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Because of rain Notre Dame's Division 2 state baseball semifinal game Wednesday against Jefferson was pushed back about five hours from its original 6 p.m. start time.
The wait to play in the state tournament turned out to be nothing what the Tritons hoped for. Jefferson scored seven runs in the top of the sixth inning and cut a late evening short by one inning, topping Notre Dame, 11-0, in six innings at Fox Cities Stadium.
Boxscore: Jefferson 11, Notre Dame 0
Notre Dame (16-12) recorded just one hit, by Ty Yewman, and the last six Tritons batters struck out bringing an end to their season.
The game, which lasted 2 hours, 5 minutes, was scoreless until the fourth inning, when Jefferson (28-3) scored four runs. That was plenty against a Notre Dame offense that struck out 10 times in the game.


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I needed a quickie project so I decided to whip up this fun bracelet.
Sequin Cuff Bracelet
Size US 9 (5.5 mm) needles. (I used straight/cheapie metal needles to minimize any chance of damaging my 'good' needles)
Any color 'single strand' sequins - I used matte silver. I bought three yards to be safe but did NOT use all of it!
Gauge is unimportant - you just need to be able to get your needles and sequins around each other!
Three buttons (I used two vintage buddha buttons from ebay with a bubbly little clear one in the center)
Sewing thread to match the 'strand' (or thread) that the sequins are already strung on
Sewing needle
Cast on 8 stitches (or as many as you need to make this the width you desire).
Work in garter stitch until the bracelet meets around your wrist (remember that your bind off will add a bit more)
Bind off.
Weave your ends in a bit and then sew with needle and thread through these ends so it won't unravel but, more importantly, so your sequins don't start falling off the ends of the strand!
Use same needle and thread to sew the three buttons on evenly spaced.
I intended to sew some elastic loops on to button this up but these buttons just fit through my bind off row.
Please keep in mind that it is a bit of a struggle to get these sequins around each other as you are knitting. I was being very deliberate and fussy in the beginning but then got quite a bit rougher towards the end. I lost a few sequins here and there but you absolutely can't tell because of the density.
Next time I do this I will take the time to get elasticated single strand sequins to make the final product more user friendly. Although having said that, I think it might possibly increase the difficulty of knitting it in the first place...hmmmm.
Well enjoy and if you decide to make one - post so we can see!!

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Joseph Morgan makes his debut as the mysterious Klaus in the April 21 episode of The Vampire Diaries, and Nina Dobrev gets to play Katherine in flashbacks, complete with gorgeous outfits.
The Vampire Diaries returns with all new episodes tonight (view a sneak peek and promo photos for the episode), and we've already seen photos for the April 14 episode, which will feature a 1960s theme dance at the high school (view them here). The build-up to the reveal of Klaus will continue, and he'll start contacting Elena through an intermediary in the April 14 episode. But his first real appearance on-screen will take place on April 21.
In the episode, Stefan and Damon will learn that Elena has decided to take on a new ally to in order to take control over the plan to defeat Klaus, and both of them will be furious with her for taking matters into her own hands. Conflict will rise between the brothers as they argue over how best to protect Elena from the coming danger. We'll also flash back to 1491, when Katherine first met Elijah (guest star Daniel Gillies) and Klaus and we'll learn the origin of the moonstone curse.
We're quickly approaching the season finale of the show, and I suspect we might get a heck of a cliffhanger, much like we did for the end of season 1. View photos from the April 21 episode from The CW below, featuring a lot of shots of Klaus, Elijah and Katherine in 1491. Make sure to tune into a new episode of The Vampire Diaries tonight!
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By JessicaCamerato
BOSTON - For 2,560 three-pointers, Ray Allen was a basketball player. He celebrated the baskets in fist pumps, high fives, and elevated shoulder bumps with his teammates.
But after knocking down his record-breaking 2,561st long-range shot, he was a human being. He celebrated in handshakes, hugs, and long embraces with family members.
Allen has spent the past 15 years making three-point shooting look effortless. His quick release looks automatic and his smooth follow-through seems like second nature.
There is little time for thinking about each basket in the flow of the game. Catch and shoot . . . then move on.
On Thursday night in front of a home crowd, however, Allen was able to take a moment to bask in the magnitude of his accomplishments.
Allen broke Reggie Millers all-time 3-point record in the first quarter of the Boston Celtics game against the Los Angeles Lakers at TD Garden. He tied Millers mark (2,560) with 4:14 left in the quarter and passed it less than three minutes later.
When the buzzer sounded at the end of the quarter, Allen was able to step outside of his role as a basketball player and enjoy the feat without a shot clock or defender in his face.
It was a moment he had anticipated - and pondered - as he neared the mark.
Allen spoke with Miller, who was broadcasting the game, earlier in the day and asked for advice beforehand. Determining how to celebrate the record posed more of a question than how to break it.
I told him, What do I do? I dont know what to do,' said Allen. Do I just sit there and look stupid or do I stand up? I dont know. Reggie said, 'I dont know either. I just think youve got to do whatever you feel because that is your moment.' I said, Well I am glad youre here because this is your moment as well, and Im glad I can share it with you.
Allen acknowledged the crowd and then walked across the court to the broadcast table where Miller was working. First a handshake, then a hug. The two enjoyed a moment of mutual admiration for each others careers.
Allens mother stood just feet away on the court, waiting patiently to congratulate the son who she has tirelessly cheered on night in and night out. Their special moment was captured on the Jumbotron, with emotions displayed throughout the entire arena.
Allen then made his way over to his family. Amid screaming fans, he was a son, a husband, a father.
Once the timeout came, I just knew I had to go over there and say thank you again to Reggie, he said. My mom was standing there, she was in tears, so I wanted to make sure I thanked my family for being there for me. You dont do anything in any sport or job, without the backbone of your family. Theyre making sure I have the confidence to walk out of the house, so I can come here and do this job every night, making sure I eat right, that the kids are taken care of. Without them, I cant be who I am.
And Allen knows the Celtics wouldnt be who they are without their fans, either. Allen needed four 3-pointers to break the record when the Celtics played the Bobcats in Charlotte on Monday. He made two that night.
It was all about these fans in Boston, it was all about the fans in Boston, he said. I think about anything Ive ever done in my career, the stage here is set, and everybody was ready. Going back a game or so ago in Charlotte, the stage wasnt there, and I knew people wanted to see me do it. If I did it, I did it, but the stage here was set. When I ran out on the floor, and saw all the signs, and all the people.
This record, I just didnt really understand until that moment just how big it was.
After 15 years, Allen was able to take a moment to realize it all.
Jessica Camerato is on Twitter athttp:twitter.comjcameratoNBA


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Harmony singers, Sonia Santos and Ana Gazzola live up to the idyllic expectations of Brazilian-jazz music on their third release appropriately titled Brasil Brazil 3. The two ladies front the samba-club group Brasil Brazil, which has in tow keyboardist Pablo Medina, bassists Antonio Santana, Paulo Gustavo and Fernando Raio, drummers Cristiano Bertotucci and Sandro Feliciano, and guitarists Grecco Buratto, Angelo Metz, Ze Nogueira de Sa. Their repertoire is feathered with the sounds of special guests like harmonica player Ron Kalina, requinto artist Rafael Chato Rios, and congas musician Lula Aftro-Brasil.
The band wraps Brazilian-jazz in foils of Latin-scat vocals, Afro-Cuban rhythms, Caribbean-soul bling, club jazz grooves, and spicy swing. Each track has a dancehall vibe from the hip shaking "Jacksoul Brasileiro" to the soft jazz waltz of "Jazz'n Samba/Sa Dance Samba" which puts the spotlight on the romantically twined saxophone solo performed by Ana Gazzola. The upbeat tempo and rosy hues of "Tevo de 4 Folhas," translated is "Looking Over A 4 Leaf Clover," are infectious, and the group's rendition of Nirvana's hit song "Come As You Are" gives the typically melancholy-clenched tune a zesty Latin flare with soft uplifting pulses. Brasil Brazil envision Nirvana's song so completely opposite to the original that their elegant treatments and classic refurbishments make it seem like a brand new song, one that could have sounded Brasil Brazil's way and it would have made perfect sense. The cha-cha grooves that tree-line "Que Bonito e" are Charo-delicious, and the cheerful tempo of "L-O-V-E" moves in time with one's heartbeat while preening of happiness. The track "A Felicidade" has a modern jazz cut with Brazilian-clad trimmings and tuneful scat motifs while the reclining low-lit modulations of "Contigo Aprendi" is Julio Iglesias- sensitive. The tracks are entertaining while demonstrating the powerful impact that Brazilian-jazz has over people to move them emotionally.
Both Sonia Santos and Ana Gazzola have successful solo careers in Brazil, but joined forces while both were on a club tour and met in Los Angeles. They discovered that their vocal harmonies were nicely aligned and complemented each other beautifully. They formed their own company, Yellow Green Productions which has released their albums under the Brasil Brazil moniker. Their mission has been to put their imprint on Brazilian-jazz history, which they indelibly have done so.


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DescriptionThe game is based on the TV series starring Pamela Anderson about Vallery Irons Protection (V.I.P.) agency.
Movie award ceremony was appointed on this evening. Actor Loyd Bradock has been nominated. But his fiancée told that he was vanished. The famous V.I.P. agency took on this case in 9.05 am. Vallery and her team should find the actor and bring him to the prize-giving ceremony, which begins at 9.00 pm.
So you have to progress in time to success, completing the levels as one of six V.I.P. members. On these levels player should make following actions.
- As Johnny Loh drive in sports car and avoid obstacles.
- Perform a roller-skating as Nikki Franco, while jumping and ducking to avoid the obstacles such as bananas and flying balloons.
- Walk around town, shooting the bad guys with pistol and grenades as Quick Williams.
- Surf in the boat as Val Irons, avoiding the isles and other boats.
- Fly in helicopter as Val Irons, shooting paragliders and enemy boats.
- As Val Irons find the producer progressing to the top level of the story, avoiding or eliminating the enemy robots and guards.
- As Tasha Dexter break through the enemies in Quick Williams` style.
- As Tasha Dexter and Val Irons drive to the producer's Guru in Johnny Loh's style.
- As Val Irons find the producer's Guru descending to the desert's underground and avoiding its inhabitants such as snakes, eagles, bats, etc.
- As Val Irons drive in the sports car again.
- As Val Irons perform a roller-skating in the roller-blades given by Nikki Franco.
- As Val Irons explore the well-guarded villa and find the Loyd Bradock finally.
- As Val Irons bring Loyd Bradock to the ceremony on helicopter, avoiding or eliminating the enemies.
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|64 Power / big.N / N Games
|Jun, 2001
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|Jul 01, 2001
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From dancing to dinosaurs, new world technology to old style storytelling, New Orleans-born ballet and Broadway stars Ian and Eleanor Carney, along with their now Dallas-based choreography colleague, Corbin Popp, have moved from their traditional ballet world into a very different one. Combining their mutual love of visual art, theater and technology, Carney and Popp are the creators of a unique magical experience for all who are young at heart.
Darwin the Dinosaur opens Friday, August 12, at the Contemporary Arts Center (CAC) and plays for the next two weekends only. Featuring their original electronically-lit creations, in essence hi-tech "costumes" covering dancers completely encased in black, their uniquely-created brightly colored crayon-like characters move across the stage telling a wordless story. Their movements are backed by a sound track ranging from traditional ballet scores to works by Henry Mancini to the sounds of Matrix.
From rave review performances across Europe and Asia, from Bogota,Columbia to Munich,Germany and, in October, to upcoming presentations in Moscow and St. Petersburg, Russia, Corbian, as their company is known, is bringing the story of the true meaning of love to the New Orleans stage. What sets their production apart is their use of a product known as EL (electroluminescent) wire. Powered completely by batteries and requiring no other source of power, the wire creates a glow from within the characters, which light up the stage with every movement.
While originally conceived as a performance for adult audiences, the Corbian dancers soon realized the essence of their story would be appealing for children as well. It's a tale that begins with Professor Henslow, a famous scientist with magic powers, putting together a dinosaur creation and bringing it to life. But as Darwin the Dinosaur, initially the professor's pet, learns to take his first steps, his animal instincts soon take over. Realizing he could be in danger from his very own creation, Professor Henslow responds by giving Darwin a heart, creating in him compassion for other beings.
What follows is a visually dazzling, virtuosic performance that shows all in the audience how something new can be learned from even adverse experiences. In true storybook form, it concludes, of course, with a happy ending.
All in all there are 40 characters performed by five actor/dancers in a story that tells of Darwin's life beyond his workshop beginnings; his encounters with many other extraordinary crayon-colored creatures; an epic battle with a red T-Rex complete with Star Wars-type light sticks; and a final demonstration of an act of true love.
At 42 years of age, both Ian Carney and his wife, Eleanor, although still dancing, realized that their successful careers would inevitably slow down as years went by. Both New Orleanians — "I'm a Country Day boy, and she's a McGehee girl," Ian explains – they grew up in artistic families. Ian's father, the great painter Hal Carney, was on the Tulane art faculty for years; his mother is still involved in teaching at Ballet Hysell. Eleanor's mother was a longtime editor and writer, working with the old Dixie Roto magazine in The Times-Picayune.
After several years living in New York and traveling across the country appearing as guest artists with numerous ballet companies and, now, the creators of a new take on wordless storytelling, the Carneys decided to return to New Orleans and make it base camp once more. Their beautiful historic Camp Street home, filled with wonderful family antiques, now shares space with creature parts for The Ugly Duckling, the next EL production they are working on.
"It's great to have one foot in dancing and one foot in choreography," Eleanor says. And while their jobs have taken them all over the world, Ian sums it up for both of them when he says, "It's just so nice to be home in New Orleans."
Darwin the Dinosaur roars into the CAC theater Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays from August 12th to 21st. Tickets are $10 for children 10 and under, $15 for CAC members and students and $18 for general admission. For more information, click here.


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At Citrix Systems, for instance, employees who want more choice than the standard corporate offerings can opt to take a $2100 Citrix check to be spent on the computing gear the worker craves and many are selecting Apples, said Chris Fleck, vice president of community and solutions. Bring Your Own Computer is catching on in business and the big beneficiary seems to be Apple."
At television powerhouse NBC-U, many employees are offered a choice of computers that includes an Apple option, said Marc Siry, a senior vice president, who added he is personally awaiting delivery of a brand-new MacBook Air.
Apple is making an entrance into the enterprise not through the enterprises choice but by their employees personal decisions, added Steve Breiseth, a partner in Reston, VA-based IT consulting firm.
Evidence is that the onslaught will continue. Per data collected by mobility expert Good Technology, over 50 percent of enterprise activations of mobile phones were for devices running Apple iOS in the period June through September.
Still more persuasive are the results from the most recent ITIC/Sunbelt Survey of Apple use in business, which found:
Dont assume, however, that the enterprise is going Apple. Adoption has been slow, clarified Fleck, and Intels Buchholz added that people dont want to replace devices, they want to add companion devices. Devices are becoming niche usage models. That is, many executives do not want to abandon a laptop in favor of an iPad, or throw out a Windows 7 desktop computer in favor of a Mac. What they want is all of the above but deployed for specific tasks.
So it seems. iPhones continue to win enterprise fans, iPads remain atop the wish-list of must-owns, and the inevitable trickle down into actual Mac adoption is definitely occurring in business. The big complications -- and there definitely are some -- of deploying Apples in enterprise come down to two main issues, said the experts:
Device proliferation is what it is, said Bregman. Its just is something we all have to learn to deal with.
Theres an ongoing acceptance that people want to use the devices they prefer, agreed Gary Curtis, chief technology strategy at Accenture and whose research is emphatic that Millennials -- the youngest hires -- are determined to bring their technologies of choice to work.
And that means say hello to Apples in enterprise because, really, its too late to erect a high wall to keep them out.
Robert McGarvey - As a busy freelance writer for more than 30 years, Rob McGarvey has written over 1500 articles for many of the nation's leading publications―from Reader's Digest to Playboy and from the NY Times to Harvard Business Review. McGarvey covers CEOs, business, high tech, human resources, real estate, and the energy sector. A particular specialty is advertorial sections for many top outlets including the New York Times, Crain's New York, and Fortune Magazine.


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The Politics Hour – November 17, 2017
Virginia Democratic Party Chairwoman Susan Swecker is in studio. And Aisha Braveboy, candidate for Prince George's State's Attorney, joins us.
President Barack Obama unveils new proposals to address gun violence. Lance Armstrong comes clean on doping in a two-day television extravaganza. The conflict in Mali spills over to its neighbors, as American hostages are seized in Algeria. It's your turn to offer your take on the issues of the day.
MR. KOJO NNAMDIFrom WAMU 88.5 at American University in Washington, welcome to "The Kojo Nnamdi Show" connecting your neighborhood with the world. It's Your Turn. 800-433-8850 is the number to call. It's Your Turn. You can send us a Tweet at kojoshow, email to email@example.com. Go to our website kojoshow.org and take your turn there, discussing events in the news, topics we have discussed on this broadcast or anything else on your mind. And there is a lot in the news to discuss.
MR. KOJO NNAMDIPresident Obama's proposals on gun control, many of them executed by executive order, others which the Congress of the United States will have to approve. Do you think his chances are good there or not? You can talk about the pushback from the National Rifle Association, invoking the security for the president's children. Often the children of the president are seen as off limits to these discussions but the NRA has brought it up. How do you feel about it, 800-433-8850?
MR. KOJO NNAMDIAnd then a confusing situation in northern Africa in Algeria, apparently in response to the French intervention in Mali, itself controversial, hostages taken in Algeria. Nobody is exactly sure how many, what is happening to them. It is supposedly a radical Islamist group that has done this in retaliation for the French intervention. How do you feel about that situation? How do you feel about the French intervention? As I said, that is controversial.
MR. KOJO NNAMDIThere are those who believe that the French should have intervened in a humanitarian mission. The United States, Spain and others in Europe say they will back the French up but there are those who say that this was an internal matter. The French should not have intervened given its colonial history. Others who say that did you see the response of the people in Mali when the French intervened. They were happy about it.
MR. KOJO NNAMDIAnd then what do you make of the Lance Armstrong coming up interview with Oprah Winfrey? We have not seen it yet but it has been preceded by so much build up and so much publicity that there are those who are saying, I don't need to watch the interviews. I'm not going to watch the interviews anyway because I know everything that's happened so far. And it's been too my hype and it's too calculated. Well, what do you feel, 800-433-8850? It is Your Turn. You can join this conversation.
MR. KOJO NNAMDIAnd then of course the other confusing, bazaar story surrounding Notre Dame football player Manti Te'o. Allow me just to quote from Dave Zirin's piece in National magazine. "If it was a hoax then Manti Te'o, a man who would fall in love online, have a three-year-long distance relationship and nurse a young woman through leukemia without ever seeing her in person should be put in a lab and studied for the greater good."
MR. KOJO NNAMDIThis story clearly has legs and it doesn't look as if the story is over. Manti Te'o claiming that for the past three years he's been having this relationship online with this individual, who even as his own grandmother died, this girlfriend that he has had for the past three years got leukemia. And he was talking to her on the phone all night. He would fall asleep. He said the sound of his breathing helped her to feel better. Then she eventually died and so he came out and played better in the game.
MR. KOJO NNAMDIAnd now all of the authorities at Notre Dame said it was all a hoax perpetrated on him. I don't think we've seen the last of this story because there are those who will say, but how could he go three years without never having seen this person. His father apparently said that she had come to Hawaii and they had met there. And the original story was that they had met after a game that was played in Stanford. But it's your turn to weigh in on any and all of these issues.
MR. KOJO NNAMDIHowever, if you're planning to head downtown on Monday for the inauguration you may way to log onto wamu.org to check out WAMU 88.5's inauguration guide. It includes tips for getting around, navigating traffic and security. We'd also love your help in documenting your experience. If you're a Twitter user you can send us your pictures and tips for getting around by using the hashtag wamuinaug W-A-M-U-I-N-A-U-G. We're building an interactive map of all your feedback plus pictures from the WAMU news team.
MR. KOJO NNAMDIBut now your turn on any of the issues we have discussed or anything else on your mind, 800-433-8850. We will start with E.W. in Bouie, Md. E.W., your turn.
E.W.Hey, Kojo man. That was quite a picture you painted of the young man at Notre Dame. King of comical there. But I'm calling in just as it relates to the GOP, Grand Old Party. It just seems like they've come down on all of the wrong issues. And I've never lived in such a time -- I'm not that old -- to see a political party in the predicament it appears that they're in. I mean, no one will come out and speak against, in their party, Rush Limbaugh.
E.W.They have the NRA running commercials like they just ran with the president's daughters. And then they're for the rich as far as, you know, the majority of the people, 99 or 98 percent, would don't make that amount of money. They're looking to protect that top 1 or 2 percent. And it just seems like they're on the wrong side of so many issues that I'm wondering is this the time when a third party will, you know, evolve. I just wanted to get your thoughts on that, especially the Grand Old Party.
NNAMDIWell, the answer to the last part of your question is I think no. The evolution, if you will, or the emergence of a third party is not yet among the calculations that I, for one, am making about what will happen given the clear divisions within the Republican Party. There are those who feel that the party no longer needs to be seen as the part of no. There are those who feel that the party needs to be more diverse if it is going to win future elections that it has to address issues like immigration. And even as we speak, that internal debate is taking place in the Republican Party.
NNAMDIBut if that debate is going to open up room for the emergence of a third party I don't know whether that party would be a party of the far right or a party of the center. What do you think, E.W.? Oh, E.W. is listening on the radio rather than on the phone. E.W., I'll have to get back to you. I'll put you on hold, but there are others who might want to weigh in on that topic. In the meantime let's move onto Rita in Arlington, Va. Rita, your turn. Hi there, Rita. You're on the air. Go ahead, please.
RITAThank you for taking my call. My comment was about the recent situation in Mali and how it seems impossible for the U.S. to uphold its values fighting al-Qaida and terror wherever it may be worldwide. But also the Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta says he will, you know, abstain from engaging with Mali and putting boots on the ground there. It just seems like a paradox that the U.S. really can't do both.
NNAMDIWell, boots on the ground in Mali I suspect harbors for many people the memory of boots on the ground in Somali. And because the U.S. got in a situation in Somali which it clearly did not quite understand and clearly couldn't figure out how to operate in that situation, there is a reluctance to put boots on the ground in an area like Mali where the U.S. has been reported, I think, in the New York Times that still doesn't quite understand the situation.
NNAMDIThe French having been a colonial power in that region probably understands the situation better. And I suspect that the U.S. is allowing France to lead because of that reason. But putting boots on the ground in Mali, I suspect some people feel, Rita, would be way too hasty. What do you say?
RITAI agree with you in that sense, however it seems like what just happened in Algeria, this is becoming a transnational issue. So the kidnappers in Algeria said this is in retaliation for what France and its supporters did in Mali. So...
NNAMDIIt is clearly a transnational issue of course. Algeria borders -- is on Mali's northern border. By the way, here's the latest. Some of the foreigners taken hostage by Islamist militants at the Algerian gas plant have been freed in an operation by the Algerian army, that from the country state-run news agency. But there are reports of casualties. The operation freed two Britains, a Kenyan and a French citizen, that according to the Algerian press service. That report also saying there are a number of casualties in the action but the exact number not yet known. CNN could not independently confirm that report.
NNAMDICNN affiliate BFM TV reported that the French citizen is a nurse who worked on that site. Those are details, but as it stands the situation is still so confusing that I would say that most of the reports coming out of there should not be taken as reliable at this point. But, Rita, I interrupted your point.
RITANo. It was that it just seems like the region as a whole, the north African and parts of east Africa are becoming more embroiled and entangled together with one another. And that the U.S., as much as it doesn't want to become involved is, I think in many cases, like those kidnapping cases, will be forced to become involved.
NNAMDII guess, but the debate is over the nature of the involvement. I suspect that after Iraq and Afghanistan the U.S. does not want to be bogged down. And the American people probably do not have an appetite for a prolonged stay in any of the countries. So the U.S. working with its allies is trying to figure out ways of fighting what is clearly, as you point out, an international event and international struggle taking place in Mali, and now in Algeria as we speak. But, Rita, thank you very much for your call.
NNAMDIIt is Your Turn. You can speak on this issue or on anything else on your mind by calling 800-433-8850 or by going to our website kojoshow.org and joining the conversation there, or sending us an email to firstname.lastname@example.com. Here now is DJ in Washington, D.C. DJ, your turn.
DJHey, Kojo. How are you doing this morning?
NNAMDII'm doing well.
DJGreat. Listen, I just wanted to comment about the recent NRA advertisement about President Obama's children and they're being under security. But it's my understanding that is constitutionally mandated that his entire family has to be under Secret Service protection. And for this person to bring that up, he just shows a lack of ignorance on his part in addition to the apparent racism that's there because no other child -- president's child has been subjected to such harassment because they're under Secret Service protection.
NNAMDIWell, I don't know if it's in the Constitution, but it is certainly the traditional practice that all of the presidents' and vice-presidents' family get protection from the Secret Service. And the president and his wife, of course, even get that protection after they leave office for the rest of their lives. So I think the NRA clearly wanted to make a point that this, in a way, is about children in school and that the president's children are in school and they get a special kind of protection.
NNAMDIBut as you pointed out, not only does that happen on a regular basis, but bringing the president's specific children into a conversation is often seen as off limits, especially when you use the president children.
DJYeah, that should definitely be off limits. It always is. It always has been. And it's time in this country for, you know, a serious debate about racism and from a historical perspective. And one of my things -- main things is I would say bring up the fact that African Americans were born here against their will, stripped of their language, culture, identity and enslaved.
NNAMDIYeah, but what...
DJWhy do you hate them? What did they do to you?
NNAMDIWell, DJ, what would you say to African American Republicans like, I guess, the former Congressman Alan West, who believed that President Obama is a socialist?
DJWell, I think he's kind of maybe mildly retarded.
NNAMDINo. Well, he is out of office and Congressman West says that he will not be running for reelection in 2014. And while there has been some indication that some of the vitriol that has been directed at President Obama and the First Family may be based on race. In large measure a lot of it seems to be also on the basis of ideology. But, DJ, thank you for your call. We've got to take a short break.
NNAMDIWhen we come back, it will continue to be Your Turn this entire hour. Whether you want to talk about Lance Armstrong, whether you want to talk about Notre Dame football player Manti Te'o, whether you want to talk about the president and gun control or Mali or anything else on your mind, 800-433-8850. I'm Kojo Nnamdi.
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NNAMDINow it is on to Jerry in Bethesda, Md. Jeri, your turn. Hi, Jeri. Are you there?
JERII am here (unintelligible) .
NNAMDIGo right ahead, Jeri.
JERIHi. I'm calling in regards to do with Manti.
JERII actually had the pleasure of talking to somebody who was a lifetime friend of his from Hawaii (unintelligible) . So he's actually out here on a mission.
NNAMDIWell, the speculation is that if this is indeed a hoax that the perpetrator of this hoax may be a lifetime friend of his. But go ahead, please.
JERIWell, what he was -- and that may be but he was saying that this is not anything that he could imagine that Manti would ever do. It's not in his nature. That he's kind of a sweet innocent kind of guy. And that he hopes that people take a step back before they make any judgments about his friend, that they give him the benefit of the doubt. Because to mention him in the same kind of thing about hoaxes and things as Lance Armstrong, he thinks is very unfair.
NNAMDIWell, I suspect there are a lot of people who feel that way but there has also been criticism of officials at Notre Dame who have sprung to Manti's defense in ways that they -- and called for an independent private investigation in ways that they didn't when a woman who ultimately committed suicide claimed that she was raped by a Notre Dame football player. And so they are, I guess, suspicious of the kind of culture of the football team that immediately accepts the word of a player in one situation and tends not to accept the word of outsiders in another situation.
NNAMDIBut if, as you say, those people who may know Mani Te'o well say he is not likely to be a part of this, they could be right. My own feeling is that we have not heard the last of this, Jeri.
JERIOh, I absolutely agree with you. I absolutely agree with you. And I think that culture -- many football teams in the past couple years have shown, you know, whether it's high school or college, that it's got its own culture that doesn't necessarily equate with that with the rest of society. But in this particular instance, you know, he just asked that people hold their judgment until everybody is heard and the truth is known, is all.
NNAMDIThank you very much. And that sounds like an excellent idea, Jeri. Thank you very much for your call. Of course you know, given the proliferation of blogs and Tweets that there are, that everybody is not going to hold their judgment before this is over. But it would be good if they did. Thank you very much for your call. We move on now to Ben in Centerville, Va. Ben, you're on the air. Go ahead, please.
BENWell, thanks for taking my call, Kojo.
NNAMDIYou're welcome.
BENI think the point behind the NRA's commercial was they were trying to sort of say that if the president can have armed guards in the school to protect, you know, their children than we should have armed guards in the school to protect our children. But I think they're sort of missing the point, you know, about the intensive training that the Secret Service goes through to be able to do that. And teachers don't have that training.
BENSo they've completely, you know, lost the point that you don't really want guns in the hands of teachers in a school.
NNAMDIWell, I think there is widespread acceptance of the notion of armed guards in school. You can find armed police officers in schools in the District of Columbia, public schools most days, any day of the week here. So I don't think there's widespread objection to that. More controversial, as you pointed out, is whether or not teachers and school administrators should also be armed in this situation.
NNAMDIWhat do you feel about the proposals being offered by the NRA? I'm not sure they are proposals but they are saying that we are addressing the wrong issue. What we should be fixing is the country's, in their words, broken mental health care system.
BENWell, I think their point behind that is that, you know, they keep saying that banning assault weapons and things like that won't fix the whole problem. But, you know, as a parent, if that stops one kid from dying -- you know, you're not really losing anything by banning assault rifles, but if the benefit is stopping one child from dying I think it's worth it.
NNAMDIOkay. Ben, thank you very much for your call. It's Your Turn. You can offer your opinion too. Let's go to Iman in Chantilly, Va. Iman, you're on the air. Go ahead, please.
IMANGood afternoon, Kojo. Thank you for taking my call.
NNAMDIYou're welcome.
IMANI just want to say to you that today, as we speak, our president is here. We have a president in Somalian -- Somalia to have a president is first time, election by people. And I want to say one thing about Mali. I think what French is doing is exactly what should happen in Somalia. When Somalia was felling their government had we -- had International Community involved in Somalia, Somalia were to have a government 20 years ago.
IMANSo this so called Islamist, what they do to their own people, they massacre them. And you know what's going to happen. People will flee their neighbors and those countries or neighbors will suffer also. So somebody has to do some action before this thing goes further.
NNAMDIThere are those who feel that the African Union should have been leading on this, if there was to be any action, others who feel that a negotiated settlement was possible. Do you think either of those solutions could have worked here?
IMANWell, Africans usually, it takes a long time because when you're dealing African countries it always -- it takes long time to solve the problem. But somebody has to act before -- the French government can do something right now and then they can give the power to African Union. Just like what's happened in Somalia. Right now, as you know, Somalia, Ugandan, you know, troops are there and they help that government.
IMANBut I will tell you this. I support wholeheartedly as we as Africans we suffer based on religion because a lot of people use the religion to massacre people. And I've been telling you after Somalia for 22 years, we suffer for religion issues. Now that we have a government I hope the International Community that now that our president is here they will support financially and stand by this president. Because at lest you have to start somewhere somehow.
IMANAnd I tell you one thing, I hope that you invite him on your show so you will understand more about what's happened in Somalia because he's a brilliant man and we support him. And I hope that we stand up with him.
NNAMDIThe president of Somalia, if he makes himself available, we will be happy to have him as a guest on the show at some point. Iman, thank you very much for your call. Onto Michael in Bethesda, Md. Michael, your turn.
MICHAELGood afternoon, Kojo. I just got back from an event, Money Out, Voters In in Annapolis. And it was very successful. Congressman Sarbanes spoke as well as Senator Ruskin and several others. Very outspoken on the issue. One thing missing, though, was Republican support. Three years after Citizens United, I'm curious, especially after the primaries where everyone was cutting themselves off at the knees, how we can get Republican legislators on our side on this issue.
MICHAELI think it's something like 69 percent of Tea Partiers oppose the Citizens United decision. But there doesn't seem to be this groundswell of support with legislators or, you know, civil society groups on the right sight of the spectrum.
NNAMDIWhy do you think that is, Michael?
MICHAELWell, that was my question to you. Unfortunately, I...
NNAMDINo, it's your turn, not mine.
MICHAELI don't quite understand it because I think in the primaries for the presidential election we saw how these groups were ticking each other off and then, you know, giving money to people who they were defaming previously. And I don't know what logical sense it makes for the Republican Party. And I know it harms our democracy. So, you know, the perception of corruption sometimes is enough to create cynicism in our society.
MICHAELAnd I hoped the citizens would all stand up for that before these other substantive issues get too big to fall.
NNAMDIThat's a good hope, Michael, but on what other issues do you see Democrats and Republicans coming together outside of trying to keep money out of politics? It seems to suggest that if they're not coming together on gun control, if they're not coming together on the fiscal cliff, if they're not coming together on health care, if they're not coming together on immigration, what leads you to believe that they will come together on money and politics?
MICHAELWell, I think it's for the citizens to lead. And unfortunately with gerrymandering, a lot of the elections only really matter in the primaries, at least for Congress. And it's unfortunate but you see in Virginia, you know, a lot more people vote for the presidential elections than they do for the local or even congressional elections.
NNAMDIBut what do you say the citizens themselves seem to be divided along partisan lines?
MICHAELBut that's the thing, they're not. Even Republican citizens, when they're told, are corporations people or they're told money is speech, they disagree. And I don't know if it's a messaging problem or the propaganda has gotten so good…
NNAMDIWell, could it be a problem of fundamental distrust that if there is a perception that any event is being organized by the other side, one side simply won't participate?
MICHAELOh, and I think that's demonizing that the money in politics has helped to generate so that these politicians don't sit down and have dinner, you know, talk and come to some reasonable agreements. But unfortunately they keep worrying about primary challengers. And it's very disconcerting because I think the Republicans lost more than anyone else in the presidential election with the superPACs. And, you know, thing were not great before the Citizens United decision. But now, you know, a cynic, you know, is likely just to give up. And it's hard. And this is going to be a long fight. But I was hoping...
NNAMDIWell, Michael...
MICHAEL...you would have insight for Republicans and how to, you know, get them to realize this is in their own self interest as a party.
NNAMDI...well Michael, you are clearly no cynic and I would suggestion to Republicans and Democrats alike that they need more people like you, people who are not cynics and are prepared to have dialogue across party lines. Michael, thank you very much for your call. It's your turn. You too can call us at 800-433-8850 or send email to firstname.lastname@example.com to discuss events in the news, recent issues discussed on this broadcast or anything else on your mind. Speaking of recent issues discussed on this broadcast, I think that's what Ben in Columbia, Md. would like to talk about. Ben, your turn.
BENHi Kojo, good to be with you. I wanted to bring up two really quick things. The first one is, I've heard a couple of callers talk about Republicans in a very interesting way, almost in the third party as thought they were wishing they could go and talk with these Republicans somewhere. And I'm sure that people are willing to discuss things and engage in dialogue. So my first thought is, as one, I enjoy political conversation. I think those are healthy things to have.
BENThe other thing I wanted to talk about though is on gun control. I think it's -- I'm always an idealist and I'm always hoping for some solution that makes everybody happy, even thought that rarely happens. And I heard just recently -- or I read an article somewhere and I don't know where I saw it. It was talking about the technology that would allow guns to only fire when they're being held by their owner.
NNAMDIYeah, that was mentioned on the broadcast we had, I guess it was yesterday.
BENAnd I just -- I mean, if you think about -- and I do want to say this. As tragic as the recent shootings have been, they're so small in comparison with how many shootings happen on a regular basis that when you look at something like that -- I mean, I'm curious to know, would the NRA be opposed to something like that? Would they be okay with something like that? In some ways all it does it really punish the people who are stealing guns, which is what they've been saying all along. So I would imagine that they would be supportive of it.
BENI don't know how reliable the technology is but, you know, that's something that I -- if it works I think could really help all sides. It really could make a lot of people happy.
NNAMDIWell, I suspect that that technology is probably available even as we speak. But one argument against it would be if only the registered owner of the gun can use it, what happens if another member of the household, who happens to be there by himself or herself needs to use it to defend themselves against intruders or attackers?
BENI think the easy way to do it is the same way you would add somebody to an insurance policy or anything else. You'd say, we are registering this for the entire family or we are registering this for, you know, whoever needs to be registered for it. And then that also makes sure that, you know, the son or the brother or the uncle or whoever else is going to have access to this gun also gets a background check, also gets a...
NNAMDIAlso have their digital fingerprints being able to...
NNAMDI...activate the weapon or not.
BENWhenever there's a crime committed with that weapon, it can be tracked to the people who own the gun, A, but being more...
NNAMDIWell, not whenever there's a crime committed. Whenever the gun is used, period.
BENExactly. So even before the crime is committed, you're going to be preventing all of those kinds of things. My guess is that most of the guns that are being used anyway are stolen in terms of typical guns crimes. And so this would reduce a lot of that very, very quickly.
NNAMDIWell, I am not sure I guess on -- that the research has been conducted that would say that such a system can be put in place and be viable immediately. But yes, it would be interesting to hear the reaction of all concerned in a situation like that. But Ben, thank you very much for your call. On Your Turn we go now to Patricia in Silver Spring, Md. Patricia, you're on the air. Go ahead, please.
PATRICIAHi, Kojo. Great show and I'm sorry I missed your show yesterday, so I don't know if you brought up the president's gun control statements that he made yesterday.
NNAMDIWe did indeed.
PATRICIAI got so many Twitter emails and just everything about him ignoring the African American kid who was there. I think that kid must've been devastated when he got back home. Did you see it yesterday?
NNAMDII did not see the news conference and therefore do not know exactly what you're talking about. Describe it for me, please.
PATRICIAWell, there were four kids the president had behind him. He acknowledged all three except this one African American boy. And he just was standing there like almost waiting for the president to call out his name and say why I'm here, but it never happened.
PATRICIAAnd I just wondered if you saw it, and apparently you didn't. And I just wondered if it was an oversight on the president's part or if the kid was there and he just was not acknowledged for whatever reason. But I guess you hadn't heard or hadn't seen the conference -- press conference.
NNAMDISounds like -- well, allow me to comment without seeing it as Spike Lee did with "Django Unchained." He never saw it, but he commented. Seems like a case of oversight to me in this situation...
PATRICIAAnd the last thing I want to mention about that...
NNAMDIBecause -- wait a minute it seems like a case of oversight to me in this situation because the inference that I'm drawing from you is that the African American president ignored an African American kid because the kid is African American. And that doesn't make sense to me any kind of way.
PATRICIA(unintelligible) if you acknowledge all three and you miss this one who's African American, I don't know what you read into that.
NNAMDII don't read anything into it except maybe an oversight. But to read into...
PATRICIAThat's what I thought. Okay. Anyway, to gun control...
NNAMDI...to read into it that it had to do with race, come on.
PATRICIA...and having armed guards in schools.
NNAMDIYes, please.
PATRICIAWhen I was growing up, we did have police officers in schools. And I think a lot of the...
NNAMDIOfficer Friendly, no doubt.
PATRICIASay it again.
NNAMDIOfficer Friendly. Remember the Officer Friendly program?
PATRICIAAbsolutely. So that's what I think is needed more. I know in D.C. public schools that's we had. We had Officer Friendly. And I think when we talk about armed guards maybe we should just say policing more. And I'm going to get off and listen. Thanks.
NNAMDIOkay. Thank you very much. I think, however, what people are talking about these days is not so much Officer Friendly as Officer Well-Armed and being able to protect students in that situation, and, of course, from a public policy standpoint and the amount it would cost to have that in every school, most officials in states and counties and cities will say, well, we can't afford to do that, but the NRA seems to feel it can be done, and so it and its supporters may have ways of how one would be able to finance a situation like that.
NNAMDIBut thank you very much for your call. We've got to take a short break. If you have called, stay on the line. It is your turn. 800-433-8850. Anything on your mind. If the lines are busy, send us an email to firstname.lastname@example.com, a tweet @kojoshow, or say it on our website, kojoshow.org. I'm Kojo Nnamdi.
NNAMDIWelcome back to Your Turn where you set the agenda with your phone calls, emails, tweets, or comments on our website. We got an email or -- oh, we got -- this is really from a Slashdot post by Hugh Pickens about something we were discussing earlier. It says "One area of active research is known as the smart gun, a trigger identification system that prevents a gun from being fired by anyone other than its authorized user. Researchers at the New Jersey Institute of Technology created a working prototype of a gun that determines whether or not to fire based on a user's grip pattern.
NNAMDI"So why aren't gun makers making safer guns? Because guns are exempt from most of the consumer safety laws that have improved the rest of American life. The Consumer Products Safety Commission charged with looking over thousands of different kinds of products is explicitly prohibited from regulating firearms. In 2005, Congress passed, and President George W. Bush signed, the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act which immunizes gun makers against lawsuits resulting from misuse of the products.
NNAMDI"If they can't be sued and can't be regulated, gun makers have no incentive to make smarter guns." That's from, as I said, a Slashdot post by Hugh Pickens. Now, once again, your turn. This time we start with Todd in Bethesda, Md. Todd, you're on the air. Go ahead, please.
TODDHi, sir. Thanks for taking my call.
NNAMDIYou're welcome.
TODDI was calling with a couple points in reference one of your listener's comments. He talked about the fact that the president's daughters were the first ones to ever be mentioned by name, or to be addressed. But if you look back at George W. Bush's children, both Jenna and Barbara, they were constantly in the press, especially during their time when they were in college, and the same thing was unfortunately true for Chelsea Clinton during the Clinton Administration.
TODDSo I would like to think it wasn't racially motivated that the NRA brought his children into it. I don't they should have necessarily, but I think that's always going to be an unfortunate byproduct of children that are in the White House.
NNAMDIWell, I agree with you. I don't think it was racially motivated at all. I think the distinction between the Bush daughters and Chelsea Clinton is that they got into the news while they were college for aspects of their social life that were played out in public. I think what, if not that caller, others may object to in the NRA is the use of the president's children while they are still not -- while they are still under 18 years old and in school in a political discussion is what people are objecting, too.
TODDSee, I don't disagree with that at all. What I think they -- the comments that they should have made, are that multiple politicians have their children going to private schools that are guarded by private security firms that do have weapons to protect their children. And at the same time that their children are afforded these protections of these armed guards, the same politicians are saying that our children should not be protected by armed guards in similar schools, public schools or private schools that our children go to.
TODDI think that may have been a better way for them to present their argument with respect to that, not specifically naming the president's children.
NNAMDIBut you know, Todd, what's a broader issue that I have been complaining about for years when it comes to politicians leaving their children out of politics, or politicians' children not being included in political discussion, that when a politician decides to run for office, and the first thing they show you is pictures of their family and the family pets all in the picture. Then they have exposed all of those people to the political discussion because they're using them to win office.
NNAMDIThey want to show you that I'm a good parent and I even have good stewardship of my dog, so in a way, that makes everybody in that photo open territory, but that's another story.
TODDSo they pick and choose when it's appropriate for them to do so.
NNAMDIThat's true. But that's another story. Todd, thank you very much for your call. We go on now to Leslie in Middleburg, Va. Leslie, you're on the air. Go ahead, please.
LESLIEHey, Kojo. Thanks for taking my call.
NNAMDIYou're welcome.
LESLIEAnd I'm so glad to see that the situation in Mali and the Sahel in Africa is finally getting into the public conversation here, because...
NNAMDIWell, for all the wrong reasons, I guess, yeah.
LESLIEYeah. But 10 months ago, this humanitarian crisis started unfolding. I mean, more than 500,000 people have left Mali and are Burkina Faso, they're in Niger, they're in Mauritania, or they're displaced within Mali. And it just hasn't been making the news. And did you know that 80 percent of those people are women are children who have fled? It just -- it's unconscionable to me that we can't have a discussion about it before heavy war fighting equipment comes in.
LESLIEI mean, agencies in the United Nations, the UNHCR, the Red Cross, Plan International, have been struggling to get funding to help these people, and we just -- no one seems to really care.
NNAMDITo what extent is that our fault, Leslie? Because one of the problems we're looking at is that news bureaus around the country have been cutting back on their foreign news bureaus around the world because of internal financial pressures in major newspapers and in television news coverage internationally. And the other reason is because, well, we just don't seem to be as interested in those areas of the world unless there's a crisis that somehow involves us. Are we partially to blame for this?
LESLIEI think that -- I mean, the United States used to be so externally facing, and it seems like we've really gone internally facing unless it is somehow connected to al Qaida and terrorism. To me, it's people who are suffering, and we need to look at that basic human needs that are not being met and achieved, and we should care about that. It just seems like we have the capacity to care about that, and that if we really want to reduce poverty and reduce risk, we should be caring about that all the time.
NNAMDIWhat is...
LESLIEIt is a shame because, you're right, media doesn't have the resources. What does the Washington Post have on the ground in Africa, one or two people?
NNAMDIYeah. Leslie, what it is that fuels your own interest in these matters?
LESLIEPardon me?
NNAMDIWhat it is that fuels your interest in these countries and in what's going on there?
LESLIEBecause I read about the suffering of people who are just like me. They're moms, and they're trying to get their kids to school. They're trying to get them fed every day. They're trying to make sure that they don't get sick from the flu or some other sort of disease that could be prevented in better conditions, and I see that connection. I see that -- I look at my little girl, and I look at the conversations that happen here, and sometimes you look at some of the political conversations and it doesn't seem like we're that far away from some of the extremism that we see elsewhere in the world, but, oh, it's not in my backyard kind of conversations. I think we need to look so more globally and actually locally and globally.
NNAMDIWell, you have figured out how to connect your neighborhood with the world. It's something that we try to do here every day. Not sure we always succeed, but Leslie, thank you very much for your call. We move on now to Sharon in Columbia, Md. Sharon, you're on the air. Go ahead, please.
SHARONHi Kojo. Thank you for taking my call. I'd like to know, there was more than 300 million guns in this country, and is this the kind of society that we want to have, we want to have a guard at every school, at every movie theater, every hospital, or is there a solution for this? There are other countries that people have mental sicknesses, and they don't have this problem. There are more than 30,000 people are dying by guns in this country if you look at the statistics, and is this what we want?
SHARONAnd I don't really understand what people are arguing about assault weapons and what the president is asking. What he is asking is really the minimum that you can ask, and there is still problems with that. I just don't understand. Is this where we want to be?
NNAMDIWell, there was an op ed piece, I think, in the New York Times today by the Australian Prime Minister who managed to get assault rifles banned in Australia after a particularly heinous crime in which some, I think, 35 people were killed, and he was essentially making the argument that if he could do it in a country where people tend to treasure their gun ownership, especially in non-urban areas, as people in this country, then he feels that it can be done here also. Do you?
SHARONI think so, too. I think there should be no problem. It's just I don't understand what the resistance is. And I do understand the NRA lobbyists are there and the Congress people are really listening to them because it's in their advantage, but for average Americans, that's what I don't understand, what the average Americans are getting from this, because this is not what I want for my society. This is not what I want my kids to go to school being afraid and having guards at the school, at the hospital, or anywhere they go.
NNAMDII suspect that nobody wants that. What we disagree over is how to get to that point. But Sharon, thank you very much for your call. Here now is Chris is Baltimore, Md. Chris, your turn.
CHRISGood afternoon, Kojo. Thanks for taking my call.
NNAMDIYou're welcome.
CHRISWhat I'm calling about is ironic. A couple callers ago, before your break, you had a caller mention an African-American boy that might not have been paid attention to at that press conference.
NNAMDIThat the president apparently did not introduce, yes.
CHRISCorrect. And I'm unaware of that, but the irony is, is what I called about is the absence of African-American voices in this national conversation about gun issues.
NNAMDINAACP, man. Haven't you heard from them?
CHRISWell, I mean, in -- when we talk about the Second Amendment, how it was -- why it was actually created, the timing of it, it being established just on the heels of the initial talks of slavery abolition, the entire scope of what we're talking about, we don't have enough voices in this conversation to have a real substantive conversation about not gun ownership, but the value of life. Second-degree murders, I don't understand why we're not including -- my point is, when we value all life, then every life is better protected.
CHRISWhen we value some over others, you look at in Chicago they reached 500 murders for last year. In Baltimore they had the summit on gun violence the other day, and the irony in that is, just within a five- to 10-mile radius of Johns Hopkins where they had the summit, the murder rate is incredible, and yet they had a summit on gun violence on the heels of Newtown, which was absolutely tragic. So when we leave out the people who are most affected by the immediate conversation, how substantive can we be?
NNAMDIYou make a good point. The -- of course, the reason we know that Chicago had more than 500 homicides last year is because it was widely reported in the media on the front page of some major newspapers in this country. The homicide rate in places like Baltimore and other places also has been reported, and the gun control discussion, I suspect the organizations like the NAACP that participate in that discussion do participate in that discussion because of their concerns about the disproportionate number of African-Americans in general, and young African-American males in particular who end up being both the victims and the perpetrators of some of the gun violence that we see.
NNAMDISo I do think that they are involved in the discussion, but maybe not in the way and not as prominently featured as you would like to see.
CHRISWell, I certainly respect your response to that, and I would reply with in a holistic discussion, the discussion has to involve gun control on one hand, but we also never talk (unintelligible) in African-American community. When we talk -- everybody in these discussions will say that we -- while we absolutely respect the Second Amendment, well, then we should also discuss the right (unintelligible) and that discussion never takes place when, again, African-Americans historically are the ones who are primarily affected by whether it's the need for self defense or the fact that aggression...
NNAMDIWell, this week in the Washington Post, Courtland Milloy did a column in which he quoted an individual from Louisiana who remembered the deacons for self defense when African-Americans formed it to protect themselves against attack by racists and the Klan in Louisiana. But I'll say to you what I said about that column and the comments on that column, and that is that what we are dealing with here are proposals for limitations on specific types of weapons.
NNAMDIIf what we think we're having is a discussion about whether or not guns should be removed from all hands and all homes in the United States, then it is my understanding that that is not the discussion that we are having right now. There seems to be general agreement among all of the powers that be that the Second Amendment does allow Americans to possess arms. I don't think that's the discussion we're having. Do you think that's the discussion we're having, Chris?
CHRISWell, I don't -- I know you can't spend but so much time with me, so just to close, I would like, again, what I see at the heart of the issue -- the discussion is a surface discussion because, again, it's talking about ownership as opposed to the value of life.
CHRISSo at the heart, I think that has to become the discussion is if you, again, value every life so that in (unintelligible) there's no second-degree murder. If you intentionally kill someone, you should receive a maximum penalty. That's the other part that's being left out is sentencing guidelines that are being (unintelligible) this is a very big discussion that's being...
NNAMDIIt is. You...
CHRIS...held expediently for political reasons.
NNAMDIIt is a very big discussion, and I wouldn't say it's being held expediently for political reasons. It's being held because there was the kind of mass killing and tragedy that draws the attention not only of politicians, but the entire citizenry, in this case, as a matter fact, the entire world was drawn to this discussion and this situation, and that's one of the reasons we're having the conversation, I think, that we're having right now. But Chris, thank you so much for joining that conversation, and I'm afraid we are just about out of time at this point.
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The number of people living in D.C. is booming, and so too is the number of rats. Kojo talks about how D.C.'s rodent problem is affecting the city and what's being done to fight off the pests.
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Top 5 Things You Can Do to Find Your Lost Pet
Let's face it.
Life's not perfect. If it were:
1) There would be never a time when you go to the bathroom and the toilet paper is out.
2) Your dog's fart would smell like roses, every time.
3) You would never hit a red light at the intersection while driving, or any traffic on the highway … like in LA (yes, that was a joke)
Unfortunately, life isn't perfect and things sometimes just don't go the way you planned.
Just like when your pet goes missing.
As July 4th weekend passes, you'll notice a lot more "Missing Cat/Dog" signs all over your neighborhood.
And it's no mystery: dogs and cats are quite afraid of fireworks.
The most common thing people do to find their pet? Posters, flyers, and of course, check the shelter.
But here are several steps I have personally taken to find a friend's dog after New Year's Eve
1) Post on Craigslist
Yeap, believe it or not. This is about 10,000x more effective, faster, AND cheaper than the traditional flyers and posters.
Key to getting the most "views" by the craigslist community?
a) Be as DESCRIPTIVE as possible:
– what: dog's name, what he looks like, any special markings
– where: where was your pet lost and what neighborhoods does your pet frequent
– how: how exactly was your pet lost
– anything interesting about your pet: special traits, markings, etc.
b) Use PICTURES
Pictures are worth a 1000.. no.. 1,000,000 words. Don't be stingy. Post any many as you can.
c) Include a phone number, NOT just an email
Phone will NEVER replace email as the fastest form of communication.
Don't be shy about putting your phone number. And if you're worried about privacy…
1) come on, get REAL. it's your beloved PET.
2) seriously, you ain't special. No one's gonna stalk you. Relax.
And if some telemarketer calls you, you can always ask them to kindly remove your number from their list otherwise face the wrath of FTC down their throat.
One time, I had a telemarketer trying to sell his "pet detective" service to me. $500 up front.
If that happens to you, you can say something along the line of
You: Oh you wanna capitalize on my desperation? How about instead you plant tulips.
Telemarketer: Tulips?
You: Plant tu-lips on my ASS.
I digress. Oh, what was I saying?
Oh yeah, make sure to post in BOTH lost & found AND pet section.
You gotta be careful as to not post EXACT same stuff in both section, otherwise those trigger happy craiglist people will click on "spam/duplicate content" button and BOTH your listings will come down.
2) Ask your friends to SHARE the Craiglist post on Twitter, Facebook, Youtube, or wherever your friends "hang out".
Remember, the more exposure you have.. the better the chance.
Here's the thing: because of the nature of these social media, you have to RE-POST every couple of hours otherwise your post will get pushed down eventually and no one will see your stuff.
So don't worry about whether or not your friends think it's annoying that you're re-posting.
If your friends are annoyed about you caring for your beloved pet and wanting to have a piece of your life back safe, then they're probably not your real friends anyway. (Yes, make some new friends!)
Point here is to
spam share your post with your friends AND ask them to re-share (facebook and twitter make this super easy to do so).
3) Search Craigslist
Yeap. Just because you have posted doesn't mean that the people who might have found your pet actually read it.
You have to diligently go through the listings (both in pets AND lost & found section).
4) Search websites where people go to report lost pets
Although their data is not as up to date or as extensive as people posting on craigslist, it is worthwhile to try
- Pet Finder
- Pet Harbor
- Your local humane society or animal shelter – Go to your favorite search engine and type "
animal shelter" or " animal shelter".. or " ASCPA". For example, "New York City animal shelter"
Don't expect these sites to have their data up to date since they get swamped with lost pet info, especially on days that are known for fireworks (JUly 4th, New Years, etc.)
5) Usual low tech methods
- Visit the local animal shelter right when they open AND righ before they close – The animal control people drop off lost pets in batches, so there's no point in going there every hour or staying there
- Instead of posters, try sending flyer to every house in your neighborhood (or whatever vicinity you think your pet might have covered).
- Walk and shout your pet's name – Yes, this sounds "primitive" but would you rather look primitive/foolish, or would you rather find your pet?
- Ask any and EVERY stranger (in the general vicinity) if they have seen your pet or might know anyone who may have seen your pet.
Most importantly, stay CALM and be persistent.
The more you freak out, the more you will stress out. The more you stress out, the faster you will lose energy.
Remember to stay calm and focus, and be persistent.
Your pet is waiting patiently for you to find it.
Don't expect this to be easy.
Don't expect this to be a walk in the park.
Don't expect people to know how you feel (because they won't)
Do be relentless
Do ask for lots of help to lots of people
Do stay hydrated and eat every couple of hours (you will constantly be on the move)
Do hope for the best (meditate .. or pray if you believe in God)
I have personally experienced a lost of a beloved dog, and it's probably one of the most trying experiences of my life.
With the right mind, the right attitude, and the right strategy, you WILL once again be reunited with your love.
I hope for the best for you and your family,
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Karen Ling has been named senior vice president and chief human resources officer at New York-headquartered Forest Laboratories Inc. Ling is responsible for leading the company's HR organization, including talent management, compensation and staffing, leadership development and staffing. She was most recently senior vice president of human resources for Merck & Co.'s global human health and consumer care businesses worldwide. Before taking on that role, she was the organization's vice president of compensation and benefits. Prior to that, she was group vice president of global compensation and benefits at Schering-Plough Corp. Ling has also held various positions of responsibility in human resources at Wyeth Pharmaceuticals.
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Evan Glazer (aka Dinoman) teaches mathematics and coaches cross country, math team, and scholastic bowl at Glenbrook South High School in Glenview, Illinois. He belongs to the Metropolitan Mathematics Club of Chicago, the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, and the Illinois Council of Teachers of Mathematics. He has been an instructor for the Fermilab National Laboratory high school honors program for particle physics, and a calculus teacher at University High School in Urbana, Illinois. He earned his undergraduate and graduate degrees at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
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Evan has given over twenty Internet presentations and workshops at local, state, national, and international conferences (see his Vita for details), and also "Internet Projects and Activities for your Classroom," a presentation given at the NCTM annual conference in Minneapolis. In these presentations, he has shared projects and provided references to other K-12 mathematics Internet resources. He has also taught introductory HTML in workshops and courses for participants interested in creating their own Web pages.
Over the past four years, Evan has designed nearly a dozen Internet networking activities and student projects that make use of real world applications, collecting data and making connections within mathematics. He says that "the utility of the World Wide Web has made these projects enjoyable, convenient, and rewarding for me and my students in mathematics classes spanning from low-level algebra to advanced placement calculus." This summer he would like to enhance these projects by finding additional sources where students can find information and data related to automobiles, weather, population, fractals, currency, and unit conversions. He is also interested in pursuing additional "real-world" data sources.
Evan would also like to investigate issues related to adopting Web policies and guidelines for his school, posing the question, "what issues are most relevant when promoting and prohibiting information placed on the Web?"
Evan writes that his favorite Web activities are "What a Steal! or What a Ripoff?" and "Only if Nice Weather Could Last Year Round." In these activities, students collect data from the Web and find a mathematical pattern that will help them make a prediction for a future outcome. Evan says "the students enjoy the activities because they use real-world information and apply it to their own interests. The finished product is often a creative story which entails a synthesis of useful mathematics." Evan is interested in exploring more Web activities that can foster these learning outcomes in the summer Institute.
Other Web pages by Evan include:
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- If you are interested in Internet research, you can read an abstract of Evan's thesis, An Analysis of Discourse on an Internet-Based Listserv for Mathematics Educators.
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Point guard
Spurs: 9 Tony Parker (6-2, 10th yr)
Cavs: 2 Mo Williams (6-1, 8th yr)
Parker did not play in either game against Cavaliers last season.
Shooting guard
Spurs: 20 Manu Ginobili (6-6, 9th yr)
Cavs: 18 Anthony Parker (6-6, 8th yr)
Last season, Ginobili totaled 68 points, made 10 of 16 3-pointers vs. Cavs.
Small forward
Spurs: 24 Richard Jefferson (6-7, 10th yr)
Cavs: 15 Jamario Moon (6-8, 4th yr)
Moon's 6.5 ppg is 21.2 off what LeBron James provided a season ago.
Power forward
Spurs: 21 Tim Duncan (6-11, 14th yr)
Cavs: 21 J.J. Hickson (6-9, 3rd yr)
Duncan creeping up NBA's rebounding and blocked-shot lists as well.
Spurs: 45 DeJuan Blair (6-7, 2nd yr)
Cavs: 17 And. Varejao (6-11, 7th yr)
Varejao starting again after being supplanted by Shaq last season.
15 Matt Bonner, C/F, 6-10, 7th yr
4 Danny Green, G/F, 6-6, 2nd yr
3 George Hill, G, 6-2, 3rd yr
34 Antonio McDyess, F, 6-9, 15th yr
14 Gary Neal, G, 6-4, 1st yr
22 Tiago Splitter, C, 6-11, 1st yr
11 Chris Quinn, G, 6-2, 5th yr
1 Daniel Gibson, G, 6-2, 5th yr
12 Joey Graham, G/F, 6-7, 6th yr
4 Antawn Jamison, F, 6-9, 13th yr
5 Ryan Hollins, C, 7-0, 5th yr
44 Leon Powe, F, 6-8, 5th yr
3 Ramon Sessions, G, 6-3, 4th yr
31 Jawad Williams, F, 6-9, 3rd yr
Spurs: Gregg Popovich
Cavaliers: Byron Scott
Spurs: James Anderson (stress fracture, right foot) is out.
Cavaliers: Williams (groin strain), Jamison (sore knee) are questionable.
Spurs: Anderson.
Cavaliers: Manny Harris, Christian Eyenga, Samardo Samuels.
Both teams come in off a back-to-back, with Spurs playing Friday in Utah and Cleveland playing at New Orleans. … Spurs won second half of only other back-to-back this season, 117-104 at Oklahoma City on Nov. 14. Cavs are 1-2 in back-to-back closers. … With James in Miami, Cleveland's scoring has dropped nearly six points to 96.4 per game. The Cavs' bench is averaging a league-best 44.1 points.
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Social Costs Of Regulation Of Primary Industry: An Application To Animal Welfare Regulation Of The Victorian Pig Industry
The effects of state government regulation of primary industry are modelled. An analytical framework is presented for estimating the costs of regulation in terms of changes in economic surplus. The model permits trade between regions of the total market. An illustrative application of the framework is applied to proposed animal welfare regulation of the Victorian pig industry. Some regulations that may provide large gains with regard to the welfare of farm animals involve only small social costs compared to the gross value of production of the industry. Conversely, other regulations that potentially confer only small gains in animal welfare impose large social costs. The distribution of these costs is important. In general, consumers lose, as do some producers. Other producers gain. In some cases, producers in aggregate gain from regulation. Major beneficiaries, such as advocates of animal welfare regulations, are likely to bear little of the cost of regulation.
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Mr Cheney's support for a technique disavowed by Congress and the Pentagon was immediately criticised by human rights organisations, putting the spotlight on a vice-president who has tried to maintain a low profile during the mid-term election campaign.
In an interview with a conservative radio host in North Dakota, Mr Cheney was asked whether he was in favour of a "dunk in the water" for terrorist detainees. He replied that he was, saying: "Well, it's a no-brainer for me, but for a while there, I was criticised as being the 'vice-president for torture'."
During the current election season, Mr Cheney, regarded as the least popular figure in an unpopular administration, has so far kept out of the limelight, confining his public appearances to fundraisers with Republican loyalists or interviews with conservative news organisations.
He has been an ardent defender of coercive interrogation practices. It was the Washington Post that dubbed him vice-president for torture last year. He led an aggressive campaign to grant legal amnesty to CIA personnel involved in interrogation of suspects at secret prisons, and has sought to reduce US adherence to Geneva convention bans on torture. However, the White House spokesman, Tony Snow, denied that Mr Cheney had explicitly endorsed waterboarding in his radio interview. President George Bush, also sought to distance himself from Mr Cheney's remarks. "This country does not commit torture. We are not going to torture," he told journalists yesterday.
In his radio interview, Mr Cheney went on to defend "robust interrogation" of detainees such as Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind of the September 11 attacks, who was reportedly subjected to waterboarding and other controversial techniques at secret CIA jails.
"Our ability to interrogate high-value detainees like Khalid Sheikh Mohammed - that's been a very important tool that we've had to be able to secure the nation," said Mr Cheney. His comments were widely condemned by human rights groups. "If Iran or Syria detained an American, Cheney is saying that it would be perfectly fine for them to hold that American's head under water until he nearly drowns, if that's what they think they need to do to save Iranian or Syrian lives," said Tom Malinowski of Human Rights Watch.
The vice-president's remarks defied recent moves by the US military to establish more stringent rules. Last month, the US army issued a new field manual banning waterboarding. Congress has also legislated against such methods.


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Just think of the opportunities secession will give to Coloradans from all walks of life. Once we rid ourselves of that evil scourge that's haunted us since we became a state a tortuous 136 years ago, we can move on and meet our true destiny.
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Snow, Rebels rally in the fourth to knock off Littleton
Jon Snow scored a game-high 30 points and pulled down 11 rebounds as Columbine bounced back from its first loss of the season to topple Littleton, 66-58, on Dec. 6.
The Rebels (2-1) trailed 50-45 after three quarters, but rallied to outscore the visiting Lions 21-8 over the final eight minutes.
Tyler McMinimee added 17 points, which included three 3-pointers.
Andrew Malmstrom led Litttleton (2-3) with 23 points.
The saying, 'when a door closes a window opens' doesn't mention anything about screens blocking those doors and windows. Such was the case for the Dakota Ridge Lady Eagles when they lost 66-40 to the Pueblo West Cyclones at home on Dec. 8 at the Battle at the Ridge tournament.
The Lady Cyclones put up a screen so tight under the net that it closed the doors and windows of opportunity for host Dakota Ridge.
DENVER — Anthony Shoeboot wouldn't take credit for his play on defense. The Chatfield senior figures he was just one part of the equation. But his guarding of Mullen's inbound play certainly played havoc on the Mustangs during their Dec. 8 game at Hutchison Field House.
Chatfield's full-court pressure defense ignited a half-closing 12-4 run, and the Chargers never trailed again in an 86-67 victory.
By Will Petersen
For the Courier
If you were at the concession stand a little too long, you probably missed it.
Chatfield scored four goals in the first five minutes of the second period to turn a 1-1 tie into a comfortable lead over Dakota Ridge on Dec. 9 at the Edge Ice Arena. The teams were even the rest of the way, but the damage was done as the Chargers came away with a 7-3 victory over the Eagles.
The first thing visitors will notice when they walk into Koko FitClub Columbine is the absence of pumping, loud music and the lack of mirrors. Instead, visitors are greeting with quiet pop music, serene colors and gentle lighting.
"It's the world's first and only automated personal training studio," Koko FitClub owner Alex Keller said. "It's a fusion of technology and exercise and makes exercise accessible for people who have trouble, for different reasons, maintaining an exercise program."
Jeffco libraries will maintain their level of services in 2013 despite another revenue shortfall, a half-dozen mountain-area residents learned on Saturday.
The $430,000 shortfall is a result of fewer property-tax dollars being collected and an increase in costs the library must pay the county, Pam Nissler, Jefferson County Public Library executive director, said during a community forum at Evergreen Library.
Residents will have to wait a few months more before they can use Harriman Lake Park, which has been closed since November 2011 for a project to rebuild the dam.
The park, at South Kipling Parkway and West Quincy Avenue, includes a 1.4-mile trail around the lake. Foothills Park & Recreation District has leased much of the park from Denver Water since 1995. Foothills has also leased 11 acres southwest of the lake from Jefferson County Open Space for 15 years.
A story about a dancing monster can loom large in a child's education.
That's why Jamie Wolf sat before a group of preschoolers at Stony Creek Preschool last week, reading silly monster tales. She is one of a dozen volunteers who work with the Jefferson County Public Library's new early literacy program, Start With a Story.
"Children really love to use their imagination. I really love to see them get engrossed in the story," Wolf said.
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