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LAFAYETTE — The 16-year-old Florida girl stabbed by her abductor remained in serious condition Friday in a Lafayette hospital, as the man accused of trying to kill her was released from a hospital and booked into jail.
Forty miles east of Lafayette on Friday, Fawn Domingue went to work as usual at Tiger Truck Stop in Grosse Tete, weary from almost two days of at-times unrelenting media attention for her role in recognizing Ashley Lyon and putting Steven Patrick Myers behind bars.
"I didn't really care much for the excitement," said Domingue, 28, the mother of a 5-year-old boy. "I'm basically a shy person."
Myers was booked into jail Friday, one day after surgery to repair the stab wounds he inflicted upon himself. He is accused of crimes in Louisiana and Florida, including the attempted first-degree murder of Lyon on Wednesday night, when he allegedly stabbed her multiple times while fleeing from police.
Domingue was working the cash register at the truck stop Wednesday night when Myers, a registered sex offender from Florida, walked inside with Lyon for a $3.80 pack of L&M shorts — menthol.
Domingue recognized Lyon immediately from a video on Facebook she'd watched before work, one that detailed Lyon's disappearance June 11 from her Valico, Florida, home and police suspicions that she was with Myers.
Three Iberville Sheriff's Office deputies, alerted by one of Domingue's co-workers, started pursuing the pair west on Interstate 10, a chase that grew to include multiple agencies and a growing pack of squad cars. The chase ended in Lafayette after the tires on the stolen truck Myers was driving were destroyed by spikes police laid on the road.
Police and at least one K-9 descended on Myers as he got out of the truck, using a stun gun and the police dog to subdue him as he reportedly stabbed himself. Inside the truck, Lyon was hurt and bleeding from being stabbed, apparently by Myers during or after the chase.
Domingue said an entire chain of events, perhaps divinely inspired, had to occur for her to be behind the counter that particular night and to bring Myers and his young female companion into the store while she was at the register.
- She was not supposed to work Wednesday but filled in for a co-worker unable to fill the shift.
- Before work, Domingue just happened to view a Facebook video that detailed Lyon's disappearance and Myers' part in it.
- Myers' smoking habit drew him into the store section of the truck stop after he and Lyon visited the adjacent restaurant, located about 300 feet behind the store.
"I believe God works in mysterious ways," said Melissa Macy, a co-worker of Domingue. "God meant for Fawn to work that night."
Macy had been the first person asked to fill in for the co-worker's shift on Wednesday but wasn't able to do it and Domingue stepped in to handle it instead.
The girl Domingue recognized and helped rescue was troubled and vulnerable.
Authorities in Florida say Lyon is bipolar and left her medications at home. Hillsborough County sheriff's Col. Donna Lusczynski said Myers did not kidnap Lyon but manipulated the fragile girl into accompanying him.
Myers is a Plant City, Florida, resident who had to register as a sex offender. He served two prison sentences in Georgia — on a 1999 child molestation conviction and another conviction for a parole violation. He was released in February 2012.
Myers was booked into the Lafayette Parish Correctional Center on one count each of aggravated criminal damage to property and attempted first-degree murder. He was being held without bond Friday evening.
Domingue said the media circus in Grosse Tete in the last 36 hours has subsided, going from a bevy of Louisiana television news crews along with one from Tampa, Florida, on Thursday, to just one print reporter and a photographer on Friday.
"Stressful, overwhelmed, emotional," the woman, who was born and raised in Grosse Tete, said in describing her experience over the previous day and a half.
Though she heard that Lyon's mother flew into Louisiana, Domingue had not heard from her. But a woman named Joan Kelley, who said she was Lyon's great aunt, called to thank her. "She was very, very grateful," Domingue said.
The Associated Press contributed to this article.
Editor's note: This article was changed on Saturday, June 21, 2014, to note that the restaurant section of the truck stop is about 300 feet behind the store where Steven Patrick Myers bought the cigarettes.


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A little breaking news tonight…
According to his father, Lou, junior point guard Mike DeMello has officially transferred from Kennedy to White Plains High School. DeMello was registered at the school last week and will complete his paperwork with the school tomorrow.
DeMello will still have to be cleared by the section to participate in athletics for the 2012-13 school year, but the family has leased an apartment in White Plains to establish residency.
Lou DeMello, the former coach at Rice High School, said his son is among a group of players who transferred from Kennedy since the school abruptly dismissed Frank Kelly this summer after three seasons as the head coach.
"The way everything worked out, the firing of a coach for no rhyme or reason, we just couldn't understand that," DeMello said. "He was a person who devoted himself, not only financially, but to the school."
If DeMello is cleared to play, it will provide a jolt to the White Plains roster. He should be one of the area's top returning point guards after starting as a sophomore. He ranked second on the team in scoring and helped the Gaels secure a co-league championship and earn the No. 4 seed in the Class A tournament.
DeMello was also a standout on Hudson Valley's gold-medal winning team at the BCANY Summer Hoops Festival earlier this month.

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terrorism statistics that proof of the opposite of the headline
"TSA had a busy year in 2014, screening more than 653 million passengers in 2014 (about 1.8 million per day), which is 14.8 million more passengers than last year.
2,212 firearms were discovered in carry-on bags at checkpoints across the country, averaging more than sixfirearms per day. Of those, 1,835 (83 percent) were loaded. Firearms were intercepted at a total of 224 airports; 19 more airports than last year.
There was a 22 percent increase in firearm discoveries from last year's total of 1,813.
so on 653 million people there were 2212 fire arms found. So even if every firearm is dangerous and it is good that they are found this means that it is very very seldom found
and the increase of nearly 15 million passengers was responsable for an increase of 400 firearms
it is clear that in a country where most people have firearms that it is still a wonder that only so few were found but it also shows that there will always be people in the US who will always have a firearm with them, wherever they go and whatever the regulation and control
now this man has enough money to buy all his co-workers also a car
source http://www.vox.com/2015/2/3/7970677/people-have-donated-over-180000-to-a-man-detroit-man-who-walks-21
why twitter will need to do more to keep isis out of its network
"ISIS is coaching its Twitter army to hijack dormant Western Twitter accounts to evade the microblogging service's cull of jihadi accounts. Twitter suspended more than 1,400 ISIS accounts since the group released the first video of Kenji Goto, the late Japanese hostage, two weeks ago. Over the past month, Twitter has also purged tens of thousands of ISIS-related accounts. ISIS supporters are circulating a new social media guide with instructions for acquiring accounts undetected.
twitter should set more locks on dormant accounts and shouldn't let them be re-activated by a simple email and secondly it should use more filters and more human controllers to keep pedophiles, scammers and terrorists out of its network and use its influence
isis is now using opensource shootergames to recruit youngsters
source http://www.vocativ.com/world/isis-2/isis-video-games/
how saoudi's pledge alliange to the new king
source http://www.vocativ.com/world/saudi-arabia-world/king-abdullah-saudi-arabia/
how free is the world today, could be better but it has been much worse before
the victims of rape are now really treated like victims in England and Wales
"A new set of guidelines has been rolled out to police and prosecutors across England and Wales in an effort to better address charges of rape. The most notable change is that suspects must now establish that their alleged victims consented, rather than the complainants having to prove they said no.
Though current laws require consent, the new recommendations aim to shift the burden onto the accused and take into account murkier circumstances, such as whether contraception was used, and whether an individual was drunk, asleep or passed out, remained silent, or has mental health or developmental issues.
this is one of the biggest and most important changes in the favor of the victims of rape and makes the interpreation of what is rape and when it has to be treated as rape more clear
and no is no is no whenever and however it still is no
datamining and probability mathematics makes even anonymous dataset personal
"Scientists found that four pieces of personal data—seemingly innocent things, like where you ate lunch last week or how much you paid for your new hat—is all it takes to steal your identity. Although we often think of identity theft as a hacker's game, a new study shows that even public datasets used by scientists and pollsters are exceedingly vulnerable to being compromised.
After examining 1.1 million credit card records, the researchers found that they were able to reconstruct 90 percent of shoppers' (supposedly anonymous) identities based solely on factors like where they had shopped and how much they had paid.http://www.vocativ.com/culture/science/credit-card-data-t...
that is why you have tools to switch data in datasets so that it is still correct in the form that is needed but it is impossible to have any real identity come out of it
bitcoin is in fact the only virtual money that matters and it is also going down down
source http://coinmarketcap.com/
what these financial wizards are forgetting is that the first reason that these currencies were made was to make an anonymous money or to make a currency that would replace all the transactions between local currencies
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Question about electronic scales and dispensers
Fellas, I am pondering on a thought that sometime in the next while I may buy an electronic scale and or powder dispenser scale combo. I have used my old Ohaus beam balance to weigh thousands of rounds, but think that I may modernize my operation somewhat.
Please give me some recommendations on what y'all like best and why. It would help me make a decision with some knowledgeable advice.
I have a Smart Reloader electric scale/dispenser.It works pretty good with most powders,and is pretty fast throwing charges.
I have friends that have the PACT,and RCBS.They all work about the same,and all have problems with the long grain powders.They will over throw the charge you program,but it really isn't much of a problem once you know about how much they will over throw and just adjust the programed charge weight.
They are nice to have,but you can still throw charges faster with a RCBS Uniflow manual dispenser.I only use the electic dispenser when I load 308 or larger cases.
Natchez shooters supply has all the electric dispensers on sale now,the Smart Reloader is only $179.99 and it has a 2 yr warranty,the RCBS is $100 more.
Powder Dispensers
I have the RCBS ChargeMaster. It is about 4 years old. The only problem it has is the first couple of charges thrown with a new powder it tends to overshoot. It needs to learn when to switch from high speed dispense to trickle. The one thing no powder dispenser can solve is how much powder drops on that very last trickle turn. This means that it will occasionally drop 0.1gn higher than target (probably 0.05gn or less).
You simple look, decide if that is a significant amount and either throw it back in the hopper, remove a few grains to get the right weight (just like if you were trickling by hand) or use it. For rifle loads, ±0.5gn is generally fine.
It can dispense fast enough that after I pour the powder into the case, it generally has the next charge waiting by the time I place a bullet on the charged case and seat the bullet.
The new units (Sharp Shooter or something) allows you to adjust manually how soon the dispenser goes into trickle mode. The Hornady has 3 speed settings so you can set it for the highest speed that throws correct charges. My old RCBS simply learns with the first couple of throws. The old PACT and RCBS ran through a complicated calibration procedure that really dialed it in in, but took awhile. Also, didn't like having to keep two separate units aligned so the IR signals could be read.
From another angle
Thanks for the good info. As I mentioned, I am still using my OOOOOOOOld Lyman/Ohaus beam balance for weighing and balancing my loads. I dispense the charge into the powder pan from my manual powder measure which is set to throw about 1/2 gr light and then balance the scale with the trickler.
I guess that I am overly fanatical about having exactly the same charge in each and every case (rifle), but then that's just me. From what I am reading here, using the electronic dispenser might be more trouble and slower than I am now. Correct me if I'm wrong.
Would I be better off to continue using the manual measure and just purchase an electronic scale and then check it with the beam balance from time to time?
My manual method gives me such outstanding consistency that I am a little afraid to change anything, but I am still procrastinating.
It could be that at my age (66) I should simply leave well enough alone.
If you are happy, why change? You are being overly meticulous, but that is probably just the way you are. You certainly will never be happy if you plan to check the digital with your balance beam. You would first have to get your balance beam calibrated just to know that it is correct. You would need several Class 2 check weights, and they cost about $50 each, to determine what errors your balance beam has over its full load range.
I love my RCBS ChargeMaster. It dispenses a load as fast as I can cycle my 1050 press (I do not aim for speed). Occasionally, due to trickling error, it will read 0.1gn over. Since the load I am using may actually be dispensing at 5.54gn (and the balance reads 5.5gn) and the over charge might be 5.56gn (thus, reading 5.6gn), it may not even represent a 0.1gn over charge. When it happens, though, I just pour it back in the hopper and let it dispense a new charge.
If you are loading for rifle, you REALLY don't need 0.1gn accuracy, but if that is what makes you more confident, then that is what you need to do.
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Shakira's Prime Time
You might know Jana Kramer from her role as Alex Dupre on One Tree Hill (2009–2012). But thanks to the multi-talent's self-titled debut album released last year, the brunette with model looks and a killer songwriting wit to match has quickly emerged as a bona fide country star in her own right. Kramer's first two songs, "Why Ya Wanna" and "Whiskey" premiered on One Tree Hill, and quickly made their way into the Billboard Hot 100. Worry not, OTH fans, Kramer, 29, is still acting—she's appeared in episodes of Grey's Anatomy and CSI: NY. This summer, though, she'll be exclusively on the road opening for The Voice star Blake Shelton on his Ten Times Crazier Tour. Listen for her latest radio single, "I Hope It Rains."
In the two years after he signed with Broken Bow Records, Tennessee native Dustin Lynch wrote more than 200 songs, including his would-be breakout, the slow-burner of a single "Cowboys And Angels," which was later nominated for Single of the Year at the 2012 American Country Awards. The track's success marked the start of a whirlwind year for the 28-year-old: His eponymous debut album cracked the top 20 on the Billboard 200 album chart, his video for "Cowboys and Angels" was nominated for Breakthrough Video of the Year at the CMT Awards, and next month he hits the road on a nationwide tour with Keith Urban and Little Big Town.
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Melissa Crutcfield, UMCOR associate general secretary for International Development, stands beside a cherry tree in bloom during a visit to Japan after the 2011 triple disaster there.
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By Melissa Crutchfield*
February 14, 2013—Melissa Crutchfield, UMCOR associate general secretary for International Development, first offered this reflection in the spring of 2011 at the close of a meeting in Seoul, South Korea, to support recovery in Japan. The meeting was held just two months after the devastating triple disaster there. At the start of this Lenten season, Crutchfield is again reminded of the hope we all share even in the midst of crisis and devastation. Below is an edited re-issue of her reflection.
When I began to contemplate what might be appropriate words to share on such an occasion as this, I kept thinking about cherry blossoms. Perhaps they were on my mind because I could see them outside my window in Washington, DC as I worked, calming in their simplicity yet inspiring in their abundance.
Or perhaps it was because the annual National Cherry Blossom and Japanese Cultural Festival had just taken place down the street—honoring the gift of the cherry blossoms from Japan to America many years ago, symbolizing friendship and solidarity between our nations….
Perhaps I kept thinking of cherry blossoms because they are an iconic image of spring, renewal, rebirth, hope… after a long winter—or, after an earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear disaster—when the earth looks as desolate as it might have to [the prophet] Jeremiah; all we need to do is have faith in God's word that the land will be restored to life, will flourish as before. Or as the Gospel tells us in the story of the Resurrection—we just need to believe that life which we thought had ended has, in fact, begun again.
Cherry blossoms—the first sign of spring—consistently reassure us; the small pink and white flowers are a signal to us that life goes on, grows, blooms, replenishes, and recovers from the harsh winter of previous months. They embody optimism and hope in their very existence.
Through my work with UMCOR, responding to other disasters across the globe, what has always struck me is the cycle of renewal and hope that abounds after every crisis. Especially working with and through the church, we see firsthand how faith in action inspires, restores, revives.
[A]fter the devastating earthquake in Haiti… there is progress. All around, we see the hope of renewal, of life begun again: literally tons of rubble removed, families with new homes, women with new jobs through a microcredit program, crops and trees replanted, students returning to school in classrooms built back better and stronger than before. Recovery in Haiti is taking advantage of the opportunity to build back better. We are committing ourselves to standing in solidarity with the Haitian people as they map out their future and the long road ahead. We are committed to being there, being a manifestation of hope.
In a world plagued by devastation, doubt, destruction; a world of natural calamities and man-made crises, it is easy to see the world as a place without hope… a world that looks more like Good Friday. But we are an Easter people who live with the conviction that land can be restored, that lives can be restored. That even in the face of death and despair, we have faith that life and hope are the final word.
With this conviction, together we can change the landscape of Japan's future. Together we can raise awareness, and raise buildings. Together we can repair and replenish lives and spirits. Together we can nurture the support and momentum to carry us forward on the long road to recovery.
And, so, we are again called to be like the cherry blossoms, to be Easter people in a Good Friday world, to be in God's name that beacon of hope and promise of renewal and solidarity, for our friends, for our partners, for all of the people in Japan.
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Kosovska Mitrovica: Two Americans and a Jordanian were shot dead in Kosovo when emotions over Iraq apparently boiled over into a gun battle between members of the United Nations law enforcement mission.
A UN police spokesman, Neeraj Singh, said the three were killed and 10 Americans and one Austrian were wounded in the shooting on Saturday.
The lethal gunfight between members of the UN force was unprecedented in five years of peacekeeping in Kosovo, where police from about 30 nations make up a force of about 3500.
The 10-minute shootout took place in the UN compound in ethnically divided Mitrovica - a city that is more commonly the scene of clashes between Serbs and Albanians, in which UN police and NATO troops intervene to keep the peace.
The deputy head of the Serb hospital in Mitrovica, Milan Ivanovic, said one of the dead was an American woman. Four female US police colleagues were wounded.
UN police sources said four Jordanian police officers had been arrested over the shooting, but could give no further details on the cause.
A police source said it began with a row over Iraq. Mr Singh said the UN was still investigating.
There had been no visible sign of serious strain between Western and Arab or Christian and Muslim members of the peace mission. One source said the spark that caused the shooting might turn out not to be connected with Iraq.
"This attack was organised," an American policeman guarding the wounded at Mitrovica hospital said.
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DePaul athletics director Jean Lenti Ponsetto is comfortable with her choice of Oliver Purnell as the Blue Demons men's basketball coach, despite some grumbling by certain Chicago Public League coaches.
"You always feel bad, because everybody has an opinion, and everybody has somebody that they're rooting for that they'd like to see get the job," Lenti Ponsetto told Jonathan Hood on ESPN 1000. "And I appreciate what our Public League coaches are saying.
"Many of them weighed in and told me who they thought -- or who they felt -- would have been a good hire in our situation."
Some coaches expressed concerns that Purnell, who coached the last seven seasons at Clemson, is not a "Chicago guy," and could have difficulty recruiting the city.
"I think everybody would always like to have a Chicago guy," Lenti Ponsetto said. "Jerry Wainwright was a Chicago guy, Joey Meyer was a Chicago guy, and we didn't always get Chicago Public League kids then, either.
"I appreciate their perspective, and I think Oliver has reached out to a good number of those guys at this point in time and made them feel like he's certainly going to be touch with them and establish relationships with them. A good number of them wouldn't have been happy, because not all of them wanted the same guy, so I think it was bound to happen no matter who we hired."
Lenti Ponsetto was asked if DePaul could succeed in the Big East without a Chicago Public League pipeline.
"I absolutely do," she said. "In a lot of sports, we have students who come from all over the country and all over the area.
"I think ideally from my perspective, the student-athletes who have the least amount of problems in college are the ones who have their support systems nearby."


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Turkey planes bomb north Iraq
Sunday, December 16, 2007 : Turkish warplanes fire into northern Iraq, the military says, targeting suspected Kurdish rebels.
Turkish officials said the warplanes had targeted the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), in areas near the border.
But officials in northern Iraq said the planes had struck several villages. There were reports that one woman was killed, although this was unconfirmed.
Turkey's deputy prime minister said more strikes against "terrorists" were possible in the coming weeks.
"We, as the government, are resolute to remove this trouble from the agenda of our country," Cemil Cicek told the state-run Anatolia news agency.
Mr Cicek also called on Kurdish militants to lay down their arms and return to their homes, insisting their fight was futile.
Turkey has regularly targeted the PKK inside Iraq in recent months, but this is thought to be the first fighter jet raid outside its own territory.
Previous strikes had used artillery or helicopters.
'Comprehensive campaign'
The Turkish planes struck several targets in different areas of northern Iraq, according to reports. Private Turkish TV reports spoke of "large numbers" planes involved, with numbers ranging from 20 to 50.
The planes hit the regions of Zap, Hakurk and Avasin as well as areas in the Kandil mountains, the military said.


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Portage's jobless rate
sees a slight increase
Portage County's jobless numbers ticked up in July, climbing to 5.3 percent from 5.2 in June, according to statistics released last week by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services.
It was the second month of increase. Jobless rates went up in 73 of Ohio's 88 counties. The state rate was 5.7 percent in July, up from 5.5 percent in June.
In Portage, the number of jobless rose from 4,700 in June to 4,800 in July out of a workforce of 90,500. Portage's jobless rate continued to be the lowest among its adjacent counties for a fourth straight month.
Four counties had rates below 4.5 percent, while seven had rates at or above 8 percent in July. Rates ranged from a low of 3.3 percent in Mercer County on the western border to a high of 12.2 percent in Monroe County on the Ohio River in Southeast Ohio.
July rates for counties abutting Portage (with their June rates) are: Cuyahoga 7.6 (7.9); Geauga 5.8 (6.2); Mahoning 6.8 (6.2) Stark 5.7 (5.6); Summit 5.6 (5.5) and Trumbull 7.0 (6.5).
-- Mike Sever, Record-Courier
New Goodyear blimp
christened in Suffield
About 2,000 people welcomed Wingfoot One, the newest addition to the Goodyear blimp fleet, with a celebration Aug. 23 on the grounds of the corporation's airship hangar on the shores of Wingfoot Lake in Portage County's Suffield Township.
They were joined by "Good Morning America" anchor Robin Roberts, Goodyear CEO-Chairman Richard Kramer and a number of special invited guests and officials.
Kramer welcomed the crowd by saying the blimp is a "global icon" that has helped create awareness not only for the Goodyear brand, but for Akron. The first Goodyear blimp -- the Pilgrim -- was built there in 1925, he said.
The new blimp -- actually a Zeppelin because of its semi-rigid body design, and designed in collaboration with the Zeppelin company in Germany -- can reach speeds of 50 mph, he said.
"That doesn't sound fast," Kramer said, "but our pilots tell me it's really fast when you're used to going 35."
Goodyear plans to build two more blimps in the next four years, and retire the current Spirit of American and Spirit of Innovation airships as each of the new blimps is rolled out, the corporation said.
-- Dave O'Brien, Record-Courier
KSU team, fans mourn
football player's death
The Kent State University football family and the entire campus community last week mourned the sudden death of player Jason Bitsko.
He was found dead in the bedroom of his off-campus apartment by a roommate Aug. 20 shortly before 9 a.m. after he failed to show up for practice. The roommate called 911 after finding Bitsko in his bed unresponsive.
Brimfield police, who arrived on the scene within three minutes of the call, believe he died from an undetermined medical issue.
"Our players, coaches and everyone involved with our team are hurting because he was family," said second-year KSU head coach Paul Haynes. "As a team, we will come together and get through this one day at a time."
Bitsko's body was taken to the Summit County medical examiner's office for an autopsy, according to Brimfield Police Chief David Oliver.
Bitsko, a 21-year old Huber Heights native, was set to begin his fourth year on the team and would have been the starting center for this coming season.
-- Allen Moff, Record-Courier
Ohio Turnpike bridge
struck; traffic snarled
Parts of Route 14 and Interstate 480 in Streetsboro were closed for several hours Aug. 22 after a garbage truck struck the Ohio Turnpike bridge.
The westbound lanes of Route 14 between Singletary Drive and Frost Road were closed at about 12:30 p.m. after a Republic Waste truck struck the top of the Ohio Turnpike bridge, mangling one of the steel girders, according to Streetsboro Mayor Glenn Broska. Apparently, the lift arms that are used to dump the bin's contents into the truck were left up.
Broska said the eastbound turnpike exit ramp and the turnpike entrance ramp from I-480 eastbound also were closed. The westbound lanes of Route 14 and I-480 were reopened at about 3:40 p.m.
Adam Greenslade, director of governmental affairs, marketing and communications for the Ohio Turnpike Commission, said the commission is considering reducing some of the exit and entrance ramps to one lane with a traffic light controlling access until the damaged portion of the bridge is repaired.
Streetsboro Police Officer Josh Bartholomew said the driver has been charged with having a shifting load and having his equipment extended too high. He suffered minor injuries.
-- Bob Gaetjens, Gateway News


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Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Movie Review
Sometimes, things don't go as planned. That's certainly the case for small-time thief Harry Lockhart. A shocking series of events is set in motion when a toy-store robbery goes bad, leaving his partner in crime dead and Harry on the run. He ducks breathlessly into a casting call—it is Hollywood, after all—and assumes the role of an aspiring actor in order to elude police pursuit. It works. And Harry's dramatic entrance wins the heart of the director, ushering him into Hollywood's decadent underworld.
This unlikely (and darkly comedic) scenario twists even more unbelievably when Harry meets homosexual private eye to the stars "Gay" Perry and falls for perpetually aspiring actress Harmony at a Hollywood soiree. Harmony invites him to keep drooling. While Perry invites him to hone his acting skills by pretending to be a detective and helping him out with a job—a job that ends up threatening the lives of all three.
Positive Elements
For an R-rated action/mystery/comedy full of obscene content, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang delivers a remarkably serious message: Incest destroys lives. Early on, we learn that Harmony ran away from her home in Indiana to escape an incestuous father. Her father never preyed upon her, but frequently abused her sister. And that abuse leads to her death.
The girls' father is told by Perry—who accompanies his words with punches—that he was the one who pulled the trigger; it just took 20 years for the bullet to reach her. When the dad accuses Perry of persecuting a defenseless old man, Perry just looks at him with contempt, and behind his eyes you can read the words that he doesn't say: that the father deserves everything he gets and more because he has done something much worse to a young girl who was equally unable to defend herself.
Meanwhile, Harmony's response to watching her sister slowly die at the hand of their father is to sleep with pretty much every guy she can in high school, and then continue her promiscuity as an adult. In addition, the film implies that Hollywood mogul Harlan Dexter may have sexually abused his daughter, Veronica, before she is murdered.
This recognition of incest's destructive power is further reinforced by two scenes Harry and Harmony share. At the Hollywood party, Harry confronts a man who is groping Harmony. (She has passed out from drinking too much.) Harry refuses to let him accost her, to the point that they end up in a fistfight outside. Days later, Harry notices a large spider crawl into the again-unconscious Harmony's bra. He's unsure how to deal with this unusual problem, and responds by flicking at her breast. Harmony wakes up and thinks he's taking advantage of her, but then relaxes and assures him that "guys grab [you]. That's life, no biggie." Harry is appalled at her response and argues strongly that a man touching her without permission is a big deal. He wonders out loud how a woman could get to the point where she would consider such treatment to be so inconsequential. Why does she feel this way? Her father. And Harry goes so far as to comment that many promiscuous actresses in Hollywood are probably there because they are on the run from sexually abusive family situations.
Harry assures Harmony that he's not interested in "younger" and "better" women; he's interested in her. And he eventually confesses that he's been lying to her about his occupation, and that he's actually a thief.
Spiritual Content
Veronica Dexter is repeatedly—somewhat derisively—described as "a born again."
Sexual Content
Nudity. Sex scenes. Homoerotic performance art. The sexual content in Kiss Kiss Bang Bang is both frequent and extreme.
Harmony is seen topless; on one occasion she strips down to only a thong. So dressed, she invites Harry to sleep in her bed with her. She begins touching him, but they quickly get into an argument and separate. (The topic of their argument is of note, since it revolves around Harry not wanting her to give him sex "as a favor" just to meet his physical "needs.")
Harry gets drunk and spends the night with one of Harmony's friends. The camera watches as the pair wakes up in bed the next morning.
Harmony consistently wears cleavage-revealing outfits and short skirts. (One scene shows Harry obsessively ogling her chest.) There's also some attention given to the fact that a dead girl's lack of panties is a clue to the murder mystery.
A decadent party features several groups of male and female models striking sexual poses and making sexual movements while on display inside glass cages. At that party, a group of three men simulate homosexual contact (no nudity); two other women are topless (one wears pasties). Topless women are given screen time in at least two other scenes, one of which is a sex scene. Nude pictures are seen on the covers of pulp fiction novels.
Harry, Perry and Harmony watch a pornographic video to get clues for the case they're on. (Moviegoers don't see more than the clothed intro.) A woman in a mental facility hikes up her gown (off-camera) to reveal that she's not wearing anything underneath. Characters make several slang references to oral sex.
In addition to this pervasive content, Perry's homosexuality is referred to frequently, often in comedic dialogue ("Don't quit your gay job"). To distract police from a corpse they're loading in the trunk, Perry grabs Harry and gives him a lingering kiss. (Harry is disgusted, however, and there's never any hint that he's now interested in exploring any latent homosexual feelings.) Perry shoots a gun he has stashed next to his genitals, and the action and dialogue that surrounds this moment are filled with gay gags and come-ons.
I should point out that Perry is not a stereotypical gay character. He's not portrayed as effeminate, but rather as a strong, capable man. He doesn't lisp. He doesn't have a limp wrist. Etc. As homosexual characters show up with increasing frequency on the big screen (and the small one, too), expect to see more who defy the "gay shtick" like Perry does. (In doing so, they will help further cement our cultural acceptance of homosexuality.)
Violent Content
Violent scenes go head-to-head with sexual ones as they vie for the most screen time. Early on, Harry's robbery partner is shot in the face and killed. A man in a robot suit falls over a railing and is killed. And at least half-a-dozen characters are shot and killed in the second half of the movie. In self defense, Harry shoots a man in the chest at point-blank range five times. He does so after witnessing him kill a woman.
Harry and Perry pull Veronica's corpse from a car's trunk. (She has a bullet hole in her head.) After that, her body is subjected to a gruesome comedy of errors. Harry accidentally urinates on it. It's thrown off the roof of a building. It bounces off a dumpster. And, finally, after it's supposedly safely encased in a casket, the casket shoots out of the van it's riding in, opens up and comes to rest on a freeway sign. (Harry grasps her dead arm to save himself from falling.)
Harmony slams a door on Harry's hand, cutting off one of his fingers. A graphic scene shows doctors reattaching it, but Harry doesn't have the digit back very long before one of the goons who's interrogating him pulls it off again. Harry then keeps the detached finger in a bowl of ice—until a dog finds it, drags it around for a while and eventually eats it.
In what is easily one of the movie's most gratuitous scenes, a henchman tortures Harry by hooking up an electro-shock therapy machine to his genitals and shocking him. (The camera can't quite see everything.)
Harry is eventually hit with a bullet. As is Perry. Harmony is forced to jump off a bridge; she lands in a crumpled heap. A thug hits Harry in the head with his gun; Harry later returns the "favor." Harry gets into a fistfight with another man at a party, and they trade several hard body and head shots. Harmony kicks an attacker in the crotch while he's choking her, then head butts him.
Crude or Profane Language
Shortly after meeting, Harmony informs Harry, "I swear a lot." And in a final scene, Perry says condescendingly to the camera, "For all of you good people in the Midwest, I'm sorry we said 'f---' so much." Both admissions are actually understatements, as characters spew well over 100 f- and s-words, rough up God's or Jesus' name almost 50 times and utter another 30 milder profanities. Extremely vulgar terms for male and female anatomy are used once each.
Drug and Alcohol Content
Most of the characters in the film frequently smoke and/or drink (both beer and hard liquor). Twice when Harmony is very drunk, it leads to sexual encounters. Once, Harry's drunkenness puts him in bed with someone. Harmony's only acting success is in a beer commercial (two versions of which are shown during the movie).
Harry gets woozy from painkillers after he loses his finger. Another scene shows him taking a mouthful of pills—which he spits out reflexively when he finds a corpse in his bathroom.
Other Negative Elements
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang follows in the film-noir footsteps of Pulp Fiction. And there's little more I should need to say about it. It may not be quite as viscerally shocking as Quentin Tarantino's infamous film, but it certainly exploits its R-rating, assaulting audiences with hetero- and homosexual imagery and innuendo, gruesome violence and constant vulgarity—not to mention the perversely comedic plight of a corpse that has a couple of really bad days.
All of this effort is marshaled, oddly enough, to drive home the film's undeniably positive message that incest irrevocably damages its victims. So in the process of raising our righteous ire over the horror of sexual abuse, we're subjected to a barrage of gratuitously abusive images, situations and dialogue ourselves. I'm hard put to remember the last time I agreed more with a movie's main lesson, yet felt so pummeled by the way it got delivered.
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The National Grid has revealed that through the Christmas week, wind power performed strongly, with new half-hourly, daily and weekly records set on the 23rd, 24th and 25th of December.
Wind power supplied a new high of 41% of the UK's electricity needs in a half-hour period on Christmas Day, smashing the previous record of 34%. During this period, 47% of the UK's electricity came from renewable sources.
A new daily record of 32% of UK electricity was generated by wind on Christmas Day, beating the previous high of 24%.Overall, renewables met 42% of demand on 25th December 2016.
20% of UK electricity was generated by wind in the week ending on 25th December, exceeding the previous 19% record. Renewables provided 28% of total generation in the new record week.
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Seasoned charioteers at Black Beauty Line navigate winding routes past Victoria's most picturesque locales. The average 30-minute tour circles the neo-baroque Parliament buildings that border the Inner Harbour and clip-clops toward historic James Bay Village. Riders can snuggle under provided quilts as buggies glide past sites such as the Heritage Homes, whose snowy veils on winter rides melt away for spring rides to reveal manicured gardens and groggy lawn ornaments. Along the way, charioteers impart tales and tidbits about the tour attractions, and good-naturedly pose for photos after the ride. The well-kept carriages are also available for private event rental, often for weddings. Owner Rebecca Spray brings 30 years of caring for horses to Black Beauty Line. As a member of Carriage Operators of North America, she ensures that horses are healthy, well groomed, and not actually a horse impersonator looking for real-world experience. Pets are welcome to come along for the ride, and everyone must make reservations before the tour.


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I ordered the natural and wore it with brown and beige outfits .It felt very comfortable on and really liked the look.
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LuckyGunner.com was nice enough to provide me with a kydex Blackhawk! SERPA CQC holster for my 9mm service model Springfield Armory XD to review.
A Outside The Waistband (OWB) design, the SERPA CQC came with both paddle and belt slot adapters, which is a very thoughtful idea. I tend to prefer paddle holsters for both their stability (the large paddles tend to reduce wobble) and their easy on-off capabilities, but others much prefer the belt-slot route. It is a matter of personal convenience that Blackhawk! allowed for that helps the shooter adapt to different requirements.
In addition to providing two ways to mount your SERPA CQC holster, Blackhawk molded set screw positions on the back of the SERPA CQC that allows the user a five-point range of motion from forward to vertical to rear cants to match the individual shooter's preference. All it takes to change the angle of the holster is a phillips head screwdriver, and the screws remained tight without any rattle through a dozen angle changes, which is probably more use than a typical SERPA CQC is likely to see, as most shooters tend towards a "set it and forget it" instead of constantly fiddling with their draw angle.
The most unique aspect of the SERPA line of holsters is their unique and patented SERPA lock, which the company claims, "automatically engages the trigger guard upon holstering your pistol and will not let go until you release it."
The purpose of the lock is two-fold:
- retain the handgun in the holster during movement
- retain the handgun against attempts to remove weapon from the holster by a third party.
For most of us, the retention we'll appreciate most is the one that prevents unnecessary excitement. It seems that every few months there is a news story about a shooter that inadvertently drops a weapon from a holster that didn't grip the firearm tightly enough. Typically, the incidents we hear about are those in which the gun went off, but the vast majority of dropped weapons stories we hear about are those where modern guns don't go off, and are instead scooped up with a considerable degree of embarrassment and alarm. A retention holster virtually eliminates the possibility of a dropping a weapon during any maneuver that inverts the weapon.
Theoretically, retention holsters should also prevent someone from snatching your weapon, which is why so many police forces have gone to requiring retention holsters of some design so that officers face a reduced risk of being disarmed and shot with their own weapons.
I'm certain that some lives have probably been saved because of retention holsters buying precious seconds to regain control of the suspect and denying them access to the officers weapon, but I have my doubts about the applicability of that aspect of the technology for which is, after all, supposed to be a holster for concealed carry. The concealed carrier's greatest advantage over criminals is that criminals should be unaware that the concealed carrier is armed until they go to draw their weapon. If we're honest with ourselves, the most practical use of the SERPA's patented locking mechanism is to keep out weapon from dropping out of it's holster on to the bathroom floor while we are, uh, otherwise occupied.
The release mechanism that is touted as being so intuitive by BlackHawk! is also my primary and overriding concern with the SERPA line of holsters.
The mechanism that automatically engages the trigger guard upon holstering your pistol, is released when you grip the butt of your sidearm and use your trigger finger(!?!?!) to depress a lever on the side of the holster.
Upon practicing to with an unloaded weapon repeatedly, I got the hand of drawing the weapon with relative speed. I still, however, found myself occasionally not depressing the lever far enough, or starting to draw the weapon before engaging the lever, which caused it to lock up and not release. Sometimes muscle memory from my normal, retention-free holsters took over and I didn't press the lever at all, also resulting in a failed draw.
I think it very fair to recognize that both an inadequate, out of order, and forgotten press are probably fairly classified as "operator error" failures that may be rectified with repeated practice, but it would be dishonest to suggest that the design of the mechanism contributed to the failure.
For police officers or soldiers that use a similar holster for their duty sidearms, the SERPA CQC should be as easy to use properly.
That allowed, there seems to be a physiological tendency to curl the finger to assert more leverage on the SERPA's release mechanism if you try to draw before pressing the mechanism and have to attempt a redraw. For me and other people with long fingers, curling the finger back to hit the mechanism is almost required.
In my opinion, this sets up the potential for a dangerous situation where your trigger finger is likely to slip inside the trigger guard as you are drawing your weapon, greatly increasing the possibility of a negligent discharge of the kind that Tex Grebner caught on film.
In my opinion, the SERPA design is inherently more dangerous than other retention holster designs due to the fact it is designed to use the index (trigger) finger for operation, which greatly raises the possibility of a negligent discharge.
I appreciate LuckyGunner.com offering me the opportunity to review the SERPA CQC, but I can assure you that I do not have a great deal of confidence in the unforgiving nature of the design, and it will relegated to the back of my closet.


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Singer Andy Williams, who is probably best known for his TV variety show that ran from 1962-1971 announced at a concert last night in Branson, Missouri that he has bladder cancer.
During last night's Christmas show at his Moon River Theater the singer said "I do have cancer of the bladder. But that is no longer a death sentence. People with cancer are getting through this thing. They're kicking it, and they're winning more and more every year. And I'm going to be one of them."
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Here's some good news for the Angels: They might not have to face Bud Norris with the Houston Astros again.
It's almost inevitable that Norris is going to be traded sometime before the July 31 deadline, and before the Angels next see the Astros in August. The only questions are, where Bud Norris will go, when he'll go, and how much the Astros will get in return.
Don't be surprised if the Astros fetch more than anyone could have imagined when the year began – at least three prospects. Because he has been healthy and cut down on his walks and homers, Norris has jumped to the top of a thin pitching market.
Norris has a 3.35 ERA, and he's signed for $3 million this season. He's got two more years of arbitration, which means he'll be under control through 2015 for $12 million-$15 million.
The teams that need pitching will be lining up to plug Norris into their rotations. While he's not an impact No. 1 pitcher, he is at least a No. 3 that will be an upgrade for any team.
How did Norris get here after posting a rather pedestrian 4.42 ERA through his first four seasons as a big-league starter?
"I think it's just being healthy," Norris said. "I had a couple nagging injuries that set me back last year. I tried to pitch through them. I wanted to be there for my team. Being healthy this year has paid dividends."
Norris injured his knee, his foot and had blister issues last season, when he posted a 4.65 ERA. He said there are some other elements of his game that he's refined, as far as the way he approaches hitters.
"But I don't give those away," he said.
Norris also has cut his rate of homers in half, and he's walking batters about 20 percent less.
It also hasn't hurt that the Astros have moved into the AL West, where Norris found a team that he has a mysterious stranglehold over. Norris has a 0.32 ERA in four games against the Angels.
"It's like a nightmare you can't shake," Angels manager Mike Scioscia said. "He's thrown as well as anybody we've faced this year, probably better than anyone on a consistent basis. He's got the fastball that's sneaky and he's mixing in his breaking ball."
Norris just shrugs his shoulders when asked to explain how he can pitch so much better against the Angels than everyone else.
"I guess they bring the best out of me," he said. "I don't understand why it's them, but I'm not going to complain about it."
The Angels, who next face the Astros in August, no doubt hope that Norris is traded to the National League. The San Francisco Giants, Arizona Diamondbacks, Colorado Rockies, Baltimore Orioles and Cleveland Indians are among the contenders with the most acute need for rotation help, but there are no teams that already have five starters better than Norris.
Trade talk around him has been rampant already, and it's only going to get louder in the coming weeks.
"It's just part of the business," Norris said. "You have to be professional and understand it. I've been around a few years now. You have to go out and focus on your job and understand that everything else is out of your hands."
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Public wireless access is available in so many different locations, from coffee shops and bookstores to libraries and hotels. It's a huge convenience for business users, even casual users who need/want a connection away from home.
While it is a convenience, there are also a few safety issues at hand. But, the bright side is that there are steps you can take to ensure that your Internet browsing is safe no matter where you go.
Because the large majority of hot spots like what you'll find at coffee shops aren't secure, it means that what you send and receive over the Internet isn't secure either. PCMag.com put together a list of four different ways that you can surf safely at Starbucks, but it'll work anywhere you go.
Among the suggestions, don't do your personal banking while your sipping your cup of joe at Starbucks. It's just not a good decision. The same goes for making purchases from your favorite online retailers. It can wait until you're home and on your own secure network.
Another suggestion that you may not have thought of before is to turn off file and print sharing. By taking this small step, you will prevent someone from gaining access to your hard drive. And as always, a firewall is a great idea and can never hurt.
Wouldn't you rather be safe than sorry? These suggestions are all basic and very simple, and if you follow them, you'll be better prepared for safe Internet browsing in any of your favorite public places.


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That is, python is only necessary during build.
The real dependencies for the produced binary are:
glib - Easier to port. xmms2 currently compiles on BSD, Linux, Darwin, Windows* without thousands of ifdefs.
sqlite - The medialib.
Then you probably want some way to play music..for example:
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Better than Expected: Carnival Paradise Cruise Review by suefrankw
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Better than Expected
Destination: Western Caribbean
Embarkation: Tampa
Liked the decor much better than the Miracle.. That ship gave me a headache everywhere I went.
We have been on several carnival cruises and did not expect much.. Over 20 cruises on other lines. Easy to park in Tampa..only 1 hr from home.
But we were delightfully surprised.Ship was very clean. Dining and room staff very friendly.. but other staff (bar, etc) did not really care if we were on board. Rarely spoke to us.
Loved the small size of the ship. Our stateroom was larger than expected- esp as 2 grandkids in our room. loved the big bathroom and shower.
Food was better than expected but not great. Loved the salad bar at the buffet.very fresh... and deli.... Had anytime dining after much banter with dining room captain (had us set for late More seating & we changed it). dined at 5:45 each eve and no wait. Waiter was NOEL.... he was fantastic in every way. ASK FOR HIM in Elation dining room. Never made it to the mongolian grill. always long lines. I have a gluten free diet and for the most past, the dining room did great (remember to order the day before for dinner menu). Must be proactive with special diet. Choc lava cake was very good. Gluten free food was bland... I will bring my our sauces, bread next time.
Sailed with kids ... years 2,4 and 6 yrs old. They LOVED the kids club. Staff was great here. Main pool area was always crowded but the kid pool on back deck was very nice...quiet.. and roomy.
HATED HATED HATED the 'smoking' casino.... and as it is open to the at deck, when walked by... terrible smoke smell on entire deck. could not gamble due to smell.
Saw the comedian. she was good.did not do fitness classes as they required payment.
Grand Cayman... booked privately tour to stingrays with Capt Frank... he was GREAT. only 12 on the tour.. got great service and the rays & snorkeling was wonderful . he was also great with the kids. Only paid $30 adult and $20 per child. would definitely do again. Did cut into shopping time in Gr Cayman though as day is short.
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South Carolina Nikki Haley is Donald Trump's pick for United States Ambassador to U.N.
President-elect Trump has tapped South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley to be the post of United States ambassador to the United Nations. Haley has accepted the nomination. The South Carolina governor said in a statement that she was "honored" for the chance to serve the country as U.N. ambassador. Haley is the daughter of immigrants, from India is serving her second term in the South Carolina statehouse and is seen as a rising star in the Republican Party. She is the first female named to the Trump Cabinet. Haley will remain as the South Carolina's governor until the Senate acts on her appointment.
President-elect Trump has offered South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley the post of U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and she has accepted, Mr. Trump's transition team announced Wednesday morning.
"Governor Haley has a proven track record of bringing people together regardless of background or party affiliation to move critical policies forward for the betterment of her state and our country," the president-elect said in a statement. "She is also a proven dealmaker, and we look to be making plenty of deals. She will be a great leader representing us on the world stage."
The South Carolina governor, in her own statement, said she was "honored" for the chance to serve the country as U.N. ambassador.
Haley said she was moved to accept the nomination for two reasons: "The first is a sense of duty. When the President believes you have a major contribution to make to the welfare of our nation, and to our nation's standing in the world, that is a calling that is important to heed. The second is a satisfaction with all that we have achieved in our state in the last six years and the knowledge that we are on a very strong footing," she wrote.
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Daily Commentary – Thursday, April 2, 2015 – So What Executive Order Does Obama Have Up His Sleeve?
- Some are saying he plans Executive Orders to implement UN Climate Change Rules
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Daily Commentary – Thursday, November 13, 2014 – According to the United Nations, U.S. States Pot Legalization Not in line with International Law
- Yury Fedotov, executive director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime said he didn't see how the laws can be compatible with existing conventions
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Secretary of State John Kerry Expected to Sign a UN Arms Trade Treaty Opposed by the Senate and NRA … Treaty Requires Nations to "Establish & Maintain a National Control System," Including a "National Control List"
Barack Obama's end run around the US Constitution and the Second Amendment … Secretary of State to sign United Nations Arms treaty that would circumvent Constitution.
Another Obamaination … As reported at The Hill, Secretary of State John Kerry is expected to sign a UN treaty that is strongly opposed by the US Senate and the NRA. A State Department official said the treaty would "reduce the risk that international transfers of conventional arms will be used to carry out the world's worst crimes," while protecting gun rights. However, not so fast. If it sounds too good to be true, it most likely is. Just like every idea that stats out with good intentions, there is always a catch. There is a reason why Republicans, the Senate and the NRA are opposed to this end around of the Second Amendment. Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK) says, "This treaty is already dead in the water in the Senate, and they know it." Thankfully, these types of treaties require Senate ratification by elected officials of "We the People" rather than Obama giving away Our rights to the United Nations.
Secretary of State John Kerry is expected to sign an arms trade treaty opposed by the Senate and the gun lobby as early as Wednesday, and Republicans aren't happy about it.
Kerry's plan to sign the treaty on the margins of the UN General Assembly in New York this week has sparked immediate criticism from GOP opponents.
"This treaty is already dead in the water in the Senate, and they know it," said Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.), the top Republican on the Senate Armed Services. "The Administration is wasting precious time trying to sign away our laws to the global community and unelected U.N. bureaucrats."
A majority of Senate oppose the treaty because it covers small arms, making ratification impossible in the short term.
When is an arms treaty, not an arms treaty … when it is a front to bypass the US Constitution of course. So what is really is in this treaty that pro-Second Amendment folks are extremely worried about? As reported at the WSJ, 'Obama's United Nations Backdoor to Gun Control'.
But the new treaty also demands domestic regulation of "small arms and light weapons." The treaty's Article 5 requires nations to "establish and maintain a national control system," including a "national control list." Article 10 requires signatories "to regulate brokering" of conventional arms. The treaty offers no guarantee for individual rights, but instead only declares it is "mindful" of the "legitimate trade and lawful ownership" of arms for"recreational, cultural, historical, and sporting activities." Not a word about the right to possess guns for a broader individual right of self-defense.
Gun-control advocates will use these provisions to argue that the U.S. must enact measures such as a national gun registry, licenses for guns and ammunition sales, universal background checks, and even a ban of certain weapons. The treaty thus provides the Obama administration with an end-run around Congress to reach these gun-control holy grails. As the Supreme Court's Heller and McDonald cases recently declared, the Second Amendment guarantees an individual right "to keep and bear Arms" such as handguns and rifles. Congress's power to regulate interstate commerce remains broad, but the court's decisions in other cases—even last year's challenge to the Affordable Care Act—remind us that those powers are limited.
Obama's Shot Across Syria's Bow, Limited Military Operation … But What is the Point of Military Action … Does He Realize he is Siding with Al-Qaeda and Now Great Britain, France, German and Arab League Say Not So Fast
Obama claims he has not made a decision on Syria.
President Barack Obama calls for a shot across the bow and a limited military operation in a strike again Syria for their use of chemical weapons. Obama has called for a "Decisive but limited" military action. WHAT? Does this chicken hawk have any idea what he is talking about? So he wants to strike Syria, but does not want regime change. Does Obama realize that helping the rebels actually means that the United States is aiding Al-Qaeda? Yes, the very folks that killed nearly 3000 individuals on 9-11 in NYC, the Pentagon and a field in Pennsylvania. President says Syria's use of chemical weapons affects US interests. How, exactly? One might say that an attack on Syria by the US, especially standing alone, would have a greater consequence on US interests.
Obama claimed he had support from foreign countries in the strike against Syria, not so fast. Great Britain calls for restraint and a political solution through the UN. And upon further evaluation, France changes its tone and seeks a political solution the ultimate goal for Syria. Germany not on board either.
Barack Obama, the community agitator has backed himself into a corner. This is why you do not draw a line in the sand that you are not willing to back up. Don't play a game of chicken with people who do not care and do not respect you. Speaking of playing a game of chicken, Russia sending warships to the Mediterranean.
President Barack Obama promised Wednesday that any U.S. military strike at Syria would be a "shot across the bow" that avoids seeing America pulled into "any kind of open-ended conflict."
Speaking in a wide-ranging interview with PBS Newshour, Obama insisted he has not made a decision on how best to respond to the alleged massacre of civilians by forces loyal to Syrian strongman Bashar Assad using chemical weapons.
But "if, in fact, we can take limited, tailored approaches, not getting drawn into a long conflict — not a repetition of, you know, Iraq, which I know a lot of people are worried about — but if we are saying in a clear and decisive but very limited way, we send a shot across the bow saying, stop doing this, that can have a positive impact on our national security over the long term," the president said.
That would send the Assad regime "a pretty strong signal, that in fact, it better not do it again."
Obama, making his first public remarks on the crisis since a CNN interview that aired Friday, rejected claims that rebels fighting to topple Assad were behind the Aug. 21 attack.
"We have concluded that the Syrian government in fact carried these out. And if that's so, then there need to be international consequences," he said.
"I have no interest in any kind of open-ended conflict in Syria, but we do have to make sure that when countries break international norms on weapons like chemical weapons that could threaten us, that they are held accountable," he said.
UPDATE I: US, UK back down from immediate Syria strike, President Assad vows 'victory'.
The US and UK on Thursday appeared to have backed down from an immediate punitive military strike against Syria, even as embattled President Bashar al-Assad vowed that his country would emerge "victorious" in any confrontation with America and its allies.
A strike by western forces had appeared imminent but US allies were increasingly reluctant to act before hearing the results of a UN probe into the alleged poisonous gas attacks in the war-torn country on August 21.
President Barack Obama has said he had not yet decided whether to attack Syria in response to alleged use of chemical weapons by the Assad regime, but a strike still appeared likely as the US stopped seeking a UN mandate.
This is why the United States was out of their collective minds for reelecting a community agitator, a Campaigner in Chief, a misleader as President.
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ASK A QUESTION Lo siento mucho VS. Mi más sentido pésame
The second one is the formal one right? What are some scenarios where you would use the second one over the first one?
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The first can be used in any situation, you stepped on somebody's foot, you pushed him, you spoke to loud..anything really, it means I am sorry.-
The second one can only be used to give your sympathy to a mourning family.
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Mi más sentido pésame = Le acompaño en el sentimiento.
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Chile president takes a swipe at Copa America referees
SANTIAGO, June 16 (Reuters) - Chilean President Michelle Bachelet made a colorful dig at Copa America referees on Tuesday, the day after two controversial offside calls foiled the national soccer team's chance to win after a thrilling comeback against the Mexican squad.
The topic of the press conference was not soccer, but a new law promoting foreign investments. Still, Bachelet snuck in a jab at the game officials, taking advantage of the similarities between the Spanish word for referee, "arbitro" and the word for arbitrary, "arbitrario".
"We are guaranteeing, for example, that there will be no arbitrary discrimination, which is a word that sits poorly with many Chileans today: arbitrary, which seems like the word referee," Bachelet said, eliciting laughter from the press.
Bachelet's barb was directed at two offside calls in the final 30 minutes of the match with Mexico on Monday night, in the Copa America's opening round robin stage.
Chile had to settle for a 3-3 draw after two goals were ruled out for offside. The calls angered Chile coach Jorge Sampaoli, who felt his team should have won.
"I discovered that for some reason refereeing is arbitrary," said Bachelet. (Reporting by Felipe Iturrieta; Writing by Gram Slattery; Editing by Anthony Esposito and David Gregorio)
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