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On a crisp morning early last February, Paul Jensen, a 44-year-old man without even so much as a traffic ticket dulling his reputation walked out of his ranch house near the central mountain town of Salida and prepared to break the law. Consistent with his shoot-straight, live-by-the-rules character, Jensen had already alerted the local authorities as to his intentions, as well as to where the crime would be occurring, and so Ron Dobson was prepared.
"I know Paul real well. He's a good friend, a super guy -- definitely one of the guys I never, ever expected to write a ticket to," recalls Dobson, a game warden in the state Division of Wildlife's Salida field office. "He had called me one day and said, 'If you were to hear that I was trapping coyotes on my property, would you write me a ticket?' I told him, 'You're a legitimate rancher with a predator problem, so why don't you apply for a trapping exemption, and we'll get you one so you can trap them legally?
"And he said, 'No, you don't understand what I'm saying. I'm gonna trap coyotes now, and you're gonna write me a ticket."
Dobson was unsure. "I don't think he'd ever written a citation to anyone who'd asked for it," Jensen says. But after conferring with his boss, Dobson made an appointment to meet with Jensen -- the rancher to break the law and the game warden to charge him with the infraction.
On the morning of February 3, Dobson and another warden drove up to Jensen's 75-acre alfalfa ranch and slid out of their state truck. Jensen was waiting in his idling pickup. He greeted the warden cordially.
"Hello, Ron."
"Paul," Dobson replied.
"I told Ron I had put a trap in the ground and I was trying to catch coyotes," Jensen recalls. "He began taking pictures, videotaping the scene and reading me my rights. That was spooky."
"I didn't want to do it," Dobson adds. "But I decided that if I was going to do it, I'd do it right."
Jensen tried to make his guests comfortable. "It was a cold morning and there was a little breeze, so I invited him up to the house to write the citation," he remembers. "We sat and had some coffee. My wife had made fresh coffee cake as well, so we had some of that, too.
"I can't speak highly enough of Ron," Jensen adds. "He's a great DOW officer. I wish the state had more people like him. When I moved here ten years ago from Berthoud, I made sure to introduce myself to him and tell him I was a trapper and that I'd be trapping on my property. Later, he referred people to me for nuisance trapping."
That meeting over Jensen's kitchen table began what is probably the first widespread, managed campaign of civil disobedience the state has seen for several decades, and one of the unlikeliest. From last February, when Jensen set his trap and turned himself in to authorities, until September, when a lifelong trapper and sporting activist named Al Deeds set an instant-kill beaver trap in Moffat County and handed himself over to the local sheriff, a handful of trappers have engaged in a meticulously planned, well-funded and carefully orchestrated crusade to overturn Amendment 14, the state's three-year-old trapping ban.
Seesaw battles over voter-decided public policies have become familiar in Colorado. Such statutes are often passed on a wave of emotion, but some laws wanted by a majority of the public just aren't legal. In recent years, residents have seen two measures supported by voters -- Amendment 2, the 1992 anti-gay-rights initiative, and portions of Amendment 15, the campaign finance-reform initiative -- later overturned by courts.
Unlike those two initiatives, however, a ban on trapping hardly seemed controversial. For people who are unfamiliar with it, the idea of trapping can be distasteful. It can be bloody and, when viewed from the lawns of the state's growing cities, it can seem random and cruel. And to the vast majority of Coloradans, it is unfamiliar. Prior to 1996, in a busy year, maybe a few hundred residents actively trapped. In short, Amendment 14 seemed unassailable.
Yet now the state's trapping ban is poised to be erased. How did such a small group of people, promoting such an unpopular cause, get this far?
The idea of a trapping ban all started with mountain goats.
In the summer of 1994, while working as a volunteer manager of the University of Denver field station on Mount Evans, a retired DU biology professor named Robert Angell bumped into some goat hunters. Evans is the nearest 14,000-foot peak to Denver, and it's one of two fourteeners with a road to the top, so on warm days, the mountain can get crowded with people who normally don't trek into the backcountry. Angell, who lives in Denver's Washington Park neighborhood, felt that hunting was inappropriate in a place so heavily used by urban backpackers and wildlife watchers, and he demanded that the DOW restrict goat hunting on the mountain.
Soon afterward, Angell found himself near Guanella Pass, on the backside of Mt. Evans. There, he says, he noticed that trappers had reduced the beaver population in the stream alongside the road. So he also asked the DOW to consider banning trapping as well as goat hunting.
It wasn't the first time Angell had petitioned the wildlife division to protect animals. He had aggressively supported Amendment 10, the 1992 initiative that outlawed the state's spring bear hunt. The success of that measure had convinced him that voters were ready for more restrictions on the way Colorado's wildlife was managed. Angell thought a trapping ban was a reasonable request, and one that was long overdue.
"Until I got into this, I wasn't even aware that some types of traps were still used," he says today. "Trapping is an indiscriminate, inhumane way of killing animals. If you don't believe me, come over and I'll show you some videotapes."
Coincidentally, the wildlife division was already in the process of reconsidering its trapping rules. After a year's worth of public meetings and debate, in July 1995 the agency settled on a series of half-step reforms. Leaning heavily on a survey taken primarily among Front Range residents that showed most people wouldn't miss trapping, the wildlife commission (whose governor-appointed members oversee the DOW and make policy) enacted a new set of laws that it hoped would promote kinder, gentler trapping. It required padded-jaw traps and restraining snares -- snares that hold but do not choke and kill animals. In addition, the commissioners reduced the type of animals that could be legally trapped, from eighteen fur-bearing species to eight (the red fox, raccoon, badger, coyote, striped skunk, muskrat, beaver and bobcat).
Angell was unimpressed, and upon learning that the wildlife division would not be banning trapping outright, he decided that he would do it himself. He contacted his old friends from the Amendment 10 fight -- they still had a mailing list -- and he and his wife, Elisa, a retired librarian, formed Colorado People Allied With Wildlife (PAWW) to take the issue directly to the voters. (The couple first called their group Coloradans Against Trapping and Snaring, but, Angell recalls, "too many people thought we were fighting for cats.")
The group began meeting in living rooms, signing up volunteers and collecting money. Angell's collection of grisly videos began appearing in heartbreaking television spots. By the time PAWW was finished, a cadre of 100 core volunteers had collected 102,000 signatures -- nearly double the number required to put the issue before voters -- and a quarter of a million dollars, much of it contributed by the Angells themselves. "Amendment 14 ruled our lives for a year and a half," Angell says.
The fight was close until the end. On that November election night, Angell remembers, "a lot of people went to bed thinking we'd lost." But as morning broke, the results showed Amendment 14 passing by just over a 2 percent margin -- hardly a landslide, but enough to change the state constitution. A precinct map would show support for the initiative appearing as a T, following I-25 along the Front Range and then horizontally along the urban and resort centers of I-70. The measure went down heavily in rural counties.
"In the urbanized areas, it's recognized that trapping and snaring are extremely inhumane," Angell explains. "People just had to be shown what was going on."
"Let me offer some perspective," says Todd Malmsbury, chief spokesman for the Colorado Division of Wildlife. "Before Amendment 14 passed in 1996, we sold fewer than 1,000 trapping licenses a year -- mostly to part-time hobbyist trappers. In 1998 we sold a quarter-million elk licenses. I'm not saying that trapping wasn't important. What I'm saying is that trapping was a minor activity."
Although some trappers took animals mainly for the fur, that market has been depressed in recent years as fur coats have gone out of style, and much of the trapping activity in Colorado before November 1996 was done to control "nuisance animals." The majority of these are coyotes, which prey on livestock, and beaver and muskrat, which cause problems in rural waterways, where they block up or destabilize irrigation ditches and farm ponds.
Typically, prior to 1996, a trapper would remove a troublesome beaver using one of two types of traps. The first is a traditional leghold, which grips the animal's leg when tripped. If it's set properly, the jaws then hold the beaver under water, drowning it in two or three minutes. The second commonly used device is called a Conibear trap, which is essentially a giant mousetrap: When it's tripped, a jaw snaps over the animal's back or neck or head -- in theory, killing it instantly.
Amendment 14 effectively ended such trapping of nuisance animals. (An exemption in the law allows a bona fide farmer or rancher to trap thirty contiguous days every year, but only if he can prove he has exhausted other methods of controlling the animals.) That doesn't mean the problem of nuisance animals has disappeared, of course. And for those who want to get rid of unwanted critters -- say, a new homeowner whose trees on the riverbank are being decimated by beavers, or a rancher whose flock is being attacked by coyotes -- there are still ways to do it.
First, a property owner can simply shoot the troublesome animal. Indeed, in the wake of the new trapping restrictions, that is usually what a Division of Wildlife field officer will recommend when he receives a phone call from someone asking what can be done about four-legged pests. Yet guns are not always a good solution. In addition to being potentially inhumane -- not everyone is a good shot, particularly when it comes to small, moving targets -- firearms present a number of specific problems.
One is that most nuisance animals are nocturnal. They work at night, an inconvenient time for landowners to stake out their property, not to mention a bad time for discharging weapons accurately. Another drawback is that Colorado is becoming crowded. A person in a subdivision whose ornamental aspen trees are being felled by beavers cannot responsibly discharge a firearm near other houses for fear of mistakenly hitting a person or house.
But perhaps the biggest disadvantage of shooting compared to trapping, says Dave Croonquist, the DOW's assistant chief of law enforcement, is fairness and efficiency: Unless he catches a critter in the act, how does the shooter know that he is killing the right animal? "You're driving down the back forty and you see a coyote or bear, and you thump it. There's nothing to say that was the animal doing the damage," he points out. "Trapping, on the other hand, can be selective. You can trap at a problem site and you're pretty sure that you got the right animal."
So despite the restrictions of Amendment 14, many landowners still prefer to trap nuisance animals, often hiring professional trappers, especially for beaver. According to the new laws, they must use what are referred to as humane or live traps, which can be used legally year-round. Made by companies like Hav-A-Heart and Bailey-Hancock, these suitcase-sized contraptions lure animals into a cage. Once an animal trips a spring-loaded door, it is held inside the cage until the trapper arrives. This is precisely what the Angells and their supporters intended -- a more compassionate way to handle animals.
The dilemma with live traps, however, is what to do next. "We don't have anyplace to put the beaver -- my district is filled up," says Dobson, the DOW field agent in Salida. "Right now I'm not transplanting beavers -- haven't for two years, at least. I could release it with other beavers, but they're territorial, and the new one wouldn't survive.
"Besides, this time of year, I'd just be condemning them to a slow death. Beavers basically work all summer to set up food caches for winter. If I moved one away from its cache, I'd just be setting it up for a cruel death."
In the wake of Amendment 14, typically what a trapper will do once he has caged a beaver in a live Bailey-Hancock trap is this: He will walk up to the animal, pull out a gun, shoot it in the head and wait for it to die. Then he will remove it from the trap and throw it away.
"'Cruel' is a relative term," notes Croonquist. "What people tend to forget is that there is life outside Saran-wrapped beef in King Soopers."
It would be generous to estimate the number of Colorado's full-time trappers in the dozens. As a profession, carefully setting and concealing a line of 200 traps, checking it every day, retrieving the animals and skinning, fleshing and drying a pelt that sells for only a few dollars does not make a lot of economic sense. "When you've got five hours of effort into a coyote that you sell for ten dollars, is that not a labor of love?" asks Al Deeds, a trapper from Steamboat Springs.
Still, there are a fair number of sportsmen across the state who, prior to the passage of Amendment 14, trapped for fun, to supplement their income or to rid their property of nuisance animals. This small group of hobbyists is staunchly committed to the craft. If anything, as their numbers have steadily dwindled, the state's few remaining trappers seem to have become more strident, feeling they have a duty to safeguard a disappearing way of life.
Deeds, for example, began trapping when he was ten years old, on his family's farm in Pennsylvania. "The muskrats would burrow through the pond dam and flood the property, and we needed to control the population," he recalls. "Since then, it's pretty much been my life." What Deeds means is not that he has always made a living producing pelts -- today he renovates log homes -- but that trapping is the single thing with which he most closely identifies himself.
"It's something that gets into your blood," he explains. "Ask yourself: If you had to say one thing that you are, what would it be? That's what trappers do, even if they don't trap for a living."
Such an attitude turned Amendment 14 into a rallying point among diehard trappers. Yet their relatively small numbers presented an obstacle to fighting back. Collecting another 50,000-plus signatures among a state population increasingly out of touch with its rural side was a daunting task. Even if they could do that, placing the issue back before voters guaranteed nothing; the trappers could lose even worse.
"About one year after Amendment 14 passed, we just started looking at options, and we couldn't come up with anything," recalls Al Davidson, president of the Colorado Trappers Association. "It was a constitutional amendment, and we didn't have anybody to challenge it. It took us a year to get our thoughts in order. The thing was like a big dinosaur -- nobody knew how to grab it. We just couldn't come up with any ideas." Fortunately for the state's diehard trappers, Davidson and the CTA were not alone.
Once rare sights on a ballot, today public votes on how to manage wildlife have become increasingly common. In 1996, residents of eight states considered issues ranging from what was the ethical way to hunt wolves (Alaska banned shooting them from an airplane) and bears (Massachusetts and Washington banned using bait and hounds, while Michigan and Idaho kept those methods) to trapping (Massachusetts banned even possessing traps). Since then, California and Arizona residents have voted to ban trapping, Alaskans have banned wolf snares, and Ohioans have contemplated (and kept) dove hunting, among other things.
To supporters of the measures, the ballot box is the last resort for altering the way animals are managed. Too often, they say, the concerns of people who want to protect animals (a growing number, particularly in cities) are overlooked by the agendas of those who like to kill them. In fact, most state wildlife agencies still are supported, either in part or in full (like Colorado's), by the sale of hunting and fishing tags. Last year the Colorado DOW earned $55 million from hunting and fishing licenses and $10 million from the federal excise tax on hunting and fishing equipment. It is no accident that wildlife officials have opposed the majority of ballot initiatives that restrict the taking of animals. In 1992, the Colorado Wildlife Commission officially came out against managing wildlife through public ballots.
Wildlife administrators argue that they have good reasons for not wanting to manage animals by popular vote, reasons that extend far beyond their budgets. To begin with, they point out that initiatives are prejudiced. Voters tend to rally around animals that are big and fuzzy and pleasurable to look at. A sizeable block of the voting public has yet, for example, to coalesce in favor of protecting common slugs, which often suffer slow, cruel deaths at the hands of gardeners. "We manage ecosystems, not specific animals," notes the DOW's Croonquist.
Suddenly offering particular protection to one animal can have unforeseen consequences, as well. Recently, for instance, Colorado's mule deer population has plunged. That could be the result of rapid development -- until recently the deer relied heavily on places like the Vail Valley for winter habitat, and much of that land has been transformed into high-priced landscaping and ski slopes. Then again, says Croonquist, the decline could have something to do with an increase in the coyote population, which might be a consequence of the ban on trapping.
For years, state wildlife agencies have used hunting and trapping as a means to balance all of their animal populations, and taking these tools away can create imbalances. Consumers accustomed to the previous equilibrium can find the new order alarming, and that can produce odd bedfellows. Recently, for instance, the California Audubon Society, an environmental group of long standing, asked officials to modify that state's popularly elected trapping ban. The reason? The fox population, historically controlled by trapping, was preying on endangered bird species.
The animal initiatives have created an even greater sense of unease among the more common consumers of wildlife -- hunters, in particular. In some states, there has even been a backlash. Last year in Minnesota, residents voted overwhelmingly in favor of a symbolic initiative that reaffirmed their right to hunt and fish in the state. Utah residents recently voted to raise the number of signatures required to place an initiative on the ballot, a measure pushed largely by sportsmen's groups fearful of losing their footing to an increasingly urbanized population.
When rubbed together, sportsmen's gathering fears and wildlife managers' anxieties combined to produce a spark at the National Trappers Association headquarters in Indianapolis, Indiana. "About two years ago, this representative from the National Trapping Association called," Davidson recalls. "He said that their legal advisor had come up with an idea to attack Amendment 14 through the courts."
Somebody has to represent unpopular causes, and Stephen Boynton received his trial by fire. In 1971, an Alaskan company was having difficulty complying with a government law that restricted its product -- seal fur pelts. Boynton, who works out of Washington, D.C., agreed to take up the firm's cause, and he has been in the employ of hunting and trapping concerns ever since. Today, one of his most active clients is the National Trapping Association. He fights its battles on two fronts.
The broadest is through the Ballot Initiatives Coalition, an organization Boynton founded in 1998 to combat any anti-hunting, -fishing or -trapping issue that might appear for a popular vote; and, alternately, to promote those initiatives that promise to protect sporting interests. So far the coalition has raised about three-quarters of a million dollars from organizations like the National Rifle Association, the Foundation for North American Wild Sheep, the National Shooting Sports Foundation and the Archery Manufacturers and Merchants Organization and has involved itself in a half-dozen state initiatives. "These groups realize this is a very significant issue and that if we can stop it at an early level, we won't have to fight it later," he explains.
In the meantime, Boynton also has thrown himself into the more specific clash over trapping. Rhode Island, Florida and Massachusetts already have bans in place. In the past two years, Colorado, Arizona and California have passed trapping bans, and the movement seems to be picking up steam. Boynton says trapping opponents in Oregon, Mississippi and Washington are hoping to place the issue before voters later this year. So when he sat down and began to search for a way to stem the tide, there was a sense of urgency. What he stumbled on during his research was something called the U.S. government's Public Trust Doctrine.
The doctrine has been around for many years -- the Supreme Court ruled on one aspect of it more than 150 years ago -- but mostly it has shown up in connection with water rights, and generally in states west of the Mississippi. Although complex, what it boils down to, at least in Boynton's interpretation, is that "the government has the duty to manage fish and wildlife for all the people, and that is a job that cannot be delegated to the people" by popular vote. For example, while a river may run through a man's property, he can't alter its course in a way that affects people downstream because, according to the doctrine, the water belongs to the public. Reading the doctrine, Boynton concluded that while it was certainly proper for voters to set broad legislative goals -- to protect and care for wildlife -- directing the particulars of how to do this by popular vote was unconstitutional.
Now that he had a legal argument on which to base the National Trappers Association's opposition to the anti-trapping initiatives, however, Boynton still needed to get it into court. He considered challenging the new trapping bans directly in state district court, but civil suits can drag on for years and cost millions of dollars. What he needed, Boynton concluded, was a good criminal case.
Such a case would require criminals. And Colorado, where the anti-trapping initiative had barely passed, seemed like a good place to begin.
In early 1998, Boynton flew to Grand Junction, where he presented his Public Trust Doctrine idea to CTA president Davidson and the organization's local lawyers. He flew out again in November that year. This time, in addition to Davidson, several representatives of sportsmen's and agricultural groups attended the gathering at a Denver Best Western. It was there that Boynton recommended the trappers start a legal fund and begin trying to find eight people willing to get arrested.
Much of the legwork fell to Al Davidson's wife, Fae, who had picked up what she knew about trapping late in life, as a marital necessity. "I had to learn about trapping to marry this guy," she says. Although she'd started out as a graphic designer, for the past 25 years Fae had worked as a marketer in the travel business, selling packages and tours to tourists at dinners and trade shows. Promoting the idea of an unfair law, it seemed, couldn't be so different.
In November Fae set up the Colorado Wildlife Organizations Legal Fund, or WOLF. (That turned out to be a mistake. "When people saw the acronym WOLF, it was just not received well," she says. "Until you explain who you are, you sound like an animal-rights organization." Now the legal fund simply uses its full name.) She printed up 10,000 brochures explaining the legal fund's plans and began scheduling speaking engagements -- some weeks she had as many as three. She spoke to "the wool growers, the mule deer people, bowhunters, cattle groups." She passed out the legal fund's brochure and urged people to copy it and give it to others. Some people wrote checks then and there; others sent money later.
In late 1998, the CTA's Grand Junction law firm hired a local real estate lawyer named Marcia Swain to work on nothing but the trapping issue full-time. In the meantime, Fae and Al Davidson began to search for trappers willing to get arrested to get the case against Amendment 14 heard in court. One consideration was location. Swain and Boynton recommended getting the trappers to break the law someplace west of the Continental Divide. "We felt we would have a more understanding forum in a rural jurisdiction, where judges would have a better understanding of the challenges farmers and ranchers face," explains Swain.
Fae was also concerned about public relations. There would be no filthy, foul-mouthed mountain men covered in blood. "We wanted to handpick them," she explains. "We wanted people with clean records who would fit in. We wanted to know that these guys were responsible trappers who knew their business and who could speak well."
Mindful of the power of television and photographic images of helpless and bloodied animals pinned in cruel metal jaws -- such as those starring in Angell's videotapes -- Fae also pushed for the trappers to break the law simply by setting the traps, not by actually catching an animal in them. "It was important to set the right tone, so no animals were in the traps," she says. "That was definitely something we did not want. We just didn't want to rile up the whole emotional issue."
(Presenting a palatable public face has been a constant battle for Fae. In one interview, Al begins a story: "I'm color-blind, so red doesn't bother me. One day I had been skinning coyotes, and I came back in the house. I tracked blood all over the place, one side to the other. There was blood all over the place! Of course, Fae could see all the blood..." "Oh, don't tell that story, Al," Fae interrupts gently. "Nobody needs to hear that.")
By early 1999, the Davidsons had selected their civil-disobedience crew. Al himself would get arrested in Saguache County. Al Deeds, the Steamboat Springs trapper, would cross into Moffat County and set an illegal trap. Paul Jensen would break the law in Chaffee County. And a frustrated sheep rancher named John Gredig would test the ban in Pitkin County.
"It's important to understand the depth of feeling these people have about this law," says Swain. "It involves the right to engage in an occupation, [and it involves] property rights; it places at risk a way of living that they value; it is a limitation of hunting activities. These are extremely law-abiding people. They don't violate traffic codes or hunting laws, and they decided to break the law only after a dialogue with their consciences and careful thought."
"I had some misgivings," says Paul Jensen. "I knew sooner or later my name would be in the local news, and I didn't want to be seen as a bad, nasty trapper. My wife wasn't too excited about it, either. In a way, it doesn't look good, and I'd never had any kind of problems before. But we decided we had to start somewhere."
For each of the chosen trappers, the plan was the same: He would alert the local DOW field agent or sheriff a week or so in advance of his intention to break the law and arrange a mutually acceptable time. It seemed simple enough. But one thing the trappers couldn't have predicted was how difficult it would be to get arrested and charged with a trapping crime in Colorado.
Their first effort was a complete flop.
"We had someone early on who was planning to challenge the law by setting a trap in the Walden area," recalls Swain. "He called the local DOW agent to alert them that he was setting a trap, but nobody from the agency responded. It was a little deflating."
And while Paul Jensen eventually managed to convince his friend, DOW agent Rob Dobson, to issue him a citation for illegally setting a trap, Al Deeds was having less luck in Moffat County. Deeds had contacted the county sheriff, advising him that he planned on breaking the law and asking if he'd kindly send someone out to cite him.
"So on the day they'd arranged, I sent a deputy out, and he wrote up a citation," recalls Buddy Grinstead, Moffat County sheriff. But, he adds, it wasn't something he was pleased about.
"Personally, I'm a supporter of the legal fund," Grinstead explains. "I've given money, plus I've requested brochures, and I've passed them out to local businesses. I'm an avid hunter -- that's why I live in Colorado -- and my son, who's ten, is following in my footsteps. I think management of wildlife is something that shouldn't be done by public vote. The public has no idea of things like animals per unit or range management. It's a shame that we have what we do regulated by people who don't understand us or our way of life."
When it came time to be charged, however, Deeds was out of luck. Rather than prosecuting Deeds for violating the constitution, the Moffat County District Attorney's Office decided to dismiss the case. Today DA Paul McLimans says he's sorry he didn't take action. "At the time, I didn't want to get involved in lengthy litigation, but I regret that we took the course we did. Obviously, we're in the business of prosecuting crimes."
"It was all very discouraging," says Swain. "It's an odd position for a criminal defense attorney to be in -- to be disappointed when your case is dismissed."
Worse, when the trappers did manage to get cited and their cases prosecuted, they were striking out. In October last year, a Chaffee County judge made a preliminary ruling rejecting the Public Trust Doctrine as a defense for Paul Jensen's actions. And in late November, a Saguache County judge shot down the Public Trust Doctrine. Al Davidson, who had set his trap five months earlier, was convicted of breaking the state's trapping laws. A month later, however, the trappers hit paydirt.
If the trappers of Colorado had the ability to create from scratch a poster boy for their cause, they couldn't have come up with a better man than 79-year-old John Jacob Gredig. A descendant of homesteaders from the Del Norte area, Gredig had lived and worked in central Colorado all his life. He'd also trapped for much of that life, and mostly as a necessity. He learned how to set leghold bear traps in the early 1950s while working as a ranch hand on the Crystal River Ranch in Garfield County.
In 1962 Gredig moved his family to a 22-acre spread in Basalt, in Pitkin County. At first they raised cattle, dairy cows and hogs. In 1973, however, the family turned strictly to Suffolk sheep, starting a flock from a single ewe purchased and raised by John's then-ten-year-old daughter, Caley. The 55-head flock is one of only two disease-free flocks in the state, a coup for breeders of the stock.
Although Gredig had heard of and supported the Davidsons' campaign to repeal Amendment 14 through his involvement with the Colorado Woolgrowers Association, he had no plans to involve himself actively. But all that began to change in the spring of 1999, when he started losing lambs. The first was killed on May 19. The following week, four others were killed. A DOW investigation showed they had been mauled by coyotes or dogs.
The family had already tried to scare off predators. They own three Turkish Okbash guard dogs as well as a guard burro. They checked the flock during the day and at night, and all of the fences were sound. Guns were out of the question. "Colorado 82 runs just north of our house, Sopris Road runs just south, and on the two other sides we are surrounded by subdivisions," explains Caley, "so we really can't shoot without fear of hitting a car or a kid. Also, it's not politic to shoot in a subdivision."
Trapping seemed the only option. Gredig decided to take advantage of Amendment 14's thirty-day exemption period for ranchers and farmers, and on June 14, a local contract trapper, Judy Schilling, set ten snares on Gredig's land. By July 13, however, nothing had been caught. But Gredig had reached a decision: He wanted to keep the traps in place, and he wanted to sign up for the campaign against the trapping ban. The Wildlife Organizations Legal Fund was only too happy to oblige. "This was virtually a tailor-made situation," acknowledges Caley. "So we said, 'Well, might as well go for it.'"
In late July, Gredig set four of his own snares and alerted the local game warden, Kevin Wright.
"We almost had to beg the DOW to give us a citation," Caley recalls. "We called them and told them we were still trapping. They said, 'Aw, don't worry about it.' So then we told them we would have to call the neighbors if they didn't cite us and that they would probably call the press. So eventually the DOW said, 'Well, we have to do some research about the citation...'"
The Gredigs finally persuaded Wright that they were serious about breaking the law, and on August 4, two DOW agents stopped by the family's ranch. Caley offered them coffee. The agents asked John again if he was sure he wanted to go through with the crime. He assured them he was, so they sprang and confiscated the traps, took some pictures, issued the citation and left. On September 14 the case went to trial in front of Pitkin County Judge Fitzhugh "Tom" Scott.
As each of the trappers' cases had come up for consideration, Swain had been honing her reasoning. "We had been refining our arguments during the first two cases," she says. By the time Gredig's case was up, Swain's presentation on the Public Trust Doctrine was sharp. "We argued hard that wildlife needed to be managed for everyone, and not just for the people who voted against Amendment 14," she says. Two days after Christmas, the judge issued his decision.
"Amendment 14 represents an improper control of administration of wildlife by citizen initiative in violation of...the Colorado Constitution and the Public Trust Doctrine," he wrote. "Hence, Amendment 14 is unconstitutional, and the defendant is accordingly acquitted."
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The Pitkin County District Attorney's Office has signaled that it aims to appeal the decision; in the meantime, the trapping ban will remain in effect. Yet for the past two months, the trappers have been on a roll. The decision has bolstered their spirits and -- more important -- the campaign against Amendment 14.
After Scott's decision, "the support we've been nursing along all year started pouring in," Fae says exaltedly. "People want to be on a winning team. These groups are hit with so many legal issues anymore, they have to pick and choose which they're going to support."
The Angells, meanwhile, admit they were caught off-guard. "We waited to disband PAWW for two years after Amendment 14 passed," says a glum Bob Angell. "We thought that would be long enough. Obviously, it wasn't."


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Instead, the boiling caldron sizzling under the surface that had tongues wagging was a proposal from David Marshall, the Director of Secondary Education for the Bullitt County Board of Education, that was set to be presented to the Board at its meeting Tuesday. Marshall oversees the athletic programs at the high school level.
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Editorial: Congress goes on vacation from their vacation
Published 12:00 am, Wednesday, October 10, 2012
The U.S. House of Representatives is taking the rest of the month off for a "district work period" -- the work being the members' re-election.
While they are taking time off, the work they were elected to do has been left undone. It keeps piling up.
Aside from failing to come up with a plan to avert drastic budget cuts and tax increases at the start of 2013 that are likely to plunge the country back into recession, Congress has not even acted on basic issues where there is much bipartisan consensus.
Congress adjourned without approving aid for farmers whose crops were devastated by the drought across much of the country this year. Nor did it act on a new, five-year farm bill -- leaving in the lurch Midwest corn growers and Northeast dairy farmers.
Legislation died to issue 55,000 green cards for permanent legal residency to foreign students who have earned master's or doctoral degrees from American universities in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
The legislation was backed by Apple, Microsoft, Adobe and Oracle and other large high-tech employers. Despite broad agreement that the U.S. needs to bolster its strength in science and technology, many of these students will, instead, be returning to their home countries.
Congress has also been oblivious to the U.S. Postal Service's default on $11.1 billion in required health benefit payments for future retirees. The Postal Service doesn't have the money. For the year ended Sept. 30, it lost $15 billion on its operations.
Members of Congress can't agree on Postal Service recommendations to cut costs by ending Saturday mail delivery or refund $11 billion overpaid into a postal workers' pension fund.
Congress doesn't need a recess. It was already on vacation.
Editorial courtesy of The New Haven Register. www.nhregister.com


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Almost done with my musical overhaul and have luckily kept it in the black (what I've sold has out-valued what I've bought).
Last item on the list is a Telecaster. I'm not super picky about which model or where it was made, but I plan on doing mods so I am hoping that it will:
1) fit modern style tuning keys (10mm hole)
2) be able to change bridges
3) have a standard 2 single coil set up for pickups.
If you have one you want to part with, let me know what it is and what you are looking to get for it.


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Rockies activate Anderson, option Parker
DENVER -- It's been a foregone conclusion for almost a week that left-hander Brett Anderson would make his return from a fractured left index finger Sunday. The only question was who would be shuffled off the 25-man and 40-man rosters to make room for Anderson's first start since April 12.
On Sunday, the Rockies solved that conundrum by optioning first baseman-outfielder Kyle Parker to Triple-A Colorado Springs and making the surprising decision to transfer right-hander Jordan Lyles to the 60-day disabled list.
Lyles was originally set to begin his rehab assignment on Friday before follow-up X-rays revealed his fractured left hand isn't as far along in the healing process as the Rockies anticipated. The move to the 60-day pushes back Lyles' timetable back at least a week with Aug. 4 now being the earliest he can return.
But the Rockies are just happy to have Anderson back, even if he'll be on a pitch count for his first start.
"It's been tough not having Brett," manager Walt Weiss said. "He brings a certain level of professionalism to our club when he's on the mound. The tempo he works at, the defense really loves playing behind him. He always gives the impression he's in control of the game."
After allowing just one run over 9 2/3 innings across his first two rehab starts, the Rockies decided to bring him back early on a pitch count.
"I'm not going to let him go 110 pitches today," Weiss said. "He'll maybe be on a little bit shorter leash than I would normally have. But we feel like he's good to go."
Anderson surrendered six earned runs over his first 15 innings with the Rockies before breaking his left index finger during a groundout off the Giants' Matt Cain back in early April.
The Rockies acquired Anderson from the Athletics for left-hander Drew Pomeranz and right-hander Chris Jensen this past winter. Anderson has dealt with a multitude of injuries since breaking into the league in 2009 and hasn't thrown 100 innings since 2010.
Parker made one start for the Rockies at first after he was recalled on July 8 and earned his first career Major League hit. Overall, Parker is 1-for-9 in two stints with the Rockies this season.
Cody Ulm is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Potato industry leaders are lobbying Congress and federal regulators on guest worker reform, highway truck limits, inclusion of potatoes in the Women, Infants and Children Program and other priorities at the 2014 Potato D.C. Fly-In.
Organized by the National Potato Council, the Feb. 24-27 event allows industry leaders from across the country to talk with members of Congress and hear from political insiders, according to a news release from the NPC.
Industry advocates will also press for increasing funding for potato pest, disease, and breeding research programs. The group plans to advocate for passage of trade promotion authority to help the U.S. negotiate trade agreements, according to the release.
The Fly-In schedule includes:
- luncheon with Tucker Carlson, co-host of Fox News' "Fox & Friends Weekend" and editor-in-chief of The Daily Caller;
- update from pollster Charlie Cook;
- discussion titled "Way Out of Washington Dysfunction" with conservative columnist Cal Thomas and his Democratic counterpart Bob Beckel;
- visits by House and Senate agriculture committee leaders chairwoman Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), chairman Frank Lucas (R-Okla.), and ranking member Collin Peterson (D-Minn.); and
- briefings by USDA's Deputy Secretary Krysta Harden and Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs Edward Avalos.
Developments at the Fly-In are on Facebook and Twitter, according to the release.


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Theory and Practice of Chess Endings - VOLUME 2Product Code: B0048EU
Publisher: Convekta
Author: Vladimir Barsky
Year of Publication: 2009
Pages: 176
Notation Type: Figurine (FAN)
Book DescriptionThe author of the book is the Grandmaster and honored Russian coach who headed the All-Russian chess school. At his lessons Alexander Panchenko, following the advice of world champions J.R.Capablanka and V.V.Smislov, placed the highest emphasis on endgame (without neglecting the other stages of a chess game, for sure). The result surpassed all expectations: dozens of grand masters and masters graduated from the school - Sergey Rublevsky, Alice Galliamova, Ruslan Scherbakov, Maxim Sorokin, Michael Ulibin, Svetlana Prudnikova, Tatiana Shumjakina and many others.
The well-known lectures of Panchenko's school have underlain the basis of this fascinating book on the endgame that will help to increase playing skills and to achieve higher practical results both for amateurs and professionals. Moreover, it is an indispensible assistant for coaches-teachers. Besides theoretical material, the book contains numerous examples from the practice of the classical and modern chess players and the tasks for the independent solving and playing.
The contents of this book includes..
* Extra Exchange
* Rook Against Pawns
* Rook Endings
* Endings with Four Rooks
* Queen Endings
* Queen Against Two Rooks
* Multi-Piece Endings
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Name: Victoria Lee Williams
Residence: Mill Valley
Agency: Marin Friends of Ferals, a nonprofit dedicated to the humane care and management of feral cats.
Quote: "Victoria is our most dedicated foster parent," said president Janet Williams.
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Watched Angels and Demons last night. Thought it was really good. The Da Vinci Code just sucked, so I was surprised a bit by this film. Of course the books were better and are entertaining reads if you don't take them seriously.
I only have one movie on my mind and I have to wait. The Green Lantern.


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discspeed wrote:Here's where I'm at currently:
174 proto Organic Voodoo--putts, understable drives
175 proto Organic Voodoo--longer approach/driving
177 ESP Meteor--beat for turnovers and rollers
178 X Buzzz--Trial--I would like something b/w my Meteor and Z Buzzz, hope this works
177 Glow Z Buzzz--workhorse mid for stable shots
180 Proline Aftershock--hyzer and wind mid
175 FR Z Stalker--seasoned and versatile for all kinds of shots
175 FR Z Stalker--new and overstable
175 11x Champ Eagle X--hyzers and flex shots
174 11x Champ Firebird--forehand approaches, wind, thumbers, FH rollers
175 Opaque Champ Viking (Valk stamp)--low ceilings, hyzer, straight and turnover drives
175 Champ Katana--Super fast straight D driver
175 Pro Boss--fairly overstable D driver
175 Star Boss--Low profile, fast, with little glide for wind(tested and approved for 30mph)
175 Champ Boss--Great hyzer disc in moderate wind conditions with a lovely skip
I removed my lighter putter, lost my Valk and replaced it with Viking, and my Orc is getting some timeout. It seems that the Viking/Katana negate the Orc's place, and its been a bad month for me & the Orc. I think our November wind has a lot to do with that. None of my other discs are so sensitive to both head and tailwinds...I just don't know what my Orc is going to do when the wind is blowing.


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Whether you're throwing a Halloween party or simply making an after-school treat, these frighteningly delicious Halloween treats for kids are sure to please.
Halloween is a wonderfully spooky time of year, and these Halloween dessert recipes make creating Halloween treats for kids a pleasure. You can get your inspiration for Halloween desserts and Halloween treats for kids from the fantastic flavors of the season: think Pumpkin Fudge, or Southern-Style Caramel Apples. Chocolate Ghost Cakes, Monster Cupcakes, and Witches' Hats are so delicious you may even say they are scary-good. You can also conjure the spirits of the season with our Crème-Filled Chocolate Cookies, and the Pumpkin Pie Cutout Cookies, both of which are bewitchingly tasty. So enjoy your favorite Halloween desserts and tasty treats. You'll be so frightened by how good these Halloween treats for kids are - you just might make some extra for yourself, too. Boo!


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Tough for Miami to part with touted Marisnick, Moran
MIAMI -- It wasn't easy for the Marlins to part ways with outfielder Jake Marisnick and third-base prospect Colin Moran in their six-player trade with the Astros on Thursday.
They were two of the Marlins' top-ranked position prospects, so it was a big hit to take for a Miami club whose farm system is pitcher-heavy.
"We all recognize the cost of starting pitching, but you're talking about two, if not two close-to-Major-League-ready bats in those two players," said Marlins president of baseball operations Michael Hill. "We wanted to make sure we got value back."
Marisnick has shown in his stints in the big leagues that he's a good defender with a lot of speed, something that could have paid off in spacious Marlins Park. Meanwhile, Moran, who was selected sixth overall in the 2013 First-Year Player Draft, was supposed to be Miami's long-term solution at third base, which the team hasn't had since the days of Miguel Cabrera.
The move to Houston will give the players a chance to make an impact on the Major League level sooner rather than later, as they were both being blocked by the campaigns of Marcell Ozuna and Casey McGehee.
Ozuna, who competed with Marisnick for a starting outfield job in Spring Training, has 16 homers and 57 RBIs this year. And it's no secret that McGehee's .360 average with runners in scoring position entering Thursday has been pivotal to the Marlins' current position in the standings.
"It's a little bit of a shock," said Marisnick, who will report to Houston on Friday. "This time of year, I saw how the team was doing. You had a feeling something could happen. I made a lot of friends in this organization. Starting over is a little tough. But I'm excited. It will be good."
Maria Torres is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Times-Herald staff report
Highway 12 motorists may experience some delays this week while traveling the roadway at night between Solano and Napa counties, Caltrans announced Tuesday.
Full and partial closures start 10 p.m. Wednesday and end early Saturday morning. They are needed while agencies move around safety barriers related to the Highway 12 Jameson Canyon widening project.
One lane of traffic will remain open at all times with flaggers alternating eastbound and westbound traffic.
However, the roadway will be closed completely for one hour Wednesday night while the California Highway Patrol escorts an oversized truck through the construction zone.
During the complete highway closure, eastbound Highway 12 motorists are advised to use southbound Highway 29 to eastbound Highway 37 to eastbound Interstate 80.
Meanwhile, westbound Highway 12 motorists should use westbound Interstate 80 to westbound Highway 37 to northbound Highway 29.
Local access will be available for Jameson Canyon residents and emergency vehicles only. Caltrans will also install electronic message signs. Motorists should allow for extra travel time.
Additional project information is available at www.dot.ca.gov/dist4/12jamesoncanyon/


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New York -- Award results released Wednesday by international think-tank Ethisphere Institute listed Whole Foods, OfficeMax and Target among the World' Most Ethical Companies.
The institute reviewed nominations from companies in more than 100 countries and 36 industries. Selection is based on a review of codes of ethics; evaluating the investment in innovation and sustainable business practices; looking at activities designed to improve corporate citizenship; and studying nominations from senior executives, industry peers, suppliers and customers.
Other companies on the list include Costco, Marks and Spencer, Best Buy Co., Gap, Patagonia, Timberland, eBay, American Express, Petco, Jones Lang LaSalle, and Ten Thousand Villages.


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Sam Vara wrote:Would it matter all that much, even if it were likely? Things change. Europe used to be the epicentre for certain forms of Christianity which now flourish more in what were once European colonies. British Christianity now welcomes pastors and priests from Ghana and the Philippines, who proselytise to us home-grown white heathen. It might be comforting to know that there are populous nations like Thailand which are overwhelmingly Buddhist, but how much does this benefit my actual practice? If Thais were to decide that the strain of Buddhism which sustained their ancestors was no longer appropriate for them, then who am I to lament the fact?
It would matter a lot if one thinks there is a good chance that one would be reborn again. Just to take human birth is considered fortunate, then one hopes to encounter the Dhamma again.


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JULESWORKS FOLLIES to Present Ninth Show At Lucky Bean, 12/30
Julesworks presents edition nine of Santa Fe's Monthly Variety Show, the JULESWORKS FOLLIES, on Sunday, December 30th at 6 pm. The show carries on at the Lucky Bean Café in the Sanbusco Center, where we make use of the wealth of space vacated by the Borders.
They are excited to announce that renowned musician Jono Manson will join to play several songs throughout the show. Jono is one of Santa Fe's most talented and hardest working musicians who is cherished world-wide. They hope that having Jono perform will connect them with the new Santa Fe Music Alliance to help us attract great musicians in coming months. Punk legend Gregg Turner is lined up to play the Sunday, January 27th FOLLIES.
Another exciting announcement is that they are developing a special show for Late April, after they pass their one-year milestone in March, of a Compilation Showcase of highlights from the year's worth of Santa Fe's monthly variety show. They hope that as the monthly show continues into its second year, that this Showcase will become periodic and take place in one of Santa Fe's theatrical venues.
The rest of the line-up for the December 30th show is once again a broad mix and includes performers from previous months and ones new to the FOLLIES.
- The Julesworks Monty Python Brigade Squadron aka Crunchy, Raw Un-Boned, Real Dead Frog return with two sketches including a Holiday rendition of ALWAYS LOOK ON THE BIGHT SIDE OF LIFE from the end of LIFE OF BRIAN. In the sprit of reverent homage, this will involve homemade crucifixes. The Julesworks Python Crunchy Raw Frog (for short) includes Tom Sibley, Stephen Rommel, Ezekiel Crider, Brittani Marie Chapman and Stephen Jules Rubin.
- Tone Forrest regales with some Holiday Musical Cheer including guest carolers singing Twas the Night Before Christmas and more. While the show takes place after X-Mas day, we believe it is never too late for singing and celebrating.
- Julesworks presents a new short play WAITING FOR SOMEONE with Ezekiel Crider, Stephen Jules Rubin and Nicholas Ballas.
- Julesworks presents the ninth installment of their serialized play, WHATEVER YOU DO, PART 9: MOVIN ON UP. The cast includes: Stephen Jules Rubin, Stephen Rommel, Ezekiel Crider, Bianca Borg and Brittani Marie Chapman.
- Marlys Fick returns with more of A YEAR IN THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY, the embellished telling of her true life's tale.
Other returning artists include: authors Corrine Wesley, Leticia Cortez, Dale Lotreck, Patrick Chavez , and Trent Zelazny, slam poets Ezekiel Crider, Aron Kalaii and Tre Baby, new plays by Jodi Drinkwater and Daryl Wellington, comics Tom Sibley and Al Staggs and Comedienne Goldie Garcia, The Queen of New Mexico Comedy, with more acts to be confirmed shortly.
The Host/Emcee for this month is Andrew Kirkpatrick. Andy is a recovering artist who is trying to quit as well as a Karaoke enthusiast.
They look forward to ending 2012 with a grand, wacky, profound and cheery show of FOLLIES.
Tickets to the JULESWORKS FOLLIES are $5. The show will carry on the last Sunday of each month at 6 pm hopefully at the Lucky Bean into early 2013 with confirmed shows on January 27th and February 24th.
The FOLLIES' mission is to offer an array of performers in a variety of mediums a forum to hone their skills and broaden their horizons with a live audience. All performers and artists are encouraged to submit possible show ideas to Jules at: email@example.com. Anyone interested in helping behind the scenes, to produce and promote is also welcome to contact Jules. Also check out the JULESWORKS FOLLIES on Facebook.


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John McAfee admitted to playing the "crazy card" and faking an illness in Guatemala that bought him time to get back to America, according to ABC News.
McAfee was taken out of a Guatemalan detention center on a stretcher and rushed to a hospital Dec. 6 in a ruse to buy time for a judge to hear his case and stay his deportation to Belize, where he is still wanted for questioning in the death of his neighbor, Gregory Viant Faull.
"It was a deception, but who did it hurt?" McAfee told ABC News. "I look pretty healthy, don't I?"
McAfee was released by Guatemalan authorities Wednesday night and flown to Miami where he told ABC News he's broke but is trying to get his 20-year-old and 17-year-old girlfriends into the country.
"I have nothing now," McAfee said.
He told ABC News that he left 15 properties and $20 million worth of investments behind in Belize.
"I've got a pair of clothes and shoes, my friend dropped off some cash," he said.
After he arrived on Miami's South Beach, he said a mysterious "Canadian friend" ordered another man he'd never met to drop off a wad of $5 bills.
He said all of the media attention saved him.
"What's a better story, millionaire mad man on the run. ... Because you paid attention to the story. As long as you are reporting, it is hard to whack somebody that the world is watching."
McAfee founded the anti-virus software company that bears his name in Santa Clara. He has said he has dual citizenship in the United States and Britain.
Belize police still want to question McAfee as a "person of interest" in Faull's killing after his body was discovered Nov. 11 in his home two doors down from McAfee's compound on the island of Ambergris Caye.
But McAfee said U.S. authorities have made no effort to question him since he arrived in Miami, according to the Associated Press.
"Why would they want to question me, about what?" McAfee said Thursday from the steps of his South Beach hotel.
After he arrived in Miami Wednesday night, McAfee told the AP that a dozen custom agents and police officers drove him around until he asked to be dropped at a taxi stand.
He begged the State Department to expedite visas for Vanegas and another friend. Vanegas had accompanied him when he was on the run, but did not go with him to the U.S.
"Their lives are in danger," he said.
Contact Dan Nakaso at 408-271-3648. Follow him at Twitter.com/dannakaso.


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Video from a Live Talks Los Angeles event with Po Bronson & Ashley Merryman in conversation with David Lazarus, Los Angeles Times columnist discussing Bronson and Merryman's book TOP DOG: The Science of Winning and Losing. Event was held February 27, 2013 at the Moss Theatre at New Roads School in Santa Monica. For more information on Live Talks Los Angeles, visit: livetalksla.org
It's a constant drumbeat: we must all be more competitive. But no one's really given us an understanding of how to compete in our increasingly cutthroat world. Based on cutting edge science and told through stories of pilot flight training, NASCAR brawls, political tryouts, ballroom dancing, CIA spies, Wall Street, and much more, TOP DOG: The Science of Winning and Losing offers counterintuitive, game-changing insights into the nature of competition while exploring the hidden factors at the core of every great triumph—and every tragic failure.
What are the differences between a winning and losing performance? Why are we able to rise to the challenge one day, but wilt from it the next? Can we in fact become better competitors? In their new book, bestselling authors Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman tackle a subject we all face every day—in the office, in school, on the playing field, at home—revealing how to tip the odds of success in your favor.
By looking at competition through a multidisciplinary lens that integrates wisdom from politics, finance, genetics, neuroscience, military psychology, sports, gender studies, economics, education, and more, Bronson and Merryman reveal the hidden factors that fuel our determination, passion, and drive to compete and explore how we can harness the forces of competition to succeed. We all compete every day and although we may be wired differently, we can all win. What you think you know about rivalry and success is wrong; the authors promise that after hearing them speak, you'll never watch a football game, vote in an election, take a test or make a presentation to your boss the same way again.
Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman are the authors of the New York Times bestseller NurtureShock: New Thinking about Children. Additionally, they've written for Newsweek, New York, the Guardian, and numerous other publications. For their reporting, Bronson and Merryman have won nine national awards, including PEN Center USA Literary Award for Journalism; the American Association for the Advancement for Science (AAAS) Award for Science Journalism; an "Audie" from the Audio Publishers Association; and two Clarion Awards.
Prior to collaborating with Merryman, Bronson authored five books, including the #1 New York Timesbestseller What Should I Do with My Life? Merryman has also written for Time, the Washington Post, and the Daily Beast. Bronson lives in San Francisco with his wife and their two children; he is a founder of the San Francisco Writers' Grotto and serves as volunteer president of the San Francisco Vikings Youth Soccer League. Merryman lives in Los Angeles; an attorney, she previously served in the Clinton administration and currently volunteers as the head of a small inner-city tutoring program.
David Lazarus is an award-winning business columnist for the Los Angeles Times, focusing on consumer affairs. He also appears daily on KTLA-TV Channel 5, provides regular commentary for American Public Media's Marketplace programs and is a frequent guest host on KPCC
He previously worked as a columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle and has written for a variety of news services and magazines, including Fortune, Newsweek and National Geographic. He is the author of two books about Japan.


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Just like yesterday, bad start for West and Hill.
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Just like yesterday, bad start for West and Hill.
It's because we have no point guard and play a slow motion no rhythm offense
Terrible terrible start. 2-8 5 turnovers wtf.
Davis is owning West.
West is getting light up like a fire cracker
Counting down the days untill DJ Augustin's contract expires.
**** game.
I can't believe how many Pelican fans left the game 48 minutes early! And we thought Pacers fans were bad!
This is a defensive team, right?
West looks really really old, damn.
@WhatTheFFacts: Studies show that sarcasm enhances the ability of the human mind to solve complex problems!
This offense is pathetic.
When will we trade for a real point guard?
It's time for some new offense and to get rid of Hill never seen a point guard who can't push tempo or penetrate defense
West got his contract and decided to suck
Knee jerk reactions all over the place!
He's currently playing sg.
First time in a long time, I've been happy with the team that was constructed, and now they struggle. I blame the coach.
If you look carefully you can see overreaction in the thread.
Hill has had a horrible first 55 minutes of the season.
Paul needs to be more aggressive on offense.
I don't think when Miami was down 26-4 to Philly that the Heat fans were wanting to trade LeBron.
"It's just unfortunate that we've been penalized so much this year and nothing has happened to the Pistons, the Palace or the city of Detroit," he said. "It's almost like it's always our fault. The league knows it. They should be ashamed of themselves to let the security be as lax as it is around here."
----------------- Reggie Miller
So, George Hill, what would you say it is you do around here?
Forget the balance offense run the ball through Paul George he is a superstar I hope Vogel wakes up G Hilll sucks!!!!
This Pelicans are more athletic than I thought.
@WhatTheFFacts: Studies show that sarcasm enhances the ability of the human mind to solve complex problems!
2 fouls on Davis should help for the rest of the half. Let's narrow the margin.
I blame khaos01207 for the slow start.
Ash from Army of Darkness: Good...Bad...I'm the guy with the gun.


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The brakes may still on the NHL season, but the giving spirit of NHL organizations like the Boston Bruins is still abundantly strong.
Bruins president Cam Neely and coach Claude Julien were among a group of Bruins staffers that spent Monday shopping for thousands of dollars worth of toys and gifts to give to children spending the holidays in area hospitals, CSNNE.com reported.
The toy-buying spree is not a one-off event for the lockout. It's something that the Bruins have done since 1990, when Ray Bourque orchestrated the first one. Other players, including P.J. Axelsson and Zdeno Chara, have also helped out. With the lockout ongoing, coaches and team staffers pitched in to make sure the tradition continued this year.
"Everybody isn't happy with the (lockout) situation that we're involved in. But that doesn't mean we can't help others out around the holidays. It's fantastic to be involved with this," Neely told CSNNE.com. "To have children that aren't able to be home for Christmas and you can shed a little light on them. I think it's important for the organization to do that whether it's the front office and coaches, or it's the players.
"Regardless of how other athletes feel, we're in a position to give back and we're obligated to do just that. We're fortunate to be able to do what we do for a living. For us to get out and get involved in the community, in various ways, is something we should be doing."
MORE: Labor talks to resume Wednesday at undisclosed location
And maybe with that continued community involvement, fans may get over the league's lockout a little quicker.
"We've always maintained a strong relationship with the community in a number of ways and we're always going to continue to do that," Neely said. "(The lockout) doesn't mean that we can't keep getting involved as an organization like we always have."


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THE MOTHER of a toddler who underwent extensive eye surgery is fundraising to provide Gloucestershire hospitals with valuable technology for children in a similar situation.
When four-year-old Rafferty Vollans-Bentley from Cam had to undergo several operations to remove cataracts and have artificial lenses put in, he was given an iPad to help him keep calm and distracted while the surgeons worked.
It proved to me a big help for the Slimbridge Primary School pupil and his mother Ally was surprised to hear the ophthalmology ward at Cheltenham General Hospital only had one donated iPad for more often than not a large number of children.
The sales manager has now embarked on a fundraising drive to purchase four of the Apple tablets for Cheltenham general and Gloucestershire Royal Hospital to ensure no child is left to face to the scary ordeal on their own.
"They're such a brilliant team we just wanted to help," she said.
"Far too many children need to have these operations. There were children from two to 14 and the iPad was just as valuable to them all. It's priceless to them."
To help raise the money for the electronic equipment which cost around £400 each, the mother from Woodend Lane is holding a raffle with prizes including £50 in high street vouchers and a celebration cake made by a top chef.
So far £800 has been raised and the draw will happen at Berryblue Cafe in Cam on Saturday, march 22.
If you want to purchase tickets or want more information, call Ally on 07889 353845 or email her at email@example.com


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Come with us on an Andean adventure as we travel from the Chilean city of Santiago to the magnificent Inca citadel of Machu Picchu in Peru. Along the way we explore Cusco, the historical capital of Peru, traverse the spectacular salt flats of Uyuni and visit the city of La Paz, 'the city that touches the sky'.
Tour Highlights
- Santiago de Chile - Chile's scenic capital in the shadow of the Andes
- San Pedro de Atacama - Discover the Valley of the Moon and El Tatio Geysers
- Uyuni - Explore the great plains of one of the largest salt lakes on earth
- Sucre - Visit Bolivia's colonial capital, a UNESCO World Heritage Site
- La Paz - Explore the 'city that touches the sky'
- Lake Titicaca - Traverse the highest navigable lake in the world and stay on the Island of the Sun
- Machu Picchu - Travel by train to the 'Lost City', one of the New Seven Wonders of the World
- Cusco - Explore the ancient capital city of the Incas
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1Join tour in Santiago de Chile; afternoon city tour
2Free day in Santiago de Chile; optional Valparaiso visit
3Fly to Calama, transfer to San Pedro de Atacama and walk in the Moon Valley
4Visit El Tatio Geysers, optional salt flats trip
5Drive to Hito Cajon and enter Bolivia
6Discover the Uyuni Salt Flats.
7Travel to the UNESCO World Heritage town of Potosi
8Morning city tour of Potosi, continue to Sucre
9Explore Sucre on a guided tour; free afternoon for personal discovery
10Fly to La Paz; afternoon tour of the city
11In La Paz; optional trip to Tiwanaku archaeological site
12Public bus to Copacabana, boat to Isla del Sol
13Visit Chincanca Ruins, return to Copacabana and drive to Puno (Peru)
14Public bus to Cusco
15Free morning in Sacred Valley, train to Aguas Calientes
16Visit Machu Picchu, afternoon return to Cusco by train
17In Cusco; optional whitewater rafting
18Trip ends in Cusco
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What is this medicine?SILVER SULFADIAZINE (SIL ver sul fa DYE a zeen) is a sulfonamide antibiotic. It is used on the skin for second or third degree burns. It helps to prevent or treat serious infection.
What should I tell my health care provider before I take this medicine?They need to know if you have any of these conditions:
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How should I use this medicine?This medicine is for external use only. Follow the directions on the prescription label. Clean the affected area and remove burned or dead skin. Wear a sterile glove to apply the cream. Apply the cream to cover the whole area evenly. Treated areas can be left uncovered, but a gauze dressing may be used. Do not get this medicine in your eyes. If you do, rinse out with plenty of cool tap water. Finish the full course of medicine prescribed by your doctor or health care professional even if you think your condition is better. Do not stop using except on your doctor's advice.
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The foster father accused of beating a 5-month-old baby girl to death in December while she was in his care was in Mendocino County Superior Court Wednesday to schedule a March preliminary hearing.
Wilson L. Tubbs III, 38, faces a charge of child abuse resulting in death, which carries the same weight as murder, according to the Mendocino County District Attorney's Office.
During a preliminary hearing, the district attorney makes a case before a judge to show that the defendant should be bound over for trial for the crime charged. Tubbs is due in court for his preliminary hearing March 20.
His attorney, Public Defender Linda Thompson, requested the date despite being "very uncomfortable" because she still did not have the baby's autopsy report. No autopsy report was available in mid-January when Tubbs last appeared in court, Assistant District Attorney Paul Sequeira, who is prosecuting the case, reported at the time.
Thompson asked the court last month to continue the proceedings while she waited for the report and prepared her case.
Thompson told the court at the time that the preliminary hearing might take more than a day because she planned to make her own case in Tubbs' defense, possibly putting on medical evidence and calling her own witnesses.
Tubbs had on Dec. 2 brought the baby girl, who had months earlier been taken from her mother, to the Mendocino Coast District Hospital not breathing and blue, and with bruises on her face and head.
Tubbs, the girl's foster father, initially claimed the infant was injured when she fell from a changing bench onto a hardwood floor in his house, and later admitted he slapped and violently shook the baby, the Fort Bragg Police Department reported previously.
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Throughout this two year battle Lisa and I have done more crying than anyone should. But today we cried tears of joy as we found out that after her CAT Scan and blood work that right now everything is normal. The CAT scan revealed that the two tumors that they hit with radiation are dead and shrinking. NO New tumors are there, and her C19.9 tumor marker is 25, and below 36 is considered normal. So this is the best news we could have possible gotten today. Lisa and I can not thank everyone enough who have prayed for these results. GOD does listen and has performed a miracle in our lives. Lisa has been off chemo for 8 weeks now and we have not been doing anything but praying for a cure. In the last two years this has never happened, every time we would stop treatment the cancer would return. We meet Tuesday with our oncologist just to confirm everything but it looks like Lisa will have another CAT or PET scan in three months. So please change your prayers to let's keep the cancer from returning.


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2. -- The economic calendar in the U.S. Tuesday includes new-home sales for January at 10 a.m. EST and consumer confidence for February, also at 10 a.m.
3. -- U.S. stocks on Monday declined as investors feared that updates from Italy's elections were portending the risk that the country could backpedal from its austerity programs. The Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged 216.40 points, or 1.55%, to close at 13,784. The S&P 500 fell 27.75 points, or 1.83%, to settle at 1,487. The Nasdaq closed lower by 45.57 points, or 1.44%, at 3,116.
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7. -- General Motors ( GM) is proposing an $11.1-million pay package for Chairman and CEO Dan Akerson in 2013, $2.1 million more than it paid the executive last year, The Detroit Free Press reported, citing documents that it obtained.
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PUBLIC consultation sessions are set to take place on the future of education in St Davids and secondary education in Haverfordwest.
The preliminary consultations, which will look at multiple options, are part of the county council's review of education in the St Davids area and review of secondary dducation in the Haverfordwest area.
The consultation sessions on education at St Davids will take place at Fishguard Town Hall on Tuesday, March 4, from 6.30pm to 8pm, and at St Davids City Hall on Wednesday, March 5, from 6.30pm to 8pm.
The consultation sessions regarding Haverfordwest will take place at The Pembrokeshire Archive, Prendergast, Haverfordwest, on Tuesday, March 11, from 6.30pm to 8pm, and at the same venue on Thursday, March 13, from 6.30 to 8pm.
Anyone who would like to take part needs to book their place, by phoning the county council's contact centre on 01437 764551.
From Friday, February 21, you can view consultation documents online and give your views at www.pembrokeshire.gov.uk/haveyoursay
The final date for responses is Monday, March 31, 2014.
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Preparations are underway for a celebration of life ceremony Saturday in honor of Phil Green, a retired Corte Madera and Larkspur police chief who died Feb. 10 at the age of 72.
The celebration is taking place from 1 to 3 p.m. in Redwood High School gymnasium at 395 Doherty Drive in Larkspur.
Green, who lived in Novato, retired as chief of the Twin Cities police force in 2010, ending a law enforcement career that spanned a half-century.
Central Marin Police Lt. Theo Mainaris said Green's family is anticipating anywhere from 150 to 300 attendees, but that it could be an even larger gathering.
"We would encourage people to carpool because we do expect a number of people," Mainaris said.
People can park in both the east and west lots at the high school and in the overflow parking lot at San Andreas High School. There's also parking down the road from the high school near the baseball field and at the police authority's headquarters.
Green started his career at the San Rafael Police Department in 1961. In 1977, he beat out a field of nearly 100 candidates to become chief of the Corte Madera Police Department. Two years later, he took over the Larkspur Police Department as well, and in 1980 was named first chief of the consolidated Twin Cities Police Authority.
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FAMILIES are being invited to bring instruments, pots, pans — or just their voices — to make musical noise at a charity walk in Horwich.
Gemma Mooney, a member of psychedelic alt indie band Throwing Pandas, is organising the musical walking event in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support.
The charity is close to the musician's heart after her granddad Peter Berry was diagnosed with bowel cancer and was cared for by the charity's nurses.
The 31-year-old, who lives in Horwich, said: "I lost my granddad to cancer in November and I'm passionate about the work of Macmillan.
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The mother-of-two, who works at a sales office in Bolton, will take part with partner Daniel Liptrott, as well as other musicians and bands, and is urging people to get involved.
She said: "I know a lot of musicians in Bolton and Greater Manchester.
"I had the idea I wanted to do a walk but doing it where we are all playing at the same time.
"I'm just trying to get as many people involved as possible and raise as much money as possible.
"It's a family day. We've done charity gigs in the past but that's very restrictive.
"It's for all ages. An easy walk, slowly and leisurely with stops along the way."
Once the walkers reach the pike, they can enjoy a picnic while singers and bands perform solo spots until about 4pm.
People taking part are urged to raise sponsorship, donations will be collected on the day or visit justgiving.com/macmusicalmile.
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Yeah, alright. I know PASS puts on heaps of free training all the time. There are meetings around the world all the time, as held by hundreds of chapters.
Seriously, there's over 240 chapters in the world. If you figure that they typically have a 2 hour meeting once a month, that makes over 480 hours of training per month. That's an average over 16 hours per day – leaving just enough time to sleep. Good thing most of these chapters provide food!
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