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Masse v. Masse Cottar Divorce Appeal
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Timothy Wayne Masse ("Father") and Mandy Jo Masse Cottar ("Mother") were
married in 2001 and divorced on January 16, 2009. They have three minor children.
Mother was named the primary residential parent when the parties were divorced, and
each parent was awarded fifty percent of the residential parenting time. During their
marriage, the parties lived in Spring Hill. Following the divorce, Mother remarried and
relocated from Spring Hill, in Maury County, to Goodlettsville, in Robertson County.
The children continued to attend school in Maury County even after Mother moved to
Robertson County.
Authoring Judge: Judge Andy D. Bennett
Trial Court Judge: Judge Stella L. Hargrove
On July 24, 2014, Father filed a petition to modify the parties' parenting plan. Father asserted that a material change of circumstances had occurred and that it would be in the children's best interest for the primary residential parent designation to be changed from Mother to him. Father asked the court to award him 235 parenting days each year. The basis for Father's petition was Mother's plan to change the children's schools from Maury County to Robertson County, which she announced shortly before school was to begin in Maury County. In an email to Father dated July 22, 2014, Mother stated that the children were not eligible to attend Maury County schools because she, as the custodial parent, no longer lived in Maury County. She wrote, "I will now be enrolling them in Robertson County schools since I am the custodial parent and they should be enrolled where I live."
The trial court held a show cause hearing on July 30, 2014, and entered an order specifying that the children were to continue to be enrolled in the Maury County public school system unless the parties reached a joint decision to send them elsewhere, as the parenting plan provides. Mother then filed an answer to Father's petition and a counter petition to modify the parenting plan. Mother requested that she remain the primary residential parent and that the parties maintain their fifty percent residential time with the children, but she wanted the court to award her decision making authority for the children's educational and extracurricular activities. The parties engaged in discovery, in preparation for trial, and tried their case on February 27, 2015.
The parties' testimony showed that Mother works in Brentwood and Father works from home, in Spring Hill. A little over six months following the parties' divorce in January 2009, Mother filed a petition to modify the parenting plan because she was engaged to a man who lived in Cedar Hill, which is in Robertson County, and she wanted to relocate with the children to Cedar Hill. Father did not agree to change the children's schools from Maury County to Robertson County, and the parties went to mediation at Mother's insistence. Mother ended up not marrying the man who lived in Cedar Hill, and so she dismissed her petition to modify. However, in June 2010 Mother married another individual, Addison Cottar, who lived in Goodlettsville, which is in Robertson County. Mother then moved to Goodlettsville to live with Mr. Cottar. Mother lived with Mr. Cottar in Goodlettsville from 2010 to sometime in 2013, when she moved back to Spring Hill for a few months. She and Mr. Cottar then moved to Cross Plains, which is also in Robertson County. At the time of trial, Mother testified that she was in the process of getting a divorce from Mr. Cottar and that she had begun dating someone else. She testified that she had moved out of the house she had shared with Mr. Cottar and was living with her brother, just a quarter mile away, in a house owned by her mother. Each of Mother's houses in Cross Plains was about sixty-eight miles from Father's house in Spring Hill.
Father remarried in May 2011. His current wife has a child from a previous marriage who lives with Father and his wife for eleven months of the year. Father's wife testified that Father is a good parent to his three children as well as to her child and that her child gets along well with the parties' three children when they are all together. Father and his wife live in Spring Hill.
According to the permanent parenting plan the trial court put into effect in 2009, when the parties were divorced, Mother and Father were awarded time with the children for a full week at a time before delivering them to the other parent. At the time of trial, the youngest child was in elementary school and the older two children were in middle school. The drive from Mother's house to Father's house was approximately one hour. Despite the terms of the parenting plan, Mother testified that when she had the children with her, she routinely dropped the youngest off with Father in the morning, where the child would wait for the school bus to pick him up and take him to school, and Mother would drive the older two children to their school. In the afternoon, the children went to Father's house after school, where they would stay until Mother picked them up after her work day ended. When they are with Mother, the children spend approximately two hours in the car traveling back and forth between Robertson County and Maury County on the days they have school, one hour in the morning and another hour in the afternoon/evening. Father expressed his concern that the children spend too much time in the car during the weeks they are with Mother during the school year. The parties agreed that the children's grades have not suffered as a result of their spending so much time in the car during Mother's weeks.
The evidence showed that Mother and Father both love and care for their children and they are able to work together for the benefit of the children. For example, the youngest child plays baseball in Maury County, and on days he has baseball practice, Father drives him to practice regardless of whether it is his week or Mother's week. When he has baseball, the parties' son stays with Father even during the weeks he is supposed to be with Mother. Mother testified that when the elder daughter was involved with the pep band and was playing at a night game, this daughter would stay with Father during Mother's weeks to accommodate Mother's schedule. The younger daughter played soccer in Robertson County, and Mother testified that when she had practice during the week, Mother would pick her up from school, drive her to practice, and bring her back to school the next day, regardless of whether the practices occurred during Mother's week or Father's week. Because Father works from home and lives near the children's schools, both parties have agreed that the schools should contact Father during the day if an issue comes up with any of the children, even during Mother's weeks with the children.
Mother testified that she would like to move the children from Maury County schools to Robertson County schools. She explained that she has driven the children down to Maury County for years and now it is Father's turn to do the driving. She also testified that the school regulations of Maury County provide that the primary residential parent is supposed to live in Maury County for the children to be able to attend Maury County schools without paying a fee.
The children attend church with Mother in Robertson County. When they are with Mother, they participate in church activities on Wednesday evenings and on Sundays. Father testified that if he were designated the primary residential parent, he would be willing for the children to continue their participation in the church activities in Robertson County during the week on Wednesday evenings
Based on the totality of evidence in the record and the deferential treatment we are to accord the trial court's decision, we conclude that Mother has not established that the evidence preponderates against the trial court's findings that (a) Father proved by a preponderance of the evidence that there was a material change of circumstances or that (b) it is in the children's best interest that the primary residential parent designation change from Mother to Father. We note that as the children get older and are required to spend more time on homework or at school participating in extra-curricular activities, it will become more important that they reside closer to school and not spend so much time driving back and forth from home to school each day.
In modifying the permanent parenting plan, the trial court awarded Father sole authority to make educational decisions for the children. Mother contends the trial court erred in this regard and should have given her this decision making authority. Mother has made it clear that if she is able to decide where the children go to school, she will move them from Maury County to the Robertson County school system. As discussed above, however, the trial court found the children should not be removed from the Maury County school district, where they are thriving. Mother fails to convince us the trial court abused its discretion in giving Father the authority to decide where the children go to school. As a result, we affirm the trial court's decision awarding Father this decision making authority.
The trial court's judgment is affirmed in all respects. Costs of this appeal shall be assessed against the appellant, Mandy Jo Masse Cottar, for which execution shall issue if necessary.
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Disruption of Ultradian and Circadian Rhythms of Blood Pressure in Nondipper Hypertensive Patients
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Ultradian rhythms in blood pressure (BP) are known to exist, but their modification in hypertension is largely unknown. The present study was undertaken to assess the integrity of ultradian and 24-hour BP rhythms in dipper (n=100) and nondipper (n=20) hypertensive patients compared with 44 dipper normotensive individuals. Fourier analysis was used to fit ultradian (12, 8, and 6 hour) and 24-hour rhythms in BP and heart rate (HR). Mesor, amplitude, and acrophase were calculated for individual and overall rhythm curves. All subjects showed significant ultradian or 24-hour BP and HR rhythms. Systolic and diastolic BP mesor was higher in hypertensive patients compared with normotensive patients. The percentage of variability in ambulatory BP that could be explained by fitting ultradian and 24-hour rhythms was reduced in nondippers compared with normotensives or dippers. Amplitude of ultradian and 24-hour rhythms in BP increased in dippers and decreased in nondippers. Ultradian and 24-hour rhythms in HR did not differ among the 3 groups examined. Results indicate that in nondippers, blunted ultradian and 24-hour rhythm amplitude in BP was accompanied by a loss of rhythm integrity.
Circadian rhythm in blood pressure (BP) has been recognized as a prognosis marker in hypertensive patients.1 In normotensives as well as in noncomplicated hypertensive patients, a significant nocturnal decline in BP occurs, although in hypertensive patients, BP oscillates at a higher level. Nondipper hypertensive patients (ie, those in whom nighttime BP drop is <10%) have a worse prognosis as a result of increased target organ damage.2 In this group, significantly greater left ventricular hypertrophy, microalbuminuria, and stroke frequency have been described.2,3
Determination of ultradian components of BP rhythm (ie, those rhythmic components with a period <24 hours) has often been used as a tool to improve accuracy of the mathematical analysis of 24-hour rhythm parameters.4 However, because ultradian rhythms have been shown to vary independently of 24-hour rhythms in various situations,5,6 the possibility arises that their genesis and regulation could be somewhat independent from those regulating 24-hour rhythmicity.
We undertook the present study to compare ultradian rhythm parameters in normotensives and dippers and nondipper hypertensive patients. Because disturbances in 24-hour rhythms were implicated in the physiopathology of hypertension, we also assessed the integrity of 24-hour and ultradian rhythms in the same patient groups.
Materials and Methods
Among 265 patients who underwent ambulatory BP monitoring (ABPM), 180 were included in this study. To be included, each patient's recording should extend for ≥22.5 hours but not >25.5 hours and with <5 single measurements missing. Patients were classified as hypertensive if they were under pharmacological treatment or if they showed an average diurnal BP of >135/85 mm Hg or a nighttime BP >120/75 mm Hg.7 One hundred thirty patients were classified as hypertensive and 50 as normotensive by using these criteria. Experimental protocol and the process for obtaining informed consent were approved by the hospital review and ethics committee.
Twenty-Four–Hour ABPM
Noninvasive ABPM was performed on a normal weekday by means of automatic monitor Accutracker II (Suntech Medical Instruments), validated by the standard criteria of the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation and the British Hypertension Society. Detailed features of the Accutracker II were described previously.8,9 The monitor was placed on the nondominant arm and set to take BP readings every 30 minutes during the whole 24-hour period.
Time Series Analysis
A fundamental rhythm of 24 hours with 3 harmonics of 12, 8, and 6 hours was fitted to the original time series recorded from each of the 180 patients by Fourier analysis.4,6,10 A 24-hour rhythm was considered to be present if the individual function within a 24-hour period could be fitted with a significance of P<0.05 by least-square analysis (variability ratio [VR]). Consecutively, residual differences were tested in the same manner for the presence of significant ultradian rhythms (Figure 1). Rhythms were tested independently from each other and in strict order (eg, 12, 8, and 6 hours). For each rhythm of BP and heart rate (HR), mesor, amplitude, and acrophase were calculated (Figure 1). The overall curve was calculated by the addition of all 4 rhythms according to the formulas used previously.6 Significant overall rhythms could be found whenever the 24-hour rhythm or ≥1 of the ultradian rhythms showed statistical significance. The difference between the peak and the trough value as well as the timing of the peak are given for overall rhythm (Figure 1).
VR is the fraction of the total variability that can be explained by each individual rhythm-fitted curve or by the overall rhythm-fitted curve.11 This parameter is obtained by least-square analysis and is homologous to the R regression coefficient.
VR is independent from other rhythm parameters because it only measures the resemblance of the fitted and the original curves and not its shape. Lower VR values suggest that the sample is subjected to random variations that cannot be described adequately by fitting a rhythm, whereas VR high values means that original curve variability is influenced mainly by a rhythm, regardless of its origin. Thus, VR value can be used as an indicator of rhythm integrity. Rhythm parameters were only analyzed in those subjects who showed significant rhythms as demonstrated by a VR P value <0.05 (least-squares analysis).
Cumulative Sums Derived Day-Night BP Differences
In addition to evaluation of 24-hour rhythm amplitude by Fourier method, diurnal and nocturnal BP means were calculated by cumu-lative sums analysis (cusum).12 When the difference between diurnal and nocturnal cusum of systolic BP (SBP; cusum-derived circadian alteration magnitude [CDCAM])12 was <10% of diurnal SBP, the patient was classified as nondipper.2 This method has been shown previously to be the most reproducible in classifying day-night BP differences, especially in aged groups13 and has been used extensively to study 24-hour rhythm disturbance in relation to hypertension.
Patients showing a reversed pattern of BP (ie, when BP rises at night instead of falling) were excluded from the sample. Reversed BP patterns can affect cusum analysis14 and were assessed by visual inspection of original recordings.
One hundred hypertensive patients were classified as dippers and 20 as nondippers. Ten subjects were excluded from the sample because of reversed BP patterns. Age, body mass index (BMI), or gender did not differ between the final sample and excluded patients.
From the 50 normotensive subjects, 44 were dippers and 6 nondippers. For comparison with hypertensive groups, only the normotensive dipper group was used. No further analyses were performed with nondipper normotensive patients because of the small size of the sample.
Statistical Analysis
Data were analyzed using 1-way ANOVA followed by Bonferroni post hoc tests. Correlations were analyzed by Pearson coefficient. In both cases, analyses were also performed after adjustments for age and gender. Percentages were analyzed by χ2 test. Data are shown as mean±SEM. In all cases, α was considered ≤0.05.
Demographic data are summarized in Table 1. Hypertensive patients were on average significantly older than normotensives; dipper patients were more frequently males. In hypertensive patients, daily BP was higher than in normotensives, whereas in nondippers, nocturnal BP was higher than normotensives or dippers. Time elapsed from diagnosis was similar in dipper and nondipper patients, as shown in Table 1.
All subjects studied showed significant overall rhythms in BP and HR. Parameters of overall rhythms did not differ between genders. Amplitude of 24-hour rhythm in diastolic BP (DBP) was higher in males than females (9.8±0.4 versus 7.9±0.4 mm Hg, respectively; P=0.002; ANOVA). VR coefficient of 24-hour rhythm in DBP and SBP was also higher in males (respectively, 0.62±0.02 versus 0.52±0.01 males versus females, P=0.001; 0.62±0.02 versus 0.53±0.02, P=0.002; ANOVA). There was no significant correlation between BMI and any rhythm parameter examined.
Age correlated with 12-hour rhythm amplitude in DBP (r=0.2; P=0.04) and with 24-hour and 12-hour rhythm amplitudes in HR (r=−0.27, P=0.001 and r=−0.20, P=0.03, respectively) as well as with 12-hour and 8-hour rhythm amplitudes in SBP (r=0.32, P=0.003 and r=0.29, P=0.002, respectively). Age also influenced negatively VR coefficient of the 24-hour rhythm in DBP, SBP, and HR (respectively, r=−0.20, P=0.009; r=−0.19, P=0.014; and r=−0.22, P=0.003). VR coefficient of 8-hour rhythm in SBP correlated with age (r=0.21; P=0.006). Trough-peak difference in HR overall rhythm was also related to this parameter (r=−0.29; P=0.0001).
Treated hypertensive patients showed significantly lower BP levels compared with untreated hypertensive (diurnal SBP P=0.001; nocturnal SBP P=0.01; diurnal DBP P=0.003; nocturnal DBP P=0.01; 1-way ANOVA). One-way ANOVA showed that pharmacological treatment affected time-to-peak (F=3.1; P=0.01) and VR (F=2.6; P=0.025) of overall HR rhythm.
In Figure 2, parameters of the SBP, DBP, and HR overall rhythm are depicted (Figure 2A, 2B, and 2C, respectively). In SBP, nondippers showed a reduction of VR coefficient with respect to both normotensives and dippers (P=0.0001; ANOVA followed by Bonferroni test). The mesor was higher in dippers and nondippers than in normotensives (P=0.0001; ANOVA followed by Bonferroni test). Trough-peak difference was higher in dippers compared with normotensives and lower in nondippers compared with both normotensives and dippers (P=0.001; ANOVA followed by Bonferroni test). Similar results were obtained for DBP except for the mesor, which was higher only in nondippers compared with normotensives and for trough-peak difference, which was similar in normotensive and dipper hypertensive patients.
No significant differences were apparent in time-to-peak for the 3 variables analyzed or in all other parameters for HR overall rhythm. Similar results were obtained after adjusting for gender and age (data not shown).
Parameters of individual rhythms were further analyzed and are shown in Table 2. Significant decrements in the amplitudes and VR coefficients of 24- and 12-hour SBP and DBP rhythms in nondippers were observed. Additionally, significantly fewer subjects in the nondipper groups showed 24-hour SBP and DBP rhythms.
Systolic CDCAM correlated with the different rhythm parameters in the hypertensive group. In general, the results were similar to those obtained by comparing dipper and nondipper patients (data not shown). Additionally, there was correlation between systolic CDCAM and amplitude of 6-hour SBP and DBP rhythms (r=0.43, P=0.0001 and r=0.38, P=0.007, respectively). VR coefficient of 8-hour SBP rhythm also correlated with systolic CDCAM (r=0.38; P=0.007).
The foregoing results indicate that in nondipper patients, reduction of 24-hour, 12-hour, and 8-hour SBP and DBP rhythm amplitudes was accompanied by alteration of the integrity of rhythms, as demonstrated either by abolition of the rhythms or by a lower VR coefficient (in those who did display significant rhythms). HR rhythms were similar in hypertensive and normotensive subjects. Age and gender influenced some parameters of the rhythms. Differences in composition regarding these variables of dipper and nondipper patient groups were not likely to be a significant bias of the study because statistical analysis adjusting for the effect of those variables yielded similar results to the original ones. Pharmacological treatment reduced BP levels significantly and affected HR rhythms but not BP rhythms.
Blunted day-night rhythm in autonomic 24-hour heart control of hypertensive patients has been demonstrated by spectral analysis of R-R interval.15,16 It has been suggested that a reduced nighttime drop of heart sympathetic tone in nondippers would lead to observed dampening in 24-hour BP rhythm amplitude. Indeed, inadequate stroke volume and cardiac index nighttime fall were found in nondipper patients.17 Our findings of lack of changes in HR rhythms are at odds with this. A possible explanation to interpret our results is that Fourier analysis of HR may not be sensitive enough for detecting such modifications.
Findings of a small group of normotensives showing nondipping patterns and that dipper and nondipper hypertensive patients did not differ in time from diagnosis may be an indication that rhythm disturbances are independent from hypertension but are aggravated during the course of the disease by unknown factors. Nondipping BP pattern is thought to worsen hypertension prognosis because of persistent BP load throughout the day. Because in certain experimental models circadian desynchronization decreases survival rates,18 the possibility should be considered that impaired adaptations to routine 24-hour or ultradian conditions could contribute to persistent BP load in addition to a worse prognosis in nondipper patients.
Determination of ultradian components of BP rhythm has often been used as a tool to improve accuracy of the mathematical analysis of 24-hour rhythm parameters,4 but it has been proposed recently that they could vary independently from 24-hour rhythms.5,6 Our results do not support such a conclusion but further indicate that independence does not occur as far as ultradian and 24-hour rhythms in nondippers. Moreover, our results show that in nondipper patients, reduction of 24-hour, 12-hour, and 8-hour SBP and DBP rhythm amplitudes was accompanied by an alteration in the integrity of rhythms. It will be of interest to assess whether alterations in ultradian rhythms bear prognostic implications as do those of 24-hour rhythm.
A possible explanation for the lack of independence of ultradian and 24-hour rhythms is that ultradian rhythms are just a mathematical artifact necessary to model the true shape of the 24-hour BP rhythm, which is not a perfect sine wave. Nonetheless, some speculations on the origin of ultradian rhythms can be entertained. For example, 8-hour oscillations occur in circulating endothelin-1 levels,19 and some studies demonstrated that 90-minute ultradian rhythms exist in cardiovascular parameters and in several hormones.20,21
Because reduced 24-hour and ultradian BP rhythms integrity in addition to blunted 24-hour rhythm amplitude were observed in this study, the possibility should be considered that chronobiological alterations are at least in part responsible for nondipping BP profile. Because HR rhythm disturbances were not apparent, autonomic heart dysfunction as the cause of nondipper BP patterns is not supported by the present findings. Reduced amplitude of ultradian rhythms was also observed in nondipper patients, pointing out the need to extend rhythm research in hypertension to ultradian frequencies.
- Received April 9, 2004.
- Revision received April 27, 2004.
- Accepted July 2, 2004.
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Album Rating: 3.5Cool review, but it seems like this album deserved more of a 3.5 judging by the review. Are they a lot like Jesus Lizard?
Album Rating: 4.0They're very similar to Jesus Lizard, but a little more goofy.
Album Rating: 3.5I'm sold then
Album Rating: 4.5Hey man, nice review of a great collection but just thought I'd point out a few innacuracies.
Firstly, the tracklisting shows that this is a compilation of two albums: Intellectuals are the Shoeshine Boys of the Ruling Elite and Snakeboy. Snakeboy begins at King of Sex, and to my mind is their classic, but Intellectuals is a smashing debut.
Secondly, Tom Hazelmeyer isn't the raspy, grunting, lumberjack-f**kng-a-pig singer for this band, but the immortal Michael Gerald. Hazelmyer is the creator of Amphetamine Reptile records (a great noise rock label) and I think only played with Killdozer briefly. Here is an interview with Mr Gerald: http://www.markprindle.com/gerald-i.htm
Thirdly, and I guess this isn't a correction but just a tidbit of info, the producer for both albums and thus this entire CD was none other than Butch 'Nevermind' Vig, as in that guy with the goatee from Garbage. Albini would go on to produce this band's God Hears the Pleas of the Innocent.
Sorry to be picky, but a little research goes a long way. Otherwise, good review and keep digging the true grunge.
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Album Rating: 3.5bump
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But whether this is a brave quest for justice by a martyr or a "chancer's" final act of desperation will eventually become apparent. His own counsel said that the committee's findings had unfairly marked Mr Callely as "a chancer", a "pariah", "a rogue", a "thoroughly despicable character".


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The New York Yankees have reached a minor-league deal with outfielder Chris Young, who played 88 games this season with the crosstown Mets.
The 30-year-old hit .205 for the Mets before his release this month. He's shown power at times in his career, hitting 32 home runs in 2007 with Arizona, but he's always struggled to get on base.
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Congressional Democrats Push 'High-Capacity' Magazine Ban
Like I blogged Monday, the gun "control" crowd is off-and-running several weeks into the new year. In addition to a ban on certain AR-15 rifle ammunition, they're also pushing to ban "high-capacity" firearm ammunition magazines. From the website of the National Rifle Association's Institute for Legislation Action (NRA-ILA) last Friday:
Anti-gun U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and U.S. Representative Elizabeth Esty (D-Conn.), have introduced their Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device Act (S. 407 and H.R. 752, respectively), in yet another attempt to ban magazines that accept more than 10 rounds. Similar legislation has been introduced in previous Congresses, and has repeatedly failed since the expiration of the Clinton "large" magazine ban in 2004.
Firearms designed to use magazines that hold more than ten rounds have been around for more than a hundred years. Today they constitute a majority of all new firearms manufactured, imported and sold in the United States, for what the Supreme Court, in District of Columbia v. Heller (2008), called the central purpose of the Second Amendment: self-defense. While gun control supporters claim that the magazines are unnecessary for self-defense, millions of Americans disagree, and the Supreme Court has ruled in Heller that laws are unconstitutional if they prohibit firearms that are in common use for defensive purposes.
Moreover, studies have shown that magazine bans don't reduce crime. The congressionally-mandated study of the 1994-2004 federal "large" magazine "ban" concluded that its 10-round limit on new magazines wasn't a factor in multiple-victim or multiple-wound crimes. A follow-up study concluded that "relatively few attacks involve more than 10 shots fired," and "the ban's effects on gun violence are likely to be small at best and perhaps too small for reliable measurement." And a majority of law enforcement in the United States acknowledges that banning standard-capacity magazines capable of holding more than ten rounds will not increase public safety.
A person attacked in a parking lot, or at home in the middle of the night, will probably have only the magazine within the firearm. No one should be arbitrarily limited in the number of rounds he or she can have for self-defense.
The NRA opposes this legislation and will continue to fight attempts in Congress to limit magazine capacity.
As I type this, each and every co-sponsor of this legislation is a Democrat (16 in the Senate and 107 in the House).
You can track the status of Senate Bill 407 here and House Bill 752 here via Congress.gov.
Permission has been granted by the NRA-ILA to reproduce the above.
Christopher E. Hill
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Signs Of The Time, Part 59
While I admire U.S. Vice President Joe Biden for his long-time service to our country and the passion he's brought to the various positions he's held through the years, I was put off by a tyrannical-sounding comment he reportedly made last night while asking House Democrats to keep fighting for gun "control" during their retreat in Lansdowne, Virginia. Kate Nocera wrote on the POLITICO website yesterday:
He told the members attending the retreat that he was unwavering in his belief that the recommendations the task force has put forward are not in violation of the Second Amendment.
"It is clearly within the right of the government to determine what type of weapons can be owned by the public."
(Editor's note: Italics added for emphasis)
Unfortunately for the Vice President, the fact is, it is not "clearly within the right of the government to determine what type of weapons can be owned by the public."
The Second Amendment to the United States Constitution reads:
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
First off, there's that phrase "shall not be infringed."
Secondly, no mention is made of what types of "Arms" the people could- or could not- "keep and bear." Handgun, shotgun, rifle. Or for those who like to point out the Founding Fathers had no idea of just how far firearm technology would advance by the 21st century- pistol, blunderbuss, musket, rifle. Not a peep.
"Clearly?" Far from it.
Christopher E. Hill, Editor
Survival And Prosperity (www.survivalandprosperity.com)
Nocera, Kate. "Joe Biden pushes House Dems on gun control." POLITICO. 6 Feb. 2013. (http://www.politico.com/story/2013/02/joe-biden-pushes-house-dems-on-gun-control-87298.html#ixzz2KG6FPq00). 7. Feb. 2013.
U.S. House Democrats Announce Introduction Of 'High-Capacity' Ammunition Magazine Ban
Nothing new about the highly-publicized "assault weapons" ban bill that's supposed to be coming from U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA). But another gun "control" bill focusing on "high-capacity" ammunition magazines appears to be on the verge of being introduced in Congress. Lucy Madison reported on the CBS News website yesterday:
As lawmakers return to Capitol Hill today to kick off the start of the 113th Congress, Democrats are already priming for a renewed battle over gun control, announcing the introduction of a bill banning high-capacity ammunition magazines before the first House session had been gaveled in.
The High Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device Act, which is being introduced by Carolyn McCarthy, D-N.Y., and is co-sponsored by Diana DeGette, D-Colo., would ban the sale or transfer of ammunition magazines holding more than 10 rounds…
"These assault magazines help put the 'mass' in 'mass shooting' and anything we can do to stop their proliferation will save lives in America," said McCarthy in a statement. "These devices are used to kill as many people as possible in the shortest amount of time possible and we owe it to innocent Americans everywhere to keep them out of the hands of dangerous people. We don't even allow hunters to use them – something's deeply wrong if we're protecting game more than we're protecting innocent human beings."
(Editor's note: Italics added for emphasis)
In 2004, a research report submitted by the Jerry Lee Center of Criminology, University of Pennsylvania, to the United States Department of Justice and the National Institute of Justice found no statistically-significant evidence that the decade-long bans on "assault weapons" and ammunition magazines holding more than 10 rounds that began in 1994 had reduced firearm-related murders. From "An Updated Assessment of the Federal Assault Weapons Ban: Impacts on Gun Markets and Gun Violence, 1994-2003" in June 2004:
Because the ban has not yet reduced the use of LCMs in crime, we cannot clearly credit the ban with any of the nation's recent drop in gun violence.
(Editor's note: Italics added for emphasis)
With LCM's being "large-capacity" magazines.
To be fair, the report also noted:
However, the ban's exemption of millions of pre-ban AWs and LCMs ensured that the effects of the law would occur only gradually. Those effects are still unfolding and may not be fully felt for several years into the future, particularly if foreign, pre-ban LCMs continue to be imported into the U.S. in large numbers.
Yet, common-sense dictates the bad guys will just bring more "low-capacity" magazines along with them when performing their dirty deeds. As I said on New Year's Eve:
Call me crazy, but something tells me the bad guys won't be hindered by either of these proposed bans. In fact, in the event the criminals are ever short "hi-cap" mags, don't be surprised to hear tales of them mastering super-fast magazine changes on the "low-capacity" ones they brought along in more numbers.
By Christopher E. Hill, Editor
Survival And Prosperity (http://www.survivalandprosperity.com)
Madison, Lucy. "House Dems introduce new gun control bill." CBS News. 3 Jan. 2013. (http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-34222_162-57561852-10391739/house-dems-introduce-new-gun-control-bill/). 4. Jan. 2013.
Koper, Christopher S., Roth, Jeffrey A., and Woods, Daniel J. "An Updated Assessment of the Federal Assault Weapons Ban: Impacts on Gun Markets and Gun Violence, 1994-2003." Jerry Lee Center of Criminology, University of Pennsylvania. June 2004. (http://www.sas.upenn.edu/jerrylee/research/aw_final2004.pdf). 4 Jan. 2013.
'High-Capacity' Ammunition Magazine Ban Bill To Be Introduced Thursday In U.S. House
Gun "control" looks to be a priority for some on the first day of the new Congress. On December 17, Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) announced she would introduce legislation for a new "assault weapons" ban on the day the 113th Congress first meets. And right before this weekend, Democrats in the House of Representatives announced they would be introducing legislation that very same day that would ban Americans from buying or transferring "high-capacity" ammunition magazines. Sam Stein reported on the Huffington Post website on Friday:
House Democrats will introduce legislation to ban the production of high-capacity magazines on the first day of the next congressional session, the office of Rep. Diana DeGette (D-Colo.), one of the lawmakers sponsoring the bill, told The Huffington Post.
The Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device Act will mirror a failed bill introduced during the 112th Congress…
The bill Democrats will introduce would limit magazines, belts, drums, feed strips and "similar device[s]" to 10 rounds of ammunition. It would allow people to hold on to the "large capacity ammunition feeding device[s]" that they currently own, but prohibit them from buying others or transferring the ones they have.
Call me crazy, but something tells me the bad guys won't be hindered by either of these proposed bans. In fact, in the event the criminals are ever short "hi-cap" mags, don't be surprised to hear tales of them mastering super-fast magazine changes on the "low-capacity" ones they brought along in more numbers.
By Christopher E. Hill, Editor
Survival And Prosperity (http://www.survivalandprosperity.com)
Stein, Sam. "High-Capacity Magazines Bill To Be Introduced By Democrats On First Day Of Congressional Session." Huffington Post. 28 Dec. 2012. (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/28/high-capacity-magazines-bill_n_2376838.html?utm_hp_ref=politics). 31 Dec. 2012.
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They lived in Leavenworth Kansas.
Children of Ernest M. and Carrie Johnson was Ernest Y. Simmons who was my father, and their only child. As for Charles G. Driver and Lucille Thoost, I was told they came from Boonsville Missouri. They lived in Leavenworth and raised their family, one of them being my mother Lenora Driver. Charles Driver was an upholster in Leavenworth Kansas and had his own shop. If you have any information about them, I would greatly appreciate the help.
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John Driscoll died December 27, 1877. We do not his age or burial place. He was emigrant from Ireland.
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After taking care of business in Saturday's game against New England, D.C. United will be off until Thursday, June 23. Basking in the sun, enjoying amusement parks, relaxing in the AC, and grooving to the music of some local bands are just a few of the plans D.C. United players are looking forward to with their upcoming four-day break.
Although many players will be scattered across the country visiting family and friends, many agree they will use their time off from soccer to relax and rest their bodies after playing three matches in a week's time.
Bobby Boswell and Alecko Eskandarian are making special visits home to spend time with their father on Father's Day. A New Jersey native, Eskandarian said, "I plan on going back home to spend time with my dad. It will also be nice to get on the beach and relax, just something different than RFK Stadium for a few days."
Boswell will be catching a flight to Tampa where he will use his time off to work on his tan, spend time with his dad, and catch up with friends.
Josh Gros looks forward to the short commute north to Mechanicsburg, Penn., to kick up his feet and enjoy some good home cooking. A handful of his teammates will remain in D.C. relaxing in the comfort of their air-conditioned apartments eating take-out food. Others that are staying local will be enjoying the rides at Kings Dominion and Six Flags. One individual will not be using this time to relax and rest his weary muscles.
In fact, Steve Guppy, who started four games early this season, before experiencing severe Achilles tendonitis said, "I plan on training everyday. I've been injured so long now, this break is a great opportunity to work on my fitness."
While the players relax and recharge some of the front office staff will continue to work to improve the Black-and-Red. During the four-day break President and CEO Kevin Payne, head coach Peter Nowak, and Technical Director Dave Kasper will travel together to Argentina to scout players.
Whether the players will be doing loop-the-loops on the roller coasters at King's Dominion or relaxing by the warm ocean water, you can rest assured they will be raring and ready on June 29 to defeat Chicago for the second time this season.
Adu in Top Form
The youngest, smallest and lightest player on the U.S. Under-20 national team, Freddy Adu lit up the stadium Tuesday night against Germany at the World Youth Championships in Enschede, Netherlands. The two teams ended in a draw despite Adu's picture perfect pass to teammate Eddie Gaven, whose first attempt was quickly turned away by German goalkeeper Rene Adler.
The U.S. will next face Egypt on Saturday, June 18 in their final Group D match in Enschede. Kickoff is set for 1:30 p.m. local / 7:30 a.m. ET and fans can follow the match live on Fox Soccer Channel and ussoccer.com's MatchTracker. The match will also be televised on Galavision on same-day tape delay at 7 p.m. ET and replayed on Fox Soccer Channel at 11 p.m. ET.
The Americans have accumulated four points in group play thus far and trail Germany only on goal differential. The scoreless draw marked the first-ever time the U.S. has come away with at least a point in their second match after winning their opening game at a FIFA World Youth Championship.
Coaches Association Clinic a success
On Thursday, June 16, D.C. United hosted the second annual Coaches Association Clinic on the team's practice fields, located adjacent to RFK Stadium. The morning after their big win over the visiting Chicago Fire, the Black-and-Red welcomed more than 100 coaches to a day of coaching instruction. The clinic began with the opportunity to sit in on the team's morning practice, giving area coaches a first hand look at the techniques of a professional level coaching staff.
"It's been a lot of fun to come out," said Rick Wilcox of Alexandria's Episcopal High School. "What's most interesting to me is to get an up close look at how the coaches interact and manage the players in a practice setting."
Over the course of three sessions, United's coaching staff touched on everything from hydration and injury prevention to ball control and foot skills. They rounded out the afternoon with goalkeeping drills and techniques. The Coaches Association Clinic is just another way that United is involved in the D.C. soccer community, striving to make better coaches and in return, better players.


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Coming off a dominating performance earlier this year at Ironman Arizona, nobody was counting out Faris Al-Sultan as a Kona favorite. And it seemed only fitting that on a day of constitutional referendum elections in Iraq, the son of an Iraqi father would snag the sports most prestigious prize in its 29th edition.
The 27-year-old Al-Sultan, who was raised in Munich, Germany after his father settled there and married his German mother, is somewhat of an anomaly in the world of professional triathlon. Hes one of the very few pro triathletes that trains without a coach. And, as a Muslim, hes sponsored by a Munich brewery and supports the U.S. led invasion of Iraq, even though the majority of Germans vehemently oppose the American presence in Iraq.Marco Garcia/Getty Images Al-Sultan raced the whole event in a short-course style swimsuit.
Al-Sultan took advantage of a 49:54 swim, the third fastest of the day, to set the tone of getting out early and not looking back. On a day the wind gods smiled on Kona and delivered calm conditions along the notoriously windy Queen K Highway, Al-Sultan cranked out a sizzling 4:25:24 bike split that left a group of chasers, including former champ Peter Reid, five minutes off the back.
Reid turned a 4:27:51 bike split himself in trying to match Al-Sultan but may have paid the price as Cameron Brown, with a strong 2:50:13 marathon overtook Reid with just miles to go. Al-Sultans 2:54:51 marathon was more than enough to hold off the chasing runners as he crossed the finish line in 8:14:17, the seventh fastest time in history and certainly one of the fastest in recent years.
Last years winner, Normann Stadler, a big pre-race favorite, was plagued with flat tires and bad luck. After his third flat tire and a bee sting to boot, the German triathlete who trains much of the year in San Diego, just sat on the side of the road, tears streaming from his face. The Ironman can be a very unforgiving experience.
The Womens Race
The womens race looked like it might be Australian Michellie Jones day to steal the show as a rookie. But rookies dont traditionally win on the hot lava fields and Switzerlands Natascha Badmann, 38, wasnt about to concede her crown that easily.
Jones took nearly eight minutes out of Badmann over the 1.2 mile swim and only conceded two minutes on the bike. To be down nearly six minutes at the end of the 112 mile ride, was a new experience for Natascha who usually lays down the law with punishing bike splits.Marco Garcia/Getty Images Natascha shows her winning form on the bike.
But Natascha learned she can also run well as the chaser and when the two passed each other, in opposite directions, within a mile of the run turnaround, Jones knew it was just a matter of time. Jones, whos been one of the most dominating women triathletes over short course distances for the past 15 years, couldnt match Badmanns experience and endurance. Turning in a 3:18:13 marathon might have normally been all she needed, but Badmanns 3:06:25 was just too much as she powered to a 9:09:30 win, 2:21 ahead of Jones. Jones was glad the marathon wasnt any longer, as another Australian, Kate Major, who also currently resides in San Diego, turned in a 3:02:19 marathon to close within a minute of Jones to finish in 9:12:39.And, finally, to shed a little praise on some of our employees, Active.coms Dave Easa, whos been teetering around 10 hours for the last couple years in Kona, finally got his sub 10-hour performance with a very respectable 9:54:29. And Mitch I-havent-been-training Thrower finished in 11:02. Thrower, a co-founder of Racegate.com, one of the companies that formed The Active Network, completed his 11th Hawaii Ironman with that performance. Thrower also posted a blog at ironmitch.blogspot.com/
1. Faris Al Sultan (Germany) 8:14:17
2. Cameron Brown (New Zealand) 8:19:36
3. Peter Reid (Canada) 8:20:04
4. Rutger Beke (Belgium) 8:22:30
5. Cameron Widoff (USA) 8:23:01
1. Natascha Badmann (Switzerland) 9:09:30
2. Michellie Jones (Australia) 9:11:51
3. Kate Major (Australia) 9:12:39
4. Joanna Lawn (New Zealand) 9:14:53
5. Kate Allen (Austria) 9:22:08
For complete results, including all age groups and splits, visit www.ironmanlive.com.And for additional info and photos, please check out Triathlete Magazine's Ironman wrap up story.