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Phoenix judge spares life of pit bull that mauled child, orders dog neutered and defanged
By JACQUES BILLEAUD and TERRY TANG
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PHOENIX (AP) — A Phoenix judge on Tuesday spared the life of a pit bull that mauled a 4-year-old boy last month and touched off a polarizing Internet debate on mercy, blame and animal violence.
Municipal Court Judge Deborah Griffith ruled that the dog named Mickey must be neutered, defanged and microchipped. She declared the dog vicious earlier in the day and could have ordered euthanasia.
"There would be absolutely no possibility of the animal ever doing this to someone again," Griffith said, saying the dog must remain in a facility for the rest of its life and can't be adopted.
The Lexus Project, a New York-based animal rights group and the dog's trustee, has 30 days to find a rehabilitation center or shelter to take Mickey. An animal advocate in court started to cry when hearing the dog would live.
The Feb. 20 attack left Kevin Vicente with a broken eye socket and jaw, and the boy has months, if not years, of reconstructive surgery ahead of him.
The question of whether the pit bull should live or die attracted a team of top death penalty lawyers, led to candlelight vigils and riled up thousands of animal lovers on social media who placed blame with the dog's owners and child's baby sitter.
Meanwhile, donations and gifts from around the world have flowed in for Kevin since the dog bit the boy in the face.
Floridalma Vicente, the boy's mother, said she is grateful for the outpouring of public support, but can't understand the support that emerged for the dog.
"It disturbed me at first that they placed more value on an animal than on a child, and that made me feel very bad," Vicente told The Arizona Republic through a Spanish interpreter. "If they don't care about (Kevin), well, I do."
Neither Vicente nor the man who owned the dog attended the court hearing.
Guadalupe Villa, whose boyfriend's mother was baby-sitting Kevin the day of the attack, filed the vicious-dog court petition that started the case, saying Mickey has a history of acting without provocation and killed one of her dogs.
Animal advocates hit back, saying both the dog and boy are victims and Kevin's baby sitter was negligent in letting him play near the animal. They also argued the owner was fostering aggression by keeping the dog chained up.
On Tuesday, Griffith said several people shared some responsibility for the attack. The judge pointed out that there was a "Beware of Dog" sign on the property's fence but the gate was left open and children were allowed to play near the dog.
"This whole case has been very, very distressing to me," Griffith said, adding that Kevin will pay the price for the rest of his life.
A half dozen animal rights advocates attended the hearing in T-shirts that bore a paw mark and a slogan, "Save Mickey."
One of them, Veronica Lee, said the hearing showed that the baby sitter wasn't watching closely and that Mickey was kept chained.
"We were not here to put a dog above Kevin," Lee said. "We were just here to make sure justice was served."
Luis Acosta, who said he's not related to anyone involved in the case, disagreed with the judge's decision.
"Who is going to see to it five years from now that this dog still hasn't been adopted out?" Acosta said.
Those hoping to rescue Mickey took their cause to Facebook, where a "Save Mickey" page has garnered more than 59,000 likes. The dog's supporters recently used social media to organize a candlelight vigil and even a YouTube video plea.
Mickey has been living in a cage at the Maricopa County Animal Control and Care Center.


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Senator KENNEDY. Senator-to-be, I hope, Donald Oesterling, William Patten, who I hope is going to be elected the Congressman from this district, Wade Reeser, Lewis Poundstone, candidate for the State legislature, my colleague in the U.S. Senate, Senator Clark, your distinguished Governor, David Lawrence, ladies and gentlemen, I understand that there are a few Republicans who live in this community. [Laughter and applause.] We ought to have a testimonal now. How many Republicans do we have here today? Would you hold up your hands. [Response from the audience.] Well, we are going to talk to you.
We do have one of their representatives here today and we appreciate her coming. We have a few Democrats. We have a few people in 1960 who believe it is time that the United States began to move forward, and I am glad - [applause].
We are divided, as you know, in this country into two parties. One is the Republican Party and one is the Democratic Party, and at different times in the history of our country a majority of the American people have put their confidence in one party, and then on other occasions they put their confidence in another. And I think the reason they choose one party at one time and another party at another is because history and events and the mood of history swings like a pendulum back and forth. I believe that in 1912, the pendulum swung for the New Freedom of Woodrow Wilson, and in 1932, certainly a majority of the American people decided it was time they began to move ahead again, and they voted for Franklin Roosevelt. Now the question which you have to decide in 1960 is which mood of the world, which kind of a world, which place in world history are we in today, and which political party happens to fit the needs of our country. And that is the question which you as citizens of this country must decide.
It is not merely a question saying, "I am a Democrat, and I vote Democratic," or being a Republican, "I vote Republican," but which candidate in your judgment fits the needs of our country in 1961 and 1962. [Response from the audience.]
I want to make it clear so that you can make your judgment how I stand on the great issues which face our country in 1960. My own judgment is that what we are now doing in this country is not good enough, that when Mr. Nixon runs on a slogan of "You've never had it so good," that isn't a good enough slogan in my opinion, because what we are now doing in this country, what is now happening in the State of Pennsylvania, what is now happening around the world, is not good enough from the point of view of our own security, and on this issue Mr. Nixon and I separate. [Applause.]
Secondly, I do not believe that the United States is increasing its economic growth and development at a fast enough rate to provide full employment in the State of Pennsylvania and full employment in the United States. This matter of so-called growth is at the heart of your job. This country has grown in the last 8 years on the average of 2 1/2 percent a year. That means that we have increased our strength each year 2 1/2 percent, but because machinery has come in, because our productivity has increased at a faster rate even than our economic growth, it means that we have in 1960 4 1/2 million people out of work. We are going to face the same problem in 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964 and 1965. Some of you may work in the glass factory. You know that every year we increase the productivity capacity of our glass factories, and if we don't provide economic growth at least twice what we now have, you are not going to find as many people working in the United States as work today. We have 50 percent of our steel mills producing, 50 percent stand idle, and yet we produce almost as much steel today as we did with 100 percent of capacity 7 years ago. The reason is that new machines make it possible to produce more steel. Therefore, not as many men are needed, and, therefore, 100,000 steelworkers are out of work.
Now, Mr. Nixon and I have discussed economic growth on these debates. I have pointed out that the Soviet Union is growing two and a half times as fast as us. But that is not the most ominous sign. The fact is that Western Germany, which is a great competitor of the United States in all the markets of the world, is growing at twice the rate we are. Italy, which we helped on its feet in 1947, 1948 and 1949 is now growing at a faster rate than we are. We are going to have to find 25,000 new jobs a week every week for the next 10 years in order to maintain full employment in this country, and, therefore, I don't think what we are now doing is good enough. I don't think the monetary and fiscal policies which this administration has followed are good enough. I believe that when they stand against the minimum wage of $1.25 an hour, I think they are standing in the way of progress. We have high interest rates and as a partial result we built this year 200,000 less homes than we needed in this country to stay up with our population. We are going to double the population of the United States in the next 40 years, and yet slums are developing faster than we are building new homes, and partly because of the high interest rate policy that this administration has followed which has held our economy back. So the first difference with Mr. Nixon and the Republicans, and this is the question you have to decide, are you satisfied with the rate of growth in this country, do you feel that we are moving ahead fast enough, do you feel that our strength is increasing, do you feel we must do better? [Response from the audience; applause.]
The second matter that I think is of great importance to us as citizens is in our security around the world. I believe that we face two problems in our security around the world, and they both affect your decision on November 8. One is the question of whether we have and are developing sufficient military strength. I believe that the present rate of growth of the Soviet Union in military strength, particularly in long-range missiles, is greater than ours, and while I believe that today the United States is secure, I believe there is a danger in 1962, 1963 and 1964, that unless we move ahead at a greater rate, we won't meet it. That is only one of the dangers. The other danger is that the Soviet Union and the Communist system will move into these areas of the world like they did in Cuba, like they are now doing today in Laos, and will extend their influence without any military action.
In the last 2 years, five countries, once independent, now support the Communist foreign policy line, Cuba, Guinea, Ghana, Iraq, and there is every evidence in the next week that it will include Laos. Five countries that the Communists now control in the fields of foreign policy that 3 years ago they did not influence. In other words, there is every chance that the pattern of conquest of the Communists will not be military action, but will be by subversion, by fear, by persuading the people of those countries and their leaders that the Communist system represents the way of the future. I don't believe the administration has recognized that danger. I don't believe that our influence has increased as fast in recent years abroad as that of the Communists. When we had the issue in the United Nations a week ago on the admission of Red China, only two nations in Africa voted with us. When we had that same issue, more countries in Asia voted against us. We have lost about 10 votes in the last 4 years on that one issue, and I think all this indicates that our position in the world is not as strong as it needs to be if we are going to maintain our security. So I want to make it clear that on these two issues, the development of the economy of the United States, the problem of full employment, the problem of increasing our economic growth, and the problem of maintaining freedom around the world on these two issues, the parties disagree.
Mr. Nixon says our prestige has never been higher. I say it isn't high enough. I say the tide is not moving in our direction. We haven't beamed a single program in Spanish to all of Latin America in the last 8 years, except during the Hungarian revolution. We bring less students to the United States than we did 10 years ago. We offered more scholarships to the Congo in one day, we offered them 300 last June, than we gave to all of Africa the year before. We have the Development Loan Fund to assist the underdeveloped countries. We gave less than 2 percent of all of Africa from that Fund last year. We have ignored Africa. We are in danger of ignoring others. We have ignored Latin America and the result is that a candidate for the Presidency of Brazil felt it necessary to go to Havana and pay a call on Castro in order to secure the support of Castro supporters in the last election.
Now, these are problems that face you in this city. They go to the security of our children. They go to the future of freedom, not only here, but around the world. Therefore, let me say in conclusion, the question you have to decide on November 8 is, Is it good enough? Are you satisfied? If you look at this State, this country, and the world, and decide that the foresight and vision and long-range planning that this administration has carried out and that Mr. Nixon promises to continue is good enough - I don't think it is, and if you don't think it is, I want your support. If you think it is you should vote for Mr. Nixon. That is the issue that you have to decide on November 8.
Let me say finally that I appreciate your coming. This is an important election. These are serious issues. They involve us all, and regardless of whether a Republican President or Democratic President wins on November 8, this country is going to move through difficult times which will require the best of all of us. As the leader of the party in the minority, I present to you our belief that in these serious days this country has the last great hope of freedom, but we must move. I can assure you that if we are successful on November 8, this country will move again. [Applause.]


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This is hardly a new problem and was recognized by DOD back in 2001 and before that by Perdue University. Amazing that few have managed to keep track of it until now. Perdue University did a student study of the risks of early Xerox multifunction devices and published a paper on the subject. Later, Xerox and other companies submitted their devices to testing under the government's Common Critiea NAIP (http://www.niap-ccevs.org/). Based on the governement (and others) being leery of using multi-functional devices, some devices were redesigned and features such as easily removed hard drives and software to erase (scramble) hard drive data resulted. Our organization worked with our contracts folks to ensure that the security of devices was written into the contracts for copying/printing equipment leasing. Bottom line is that everyone in an organization must work together to protect data.
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Halloween may be about a lot of things, but, when it comes to parents and their young trick-or-treaters in this town going about the business of accumulating candy, when did it become an exercise in efficiency?
Halloween may be about a lot of things, but, when it comes to parents and their young trick-or-treaters in this town going about the business of accumulating candy, when did it become an exercise in efficiency?
Growing up in Sampson's Addition, Halloween was a fairly uncomplicated concept. My crew of buddies and I would don some type of mask and costume combination, grab an empty pillow case and head out into the neighborhood. We went from house to house, yelled "Trick or treat!" and got some candy tossed in our waiting receptacles.
We'd come across the scattered dark house here and there. With no lights on inside or out and no sign of activity, we'd simply move on.
We never cherry-picked. It wasn't like the depressing smart phone commercial that aired this Halloween season, featuring the costumed parents and kids digitally mapping their neighborhood – using their wireless devices, of course – to determine who's giving out the best candy, and what houses should be avoided at all costs. In our neighborhood, we maybe knew where some elderly woman lived that gave out only a Tootsie Roll or two, a miniature brick known as a piece of Dubble Bubble gum, or Sweet Tarts, but we still took the time to visit her house.
Not once did it occur to us to ask our parents to abandon our stomping grounds in favor of driving us to some other neighborhood in town to trick-or-treat. Not once did it occur to our parents to volunteer to make that jaunt, either. In those days at Halloween, the scope of the parental role extended to financing the purchase of a mask and costume, and nabbing a snack-sized candy bar or two from their offspring's highly caloric take when we returned home later in the evening and dumped out our sugary loot on the living room floor.
Today in Crookston, Halloween is different. In the north-end neighborhoods, it's a traffic jam. Countless vehicles driven by mom or dad loaded with a cargo of costumed kids park on the frontage road in front of Golf Terrace Drive, or they bob and weave from curb to curb along Groveland Avenue or anywhere in Evergreen Estates while their kids hop in and out to load up on candy. A friend this Halloween shut her lights and escaped her home in Crookston's northeast subdivision in favor of grabbing a couple drinks elsewhere with some friends. Why? Because in 2012 on Halloween, she was swarmed by, she estimated, around 200 trick-or-treaters. "It got to be too much," she said. "It was insane."
I'm afflicted. I suffer from an irrational fear of running out of Halloween candy before all the trick-or-treaters have come and gone each Halloween. My malady, I figure, dates back to the late 1990s, when we bought our first house in Crookston, which happened to be the very first house on Groveland. At dusk on Halloween that year, headlights from vehicles parking on both sides of the street in front of our house lit up the whole block. Vehicles pulled into our driveway and costumed kids poured out of the back seats. By around 6 p.m. I was in full panic mode, loading up on more candy at Hugo's so we wouldn't have to suffer the indignity of shutting off all of our lights and hiding out in the basement.
Since then, even as we've moved a few blocks to the north, I've been preoccupied with making sure we have a more than ample supply of snack-sized candy bars and, my favorite, Reese's Peanut Butter Cups. About a week before Halloween this year, my wife walked in the door and announced that she'd taken care of this year's Halloween candy purchase. She bought eight bags, which, she figured, would be "more than enough."
I concurred, until I came home from work on Oct. 31 and started ripping open the bags and dumping their contents into our huge plastic bowl. My wife may have bought eight bags, but the candy bar companies seem to be manufacturing smaller bags than ever before. After I dumped the eighth and final bag into the big bowl, the chocolate-covered extravaganza didn't quite reach the top, and I started perspiring.
I half-jokingly mentioned that we wouldn't have enough candy, then said something about us almost being out of milk, too, as I scrambled for an excuse to fortify our candy inventory. Off to the store I went. I returned with four more bags of candy, and the milk. And a party-sized bag of Cool Ranch Doritos.
Then...we had around 70 trick-or-treaters. To some who live in other, less-than-hugely-popular trick-or-treating destinations in Crookston, that may sound like a lot. But, for us, at least compared to those frenzied Groveland days, it amounts to a smattering.
But then it hit me. We live on a hill, for one thing. And there are a lot of big home lots on our street, which means kids, and the parents who are carting them around, get less return for their efforts. So, basically, they've made a business decision: It's inefficient to spend 10 minutes trick-or-treating on our street, if spending a similar amount of time on a flatter street nearby with more houses results in more candy for the kids.
To that, I say bah-humbug.


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Cross-post: Applause, Please
by Sean Michael Morris
| How can I hear my own voice unless it bounces off of yours?
This is the question with which Anna Smith begins her Digital Writing Month blog post, "Your Voice in Mine." And it is the driving question behind audience in the digital world. Unlike print publishing, when an audience is not always assumed, digital composition relies on audience at the level of its very conception. When we write online, we never write to ourselves. Rather, we write as part of a massive flow of information and culture (information that is also culture, indistinguishable from it). We write — whether we do so for an active audience, a passive one, or an unknown one — as part of something larger that's being written all the time all around us. Finding our place in it is often a matter of discovering who's listening to us, whose voices our own voices bounce off.


text: NAMI Condemns CBS's 60 Minutes for "Sound Bite Journalism" Praises PBS Forum as Alternative Model for Discussion of Complex Issues "Sound Bite Advocacy" Leads to Public Distrust and Loss of Credibility Statement of Richard C. Birkel, Ph.D. Executive Director, National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI) Apr 24 2002 On Sunday, April 21, 2002, CBS News' 60 Minutes broadcast a segment, "Dr. Torrey's War," spotlighting sweeping criticism of the National Institute of Mental Health's (NIMH's) scientific research priorities offered by Dr. E. Fuller E. Torrey, a leading expert on schizophrenia. The lack of perspective, context, and depth in CBS's reporting in this complex area of science - including failure to note significant advances made through the very kinds of research that the segment criticized - has come to characterize current public debate on serious mental illness. At a time when America faces an ongoing crisis in the treatment of mental illness and President George W. Bush is preparing to announce a commission on reform of our nation's fragmented mental health system, CBS News and the rest of the journalism profession owe us a much higher standard of inquiry and reflection. The segment did not meet that standard. Without careful, rational public discourse in the months and years ahead, we risk squandering a moment of historic opportunity. Correspondent Morley Safer was correct to note that Dr. Torrey "uses mockery to make his point, scanning NIMH grants for goofy titles," including ones about "bird brains." What he failed to report, however, is that research into such esoteric things as the brains of snails, newts and birds contributed to American scientists winning the Nobel Prize in 2001 and has helped to increase our understanding of the workings of the human mind. Dr. Torrey also belittled NIMH grants to study adolescent romantic relationships and peer rejection among teenage girls. Unfortunately, CBS failed to report - if only for minimal context-that suicide, almost always caused by major depression, is the third - leading cause of death among teenagers today. Basic research is essential to a balanced, productive approach to generate new information about the human brain and how it works. The results of basic research lead to hypotheses, which can be tested and explored further. Because of the terrible toll that mental illness can impose upon individuals and families, there is always a temptation to jump-start science, and find shortcuts. But using public money, NIMH has a broader responsibility. A research portfolio must be evaluated in its totality, not its elements, and as a total package. While we are on record with our concerns about insufficient research in many areas of importance including bipolar disorder, mental illness among the elderly and among children, and mental illness within distinct cultural communities, we recognize that building a quality portfolio and a cadre of skilled researchers is a slow process. NAMI believes that NIMH has begun that process and is moving in the right direction. Unfortunately, the 60 Minutes segment only exacerbates the trend toward "sound bite advocacy" that is increasingly evident in mental health. Assuming that the public has little understanding or interest in the complex, mundane issues of mental health system reform, the news media offers opportunities for sensational reviews that titillate but fail to educate. Advocates are encouraged to offer their most outrageous quotes as fodder for sensational broadcast or publication. Sniping, rather than honest dialogue among advocates, is encouraged and rewarded. As a result, the public is exposed only to extreme views on issues where the middle ground is nearly always more fertile and productive, and correct. This trend ultimately leads to a feeling among the public that the mental health community is self-serving, polarized and does not deserve public trust. In turn, this perception leads to a downward spiral of investment and a greatly diminished future for people with mental illness. Ultimately, all Americans are placed at risk, because the long arm of mental illness will embrace the majority of American families at some time in their lives. An example of the downward spiral of "sound bite advocacy" stems from Dr. Torrey's April 2002 article published in The Washington Monthly. To summarize the article, it's fair to say that Dr. Torrey doesn't like the Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS) anymore than he does NIMH. But in protesting Dr. Torrey's broad-brush condemnation of a complex federal agency, some advocates have called for a rally outside a NAMI affiliate dinner where he will speak next week. A flyer now circulating around the country declares: "Dr. Torrey recently called for shutting down the federal Center for Mental Health Services because it supports consumer-operated services that promote recovery." In truth, Dr. Torrey attacked the overall effectiveness of the agency in its critical charge to leading the national system that delivers mental health services. NAMI believes that a review of CMHS's effectiveness in carrying out its congressionally mandated mission is a valid and important area of inquiry. We do not agree that this purpose is well served by a cursory, broad-brushed review by any single author, no matter how prominent and outspoken. But to accuse Dr. Torrey of standing against programs that contribute to true recovery from mental illness is as misleading as it is absurd. For advocates to respond in-kind with narrow and misleading representations of Dr. Torrey's position only fuels a death spiral of intelligent discourse. One small, praiseworthy alternative approach that is a step in the right direction stands out this week in sharp contrast: an On-Line Forum organized by PBS in conjunction with the premiere of the documentary A Brilliant Madness: The Story of John Nash on April 28, 2002. (See www.pbs.org/amex/nash) The forum includes Dr. Torrey and Robert Whitaker, author of Mad In America: Bad Science, Bad Medicine, and the Enduring Mistreatment of the Mentally Ill, along with several other experts on schizophrenia, including one of NIMH's leading research managers. Torrey and Whitaker are polar opposites. Perhaps the only view they share is disdain for the psychiatric establishment, but for different reasons. The PBS Forum offers an opportunity for the kind of careful, nuanced discussion our movement sorely needs. Because of the complexity of issues America faces in reforming mental health services, NAMI recently formed a Policy Research Institute (NPRI). It is our intention to work with sincere advocates of all stripes to find common ground and solutions to problems where there may not seem to be any ready agreement. We call on the community of mental health advocates to join with us, to identify areas of broad agreement, as well as areas in need of further dialogue, and to stop exploiting the media's craving for polarity and division. The time is coming-now, this year and next and the decade ahead-to begin moving together to confront the dramatic failures of the status quo. It is past time to build the infrastructure we need to provide support for the mental health needs of Americans today and tomorrow. There is a great deal more upon which we can agree than there is that divides us, and probably much more than any of us imagine. Let's work together to change the Mind of America, using science and supports on behalf of individual dignity. And for all our sake, let's hope 60 Minutes does a better job the next time they decide to dabble in science.


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Escada Logo – the name of an Irish thoroughbred horse to have won the race, where the couple attended Lei. Concluding her bet and won, Margaret and Wolfgang decided to call it the name of his young company. So, three years since the founding of their company called Escada Logo.
By the early 2000s, Escada Logo had about 375 boutiques around the world, including Paris and Kuala Lumpur. Flagship Boutique in New York was moved from the old location to the more prestigious Fifth Avenue. By this time, Escada Logo was one of the largest retail companies specializing in the sale of ready-made garments in the world. In 2004, Escada Logo has launched a line of products for children – Escada Logo Kids.


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A 16-year-old Millsboro teen was killed Wednesday in a single-car crash southwest of Georgetown.
A 16-year-old Millsboro teen was killed Wednesday in a single-car crash southwest of Georgetown.
Logan Taylor Roe, a junior at Sussex Technical High School, was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash on Asbury Road, about a half mile west of Raccoon Ditch Road, southwest of Georgetown.
An 18-year-old female passenger from Georgetown was taken to Nanticoke Memorial Hospital, where she was treated for non-life-threatening injuries and released.
A Delaware State Police spokesman said the crash occurred about 3:30 p.m. when Roe lost control of his westbound 1998 Pontiac Grand Prix in a sharp curve.
The car left the north side of the roadway and continued west before striking a telephone pole on the front driver's side. The impact caused the car to spin counter clockwise before coming to rest in a densely wooded area, police said.
Both Roe and his passenger were wearing seatbelts police said.
A police investigation is ongoing.
Asbury Road was closed for about three hours as police investigated the crash and cleared the scene.
Roe was studying athletic health care/physical therapy at Sussex Tech.
School officials said counselors are at Sussex Tech today to assist grieving students.


text: Paid search ad spending up sharply in Q2 Published on July 10, 2013. San Diego—Worldwide spending on paid search ads in several industry categories experienced double-digit growth during the second quarter, according to a report from search marketing agency Covario Inc. According to Covario's "Global Paid Search Spend Analysis," pay-per-click advertising rose 22% among the company's enterprise technology, consumer electronics and retail clients compared with the first quarter of the year, and was up 23% compared with the year-earlier period. On a regional basis, the Americas saw an 8% increase in search spending compared with the first quarter and a 17% jump from the same period a year earlier. Paid search spending on mobile devices was up 39% compared with the first quarter and 132% compared with the year-earlier period. Cost-per-click prices rose 10% compared with the first quarter, which Covario attributed to increased competition in the technology and consumer electronics industries, as well as such new Google ad units as Product Listing Ads. Most Popular In this article: BtoB


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Opulent Oceans: Extraordinary Scientific Illustrations from the Museum's Library exhibition includes 46 exquisite reproductions from 33 rare and beautifully illustrated scientific works.
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This month at the Museum there are special programs galore from longer hours in the Discovery Room to the history and astronomy of Manhattanhenge in the Hayden Planetarium!
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Nashua planners mull plans to convert one-way streets to two-way streetsBy KIMBERLY HOUGHTON
Union Leader Correspondent
May 03. 2013 11:47PM
NASHUA - Planners are trying to determine the best way to enhance traffic flow downtown by investigating whether the conversion from one-way to two-way streets may ease congestion.
Aldermen are brainstorming with a Bedford firm hired to conduct a $75,000 downtown roadway circulation study to improve intersection flow, strengthen transit connections and provide better access to local businesses.
The study, conducted by Vanasse Hangen Brustlin Inc., has been under way since the beginning of the year. The project includes data, analysis, field work, alternative screening and more to identify potential strategies to improve mobility and intersection traffic flow on and around Main Street.
"Now is really an important time to do this," Mayor Donnalee Lozeau said on Thursday during a joint meeting with the aldermanic Committee on Infrastructure and Planning and Economic Development Committee.
The study is taking into account the changes anticipated because of the future Broad Street Parkway and how that will affect downtown traffic. It is also focusing on vehicle mobility while identifying ways to strengthen pedestrian and bicycle connections, said Chris Bobay, project manager with VHB.
There are many one-way streets throughout the downtown corridor. While no decisions have been made on what roads may be changed to two-way lanes, consultants specifically recommended converting Spring Street, East and West Pearl Street, Park Street, Court Street, Factory and/or Temple streets to two-way lanes to improve traffic flow.
"Remember, these are just ideas," said Boba. He said there is a lot of flexibility with the project, especially because of a separate traffic signal study being done in the city.
Other recommendations include reversing the one-way path on Factory and Temple streets, and East and West Pearl streets, while making other modifications to Water Street and the Walnut Street Oval.
There is also the option of changing downtown pedestrian crossings by eliminating four-way traffic stops, Bobay said.
"This is not an unusual phenomenon," said Bobay. He said improvements to pedestrian crossings should be considered.
The project study area is generally limited by the Nashua River to the north, Spruce Street to the east, East and West Hollis Street to the south and Pine Street to the west, according to the contract with VHB.
However, consultants explained on Thursday that other nearby roadways can also be considered while trying to finalize proposed changes.
In 1972, Nashua converted many downtown side streets into one-way patterns, with the expectation that it would relieve traffic congestion at little expense. At the time, the one-way streets enabled additional on-street parking and also reduced commuting times.
However, there are some disadvantages to having one-way traffic patterns, including possible confusion to motorists and reduced visibility of retail shops on select streets, according to some city officials.
Some aldermen mentioned the need to deal with the intersection at Franklin and Canal streets, along with the major intersection at Library Hill.
"That backs up all the way up to Exit 6 practically," Alderman Dan Moriarty said of Library Hill, noting associated congestion on Canal Street. "One would think that would be a number one priority."
Alderman Barbara Pressly said she was concerned about pedestrian access to Main Street. As a resident at Clock Tower Place, she said it is difficult to cross certain roadways to get to Main Street.
"We certainly need something more pedestrian friendly," said Pressly.
According to consultants, the most dangerous downtown intersection is where Main Street meets with East and West Hollis streets, which they said should be addressed when making changes.
Once the Broad Street Parkway is operating, consultants estimate that West Hollis Street will get about 10,000 vehicles per day.
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Australian boffins have a ball with lightning maths
St Elmo will spin in his grave
Scientists at Australia's CSIRO have put forward a mathematical model which they believe could help explain the origin of ball lightning.
While people have observed ball lightning for centuries – at least – explaining it has been so troublesome that it's attracted a variety of strange hypotheses – all the way to microwave radiation, dark matter, antimatter or mini-black holes.
It's even been dismissed as a trick played on the brain.
One common suggestion is that something – such as silicon particles – is burning, but as CSIRO scientist and lead author of the paper John Lowke explains, it's an idea that has problems.
"If something is burning, the gas is heating." Since a hot gas rises, the ball lightning should rise, he says – but in general, that doesn't fit what people who have seen the phenomenon report.
In a paper published in the Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres (abstract), Lowke and his team of scientists from CSIRO and the ANU offer a simpler idea: ball lightning ions formed in a thunderstorm, but baulked by an insulator like glass.
This would also help explain reports that ball lightning can "travel through glass", as Lowke explains in an audio snippet at the CSIRO Website.
"Our explanation in the paper is that [ball lightning] is due to ions piling up on the outside of the window," he says. Since windows are generally insulators, "the ions pile up to such an extent that they cause an electric field inside the window, which in exceptional circumstances can be sufficient to start a discharge."
Lowke hopes that the model CSIRO offers in the paper will provide the basis of an experimental test. "A crucial proof of any theory of ball lightning would be if the theory could be used to make ball lightning," he says.
That would be good news for anyone who thinks they've seen ball lightning but hasn't reported it because, Lowke says, "they are afraid that they will be regarded as being nuts." ®


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Jesterhead wrote:chuckdawg1999 wrote:If these are the same molds as the Ashomia Mospeada Legioss then avoid it at all costs. Even if it isn't I wouldn't recommend spending $69.99 on a chance.
I think they are the same design as the Aoshima, but are better in most every way. Tabs together better, nicer pain, better use of diecast etc.
I've heard that Maia's Alpha was produced in the same factory as the Toynami Beta fighters, which are supposed to be pretty top notch.
I don't know but for $69.99 I wouldn't take the chance. If you want a good Alpha and Beta go for one of the CMS corps vehicles.


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The Wolfman has been assigned the task of finding all Macro's on his network servers. Does anyone know of a Macro scanner that can be used to:
1) locate documents that contains macro's
2) locate macro code (VBScript?)
Is there a unique document header that is created when a macro has been added to a document? If so, can it be scanned?


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Is anyone else around here heading to this?
Its looking quite good
Hi shakenbake,
Just a suggestion...for future reference...you need to post a link.
February 17-18th...350 Euros...Prague
Looks like another profit making venture in the name of network security.
By the language of that link you can say so.
They use term underground conference and they are inviting everyone to this conference.........
nobody is perfect i am nobody
Duely noted egaladeist !
I wouldn't mind attending. IF I had 350...and means to get to Prague without blowing a ton of cash.
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On this Veteran's Day (which also happens to be Russ' birthday!) we'd like to share a photo of Russ' parents, Joe and Ann Taff.
Joe was a veteran of WWII, and two of Russ' brothers also served in Vietnam.
We remember and honor their service to our country.
(Here's a link to a Veteran's Day tribute from Russ and Tori on Gaither.com)
WHOW!!!!!! Did not know that your father fought ww11. my grandfather fought in ww1 it is neat. my father was in the navies so I can relate how you feel. How did you get the name Russ?


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Oh the 80s. How they brightened up our lives with gaudy colour, fuelled by booming business that meant consumers had money to burn. In the shadow of shoulder pad and perm, under the fine mist of hairspray, kids urged their newly well-heeled moms to buy them the steady stream of toys advertised on TV – loud, obnoxious commercials spellbinding young minds into trance-like states where the mantra was more, more, more. So it was that homes everywhere were filled with a steady stream of clutter, as if emanating from the TV screens themselves. And so it was that we got these dumb things to remember that decade by – testament to its by turns macho man and sickly-sweet decadence.
10. G.I. Joe
G.I. Joe sales were booming back in the 80s. Reagan was in power, and the prevailing gung-ho attitude ensured the launch of 'A Real American Hero' was always going to score a hit. The line saw well over 500 figures and 250 vehicles assemble on toy store shelves like the cannon fodder they were. Except, these were no ordinary grunts; they were the elite. And yet, mass produced in such large numbers, some of the toys were always going to suck. Among the lamest were a figure that immortalised star NFL lineman William "Refrigerator" Perry as a "physical training instructor" – his weapon: a steel football attached to a chain – and then there were whole task forces of OTT vehicles whose packaging featured the obligatory bunch of guys hanging off the back of a truck. Sir, yes sir!
9. Glo Worms
What to say about Glo Worms? They glowed. Big freaking deal. Riding the gravy train of 80s toy fever, Glo Worms were one of those now dimly recalled fads that burned brightly in the neon tubes of yesteryear before being squashed under the collective realization of how pointless and inane the little green inchworms for little brats were. A product of Hasbro's Playskool team (those guys have a lot to answer for), they debuted in 1982. Their USP? Their bodies housed a battery-powered device that lit up the toy's vinyl face when squeezed. Aww. Bin them. After early success, a ton of other merchandise like story books and night lights were released, further cluttering up already cluttered homes. Even Wendy's jumped on the bandwagon, releasing the Glo Friends in 1989. We'd rather have a square burger.
8. Masters of the Universe
Aficionados may contend Mattel's MOTU figures were where it was at. They're wrong. He-Man and his cronies were the physical manifestation of the cheap, plastic cartoon series that followed. The figures were as rigid and clumsy as the animation, with awkward moving arms, and in Prince Adam's case a puny twisting waist action powered by a feeble elastic band. Man-At-Arms, meanwhile, was stripped of the moustache the cartoon had made us all come to know and love – so it needed to be badly drawn on with a biro – and most of the figures were just repaints and head-swaps of existing characters, meaning they all had the same physique, just in different colours. The second wave of badass bad guys like Ram Man and Man-E-Faces were the only saving grace. Homoerotic plasticity.
7. Care Bears
Care Bears. Where do we start? These 'classic' toys – which came in both plastic and oh-so-cute-and-cuddly fluff ball form – were part of the general evil radiating from your sister's bedroom if you grew up in the 80s. One of the most successful toy lines ever, they were also one of the most annoying. Each of the otherwise homogenous little horrors had its own color, plus a "tummy symbol" representing its 'unique' personality. So, looking down from shelf with faux-friendly eyes were characters like Cheer Bear, Funshine Bear and Friend Bear. I think I'm going to barf. Things got worse before they got better with movies and the introduction Care Bear Cousins – other animals added to the money-spinning family – but thankfully the popularity of the franchise had faded by the 90s.
6. Rambo Figures
Proof that young boys don't care what the action figure looks like, so long as it's a vaguely recognisable reproduction of their ill-advised choice of role models, we bring you the Rambo figures so beloved of so few during the 80s. These little plastic models never reached the heady sales figures of some of their peers, and there was a reason for this. The John Rambo of First Blood and its sequels was a psychotic killing machine. Period. It follows that any kid who wanted to buy bucket loads of the easily forgotten line of toys put on the market would be a good candidate for a visit to the child psychologist. Each Rambo figure was stacked up with its own arsenal, ideal for slaughtering the minions of any tiny commie country that chose to stand in his way. Tops off, of course.
5. My Little Pony
While Care Bears were the offspring of American Greetings, My Little Pony was spawned from the evil matrix of Hasbro – also the makers of G.I Joe and many others. My Little Pony was malevolence made material: fat little soft plastic horse figurines, their asses (no pun intended) stamped with symbols representing forgettable names like Minty, Star Catcher and Rainbow Dash. What did they do? They stood on four legs, grinning about the oncoming apocalypse, while young girls in pretty pink dresses stroked their colorful manes with accessories like plastic brushes – bane to many a bare foot in the hallway. Hugely popular all through the 80s, Pegasus and Unicorn ponies followed the original earthbound equines before a slew of even more nauseating makeovers. Whoa there, evil pony!
4. Gobots
It's a crappy state of affairs when all you'll ever be remembered as – if you're remembered at all – is the poor man's Transformers. Recall how, as a kid, one of these insidious imposter robots would try and infiltrate your toy bucket by masquerading as cheap Autobot? Of course, you were never fooled. While Hasbro's Transformers had the foundation of slick promotion, a cool cartoon and sophisticated manufacturing, Tomy's Gobots had crummy names (compare Megatron, Starscream and Optimus Prime with Scooter, Dozer and Tank), blank identities, and too resembled the vehicles they turned into to make playing with them any fun. Yep, Gobots were no bots, and 1987 saw the production line grind to a halt – saving many more of the blocky figures from the ignominy of anonymity.
3. Get Along Gang Toys
The Get Along Gang: "Each one was so special in its own way" – until they didn't toe the line, comply and conform to the collective will. The cartoon was all about gallingly shiny happy adventures, but considering how short-term the series was, the range of merchandise it spawned – notably stuffed toys and action figures made by Tomy – was rather too substantial for our taste. An ugly marriage of money making and laugh-out-loud morality. Yet while pre-adolescent anthropomorphic animal characters like Montgomery "Good News" Moose, Portia Porcupine and Bingo "Bet-It-All" Beaver all gratingly learned to overcome their faults in favor of group think, kids switched off, and the Get Along Gang toys gathered dust or found their way into the trash. Where they belonged.
2. MacGyver Figures
Now MacGyver was the thinking fan's favorite TV action-adventure star of the 80s. Able to solve any problem thrown his way using only his trusty Swiss army knife, MacGyver was both resourceful and intelligent. Shame the same couldn't be said for the douchebags who came up with his line of toys. Looking at the figure of our intrepid hero, there seems nothing essentially wrong with it, apart from its extreme flimsiness – but we'll let that slide; after all this was a man of brains rather than brawn. No, what really took the crap toy cake was the "MacGyver Multitool" also made available to the public. "A paperclip can be a wonderful thing. More times than I can remember one of these has gotten me out of a tight spot," read the packaging. Yeah and how much did it cost you MaGgyver? Rip-off doesn't come close.
1. Cabbage Patch Dolls
Although the paunchy-faced Cabbage Patch dolls took root in the 1978, it was in the 80s that these repugnant little tots found their feet in the US toy market, mass manufactured by Coleco, then taken on by Hasbro and Mattel. With their doughy soft fabric bodies and big round vinyl heads, who could resist wanting a Cabbage Patch doll for Christmas? We could. Cabbage Patch dolls were big, we'll give them that. They stood 14″ tall and their popularity was colossal. Among the many gimmicks were the Snacktime Kids, which had one-way metal rollers that 'ate' plastic snacks – and, controversially, kids' fingers and hair. Urban legend has it that the dolls were designed to desensitize the public to the appearance of mutated children born in the aftermath of a nuclear war. We can believe it.


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The San Antonio Spurs had a chance to extend their franchise-record winning streak and all but seal up the top seed in the Western Conference playoffs, but the Oklahoma City Thunder stood in the way.
Kevin Durant scored 28 points with seven rebounds to help Oklahoma City cool off the red-hot Spurs with a 106-94 decision and sweep the four-game season series between the teams.
Durant has now scored 25-plus points in 39 consecutive games, which is one shy of the all-time record set by Michael Jordan.
San Antonio had its 19-game winning streak halted in the process and the Thunder pulled within three games of the Spurs for first-place in the West.
Oklahoma City has eight games left on its schedule while the Spurs have six remaining.
Russell Westbrook netted 27 points with six assists in Oklahoma City's third straight victory overall and sixth win in its last eight games. Serge Ibaka contributed an 11-point, 12-rebound double-double and Reggie Jackson added 14 points off the bench for the Thunder.
Patty Mills paced San Antonio with 21 points, while Tim Duncan recorded 17 points and eight rebounds. Kawhi Leonard also added 17 points in the setback.


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Six-board Chest: Day 2
We decided to skip adding a till to the chests so that we could spend most of Monday working on the mouldings, the decorative scratched patterns and the painted finish.
As a result, the chest carcases went together with alarming speed. One minute it was like we were in a shop full of boards. Then all of the sudden – 10 chests.
If you really want to know what the day was like, watch the movie.
— Christopher Schwarz
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Your iTunes library is a database that iTunes uses to organize your media. It's made up of all of the music and other content that you add to iTunes. iTunes uses iTunes library files and your iTunes Media folder to organize and store your media.
Find your iTunes library files
Your iTunes library files track the media you add to iTunes, how you've organized it, and other information such as playlists. By default, these files are in your iTunes folder. To find your folder:
Make sure that you're in Finder. From the menu bar at the top of your computer screen, choose Go > Home > Music > iTunes.
Windows 7 or later: Open
C:\Users\username\My Music\iTunes\.
Windows Vista and XP are not supported by iTunes 12.2 or later.
About your iTunes Media folder
By default, your iTunes Media folder is in your iTunes folder, and it contains all of your media files, including:
- Songs that you imported from CDs.
- Items you purchased from the iTunes Store, such as songs, music videos, or movies.
- Any other items you added to iTunes, if you turned on "Copy files to iTunes Media folder when adding to library" in iTunes Preferences.
Some customers might have an iTunes Music folder instead of an iTunes Media folder. In iTunes 8.2.1 and earlier, most content was stored in an iTunes Music folder. In iTunes 9 and later, content is stored in the iTunes Media folder.
Find and organize your media files
On the Advanced tab of iTunes Preferences, you can choose where you store and how you organize your iTunes media files. To open the Advanced tab, follow these steps:
- Mac: From the menu bar at the top of your computer screen, choose iTunes > Preferences.
Windows: From the menu bar at the top of the iTunes window, choose Edit > Preferences.
- Click the Advanced tab.
From the Advanced tab, you can:
- Find and change the iTunes Media folder location.
- Keep your media folder organized, and make sure that media you add to iTunes is copied to the folder.
Find and change the iTunes Media folder location
On the Advanced tab:
- Look in the box under "iTunes Media folder location" for the location of your iTunes Media folder.
- To change the location, click the Change button and enter a new location.
After you change the location of the folder, existing files won't be moved unless you consolidate your files. To consolidate your files:
- From the menu bar at the top of your computer screen or at the top of the iTunes window, choose File > Library > "Consolidate files." Then click OK.
You can also:
- Reset your media folder to the default location (the iTunes folder). To reset the folder's location, click Reset to the right of the location box.
Keep your media folder organized and copy files to your folder
On the Advanced tab:
- Select "Keep iTunes Media folder organized" to put your files into folders based on artist and album, and to name your files based on the disc number, track number, and song title.
- Select "Copy files to iTunes Media folder when adding to library" to store all of your media files in the iTunes Media folder. With all of your files in one folder, you can easily transfer or back up your media. If you import media into iTunes from a CD, it's automatically added to your iTunes Media folder. If you add media to iTunes another way, such as choosing "Add to library" from the File menu or by dragging an MP3 file into iTunes, it might not be added to your iTunes Media folder.
Locate the file for an item you see in iTunes
If you're not sure where iTunes stores your content, open the Get Info window:
- Select a file in your iTunes library.
- From the top of your computer screen or the top of the iTunes window, choose Edit > Get Info.
- Click the File tab.
- At the bottom of the tab, look to the right of "location" for the address or path where your file is located.
Some of your files might be stored in iCloud. For these files, Get Info shows iCloud instead of a path to a location on your computer.
A note about copyright
iTunes software may be used to reproduce materials. It's licensed to you only for reproduction of non-copyrighted materials, materials in which you own the copyright, or materials you're authorized or legally permitted to reproduce. If you're uncertain about your right to copy any material, you should contact your legal advisor. See the iTunes Store Terms of Service for additional information.
Learn more
- Learn how to back up your media to an external hard drive.
- Learn how to move your media to a new computer.
- Learn what to do if you see an exclamation mark next to media in iTunes.


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DETROIT (AP) — U.S. Rep. John Dingell has left a Detroit hospital after undergoing a procedure to correct an abnormal heart rhythm.
The minimally invasive procedure was performed Thursday at Henry Ford Hospital.
Hospital spokesman David Olejarz said Friday Dingell "has gone home as planned."
The 87-year-old Dearborn Democrat was diagnosed with atrial flutter, a disorder in which the heart's upper chambers beat rapidly and ineffectively.
Dingell plans to return to work when Congress reconvenes March 24 and will have a light workload during the time in between. The hospital says Dingell will continue on a medication regimen of blood thinners and arrhythmia medications.
Dingell said last month he will not seek re-election this year. He's the longest-serving congressman in history.
Democratic activist Debbie Dingell is a candidate for her husband's Detroit-area seat.


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A man is suing a woman after he took her to see Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2 - AND SHE WAS TEXTING DURING THE MOVIE.
If you're a big enough Marvel fan, you could totally understand this, but NME notes that 37 Year Old Brandon Vezmar of Austin, Texas was very unhappy when he linked up with an internet date, took her to see the newest Guardians flick, and she "activated her phone at least 10-20 times in 15 minutes to read and send text messages."
He wants his ticket money back and claims that her actions were a "direct violation" of the movie theaters policy, and ruined his and others' experiences.
In all honesty, it just seems like the date was already a dud from the get-go, not anything to do with a mis-love for the Guardians, but clearly, these two shouldn't have swiped right.
Have you ever been on a terrible date where someone's just constantly texted through the whole thing? Did you want to take legal action against them?
... If you did, maybe that's why you are single...
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Another sealed hearing scheduled in Levy case
WASHINGTON (AP) - Attorneys in the 2001 Chandra Levy murder case will be back in court for another hearing, the substance of which will be kept from the public and the news media.
Although observers will be allowed into the courtroom, Thursday's proceedings will be conducted at the bench, with a white-noise machine that prevents observers from listening to what is said.
The hearings have been held behind closed doors over the last several weeks and could signal a problem with the prosecution.
Ingmar Guandique, an illegal immigrant from El Salvador, was convicted of Levy's murder in 2010 and is serving a 60-year prison sentence.
Levy was a Washington intern whose murder went unsolved for years and captivated the public because of her romantic relationship with a California congressman.


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- Diet: Flake, Frozen, Freeze-dried
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Peaceful and schooling fish that mixes well with other similar sized fish.
India: Moderately decorated with rocks, live plants and driftwood. Live plants may be nibbled on.
Adult males have fine red lines running the length of their body between the thicker blue lines, and golden high lights. Adult females have silvery high lights to their bodies.
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Their common name really does not fit as a true Zebra has vertical stripes not horizontal.
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Rebel Alliance
The Rebel Alliance stood bravely against the evil of the Galactic Empire, never backing down despite overwhelming odds. Formed from resistance movements that arose during the Clone Wars, the Rebellion worked in secret for decades to overthrow the Emperor and restore democracy to the galaxy. Eventually, armed with the firepower of ships like the X-wing and A-wing, and the leadership of figures including Princess Leia and Admiral Ackbar, the Rebel Alliance triumphed over the Empire at the Battle of Endor.
The origins of the Rebel Alliance dated back to the Clone Wars, when the Jedi helped create resistance units on Separatist-held worlds. Ironically, Anakin Skywalker proposed this plan to the Jedi Council and helped create one such militia, training resistance fighters on Onderon. The Onderon cell, led by Steela and Saw Gerrera, fought against the Separatist puppet Sanjay Rash and his droid armies, eventually overthrowing Rash and restoring King Ramsis Dendup to his throne. Some of these resistance movements would continue their activities after the victorious Republic became the Empire, though it would be years before such cells coalesced into an organized Rebellion with centralized leadership.
The Rebellion's origins could also be traced to clandestine meetings of Senators that began in the final days of the Republic. Senators such as Mon Mothma, Bail Organa and Padmé Amidala gathered secretly on Coruscant, concerned about the wartime powers accumulated by Supreme Chancellor Palpatine. Publicly, these Senators backed efforts to shame Palpatine into giving up his emergency powers. Privately, they began preparations for a time when resistance might have to progress beyond political arguments in the Senate, but it would prove to be a long and extremely difficult process to unite those opposed to the Empire under a single banner. Mothma and Organa would become key rebel leaders, a mantle also taken up by Bail's adopted daughter Leia.
As the Empire tightened its grip on the galaxy, resistance movements sprang up on a number of worlds. Most were strictly local movements, determined to free an individual planet or star system from Imperial rule. Such movements risked running afoul of the Empire's intelligence agents, Inquisitors and enforcers, who dealt ruthlessly with any sign of larger-scale resistance. One crew of rebels, led by the Twi'lek pilot Hera Syndulla, sprang up on the Outer Rim world of Lothal. Syndulla's band -- whose ranks also included former Padawan Kanan Jarrus, the Force-sensitive orphan Ezra Bridger, Mandalorian demolitions expert Sabine Wren, Lasat warrior Garazeb "Zeb" Orrellos, and the droid Chopper -- worked to disrupt Imperial operations on Lothal and other Outer Rim worlds, receiving support from operatives such as the mysterious Fulcrum. In time, under the leadership of Bail Organa and Mon Mothma, such local groups combined their efforts into a full-blown Alliance dedicated to overthrowing Palpatine and restoring the Republic.
After narrowly escaping Imperial capture, the Ghost crew delivered Mon Mothma to a precise meeting point away from the eyes of the Empire: Dantooine. There, she formally announced her resignation from the Senate and put out a call for others to join in her in the fight against the Empire. As more and more rebel cells arrived, the Rebel Alliance was born.
As the Rebellion grew more organized and gained support in the Imperial Senate, the Empire sought to crush resistance by completing construction of the Death Star, an armored battle station with enough firepower to destroy an entire planet. Rebel spies stole the Death Star plans and delivered them to Princess Leia Organa, an Imperial Senator and a member of the Alliance. Darth Vader captured Leia's starship above Tatooine, but the princess had hidden the plans in the memory banks of R2-D2.
Determined to crush the Rebellion, Grand Moff Tarkin demonstrated the Death Star's power by incinerating Bail Organa's homeworld of Alderaan. He allowed Leia to escape, trailing her to the principal Rebel base on the moon Yavin 4. The Rebels countered with a desperate plan, sending squadrons of starfighters up against the battle station. Before the Death Star could destroy Yavin 4, Luke Skywalker used the Force to guide a proton torpedo into an exhaust port leading to the battle station's main reactor. The destruction of the Death Star saved the Alliance -- and the fires of resistance began to spread among the Empire's worlds.
The Empire struck back with an overwhelming display of military might, brutally cracking down on dissent and sending its warships across the galaxy in search of the Rebels' new principal base. After an Imperial probe droid discovered Echo Base on the ice planet Hoth, the Alliance's General Rieekan ordered an immediate evacuation. Rieekan's quick decision saved many lives and prevented a disaster, but the Rebels still suffered a terrible defeat. Battered but unbowed, the Alliance regrouped at a prearranged rendezvous point, forming a deep-space convoy of warships in an effort to stay ahead of Imperial hunters.
Under the direction of Mon Mothma and Admiral Ackbar, the Rebel fleet gathered at Sullust for an all-out attack on the second Death Star, under construction above the Forest Moon of Endor. The Alliance had learned that Emperor Palpatine was personally overseeing this new project, and risked a confrontation in hopes of ending the war with a quick strike. Mothma and Ackbar didn't know Palpatine had leaked the information about the battle station and his presence aboard it. His trap very nearly succeeded: the Rebels couldn't match the firepower of the Imperial fleet, let alone a Death Star that turned out to be fully operational. But a strike team led by Leia and Han Solo destroyed the shield generator protecting the Death Star, allowing Lando Calrissian and Wedge Antilles to fly into the superstructure and blow up the station's main reactor.
Meanwhile, Luke Skywalker managed to awaken the good slumbering in Darth Vader. Vader killed Palpatine, an act of sacrifice that left the Empire leaderless and ended Sith rule of the galaxy.
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Leia Organa
Princess Leia Organa was one of the Rebel Alliance's greatest leaders, fearless on the battlefield and dedicated to ending the tyranny of the Empire. Daughter of Padmé Amidala and Anakin Skywalker, sister of Luke Skywalker, and with a soft spot for scoundrels, Leia ranks among the galaxy's great heroes. But life under the New Republic has not been easy for Leia. Sidelined by a new generation of political leaders, she struck out on her own to oppose the First Order as founder of the Resistance. These setbacks in her political career have been accompanied by more personal losses.
Admiral Ackbar
A veteran commander, Ackbar led the defense of his homeworld, Mon Cala, during the Clone Wars and then masterminded the rebel attack on the second Death Star at the Battle of Endor. Ackbar realized the rebels had been drawn into a trap at Endor, but adjusted, with his fleet buying valuable time for the attack to succeed. After the Battle of Endor, Ackbar became a Grand Admiral in the New Republic, winning many victories including the pivotal Battle of Jakku. He retired to Mon Cala, but was coaxed back into service with the Resistance by Leia Organa.
X-wing Starfighter
The X-wing is a versatile Rebel Alliance starfighter that balances speed with firepower. Armed with four laser cannons and two proton torpedo launchers, the X-wing can take on anything the Empire throws at it. Nimble engines give the X-wing an edge during dogfights, and it can make long-range jumps with its hyperdrive and its astromech droid co-pilot. Luke Skywalker is famous for destroying the Death Star behind the controls of an X-wing.
Y-wing Starfighter
The Y-wing is a workhorse starfighter has been in use since the Clone Wars. Used for dogfights and for bombing runs against capital ships and ground targets, Y-wings are often overshadowed by newer models such as the X-wing and the A-wing. But the Y-wing's historical importance is remarkable, and it has reliably served multiple generations of star pilots.
Mon Calamari Star Cruiser
The gentle Mon Calamari people brought more than their determination to restore freedom to the galaxy when they joined the Rebel Alliance. They also brought a fleet of powerful capital ships. These immense vehicles were a startling contrast to the straight-lined shapes favored by the Imperial fleet. Whereas the Imperial Star Destroyer resembles a pointed dagger in shape, a Mon Calamari cruiser lacks hard angles, and is covered with ovoid forms suggesting an organic sculpture. Despite their smooth lines, these vessels pack an enormous punch. Turbolasers, ion cannons, tractor beam projectors and shield generators dot the flowing surface of the ships.
Bail Organa
Bail Organa, a member of Alderaan's royal family and the planet's representative to the Republic Senate, earned respect on Coruscant for his honesty and his commitment to justice. Prior to the Clone Wars, Bail served alongside Senator Padmé Amidala as a member of Chancellor Palpatine's Loyalist Committee. The two became close friends, and recruited like-minded allies to prevent Palpatine's alarming grabs for power. At the end of the war, Bail Organa adopted Padmé's daughter Leia and raised her as an Alderaanian princess. While representing Alderaan in the Imperial Senate, he worked secretly with allies such as Mon Mothma and Ahsoka Tano to assist rebel cells scattered across the galaxy, working towards the day that a unified Rebellion could emerge. Bail died when the Death Star destroyed his homeworld.