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HRSM students get into the swing at the Masters
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It is undeniably one of the most recognizable and prestigious international sporting events--the Masters at Augusta National, or as it's simply called, The Masters.
The preeminent golf tournament kicks off April 7 and nearly 500 students from the College of Hospitality, Retail and Sport Management will be there to work and learn at this global event.
Ava Jones, a junior sport and entertainment management major from Johnson City, TN., says the opportunity will be a major career boost to her resume'.
"The position I have is a sales assistant, specifically for the Bobby Jones apparel line. I held this same position last year and it requires informing customers about our products and helping them decide on what to purchase. While the position I hold is very basic, the prestige of working at the Masters is something that very few job applicants have," Jones says.
The school has established a reputation for sending highly qualified and hardworking students to the golf tournament ever since it joined forces with the Masters eight years ago.
Mark Lockridge, a 2003 alumnus of the college, is now the Augusta National clubhouse manager. He tells the students that the Masters experience will be the most demanding, rewarding, frustrating, satisfying, difficult and exciting time of their careers.
"Those who are working for the first time will soon come to understand. Those returning for another year can't wait to get back. Not many times in your career will you be so excited to work over 100-plus hours in a week," Lockridge says.
During the week of the tournament, HRSM students will work in a wide range of jobs—concessions, valet, beverage, housekeeping, front desk operations, chauffeurs and locker room attendants.
Cathy Gustafson, an associate professor in the college's School of Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism Management, established the partnership with the Tournament in 2005. Gustafson says you can't overstate the value of working at the Masters.
"The Masters is an incredibly high volume event with the ultimate standards in club operations," Gustafson says. "This is an opportunity for our students to participate and support an event with national and international prestige. If you can succeed here, you can succeed anywhere else in the hospitality industry."


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This is how much can happen in a college football game with one second on the clock:
-- 3 times fans storm the field
-- 2 field goals are missed
-- 1 nearly game-deciding penalty is called, and it was not even committed by anyone wearing a uniform.
As if the BYU-Utah rivalry isn't crazy enough, that's how this season's game ended about 2 a.m. ET Sunday.
Utah escaped with a 24-21 victory, but just barely.
BYU, once down 24-7, stormed back and was driving for a potential tying field goal. A last-gasp pass fell incomplete, and the Utah fans ran onto the field thinking the game was over.
Not so fast. Officials reviewed the play and found that one second remained when the pass was ruled incomplete. The fans were cleared, and BYU set up for a potential game-tying 51-yard field goal by Justin Sorensen. The kick was blocked, and the fans stormed the field again.
Not so fast again. The ball was still in play. A penalty flag flew. The officials met and determined a "live ball foul" had been committed since the fans came on the field while the ball was still in play. A 15-yard penalty was assessed.
The fans were cleared again. That let BYU line up for a 36-yard field goal by Riley Stephenson. The kick from the right hash got off cleanly but hooked a bit too much and hit the left upright.
Now the fans are free to storm the field for what could be an NCAA-record third time in one game. Finally, it's a final.
Reid Cherner has been with USA TODAY since 1982 and written Game On! since March 2008.
He has covered everything from high schools to horse racing to the college and the pros. The only thing he likes more than his own voice is the sound of readers telling him when he's right and wrong.
Michael Hiestand has covered sports media and marketing for USA TODAY, tackling the sports biz ranging from what's behind mega-events such as the Olympics and Super Bowl to the sometimes-hidden numbers behind the sports world's bottom line.


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Arsenal's hopes of winning the Premier League are pretty much over, after they were beaten 2-1 by Bolton. The Reds trailed at half time after a goal from Daniel Sturridge.
Robin van Persie gave Arsenal hope by equalising early in the second half, at the Reebok Stadium on Sunday.
But a last minute goal from Bolton's Tamir shocked Arsenal. They're now nine points behind table leaders Man United. Arsene Wenger said he's to blame for the Reds' failures.
Elsewhere, after a £50million transfer and more than 12 hours of play for Chelsea, Fernando Torres FINALLY scored his first goal for the Blues.
The Spanish striker helped Chelsea beat West Ham 3-0. Frank Lampard and Florent Malouda also scored. They keep the heat on Man United - they're six points behind in the table.
A late goal from Javier Hernandez took Manchester United to a 1-0 win over Everton. They keep their six-point lead at the top of the league.
Liverpool's Maxi Rodriguez scored a hat-trick to help his team to a 5-0 victory over Birmingham. It leaves them just three points behind Tottenham in the race for fifth place.


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Jim Taunt's long-winded critique of the Catholic Church ("What is wrong with my Catholic Church?" AFN, Nov. 7) has an astounding omission: he never mentions the pedophile scandal. Throughout the dismal progress of this immoral fiasco, the Church's self-perpetuating patriarchy displayed monumental hypocrisy, plus incredible contempt for the priest-molested victims. The Catholic bishops intimidated abused altar-boys' parents, urging them to keep quiet. They failed to warn parishes to which pedophile priests were irresponsibly transferred; and they failed to report the molesters' crimes to local law officials.
In stark contrast with their lenience toward pedophile priests, the bishops nonetheless attempt to impose absolute bans on birth control, divorce, and abortion. The hypocrisy is unbelievable. The Church's catastrophic loss of moral authority should, I would think, be any Catholic's chief concern, not the incidental failings noted by Taunt.
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Chef Timothy Hollingsworth has landed in LA after 12 years at Thomas Keller's The French Laundry as a consulting chef for the South Bay's Michael Zislis, who owns The Strand House, Circa, Shade Hotel, and Rock & Brews. But The Bocuse d'Or finalist will also be working on a side project this July as a featured chef at Capella Pedregal's Food and Wine Festival in Cabo san Lucas, Mexico. He will work alongside Chef Kent Rathbun of Dallas' five star Abacus restaurant; Chef Dean Fearing of Dallas' renowned Fearing's restaurant and Chef Philippe Schmit of Houston's Philippe Restaurant. But back to LA. The City of Angels' latest addition discusses where he loves to hang out, what he loves about his new home and where, of course, he likes to eat.
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Five armed bandits reportedly broke into the filmmaker's office and took away a computer containing the screenplay for the movie.
A computer containing the screenplay for Francis Ford Coppola's new project "Tetro" got stolen by armed bandits when they raided the famed filmmaker's Argentine headquarters on Wednesday night (Sept 26).
An independent news agency, Noticias Argentinas, reported at least five people broke into the offices of Zoetrope Argentina, tying up employees then taking computers, cameras, and other valuables. One of the computers taken turned out to store a script for the movie, which is set to start shooting next year.
Coppola was learned to be not in Buenos Aires at the time of the incident, though. Meanwhile, a spokesman to local federal police confirmed that a robbery had indeed occurred but could not give any details apart from informing that a judge was investigating.
Responding to this awful happening, a New York-based representative for Coppola, Kathleen Talbert, however, remarked in an email to The Associated Press that the script was saved in other places while informing "The Godfather" director would issue no statement regarding the burglary. Nevertheless, an employee to his office was quoted to say that the man "is very sad and the only thing he's asked for is to get back his computer, which is essential for him and for his work."
In related news, which is rather contrasting with the robbery, Coppola's other movie "Youth Without Youth" has been announced to meet its world premiere at this year's Rome Film Festival, slated to run October 18-27, 2007. Pic, Coppola's first directing effort since 1997's "The Rainmaker", centers on a professor whose life changes after a cataclysmic incident during the dark years prior to World War II.
"It is a film that we strongly wanted. ... Coppola, who is back with a philosophical noir, will be here. It's a film that will leave a sign and will make people talk," Piera Detassis, one of the festival's directors, commented.


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10 Signs You Might Be Suffering From Post-Breakup Insanity
After a particularly bad breakup, most of us would admit to some crazy behavior. Of course, crazy is in the eye of the beholder … or the receiver. It may start innocently enough with drunken texts, Facebook stalking or obsessing over your need for closure. Unfortunately, every once and a while, a breakup sends even the most level-headed woman into a tailspin.
According to the DSM-IV (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders), there are nearly 400 diagnosable mental disorders — none of which have anything to do with the sudden onset of insanity after a breakup. Even doctors can get it wrong sometimes. In 1974, the APA removed homosexuality from the DSM as a mental disorder (thank you!), and they've added new disorders to the list since, such as Frotteurism (behaviors involving touching and rubbing against a non-consenting person). While a bad breakup probably won't induce Frotteurism, it can cause seemingly intelligent, beautiful, educated, wonderful women to lose control. For the DSM-V, which comes out next year, I would like to offer up a new disorder for consideration — Post-Breakup Insanity, or PBI.
PBI is defined as: A temporary psychosis brought on by the acute pain of a breakup. Symptoms of PBI will vary from person to person but may include irrational thoughts and actions, loss of contact with reality, intense stalking (virtual and physical), dissociation, obsession and other things which, once the PBI has lifted, will cause mortification and shame.
Be aware that in your PBI fugue state, many ideas will sound normal to you, great even. They aren't. If you've considered doing (or have done) any of the following, you may be suffering from early onset or full-blown PBI. Call your most sane, rational girlfriend to talk you off the ledge. Go dancing, have a girl's night, or watch "Dirty Dancing" – anything to stop the insanity as Susan Powter would say. Or seek professional help immediately. You are not alone. Many of us have experienced PBI in some form or another. Below are some PBI behaviors to give diagnosticians (and you) a frame of reference.
1. You follow him. I'm not talking about following him on Twitter. I'm talking getting in your car and following him. Maybe following him after he exits a club with a girl, to see if he takes her home.
2. You leave his cell phone number or email address in random bathrooms. Especially at gay bars across the city inviting people to call. You're severely at risk if you find this hilarious and tell everyone about it so that it will get back to him.
3. You create a fake Facebook page using a random model's picture. You may even try to tailor the fake profile to your ex's college/likes/clubs/friends in the hope that he'll friend your fake persona so that you can stalk him and the life he wants to lead without you more comfortably.
4. You show up unannounced on his doorstep to "talk," multiple times. While TV and rom coms make this look acceptable, in real life it's awkward and weird. If he lives with roommates, expect them to say things like, "Yeah, she just showed up. It was pathetic. "She's so psycho," when describing you.
5. You hope that you might be pregnant with his child. Because that will be a great way to get him back!
6. You buy a one-way ticket to his city. The long-distance thing might might have been the reason he dumped you inexplicably. Arriving in his city unannounced is a great idea because surely if he saw your face he'd remember how much he loves you. Probably not.
7. You leave 10+ voicemail messages or 20+ text messages in one night. One is too many. Ten is unforgivable.
8. You damage his car. Keying, baseball bat bashing, or any activity Carrie Underwood sings about sounds like a good idea when you're suffering from PBI. It will only result in a police record.
9. You write him a song to win him back. Variations on this theme may include recording a song and playing it on his voicemail, playing a recording of "your" song together into the phone. Singing said song slowly and between sobs on his phone while drunk.
10. You send him naked or semi-naked pictures of yourself. Because surely he's forgotten how sexy you are. Nope, he hasn't forgotten. He just isn't interested in your naked body anymore, and now he'll just show his friends your tits and maybe leak them on the internet.


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PRINCETON, N.J. -- The second week of the 2012 Ivy League football season features a first in recent conference history.
The League will be featured in a national broadcast doubleheader on the NBC Sports Network this Saturday with Cornell welcoming Yale to Schoellkopf Field for a 1 p.m. kickoff followed by Brown playing host to Harvard in their Ivy opener at 4:30 p.m. The two games are a part of the League's seven games on the NBC Sports Network this season. Randy Moss (play-by-play), Ross Tucker (analyst) and Carolyn Manno (sidelines) will serve as the broadcast team for the Harvard-Brown game, while Todd Harris (play-by-play), Blaine Fowler (analyst) and Kelly Johnson (sidelines) on will be the call for the Yale-Cornell game.
Princeton will start the weekend on Friday also in front of the national television cameras and under the lights in its home opener against Georgetown in a matchup that can be seen live on ESPNU. In other Week 2 Ivy action, Dartmouth travels to Holy Cross, Columbia hosts Fordham in the battle for the Liberty Cup and Penn battles cross-city rival Villanova in the Schuylkill Showdown.
The second episode of "Inside Ivy League Football" on Wednesday, Sept. 19 will feature interviews with Yale head coach Tony Reno, Columbia junior linebacker Zach Olinger and actor, writer, producer/director and former Princeton football star Dean Cain.
Dartmouth junior running back Dominick Pierre (Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.) got the opportunity to showcase his skills against Butler, setting personal highs of 26 rushes and 170 yards on the ground while equaling his previous best with two touchdowns, in the Big Green's 35-7 win. A model of consistency throughout the game, Pierre carried the ball 13 times for 86 yards and a score in the first half, then 13 more times for 84 yards and another touchdown in the second half. It was his second career 100-yard game.
Harvard senior running back Treavor Scales (Stone Mountain, Ga.) had a big day in the Crimson' opener against defending Pioneer League champion San Diego with 19 carries for a career-high 173 yards and two touchdowns in a 28-13 victory. Scales averaged 9.1 yards per carry and had a 66-yard touchdown run late in the fourth quarter to seal the win.
Columbia junior linebacker Zach Olinger (Hoover, Ala.) had a monster game in the Lions' 10-9 win over Marist with 10 tackles (six solo), a forced fumble and an interception. Olinger's forced fumble came on a first-and-goal from the one-yard line to give Columbia the ball and preserve the lead. He also had a key interception late in the fourth quarter to give the Lions the ball back for the final time to secure the win. Olinger also recorded a sack and two tackles for a loss.
Dartmouth senior linebacker Miles Gay (Friendswood, Texas) was likely as surprised as anyone to receive the opening kick of the 2012 season. One of the upbacks, Gay fielded a line-drive kick after a couple of bounces and started up the field. After bouncing off one tackler, he took to the left sideline and found daylight all the way for an 85-yard touchdown run. It was the first kickoff return for a touchdown by a Dartmouth player since the last game of the 2008 season, a span of 41 games. It was also the only kick Gay has returned in his career and the only time he has had possession of the football.
Yale freshman running back Tyler Varga (Kitchener, Ontario, Canada) started his career with 174 all-purpose yards (103 rush, 65 KOR, 6 Rec) and two touchdowns in the Bulldogs' 24-21 win over Georgetown. Varga scored the first points of the game on a two-yard in the first quarter and the game-winning touchdown on a nine-yard run late in the third quarter.
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*Yale at Cornell, 1 pm [NBCSN]
Dartmouth at Holy Cross, 1 pm
Villanova at Penn, 3:30 pm [TCN]
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Apple has rolled out a new do-it-yourself listings portal for small businesses called Apple Maps Connect. Through it, business owners or select others working on their behalf can list a company on Apple Maps whenever they'd like, doing so with an instant verification option. This opens up the listings to any business owner who wants to hop on and add their company; Apple is also giving them the chance to sign up for Indoor Positioning technology priority installation through it (though certain terms apply for the latter category).


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Clairton coke oven may not be affected by EPA's Clean Power Plan standards
Coke ovens such as those in Clairton may not be affected directly by proposed Environmental Protection Agency Clean Power Plan standards aimed at coal-fired power plants.
"(The standards are) a commonsense plan to cut carbon pollution from power plants," an EPA spokeswoman said. "It does not propose requirements for the steel industry."
"They will create a situation where electric rates will go up," U.S. Steel spokeswoman Courtney A. Boone said. "Then those rates will be passed along to the consumer, that is, us, and that is how they will impact our operations."
"EPA did not conduct a quantitative analysis of the impact of the proposed plan on industries outside the electric generating sector," agency press officer Enesta Jones emailed in response to Daily News questions.
Her agency issued restrictions on coke oven emissions in the past. Standards were set in 1992, revised in 2000 and led to an overhaul of U.S. Steel's Clairton Plant, North America's largest coke producer.
On Jan. 31, 2013, U.S. Steel commissioned a state-of-the-art C Battery to replace Batteries 7-9 as part of a half-billion-dollar project that included construction of new low-emission quench towers and environmental rehabilitation of Batteries 1-3.
Some months later, EPA began what it called "an unprecedented public outreach" to draw up its Clean Power Plan.
"Since last summer, the agency has collected extensive public input, including 11 public listening sessions and meetings with more than 300 groups from across the country," Jones wrote.
That included the American Iron and Steel Institute, whose member companies represent more than 75 percent of steel capacity in the United States and Canada, and the United Steelworkers, which represent workers at Clairton and other U.S. Steel facilities.
"It's going to take us some time to work our way through the ruling and until we do so, we are not making further comment," said steelworkers spokesman Wayne Ranick.
"The leading states in terms of iron and steel production in the U.S. are heavily dependent on coal for electricity production, and therefore, so is our industry," institute president Thomas J. Gibson said. "A regulation from EPA that will disproportionately impact coal-generated electricity will have a detrimental effect on steelmaking."
U.S. Steel president and CEO Mario Longhi echoed Gibson's concern earlier this week.
"These guidelines take direct aim at the coal industry, and in turn take aim at manufacturing," Longhi said in remarks prepared for a keynote speech to the West Virginia Manufacturers Association's leadership summit on Monday in Charleston.
"As an energy-intensive, trade-exposed industry, steel will bear the weight of this onerous regulatory burden as electricity costs are passed on to the users," Longhi said. "Regulations such as these put the steel industry, and domestic manufacturing, at a competitive disadvantage against other steel producing nations such as China, India and Russia where such environmental rules do not exist or are ignored."
Jones wrote that EPA's proposal provides the states "with significant flexibility" in determining how to meet goals that keep energy "affordable and reliable" and predicts that energy bills will shrink by 8 percent when its program is fully implemented — in 2030.
On one hand, by 2030 estimated annual costs for the plan will range from $7.3 billion to $8.8 billion. On the other, the EPA predicted, "for every dollar invested through the Clean Power Plan, American families will see up to $7 in health benefits."
Across the nation, the EPA spokeswoman said, the proposed reductions "will lead to climate and health benefits worth an estimated $55 billion to $93 billion per year in 2030," including 2,700 to 6,600 fewer premature deaths and 140,000 to 150,000 fewer asthma attacks in children.
By then, EPA expects its plan would "help cut carbon pollution from the power sector by approximately 30 percent from 2005 levels," while reducing soot and smog pollutants by 25 percent.
Reduction of pollutants such as particulates less than 2.5 micrometers in size long has been the focus of federal and state efforts in the city of Clairton and South Allegheny boroughs of Liberty, Glassport, Port Vue and Lincoln.
It remains known as the Liberty-Clairton nonattainment area as it has not met federal standards for particulate pollution, even with U.S. Steel's efforts in Clairton.
The EPA plan coincided with steel industry efforts to turn back alleged unfair trade practices by other countries that produce pipe for the oil and gas industry, particularly South Korea. Longhi saw common cause with coal there, too.
"The threat does not end with onerous regulations," Longhi said in Charleston. "Like other industries in the manufacturing supply chain, coal is also threatened by the unfair trade practices."
Jones said the EPA continues to seek "broad outreach" with public hearings in Atlanta, Washington, Denver and on July 31 in Pittsburgh. Those wishing to sign up for that hearing can do so at www.epa.gov/cleanpowerplan.
"We can expect the coal industry to flood the hearing," a spokesman for Pittsburgh's Thomas Merton Center said in an email, "so we will need to show the EPA and the world Pennsylvanians support a strong carbon pollution rule."
Patrick Cloonan is a staff writer for Trib Total Media.


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The midfielder's agent, who has since joined Wolfsburg, claimed to his client that Jose Mourinho's failure to land the Poland international saw a move to Westfalenstadion collapse
The midfielder says his agent told him of the club's interest in the Pole, who eventually agreed a move to European champions Bayern Munich at the end of the season on a free transfer.
"Mourinho said no [to a Dortmund move]," De Bruyne told Bild.
When asked if a failed moved for Lewandowski played a part in the failed move, the winger added: "That's what they told me and also my agent.
"But that is professional football. Where there is a lot of money changing hands, there is also a lot of politics."De Bruyne eventually completed a big-money move to Wolfsburg in January after falling down the pecking order under Jose Mourinho, and is now eyeing a DFB-Pokal victory over Dortmund.
He continued: "Since [sporting director] Klaus Allofs is here, the VfL ar really progressing. That convinced me. They wanted me from the start and was always interested to find a good solution in the transfer talks with Chelsea.
"Of course it is a goal for me to win titles. We are in the DFB-Pokal against Dortmund. We want to win there."


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The first and foremost consideration regarding the baby born to Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge is that he or she is healthy with all 10 fingers and 10 toes.
But in typical British fashion, there already seems to be some anxiety over the possibility that the child might emerge as a … ginger.
Because, apparently, being born a redhead ensures a life sentence of mockery.
An article in Friday's Independent, written by auburn-haired journalist Harriet Jaine, explores "ginger prejudice" and the royal precedent toward strawberry blond locks.
"Maybe this would be the final nail in the coffin for ginger phobia," she opines.
The article also points out the year's most vilified woman, redhead Rebekah Brooks, proved one of those stereotypically fiery, tempestuous types. She neglected to mention Lindsay Lohan.
Which is not to say that their hair was responsible for their wrongdoings so much as the most important signifier of their image – and what many see as the outer manifestation of their "slightly unhinged" personalities.
But what seems like a trite concern gains a bit more substance in the comment section where myriad fellow gingers are sharing their stories about lifelong bullying (until, that is, they go grey).
"I can't believe it is still a problem in this day and age. In my experience, the name 'ginger' is used as a derogatory term for anyone who has ginger hair. I love being a ginger but I hate the way it is used to talk down someone rather than celebrating a rare and special colour," a user writes under the name MSteele.
If England's future heir ends up with red hair (and let's not forget that Prince Harry's mop is rather auburn-hued), this might prove salvation for gingers the world over.
Anyway, it would not be unprecedented; the article notes that Henry II, Henry III and Elizabeth I also had crowns of red hair.
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Piers Morgan Hassles Sheriff Who Encourages Citizens to Arm Themselves
Continuing to harass pro-gun advocates, CNN's Piers Morgan attacked a Wisconsin sheriff who had encouraged citizens to own a firearm for self-defense. Morgan interrupted his guest repeatedly and tried to frame him as a loony Wild West gunman.
"What you're creating is a return to the Wild West in Milwaukee," Morgan insisted on Tuesday night's Piers Morgan Tonight. "You do these racy, Hollywood-style adverts. You want them all out there armed and shooting."
Morgan painted his guest's commercial as a ridiculous John Wayne-style call to arms:
"I mean, Sheriff, listening to the way that you phrased yourself in that ad, the kind of Hollywood voice you put on, the deep tones, making it all sound terribly exciting and dramatic, it sounded like some kind of John Wayne movie. How on Earth does that kind of rhetoric to the American people serve any kind of sensible, rational purpose?"
While Morgan badgered Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke, he was quite easy on Milwaukee City Mayor Tom Barrett who opposed Clarke's action.
"Mr. Mayor, look, I get frustrated with this because I don't think it's the job of a sheriff to be going on producing advertisements urging -- (Barrett interrupts) -- No, let me go to the mayor -- to effectively be ignoring a first response call to the police. What is your reaction to what the sheriff was just saying?" Morgan effectively made the debate two-versus-one with that statement.
When Clarke couldn't produce statistics of families who had used a firearm in self-defense, Morgan dumped on his guest: "You haven't got a clue, do you? You haven't got a clue."
A transcript of the segment, which aired on Piers Morgan Tonight on January 29 at 9:33 p.m. EST, is as follows:
PIERS MORGAN: I mean, Sheriff, listening to the way that you phrased yourself in that ad, the kind of Hollywood voice you put on, the deep tones, making it all sound terribly exciting and dramatic, it sounded like some kind of John Wayne movie. How on Earth does that kind of rhetoric to the American people serve any kind of sensible, rational purpose?
Sheriff DAVID CLARKE JR., Milwaukee County, Wisconsin: Well, first of all, I object to the Hollywood voice. This is the way I talk. This is my voice. And that ad was recorded at a studio. But let me get back more to your point. First of all, as it relates to the mayor, the mayor is completely wrong. I'm the top law enforcement agency in Milwaukee County. And we are a full-fledged law enforcement agency. We respond to everything.
But that's not the point. Because the citizens could care less what uniform the officer's wearing when in fact they call for the police. Now, the Mayor submitted a budget this year that furloughs 1,500 police officers three days each. That's 4,500 fewer officer hours to be spent patrolling and responding to calls for service.
My agency itself, the county, I had to lay off 42 officers last year. On top of that, there is an increasing demand of 911 calls, calls for service, that are going unanswered or in a delayed fashion, not through any fault of the street officer but because of the fact that they don't have the proper amount of resources. Plus they've been operating at an amount of a –
MORGAN: Let me ask you a question.
CLARKE: – about 200 officers short.
MORGAN: Let me ask you a question.
CLARKE: They have fewer and fewer resources.
MORGAN: In your time as the sheriff, how many people in Milwaukee, to your certain knowledge, have defended themselves and their family at home by firing a firearm?
CLARKE: I don't have those statistics.
MORGAN: Well, give me a ballpark.
CLARKE: I don't think we need to go there, to be honest with you. The fact is --
MORGAN: You haven't got a clue, do you? You haven't got a clue.
CLARKE: Wait a minute.
MORGAN: No, I won't wait a minute. You want to arm everybody in Milwaukee. You do these racy, Hollywood-style adverts. You want them all out there armed and shooting. I'm told over the weekend, a 36-year-old Milwaukee woman was approached by police after firing a gun in front of a neighborhood house when she heard a rowdy neighbor. And she explained herself by saying Sheriff David A. Clarke Jr. – that's you – had said it was okay for her to arm herself. What you're creating is a return to the wild west in Milwaukee.
CLARKE: If I can answer the question –
MORGAN: So I think it's actually relevant that you don't actually have any idea how many people ever need to actually fire a firearm at home to defend themselves.
CLARKE: Are we going to have an honest exchange here? Or are you just going to continue to talk over me?
MORGAN: I'm not sure how honest it can be if you haven't got a clue about any of the statistics involving people defending themselves with firearms at home in Milwaukee.
CLARKE: Well, again, first of all, personal safety is an individual responsibility. It's not up to me to decide who should or who should not own a firearm.
MORGAN: No, no, no, I'm not going to let you get away with that. No, no, no, no, no, no. No.
CLARKE: I said you can hide under the bed. I said you can do a number of things including taking a firearm safety course in the use and handling of a firearm. Those are responsible things to do. But Piers, those are choices that the individual has to make, not law enforcement, who may be minutes and miles away.
MORGAN: Well, we'll get the Mayor's reaction. What I was going to say to you is, of course, it is not a personal choice when a sheriff in Milwaukee makes an advertisement directly telling the people of Milwaukee to go arm themselves. That becomes a law enforcement mission statement.


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Early critics called it 'a strange, inartistic story' with 'purposeless power.'
Early critics called it "a strange, inartistic story" with "purposeless power."
Hog and hominy are not only inartistic to my stomach, but they give indigestion to my moral sentiments.
While the work was inartistic, it was easy to make out the letters "F. M."
The bare white walls, with here and there a crack which had carved a not inartistic line up the sides.
The English are inartistic for the same reason that they are unsociable.
He did not know what to answer, he was unable to admire, he thought her inartistic.
But Lady Meadowcroft herself seized the occasion with inartistic avidity.
The melodrama can hardly be played without it, unless a most inartistic use of printed words is made.
In fact, for him to die elsewhere would be inartistic and insincere.


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The lead singer of the Jonas Brothers adds some raunchy lines courtesy of Weezy in the remix of his second solo single.
Official remix of Joe Jonas' second solo single "Just in Love" was revealed during Ryan Seacrest's radio show recently. The Jonas Brothers star gets a dose of additional sentimental dirty raps from Young Money kingpin, Lil Wayne, in the revamped version.
"I'm a prisoner of love/ Got my heart on lock/ It's like a star from the sky fell from by side/ And she tell me that it's mine/ And I say that's fine/ She look like a butterfly/ Smell like a flower," Weezy spits them out. "I don't need nothin', nothin' but her/All them other b****es ain't f***ing with her."
Joe said it's always been his dream to collaborate with Weezy especially after he ran into the rapper at MTV Video Music Awards three years ago. "He's obviously been one of those artists who's been just killing it for the past [few] years, and for the longest time I've been wanting to...work with him somehow, in some way," he gushed.
"Just in Love" is confirmed for Joe's upcoming solo album "Fastlife" which is coming out in the U.S. on October 11. "This is a song I wrote when I was going through a relationship with somebody," he said. "She arguing with me, and all I could do was say 'Listen, I love you, but we don't need to go through this'."


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UPON discovering their luggage was overweight, these cheeky passengers didn't carry on. Instead, they got creative.
Traveller Stou Sandalski told news.com.au that he witnessed the duo, who were flying from Singapore to Sydney with budget airline Scoot last Friday , being informed that one of their bags was over the "free" weight limit.
Faced with an extra fee of $130, they did what many of us have been tempted to do before but dismissed as simply too ridiculous. They unzipped their bag and put on as many items of clothing as they could possibly squeeze into, until it was no longer overweight.
That included multiple hats piled on top of each other, shoes tucked into one of their waistbands and even jeans tied around their neck.
It was such a comical sight that Sandalski posted this image onto Reddit.
"I heard some subdued chuckling a few people away and at some point these guys made it across the rope from me," Sandalski said. "I asked to take their picture and jokingly said that I will post it on the internet to which they responded with 'yeah'!
"These guys had found a loophole and were able to screw the airline ... and they kept jokingly offering people clothes for free."
But according to Sandalski, there was an unexpected twist at the check-in desk.
A flight attendant said: "I am going to come to the gate and make sure you are still wearing everything".
Oh dear.
We pity the passengers who had to sit next to them — it would have been a tight squeeze.
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I read this book to my 9-year old son. He enjoyed it and asked immediately for the sequel. It's about a boy named Derek who would rather do almost anything than read a book (especially during the summer). He ends up finding stories everywhere, starting in his own attic. He finds a 10-year old newspaper clipping about a teenage girl who drowned on Martha's Vineyard. Investigating this story leads him to find out things about himself and his past.
Derek is a reluctant reader who really does not want to tackle the assigned summer reading from his teacher, even though his mother bribes him with two chocolate chips per each page read. Instead, he spends his summer intrigued by a story that he discovers in an old newspaper in the attic, an incident that involved him when he was two years old. His technique of sketching the definitions of new vocabulary words may inspire other kids to try the same, and it's a nice touch that he recognizes that stories are a part of our lives (thus the title).
Pretty simple. If you like the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series, then you'll enjoy this book too. It's not as picture reliant or intensive as the Diary series. Instead it has doodles and scribbles of various words or actions within the margins. This is a good intermediate step for someone trying to ween a reader off of the Diary series or for someone desperate for more like it. I like that the doodles help develop the book's vocabulary. Very clever and a quick read.
Title: My Life As A Book Author:Janet Tashjian
I give this book three stars
The main character is Derek Fallon a young boy. The story is mainly about what happens to him in the summer and what his hobbies are. Derek likes to throw water balloons climbing into garbage cans. But his parents sends him learning camp, all of his summer plans and dreams are ruinen. His mom forces him to read harder books. after all Derek has fun at camp he found out a family secret and made a ton of new friends and memories! I think this is a good book to read when you have spare time it has a great sense of humor!
This was a quick read for me, but I think it would be an interesting read for younger kids who might not enjoy reading as much as I do. Derek is twelve years old, and hates reading and school. When summer comes, he's excited to have time to relax, do nothing, and goof around. Instead, his teacher assigns required reading, and his parents sign him up for Learning Camp. Derek finds ways to enjoy learning his vocabulary words, and even reads a book and does a book report for the next school year. This book is fiction, but has great ideas on how to get kids (I don't want to say it's just for boys) to enjoy reading and expand their horizons about making friends.
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Summer's finally here, and Derek Fallon is looking forward to pelting the UPS truck with water balloons, climbing onto the garage roof, and conducting silly investigations. But when his parents decide to send him to Learning Camp, Derek's dreams of fun come to an end. Ever since he's been labeled a "reluctant reader," his mom has pushed him to read "real" books—something other than his beloved Calvin & Hobbes.
As Derek forges unexpected friendships and uncovers a family secret involving himself (in diapers! no less), he realizes that adventures and surprises are around the corner, complete with curve balls.
My Life as a Book is a 2011 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.
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Jerusalem (AFP) Feb 3, 2013
Israeli armed forces chief Lieutenant General Benny Gantz on Sunday started a five-day visit to Washington, the army said, with the Syrian conflict and Iran's controversial nuclear programme on his agenda.
"During the course of the visit, the chief of the general staff and his (US) counterpart, General (Martin) Dempsey, will conduct a series of work meetings together, as well as meetings with other American officials," the military said.
"They will also discuss current security challenges, the regional security status in the Middle East and military cooperation," it added in a statement.
Gantz's visit comes as Defence Minister Ehud Barak, currently in Munich, implicitly confirmed the Jewish state carried out an air strike on military installations in Syria on Wednesday.
Washington has said Israeli warplanes targeted missiles and a military complex near the Syrian capital to prevent arms transfers to Lebanon's powerful Shiite group Hezbollah.
Israel has also consistently refused to rule out a resort to military action to prevent Iran developing the capability to build a nuclear weapon, although Tehran denies any such ambition.
Biden in France to discuss Mali, Syria
Biden, who made no comment to reporters as he arrived, was to have lunch with Hollande on Monday before leaving for talks in London with British Prime Minister David Cameron.
Biden arrived in Paris from the Munich Security Conference in Germany, where he warned Iran that opportunities for diplomacy to resolve the issue of its nuclear programme were limited.
Biden on Saturday said the US applauded France's intervention against Islamists in Mali.
He said that dealing with extremists in North Africa and parts of the Middle East now required "a more integrated strategy" and using the "full range of the tools at our disposal".
"That's why the United States applauds and stands with France and other partners in Mali, and why we are providing intelligence support, transportation for the French and African troops and refuelling capability for French aircraft," he said.
"The fight against AQIM (Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb) may be far from America's borders, but it is fundamentally in America's interest," he added.
The Munich Security Conference is an annual three-day gathering of hundreds of high-ranking officials, ministers and top military brass in southern Germany.
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- Family Hotel
- Laundry facilities
- Refrigerator
- Cribs/infant beds (complimentary)
Free self parking, RV, bus, truck parking
Room Amenities
- Separate sitting area
- Phone
- Refrigerator
- Coffee/tea maker
- Daily housekeeping
- Private bathroom
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Iron/ironing board
- Television
- Desk
- Cable TV service
- Room service
- Free cribs/infant beds
- Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)
Where to Eat
Breakfast is available for a surcharge on weekends.
Onsite venue - This bistro serves lunch and dinner.
Room service is available.
Nearby Things to Do
Recreational amenities at the motel include a fitness center.
- Golfing nearby
Hotel Policies
Minimum check-in age is 18
Check-in time starts at 2 PM
Special check-in instructions:
Check-out time is 10 AM
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Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Kids stay free! Children 18 years old and younger stay free when using existing bedding.
- Rollaway/extra beds are available for AUD 30.00 per night.
- Free cribs (infant beds)!
- Pets not allowed
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Government-issued photo identification and a credit card are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
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- Deposit: AUD 100.00
Optional extras
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This property's policy is to refuse certain bookings for the purpose of group events or parties, including pre-wedding stag/bachelor and hen/bachelorette parties. Children 18 years old and younger stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding. Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms. Some facilities may have restricted access. Guests can contact the property for details using the contact information on the booking confirmation. Alcohol is not permitted at this property.
National Rating
This property has been awarded a star rating from the Australian Star Ratings Agency, Star Ratings Australia.


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At Sunday Mass this week, I saw a friend walk in with her five children, including her sweet newborn whom she was carrying in the Ergo. Wondering where her husband was, I realized that he was the lector and would therefore be sitting apart from them for the first half of Mass. My immediate thought was that I should walk to the other side of the church to help her! I know that if I was alone with my three children, I would be terribly desperate for someone to help me!As it turns out, I stayed … [Read more...]
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OPPOSITE the palace of the Czars, on an island in the middle of the Neva, is the fortress on the glacis of which, in 1825, were hanged the individuals most deeply cumpromised in the absurd attempt at a revolution of which I have spoken in a former portion of my work.
It was built by Peter the Great. His successors, especially Catherine, after the triumphs of Gustavus, King of Sweden, who bad advanced with his army to within a few leagues of St. Petersburg, made considerable additions to it. A church, consecrated to St. Peter and St. Paul, occupies the middle of the building, and receives the ashes of the Russian Emperors, and those of all the members of their family; here, also, the flags taken in war are deposited.
The tall, slender spire of the steeple is two hundred and forty feet high; it is formed of gilt copper, and seems to point out to the prisoners confined in the cells the way to Heaven, and to remind them of the - verse of Dante,
"Lasciate ogni speranza."
["All hope abandon, ye who enter here!"]
Under the sombre sky, obscured by black and gray clouds, the brick and
granite walls of the fortress, isolated in the midst of the water, present
a sinister appearance ; they speak to the imagination of foreigners, as
well as to that of Russians, a fearful language. The red granite has something
repulsive about it ; the colour varied with different tints, is like the
exudation of human blood, rotting the walls, and striking outwards to denounce
the tortures and punishments with which the Czarinas have defiled themselves,
or of which they have been the accomplices, either to satiate their own
ven. geance, to smother some secret, or to please their favourites and courtiers,
who also had secrets which they wished to bury in tombs of stone. How many
crimes have been committed, how many sanguinary and terrible dramas have
been enacted, beneath the deep, humid, and black vaults of this fortress,
which has become the Bastile of the empire of the Czars ! Oh ! if these
walls could but relate all the crimes and pangs of suffering that they have
Opposite the fortress, on the other side of the water, is the palace of the Czars, looking like some implacable sentinel, who is keeping an eternal watch over this abyss of blood. From their windows, the autocrats can allow their eye to gloat over the victims whom their policy or their vengeance is about to immolate. No one dares to raise his glance on the gaping openings in this human charnel-bouse, where, instead of cannons, are to be seen corpses torn by the thongs of the knout.
The icy cold, which causes these walls to crack, which kills the sentinels
in their sentry-boxes, the coachmen on their seats, the carters and the
horses upon the high roads, and the bears and wolves in their dens, kills
also the unhappy prisoners, when the season of ice comes round. But whenever
this refinement of barbarity, which the Czars alone were capable of inventing,
does not effect its end, the inundations of the river perform the task of
carrying out the sentence of death.
The floor of the dungeons is on a level with the Neva. The windows look out upon the canals which wash the walls, or upon the stream itself, and when, driven back by the tempests from the north-west, the waters invade the cells, no one replies to the cries of distress and rage of the prisoners. Their groans are lost beneath these vaults covered with slimy moss and fungi. Soon afterwards, their corpses are floating upon the waters, and dashing against the double gratings. All is over, for death is discreet. Besides, who would dare to repeat these groans ? Who would dare to say that lie had seen corpses floating upon the tide 7 The secrets which concern the Czars or the state, are sealed as hermetically in the hearts of all Russians as they would be in a tomb. A single indiscreet word infallibly conducts the person who has spoken it to these catacombs, where he is left to perish by the cold or the inundations.
The want of reflection on the part of the Russians is evident at every step we take. Not content with having their citadel under water, as well as the hut which its founder caused to be constructed at a few paces' distance, in order to superintend the works, they have built their capital on the same level, although they had experience to warn them against such a step.
During the great inundations of 1721, in which Peter 1. himself nearly perished, and that of 1777, the Neva drowned the city under more than ten feet of water. The last inundation of all, which covered the capital with corpses, and filled it with desolation and mourning, was that of 1824, during the night from the 6th to the 7th of November.
In this inundation, all the prisoners in the citadel and the other prisons of the city perished. The police and magistrates had something else to do than to throw open the doors to these poor wretches.
It is from this fortress that those prisoners issue who are doomed to undergo a fatal ordeal -- I use the expression advisedly. All the punishments invented by the ferocious barbarity of this people do not necessarily cause death. Capital punishment does not exist in Russia. It has been abolished ; but, besides the waters of the Neva, there are the knout, the rod, and the whip.
Strangulation, imprisonment, the galleys, and decapitation, were punishments
too mild -- not sufficiently frightful, and not sufficiently salutary for
restraining so many different races of all gradations of ferocity; and the
legislators of the country invented, therefore) impalement, the stick, the
rod, the knout, and mutilation of the face. There are, also, the eternal
depths of the Siberian mines, for those who do not sink beneath one or other
of these various kinds of punishment. In sober truth, the legislators do
not seem to have been wrong, for the rod and the knout appear to act as
a salutary check.
The knout ! There is not in the language of any civilised people, a word which conveys the idea of more cruelties and more atrocious and superhuman suffering. The knout! On hearing this single word, a Russian is seized with an icy shudder, he feels the cold invade his heart, and the blood coagulate in his veins; the word produces fever ; it confuses the senses, and fills the mind with terror : this single word stupifies an entire nation of 60,000,000 souls. Reader, do you know what the knout is I You will answer, perhaps, that it is death. No, it is not death; it is something a thousand times worse. For my own part, I am not sure that I should not prefer the punishment which the Caribs used to inflict upon their enemies.
Russian law does not measure punishments by the standard of physical pain. The chastisement is not proportioned to the nature of the offence. A crime has been committed, and the penalty prescribed by a sanguinary code will be awarded, because the object of the government is, above all thin", to terrify.
The following is the way of administering the knout. Conceive, reader, a robust man, full of life and health. This man is condemned to receive fifty or a hundred blows of the knout. He is conducted, half naked, to the place chosen for this kind of execution ; all that he has on, is a pair of simple linen drawers round his extremities; his bands are bound together, with the palms laid flat against one another ; the cords are breaking his wrists, but no one pays the slightest attention to that! He is laid flat upon his belly, on a frame inclined diagonally, and at the extremities of which are fixed iron ring; his hands are fastened to one end of the frame, and his feet to the other; he is then stretched in such a manner that he cannot make a Single movement, just as an eel's shin is stretched in order to dry. This act of stretching the victim, causes his bones to crack, and dislocates them -what does that matter 1 In a little time, his bones will crack and be dislocated in a very different manner.
At a distance of five and twenty paces, stands another man ; it is the public executioner. He is dressed in black velvet trousers, stuffed into his boots, and a coloured cotton shirt, buttoning at the side. His sleeves are tucked up, so that nothing may thwart or embarrass him in his movements. With both bands he grasps the instrument of punishment -- a knout. This knout consists of a thong of thick leather, cut in a triangular form, from four to five yards long, and an inch wide, tapering off at one end, and broad at the other ; the small end is fastened to a little wooden handle, about two feet long.
The signal is given; no one ever takes the trouble to read the sentence. The executioner advances a few steps, with his body bent, holding the knout in both hands, while the long thong drags along the ground between his legs. On coming to about three or four paces from the prisoner, he raises, by a vigorous movement, the knout towards the top of his head, and then instantly draws it down with rapidity towards his knees. The thong flies and whistles through the air, and descending on the body of the victim, twines round it like a hoop of iron. In spite of his state of tension, the poor wretch bounds as if he were submitted to the powerful grasp of galvanism. The executioner retraces his steps, and repeats the same operation, as many times as there are blows to be inflicted. When the thong envelops the body with its edges, the flesh and muscles are literally cut into stripes as if with a razor, but when it falls flat, then the bones crack ; the flesh, in that case, is not cut, but crushed and ground, and the blood spurts out in all directions. The sufferer becomes green and blue, like a body in a state of decomposition. lie is now removed to the hospital, where every care is taken of him, and is afterwards sent to Siberia, where he disappears for ever in the bowels of the earth.
The knout is fatal, if the justice of the Czar or of the executioner desires it to be so. If the autocrat's intention is to afford his people a sight worthy of their eyes and their intelligence ; if some powerful lord, or some great lady, wishes to indulge in the pleasure of viewing the sanguinary spectacle; if they wish to behold the victim, with his mouth covered with foam and blood, writhe about and expire in frightful agony, the fatal blow is given the very last. The executioner sells his compassion and pity for bard gold, when the family of the miserable sufferer desire to purchase the fatal blow. In this case, he inflicts death at the very first stroke, as surely as if it was an axe that he held in his hand.
In 1760, under the reign of the indolent and luxurious Elizabeth, who had abolished capital punishment, Madame Lapoukin, a woman of rare beauty, of which the Czarina was envious, was condemned to the knout and transportation, in spite of the privilege of the nobility never to suffer the former punishment. She had been fêted, caressed, and run after at court, and had, it was said, betrayed the secret of the Empress's liaison with Prince Razoumowsky. She was conducted by the executioners to the public square, where she was exposed by one of them, who rolled up her chemise as far as her waist; he then placed her upon his shoulders, when another arranged her, with his coarse dirty hands, in the required position, obliging her to hold her head down while a man of the lower classes, squatting at her feet, kept her legs still. The executioner cut her flesh into shreds by one hundred strokes of the knout, from the shoulders to the lower portion of the loins. After the infliction of the punishment, her tongue was torn out, and, a short time subsequently, she was sent to Siberia, whence she was recalled, in 1762, by Peter III.
After the knout comes the rod, or the punishment known as that of 11 running the gauntlet "-a punishment of another description, but still more barbarous, since it is always, or, at least, in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred, followed by, death. In this instance, it is the army that carries out the decrees of the justice of the country, and the sentences of the autocrats. It is the army that acts the part of executioner.
The number of soldiers employed is equal to the number of blows to be given. Six thousand blows are not the highest number which the law allows to be inflicted on a prisoner, but they are the most common number. Here again Russian legislation has given proof of in. genuity. Less than a thousand blows are more than sufficient to produce death ; with six thousand blows death is six times more certain.
It was my fate to be present once at this kind of execution. The following is a summary description of it.
It took place in 1841. The unhappy prisoner was a gamekeeper, of Swedish
extraction, in the flower of his age. He was born in the neighbourbood of
Viborg, and consequently a freeman, by the same right as the Swedes, who
were the first people of Europe to live under a constitutional government.
He had been for some years in the service of a prince, who had discharged
him without paying his wages, -- a tolerably common custom, by-the-bye,
of Russian boyars. He had a wife and children, and demanded the payment
of the sum due to him. Winter was close at hand, and he was destitute of
everything, even of bread and wood. Very many times he had gone on foot
to St. Petersburg, to beg as a favour what, in every other country, he could
have claimed as a right, with fewer forms, from his creditor, and on each
occasion he had related the misery which pressed upon him and his family,
and all the suffering which he endured in consequence. He entreated most
humbly; but a great nobleman, who possesses fifteen or twenty thousand slaves,
is not acquainted with misery like the poor gamekeeper's ; he has never
either feared or suffered hunger and cold. The Swede was driven away with
the stick ; a pretty thing, forsooth, for a low, base- born scoundrel to
dare to annoy a lord ; to disturb the siesta and the digestion of a nobleman
nursed in the lap of luxury ! Having no resource left, exasperated by the
unworthy treatment to which he had been subjected, and driven half mad,
the gamekeeper armed himself with a pistol, and returned to the prince,
who caused him to be beaten and turned out of doors. His senses left him;
he waited until the prince came out, and then shot him dead upon the spot.
The formalities of a regular trial would have been too long. The idea of a peasant killing a nobleman, a boyar, a prince Such a thing bad never been known, and might prove a bad example for the people. Besides, in any other country it would also have been murder. It is not this which I would excuse. Brought up, a few hours after his crime, which he did not deny, before a council of war, that contented itself with merely identifying him, he was condemned to six thousand strokes of the rod, and, twenty-four hours afterwards, six thousand men, drawn up in two parallel lines in a plain outside the city, were awaiting, armed with rods of green wood, of the thickness of the little finger, the hour of execution. The criminal was conveyed in a cart escorted by a few men ; no priest had administered to him the consolations of religion. He was fettered, and dressed in a pair of drawers, rolled up and fastened by a cord above his hips. The rest of his body was naked, or rather covered merely with a soldier's greatcoat, thrown over his shoulders. Having been made to get out of the cart, his two hands were securely fastened to the muzzles of two muskets, crossing one another at the bottom of the bayonets with which they were armed. In this position, his hands rested on the barrels, and the bayonets on his breast. A roll of the drum was now heard. All the officers retired within the ranks, while two non-commissioned officers came and took the muskets, which they held in the same position as a soldier does when he advances or retires with his bayonet at the charge. Here again we must admire the barbarity and refined intelligence of this people. At a given signal, the sufferer has to advance, with a slow step, between the rows of soldiers, each of whom, in turn, must apply a vigorous blow on his back ; the pain he endures might perhaps suggest to him the idea of passing as quickly as possible through the double row of executioners in order to lessen the number and the force of the blows which hack his flesh to pieces ; but he calculates without Russian justice. The two non-commissioned officers retreat slowly, step by step, in order to afford every one time to perform his task. They drag the unhappy wretch forward, or push him back, by driving the points of the bayonets into his breast. Every blow must tell, it must enter his back and cause the blood to gush out. No pity. Every one must do his duty. As I have said in another part of this work, the Muscovite soldier is a machine which is not allowed to possess any individual feeling; and woe betide his own shoulders, if he manifests the least hesitation, for he will, on the spot, receive from twenty-five to a hundred blows, according to the caprice of the general who has the honour of commanding the six thousand executioners. The Russian government is scrupulous in the most trifling details. It insists on everything being done with precision. But with such men as it has at its disposal it cannot trust to chance, and therefore it has rehearsals to execute a human being just as it exercises its troops previous to a review. A few hours before the time appointed for the punishment, a truss of hay or straw placed upon a chariot is driven along the ranks.
The sufferer advanced up to the nine hundredth and third stroke ; he did not utter a single cry, or prefer a single complaint ; the only thing which betrayed his agony, from time to time, was a convulsive shudder. The foam then began to form upon his lips and the blood to start from his nose. After fourteen hundred strokes, his face, which had long before begun to turn blue, assumed suddenly a greenish hue; his eyes became haggard and almost started out of their sockets, from which large blood-coloured tears trickled down and stained his cheeks. He was gasping and gradually sinking. The officer who accompanied me ordered the ranks to open, and I approached the body. The skin was literally ploughed up, and had, so to say, disappeared. The flesh was backed to pieces and almost reduced to a state of jelly; long stripes hung down the prisoner's sides like so many thongs, while other pieces remained fastened and glued to the sticks of the executioners. The muscles, too, were torn to shreds. No mortal tongue can ever convey a just idea of the sight. The commandant caused the cart which bad brought the prisoner to be driven up. He was laid in it on his stomach, and although he was completely insensible, the punishment was continued upon the corpse, until the surgeon appointed by the government, who had followed the execution step by step, gave orders for it to be suspended. He did not do this, however, until there was hardly the slightest breath of life left in the sufferer's body.
When the execution was stopt, two thousand six hundred and nineteen strokes had cut the body to pieces.
But, in Russia, the fact of striking a corpse is not cruel enough, and would not inspire a nation of slaves with a sufficient amount of terror. A man must revive before he undergoes the remainder of his punishment.
The unhappy wretch was taken to the hospital, where, as is the custom in these cases, be was placed in a bath of water saturated with salt, and then treated with the greatest care and solicitude until a complete cure was effected, so that he could bear the rest of his sentence. In all instances, and at all times, the penal laws of Russia are stamped with atrocious barbarity. It was seven months before -he was cured and his health re-established; and, at the expiration of this period, he was solemnly taken back to the place of execution, and forced once more to run the gauntlet, in order to receive his full amount of six thousand strokes. He died at the commencement of this second punishment.
When a prisoner sometimes escapes with his lifewhich, however, is a very unusual circumstance-he is sent to end -his days at the bottom of the mines of Siberia.
I will not dilate upon the other kinds of punishment -- the whip and the stick-which are the most common methods of redressing grievances. In both these cases, two men alone are sufficient to execute the sentence. The poor wretch condemned to smart beneath the rattan or the lashes of the cat with seven tails is laid, with his body bare, upon a bench. One of the executioners seats himself astride upon the sufferer's legs, and the other upon his bead, and both of them strike him in turn with similar instruments, like two blacksmiths belabouring an anvil, until the nobleman or his wife judges the punishment sufficient.
In Russia, persons can escape more easily from the punishments to which they are sentenced than in any other country. When a peasant has the means of paying his executioners, the latter spare his skin.
After the knout and the rod, comes Siberia. When a Russian subject is condemned to exile, his beard is shaved off, and his hair cut short in front in the shape of a brush, like that of 'the soldiers, and quite close behind. He is dressed in a pair of linen trousers, a great-coat, of very coarse cloth, a round cap, like a pancake, and enormous leather boots, without stockings or socks. He is then despatched upon a sledge or a car, in company with other exiles, under the escort of a few Cossacks, as far as Irkoutsk, or beyond it.
These exiles are made to travel in all weathers; no matter how intense the cold may be, they must reach their destination. More than half of them perish on the road. During the journey, their movements are free, and no precaution is taken to prevent their flight. What could they do with liberty I They possess no passport ; and in Russia it is impossible to travel for twelve hours without papers. An inhabitant of Moscow or St. Petersburg cannot enter or leave the city without showing the soldiers stationed at the barriers either a permit or a passport. The troops in French barracks are more free than the population of Russia.
After all, Russia is only an immense barrack, in which every one is in a state of arrest.


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The world famous Andre stencil face by Shepard Fairey - probably his best known graphic/artwork and one that he himself described as being "the signature image of my entire career." It's a simplification of the original Andre the Giant face, reworked into an iconic and sinister "Big Brother is watching you" type graphic, partly inspired by the art of propaganda such as Russian Constructivism. It's quite possibly the most heavily stickered and wheatpasted graphics in the history of street art. by Obey.


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Adam Kanter (owner and mixologist of Rum Bar) is bringing in Paul Francis Yellin (chef, rum expert) for something they're calling Rum Fusion. There are two separate menus seating at two different times on Wednesday, August 18th; the concept is fancy rum and Carribean food. The pairings include Sugar Cane Speared Drunken Chicken with Watermelon Sunset featuring Ron Zacapa and Paupiette of Jerk Red Snapper Baked in Phyllo Pastry [fresh avocado w/ cilantro salsa fresca] with Tommy Bahama Millionaire Mango Mojito. The first menu is $50 a head and seats at 6pm, and the second one is $75 a head and seats at 8:30pm. In our opinion, the first menu is superior because it has Mango Crepes Flambé w/ Coconut Ice Cream with Mount Gay Eclipse Barbados Rum Punch for desert, and the second menu doesn't. To make reservations you can call (215) 751-0404.
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Also the next day, Rum Bar is throwing a party called Rum on the River: Cane Spirits Festival at Octo with 25 different brands of rum, samba music and the third annual Mojito Olympics (sounds/is dangerous).
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Reality Check Recap: June 6th, 2014
There's been another university shooting. 1 person was killed and two were injured when a 26-year-old man opened fire at Seattle Pacific University. A student security guard tackled the gunman while he was reloading, and other students helped jump on top of him. Police haven't released a motive yet, but they don't believe the gunman was student at the university.
Source: cnn.com
There's drama between Verizon and Netflix. Back in April, Netflix and Verizon Internet made a deal that would give Netflix users faster connections. But now Netflix feels like Verizon customers are getting too much buffering, so they're putting a message on Verizon users' computer screens that says their delays are caused by the Verizon network being too crowded right now. Verizon is pissed, Netflix is pissed, and Verizon is threatening legal action.
Source: techcrunch.com
Today is the 70-year anniversary of the D-Day landings during World War II. 160,000 Allied troops landed along a 50-mile stretch of heavily-fortified French coastline to fight Nazi Germany on the beaches of Normandy, France. President Obama is in France today, paying tribute to the servicemen who took part in the mission. The invasion of Normandy by the Allies contributed to the Allies winning the war.
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And here's my favorite story of the day. A man in a gorilla suit was mistaken as a real gorilla and taken down with a tranquilizer gun. The man was dressed up to help zoo employees learn to deal with an escaped gorilla. But a veterinarian who apparently didn't get the memo shot him with a tranquilizer that had enough juice to take down a 400-pound gorilla. The man is in serious condition.
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And here's a story that will make you put your phone down more often. A man in China's retina became detached after too much texting with his girlfriend. The 26-year-old was texting for so long that he began to see flashes, before discovering that his left eye's retina had become detached. He had to have immediate surgery. Experts say this is a rare occurrence but can happen when we over focus as "we strain to find a 3-D image on a close-up 2-D screen."
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And California college student may soon need to sign a written agreement before they have sex. The bill states that students who want to have sex must essentially establish that there has been "an affirmative, unambiguous, and conscious decision by each participant to engage in mutually agreed-upon sexual activity." The legislation is a reaction to the issue of rape on college campuses.
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