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Not voting is a right too
By Steven Martinovich(December 25, 2000) - There was a lot of gnashing of teeth in Canada on November 27 by the chattering class, not at the election victory by the Liberal Party, but because of the low turnout at the polls. That night it was estimated that 62.9 per cent of the 21 161 565 registered voters had actually cast their ballot. On December 19, chief electoral officer Jean-Pierre Kingsley announced that the number was an even worse 60.5 per cent, a record low.
That number prompted Kingsley, the official charged with insuring that our democratic right to vote works smoothly, to state that if the participation rate falls below 60 per cent, Parliament may have to pass legislation that would force people to vote.
"Sometimes, in order to save democracy, you have to do things that might seem to run a little bit against it, but I certainly like the idea of voting freely, as opposed to ... being required to do it by law," said Kingsley, who admitted he found the idea "repugnant." Not enough, however, to avoid half-heartedly endorsing the idea.
The idea behind mandatory voting, which Oklahoma State University expert Wolfgang P. Hirczy de Mino believes would "likely ... enhance the legitimacy of representative institutions and of the political system," is that it enforces the idea that voting is a social norm and since government already mandates things like education and conscription for the social good, why not voting. That enforcement is seen in nations as diverse as Australia, Belgium, Costa Rica and Argentina.
As laudable as that goal may seem, there are a number of reasons why mandatory voting is objectionable in a democracy. The first is that mandatory voting partly frees political parties from performing legitimate responsibilities like campaigning and reaching out to voters, something seen in Australia according to that nation's Centre for Independent Studies. That sees established parties have an advantage over new parties and independents whose supporters are more likely to be motivated.
Mandatory voting also carries with it tremendous cost and administration implications for the state. There are the questions of the accuracy of the voters' list, voter information, and the mechanisms for the follow-up fine or punishment system for non-voters. This point cannot be overlooked. The November 27 election, the first which saw the across-the-system use of the permanent list introduced in 1996, had Elections Canada returning officers finding deceased people on the list while others who had voted for years were left off.
Finally, a right to do something suggests that a person also conversely has a right not to do something. It's only logical that a citizen ought to have the right not to vote as much as the right to vote. Some citizens who boycott elections on principle would argue that compulsory voting impinges upon this basic freedom.
As Southwestern University School of Law professor Butler Shaffer - someone who refuses to vote on principle - recently pointed out, "Political systems derive their power not from guns and prisons, but from the willingness of those who are to be ruled to expend their energies on their behalf. For state power to exist, a significant number of men and women must sanction the idea of being ruled by others, a sanction that depends, ultimately, upon the credibility of those who exercise such power."
By voting in an election, a person declares their support for the process that sees them ruled by another person. The imposition of mandatory voting proves that a system no longer has credibility with the citizenry, something arguably more dangerous then a dip in the participation rate and something that cannot be solved by an act of Parliament. You may be able to coerce a person to vote, but Kingsley is wrong if he thinks it would solve the root problems responsible for low turnout.
Future directions
By Steven Martinovich
(November 27, 2000) - I say this every year, but I hate resorting to that "year past-year ahead" editorial at the end of the year. Given, however, that I am completely tired of writing, editing and reading about chads, butterfly ballots, the entire state of Florida, recounts and ballot certifications, I may as well write one.
Two-thousand was a good year for Enter Stage Right. Our first full year as a regular weekly, our traffic exploded and we were exposed to quite a few people who had never heard of our humble little effort in 1999. We had some successes: getting the archive up and up-to-date, adding new services and features, increasing the number of articles every week, and finding new voices to bring to you. ESR also had some failures: the forum I installed drew decent traffic but few people ever posted anything, and ESR has stubbornly refused to turn profitable (I and my writers want to be paid and we're willing to admit it, thank you very much).
That said, I'm fairly happy with the year that went by and I'm looking forward to the new millennium (yes, I am one of those annoying people who knows the millennium starts January 1, 2001 and didn't celebrate it this past January) and some of the things that I've got planned.
Multimedia. Although it isn't ubiquitous, broadband access to the World Wide Web is no longer an unknown. I myself have been surfing using DSL since late June and I can't say enough positive things about it. In lieu of television, I regularly consume streaming video or audio over the web of things that actually interest me, such as the recent keynote speeches at Comdex. Within the next couple of weeks, ESR will be spotlighting more multimedia content across the web in several of our sections. Although this won't be coming soon, ESR will also begin producing some of its own original multimedia content...generally audio interviews with notable people in the United States and Canada. That, of course, is contingent upon ESR actually making some money to pay for the equipment and expenses I'll meet up with.
ESR won't be moving away from the traditional magazine as HTML is still the common standard and will be for years to come so no worries about being left behind if your PC can't handle web-based multimedia. ESR is created by writers, not hacks in Hollywood, and the written word will still rule.
An increased schedule? I know I hazily promised this last December but I am aiming for ESR to publish on a more rapid schedule. Although the details have yet to be sorted out, you may be seeing a Monday and Wednesday edition of the magazine. As with all things, it largely depends on several factors: a regular stream of quality work and time. I wouldn't count on this happening before June 2001.
I've other ideas which I will be pursuing over the coming months which I won't share here because they are pretty ambitious and may never come to fruition. Watch this space in the coming months to find out more.
I'd like to thank Michael Miller of Quackgrass Press for the help he's been over the past year. Thanks to his help, I've managed to avoid embarrassing myself on more than one occasion. Although you rarely see him "in front of the camera," Editor-At-Large Steve Lendt has been a boon in the background. He's gotten me to move in new directions just by asking a question and more than once come up with information that I didn't even know I needed.
I'd like to also thank ESR's senior writers, those voices you see every week because they graciously commit themselves to writing and submitting regularly to this magazine: Steve Farrell, Michael R. Allen, Diane Alden, Antonia Feitz, Joe Schembrie, Charles Bloomer, W. James Antle III and Shelley McKinney.
Besides our senior writers, ESR also depends on a large number of contributors to this magazine. In roughly the order they appeared in 2000: Henry Lamb, Scott Carpenter, Vin Suprynowicz, Timothy Rollins, Peter J. Fusco, Steve Martin, Erik Jay, Buster W. Newton, Bruce Walker, Lewis J. Goldberg, Robert Levy, Linda Prussen-Razzano, Alan Caruba, David Hackworth, Diana Furchgott-Roth, David Bardallis, Peter Zhang, Dennis Rice, Christopher Summers, Christopher Yablonski, Kimberley Jane Wilson, David Ridenour, Eric Miller, Walter Robinson, Lawrence W. Reed, Ron Nehring, Nicholas Sanchez, Dr. Michael S. Brown, Scott Tibbs, Paul Weyrich, Sean Hackbarth, Amy Ridenour, Robert McFarland, Lisa S. Dean, Deroy Murdock, Joe Roessler, David W. Almasi, Scott T. Hiestand, John K. Carlisle, Thomas Kelly, Paul Fallavollita, Ralph Reiland, Mitchell McConnell, John Nowacki, Andy Seré, A. C. Kleinheider, Brian Carnell, Leo K. O'Drudy III, Jonah Goldberg, Richard Allen Vinson, Robin D. Roberts, Daniel T. Oliver, Karen De Coster, David Wilens, Gerard Jackson, Leo Troy, Roger Banks, Michael J. Centrone, Carol Devine-Molin, Thomas Jipping, Charles A. Morse, Isabel Lyman, Philip K. Kelly Jr., Greg Kaza, Robert McFarland, Nicholas Stix, Harry Browne, Martin Morse Wooster, Kevin Avram, Stuart Buck, Nathan Porter, Mike Antonucci, Dr. Jeremy Blanks, Rush H. Limbaugh Jr., Peter Shaw, Bill Barnwell, Bobby Unser, Mike Wasylik, Lloyd Billingsley, Dr. Dirk C. van Raemdonck, Douglas Newman, Angie Wheeler, George S. Kulas, Stephen Moore, Ed Rauchut, John Guthmiller, Joyce Mucci, Samuel L. Blumenfeld, Mark Trapp, Jamie Glazov, James Bovard, Michael E. Kreca, Richard Esenberg, Aaron Lukas, E. Ralph Hostetter, Notra Trulock, Bill Gertz, Tom DeWeese, David Holcberg.
I think you'll grant us that it is a pretty distinguished list and I thank each and every one of them for their help in turning out this magazine, whether they submitted one piece or several dozen.
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It is perhaps a testament to the pall of shock and sorrow that fell upon the nation after the killings at Sandy Hook Elementary that the tragedy has prompted an urgent run on military-style guns.
Firearms enthusiasts apparently believe the murders of 20 children and six adults at the school has galvanized a country long divided about gun control measures to enact sweeping new restrictions next year.
Local gun shop owners report they quickly sold out of whatever stock they had on hand and have not been able to order more because manufacturers have no remaining inventory to ship. Some customers have found the national computer system for required background checks so clogged with transactions lately that local retailers sometimes have been unable to sell even shotguns or traditional hunting rifles.
"I'm sure some stuff is going to get restricted, and people may be saying, 'I'm going to go on and get it now before they do that,' " figured Michael LaRocca, owner of LaRocca Gunworks in downtown Worcester. "I tried to buy a few things just to have on the shelves here, but you can't get it. The inventory's all sold out."
Ware Gun Shop owner Michael Weisser sold the nine military-style rifles he had in his store in three days. Since then, he's had people stop by almost every day looking for one of the various semi-automatic civilian versions of the U.S. military's M-16 and M-4 assault rifles.
"I tell them, 'Save yourself the gas, man, nobody has them,' " Mr. Weisser said.
He considers the panic buying an overreaction, one largely fueled by speculation in conservative media and dire warnings from the National Rifle Association, the country's largest gun rights lobbying group.
"There's all this talk about banning guns that gets around. People come in and say to me, 'I better get a gun. Obama is going to take away all the guns.' They don't really know what they're talking about, but it's what they're hearing and repeating," Mr. Weisser said.
President Barack Obama has tasked Vice President Joe Biden with leading an effort to formulate policies to address gun violence in the United States. The president also has pledged to use his authority and influence to push for measures to reduce gun violence.
State data on sales of new firearms in Massachusetts since the Newtown, Conn., shootings earlier this month weren't available by press time. But the anecdotal reports of a major spike in gun sales here and across the country apparently are being driven by current gun owners, as area police chiefs report no appreciable increase in applications for new gun permits.
"I have not seen an increase since the Sandy Hook incident," Hubbardston Police Chief Dennis G. Perron said. "Hubbardston is always very active with licensing, and this past year has been busy, but that's due to the cycle of renewals, not necessarily an influx of new applicants."
The situation is the same in nearby West Brookfield, said Police Chief C. Thomas O'Donnell.
Gun rights activist James Wallace said he went to a local shop last week to buy a new shotgun and found the shelves all but picked clean of rifles. The store had the shotgun he wanted, but it couldn't complete the required background check for him to buy it right then.
"The national system was so backlogged with sales, the guy said, 'Just come back tomorrow. We'll try to do it tonight.' That tells you how busy gun sales are right now," said Mr. Wallace, executive director of the Northboro-based Gun Owners Action League.
Mr. Wallace said his years as a Beacon Hill lobbyist have taught him not to venture predictions about what legislative bodies will do, but the feeling among gun owners that big changes in the law may be coming is palpable, he said.
"They're all very concerned that there'll be a knee-jerk reaction," he said.
Mr. LaRocca, a former police officer and correction officer, gets a similar read from his customers in Worcester: "They're just worried about what's going to happen."
One possibility is that Congress could revive a lapsed assault weapons ban. Massachusetts already has such a law on the books, but neither the state law nor the former federal one outlaw military-style weapons that look like and fire the same bullets as their military inspirations, but without an automatic fire setting and with various cosmetic differences that make no difference in lethality.
The civilian versions are semi-automatic, which means one bullet is fired each time the shooter pulls the trigger. An automatic rifle, or machine gun, continues to fire bullets at a rapid rate as long as the trigger is held down or until it runs out of ammunition.
Advocates of stricter gun control dub the legal military-style weapons "assault rifles," while gun rights supporters call them "modern sporting rifles." The killer at Sandy Hook Elementary carried such a weapon, made by Bushmaster Firearms International of North Carolina, that was legally owned by his mother, whom he also killed, police said.
The shootings of former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and a number of others in Arizona early last year and the mass killing of 32 people at Virginia Tech in 2007 didn't drive up gun sales like now, Mr. Weisser said, because they fueled the debate over guns, but didn't upend it as the Sandy Hook shootings may. The 1999 massacre at Columbine High School in Colorado did produce a temporary spike in sales among gun enthusiasts who feared new restrictions, he said.
But not like this.
"This one is by far the largest spike. No question," Mr. Weisser said. "There probably isn't a dealer in the United States that has an assault-style rifle in stock to sell."
"It's been like this for two weeks," he added. "How long it's going to last, I have no idea."
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Smith wins three-year Klingenstein Fund award to support neuroscience research
Spencer Smith, PhD, assistant professor of cell biology and physiology, and the UNC Neuroscience Center, will use the additional funding to pursue experiments to shed light on the role of dendrites in neuron function and computation.
Dr. Smith and his colleagues in the lab work on dendrites, tree-like structures that make connections with other cells to gather information for neurons. Their work shows evidence that the tree-like branches of dendrite, which were previously thought of as simple wires transmitting information, actually process information themselves in mammalian visual cortex in vivo.
"Imagine examining an electrical circuit under a microscope and finding that what you thought were wires are actually transistors," said Dr. Smith.
In order to successfully examine the dendrites, which are two microns in diameter, less than 1/3 the width of a red blood cell, Dr. Smith custom built a laser-based, two-photon microscope. This custom microscope makes it possible to obtain recordings of electrical activity directly from dendrites.
"It is very rare to find a scientist who is well-trained in physics, optics and neuroscience," said Carol Otey, PhD, chair of the department of cell biology and physiology, "and that is a powerful combination."
The Klingenstein Fund supports researchers early in their careers who are engaged in basic or clinical research that may lead to a better understanding of neurological and psychiatric disorders. The award will provide $150,000 over a three-year period. The researchers will be able to carry out further experiments to investigate the nature of processing that dendrites perform.
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She excavated at the site of Tiwanaku with Alexei Vranich (U. Penn) in the summer of 2000 where she found an inca burial near a wall of Puma Punku. She published her report in the Washington College Review 9:70-85 in 2001.


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From the series: Student Teams Share Their Keys to Success
Alexander Ehard and Sebastian Straßl, Starkstrom Augsburg
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To simplify your engine control unit, Sebastian Straßl and Alexander Ehard, of Starkstrom Augsburg, join Christoph Hahn of MathWorks, to use Simulink and the HDL Coder in developing a new control unit with an FPGA. With regards to Formula Student, this is a very applicable project. The benefits of a control unit with an FPGA include the ability to merge multiple devices together to decrease the overall weight, increase system performance, and reduce interface problems.
The Xilinx Zyng 7000 platform was used in this project and is a powerful tool in developing an engine control. As explained by Sebastian and Alexander, the platform itself has a classic micro controller as well as an FPGA, providing greater flexibility. Whereas a classical micro controller involves only programming software, an FPGA involves writing on hardware to result in an increase in performance.
For the FPGA programming, HDL code generation for rapid prototyping is demonstrated. In Simulink, you will see an example for HDL code generation with a torque calculation model from the Starkstrom Augsburg team. This model uses a fixed-step solver with discrete states and illustrates the entire workflow to generate the code. After the software demo, Sebastian and Alexander use a hardware testing setup to check if the code is working and demonstrate how this system would ultimately work in a real racecar.
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We love to make chili, as it is a delicious and whole meal in one dish. It's easy to make and can be started on Saturday morning so that it leaves you free to do your household chores and errands without worrying if you will have enough time to make dinner for your kinfolk in the evening.
1 onion finely chopped
1 Tbsp olive oil
1lb hamburger (ground beef)
3 cans of beans or pre-cooked beans**
I bottle tomato juice
2 cans sweet corn
½ tsp salt
1 tsp pepper
1 tsp celery seed
1 jalapeno – (optional if you want to make it real chilli-hot)
2 cups water
- In a skillet, heat oil and cook ½ the onion, brown hamburger.
- In a crock pot or slow cooker, place browned hamburger/ ground beef and all other ingredients, including the other ½ onion, chopped. Cook on medium for 5 hours.
- Stir occasionally.
**For the pre-cooked beans. Follow instructions on your bag of beans to cook from scratch. You can use whichever beans you prefer. Since I pre-cook mine, I usually include a mix of pinto beans, navy beans, kidney beans and black beans. I rinse the beans. Soak overnight. Cook beans in water over a stove until they boil for about one hour and then and cover for about 1 hour, until soft. I then cook half the beans in chili and save the rest for another dish.
Serve with corn chips, corn bread or crackers.
This home made dish makes about 10-12 servings, so make sure to serve it up at your next party.
I love chili and have taken to trying it outside the house to see what others are doing with it. Panera Bread served their chili with corn bread. It was delicious. Make sure to ask for a bowl if hungry and if not so hungry then the smaller sized bowl they call a cup.
As usual the ambiance at the Restaurant brought out the inner foodie in me and I wanted to have more and more. I had to check myself. It was only lunch time. I could always return for dinner. Panera Bread makes me wanna sit down and stay. It's so cozy and warm. Reminds me of my mama's kitchen and the food that we got to eat while we shared stories way past midnight on many a weekend.
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The guest book is updated automatically each time guest responds and total numbers of guests who responded "yes" or "no" are provided right away without having to count manually.
The guest book is updated automatically each time guest responds and total numbers of guests who responded "yes" or "no" are provided right away without having to count manually.
Comparing to old fashioned way of collecting guests responses, you do not need to provide a return envelope with a stamp together with the wedding invitation.
There is no risk of mail being lost or that you forget to update the guest book. Our service is always available and responses do not get lost.
Optionally, you can also ask your guests about their menu choices or other additional information. You can collect separate answers for separate events (ceremony, reception, rehearsal dinner, etc.) and much more.
After logging in for the first time we recommend setting up your wedding related events (such as "Wedding ceremony", "Rehearsal dinner" etc.) and providing additional details and questions to your guests (such as menu choices, song selections, etc.). Guest can be invited to each event individually and you will have a separate guest list for each event. Your guests will be prompted to RSVP for each event they are invited to.
In the "Settings" tab you can customize your response page in a variety of ways. You can also customize your "Thank you" page, set up the date of the last day your guests can respond and much more.
If you cannot find an option or feature that you were looking for, feel free to contact us. Although it is plainly impossible to fulfill everyone's needs, we have implemented lots of options and features that were originally requested by our users.
Populating your guest list is optional. If in the "Settings" tab you set up your guest list as "Open", your guests will be able to add themselves to it.
If you rather have a better control of your guest list though, do not choose that option. Instead, in the "Guest List" tab you will be able to add invited guests to your guest list or you can import all guests at once using any spreadsheet application.
The guests are grouped together by "invitations" which should represent the real invitations that you will send out to your guests. You can easily edit each invitation that is already entered or, if your guest has responded through some other means (for example through the phone), you can quickly respond for that guest so that your guest list is up to date.
We recommend sending paper invitations to your guests the traditional way, but instead of including an RSVP card with a return envelope and stamps, you should provide simple instructions on how to access your RSVP page online. Alternatively, you can send your guests RSVP links through the Internet. You do not need to know your guests' email addresses to be able to share direct RSVP links with them (for example, through social networking sites).
You have a choice of providing your guests with anrsvp.com home page address where they will need to find your response page, then provide their name and then actual response. The second option is to provide them with your RSVP link where they will be taken to your response page directly. The third option is to provide each guest with their individual private RSVP link so that they do not need to enter their names.
Each link can have language code appended to it so that your guests can respond in their native language instead of being forced to use English. You can see a list of available languages after clicking on the corresponding link above your guest list. If you do not see your language, you can always request it.
The fourth option is to create a website through our service and share a link to that website. Guests will be able to RSVP there as well.
Once your invitations are sent out, you can take care of your other wedding related tasks. If you provide your email address or phone number in the "Account" tab, you will be getting email and SMS notifications each time a guest RSVPs.
You can also export your guest list to an Excel file in the "Guest List" tab. The Excel version of the file is also more printer friendly so you might find this feature useful whenever you want to print out your guest list. You might find it easier to browse your guest list by sorting it by the guests' last names or their answers. The same sorting option will be preserved in the spreadsheet file.
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|Limited features for free. pay monthly fee to have full features.
|All features are free. Optionally subscribe with a low monthly fee if you would like to remove the few unobstructive ads.
|Maximum number of guests
|100 or less for free. Pay to get more.
|Unlimited for free.
|Guest response notifications
|Either none, or just email notifications to a single email address.
|Options for emails (one to the Bride, one to the Groom), text messages (one to the Bride, one to the Groom), and an Android and iOS app.
|Multi-language support
|Typically none, sometimes 2 languages supported.
|17 languages currently supported for the response page with an option to request additional languages.
|Do guests need an account to respond?
|Sometimes yes, sometimes they are asked to optionally create an account.
|No. Guests are not bothered with any questions from us.
|Usually only for paying accounts or only through public forums.
|Send us questions directly and we normally respond within 24 hours, no matter if you paid us any money or not.
|RSVP link
Often complicated and hard for guests to type.
Private invites can be done only through email or one specific vendor of social media.
yourevent.anrsvp.com or allow your guests responding directly from anrsvp.com by typing the couple's names.
You can also generate private (direct/unique) RSVP links and share them with your guests through means of your choice (paper, email, different social media portals, etc.).
|Multiple events
|Typically no - only one event and one guest list supported. Some services suport multiple events for a fee.
Up to 8 wedding related events that guests can RSVP to on a single page, like a bachelor party, a rehearsal dinner etc. for free.
Each event has its own unique guest list. Each guest can be included in one or more events.
|Additional (optional) questions to guests
|Typically either none, or a single "Guest notes" field to fill out.
You can ask up to 18 different questions with the responses being either plain text entered by the guests (such as "Guest notes", "Phone number", etc.) or selections (such as "Menu selection", "Accomodation choice", etc.).
|Guest list import/export
|Usually not supported.
|Import/export guest lists from/to spreadsheet files. Exported spreadsheet file is also printer friendly.
|Response card complexity
|Usually only simple response card allowed - one named guest with a specified party size.
Lots of combinations allowed.
Combinations allowed from simplest ones, to quite complicated ones.
For example, you can have an invitation for 2 parents (2 named guests, party size 1 each), a daughter with her partner (1 named guest, party size 2), and 2 additional friends (2 labeled guests as "friends").
Alternatively, you could simply provide a single named guest with a party size of 6.
|None or very limited.
Lots of customizations to both the presentation and the functionality.
Customizable response card type with your own picture, customizable font style, size and colors. Upload your own background photo.
Completely custom Thank You page with fully featured WYSIWYG editor and option to edit HTML directly, include Youtube videos and more.
Addditional custom possible answers (like "Maybe", "Possibly Yes", "Possibly No", or anything else).
Customizable "Yes" and "No" answers (can be changed to anything, like "Sure", "Unfortunately Not", etc.).
Optional cut-off date where responses will not be accepted anymore, with a custom message that will appear after that date.
Option to accept guests' responses who are not present in the guest lists.
We want to hear your ideas, we hate it if you experience problems and we want to solve them right away. We always love to hear your feedback.
We have been providing this service for over 7 years and we served over 25,000 weddings.
Flash-like appearance of the response page with no Flash required. Material design adds the third dimension to your page. Works great on mobile devices.
Our service quickly grows in functionality. Just last year we have added 12 new features, many of which were requested by our users.
Our pages load in average of 250 milliseconds. The response page with animations takes less than 1 second to load. Our web hosting provider guarantees 99.95% uptime.
We look forward to celebrating with you at our wedding
Please RSVP online by
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We are looking forward to celebrating with you at our wedding
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Q: Will I have to pay for the service?
A: No, this site is free for everyone. You will not have to pay a penny to be able to use our wedding RSVP service. You can also request a new feature or functionality for free.
As you might have realized, besides providing the service for free we are also not including any popup advertisements on our website. The idea is that you are getting a free service of a high end quality.
Although we do charge for additional items/services, these are not required to be able to use our service.
Q: Do you share private information with other companies?
A: All your private information is kept only by AnRSVP and it is not sold or given to anyone else. We will contact you on your email address only if you have confirmed it or if you have contacted us.
Q: Two of my guests have the same name. How do I get around this problem?
A: Your guest list cannot have two identical names. One way around this problem is to provide a prefix for one of the two guests, for example: Mr. or Mrs. Then, provide that particular guest with their own private RSVP link instead of the wedding-wise RSVP link. This way, he or she will not need to enter their name and will not accidentally answer for the other guest with the same name.
Q: I am not getting emails when the guests are sending their answers. What should I do?
A: If you provided an email address while registering, an email message has been sent to you containing a link to the email confirmation page. Please find the email and click on the link. If you cannot find the email, it is possible that you have provided an incorrect email address or that there is a problem with the system. If this is the case, please contact us.
Q: Is there a maximum amount of guests that can be used for an event?
A: There is no limit.
Q: The response page suddenly stopped working. The message says that no responses are accepted anymore. Is something broken?
A: No. When you log in to the account, in the "Settings" tab you will find "Last day to respond" field. The field is blank by default so if it is populated in your account, it means that you or someone else who has access to the account has populated the field and specified such date. The reason for the message above is that the last day to respond has passed. If you want your guests to continue being able to respond, you can either clear out that field or choose a further date.
Q: There are things that I want to be able to configure in my account but I cannot. What should I do?
A: If there is a feature or improvement you would like us to add to the application, simply please let us know by sending us an email. If we decide it will fit most of our users, we will implement it for free.
Q: Is there a way to pre-set the maximum amount of people that each party can bring? For example if you are expecting 3 people from Family A, and 4 people from Family B. Is there a way to pre-set this so that Family A doesn't bring 7 people and Family B doesn't bring 10?
A: Yes, we provide this functionality. At the time when you enter invited guests to the guest book, you can choose the "Party", which is how many guests total, including the named person, are invited. You can also provide multiple entries with their own "parties" in a single invitation. For example, if you invite a family of 4 - 2 parents and 2 daughters, and you want to allow the daughters to bring their boyfriends, you can list each family member names (mother, father, daughter #1 and daughter #2) and provide party for each (mother and father each would be 1, and each daughter would be 2). Alternatively, you could just provide the head of family's name with party of 6.
Q: Is my data that I enter to the application safe?
A: In case of system failure we do nightly database backups that are stored on a separate machine. In case of a data loss, we will be able to retrieve all the information from up to 24 hours ago. This means that if you entered some data to the application within last 24 hours, there is a slight chance it will be lost. Data entered more than 24 hours ago is virtually 100% safe. However, you must know that since this service is free for everyone, we are not legally responsible for many things, including data loss. Non-preventable, non-predictible circumstances could potentially cause all data and backups to be lost.
Q: Is there a certain amount of time before the website becomes inactive?
A: The account will be permanently deleted from the system 1 year from your last log in. You can also delete the account manually. The response page will become inactive either then or after the "Last day to respond" that you provide in the "Settings" tab, whichever comes faster.
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Colorado still leanest, but loses to Hawaii, Utah and five others as healthiest
Colorado is the eighth healthiest state, according to United Health FoundationŌĆÖs annual health rankings, released Dec. 10.
The index ranks Colorado as the least obese state, and No. 1 both in physical activity and low diabetes prevalence.
Colorado ranked second in having the lowest rate of cardiovascular deaths and ranked third lowest in cancer deaths.
Still, it loses out to seven other states, in this order: Healthiest Hawaii, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Utah, Minnesota and New Hampshire.
The three main factors dragging down our ranking: prevalence of binge drinking, low birth weights and the large disparity in health status between highly educated and less educated Coloradans.
Gov. John Hickenlooper said in a press release, "As Coloradans, we know this state is a lean, mean, working-hard, playing-hard healthy machine. Well, not mean, but you get the idea. I'm not surprised we're the least obese state and No. 1 in physical activity. Now, let's keep the body moving and become the healthiest state."
Dr. Larry Wolk, chief medical officer at the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, said: ŌĆ£Many factors contribute to having a healthy state, from our vibrant economy and people who value outdoor recreation, to the contributions of many state and local public health partners that focus on keeping Coloradans healthy.ŌĆØ
ŌĆ£With a low prevalence of chronic diseases, such as obesity and heart disease, we are able to focus our attention on prevention. The result will be spending less money on health care while improving our quality of life and longevity. Colorado should be proud of its culture of promoting good health,ŌĆØ said Chris Wiant, chief executive of the Caring for Colorado Foundation.
ŌĆ£One area where we hope to see significant improvement is in lowering ColoradoŌĆÖs rate of whooping cough. In the past year we saw a 256 percent increase in whooping cough, or pertussis, cases, ŌĆØ Dr. Wolk said.
In October 2012, the state health department declared a pertussis outbreak when Colorado surpassed 1,000 cases. As of Nov. 15 this year, the state has 1,161 pertussis cases, despite vaccination being an effective tool against pertussis.


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National researchers, including a team from University of Maryland School of Medicine, have determined that administering seizure medication into a muscle using an autoinjector – similar to the EpiPen used to treat serious allergic reactions – is a faster and more effective way to stop status epilepticus, a prolonged seizure lasting more than five minutes. Status epilepticus is a potentially life-threatening emergency that causes 55,000 deaths each year, according to federal researchers. Results from the National Institutes of Health study will be published in the February 16, 2012, edition of the New England Journal of Medicine.
"The first-line treatment for these dangerous seizures has been for paramedics to give anti-convulsant drugs intravenously (IV), but that can be hard to do when someone is having a seizure. The longer someone is having a seizure, the more likelihood there will be for brain damage or other complications. This research shows that giving an intramuscular shot is fast, reliable and effective, especially in patients having convulsions," says study investigator Tricia Ting, M.D, an assistant professor in the Department of Neurology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine.
The study, called the Rapid Anticonvulsant Medications Prior to Arrival Trial (RAMPART), compared two medicines known to be effective in controlling seizures: midazolam and lorazepam. Midazolam was a candidate for injection because it is rapidly absorbed from muscle, but lorazepam must be given by IV.
The study found that 73 percent of patients in the group receiving the injected midazolam were seizure-free upon arrival to the hospital, compared to 63 percent of patients who received IV treatment with lorazepam. Patients treated with the injected drug were also less likely to require hospitalization than those receiving the IV medication. Both groups had similarly low rates of recurrent seizures.
RAMPART is the first randomized clinical trial to investigate whether intramuscular delivery of midazolam is as effective as IV lorazepam, the current standard of care therapy. The trial started in 2009 and completed enrollment in June, 2011. RAMPART involved more than 79 hospitals, 33 emergency medical services agencies, more than 4,000 paramedics and 893 patients ranging in age from several months old to 103 years old.
"The results from the RAMPART study may have a significant impact on how emergency personnel treat patients with status epilepticus in the future. The University of Maryland School of Medicine is proud to be part of such a distinguished group of national neurology and emergency medicine researchers working together to find better treatment options for patients," says E. Albert Reece, M.D., Ph.D., M.B.A, vice president for medical affairs, University of Maryland, and dean, University of Maryland School of Medicine.
The network of investigators that designed and carried out the trial was established by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) to conduct clinical trials on a variety of acute conditions affecting the brain such as stroke and traumatic brain injury. These investigators are organized into a system of 17 major research hospitals, such as the University of Maryland, each of which is linked to several community hospitals and other medical centers.
"The University of Maryland serves as a hub center for the Neurological Emergencies Treatment Trials (NETT) network. With the positive results of the RAMPART study, we are eager see how the combined resources of this network can advance research in other neurological conditions, such as stroke," says Barney Stern, M.D., professor of neurology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and a neurologist at the University of Maryland Medical Center.
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The Rules Committees is a powerful standing committee in the House controlled by the majority. All legislation is assigned to the Rules Committee as a kind of legislative filter that sorts the more-than-6,000 bills introduced each year. The committee considers the legislation and often assigns it to other committees in order to be heard by other lawmakers. Sometimes, legislation dies in the Rules Committee if the committee decides it does not merit further consideration.
In the event that a committee fails to report to the House on a bill by applicable deadlines, it is automatically re-referred to the Rules Committee according to House rule 19(a). This is what happened with this bill.
The bill, as it was introduced in the House by Rep. Margo McDermed (R-37) on Feb. 14, "amends the Illinois Early Learning Council Act," according to the General Assembly website.
The following house representatives also co-sponsored the bill: Darren Bailey (R-109), Anthony DeLuca (D-80), La Shawn K. Ford (D-8), Dave Severin (R-117) and Tom Weber (R-64).
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Federal investigators are probing Hillary Rodham Clinton's 2008 presidential campaign as part of an effort to expand their case against a D.C. businessman alleged to have financed below-the-radar political operations, people familiar with the investigation said.
The businessman, Jeffrey E. Thompson, allegedly provided more than $600,000 to fund secret get-out-the-vote efforts to help Clinton in at least four primary states. Prosecutors do not expect to pursue a separate criminal case against Clinton's campaign, these people said.
In a wide-ranging effort to expand their 18-month-old corruption case against Thompson, federal investigators have reviewed hundreds of e-mails and interviewed more than a dozen Clinton campaign staffers and supporters, according to people familiar with the probe.
Investigators have focused their questioning on the role of Minyon Moore, a senior campaign adviser, and the extent of her role in arranging a "street teams" operation in Texas, Indiana, North Carolina and Pennsylvania that was financed by Thompson and run by marketing executive Troy White, according to those sources.
These people and others familiar with the investigation spoke on the condition of anonymity because the probe is continuing. An attorney for White declined to comment, as has Thompson's attorney, Brendan Sullivan.
Moore's employer, the political consulting firm Dewey Square Group, issued a statement on her behalf this week, saying that she "was entirely unaware of any inappropriate activities" and is cooperating with authorities.
An attorney for Clinton's 2008 campaign, Lyn Utrecht, said in a statement late Wednesday that the campaign "has cooperated fully" in the White case and declined further comment.
In a series of interviews over several months, investigators have asked former Clinton campaign officials whether they knew White or were aware of his election-related efforts, which were not publicly disclosed as required by law, some of those familiar with the probe said.
These people said the questioning also focused on e-mails between Moore and campaign staffers about voter turnout strategies in majority-African American and Hispanic urban precincts, as well as about the campaign's schedule of public events, signs and literature. In many instances, these people said, Moore sought information from staffers who did not know she was also allegedly helping White's "street teams" operation.
"Minyon, she was influential in the campaign," said one former campaign official. "If she came in and asked for something, you kind of perked up and did it. But at no point did I have an interaction with her that led me to believe we were doing something wrong."
Moore, a longtime Clinton operative and confidante, is part of a close-knit circle of advisers who have had preliminary discussions about Clinton running for president again in 2016, when she would be an overwhelming favorite for the Democratic nomination.
Moore was a senior adviser on Clinton's 2008 campaign with several responsibilities, including outreach to minority voters, managing relationships with surrogates and recruiting superdelegates.
At the time, she was working at Dewey Square Group as state and local director. Clinton's campaign paid the firm nearly $420,000 for strategic consulting, according to campaign finance records.
The pro-Clinton shadow campaigns were first revealed Wednesday in court documents and interviews in connection with White's guilty plea to a misdemeanor tax charge.
The get-out-the-vote operation allegedly began in Texas, where Clinton's survival in the drawn-out battle with then-Sen. Barack Obama was on the line. By early February, Clinton had lost 11 consecutive contests to Obama and was narrowly behind him in the count of pledged delegates. Her campaign was running up debt. Next on the calendar were the March 4 Ohio and Texas primaries. Clinton had an edge in Ohio, but Texas loomed especially large.
Clinton won the Texas primary, 51 percent to 47 percent, but in the end Obama got more delegates out of the state by dominating party caucuses held the same day.
No evidence has emerged detailing what White's "street teams" did on Clinton's behalf or whether they made a difference. Several former Clinton campaign officials said they had no knowledge of the operation and had never heard of White.
According to a narrative detailed in court documents and interviews, White first pitched his firm's "street teams" services to Guy Cecil, Clinton's national political director, in January 2008. Cecil declined the offer.
But Moore disagreed, writing in an e-mail to White and Cecil: "I am piping up saying we need your services. [Guy], let's [find] some money. I will fight for it."
Moore then introduced White to Thompson, who directed White to put together a plan detailing costs for services to support Clinton in Texas. White pitched a plan to hire "street teams" and made plans to distribute materials prepared by Clinton's campaign — including lawn signs, pamphlets and stickers — in such cities as Austin, Dallas, El Paso, Houston and San Antonio, according to a statement signed by White and prosecutors as part of his plea agreement.
White got help from a Clinton supporter in San Antonio affiliated with a group identified as "Civic Organization A" in court documents. The group in question was the League of United Latin American Citizens, or LULAC, according to people familiar with the investigation.
The San Antonio-based supporter, whose name was not revealed, reached out to members of LULAC to help recruit paid canvassers in cities such as Brownsville, Corpus Christi, Lubbock and McAllen. After Clinton's win in Texas, the Clinton supporter affiliated with LULAC continued to help White find workers in other states, the court filing said.
LULAC, a nonprofit social welfare group that says it is the oldest Latino civil rights organization in the United States, does not endorse candidates, but top members of the organization personally supported Clinton.
Luis Vera, LULAC's general counsel, said that the organization itself had no role in any efforts to aid Clinton. He declined to comment further, citing the ongoing investigation.
Moore stayed in touch with White, providing him with confidential internal campaign documents, including the itinerary and schedule for a "high-profile individual" who would be campaigning in Texas in support of Clinton, according to court documents.
The creation of an off-the-books campaign with the cooperation of a senior campaign adviser could violate campaign finance rules if it was determined that the effort constituted an undisclosed, in-kind campaign donation in excess of federal contribution limits. But legal experts said federal investigators would be unlikely to open a separate case because a five-year statute of limitations has expired.
Prosecutors in the U.S. Attorney's Office in Washington who have probed the Clinton connection remain focused on building a case against Thompson, whom they allege secretly poured $653,000 into an illegal, off-the-books campaign to elect D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray (D), people familiar with the case said.
If there is sufficient evidence to prove that Thompson was engaged in an ongoing conspiracy to secretly influence elections, his alleged efforts for Clinton could be added to any criminal charges. Prosecutors could avoid time limitations on pursuing a case if the past acts were part of an ongoing criminal pattern.
In Texas, the Clinton campaign focused most heavily on Hispanics, knowing that Clinton was at a disadvantage against Obama among black voters. Clinton's team in Texas expected to lose the urban areas of Houston and Dallas by a significant margin and concentrated organizing efforts on heavily Hispanic south Texas, El Paso and San Antonio.
"I didn't see anything that looked like it was independent or being conducted by a third party," one organizer said. He added: "If they were pulling this off, they were doing it far below the radar screen."
Clinton's Texas primary victory, both sides believe, was the result of a strong showing among Latinos and whites; the deep political roots that Bill and Hillary Clinton had in the Lone Star State, going back to George McGovern's 1972 presidential campaign; and the strenuous effort that both Clintons made across the state. Obama campaign operatives later said that Bill Clinton was particularly effective at dazzling voters in the state's small towns and medium-size cities.
In Texas, Hillary Clinton also aired what is remembered as the most devastating television ad of her campaign, challenging Obama's national security credentials. It featured the image of a ringing White House telephone as a narrator intoned: "It's 3 a.m., and your children are safe and asleep. Who do you want answering the phone?"
Veterans of both the Clinton and Obama campaigns expressed skepticism that White's alleged "street teams" made much of a difference.
"We all knew that the African American vote was solidifying into Obama's corner and it just made zero sense for any of us, with limited dollars, to go into those communities," one former Clinton staffer said. "It made no sense as a numbers game."
Dan Balz, Carol D. Leonnig, Karen Tumulty and Alice Crites contributed to this report.


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2 Guns is another film that subjects itself to an admittedly self-acquired action movie theorem; whether or not an action film can be any good while realizing that large chunks of it are hardly believable or realistic. If those making the movie are aware of what it is that they are making, does that self-awareness carry through to the final product? Or to put it another way, if you are in a relationship, is it better for honesty about the other person, or do you want to get strung along until the lie comes? In a way, that is the larger sense of what 2 Guns is or wants to be, the serious or realistically façade or the one that says "hey, you know who is in the movie and that you should not burn muscle mass while trying to break it down, so why not enjoy it?"
Blake Masters (Brotherhood) adapted the Steven Grant graphic novels into a screenplay that Baltasar Kormakur (Contraband) directed. The 2 Guns in the film are mainly held by Bobby (Denzel Washington, Safe House) and Stig (Mark Wahlberg, Max Payne), who are working together to steal money from a bank, a challenging task as one is an undercover DEA agent and the other is an undercover Naval officer, and neither knows the other's true identity. Once the money is stolen they begin to have suspicions about one another, and when they find out just who the money was taken from, they realize the only way to stay alive may be to start working with one another.
Starting from the jump of 2 Guns, where Bobby and Stig are in a diner across the street from the bank, the chemistry between the two is easy to see and fun to watch. Stig is very chatty, somewhat flirtatious and provides some vitality to the pair in a too upbeat for his own good kind of way. In a sense it is as if Wahlberg is playing a coked-out Dirk Diggler for large chunks of the film (or doing an Andy Samberg impression of Mark Wahlberg), but falls back on his gunplay skills when he needs to. And he does it a lot, if the more muscular than usual appearance gives things away. As far as Bobby goes, as the older part of the partnership he has seen more and done more than Stig has, but the life as an undercover agent seems to give him the chance of avoiding responsibility in the 'real world.' Bobby seems like a guy who has burned one marriage already, and is currently dealing with the strains of a relationship to another DEA agent, an attractive one named Deb (Paula Patton, Disconnect). Over the course of the film Bobby's ties to Deb are the closest semblance of emotional significance in the movie and when they occur they actually are not too bad.
Above all else, the movie is full of a mix of snappy lines, crazy stunts and a joke or two, much in the fabric of similar movies like True Romance or wrapping both arms around implausibility like Shoot 'Em Up. There are a couple of villains that appear through 2 Guns, the more dominant one being the older Papi (Edward James Olmos, The Green Hornet). A Mexican weapons dealer, the guy has broken enough kneecaps and had enough men killed for you to appreciate how menacing he is. A slightly more mysterious man is Earl (Bill Paxton, Big Love), with a Southern drawl and a hat to match, who wants to know where the money is and when he is going to get it back.
The smart and often times entertaining casting is nice, but the movie ultimately has to fall back on just how much the viewer gets on board with the ride that Wahlberg and Washington are trying to sell, and the charisma is such that this task is remarkably easy. Rather than play the characters seriously without a hint of irony, they do it with tongue planted in cheek, showing the audience that they are in on the joke too and thus knocking down any remaining pretense early in the movie. The diner scene sets that up beautifully and in a clever way is the most important sequence of the film. If the audience does not go along with the ride at that point, they will likely not be able to catch up to that point. Washington's performance is a welcome change of pace for the film and as for Wahlberg, this was one of the more engaging works of his in my recent memory.
By no means is 2 Guns trying to reinvent the wheel on the action movie car. In fact, all Washington and Wahlberg are doing is putting a fancy rim on it and inviting you to stand next to them while they put in on themselves. The self-awareness of the shallowness of the material from the cast is apparent early in the film and despite a pacing groan here and there, it is a decent movie where belief suspension is checked early in the first act and the trip is entertaining to take.
Universal presents 2 Guns with an AVC-encoded 2.40:1 widescreen transfer that looks amazing. Image detail early on in the diner sequence is abundant in the facial pores among the stars, and background detail is just as plentiful and looks great with wood and fabric grain being easily discernible. In more intimate shots, film grain is present during viewing, and the color palette is reproduced faithfully with nary a hint of DNR to speak of. Additionally the disc juggles the practically shot effects and the computer generated ones about as well as can be expected, which is to say rather adroitly.
Equally amazing is the DTS-HD MA lossless 5.1 surround track which impresses. Starting with the quieter moments, dialogue is well-balanced and consistent in the front of the theater. As was the case with the diner sequence, things go from conversational noise to directional effects and channel panning, to subwoofer involvement when the diner blows up almost immediately. The soundtrack includes directional effects and panning rather well (a scene when Wahlberg and Washington being chased on a Navy base shows the full range of what the disc does), and the film balances dialogue and gunfire nicely and without complaint. Technically, the disc delivers.
Kormakur and producer Adam Siegel join up for a commentary that is decent, albeit slightly bland. Siegel is the one that drives the track between the two, with a block of information on the production before he handed off to Kormakur, who may have been less comfortable with speaking English. They cover the various locations, set construction and casting intent, and the chemistry between the stars. They touch on things like particular production issues or shot intent and while it may not be the most informative track, is decent nonetheless. Next is "Click Click Bang Bang," a four-part examination/making of about the film (30:18) that hoes some of the same ground the commentary does, but includes interviews with the cast about the film and the characters they portray. Some more production-centric aspects like the set, wardrobe and weapons are given attention in this as well. Eight deleted and/or extended scenes follow (11:50) and short of a strange "Take Your Son to Work Day" scene, nothing is very notable. A standard definition disc and codes for iTunes/Ultraviolet close things out.
2 Guns is fun viewing even for those who are even not that big of an admirer of either Washington and Wahlberg, but the fact that they are able to sell the material as they do helps make for a good mix of humor, creative driving and shooting and stunts that gradually build in bombast to a climax that feels right within the framework that the film sets up. Combined with a cast that helps complement the stars and a disc that delivers on the technical goods, this film may be one that folks watch a couple of times for the sake of enjoyment alone, as they should.


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Former Angel Hunter still mentoring Trout
DETROIT -- Mike Trout got his contract, but his big payday looms after the 2020 season, when the Angels' superstar center fielder projects to re-enter the free-agent market at age 29. That's plenty of incentive to turn it down a notch, play a little more cautiously, and not bang into walls and dive headfirst and go all out 162 times a year.
And that's the last thing Torii Hunter would ever want to see.
"If you wanna see a guy who's a five-tool player, played the game hard, ran into walls and dived for balls, and he's still around, I'm one of them," the Tigers' right fielder said on Friday afternoon. "I'm still around. I'm about to be 39, I'm still playing at a high level. Don't change your game. All he has to do is keep playing, keep playing hard, do what he's always been doing. You're going to see Trout. He's going to be around. He's going to make $400 million. Of course, it's not about the dollars; he's going to put up great numbers. He's a great kid. That's one guy you invest in."
Trout and Hunter, an Angel from 2008-12 and Trout's biggest mentor as he established himself in the big leagues, still talk about three times a week. Hunter was one of the main guys Trout went to as he was negotiating his six-year, $144.5 million contract, and going back and forth between going year to year or taking the guaranteed money.
Hunter's advice was simple.
"It's not about anybody else," he recalls telling Trout. "It's not about your mom, it's not about your dad, about nobody around you. It's about Mike Trout. If it's good for you and can get you comfortable, no matter what it is, that's what you take. No agent can tell you, 'No, you can get more.' Don't be greedy about it. If it's comfortable, take it."
Hunter, 38 until July 18, batted .286/.352/.462 in his five-year stint with the Angels, averaging 21 homers and 86 RBIs, and more than proving his worth through a five-year, $90 million contract. He signed a two-year, $26 million deal with the Tigers in November 2012 -- partly because the Angels wouldn't come close to guaranteeing that much money -- and has hinted at playing beyond this season.
Hunter still chases that elusive first World Series ring, with his Tigers losing to the Red Sox in the American League Championship Series last October.
Something else is more important to him, though.
"At the end of the day, it's about how many relationships you've built in this game, and how many people you've helped," Hunter said. "When I leave, that's what I'm going to remember -- the chemistry, relationships, everything. Not the numbers. Not games. I'm going to remember relationships. And [the relationship with Trout] is one I would never fall out on."


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Steve Appleford of the Los Angeles Times recently conducted an interview with singer Randy Blythe of Richmond, Virginia metallers LAMB OF GOD. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below.
On performing with LAMB OF GOD on the opening night of the Knotfest hard rock festival in Council Bluff, Iowa after being imprisoned in the Czech Republic, facing manslaughter charges in connection with the death of a fan at a 2010 concert:
Randy: "We didn't have time to practice. I hadn't sang since the day before I got arrested in Prague, so I was hoping my voice didn't blow it. It was really, really, really intense. I've never felt that way onstage before."
On LAMB OF GOD's return to the road:
Randy: "I have a family at home, and I'm really close to them, but I also have a family on the road. And all of them were like, 'Dude, we were so worried about you.'"
On his June 27 arrest at the Prague airport while on tour with LAMB OF GOD:
Randy: "When I got to the top of the ramp, there was a SWAT team there: five guys in masks with machine guns, three plainclothes officers and a female chief investigator. They looked like they were there to snatch somebody from al Qaeda, not a member of a rock 'n' roll band. Then they handed me a piece of paper saying they were charging me with manslaughter, and I was, 'Oh my God.' It was a big shock."
On how he prepared for a long stay in prison:
Randy: "If I felt anxiety or fear or depression, I really quickly checked myself because that does no good. I've been through a good bit in my life. I never ever heard anyone say when a crisis arrived that good advice was to panic."
On his vow to return to the Czech Republic for a trial if called:
Randy: "Ethically, it's the right thing to do. The charges are just groundless to me and to a lot of people. I feel obliged to go back. This young man's family has suffered through this big media explosion and they deserve some answers. Their child is dead. That's about as bad as it gets."
On LAMB OF GOD's upcoming documentary, which was being filmed on the road before his arrest in the Czech Republic:
Randy: "The director went to Prague with a camera, with my wife, and filmed her cruising around Prague and talked to her about what was going on. This chapter of the movie is closed — I'm back home. But we don't know what's going to go on with court. Hopefully it will be a happy ending."
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