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Legion radio Veterans Day event
Since its inception in 2011, The American Legion Amateur Radio Club (TALARC) has grown steadily to nearly 1,000 members, a statistic that club president Marty Justis expects to surpass before the end of the year.
"Nearly every day, more licensed radio amateurs who are members of the Legion family sign up online," Justis said. "Today, TALARC is one of the nation's largest ham radio clubs."
The National Headquarters station, call sign K9TAL, will operate Nov. 11 as a "special event" station commemorating Veterans Day. Amateur radio operators from around the globe who contact the station will receive a special QSL card confirming the contact by sending a SASE.
"We will be on the air to thank our fellow veterans for their military service and participation in amateur radio," Justis said. "The station will operate from 9 a.m. EST to 4:30 p.m. EST (1400 to 2130 UTC) from the club's radio room located in the basement of The American Legion National Headquarters in Indianapolis."
TALARC members will operate on the 20 meter band at/near 14.270 MHz USB and CW (Morse Code) on the 15 meter band at/near 21.040 MHz. They will also work 146.46 MHz simplex for central Indiana contacts.
The American Legion Amateur Radio Club was established in May, 2011 by Resolution 11 to encourage participation in amateur radio licensing and emergency communications. Many club members across the country are participating in the Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service and the Amateur Radio Emergency Services working with their local emergency management officials.
Any Legionnaire, American Legion Auxiliary or Sons of The American Legion member who holds a valid FCC Amateur Radio License of any class is eligible for free membership in TALARC. Information is available on the club's website, www.legion.org/hamradio.


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Try Hard Industrial Supply Company Ltd. commenced operations in the spring of 1979. The name was chosen by the company¿s founder and president, Frank Ferko at its origin which represents the underlying philosophy that has brought the firm to prominence within a very competitive marketplace.
Frank wanted to differentiate his distributorship in the industrial mill supply industry by ensuring that his customers know that everyone on staff truly does `try hard¿ to meet their needs. This take-the-initiative approach demonstrates a strong commitment in developing new competencies within the organization to establish ultimate customer service. Operations are now housed in a 26,500 square foot modern facility, with an extensive inventory of quality products essential to the manufacturing industry.

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Care from life to deathNov. 18, 1999
Students comfort terminally ill, families
By KRISTEN BRADBERRY
While some students have a fear of death, others embrace the opportunity to learn more about it and help those who are close to it.
Alicia Abernethy, a Carlsbad, N.M., senior, and Melissa Bennett, a Crockett senior, recently completed the Hillcrest Hospice volunteer training program.
Hospice care is a compassionate method of caring for terminally ill people and their families. The program has an emphasis on pain and symptom control, so that a person may live the last days of life fully, with dignity and comfort, at home or in a home-like setting, according to the National Hospice Organization.
More than anything else, the two students are a means of support for dying patients and grieving families.
'It's listening to someone talk about how they're feeling and being able to maintain a conversation ... without imposing your own beliefs and opinions,' said Abernethy, who participated in the volunteer training as a part of her social work internship at Hillcrest Community Hospice.
'I think [the training] will help anyone. Everyone is going to have friend or someone they know go through [the dying] process,' Bennett said. 'We are all going to die someday ... just knowing the stages of the process is important.'
The training explores many different areas of hospice care.
'We teach people what hospice is ... its history, what we do and how we work closely as team members,' said Cherry Ogburn, volunteer coordinator at Hillcrest Community Hospice. 'We also go on a field trip to a funeral home to make the students comfortable with the setting and help them understand how the families feel.'
The training offers more than just immediate knowledge; it offers potential opportunities to meet the needs of a dying patient.
'The thing the volunteers enjoy more than anything is listening to what the patient has to say,' Ogburn said. 'When a patient is getting close to death, they like to tell the story of their life.'
Abernethy recalled the special time she spent with one of her patients who died three days later.
'I was able to spend time talking with her, letting her tell her story and helping her talk about the feelings she had about dying,' Abernethy said. 'I not only got to learn from her story, but she entrusted me [with] her hopes for the future of the world.'
The patients, though nearing life's end, have much to teach those who care for them in their last days.
'They become very profound and can teach you a lot about life--what matters and what doesn't,' Ogburn said.
The hospice program recognizes that some people have misconceptions about visiting a patient.
'People think they are going to walk into the room and the patient is going to die. That's not true at all,' Ogburn said.
Hospice volunteers also provide relief and support for the patient's family.
'Sometimes the patient has been laying in a coma and the families have been up all night. The volunteers can relieve the family to do grocery shopping or go to a hair appointment,' Ogburn said.
'For us as Americans, death is something very difficult for us to talk about because we think of our own death,' Abernethy said. 'When our friends are going through grief we don't respond how we should.'
The program has helped Bennett and Abernethy understand the needs of someone who is grieving over a significant loss.
'I think that [support] is very important, especially at Baylor. [Grief] affects more people than we realize and those people need to be supported,' Abernethy said. 'It's more than just saying you're sorry.'
Volunteers can also support families in other ways.
'There's a lot of different things [volunteers] can do if they don't want to be with the patient,' Ogburn said. 'For example, one of the caregivers is almost blind and needs help paying bills twice a month.'
For college students, the time commitment is the best reason to complete the training program. Although the program itself is three hours, two days a week for five weeks, volunteers can set their own schedule once they are certified.
'Students like this because it's not a set time,' Ogburn said. 'Schedules change every semester ... and it works perfect for someone who wants to give back to the community but doesn't have the same amount of time each week.'
The program is a gift to all those involved, but especially the students.
'They get a lot more out of it, more than they give. Every one of them will tell you that,' Ogburn said.
For more information about the hospice volunteer training program or its annual Light up a Life fundraiser, call 202-5158. Light up a Life has three Christmas trees at Lake Air Mall and allows people to make a donation for a dove ornament in honor of someone who is or was special in their life.
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Benefit for Adam Swanson Saturday at the Woodshed
HAGER CITY -- Three months to the day after an accident that changed his life, a benefit will be held for Adam Swanson at The Woodshed in Hager City.
The benefit, which Swanson plans to attend, starts at 3:30 p.m. this Saturday. A silent auction will run from 3:30-7 p.m. Adam's father, Larry, will prepare a spaghetti dinner that will be served from 4:30-7 p.m. The bands "Bluzn" and "Saving One," for which Adam was a founding member, take the stage at 8 p.m.
On Nov. 23, Swanson, 26, and Al Bauer Jr., were riding in the backseat of a truck driven by Al Bauer Sr., when it collided with a minivan. Al Bauer Sr., was killed in the accident, along with Tracie Slotto, the driver of the minivan. Swanson and Bauer were both airlifted to St. Marys Hospital in Rochester, Minn.; Swanson spent two weeks in the Intensive Care Unit.
The diagnosis showed a bruised spine and a broken bone in his face. Facial reconstruction was needed.
"We were so grateful to get the call that he was alive," said his stepmother Kathy Swanson, who added Adam was conscious after the accident occurred.
For more please read the Feb. 20 print version of the Herald.


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The 17-year-old Olympic gold medalist was back in school today, less than a month after her historic win as the first American woman to win a gold medal in boxing. Quick to smile, Shields was met with a torrent of hugs from fellow classmates. She had on her "USA Boxing" jacket and some old school Nike's.
"I got a whole bunch of hugs from people I didn't even know," Shields said with a laugh.
Shields said she was "a little excited" for the school year to start. It was different, she said, to be waking up for school instead of training. She is looking forward to Honors English and Spanish, she said.
For other classmates, she is still the same person.
"She's just a cool person, period," said senior Chris Taylor, who has been friends with her since middle school.
She's known to friends as a down to earth person with a playful personality. That was evident when Shields threw a playful right hook to Taylor's ribs when he started messing with her.
Classmate Aliyah Tipton, 16, watched each of the three Olympic bouts and is impressed with how her friend handles all the attention.
"It was nice to watch her grow," Tipton said. "She's still the same person to me. The feeling (when she won the gold medal) was indescribable. I was so proud of her."
As for Shields' future, she still has many decisions to make. She is still considering whether to go pro or stay an amateur. After graduation, she'd like to go to a four-year college to study photojournalism. She has been inspired by some of the photographers that have followed her around, she said.
For now she is focused on the school year. Her goal is to get a 4.0 this year.
"I'm gonna pass this year with flying colors," she said.


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Any chance of a more extensive set of item bonuses, or haven't I gotten far enough yet?
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Glad to hear about the demo. $20 is chump change, but I'd still like to know what I'm getting first. Randomizing the game world just kills one of my greatest joys in playing crpgs, and that's uncovering the map and all its secrets.


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Ute Pass Neighborhood
The Ute Pass area is a historic area located along the mountain pass between El Paso and Teller Counties. This area consists of a few small towns; Green Mountain Falls, Cascade and Chipita Park.
This area is named for the Ute Indians that used to traverse this mountain pass from their home in the Shining Mountains (Rockies) down to the Springs in Manitou.
The Ute Pass area doesn't have many real commercial entities to speak of. There are a handful of restaurants, a bar, post office and a Liquor Store.
This area is in the Manitou Springs District #14 attendance area. Ute Pass Elementary school is located in this area but secondary students are bused to Manitou.
People live in this area for the ambiance. This area feels like pure mountain living because in this area, you're surrounded by nature and mountains everywhere you look. Residents of this area don't mind a little travel for groceries because their surroundings are why the live in Colorado. Similar neighborhoods include: Woodland Park and Black Forest


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Gavel grab begins, Report: RIVERA RAN SECRET CAMPAIGN, GOP coalesces around Akin, Brown aides taunt Warren with tomahawk chop, Teen vandalizes Grimm's office, GOP's Senate hopes fade, trivia
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GAVEL GRAB BEGINS – POLITICO has a pair of stories this morning about the jostling for plum committee chairmanships and leadership posts. Jake Sherman reports on the House: "Because of committee term limits, seven House panels will get new chairmen next Congress, putting new policy players atop committees that oversee everything from the financial sector to immigration to the nation's roads and bridges. It puts a fresh set of lawmakers center stage as Congress wrestles with the national debt, a shrinking military, louder calls for entitlement reform — all with the likely backdrop of a divided government. Still, the demographics of committee chairs won't change much: White men will be replaced by white men and, as Republicans try to show they're the party for women, there will still just be one female lawmaker atop a House committee. …
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-- "Financial Services Chairman Spencer Bachus of Alabama is likely to be replaced by Texas Rep. Jeb Hensarling. Foreign Affairs Chairwoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen of Florida probably will be swapped with Rep. Chris Smith of New Jersey. Homeland Security Chairman Peter King of New York will hand over his gavel to Rep. Candice Miller of Michigan. Judiciary Chairman Lamar Smith of Texas will almost certainly be replaced by Rep. Bob Goodlatte of Virginia. Pennsylvania Rep. Bill Shuster will take the gavel from Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman John Mica of Florida. Science, Space and Technology Chairman Ralph Hall of Texas is all but sure to be replaced by Smith of the Judiciary Committee. Veteran Wisconsin Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner, who chaired the panel from 1997 to 2001, also is making a play for that committee." http://politi.co/UUk701
SENATE SHUFFLE: GRASSLEY FOR FINANCE CHAIR? – Manu Raju and Seung Min Kim report: "If Republicans win back the Senate in November, [Sen. Charles] Grassley could seek the chairmanship of the panel that would be tasked with rewriting the Tax Code, overhauling entitlement programs and leading the charge to repeal the sweeping health care law. While Grassley said in an interview that he's leaning toward assuming the Judiciary Committee chairmanship instead, he refused to rule out a bid for the Finance Committee gavel that seemed all but certain to go to [Sen. Orrin] Hatch. …
-- "The Finance Committee intrigue is part of a larger scramble for power that's already under way but will kick into high gear after the election. Senators are angling for plum committee chairmanships and seats in hopes of boosting their clout and capitalizing on their seniority. … The open spots include running the National Republican Senatorial Committee and Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. Jockeying has also begun for the Senate GOP whip spot, the No. 2 job, with Texas Sen. John Cornyn gaining the inside track. … Some senior Republicans privately hope that Florida Sen. Marco Rubio will make a bid for chairmanship of the NRSC, giving the influential committee significant star power for its efforts to raise and spend millions of dollars on behalf of Senate GOP candidates." http://politi.co/Rh8RJu
REPORTS: RIVERA RAN SECRET CAMPAIGN – Manny Garcia and Marc Caputo report on A1 of the Miami Herald: "Justin Lamar Sternad, whose failed congressional campaign became the subject of a federal grand-jury investigation, has told the FBI that U.S. Rep. David Rivera was secretly behind his run for office, The Miami Herald and El Nuevo Herald have learned. Sternad, 35, also told authorities that his campaign manager, Ana Sol Alliegro, acted as the conduit between the campaign and Rivera, who allegedly steered unreported cash to the Democrat's campaign, according to sources familiar with the investigation and records shared with The Herald. Sternad said Alliegro referred to the congressman by his initials, 'D.R.,' and called him by the nickname, 'The Gangster.'
-- "'We will respond when these so-called 'sources' are willing to go on the record,' said attorney Michael R. Band, who represents Rivera. 'We are not going to respond to unfounded rumors and innuendo. My client is in the middle of an election and it's unfair for us to be shadow-boxing with unnamed sources.' Sternad's account to federal authorities supports what two campaign vendors told The Miami Herald and El Nuevo Herald: that the congressman was the driver behind a botched attempt to plant a candidate in the District 26 congressional primary.
-- Sternad said he never met Rivera. "But Sternad — using Facebook and Twitter — found pictures of Alliegro and Rivera together and determined that Rivera was the mystery 'investor' so enthralled with his candidacy. The political newcomer — a night-time hotel worker — said he continued with the scheme because Alliegro told him that 'D.R.' would get him a better job to support his wife and five kids if he lost. Now, instead of a better job, Sternad is facing a possible indictment." http://hrld.us/VHDVTH
GOP BEGINS TO COALESCE AROUND AKIN AFTER DROP-OUT DEADLINE PASSES – Steve Kraske reports for the Kansas City Star: "Republicans in Missouri and across the country started moving back toward supporting Todd Akin's Senate bid as the candidate declared yet again Tuesday that he was still in the race. The Missouri Republican Party, which had been noticeably silent in the weeks after Akin's comments about rape victims, issued a statement Tuesday in which party chairman David Cole declared the party "will do everything we can" to help the six-term U.S. House member from the St. Louis area. … Akin's announcement Tuesday came on the final day he could officially withdraw from the race without his name appearing on the Nov. 6 ballot.
-- "On Tuesday evening, Republican Sen. Roy Blunt of Missouri issued a statement saying he'd also work for Akin's election. A month ago Blunt called on Akin to step aside. Blunt's statement said he and Akin 'don't agree on everything, but he and I agree the Senate majority must change.' … In addition, the independent Freedom's Defense Fund committee announced it was committing $250,000 for TV commercials and other help related to Akin's campaign." http://bit.ly/UHkWuq
-- One reason more Republicans aren't rushing to Akin's side? Just watch this satire sketch video titled "Legitimate Rape Pharmaceutical Ad." http://youtu.be/KtzqvqzBdUQ
TRANSITIONS: NELSON AIDE TO NRDC – With Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) retiring at the end of the year, his communications director, Jake Thompson, has joined the federal communications team at the Natural Resources Defense Council. "Jake's arrival further strengthens both a federal communications team that is already unrivaled in Washington's advocacy world and NRDC's work to protect our natural resources, public health and the environment," said Phil Gutis, NRDC's communications director. A former reporter for two decades, Thompson authored "Bob Dole: The Republicans' Man for All Seasons." The University of Kansas alum has won a number of journalism awards while reporting from Washington for the Omaha World-Herald and the Kansas City Star.
CODA FOR WATERS CASE – POLITICO's John Bresnahan reports: "The long saga of the Maxine Waters ethics investigation is a chronicle of mistakes, partisan and intraparty squabbles, allegations of racism, bitter personal rivalries and failed attempts to bring the investigation to a close months and even years before it ended. The Ethics Committee's probe of the California congresswoman's dealings with a minority-owned bank in which her husband held stock dragged on 38 months and consumed probably millions in legal fees — far more than the roughly $350,000 investment that Waters's husband, Sidney Williams, was in danger of losing if OneUnited Bank collapsed during the 2008 U.S. financial crisis. … On Tuesday, the House Ethics Committee issued its final report in the case. Waters will not be charged with any violations of House ethics rules. That decision is a big win for the California Democrat and clears the way for her to seek the ranking member post on the Financial Services Committee next year." http://politi.co/UUnlAs
CONSERVATIVES MAY BLOCK SEQUESTER FIX – Jonathan Allen reports for the hometown paper: "Not everyone in Washington is so desperate to avoid sequestration. A handful of Senate conservatives have been gaming out ways to block a deal, if they consider it a bad one — even if it means letting billions in across-the-board cuts go through, according to GOP sources on Capitol Hill. The issue: Republican budget hard-liners fear that the White House, congressional Democrats and their own party leaders will try to replace or forestall the cuts with budget gimmickry or new taxes. They worry that 'fake' cuts — savings that would have happened anyway or other accounting tricks — will become increasingly popular, even for moderate Republicans, as the zero hour approaches for the Defense Department. In private sessions, these Republicans have begun laying plans to block a big, bipartisan agreement, either by pressuring GOP leaders not to give ground or using the congressional rulebook to slow-walk the process." http://politi.co/SyPdLb
RACIAL POLITICS: BROWN AIDES TAUNT WARREN WITH 'TOMAHAWK CHOPS' – WCVB-TV in Boston reports: "Some staffers for Sen. Scott Brown chanted Indian 'war whoops' and made 'tomahawk chops' during a rally for the Republican senator this week in Boston. In a video posted on YouTube that was shot by a state Democratic Party staffer, members of Brown's staff are seen holding campaign signs near the Erie Pub. The main person in the video has been identified as Brad Garnett, a field coordinator for the Massachusetts GOP. He is seen making tomahawk chopping motions and making whooping sounds, presumably in reference to Elizabeth Warren's claims of Cherokee heritage. Jack Richard, Brown's Constituent Service Counsel is also seen making tomahawk chop motions. Jerry McDermott, Brown's State Director and Jennifer Franks, Special Assistant to Senator Scott Brown were also shown in the video at the rally, NewsCenter 5's Janet Wu confirmed.
-- "'It is certainly something that I don't condone,' said Brown when asked about the video. 'The real offense is that (Warren) said she was white and then checked the box saying she is Native American, and then she changed her profile in the law directory once she made her tenure.'" http://bit.ly/Uuqggr Boston Globe, A1: http://bit.ly/Qx54It
-- The original YouTube video had nearly 100,000 views by Wednesday morning. Watch here: http://youtu.be/r1XpAD8auCY
TEEN CONFESSES TO VANDALIZING GRIMM'S OFFICE – The AP: "A teenager with a guilty conscience has complicated a New York congressman's claim that there was a politically motivated break-in at his campaign office. The eighth-grader confessed to a guidance counselor at his school on Tuesday that he and a friend were the ones who smashed windows over the weekend at the Staten Island campaign office of Republican U.S. Rep. Michael Grimm, said New York Police Department spokesman Paul Browne. …
-- "When the damage was discovered Sunday, Grimm released a statement calling it a 'politically motivated crime.' He claimed that police believed the broken windows were a 'cover-up' for a burglary in which someone had erased the hard drives on the campaign's computer server. Grimm's account of deleted campaign records drew extra media scrutiny because they came as the FBI is investigating whether he received illegal donations from followers of an Israeli rabbi during his successful 2010 campaign. … On Tuesday, Grimm released a statement calling for leniency for the vandals and expressing relief that the vandalism was not political. … As for his initial claim that a burglar had sabotaged the campaign's computers, Grimm said "it is possible that a volunteer could have inadvertently compromised the computer and failed to report it." http://on.wsj.com/SyVUgt
TAX QUESTIONS TRIP UP TIERNEY, TISEI -- Michael Rezendes has the lead story on A1 of the Boston Globe: "As US Representative John F. Tierney and Richard R. Tisei gear up for their first debate on Thursday in a bruising congressional campaign, each is facing potentially embarrassing questions about his personal tax returns. Tisei, the former Republican minority leader of the state Senate, paid no federal income taxes in 2006 or 2008, after reporting losses from his Lynnfield real estate firm and two rental properties, according to 10 years of tax returns he provided at the request of the Globe. Tierney, meanwhile, has resisted disclosing any of his returns despite a public pledge to do so, numerous requests by the Globe, and new questions about whether he and his wife should have reported to the IRS at least some portion of the $200,000 that federal prosecutors say his wife received from a brother's illegal gambling business, from 2003 to 2010.
-- "Late Tuesday afternoon … an attorney for Tierney offered to show the congressman's tax returns to the newspaper in his office on Thursday morning — too late for the Globe to publish a newspaper story before the first scheduled debate Thursday afternoon. He did not promise to give the Globe copies of the returns so that they could be analyzed by outside experts." http://bo.st/S6h0NY
John Kerry, who is playing Mitt Romney in debate prep, is having trouble figuring out what Romney's positions are on foreign policy: http://wapo.st/RhhdRz
GOP senators are asking Secretary Hillary Clinton to see diplomatic cables before Libya Ambassador Christopher Stevens was killed: http://bit.ly/S6pjcz
Rep. Tim Griffin accused President Obama of running a "lockout" of foreign leaders and his own jobs council: http://bit.ly/S6pyEw
John McCain blasted fellow Vietnam war vet Richard Carmona for suggesting Republican rival Jeff Flake doesn't support veterans: http://politi.co/SlxfdK
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TODAY IN CONGRESS – Both the House and Senate are out on the campaign trail and won't return until after the Nov. 6 election.
ANOTHER STORY ABOUT GOP'S DIMINISHING CHANCES TO SEIZE THE SENATE – Naftali Bendavid writes on A1 of the Wall Street Journal from Indianapolis: "Republicans are making a late move to shore up their party's Senate candidate here, the latest indication they are finding the sledding tougher than expected in their battle to win control of the chamber. Handicappers from both parties had predicted Indiana would be an easy win for Republicans, but the race is now a tossup. The surprisingly close contest adds to the challenges for a party once considered likely to regain a Senate majority, but now facing a number of setbacks. In the latest volley, a pro-GOP group on Tuesday committed to spend $1 million in Indiana.
-- "Republicans entered this election season expecting to pick up enough Senate seats to overcome the Democrats' 53-47 majority. … But a string of surprising developments—including Republican Olympia Snowe giving up her Maine seat and Indiana's Dick Lugar losing in a GOP primary—have made many races unexpectedly competitive. Some Democratic candidates are rising in tandem with President Barack Obama's standing in polls, while Democrats in more conservative states are successfully distancing themselves from the president. … Nebraska is now the only state where a Republican is clearly favored to win a Democratic seat, a notable turnaround from earlier this year." http://on.wsj.com/Sl9wWZ
L.A. Times, A1, "GOP bid for Senate control fading," By Lisa Mascaro: http://lat.ms/TAsz6C
NRCC LEAVING WALSH, GUINTA, BARTLETT HANGING? – Cameron Joseph reports for The Hill: "The National Republican Congressional Committee has no airtime reserved for three of its most vulnerable incumbents, a sign they may think Reps. Joe Walsh (R-Ill.), Frank Guinta (R-N.H.) and Roscoe Bartlett (R-Md.) are beyond saving at this point. Walsh and Guinta share media markets with other embattled GOP candidates that the NRCC have recently begun to air ads for, leaving no ad time for their races. Bartlett's district was not included in any of the group's original air reservations. The information was provided to The Hill by a Democrat who tracks ad buys." http://bit.ly/TAnFqe
LAWMAKERS FRUSTRATED BY OFFICE BREAK-INS -- Emma Dumain reports for Roll Call: "It's been several months since news first surfaced that House Members' offices were becoming targets of after-hours thefts, but Capitol Hill law enforcement has still not identified a culprit. Now, with reports that more burglaries are hitting the halls of Congress, lawmakers and staffers are getting antsy. 'It's one thing to have your office broken into. It's another thing to have your office broken into after this has been 'business as usual' for a long time,' said Rep. Elton Gallegly (R-Calif.), whose Washington office was raided over the weekend. Another Member whose office was targeted earlier this year isn't too pleased, either. 'He's frustrated that the efforts by Capitol Police have not led to solving the original break-ins,' said Jim Specht, a spokesman for Rep. Jerry Lewis (R-Calif.) There have been at least three thefts in the past month in the Rayburn House Office Building, according to statistics released by Capitol Police. Gallegly's Rayburn office is among them." http://bit.ly/Rhkm3E
TUESDAY'S TRIVIA WINNER – Michael Kotler, who is teaching English in Joetsu, Japan, was first to correctly answer that the original first amendment proposed by the First Federal Congress dealt with how many constituents would be represented by each representative. That amendment was rejected.
And Barry Scanlon emailed to predict Teddy will win his first Presidents Race on Opening Day 2013, after the Nationals Win the World Series. I'm hoping it happens sooner!
TODAY'S TRIVIA – Brad Fitch has today's question: Which senator is credited with creating the first Senate website? First to correctly answer gets a mention in the next day's Huddle. Email me at firstname.lastname@example.com.
WEATHER – Spotty rain and thundershowers today, according to ABC7's Adam Caskey.
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It took 32 years, but we finally get to sit down to another delectable dinner with André Gregory. It comes courtesy of Gregory and his wife, documentary filmmaker Cindy Kleine, who have collaborated on "André Gregory: Before and After Dinner," a sort-of sequel to the 1981 Louis Malle classic, "My Dinner with André."Gregory and Kleine, who divide their time between New York City and Truro, will participate in a post-screening discussion of the film as a benefit for the Wellfleet Harbor Actor's Theater. It takes place at 8 p.m. Aug. 20 in the Julie Harris Theater.
It took 32 years, but we finally get to sit down to another delectable dinner with André Gregory. It comes courtesy of Gregory and his wife, documentary filmmaker Cindy Kleine, who have collaborated on "André Gregory: Before and After Dinner," a sort-of sequel to the 1981 Louis Malle classic, "My Dinner with André."
Gregory and Kleine, who divide their time between New York City and Truro, will participate in a post-screening discussion of the film as a benefit for the Wellfleet Harbor Actor's Theater. It takes place at 8 p.m. Aug. 20 in the Julie Harris Theater. Tickets are $25.
The film, with Kleine on hand for a Q&A session, played during the Provincetown International Film Festival in June.
"André Gregory: Before and After Dinner," opens fittingly with a close up of Gregory's amused, engaged, thoughtful and delighted face as he listens to off-camera voices telling a story. It turns out, fittingly, that he is directing a play — Ibsen's "The Master Builder" starring his friend, collaborator, alter ego and "My Dinner with André" dining companion Wallace Shawn. Other cast members include Julie Hagerty, Lisa Joyce, Larry Pine and Jeff Biehl. The film returns again and again to rehearsals of the production, which is 14 years in the making. This is typical of Gregory's process.
"I create a playground for demented children," he says in the film. "There are no mistakes, there is no judgment."
In tracing Gregory's career from the experimental theater of the 1960s, when Gregory and his ensemble created the landmark stage production "Alice in Wonderland," the film pays tribute to the director's influences, from the Polish avant-garde director Jerzy Grotowski to Bertolt Brecht. "Long rehearsals are a tradition from Brecht and Stanislavski to Peter Brook. It is the difference between art and show business," says Gregory over the telephone from New York City. At 78, he says he's in good health after a lymphoma scare that's chronicled in the film. "Knock on wood, I'm fine. My health is A-OK. If it weren't, I'd be in trouble. I have two plays opening and two movies, including Cindy's film," he says.
He's directed Shawn's play "The Designated Mourner," which opened in July at the Public Theater in New York. Another Shawn play, "Grasses of a Thousand Colors," is set to open at the Public in the fall, after a successful run in London several years ago. Just as Malle also captured Gregory and Shawn's collaboration in the film "Vanya on 42nd Street," now Jonathan Demme has brought Gregory's "The Master Builder" to the screen in the new documentary, "Fear of Falling."
Kleine in 2010 made the personal documentary "Phyllis and Harold," a film about her parents' tumultuous, unhappy relationship. Her 15-year marriage to Gregory is also addressed in the film, which looks at their age difference and at their worlds-apart upbringings. Aided by archival footage and photographs, we learn that Gregory grew up largely in Europe with his wealthy, self-made Russian-born parents who "forgot to tell us we were Jewish," he quips. Long Island native Kleine captures this with both humor and introspection.
"My wife is a terrific director. It's a complex film because it's balancing about five themes at once," says Gregory. A major focus is Gregory's staging of "The Master Builder." Another is Gregory's quest to find out more about his absent, manic-depressive father who, despite his Jewishness, seems to have had connections to Hitler. Gregory hires two investigators, one in Berlin and one in Paris. The results, though inconclusive, reveal that, at the very least, the elder Gregory had a shadowy past. André Gregory, with the same mix of honesty and acerbic wit that marks the entire film, describes the movie "The Shining" as "a documentary about my childhood."
Besides his work in the avant-garde theater, the film also treats us to clips of some of Gregory's movie roles, from the Goldie Hawn comedy "Protocol" to the Sylvester Stallone action flick "Demolition Man" to his delicious turn as John the Baptist in Martin Scorsese's "The Last Temptation of Christ." The film also provides glimpses of Gregory's gifts as a storyteller, his late-in-life pursuit of drawing (with impressive results) and his facing his own mortality after the lymphoma scare. "One is always nervous about going somewhere," he tells a classroom of acting students. "I'm nervous about dying."
"Even if the film wasn't about me, I'd love it because it shows how important it is to the culture to have artists," he says. "Greenwich Village, where we live, used to be a haven for artists. Now it's yuppies and superstars because money is the only thing that matters now. The film is saying something important — politically — about how artists need to be treasured."
Just the facts
What: "André Gregory: Before and After Dinner"
Where: Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater, 2357 Route 6
When: 8 p.m. Tues., Aug. 22
Tickets: $25, includes post-screening discussion with André Gregory and filmmaker Cindy Kleine


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Paterson is a piece of f-ing sh*t just fyi... its a p.o.s. and its only 30% black its 50% hispanic and most of the other 20% is Arab - nd the police there don't count some of the crime there i saw a dead guy bout 25 years ole black on the curb once in an abonedend parking lot, police were there with a ambulance nd a stretcha and the bruva was unresponsive, face downs dead. but I aint even heard about any murder that day, i looked it up to see what happned there aint no news on any murders that day in paucity. Iss hood as hell and a real sh*thole. boardered up windows on a house every block esp in north side and in wrigley park. its been called worse than newark too lately. tons of poverty in ptown nd its worse than people think. its on the way down, 2nd most gangs in state of nj only to newark, more than camden trenton atlantic city eo nd orange bloomfield irvington jc elizibet new brunzwick union city pasaic rahway linden englehood asbery park and every otha hood up in jerz betta belleve dat<quoted text>
Paterson NJ, 50% BLACK is ranked 150 in crime rates. Hum, Toledo (70% WHITE) i9s ranked 25. Hum.........
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#12299 Dec 16, 2012
Saint Louis, MO
#12300 Dec 16, 2012
I'm not a lover or a hater of black's, I am just calling it like I see it, and, your wrong. I see it, I see it in the young blacks and it will get better for their race. Many are really starting to make the best of opportunities and are motivated, good people, which is more than I can say about a lot of whites. While what you talk about exists, it is not the exception nor the rule, it is a segment, but not nearly all, not even close.
#12302 Dec 16, 2012
I grew up in a primarily black neighborhood.
I made my own but can tell you the few blacks who find themselves out of a life chock full of self pity only to end up as social parasites and criminals are pretty few.
Add to that most blacks who make it financially feed off their own race by becoming rap producers and the like who push music that illustrates racial hatred, ignorance and the glamorization of crime.
Sorry Bud...no assterion...real life experience.
It's no wonder prisons are full of self pitying blacks.
It's no a racial thing given I myself know real Africans whom have come over to our country bust their ass and many are destined to become great men. Black Americans are nothing more than parasites. I wish we could make doctors out of them but they're not willing to give up self pity and blame for actions they themselves ar reposnsible for.
#12303 Dec 16, 2012
Some do.
But they are a minority within a minority.
One of the greatgest men that lived wa Martin Luther King Jr. and trust me....he'd be highly disappointed.
Self pity for blacks in American is their biggest enemy and they don't get it.
American blacks have no less abilities in either intelligence or just being other humans than do any other race. It's their sad ass culture they generated here and their overall willingness to embrace it that screws them over.
#12304 Dec 16, 2012
Sorry for the typos BTW.
Saint Louis, MO
#12305 Dec 16, 2012
I have seen blacks that fit the bill that you describe. I also see and presently work with black people that are very classy, humble good people who tend to be fun loving but are professionals. I also deal with a clientle of a lot of upper middle class blacks and they are some of the nicest, honest people and are just down to earth, nice people. I really enjoy being around those people, they do have soul, they live to have fun in life, have a positive attitude and just live life. It helps me not be so serious sometimes. Recognize those blacks as well, as they are a good segment of the population. What's wrong with that? Sounds like good people to me. Just saying.
Saint Louis, MO
#12306 Dec 16, 2012
Let me ask you a question? Do you make black people you are aquaintances with, that you feel differently about them because of their race, or do you pretend to be cool with them? You know, a closet racist? Are you really going to tell me you have no association with any black people that would make you ashamed for generalizing about a whole race of people and putting them in that class?
#12307 Dec 17, 2012
I don't pretend at all you stupid sob. These low life blacks need to be chained up like dogs so they won't hurt and kill innocent people. Warriorsisgay you need your little fagggottt arse beat. I would love to meet you face to face but you're to busy sucking black cockadoodle. Fu little biotch, wiggers are worst than blacks. I bet you get off on black gay porn queer boy don't you Warriorisgay.
#12309 Dec 17, 2012
Nothing wrong with it.
I've worked with the same.
Interesting thing....they've also proven to be inherently racist.
I'll bet my life savings every one of them has gone back to the self pity aspect. Every one will identify themselves as "African American" rather than as an American. Every one of them won't see why blacks can make a racist magazine like 'Ebony','Jet', etc. and have a television networl like 'BET' that's designed on racist means yet would scream like a newborn being delivered in a cold delivery room if whites did the same.
Every one would back Affirmative Action if it were to last until the year 3045.
You stupid ass....you apparently HAVEN'T been around blacks. You're either lying or have never left your upper middle class life. I've had the privilage to have seen both and let me tell you - blacks don't want equality. They want to be 'equal'
but separate.
Screw them. I wouldn't hire a black again if my life depeneded on it.
Oh yeah....forgot to tell you. I am an employer and was a landlord. I can give horror stoies galore on my experience with the American black culture friend.
We should pack every God damned ONE of the American blacks up and trade them with blacks from Africa given those men and women are good people as a rule and whom AREN'T full of some lost sense of self pity.
You my friend don't know jackshit.
#12310 Dec 17, 2012
there is more danger on topix than in the cities.
Saint Louis, MO
#12311 Dec 17, 2012
You are entitled to your opinion. Again, I have seen many of the black people that you describe and it does exist, but you are wrong to label the whole race. We have all kinds of screw ups and twisted up people in the white race, do you blame it on them being white or maybe do you blame it on bad parental raising, mental illness, drug/alcohol addiction, etc? Just wondering. So do you hate my a$$ because of that nut in Connecticut? We are both white, so I guess you should blame me for that?
Since: Nov 11
#12312 Dec 17, 2012
I do agree that some blacks are parasites. However, what about Oprah Winfrey? She is probably one of the most powerful women in America. She is worth approximately 2 billion dollars. Her fortune was not made peddling beats or glamorizing violence. She is an accomplished businesswoman. John Johnson who founded BET and I believe Jet magazine was a billionaire too. When you speak about rap, most rappers don't make their fortune screaming expletives and denigrating women. Jay-Z, worth about 450 million, co-founded his own record label and his own clothing line.(Businesses.) Diddy, worth about 550 million, did the same thing. He also sells liquor as well. I could go on and on. Most rhyme slingers don't make hundreds of millions of dollars just rapping. These black people, like Donald Trump, or Forbes, or Bill Gates, had a good instinct for business. But I guess they don't feed off of people either and exploit poor people in other countries by having their garments made in sweatshops. Right? Now don't get me wrong, I hate a lot of contemporary rap music. It is filth epitomized. My point is that I can't knock their business sense. Most of us here on Topix could never even dream the life they live. And while some of you hate them because they're black, they just keep getting money and making millions while you sit at home maybe 2 to 3 paychecks away from homelessness.
Since: Nov 11
#12313 Dec 17, 2012
Well I'm sorry that you've experienced the things you have. I know that my people can be pretty racist. They are racist to me as well. I abhor it. I'm well aware of the double standards as well. What I don't understand is why you refer to Ebony, Jet, and BET as "racist?" Is there not plenty of W.E.T.? BBC, NBC, ABC, CBS, CNN, Bloomberg, People magazine, Fox News Channel, Fortune, GQ, Forbes, Businessweek, and Time magazine. Do you catch my drift? I'm really not trying to downplay what you're saying at all just that it's unfair. I would love to go into more detail if you like.
#12316 Dec 17, 2012
If you had an IQ above 50 you'd have noticed I focused on black Americans and not to black race idiot.
In fact I'd LOVE to ship every God damned ONE of our self pitying little "African Americans" to Uganda as a swap for Africans given they don't exhibit the 'po me' culture our American blacks illustrate. They appreciate what our country is and WORK for a living rather than act like they just came out of 1865.
So no dumbfuck....it's a cultural thing. Unique to probably 97.52% of the blacks that roam the streets in the U.S.
All you've managed to tell me is you've never actually lived with these pathetic individuals friend.
#12317 Dec 17, 2012
No you're not.
And if whites had a 'White Entertainment Television what do you think would happen you stupid moronic hypocrite???
We'd be called racist and rightfully so. We don't need race specific magazines, newspaper or television in a country which is supposed to be color blind.
American blacks are more racist than an annual barbeque get together for the Aryan Nations.
ABC, NBC nor any other network is basing it's namesake and subject matter on racial themes you absolute DUMBFUCK.-You get my drift?
And your racist ass hass no more "detail" bullshitter.
Saint Louis, MO
#12318 Dec 17, 2012
You are completely wrong. I have lived with them. I am certain to agree that a good chunk of black people are bad people but I am also certain that a good chunk are good people, some are the best people around period. I work in an area where there are upper middle class black people. They are the least ignorant, most pleasant people for the most part of all of our clientele. The black employees I work with are good people. I don't think the topic of race has come up once about anything and everyone gets along for the most part. So they treat me well and with respect but I guess you just expect me to hate them because they are black. I already stated I am about good and bad, not black and white. I assure you that I am proud and white, but everyone is entitled to be proud of what they are, not just whites. Who cares?
#12319 Dec 17, 2012
Funny isn't it.
That probably 2% of American blacks are worth anything yet the rest of them want to claim they're the same when in fact 98% of Amercian blacks are nothing more than self pitying losers.
The probablem with American black culture is;
1) They STILL think they live in 1925 and purposely forget the countless whites that tried to help them.
2) They won't give up this notion they're owed something.
3) We are ALL born as individuals and have to make our way in the world yet they use the fact they're black as an excuse for every shortcoming they have to blame "whitey".
4) They're full of more self pity than a 9 year old spoiled girl thinking she didn't get the horse she wanted for Christmas because her parents gave her a dollhouse instead because she claims they don't love her.
--Cute comment.......the comment about my income. Shows what an insecure puk you are BTW.
#12320 Dec 17, 2012
Kfart is about as White as Kingfish esq, Shyteak, and his beyotch Tarbaby. Of course Kfart could be some kind of kosher spy for the $PLC, ADL, or some other Jewish supremacist hate group. Yep, Kfart is either a White anti-racist aka anti-White self hater or a anti-White, anti-Gentile, anti-Western culture Jewish supremacist. If Kfart is Black, he is the Whitest Black man I've ever heard in all my years on this earth.
Damn and who the hell is this "warriorisgay" troll? Dude or dudette, or you serious that naive when it comes to Africans N America? If I were king for a day I would take all the ignorant LIEberal libtards like yourself and throw them in an inner city ghetto to live among all those "humble" Blacks you adore so much. You remind me of that White girl who biked from San Francisco to New Orleans to campaign for Obongo back in 2008. This naive and sheltered young girl went to a Black neighborhood in "Chocolate City" aka New Orleans only to be shot in the head multiple times and be left for dead lying in the streets while Black pedestrians just passed by her dead body. Some White group that was down in New Orleans still cleaning up after Katrina FINALLY called the authorities to report the homicide.
White Pride Worldwide 5372 for more info.
Since: Nov 11
#12321 Dec 17, 2012
Good points. I see where this is going and I could debate with you for hours on this. By the way, my comment about income was not directed at you. Clearly, you've attained a measure of financial success. I don't envy you at all. Don't flatter yourself. Moreover, since you wanna ship us wretched "African Americans" to Uganda, I think you should ship out too since your ancestors forcibly stole this land from red-skinned Natives. Sound like a plan sweetheart?
Since: Nov 11
#12322 Dec 17, 2012
Oh yes ma'am I am black. And I am of the male gender lol. I do call things like I see them. I know we as black people can be wicked. My only problem is when ignorant pea-brained miscreants bunch all the wicked, parasitic ones with the upstanding blacks. Most of these posters on here bunch every black together as opposed to judging individually. Regardless of what these people say on here I have never hated white people. I hate wicked white people. Obviously, not all white people are wicked. Does that answer your questions ma'am?
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Wednesday, May 15, 2013
* I think the only guy who thought he might have a chance was Rep. Sandack himself…
.@wbez exclusive: @ronsandack withdraws name from #ILGOP chairman search, citing his support for gay marriage #tcot
— WBEZ (@WBEZ) May 15, 2013
.@wbez exclusive: @ronsandack withdraws name from #ILGOP chairman search, citing his support for gay marriage #tcot
— WBEZ (@WBEZ) May 15, 2013
*** UPDATE *** Statement…
After much contemplation and discussion with several Republican activists, I am withdrawing my name from future consideration. I look forward to working with the new Chairman and together focusing on rebuilding a Republican brand. As I have stated several times, we must be more inclusive to revive and revitalize our party.
- Posted by Rich Miller
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, May 15, 13 @ 12:24 pm:
Wel, I am glad "gay marriage" wasn't discussed, or used in a negative light again …
- Norseman - Wednesday, May 15, 13 @ 12:25 pm:
They need to ask Willy.
- wordslinger - Wednesday, May 15, 13 @ 12:28 pm:
Didn't Rep. Sandack get the memo? Sen. Oberweis said this whole snafu — going on how many weeks now in the media? — had nothing to do with gay marriage.
- Raymond - Wednesday, May 15, 13 @ 12:34 pm:
WBEZ "exclusive"? Sandack had it on FB nearly an hour ago.
- too obvious - Wednesday, May 15, 13 @ 12:36 pm:
He should resubmit application with the Democrats.
Sandack is a supporter of massive gambling expansion, is pro-undocumented citizen agenda, and of course pro-gay marriage. He'll be great leading the other side. Free Mike Madigan up a bit.
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, May 15, 13 @ 12:38 pm:
- Norseman -,
You may not believe this, but I got a copy of the very long and detailed "Chairman Questionnaire".
On Page 34, Paragraph VI, Subsection iii, "the question" reads …
"Please, tell us you are NOT Oswego Willy."
So, I guess the Committee is "going in a different direction."
- Rich Miller - Wednesday, May 15, 13 @ 12:41 pm:
Hey, "too obvious," how come when Democrats have sharp disagreements over policy they don't threaten to throw each other out of their party?
Has Kwame Raoul called Brandon Phelps a Republican or a DINO because he supports the NRA? No.
Has Lou Lang called for the ouster of Mike Madigan as Speaker because Madigan sponsored a pension bill that the unions and Lang hate?
Has Dan Kotowski demanded that Gary Forby become a Republican because Forby is pro-life?
You folks are so mindlessly petulant. Continue on this way and you'll be able to hold a statewide caucus in a Denny's men's room.
- Rich Miller - Wednesday, May 15, 13 @ 12:47 pm:
===in a Denny's men's room. ===
During the early bird special, of course.
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, May 15, 13 @ 12:48 pm:
- Rich Miller -
Spot on!
The main problem with Sandack withdrawing is NOT that Sandack is withdrawing …
Is the FACT that many in MY Party will respond as - too obvious - has, and any idea that diversity of thought in My Party is not something that can be seen as "productive"!
Cripes, we are "glad" someone who can unite My Party has chosen to withdraw becuause of "issues" that can't be worked out?
We want someone like a "Sandack" to apply to be the Dem Chair? Really? Is it because the 80% we can agree with Sandack is not enough?
When are we going to learn… ANYTHING?
Are we going to learn when it's too late? Guess what, that "too late" train is fueling up…
But as long as we are "Pure" …
- Newsclown - Wednesday, May 15, 13 @ 12:54 pm:
== Continue on this way and you'll be able to hold a statewide caucus in a Denny's men's room.==
Ironically, based on their recent national party gaffes, some might take a "wide stance" on the issue and vote their conscience anyway.
- reformer - Wednesday, May 15, 13 @ 12:57 pm:
== You folks are so mindlessly petulant. Continue on this way and you'll be able to hold a statewide caucus in a Denny's men's room. ==
Well said! The male GOP Senators can already fit.
Is it fair to presume that Sandack's support for marriage equality doomed his shot at the chairmanship?
- G. Willickers - Wednesday, May 15, 13 @ 1:02 pm:
Saying the party needs to be more inclusive while excluding himself from consideration seems counter-productive.
But maybe that's the point.
- Newsclown - Wednesday, May 15, 13 @ 1:06 pm:
What this proves is that Sandack is smart enough to read and understand the implications census data as well as polling. I actually like him though our policies are not always congruent. He's Libertarian-Republican, but fiscally still firmly conservative and markets-focused. He's like a fusion of the key parts of Dem and Gop, and that works well in a centrist state like ours.
- Endangered Moderate Species - Wednesday, May 15, 13 @ 1:10 pm:
Every week we go through this drill.
Many in the GOP, and some Dems, treat partisanship like a religion.
In churches, temples, synagogues and mosques around the globe there is constant branching because of disagreements in belief.
Partisanship is about winning elections with people whom agree with you on a majority of issues, but not on every issue.
Political litmus tests = lost elections.
- CircularFiringSquad - Wednesday, May 15, 13 @ 1:14 pm:
Sandeck is nearly as smart as Matt Murphy.
He got his name off the list before it was revealed and showed DeadBeatJoe's name on it
Sandeck took about 24 hours to get out of the clown car
Still waiting for someone to drop and announce they are joining the Green Party?
BTW how will Billbaords endorsement of Gags work out in the bid for AG?
Fire,Aim Ready!
- Whatever - Wednesday, May 15, 13 @ 1:16 pm:
The longer this drags on, and the more candidates emerge/withdraw, the worse it makes the Party look.
- Boone's is Back - Wednesday, May 15, 13 @ 1:43 pm:
Really crossing my fingers for a Joe Walsh Reign of Terror. He'll give the crazies what they want.
- LincolnLounger - Wednesday, May 15, 13 @ 1:45 pm:
Sandack is a supporter of massive gambling expansion, is pro-undocumented citizen agenda, and of course pro-gay marriage.
You mean like much of the suburbs (where elections are won in this state0?
- DanL60 - Wednesday, May 15, 13 @ 2:18 pm:
Murphy, and many others, just said no. Sandack milks it, and makes a drama out of it, taking several days Astroturfing his "nomination". That was dumb, and a pompous withdrawal letter for a job never offered fits right in.
- Informed Observer - Wednesday, May 15, 13 @ 2:28 pm:
The problem with Sandack is that he flip-flops and he seems to change his position based upon campaign support needs. He can't be trusted as a GOP or a Dem.
- Lisle Mike - Wednesday, May 15, 13 @ 2:41 pm:
I've know Ron for some time. He is not above persuassion. He is regularly elected and although there are detractors for his change in postition, most of the supporters I know are not bothered by his changes. There was an attempt to make this an issue when he ran for house last election and he trounced his opponent. I think he represents the better face of my party than Obie but a long shot!
- Lisle Mike - Wednesday, May 15, 13 @ 2:42 pm:
represents my party better than Obie by a long shot! (fat fingers mistype)
- Mr Mike - Wednesday, May 15, 13 @ 4:29 pm:
Sandack didn't exactly trounce his opponent for the house. His own little neighborhood accounted for his entire 1000 vote victory and most of those were Dems. Go figure.
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, May 15, 13 @ 4:37 pm:
- Mr Mike -,
Did he win?
Yeah, that's what I thought, he won.
So a Republican, savy enough to know how to win, how to gather enough of a voting block to win… is not good enough to just be a Republican?
I never understand, so Rep. Sandacks voters, are THEY now required to take "Blood Oaths" and "Litmus Tests" too to vote for a Republican?
Geez, Louise, the number of members in the GA GOP is small enough as it is, now we are going to questions the "voters", and see if the "voters" are worthy enough to vote for a Republican, because this WINNING Republican isn't …"Republican" … enought?
I read these posts and wonder, "How few and how 'pure' do we have to be to still be relevent in politcal discussions AND appease the Slytherin House members?"
- Veritas - Wednesday, May 15, 13 @ 10:30 pm:
I know this will be a disappointment to the "Usual Suspects", but Sandack couldn't be elected Chairman because the new Chairman needs to be someone who can unite a party that is divided over social issues - LIKE THE REST OF THE STATE IS. He is branded on one end of the spectrum like Walsh is on the other side. Electing either one as Chairman only proliferates a debate for which there is no resolution. The bad news for you guys is to find out Republicans are human. When the electorate gets that message - change will be forthcoming.
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This works.
I will help anyone whenever possible to solve their problems concerning their bricked players. If you can't get it showing up in Odin3 after the Unbrickable Mod, then I'm sorry I can't help you. Every computer is different. Just try to follow the advice. New links are available, so sorry for those that have requested new links! One of the links also contains the bootloaders for the Galaxy Player! Yay! I've saved all the files onto my computer so if a link goes dead, let me know and I'll put it up. Also, if one of the firmwares doesn't work, also let me know and what you tried doing with it.
IF AND ONLY IF you still can't get your player to boot after following this guide, let me know in the comments section what you did in the format:
1.US or INTL
2.What you flashed, with a link to it,
3.What happened AFTER you flashed the above
4.What your device does currently, eg, download mode, CWM only, partial boot, bootloop, no logo.
5.What you tried doing to solve this problem
If you do not follow this format, I WILL NOT RESPOND.
I had my Samsung Galaxy Player hard bricked and I thought all was lost and I thought I had tried everything but I started looking around for some help and ideas on what I could do to fix this problem.
The first thing I did was follow AdamOutlers guide for getting into recovery mode, and that thread can be found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1386669
Follow those directions and get back to this thread after you've successfully gotten it into download mode.
#Note: If you can't open the Ressurector, install Java onto your flavor of Linux. Then right-click on the resurrector, hit properties and check the Use as executable box or something similar.
*If you already have it in download mode, skip the first step!*
Okay, now that you have it in download mode, you have to get Odin3 for virtualbox. You don't need virtualbox if you can get it into download mode and if youre running Windows XP or higher. If your running Ubuntu or any other flavor of Linux, Heimdall won't work with the SGP and you're going to need virtualbox. The one I used and that worked can be found by going here: http://www.4shared.com/file/10JA2Dsu...v183.html--You can get virtualbox for Linux by going here: https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads--YOU WILL NEED YOUR OWN COPY OF WINDOWS FOR VIRTUALBOX!!
Once you have Odin3 running either in Windows or in Virtualbox, then go ahead and plug it into a USB port and a yellow box in Odin3 with a COM number should show up. If not, make sure you have the Samsung USB drivers installed in your copy of Windows in Virtualbox. You can get those here: http://drivers.softpedia.com/get/MOB...s-1560.shtml-- I had a lot of trouble for my laptop to recognize that my player was plugged in and I had other people tell me the same. I think that in Virtualbox there are settings that have to do with USB devices and getting them recognized inside of Virtualbox. If not, someone let me know. So once you get it into download mode using the resurrector, flash this, IT HAS THE BOOTLOADERS NEEDED, NO MORE SCAMMBLE FOR CORRECT BOOTLOADERS!!!!!!!!!!!!--http://www.4shared.com/get/VtAB8dCU/G70JKKE3_STOK_222RU_.html Flash the one with All-Low or something of the sort.
If you can get it into download mode (Pwr+VolDown+Home) then install this with Odin3: http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1863004
The first link comes with bootloaders and can get your SGP back up to booting. Once you install that, which is I believe, a Russian Froyo ROM, you must install from the link at the top, which is a stock ROM for us SGP that gets your home button working and is meant for the US variant of the Galaxy Player. It also includes Entropy's Daily Driver kernel and can get you back into CWM if you have a backup available.You need to be in download mode for this too.
BEFORE you install stock though, make sure your Samsung Galaxy Player boots! After that, flash the stock ROM back with download mode using Odin3.
If you have any questions, comments, concerns, feel free to write down below!!
NOTE: I need stock firmware for the 5.0 INTL version, if anyone has it please link it to me and I will post it in the OP.
Thanks to: AdamOutler, gmillz, Entropy512


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Siblings take first, second place in geography bee
For more than 20 years, St. Anne Catholic School has been holding a geography bee each year. The bee is a part of the National Geographic Geography Bee, and the winner has a chance to continue on to participate in the National Geographic Geography Bee. The national winner receives a $25,000 scholarship, said Michelle Rochel, St. Anne's fifth through eighth grade social studies teacher.
This year's local bee was held on Jan. 14 in the St. Anne's gymnasium.
Rochel said students from fourth through eighth grade were eligible to compete in the bee. The students were given a qualifying test with 49 questions in seven categories. The two children with the highest scores in each class represented their grades in the competition.
"I'm always, always very proud of them when they can make it to the top 10," Rochel said. "It's a big accomplishment for each of them."
Rochel said the geography bee is important because it gets students to use their geography skills and helps those with a talent for the subject take advantage of their skills.
This year's winner was eighth-grader Shelly Schmitt. Schmitt was among the three finalists narrowed down from the top 10 who began the bee together. The three finalists were Shmitt; her brother Ben Schmitt (sixth grade), who received second place; and fifth-grader Gracie Hayes, who came in third.
Also competing were Riley McGurran (fifth grade), Abbey Skramstad (fourth grade), Andrew Chambers (fourth grade), Marshall Hayes (sixth grade), Jackson Struemke (eighth grade), Burke Meader (seventh grade) and Daniel Bierbruauer (seventh grade).


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by Bill C. for webBikeWorld.com
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Our own "Texas Joe" sent over a batch of the new Bayco Nightstick flashlights for a look-see.
You remember Texas Joe?
He's that all-around handyman, mechanic, vintage motorcycle restorer, V6 Moto Guzzi inventor and chicken-fried steak eatin' occasional contributor
The Nightstick is an interesting new type of LED flashlight that was designed with motorcyclists in mind.
As it turns out, it's pretty handy for that purpose.
Although the motorcycle market may be new to Bayco, the company has been making some very unique lighting solutions.
These include LED flashlights for serious use for the aerospace, military, police, fire and rescue markets, the petroleum and marine industries and others.
Each of their LED flashlight products is tailored to the particular needs of that industry.
For example, Bayco also makes LED work lights that are designed for professional use in auto repair and maintenance shops and how about their explosion-proof LED flashlights for use in the munitions industry?
I wonder who gets to be the first to test out a new design??
Some of their flashlights are rechargeable and they even make large shop lights that mount on a stand.
The Nightstick LED flashlight shown here is their new 1100 Series, which represents a "trickle down" approach by using the technology from the professional flashlights and putting in a smaller, lighter and less expensive package suitable for motorcycle use.
The Nightstick LED flashlight also works very well for personal use, and, in fact, I'm told that some law enforcement and rescue personnel keep an 1100 Series Nightstick on hand as a backup, "just in case".
The Nightstick 1100 Series is currently available in four different sizes, shown in their original packages above and in the photos below.
"And what", you might ask "is so special about the Nightstick?" Good question!
The Nightstick is not your typical metal tube-like flashlight.
Each flashlight in the 1100 Series shown here has an oval cross section and they are made from a type of plastic, with a matte black, soft-touch "rubberized" surface finish that offers good grip and, as Bayco claims, definitely feels warmer (and more tactile) than a typical cold metal flashlight tube in the winter!
The two smaller Nightsticks, the 1106 and 1112 (111 mm/4-3/8" and 175 mm/6-7/8") include a removable pocket clip. I've found the shorter 1106 to be a perfect size to carry in a top shirt pocket or motorcycle jacket pocket.
But any of the Nightsticks are sized to fit somewhere on you motorcycle, either in a pocket or tank bag or tool kit.
Each Nightstick comes with a lanyard, which can be seen in the photo below.
It can be attached (with difficulty) to the end of the Nightstick so the flashlight can be worn around the neck, which is actually, as I've discovered, very handy for working around the bike because the light is always nearby.
Getting the lanyard on the Nightstick is slightly difficult; the cord must be pushed through a very tiny hole in the battery cover, as you can see in the photo below. I used the tip of a paper clip to push the cord through.
It appears that the lanyard holes on each of the four Nightsticks shown here lost some of their diameter after the surface coating was applied.
Not a big deal, and now that you know how to shove the cord through with a small paper clip, you should be OK.
The only other quirk here is that the lanyard hole is on the battery cover, which could work the cover loose in theory.
It hasn't happened to me and, in fact, the covers seem pretty secure and at only 59 and 96 grams for the 1106 and 1112, there probably isn't enough weight to cause a problem.
Bayco doesn't skimp on the batteries either, supplying nice Energizer AAA's with each Nightstick.
I used the information Bayco sent to create the table above, and you can see that each Nightstick should provide hours of illumination -- one of the great benefits of LEDs, which need very little power to do their thing.
The batteries, in fact, weigh about as much as the Nightstick itself.
The oval shape is easy to hold and helps flatten the flashlight slightly, which can make them fit in places other round flashlights with large heads may not.
So I still haven't answered the question about what makes the Nightstick so different. Well, in addition to the LED flashlight end that you'd expect on a flashlight, the Nightstick has a "floodlight" function also.
Notice in the photo below that each Nightstick has a second set of LEDs on the "flat" part of the oval, opposite the button on/off switch, which is located on the back side.
Here's a photo, with a Paper Mate "Clickster" pencil and the Gordon LED flashlight (review) thrown in for comparison:
Each Nightstick has this "floodlight" capability by virtue of these side-mounted LEDs (see the table above for the specifications).
The idea is that you can use either the LED at the tip of the Nightstick as a traditional flashlight, or use the array of LEDs on the side as a floodlight, or both.
The floodlight capability comes in very handy, because when you're working on a motorcycle or searching for a part or item in a tank bag or side bag or top box at night on a road trip, the floodlight illuminates a larger surface area over a wider distance.
When both the front LED flashlight and the floodlights are turned on, the Nightstick is ideal for illuminating a walk to the camp through the dark woods, on a path at night or elsewhere.
Bayco says that the floodlight makes it easier to see close up, because the solid "pencil" style beam of a flashlight can create too much contrast between the light and dark regions, making it more difficult to see because the brightness causes the iris in the eye to stop down.
The smallest Nightstick, the 1106, uses four LEDs in the front, while the others have one of those single, high-powered LEDs. Each is surrounded by a reflector and covered by a clear plastic lens.
The Nightstick floodlights vary, with the two outer rows having a broader illumination pattern than the center row, according to Bayco. This spreads the light to help eliminate any hot spots.
Bayco also claims that the LEDs used in the Nightstick have a rated life of 35,000+ hours and that the LEDs have a light "temperature" of 6,500K, which is a color somewhat like the "white" light of noon sunlight (around 5,500K).
I've also found that I can clip the smaller Nightsticks on to the outside of my shirt pocket or the top front pocket on the Carhartt jacket I use in the garage.
The pocket clip slides off the end of the 1106 and 1112 Nightstick, and the only downside is that the pocket clip covers the on/off switch on the 1106 Nightstick, illustrated in the photo above.
I guess Bayco wanted to locate the button under the thumb, which would be the natural location when using the Nightstick in dual-light mode for walking because the floodlight would be pointed forward and down.
If the button had been placed on the front side of the 1106 however, it wouldn't be covered by the clip.
This isn't a problem on the 1124 (202 mm / 7-15/16") and 1136 (227 mm / 8-15/16" ) Nightsticks because they don't have a clip.
As it happens, the on/off button on the 1112 Nightstick (175 mm / 6-7/8") can be located directly under the bend in the pocket clip.
So the light can be switched on and off by pressing on the clip itself, although I'm not sure if this is the recommended procedure.
I can also hang a Nightstick around my neck with the lanyard and then clip it to my shirt placket, so when I turn on the floodlight it illuminates the work in front of me. Nice.
Each Nightstick does a good job of lighting the work surface or area, and I'd have to say these are probably about the handiest type of LED flashlight I've found for motorcycle use.
They're not the brightest LED spotlight I've found; the Gordon LED still is the spotlight champ and it's also waterproof.
But the Gordon has to be held pointed at the work surface and it has a very tight beam when compared to the floodlight or combination light of the Nightstick. The Gordon is also heavier.
So if you're looking for a unique LED flashlight that's easy to use, is a descendant of a patented type of flashlight used by professionals and that can be easily hidden or stored in the tight confines of a motorcycle, I can recommend the Nightstick as a useful and reasonably priced solution.
|wBW Review: Bayco Nightstick 1100 Series LED Flashlight
|Manufacturer: Nightstick (Manufacturer is Bayco Products)
|List Price: $14.95 to $29.95
|Colors: Black "Soft Touch" tactile finish.
|Made In: China
|Review Date: December 2008


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The meeting in the small New Mexico town of Artesia was loud, volatile and emotional, and the number of people in attendance set an all-time record for a community face-off, officials said.
The issue was whether the oil and farming community of 20,000 was going to protest the arrival of underage immigrants, who had entered the country illegally, at a federal facility there.
In the end, Artesia Mayor Phil Burch said Wednesday that the town would not raise picket signs to protest the move.
They didn't like it, he stressed, but they would not fight it.
"The meeting we had last night was very respectful, even though it was an emotional night," he told the Los Angeles Times of Tuesday night's meeting. "I don't expect any protests from our residents."
He said 192 teenage migrants who have passed north across the U.S. border in recent weeks were being held in a facility in town normally used to train about 80 state and federal agencies such as the U.S. Border Patrol and Bureau of Indian Affairs.
"That facility was built as a training center and we don't think it's an appropriate use to house detainees there," Burch said. "It's not what it's there for."
Burch said he has met with U.S. Homeland Security officials, who told them it wasn't their wish to use the facility for the detainees, but that they had no choice. "They were told to get the facility ready."
More than 350 residents met Tuesday night in a recreational center in town. There were no arrests and most of the meeting was orderly.
"We've never seen anything like this in Artesia," Burch said of the town, located about 240 miles south of Albuquerque. "Then again, we don't normally have emotional issues like this."
Burch said the town would do its part in an emerging national issue.
"We've been told this is a temporary solution," he said. "We don't like it; we'd prefer they not bring these people here. But we'll do our part to support the government."
He paused.
"But if outside groups bring in protesters, we can't help that."
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