC is set to air an interview with conspiracy theorist Alex Jones on Megyn Kelly's new show, Sunday Night with Megyn Kelly, Jones once again pushed several conspiracy theories about the 2012 mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School.
Kelly and NBC's decision to interview Jones has created a firestorm of controversy, with some family members of Sandy Hook victims calling for NBC to shelve the recorded interview given that Jones has pushed toxic conspiracy theories about the shooting that spurred some of his followers to harass the families. Page Six reported that following harsh criticism of the decision to give Jones a platform, Kelly invited Sandy Hook families to be interviewed for the episode as well.
During the June 15 broadcast of The Alex Jones Show, Jones promoted several conspiracy theories that he and others have previously used to deny that the tragedy ever happened.
Citing the U.S. government's use of misinformation to justify wars in the Middle East, Jones said, "If they'll do that, then am I supposed to question Sandy Hook when it happens and they've got the kids going in circles in and out of the building, and they don't call the rescue helicopters, and then instead an hour later there's port-a-potties and food being delivered and PR firms are there and Anderson Cooper says he's on location but he's clearly faking the location."
It should go without saying that Jones' claims about the shooting that took 26 lives are false.
On his show, Jones continued to lie about what he has said about the Sandy Hook tragedy in the past, saying he has "looked at every angle of" the shooting and claiming that he has said previously, "It could have been totally true, could have been totally fake." (In recent months, Jones has repeatedly claimed he was merely playing "devil's advocate" when commenting on the shooting.)
As Media Matters documented, in the years following the tragedy, Jones definitively stated on several occasions that the shooting did not happen. In 2014, for example, Jones said, "It took me about a year with Sandy Hook to come to grips with the fact that the whole thing was fake."
Jones has been lying about his past comments on Sandy Hook since his statements started drawing heightened scrutiny following his claim after the 2016 election that President Donald Trump would soon appear on his show. (Trump appeared on Jones show in 2015 and praised the conspiracy theorist's "amazing" reputation.)
Kelly's interview is set to air June 18 at 7 p.m. EST.
Jones' June 15 comments on Sandy Hook:
ALEX JONES (HOST): It is a fact that on the eve of the Gulf War in 1990 a PR firm was hired, and the daughter of the owner of the PR firm, who'd never been to Kuwait and who spoke fluent English and had been brought up in the U.S., went and testified to seeing Iraqi soldiers ripping babies out of incubators and bashing their brains out by the hundreds. This was used as the pretext to launch that war that was meant to legitimize the U.N. as a global government body and bring in a new world order as George Herbert Walker Bush said, or Bush 41. Now, if criminal elements of our government will do something like that to launch now three wars in the Middle East, back radical jihadists to take over Iraq, Syria, Libya, other areas, overthrow our allies in Egypt, kill millions of people, starve millions more, and have Madeline Albright, Clinton's secretary of state, say a half-million kids is an OK price to pay -- in fact, let's cue that up. If they'll do that, then am I supposed to question Sandy Hook when it happens and they've got the kids going in circles in and out of the building, and they don't call the rescue helicopters, and then instead an hour later there's port-a-potties and food being delivered and PR firms are there and Anderson Cooper says he's on location but he's clearly faking the location. We looked at every angle of that. And so they've now misrepresented what we've said, that I said it could have been totally true, could have been totally fake. I didn't progenerate. I didn't create. I wasn't the fount of that. The things that I am the fountain of, I'll tell you. 1776 worldwide. Rebooting America. Nationalism.
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On June 12, HBO's Vice News Tonight highlighted the struggles abortion providers and patients face in the seven states with only one abortion clinic remaining. In particular, by allowing providers to speak in their own words about what it's like to operate in a one-clinic state, HBO shined a light on the consequences of dwindling abortion access across the country.
During the June 12 edition of Vice News Tonight, abortion providers in Missouri, Kentucky, West Virginia, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming, and Mississippi discussed the challenges of operating the single remaining abortion clinic in their states. Although Vice News had previously profiled these clinics, the June 12 segment gave providers an even larger platform.
For example, several providers underscored the pivotal role their clinics play for patients seeking abortion services and other forms of essential health care. Mary Kogut, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region and Southwest Missouri, said, "We're resolute that we must stay open because if we're not there, there is no one to take care of the women in our state and in our community." Shannon Brewer, the clinic director of Jackson Women's Health Organization in Jackson, MS, said that her clinic must stay open because people "have nowhere else to go. They can go to neighboring states, but why should they have to?"
Research echoes these clinic directors' comments about impact of abortion restrictions in their one-clinic states. The greatest burden of anti-choice restrictions is faced by already marginalized groups, particularly low-income individuals and people of color. These patients and others seeking an abortion in one-clinic states may have to travel great distances to even reach the clinic in their state. As The Daily Beast explained, in the center of the country, where "roughly 400,000 women of reproductive age" live, they have to travel at least 150 miles to get to the nearest clinic.
In other cases, patients may be forced to travel to another state for abortion care. Before even getting to the clinic, however, those seeking an abortion will face any number of economic and logistical barriers -- including the cost for transportation and childcare, and the loss of income caused by taking time off work. This is further complicated in states with mandatory waiting periods, which force patients to not only take multiple days off work but also to arrange several trips to the clinic.
Along with the burdens placed on patients, abortion providers face elevated threats of violence in states with one clinic remaining. Tammi Kromenaker, the clinic director and owner of Red River Women's Clinic in North Dakota, told Vice News Tonight that the first abortion provider in the state faced threats from protesters coming to her home. As Ms. Magazine explained, the threat of violence against abortion providers means that sometimes when physicians leave a clinic, there is no one to replace them and the clinic must close. Nevertheless, right-wing media continue to push violent rhetoric against abortion providers and spread misinformation about abortion safety.
With many states continuing to consider and pass abortion restrictions -- as well as the potential defunding of Planned Parenthood at the federal level -- more states may join the seven HBO highlighted, with just one clinic left to serve their entire population.
Jones on Sandy Hook: "Staged," "inside job," "undoubtedly there's a cover-up," "giant hoax," "the whole thing was fake," "in my view, manufactured"
Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones is calling for his upcoming interview with NBC's Megyn Kelly not to air because he says Kelly misrepresented his views on the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre.
A short promotional video released by Kelly on June 11 showed Jones attempting to obfuscate and spin his past statements about Sandy Hook, with the prominent conspiracy theorist and ally of President Donald Trump calling Sandy Hook "complex," claiming he has advocated both for and against concluding that the shooting actually happened, and claiming he "looked at all the angles."
Following the release of this promo, Jones wrote on Twitter, "I'm calling for @megynkelly to cancel the airing of our interview for misrepresenting my views on Sandy Hook." Jones' tweet included a link to a 40-minute video in which he complained about the interview. The interview is scheduled to air June 18.
While we don't know how the Sandy Hook exchange will play out in the full interview, what can be proved is that Jones is a liar who -- since developing a high profile during the 2016 election -- has attempted to sanitize his definitive past claims that the shooting was a "hoax."
In 2013, Jones called the shooting "staged" and said, "It's got inside job written all over it."
In March 2014, Jones said, "I've looked at it and undoubtedly there's a cover-up, there's actors, they're manipulating, they've been caught lying, and they were pre-planning before it and rolled out with it."
In December 2014, Jones said on his radio program, "The whole thing is a giant hoax."
Jones continued: "The general public doesn't know the school was actually closed the year before. They don't know they've sealed it all, demolished the building. They don't know that they had the kids going in circles in and out of the building as a photo-op. Blue screen, green screens, they got caught using."
Making it clear he didn't view the occurrence of the shooting as an open question, Jones explicitly said that the Obama administration was behind the shooting, noting, "It took me about a year with Sandy Hook to come to grips with the fact that the whole thing was fake."
Jones made similar comments the following January, saying the shooting was "a synthetic, completely fake with actors, in my view, manufactured. I couldn't believe it at first. I knew they had actors there, clearly, but I thought they killed some real kids. And it just shows how bold they are that they clearly used actors."
In July 2015, Jones said cast doubt on whether children were actually killed during the shooting, before citing prominent Sandy Hook hoaxer Wolfgang Halbig.
Jones began to spin his past Sandy Hook statements in earnest following the victory of Donald Trump as his past statements came under increased scrutiny because of his association with Trump and his claim that the new president would appear on his show in the near future.
Despite his recent contradictory claims about the shooting, Jones continues to make statements that fuel Sandy Hook conspiracy theories.
Here are some headlines that advance Sandy Hook conspiracy theories that are still active on Jones' website, Infowars.com:
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Fox News correspondent Ed Henry misleadingly recounted May 3 testimony provided by then-FBI Director James Comey during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing to falsely suggest that Comey had lied under oath. Henry's flawed version of Comey's responses to a Republican senator's line of questioning mirrors a May 12 Breitbart.com article, which made the same misinformed suggestion.
On the June 11 edition of Fox News' MediaBuzz, Henry quickly rattled off a series of questions posed to then-FBI Director James Comey by Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) during a May 3 hearing. After quoting Grassley's questions from a transcript, Henry then paraphrased Grassley, claiming the senator asked Comey "whether he had allowed others to leak anything," to which Comey responded, according to Henry's erroneous account of the May 3 hearing, "no, no, no." Henry suggested that this supposedly misleading testimony from Comey stood as evidence that the ousted FBI director was no "white knight" before claiming that Comey seemed "like someone who had been leaking a lot before":
ED HENRY: This idea that he's a white knight, this idea that oh he's shocked, shocked by leaks. I went back and looked at the record, and I think a lot of people have missed this. May 3, he was under oath, Senate Judiciary Committee before he was fired, and James Comey was asked by Chuck Grassley, "have you ever been an anonymous source in news reports about matters related to the Trump investigation or Clinton investigations?" "Never." Followed up, "have you ever authorized someone else at the FBI to leak information in either of those?" He says, "No." And then finally he said, "are you aware of any classified information related to the president or his associates leaking out?" "Not to my knowledge." This was before he got fired. "Not to my knowledge" is kind of an odd answer, number one. But number two, the idea that Grassley asked him whether he had allowed others to leak anything, and he said, under oath, "no, no, no."
Hang on a second. Now, the playbook according to James Comey in this latest hearing is, "I can use somebody over at Columbia." You didn't really believe that was the first time James Comey did that? It sounded like someone who had been leaking a lot before.
In fact, according to a transcript from the May 3 Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Comey, under oath, did not answer misleadingly to a broad question that Henry claims was posed to him by Grassley about "whether he allowed others to leak anything." Comey only specifically denied that he: 1) was "an anonymous source in news reports about matters relating to the Trump investigation;" 2) that he "ever authorized someone else at the FBI to be an anonymous source in news reports about the Trump investigation;" and 3) that "any classified information relating to President Trump or his ... associates [had] been declassified and shared with the media":
SEN. CHUCK GRASSLEY: Director Comey, have you ever been an anonymous source in news reports about matters relating to the Trump investigation or the Clinton investigation?
JAMES COMEY: Never.
GRASSLEY: Question two, relatively related, have you ever authorized someone else at the FBI to be an anonymous source in news reports about the Trump investigation or the Clinton investigation?
COMEY: No.
GRASSLEY: Has any classified information relating to President Trump or his association — associates been declassified and shared with the media?
COMEY: Not to my knowledge.
On June 8, Comey testified to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence that he used "a good friend … who's a professor at Columbia Law School" to provide information to The New York Times. Comey was not the anonymous source, nor was "someone else at the FBI," and Comey established in his June 8 testimony, during a back and forth with Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA), that the information eventually provided to the Times by an intermediary was not classified material. And of course, this New York Times report was published on May 11, a week after Comey's Senate Judiciary Committee testimony, and two days after Trump fired him as FBI director.
Suggesting that Comey lied under oath in response to Grassley's line of questioning is false, and Henry's misconstrued paraphrasing of Grassley's question matched earlier attempts to defame Comey from Breitbart.com and other fake news purveyors.
NRATV gaslights the public with a fake "direct quote" from Comey
The National Rifle Association's news outlet NRATV spun former FBI Director James Comey's testimony to the Senate intelligence committee to President Donald Trump's advantage by flatly lying about what Comey said.
Comey testified in an open hearing before the Senate intelligence committee on June 8, almost a month after Trump abruptly fired him. Trump's public statements on the firing have caused numerous legal experts to warn that Trump may have obstructed justice by improperly interfering with an FBI investigation.
NRATV was quick to jump to Trump's defense before and during Comey's appearance. During the 11 a.m. edition of its program Stinchfield, which provides live news updates at the top of the hour from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. EST, host Grant Stinchfield said the hearing came down to one question: "Did [Trump] ever try to obstruct justice in any way?" He said Comey answered, "No":
GRANT STINCHFIELD (HOST): Now as I look and listen to this hearing, what I see is James Comey being questioned. One, being led by the Democrats to try to sink Donald Trump, and two, by the Republicans trying to get to the heart of what this hearing is all about. Did Donald Trump try to obstruct justice when it came to this Russian investigation in any way? A direct quote when he was asked about this by the chairman of the committee, a Republican, "Did Donald Trump ever ask you to stop the Russian investigation?" James Comey's answer, "No." "Did he ever try to obstruct justice in any way?" James Comey's answer, "No."
In actuality, Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC), chairman of the intelligence committee, asked Comey whether the president was trying to find a way for former national security adviser Mike Flynn to "save face" after having been fired, or whether he was trying to "obstruct justice" when he said he hoped Comey could "let [the investigation] go." At the time, Flynn was under investigation for his ties to Russia. Comey didn't respond "no," but instead said, "I don't think it's for me to say whether the conversation I had with the president was an effort to obstruct. I took it as a very disturbing thing, very concerning, but that's a conclusion I'm sure the special counsel will work towards to try and understand what the intention was there and whether that's an offense":
RICHARD BURR: Director, when the president requested that you -- and I quote -- "let Flynn go," General Flynn had an unreported contact with the Russians, which is an offense and if press accounts are right, there might have been discrepancies between facts and his FBI testimony. In your estimation, was General Flynn at that time in serious legal jeopardy and, in addition to that, do you sense that the president was trying to obstruct justice or just seek for a way for Mike Flynn to save face given he had already been fired?
JAMES COMEY: General Flynn at that point in time was in legal jeopardy. There was an open FBI criminal investigation of his statements in connection with the Russian contacts and the contacts themselves. And so that was my assessment at the time. I don't think it's for me to say whether the conversation I had with the president was an effort to obstruct. I took it as a very disturbing thing, very concerning, but that's a conclusion I'm sure the special counsel will work towards to try and understand what the intention was there and whether that's an offense. [CSPAN, James Comey hearing, 6/8/17]
The special counsel Comey referred to is former FBI director Robert Mueller, who is tasked with investigating "ties between President Trump's campaign and Russian officials."
Before the hearing even began, Stinchfield tweeted that the "testimony will be a big 'Nothing Burger!'"
#JamesComey testimony will be a big "Nothing Burger!" But get ready for the media spin!
— Grant Stinchfield (@stinchfield1776) June 8, 2017
During the 9 a.m. update, Stinchfield claimed there was nothing wrong with Trump's "demand for loyalty" from Comey and that in prepared testimony released before the hearing, the former FBI director "makes it clear in no way did Donald Trump ever obstruct justice." (The prepared testimony reached no such conclusion. As Comey's testimony during the hearing demonstrated, his view is that the question of whether Trump's conduct could constitute obstruction of justice should be left to the special counsel.) During the 10 a.m. update, Stinchfield attempted to undercut Comey's upcoming statements by claiming Comey was "almost posing for the camera" as he took his seat before the hearing and said, "There is no doubt in my mind that James Comey loves the spotlight. In fact, he relishes it. This is why he writes those memos, throwing Donald Trump under the bus."
The NRA was one of Trump's earliest supporters, spending millions of dollars to help his campaign. NRATV has long since established itself as a pro-Trump propaganda outlet, previously calling any dissent against Trump "anti-patriotic" and an "assault against freedom and the Constitution." Stinchfield and NRATV commentator Dana Loesch have praised Trump's "tough straight talk about the dishonesty of the media" and encouraged then President-elect Trump to continue his attacks against the press. In February, Stinchfield blamed Trump's Russia scandal on a "concerted effort with Obama loyalists ... trying to undermine the president every step of the way."
In January, the NRA released a video promising that the group would be "Donald Trump's strongest, most unflinching ally." That allegiance apparently extends to fabricating quotes from a public hearing for the benefit of the president.
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"It's reckless and dangerous to approach accepted medical science as one approaches faith -- as if incessantly proselytizing about the grave dangers of abortion makes it true."
In a May 30 article, Broadly's Callie Beusman highlighted the "public health crisis" posed by crisis pregnancy centers (CPCs) -- anti-abortion organizations that represent themselves as reproductive care clinics, but that employ deceptive tactics and medical misinformation to mislead patients into continuing their pregnancies.
According to Beusman, the recent opening of the Hartford Women's Center, a CPC located "a mere 30 feet from Hartford GYN Center, in the same office complex, with nearly identical signage," is an entirely intentional decision by the anti-abortion organizers behind it. As Beusman explained, CPCs often "employ a variety of deceptive tactics, including posting misleading ads and establishing locations next to clinics and hospitals, with the intent of luring women into their offices" so that they can "bombard them with spurious information" until they either reject abortion or delay the decision long enough "to push the pregnancy past the legal window for termination."
Beusman said NARAL described the consequences of allowing CPCs to supplant legitimate reproductive health and abortion care in many communities as a "public health crisis." For example, despite appearing as a "legitimate family planning clinic on its surface," Hartford Women's Center in reality provided "none of the vital health care services women can access next door at Hartford GYN Center: no STI testing, no well women exams, no prenatal care, no birth control."
This is not uncommon. A year-long investigation by Cosmopolitan found that CPCs often "do not provide or refer [patients] for contraception or abortion" and that many employees, "even those who provide medical information, are not licensed." According to Salon, in some cases, states directly fund CPCs to provide misleading information anti-choice in lieu of actual medical services. In one example, in 2016, Texas awarded the second largest contract in the state's restructured reproductive health program to anti-abortion extremist Carol Everett and her network of CPCs, The Heidi Group. In mid-March, The Dallas Morning News reported that despite being "armed with $1.6 million taxpayer dollars, the Heidi Group has delivered nothing."
As Beusman explained, "It's reckless and dangerous to approach accepted medical science as one approaches faith—as if incessantly proselytizing about the grave dangers of abortion makes it true, or as though it's ever morally justifiable to deny care to women in need."
From Broadly:
Hartford Women's Center, which opened its doors for the first time this month, is the newest St. Gerard's location. It's a mere 30 feet from Hartford GYN Center, in the same office complex, with nearly identical signage. This is very confusing, and intentionally so. Hartford Women's Center is what's known as a crisis pregnancy center (CPC), a term used to describe anti-abortion organizations whose sole purpose is to convince women to carry pregnancies to term, oftentimes by posing as legitimate reproductive health care providers.
CPCs typically employ a variety of deceptive tactics, including posting misleading ads and establishing locations next to clinics and hospitals, with the intent of luring women into their offices. Once women are in their clutches, they bombard them with spurious information: that abortions are extremely painful and perilous, that ending an unwanted pregnancy may result in permanent psychological damage, that an abortion might not even be necessary because miscarriage is so common. In some cases, staff will even lie about the fetus' gestational age in order to push the pregnancy past the legal window for termination. There are currently over 3500 CPCs operating in America, compared with around 800 abortion clinics.
Although Hartford Women's Center resembles a legitimate family planning clinic on its surface, it offers basically none of the vital health care services women can access next door at Hartford GYN Center: no STI testing, no well women exams, no prenatal care, no birth control. Women who end up in the center are told that abortion is murder, that several forms of contraception are also murder, and that choosing to terminate a pregnancy could have ruinous repercussions, including PTSD, breast cancer, and infertility. They're urged to carry their pregnancies to term and promised financial and emotional support if they choose to do so. (In addition to the services advertised on its card, St. Gerard's currently offers free baby clothing and diapers for women who enroll in its education program, social service referrals, and baptism preparation for infants and mothers alike.)
I do not doubt that numerous volunteers and "prayer warriors" who had flocked to the new St. Gerard's location genuinely felt they were doing the right thing: saving the mother from sin, saving the fetus from abortion. I think they believe all their own stories, the Biblical parables and anti-abortion propaganda materials alike. But it's reckless and dangerous to approach accepted medical science as one approaches faith—as if incessantly proselytizing about the grave dangers of abortion makes it true, or as though it's ever morally justifiable to deny care to women in need.
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Firefighters quickly knock down house boat fire by Ballard Fred Meyer
Update, May 7
The Seattle Fire Investigator determined the cause of the house boat fire at 1115 NW 45th St was overheated electrical. It resulted in $2,000-worth of damage.
Original, May 6
Firefighters were able to quickly take care of a house boat fire by the Ballard Fred Meyer earlier this afternoon, according to Seattle Fire Department Spokesman Kyle Moore.
SFD received a call at 1:10 p.m. When they got there, at 1:14 p.m., the house had heavy smoke and flames coming from it. But firefighters were able to respond quickly, knocking it down by 1:20 p.m.
No one was on board the boat when SFD got there and therefore there were no injuries. Currently a fire investigator is determining the cause and damage. We will provide an update when we hear more.
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