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There is a lot of speculation about what the Government will set as the 'strike price' for nuclear power, not to mention whether it will be high enough to bring forward nuclear projects without a government 'blank cheque' (underwriting). However, one paradox seems to be going unnoticed. All the bets on the figure for nuclear seem to be higher than anything onshore wind is likely to receive.
Various people have mentioned £100 per MWh as the likely strike price for nuclear power. It is being described as a cap!(?) So what sort of a 'cap' is this if nuclear gets paid 25 per cent more than wind for the same output? Under a feed-in-tariff regime the figure paid to onshore wind is likely to be no higher than around £80 per MWh. Is the Government really going to make it so plain that onshore wind is cheaper than nuclear power? Even £100 per MWh is unlikely to be enough to lead to nuclear power plant being built - although we will see quite a few windfarms at £80 per MWh.
The Government seem poised to make the contrast even starker by 'capping' onshore wind development in some sort of deal with George Osborne - to placate anti-windfarm Tories. So suggests Business Green http://www.businessgreen.com/bg/news/2219518/is-the-chancellor-preparing-to-cap-new-onshore-wind-farms
Consumers will, with nuclear compared to onshore wind, have to pay an excess of £50 per MWh (over and above a wholesale electricity price of £50 per MWh) compared to only £30 with onshore wind - and to cap that as well nuclear power will have a much longer contract period - 25-30 years compared to maybe only 15 years for onshore wind. Altogether consumers will end up paying around 100 per cent extra to subsidise nuclear power compared to getting the same amount of energy from wind power.
Besides making consumers pay bigtime to satisfy Tory anti-windfarm MPs, this smacks of giant political bias in favour of nuclear rather than wind power. All overseen by a Liberal Democrat Energy Secretary! If onshore wind was paid £100 per MWh we could have a lot more onshore windfarms - but the Government clearly prefers to have nuclear if it can. How can the Government justify such a policy? Certainly not according to public opinion which sees wind as being preferable to nuclear power. But Government policy will have this exactly the other way around - with a twist of the wind 'capping' knife thrown in.
And we have claims that Hitachi's reactors are 'reliable' - even though half of the Advanced Boiling Water reactors in operation work for less than half the time! At least you can predict windspeeds in advance with some accuracy, which is more than you can say for nuclear power stations which suddenly go offline.


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The head of the House Democratic Caucus said Tuesday that Congress should "absolutely" ban the sale of assault weapons in the wake of last week's fatal shooting rampage in Colorado.
Many Democratic leaders have been wary of making a full-throated push for such a ban since House Democrats were swept from the majority in 1994 – a bruising loss some observers have linked to the Democrats' gun reforms earlier that year.
But Rep. John Larson (Conn.) said Tuesday that Congress shouldn't shy away from the issue simply because it's tough politically.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said Tuesday that he does not plan any action on gun control despite calls to pass an assault weapons ban and other measures…
"You guys, I am not going to be here with each of you debating gun control," he said. "I've told you my feeling on that."
Reid, who was thought to be in the running for an NRA endorsement during his last election, disagrees with many liberals in his party on gun regulation.
Even Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., — who was one of the biggest cheerleaders for the assault weapons ban when it passed the House in 1994 – suggested there is no political will for new gun laws or re-instating the assault weapons ban. Under the weapons ban, which lapsed in 2004. Under the ban, it would have been illegal for James Holmes to purchase the deadliest of the weapons he used: the AR-15 assault rifle…
House Democrats including Reps. Earl Blumenauer of Oregon and Carolyn McCarthy of New York, both long-time gun control advocates, point to the shooting in Colorado and other mass shootings as proof that the country's gun laws are insufficient. Monday Blumenauer took to the floor to accuse the National Rifle Association of political bullying. He pointed to the shooting as a renewed opportunity "to deal with an epidemic of gun violence" in the United States.
"The NRA argues that all we need is for existing gun laws to be enforced while they systematically set about to dismantle which laws we have," Blumenaue said. "I continue to feel that there's no reason to permit armor-piercing, cop-killer bullets to be sold like Tic-tac's, that automatic weapons should be available over the counter with 100-bullet magazines like killer in Colorado had, that facilitate such sprees."
[G]un control advocates tell another story as well. The president has shied away from the gun debate, they said, out of political expedience. The Obama who spoke at that church rally isn't the same politician who chose soft-touch responses to the mass shootings in Tucson, Ariz., and, most recently, in Aurora, Colo.
"There is no question he's softened on the issue," said Ed Rendell, the former Pennsylvania governor who focused on the unwillingness of Democrats to take on the gun lobby in his new book, "A Nation of Wusses." "But in fairness to the president, you don't see many other Democrats rushing to the floor saying we need to have legislation."…
"He has been supportive of national policy until he took office," said Dan Gross, president of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence. "I don't know how much it is the influence of the gun lobby directly, as it is the kind of political calculus. He had an agenda and this was not at the top of his agenda. He needed to create coalitions of support for things like health care and he didn't want to risk fragmenting that support in any way."
But as national incidents of gun violence flared with no major responses, groans have grown louder.
On his visit to Aurora, Barack Obama spoke a few half-hearted words—he might have wished he could venture more—on the topic. His rival, Mitt Romney, continued simply to pander to the rich coffers of the National Rifle Association. In Washington, you can be assured that hardly anyone will do more, and not simply because members of Congress "don't have the spine to act," the verdict of Rep. Carolyn McCarthy, whose husband was murdered and son was wounded in a gun attack on a commuter train 17 years ago. The stark reality is that the half-century battle for gun control has been lost politically—again, and again, now perhaps permanently. And that outcome seems impervious to any new outrage perpetrated in the increasingly grim randomness of America as a recurring, movable shooting gallery…
Aboard Air Force One, on a journey to console the victims and their families in Colorado, Obama's press secretary said the president's focus was on enforcing "existing law." And you can't expect him to launch a futile demand for tougher gun laws that would never pass the House or Senate. Nor should he pursue a course of faux courage that would represent a heedless disregard for everything else at stake in 2012—and that would sacrifice his chances in swing states like Ohio and Pennsylvania, thereby shattering the hope for a progressive presidency empowering the forces of reaction to impose their will across the board.
The psychic satisfaction of being pure on gun control is not worth losing the election—and letting Romney further pack a Supreme Court that has already ruled five to four that the Constitution confers an individual right to own firearms despite state and local gun laws. If this happened, things would only get worse.
These days, people are trying to use the Aurora killings as a pretext to criticize America's gun culture or to call for stricter gun control laws. (This doesn't happen after European or Asian spree killings.) Personally, I've supported tighter gun control laws. But it's not clear that those laws improve public safety. Researchers reviewing the gun control literature for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, for example, were unable to show the laws are effective.
And gun control laws are probably even less germane in these cases. Rampage killers tend to be meticulous planners. If they can't find an easy way to get a new gun, they'll surely find a way to get one of the 200 million guns that already exist in this country. Or they'll use a bomb or find another way.
Looking at guns, looking at video games — that's starting from the wrong perspective. People who commit spree killings are usually suffering from severe mental disorders. The response, and the way to prevent future episodes, has to start with psychiatry, too.


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The Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Canada's Environment Minister and Minister responsible for Parks Canada, has designated an iconic landmark of Newfoundland and Labrador, the Point Amour lighthouse, as a heritage lighthouse under the Canadian Heritage Lighthouse Protection Act (HLPA).
The HLPA, which was adopted in 2008, allows for the protection of federally-owned lighthouses on Canada's coastal and inland waters that have significant heritage value. Administered by Parks Canada, the HLPA helps ensure Canada's maritime history is protected for the benefit and enjoyment of present and future generations.
Canadians have nominated hundreds of lighthouses to be considered for designation under the Act
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Advance: Join experienced community leaders and organizers to discuss, debate and explore the many avenues of building strong community in an open unconference setting.
Build: Learn and build on the experience of others well versed in the art of building strong community, and apply these concepts to your own community.
Connect: Meet, greet and build connections with a raft of community leaders, managers and organizers.
Logistics: Free parking is available at eBay. Coffee will be provided in the morning and the afternoon during the unconference. See the CLS West web site, the CLS West 2012 Wiki, and follow our twitter feed for updates on this event.
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Dinner: Immediately following the unconference, we are organizing a community dinner and evening social event in the same eBay Town Hall meeting space that the unconference is being held in. Evening only registration is from 5pm to 6pm. Dinner and drinks starting at 6pm. Networking after dinner until 8:30pm. See the full day schedule and our dinner menu on the CLS West 2012 Wiki.
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When Arch Desmond Tutu's BFF received a big fat "NOT YES" from the South African government, the Arch took the (in)decision rather personally. Fortunately for our Tutu, we South Africans, having a flair for dramatic tendencies, dichotomised and moralised the issue into good vs evil, with the country's integrity and pearly gate invite hanging in balance. We judged our government for its "disgraceful", "shameful" stance against human rights and all that good stuff. Collectively we decided that the foreign affairs visa application queue is as good as any place to decide on our foreign policy, just as the ministry of international relations and cooperation had spontaneously made up two contradicting policies on Libya within one week, a few months ago. Maybe it's time the South African government define a clear and predictable foreign policy and communicate it?
It's really cute that we thought this visa business to be a black and white issue, our favourite colours. One was either for morals or for immoral investment. Although not too eager to point our government towards world economies with money so clean it could be presented with 70 virgins dressed in white, we spotted the evil investments. Mind you, the South African jury is still out on the morality of foreign direct investment, since just last week the nationalisation discussion was "negatively affecting foreign investments".
Furthermore we immediately limited the terms of reference for the discussion, shying away from the broader socio-economic impacts of the effect of these dirty investments. This was a question of how the world would look at us and our morality, and not all about putting at risk much-needed direct investment in such economically turbulent times.
With the number of competing issues that were on the table, it should have been perspicuous to all of us that this visa business was not an elementary decision for our government. While picketing for an hour or two at a local consulate, before returning to our middle-class homesteads in time for dinner and the 7pm news, we were barely bothered by the noticeable absence of representation from other members of our society.
A country's foreign policy is meant to further its own national interest, first and foremost. Anyone who has not been in a coma in the last year would know that ours are sustainable and meaningful economic and employment growth, especially with the looming threat of the ANC Youth League eating our cheese. Of course the definition of sustainability, especially in relation to China's economic and political practices is an important consideration, but let's focus on South Africa for now. In this globalised society, with the open economy that South Africa finds itself with, foreign policy is a key strategic tool in achieving its primary mandate of economic and employment growth.
National interests are not always glamorous, easily dissectible unrelated issues. A decision will often anger some, but it must serve the interests of a majority of people within the country. When the ANC campaigned during the national elections, it did not promise to do what Mandela would do, instead, it promised meaningful employment and sustainable growth. It is by that, and not its Jesus-like behaviour, by which the majority will judge it.
Had our "shared morality" won the day, the Dalai Lama would have had a good time at an exclusive venue with maybe a five-minute segment on Top Billing, while government was left to salvage a relationship with a very unhappy strategic investor, and some very poor and unemployed people, with only one happy Arch to show for its efforts. When we decided to get into a cheap bed with China certain sovereignties were lost in the process. We must pick our battles well.
Take my bible if you see fit but in this instance, the South African government made the best decision for the whole. If we really care about our heavy dependence on China, then we must raise that particular issue with government and focus on diversifying our diplomatic and economic relationships. But for now, it's easier to Skype-in the Dalai Lama than finding billions in alternative investments.
The government's real mistake here is that its citizens still cannot predict, with some level of certainty, what its decision on any foreign affairs issue will be. It's as though International Relations and Cooperation Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane consults the magic eight ball when a new issue arises.
So long as the our government does not pen down a foreign policy and effectively communicate it to its citizens, we'll be stuck in a situation where the great people at Lead SA decide our morals and principles with John Robbie and his callers. The Great Archbishop will continue to hold press conferences and declare the ANC "worse than the apartheid government" and pray for its demise at dinner time.
As a country, we must define, and more importantly, prioritises our true values and principles, and not rely on the reactionary values we defined when we were worried about not repeating that apartheid thing again. Until we do this, each South African will continue to define his or her personal interests and preferences as national interests, and the country will continue to look each of us, and to the world, like a spineless pseudo-powerful confused emerging economy.


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4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review
Biggest story: A 10-year reign of terror ends with the August 13 arrest of Nathan Antonio "Tony" Washington, whom police charge in two serial rapist assaults. DNA had previously tied seven attacks to the same assailant.
Biggest plans for West Main Street: A nine-story tower at the corner of Ridge-McIntire is in the works by Richmond developer Bob Englander at the site of RSC Equipment Rentals where a planned CVS was twice shot down by the Charlottesville Planning Commission, Seth Rosen reports in the Daily Progress.
Latest Kerry Von Reese Cook trial: The 34-year-old accused of assaulting two Charlottesville police officers in 2004 when they answered a domestic relations disturbance at Garrett Square is convicted August 10 at his third trial, according to the Progress' Liesel Nowak. In his first trial, the jury convicted him of eluding arrest but deadlocked on the felony assault charges. A retrial in May ended in a mistrial when a juror recognized one of the people involved in the case. Cook, who was shot and wears a colostomy bag, is incarcerated at the Albemarle Charlottesville Regional Jail with his cousin, Robert Cooke (who was shot and paralyzed by police in a different incident).
Best press: The subject of a story in last week's Hook, UVA law prof Brandon Garrett continues to gain the attention of national media– including the Atlantic Monthly and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution last week– for his study of 200 wrongful convictions and the frightening flaws in the legal system they reveal.
Most diverse: UVA touts the entering Class of 2011 as its most diverse... since the 2004 entering class. Of 3,240 students, 12.2 percent are Asian, 11.2 percent are African American, and 4.7 percent are Hispanic, with 6.4 percent of the class declining to identify themselves by race.
Worst news for Virginia college students (and their parents): Tuition at public institutions rises almost 7 percent.
Latest Virginia Tech massacre reverberation: George Mason University senior Andrew Dysart organizes a chapter of Students for Concealed Carry on Campus, arguing students should have the right to arm themselves at school.
Biggest military academy lawsuit: Fishburne Military School is slapped with a $2.5 million lawsuit by the mother of a former cadet who was sexually assaulted by a 16-year-old platoon leader, who is also named in the suit, NBC29 reports.
Biggest retail news for Greene County: Both Wal-Mart and Lowe's are opening in the bedroom community at the new Gateway Center at U.S. 29 and U.S. 33, according to the Progress.
Most smoldering: A fire in UVA's heating plant coal hoppers keeps firefighters on alert for 22 hours after it is reported August 10, and one firefighter passes out due to the heat.
Farthest to go to rob a 7-11: West Hampstead, New York, residents Bryan Shannon, 18, and Cyril Didier, 23, are arrested for the August 8 armed robbery of the Woodbrook 7-11.
Hottest: The SunTrust marquee at U.S. 29 and Rio Road displays 153 degrees August 7, presumably a malfunction that was picked up on NBC's Today Show. The high that day was a mere 92 degrees.
Driest: Orange declares mandatory water restrictions August 8.
Greenest: Charlottesville makes Country Home's best green list, clocking in at number 6 between Wenatchee, Washington, and Boulder, Colorado, for our trees, parks, and "rainwater harvesting." (Wenatchee is noted for holding the world's only solar drag race.)
Cruelest: On a day that reaches 100 degrees, August 8 sees the closure of Washington Park pool because vandals "compromised" pool sanitation the night before.


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British Prime Minister David Cameron is expected to reject calls for a shift in economic policy and vow to maintain a course of austerity despite calls for more stimulus and an embarrassing ratings-agency downgrade.
In a key speech on the economy Thursday, Cameron will argue that the U.K. is beginning to see signs of progress thanks to his government's tough economic policy and that changing its approach risks plunging Britain "back into the abyss."
His remarks - previewed in extracts released ahead of the speech - come following a bruising set of economic developments in recent weeks.
Moody's Investor Service downgraded the U.K.'s credit rating last month, saying that sluggish economic growth would hinder the government's ability to control rising debt levels and deal with any new financial shocks. Two other ratings agencies, Fitch and Standard & Poor's, have Britain on negative outlook, signaling they too could lower the country's credit rating.
The Bank of England, too, has expressed growing concern over Britain's economy and came surprisingly close to backing another monetary stimulus in their last meeting. The central bank's next decision on interest rates is Thursday - the same day Cameron will make his case in West Yorkshire for holding firm on his government's economic policy.
"Of course the challenges are huge. And there is a long way to go. But already there are signs that our plan is beginning to work," Cameron is expected to say, citing a lower deficit, record-low interest rates and signs of a turnaround in exports as progress.
"The very moment when we're just getting some signs that we can turn our economy round and make our country a success..is the very moment to hold firm to the path we have set," he will say.
Cameron's Conservative Party and its junior coalition partner, the Liberal Democrats pledged to cut Britain's debts, which had piled up amid the global financial crisis and costly banking bailouts. The government has pushed through a grueling austerity drive, with cuts to public-sector jobs and welfare payments in attempts to reduce the deficit.
Cameron will argue that changing economic policy and borrowing more - as suggested by critics - would burden future generations and leave Britain unable to afford good public services.
"I know some people think it is being stubborn to stick to a plan. That somehow this is just about making the numbers add up....But nothing could be further from the truth," he will say. "My motives for sticking to the plan are exactly about doing the right thing to help families and business up and down the country."
The prime minister's speech will coincide with an announcement that BT is creating more than 1,000 engineering jobs at its Openreach business, with most of the recruits set to install fiber broadband in homes.


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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Tennessee State's offense reaches its grove, to cruise to a straight sets victory over OVC rival Tennessee Tech.
Junior Naomi Wells paved the way for Tennessee State (8-12, 4-5), finishing with 11 kills and seven digs. The Huntsville, Ala. native also posted a .375 hitting percentage with just two errors. Freshman Arijana Anderson finished just behind Wells, with nine kills.
On the block, the team recorded 10 total blocks including five in the third and final set. Junior Sherryce Butler continued her strong play on the front line finishing with five blocks, including one unassisted block. Wells had four blocks of her own; followed by three blocks from junior Taylor Swayzer.
In the first stanza, with TSU holding a slim 8-7 advantage, the Tigers exploded for a 4-0 spurt to grab a firm grip on the lead, 12-7. The run forced Tennessee Tech (5-14, 1-8) to use a timeout to slow the Tennessee State attack.
The Tigers continued their offensive ways after the break, ripping off six of the next 10 points to extend the TSU advantage out to 18-11. The run ended with back-back kills from Swayzer. Offensively the Tigers continued to roll closing out the set 25-17, to take a 1-0 lead.
Swayzer finished the opening set with four kills, while hitting .600 from the floor. Butler added two kills and hit 1.000 on the attack. As a team the Tigers hit .312 from the floor and posted 15 kills as opposed to just five errors.
Tennessee State picked up where they left off in the second set, racing out to an early 5-1 lead after an Ileanushka Maldonado ace. The Golden Eagles rallied back closing within two points at 6-4. The rally didn't last long, as TSU pushed the advantage back out to six, 12-6.
Tennessee Tech closed back within three, 16-13, after a 4-1 run. A solo block by Butler ended the Golden Eagles run, for the moment. Tennessee tech continued to battle and stick around, cutting the lead to a single point twice in the final stretch. When the lead was cut to just one, 21-20, TSU used a 4-0 run to close out Tech, 25-20, with a kill capping off the set. The set win gave TSU a 2-0 advantage at the break.
Out of the locker room the Golden Eagles connected on the first point, and the Tigers answered back with a 3-0 run to take the lead. TSU expanded its lead out to 11-6 off of two consecutive Golden Eagles errors. The visiting team then went on a 5-0 run to knot the score at 11 all.
Both sides would trade points, reaching the seventh tie in the set at 15-15. At that point the Tigers began to flex their quick strike offense reeling off five straight points to grab a five point lead, 20-15. The run saw Butler collect two blocks and one kill.
The Tigers cruised from there, winning the set 25-18. Wells picked up four kills in the set while committing one error. Butler recorded three key blocks in the final set to preserve the victory.
Tennessee State closes out the four match homestand on Friday, playing host to Jacksonville State in Kean Hall, the match is set to begin at 7 p.m.


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Donald Trump's Past Lobbying Exploits Paint a Picture of a Deft Washington InsiderPosted by Bill Conroy - June 12, 2016 at 6:00 pm
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Republican presidential contender Donald Trump paints himself as a people's candidate who is a Washington outsider and a successful businessman beyond the reach of lobbyists and special interests. But he now has lobbyists advising his presidential campaign.
Media in Indian country collapses, Native Americans efforts surge to defend Mother EarthPosted by Brenda Norrell - May 18, 2016 at 11:51 am
While Indigenous Peoples are assassinated defending their homelands around the world, the media in the U.S. has collapsed in its easy chairs. Native Americans, however, have accelerated efforts to defend the land, rivers and sacred places.
Licensing Scheme for Medical Marijuana Market May Be a Boon for the Black Market in Washington StatePosted by Bill Conroy - May 15, 2016 at 5:30 pm
Critics contend current cap on new cannabis stores is too low and could force many patients to turn to back-alley providers
The state of Washington's medical-marijuana industry has been in disarray since the passage of legislation last spring that calls for pushing businesses in that now-unregulated "grey market" into the state's regulated recreational-cannabis market.
Peabody Coal's 40-Year Holocaust for NavajosPosted by Brenda Norrell - April 13, 2016 at 1:52 pm
Peabody Coal's Holocaust of Navajos must be documented so that it will never happen again
Washington Cannabis Regulators May Have Skirted Ethics Rules to Appease Special Interest GroupPosted by Bill Conroy - March 27, 2016 at 8:43 pm
The Washington CannaBusiness Association, Headed by a Former Microsoft Executive, Is Playing a Major Role in Shaping the Emerging Legal-Marijuana Landscape
Navajo water contamination more horrific than Flint Michigan'sPosted by Brenda Norrell - January 25, 2016 at 12:24 pm
Penn Envy: Fear of Citizen Journalism Defined Commercial Media's Hostile Response to the Interview of the DecadePosted by Bill Conroy - January 18, 2016 at 10:04 pm
Sean Penn & Kate del Castillo Scooped the Press and Embarrassed the US & Mexican Governments in Interview with Chapo Guzmán
Oscar winner Sean Penn and Mexican film and TV star Kate del Castillo recently played staring roles as citizen journalists and scooped the world's major media outlets by scoring a sit-down interview with a notorious Mexican narco-trafficker: Joaquín Archivaldo Guzmán Loera (aka Chapo Guzmán).
Native Americans protest tar sands and fracking at COP21Posted by Brenda Norrell - December 11, 2015 at 2:11 pm
Indigenous Canoe Flotilla in Paris: Defending the Earth and Sacred WaterPosted by Brenda Norrell - December 7, 2015 at 12:14 am
Indigenous Peoples from the Americas in Paris -- from the Arctic to the Amazon -- sent dramatic messages to world leaders at COP21
Arctic Indigenous at COP21 'Our World is Melting'Posted by Brenda Norrell - November 30, 2015 at 10:33 pm
Indigenous warn: COP21 green schemes could be crimes against humanity
By Brenda Norrell
Native Americans arrive in Paris: Climate solutions and Nature TribunalPosted by Brenda Norrell - November 29, 2015 at 3:03 pm
Indigenous and women's delegations arrive in Paris for COP21, with solutions, prepared for their Rights of Nature Tribunal
American Indian Movement: Hidden history, sovereignty and resistancePosted by Brenda Norrell - November 23, 2015 at 12:22 pm
The American Indian Movement's annual west coast conference reveals atrocities of California Indian missions, urges clemency for Leonard Peltier and honors Darrell Standing Elk
American Indian Movement Conference live from San FranciscoPosted by Brenda Norrell - November 21, 2015 at 2:20 pm
American Indian Movement's annual conference live now from San Francisco
Native American Defenders Surge: Oak Flat Lives as Keystone XL DiesPosted by Brenda Norrell - November 6, 2015 at 1:50 pm
Native Americans Surge: Oak Flat Lives as Keystone XL Dies
Why Does Facebook Censor the Word "Tsu"?Posted by Iván Ulchur-Rota - October 28, 2015 at 6:21 pm
A Social Network that Returns 90 Percent of Advertising Dollars to the People: Send Me an Invitation, Please!
By Ivan Ulchur-Rota
Translated from GKillCity Magazine
At this point, it's hard to imagine. Mark Zuckerberg's giant has rapidly established itself as the social network bigwig. Facebook has bought its competitors like Instagram and by incorporating chat and video messaging has distinguished itself from platforms like Twitter or Linkedin. The network has constructed an empire through advertisements that accompany the content generated by its users. That's why it's censorship of every link to the fast-growing social network Tsu.co—that returns 90 percent of all ad revenue to its users—reveals what could become the giant's Achiilles' Heel: the redistribution of profit based on content.
Ivan Ulchur-Rota met Sebastian Sobczak, CEO of Tsu, at the Narco News 15th Anniversary Celebration earlier this month in New York City. Photo DR 2015 by Al Giordano.
When Al Giordano—founder and publisher of Narco News and the School of Authentic Journalism in Mexico—moved to Tsu, he had already been frustrated with Facebook since December 2012. Giordano and the authentic journalism team had utilized the network as an outreach platform and built a community of more than 25,000 members to promote their journalism and school. Then, three years ago, Facebook imposed an "algorithm" to put 95 percent of that community out of reach unless the nonprofit media bought ads to promote the links to its stories there. "The Facebook user quickly got tired of all the ads, so they stopped clicking." Another social network, Ello, launched as an alternative that did not sell users' information, but was unable to prosper now that the whole world, it seemed, was addicted to Facebook.
For Giordano the critical point was the realization that on Tsu nine out of ten dollars generated by advertisements would return to its users. "Facebook had pulled a 'bait and switch' on us, using our texts, voices and images to sell ads and kept all the value for itself. If someone had told us in 2007 that we could publish our work their website, recruit our friends and readers to use it, that they'd get money from ads and profit from it, and then we'd have to pay to reach the people we organized to come there, I would have told them to go to hell. But that's how Facebook tricked everybody."
Tsu is not playing Zuckerberg's game. Instead, it has turned the rules upside down. By elevating the user as the main generator of profit, Tsu reinvents both social networking practices and our overall understanding of this type of technology. "When people realize that their content can generate money they generally behave better and the quality of their work improves," he explains not without recognizing that this can also mean more work to purge the experience from money-seeking parasites and trolls whom the idea might attract as well. But the project is a radical departure from an established and accepted paradigm. This explains Facebook's pre-emptive censorship of Tsu imposed this past month. Not only does Facebook now ban any link to Tsu, but it erased all previous links from its site, including in private messages between its members. When a user types the address of Tsu – dot – co into Facebook he receives an alarmist message that the link is a "security risk." Perhaps it is for the social network that seeks monopoly status over the global Internet.
This is the censorship message Facebook imposes through a pop-up box now whenever a user seeks to post a link to a story on Tsu or when its upstart competitor is mentioned in private in Facebook messenger chat. It claims that Tsu is an "unsafe" website even after Apple and Google declared the Tsu app – downloaded recently by more than one million people – as safe.
The effort to disenfranchise Tsu reveals that its potential has been recognized. Giordano says it's enormous. He explains what is happening in the context of the Rogers Curve, which in 1962 was developed by sociologist Everett Rogers to measure the rate of adoption of new technologies. "First come the innovators, who are about one or two percent of the general public, and they greatly influence the development of the new project." They are followed by another 14 percent of "early adopters" that impact the direction of the innovation even more.
Tsu.co is at the stage of early adopters according to Giordano, who actively participated in the design of Tsu's new group features and their monetization. The early adopters determine the experience for the "early majority", the "late majority" and, finally, the "laggards." According to the Rogers Curve, the arrival of an "early majority" is often very sudden. That's what happened in 2007 when MySpace was virtually abandoned overnight and everybody woke up on Facebook. In the last six months, Tsu registered over three-and-a-half million users, now growing faster than any other network. When a million people downloaded the Tsu cell phone app in August and September, Facebook lashed out and censored any link to the start-up.
Early adopters therefore face a challenge: To prioritize the importance of quality of content. Much of the work of most active members has been to "weed their garden" from unwanted trolls that seek to make money by uploading trash o leaving meaningless, automatic comments. This consorted effort has resulted in a community seriously committed to generate value through what they share. "There are members who have collected more followers on Tsu than I have but that still don't earn significant money. They're not telling stories or putting on a show that keeps those followers coming back every day," explains Giordano, who's earned almost $1,500 since May and donated all of it to the Fund of Authentic Journalism and other charities on Tsu.
One very evident difference from Facebook is the way groups are managed. Moderators – who are rank-and-file users of Tsu, are very present in curating comments. Very often, posts within a group need a moderator's approval to be published. Most groups associated with authentic journalism actively post guidelines on how to make the most of the community and keep it free from trolls. Likewise, because content is monetized, copyright laws are taken very seriously. It's for example forbidden to post images, text or even lyrics without the author's explicit permission. In that, Tsu seems to be created for creators.
This last point was critical for Giordano. As a musician who has spent his life surrounded by artists, this matter makes him particularly passionate: since MySpace offered itself as online music gallery, the amount of musicians who do not receive any compensation for their work has incremented significantly. According to a report by alphr, for most of the main digital music distributors the returns for small artists is minuscule. For every 500 000 track plays, payments vary between in three and four dollars. "A return of barely .008 cents for each time a track is played." While Spotify's CEO Daniel Ek argues that no one has done for artists what Spotify has done, for Radiohead vocalist Tom York, Spotify prevents emerging artists from making a living with their craft.
The Internet has created a culture of theft of the arts. Even though it's easier to distribute and access music, this has only benefitted consumers and the very same distribution platforms. Until the arrival of Tsu, content monetization has been limited to exorbitant audiences like with Youtube, which pays well only when someone's viewership reaches the millions. According to research by journalist David McCandless in 2010 and 2015, for an artist to gain the equivalent of the US minimum wage on Youtube ($1,260 dollars) their work had to reach at least four million two hundred thousand views. For Giordano, Tsu marks return to the times of "the agent" who once guaranteed outreach and venues for artists, writers and musicians and received 10 percent of the proceeds.
Tsu also rewards users for recruiting and organizing communities to join the network, putting a percentage of the value each user generate into the income stream of the user who invited him or her. The service is free to join and never asks for money from its users. Once a user has generated $100 dollars in value, he and she can redeem it and Tsu sends them a check. Meanwhile, they can donate smaller amounts they've earned to any of the 45 certified charities already on Tsu, one of which is The Fund for Authentic Journalism.
Tsu's close affiliation to charity organizations sets it apart from any other social media. From the revenue generated in each group page on Tsu, for example, five percent is allocated to an organization chosen by the creator of the group. Al Giordano's chosen charity is The Fund for Authentic Journalism, which every year gathers journalists, artists and social organizers to learn how to practice journalism for the public good. In that respect, Tsu's community focus coincides with the Fund's mission. Now, over 25 group pages on Tsu (groups where fans of Star Wars, NFL and fantasy football, community organizing and other themes gather each declare a nonprofit as beneficiary of five percent of the ad revenues its activity generates) have chosen it as their charity. "Call it a socialist social network", says Giordano half-jokingly. But if Tsu can indeed make it possible for artists, journalists and nonprofits to live from what they produce, it would be revolutionary.
Accounts on Tsu are still invite-only. You can use any of the following links as your invitation code:
The Fund for Authentic Journalism
This story originally appeared in Spanish on GKillCity, an online magazine based in Guayaquil, Ecuador.
Censored in Indian country: Why we don't stay homePosted by Brenda Norrell - October 26, 2015 at 2:13 pm
Censored in Indian country: Why we don't stay home
Native Women Plan for Bolivia Climate Living Defense Conference Oct. 2015Posted by Brenda Norrell - September 25, 2015 at 2:52 pm
Tohono O'odham and Dineh (Navajo) Women Plan to Continue Work Started at Cochabamba Mother Earth Conference Five Years Ago
By Brenda Norrell
Photo Michelle Cook and Ofelia Rivas by Brenda Norrell 2015
Apache invite Europeans for Global Resistance at Oak Flat 2016Posted by Brenda Norrell - September 20, 2015 at 8:31 am
Apache resistance to copper mining on sacred land becomes symbol of global resistance
Native Americans in DC: Obama Stop Leasing Lands for Fossil FuelsPosted by Brenda Norrell - September 15, 2015 at 3:35 pm
Before being chased away by President Obama's Secret Service, Native American delegations joined climate coalitions in DC, sending a powerful message to halt fossil fuel leases
Israeli US spy towers target traditional Tohono O'odham sacred areaPosted by Brenda Norrell - September 6, 2015 at 11:34 amIsraeli US spy tower pact targets Tohono O'odham sacred mountain and spying on traditional O'odhamBy Brenda NorrellGU-VO, Tohono O'odham Nation -- The Unite
Obama's Grand Alaskan Holiday: Epic Fail in PRPosted by Brenda Norrell - September 2, 2015 at 10:10 am
Obama's Grand Alaskan Holiday: Epic Fail in PR
By Brenda Norrell
Racism Within the Secret Service Colors Recent Threats to Obama's SecurityPosted by Bill Conroy - August 30, 2015 at 7:45 pm
Pending lawsuits and a letter from a congressman point to a pattern of ongoing racial dysfunction within the agency
The safety of President Barack Obama or his family has been put at risk at least five times since 2011 due to security lapses by the U.S. Secret Service.
Navajo farmers vote not to irrigate with contaminated river waterPosted by Brenda Norrell - August 22, 2015 at 10:57 am
The scorched earth campaign of the US EPA's gold mine spill is devastating for Navajo farmers, the latest travesty in the Four Corners, where Cold War uranium mining and coal-fired power plants have left a trail of death for Navajos
In Mexico, reporters tortured and murdered, in US plagiarism dominatesPosted by Brenda Norrell - August 21, 2015 at 2:11 pm
By Brenda Norrell
While journalists are being tortured and murdered in Mexico and around the world, in the US, particularly in Indian country national news, the common practice is to hire paid stay-at-home plagiarizers. They let others take the risks, do the work and pay the costs, while collecting a paycheck and rarely leaving their homes.
EPA sent Navajos poisoned water after Animas gold mine river spillPosted by Brenda Norrell - August 21, 2015 at 1:58 pm
EPA sent Navajos poisoned water by way of oil and fracking trucking company
By Brenda Norrell
Navajos to BLM: Stop sacrificing us for dirty coal energyPosted by Brenda Norrell - August 21, 2015 at 1:23 pm
Navajos and Pueblos were among those demanding a halt to the dirty coal energy and uranium mining that has left a trail of death and disease in the Four Corners region
By Brenda Norrell
Dine' chase Sen. John McCain off Navajo NationPosted by Brenda Norrell - August 16, 2015 at 7:36 pm
Dine' chase Arizona Sen. John McCain off the Navajo Nation, yelling at him that the days of stealing Navajo land and water rights for corporations are over
US poisons Navajo river water in scorched earth campaignPosted by Brenda Norrell - August 13, 2015 at 8:08 amAfter poisoning the river water of Navajos and farmers, the United States immediately began a dirty tricks campaign to get Navajos to sign waivers of liabilityBy Brenda NorrellThe United States has poisoned the Four Corners river water, and immediately began a dirty tricks campaign, attempting to have Navajos sign 'waivers of liability
Cynthia McKinney's Dissertation: Hugo Chavez, White Supremacy, COINTELPRO and WikileaksPosted by Brenda Norrell - August 7, 2015 at 9:02 amBy Brenda NorrellCynthia McKinney has broken dangerous ground since leaving Congress, challenging the US bogus wars, spider web intelligence and the junkyard media that makes it all possible.Now, Dr.
Apache Stronghold Convoy Visits Graves of Children Who Never Came HomePosted by Brenda Norrell - July 17, 2015 at 11:17 am
Update: Apache Stronghold Convoy on New York Times Square on Friday.
Photo by Michele Susan used with permission.


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Halle Berry says her split from model Gabriel Aubry is already old news.
"Berry and Aubry split some time ago, but remain close friends and committed parents to their daughter," a rep for the actress told Access Hollywood in a statement on Sunday.
The two, parents to 2-year-old Nahla, made headlines on Friday for their break-up.
However, Halle didn't hide from the press, posing for photos on Saturday at the EIF Revlon Run/Walk For Women in NYC alongside stars such as Jessica Biel, Jessica Alba and Dr. Oz, and was all smiles on stage at a DKMS Gala event hosted by Access' own Shaun Robinson the night before.
On Friday night, Gabriel released an exclusive statement to Access through his agency, Wilhelmina Models. CLICK HERE to read Gabriel's statement!
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What do you do after you exercise? If the answer is, "Head for the couch," hold on a minute! Just as your body needs a little time to get warmed up before workouts, it needs a little time to cool down, too. Plus, creating a soothing postworkout ritual will give you something to look forward to. Here are a few ideas to adopt.
Enjoy your favorite flavor of CRYSTAL LIGHT Pure Fitness. CRYSTAL LIGHT Pure Fitness is a naturally sweetened, low calorie fitness drink that contains electrolytes to help aid hydration* (which is good for the body). And every sip is full of refreshing flavor (which is good for the soul).
Get out your blood glucose meter. Exercising burns fuel, which may affect your blood glucose level. Check with your doctor about where your levels should be after a workout.
Stretch your muscles. A healthy stretching routine can help improve your flexibility and help prevent injuries. Be careful not to bounce when you stretch: That can actually cause injuries. Instead, sink into your stretches slowly.
Put up your feet. Ready to take off your shoes and socks? This is a good time to give your feet a check. Use a mirror if you can't see the bottoms or between the toes. People with nerve damage due to diabetes may not feel blisters or cuts on their feet, so they can develop dangerous infections. If you spot any problems, call your doctor or podiatrist.
Let a shower pat you on the back. Enjoy a warm (not hot) shower, using your favorite soothing scent of shower gel. As you rinse off, think about your workout—from what you heard (a train whistle, a favorite song), to how you felt (strong, happy). It's feel-good moments like these that will help keep you motivated to lace up your shoes and do the whole thing again.
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Steve Jobs thought someone might kidnap his daughter in order to blackmail him, according to a newly released US Department of Defense document that was filled out in the 1980s when Jobs underwent a background check for a top secret security clearance.
That revelation, along with some new details on Jobs's drug use and a previously unreported arrest as a minor, comes from a questionnaire that Jobs filled out for the clearance investigation, which was acquired by Wired through a Freedom of Information Act request.
While being interviewed by investigators for the clearance in 1988, Jobs was asked in what ways he might be susceptible to blackmail. He replied that he had an illegitimate daughter and felt that "the type of blackmail or threat that could be made against me would be if someone kidnapped [her]." But he added that if he were blackmailed, it would "primarily be for the purpose of money, not because I may have access to classified Top Secret material or documents."
"[I]f I do receive my clearance," he said, "there can be a possibility of blackmail and I do acknowledge this fact."
An unidentified woman who was also interviewed by investigators to provide a character reference for Jobs, took a contrary view on the blackmail question. She indicated that because Jobs was a public person whose "dirty laundry" was already publicly aired, she thought he would not be susceptible to blackmail.
The statements, along with notes made by the investigators who conducted the clearance probe, expand a bit on information that was already revealed in Jobs's FBI file, which the Bureau released last February in response to a FOIA request filed by Wired and other media outlets. Some of the information also appeared in writer Walter Isaacson's extensive biography of Jobs that was published shortly after his death on October 5, 2011.
The new DoD documents reveal that Jobs was arrested briefly in 1975 over a minor infraction, which has not been reported before. The topic came up after investigators learned that the tech titan had failed to disclose the incident in his security clearance questionnaire.
When asked about it, Jobs wrote in a statement that he did not mention the arrest in the Personnel Security Questionnaire, or PSQ, because he didn't consider it an "actual arrest".
The arrest was over failure to pay for a speeding ticket.
Jobs said the arrest occurred in Eugene, Oregon, more than a decade earlier when he was being questioned by police for suspicion of possessing alcohol as a minor. The police discovered there was an outstanding arrest warrant for the unpaid ticket and apparently executed it on the spot. Jobs said he then paid the speeding fine, which was about $US50, and that was the end of the matter. But he didn't consider it a real arrest that needed to be reported.
"I had no intentions of falsifying my PSQ for not listing this incident and did not think of the above incident at the time of answering the PSQ," he wrote in a statement.
In his statement to investigators, Jobs also talked freely about the illegal phone phreaking he did in his youth — using a Blue Box device to make long distance calls for free.
"The challenge was not that I could make long distance phone calls for free, but to be able to put a device together that could accomplish that task," he said in his statement. "I did not make a profit from what I considered this to really be a 'project.' At the age of approximately 14, it was a technical challenge, not a challenge to be able to break the law."
He also provided additional details about his drug use. It's been previously reported that Jobs took LSD, marijuana and hashish in his early years, but he expanded on this a bit to the Pentagon. In his signed statement for the security clearance, Jobs said:
"I used LSD from approximately 1972 to 1974. Throughout that period of time I used the LSD approximately 10 to 15 times. I would ingest the LSD on a sugar cube or in a hard form of gelatin. I would usually take the LSD when I was by myself. I have no words to explain the effect the LSD had on me, although, I can say it was a positive life changing experience for me and I am glad I went through that experience."
There's a handwritten addition on the form that has Jobs' initials next to it, which reads "This was the reason I used LSD."
He said that he had smoked marijuana with friends or eaten it cooked in brownies, but that the last time he had used the drug was in 1977.
"The best way I would describe the effect of the marijuana and the hashish is that it would make me relaxed and creative," he told investigators.
On a form asking him to describe his use of alcohol, Jobs, or one of the investigators, wrote "NA".
Jobs's mercurial temperament has long been part of his lore, and he's never tried to deny that he has anger issues. But in the statements he gave the DoD in 1988, although he admitted that he had lost his temper in the past "when things are not going right", he said he had put this bad behaviour behind him. He attributed his angry outbursts to perfectionism, and said he now had his emotions under control.
Jobs told the investigators he considered himself an emotionally and mentally stable person, but admitted to previous bouts of depression. Though he had never received medical treatment or counseling for any mental disorder, he said he had once attended a two-month course at the Oregon Feeling centre.
"This course primarily delt [sic] with getting in touch with your feelings and understanding your feelings," he said. A sentence in the written statement says the course was titled "Primal Scream", but this was later crossed out in the document. Jobs's initials appear next to the crossed-out text.
According to one unidentified woman interviewed for the clearance, Jobs was inclined toward "spiritual sole-searching" [sic] through meditation that he did at home.
The documents also detail Jobs's travel over the years, including a visit he made to the Soviet Union in the summer of 1985 in an effort to market Apple products there. The trip was facilitated by an international lawyer who was based in Paris and later met Jobs and one of his Apple colleagues in the Soviet Union. Jobs told investigators that he had a "feeling" the attorney who accompanied them "worked for the CIA or the KGB", though he offered no explanation for this. During the trip, which lasted two days, Jobs and his Apple colleague met with a professor from the Academy of Science, whose name is redacted in the document, "to discuss possible marketing of AC's product".
The fact that Jobs had a top secret security clearance was mentioned briefly in the FBI file on Jobs that was released earlier this year.
The FBI file primarily contained details from a different background check on Jobs that was done for his appointment in 1991 to the president's Export Council, under former President George H. W. Bush. But the file also noted that Jobs had held a top secret government security clearance while working at Pixar. The file didn't provide other details, however.
The DoD documents released to Wired don't indicate why Jobs was being given a top secret security clearance, but according to Walter Isaacson's biography of Jobs, the Pixar clearance was required because of contracts Pixar signed with intelligence agencies to use its Pixar Image Computer for rendering information from reconnaissance flights and satellites.
The security clearance was conducted in 1988 while Jobs was chairman of the board at NeXT, which he had founded in 1985 after parting ways with Apple, and while he was still owner of Pixar. Jobs had purchased Pixar, when it was known as Graphics Group, from LucasFilm in 1986.
In the DoD documents, a note from investigators indicate that they tried to obtain Jobs's employment records from NeXT going back to September 1985, but the company's human resources manager told them that because Jobs was founder and chairman of the board of NeXT, "there are no records kept" on him. Investigators didn't fare much better at Apple. A note says all they got from Jobs' personnel file there was his name, address, date of birth and social security number.


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Updated 6:21 pm. - TAMPA, Fla. -- Republicans formally nominated Mitt Romney for president on Tuesday, minting the former Massachusetts governor as the party's official opponent this fall versus President Barack Obama.
Romney has been the presumptive Republican presidential nominee since late spring, when his major opponents ended their campaigns for president. But he will be able to shed the "presumptive" qualifier when he formally accepts the nomination during his Thursday night speech.
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Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker speaks as as Mitt Romney is nominated by the state delegates for the Office of the President of the United States at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., on Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012.
Republicans held the roll call of state delegations late Tuesday afternoon, delayed from its initial scheduled vote during Monday's hurricane-canceled session. Convention Secretary Kim Reynolds presided over the vote.
"I am truly honored to annouce these votes for a man who happens to be my brother, and whom I love: Mitt Romney, the next president of the United States," said Scott Romney, the brother of Mitt Romney, in leading Michigan's delegation in casting its votes.
Shortly thereafter, Republicans nominated Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan as their vice presidential candidate by acclimation.
Slideshow: The 2012 Republican National Convention
There were occasional outburts of cheers for Texas Rep. Ron Paul when some states' delegates voted for the retiring congressman. Some delegates abstained from voting in instances, suggesting their dissenting opinion from Romney.
NBC's Chuck Todd has the latest from the Republican National Convention; plus, Andrea Mitchell, John Yang and Luke Russert visit Romney supporters in New Hampshire, Maine and West Virginia.
The fanfare on Romney's behalf at the convention hall made the delegate math of the Republican primaries earlier this year almost seem like an afterthought. Romney's battles with former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum had seemed, for a time, to threaten to transform the battle for the GOP nomination into a protracted delegate battle.
When Romney accepts the nomination, he'll be able to access and spend tens of millions of dollars he has raised in general election funds. This formal distinction will enable the former Massachusetts governor's campaign to spend millions more on organization and television ads heading into the height of the fall campaign.


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ST. LOUIS, MO (KTVI)– The St. Louis Rams announced that Head Coach Jeff Fisher has hired Tim Walton as the team's defensive coordinator.
"I'm thrilled to have the opportunity to add Coach Walton to our staff," Fisher said. "Tim is a talented coach and he's spent the last four years working in our system. He will be a huge asset to our staff and we are all looking forward to working with him."
The 2013 season will be Walton's 19th in coaching. He spent the last four years with the Detroit Lions where he guided the team's secondary, and last season, he added the title of third down package coach. Walton helped Detroit finish 10th in the NFL last season in third down defense as the Lions allowed opponents to convert just 36.5 percent of their third down attempts.
Prior to his time in Detroit, Walton spent 14 seasons coaching on the collegiate level. During that time, he coached 13 players who were eventually drafted into the NFL, including five first round picks and four second round picks.
Walton's college tenure included two stints as a defensive coordinator. He held the position at Memphis in 2008 and at Miami (Fla.) in 2007. In total, he spent four seasons with the Hurricanes. Walton was promoted from secondary coach to defensive coordinator in 2007 and helped propel the defense to a national ranking of 33rd in total defense. In his first three seasons at Miami, he coached the defensive backs and the Miami secondary ranked in the top 10 nationally in pass defense in 2004 (ninth) and 2005 (first).
In 2005, Walton's pass defense led the nation, allowing only 152.17 yards per game, and featured All-Americans safety Brandon Meriweather and cornerback Kelly Jennings as well as Freshman All-American Kenny Phillips.
Walton was at LSU in 2003 and his defensive backs were a key factor in the Tigers earning the 2003 BCS National Championship and a Southeastern Conference title. The LSU defense ranked among the nation's top three in four-of-five major defensive statistical categories: total defense (first, 252.0 yards per game), scoring defense (first, 11.0 ppg), pass efficiency defense (second, 89.8 rating) and rushing defense (third, 67.0 yards per game). Additionally, LSU ranked 18th nationally in passing yardage defense (185.0 ypg) while leading the SEC in four of the five defensive categories, including a No. 2 ranking in the league in pass defense.
In his first stint with Memphis (2000-01), Walton coached defensive backs. In 2000, the Tigers ranked fifth in the nation in total defense (first in rush defense), allowing only 275 yards per game and placed in the top 15 nationally in passing and scoring defense. He left Memphis to coach defensive backs at Syracuse for the 2002 season.
Walton began his coaching career as a defensive graduate assistant at Bowling Green in 1995. He was promoted to running backs coach in 1996 and then moved to coach the defensive backs in 1999.
In addition to his collegiate coaching experience, Walton has had three summer internships with NFL teams. He spent the summer of 1998 serving as a defensive intern with the Chicago Bears, the summer of 2001 as a defensive intern for the Green Bay Packers and in 2004 with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers under current Pittsburgh Steelers Head Coach Mike Tomlin.
As a defensive back at Ohio State, Walton lettered four seasons and served as co-captain for the Big Ten champions in 1993. During his time with the Buckeyes, OSU went to four bowl games, including the Liberty Bowl in 1990. He earned his bachelor's degree in sociology from OSU in 1994.
Walton and his wife, Tracy, have three children: Trei, Timia and Tyler.


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http://mpora.com/videos/wJ6OGopiS Arnette are back in the snowboard biz and you could be, too! They are giving away sponsor deals to European talents. Read on to find out more!
One week left to get a sponsoring deal with Arnette and go on a snowboard trip of a lifetime!
Arnette is looking for promising young guns in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France and Norway and the search for talented rookies is still on until May 31st 2011!
And all you have to do for that is: have fun! So get going, be creative and show us that snowboarding isn't just one of your hobbies but your favorite! Capture that on video camera, upload it and…well…that's it.
There are just two tiny details: no matter if you are a boy or a girl you just have to be not older than 20 years and you should not have a goggle sponsor. Get that right and almost nothing should stand in the way to your big snowboarding career. Apart from a professional jury who will firstly select the top five rookies of each country. Then it's back to the roots of democracy where you have to face an international online voting on facebook. The rookie of each country who receives the most "likes" wins.
Besides a massive product support from Arnette for season 2011/12, the five winning rookies will go on a 10-day team trip with the Arnette Pros. All the awesome riding and the tons of fun in great company will be filmed and then edited on your very own trip video. Of course there will be also a photographer who might just get THE shot of you that gets you into your favorite magazine.
So don't wait, guys & girls, get your camera out and take part!
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Weekly auto rail, with gas-saving tips, Car Q&A with Junior Damato and more.
Tip of the Week
While buying a more fuel-efficient car might be an option for some, new and used cars that get more miles per gallon tend to be more in demand - and more expensive - when gas prices are high. If a new car isn't an option for you, implementing the following changes can help ensure that you get the most from the fuel in your gas tank:
- Keep the gas you buy in your car. When gas prices are low, stealing gas would likely be more trouble than it's worth, but when prices are high, it's not uncommon for thieves to siphon gas from vehicles, especially those with larger tanks. Adding a locking gas cap can be done for much less than the cost of a tank of gas.
- Keep your tank full. While you're looking to reduce the amount of gasoline you are using, constantly running your car with the tank close to empty can wear down your fuel pump. "The gasoline in the tank keeps the fuel pump cool. Take away the gas and the fuel pump runs hot and has a shorter life," says Tom Taylor, engineer and vice president of RockAuto.com. If you have an older car that has accumulated dirt and rust at the bottom of the tank, keeping a full tank can help your fuel burn cleaner.
- Keep your car in shape. Keeping your engine properly tuned improves fuel efficiency by an average of 4 percent, and repairing a major issue like a faulty oxygen sensor could improve efficiency by up to 40 percent, according the U.S. Department of Energy.
- Keep your tires inflated properly. Keeping your tires at the optimal level not only keeps you safer, but can improve your gas mileage by up to 3.3 percent, according to the Department of Energy. Your owner's manual should tell you the proper psi (pounds per square inch) levels for your vehicle.
- Drive for optimal gas mileage. How you drive can affect how much gas you use. Most cars run at peak efficiency at around 60 mph, with fuel economy decreasing sharply when traveling faster. Aggressive driving with rapid acceleration and slowing will also have a negative effect on your fuel economy.
The List
Want to drive less when you retire? U.S. News & World Report recently looked at 10 great towns in which to do that. Here are the places:
Amherst, Mass.
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Did You Know
The earthquake and tsunami in Japan has led to delays from Japanese automakers, with Toyota recently announcing that two new Prius vehicles will be delayed.
Car Q&A
Q: I own a 2010 Yukon Denali (flex fuel), which has less than 1,500 miles. The service manual highly recommends the use of E85 or premium gasoline 91 octane or higher. I have spoken to people that say prolonged use of E85 can damage the engine. I would like to continue using E85, providing it won't damage the engine. What is your opinion?
A: As long as the manual says you can use the E85 and the engine runs good, I would continue the use of the E85. When car companies design the fuel delivery system for the flex fuel, they use different parts in the fuel delivery system to accommodate the different fuels.
- Junior Damato, Talking Cars columnist
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Everyone's finalizing their plans for SxSW, especially Alan as he gets ready for his talk with Richard Scoble. Be sure to make the moment if you're in Austin Friday, March 9 at 5PM.
Nick spied a few new favorites for many in the office, including Clear and a huge list of style guides.
Not to be outdone finding jewels among dross, Raphael pointed out jetBlue's nice new site, and an interesting behind-the-scenes peek at security in modern operating systems.
We're getting our design mise en place for our new design partnership with Chefs Feed.
Susan and the team continue to lead RockHealth's early stage and pre-VC startups with her inimitable design insights and skills, this week in cahoots with Jim on personas.
Cooper U Interaction Design session March 6-9 is almost full so get your seat now and follow it up with the Design Communication & Collaboration session March 12-13.


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An abandoned dog that waited three years for his owners to return has finally found a new home.
Chen the Chow was left behind when his owners deserted their Atlanta home, but he stuck around, sleeping in the carport and scavenging food scraps from a nearby grocery store.
Finally, after years of watching Chen wander the property, a neighbor told Lisa Renstrom of Chap's Chow Rescue about the dog.
"He was waiting and waiting for his people to come home," Renstrom told 11 Alive News. "He absolutely would not leave that house. The people on either side would throw rocks and try to chase him away. He would not leave."
It took Renstrom a few weeks to gain Chen's trust, but she won him over with kindness and food and took him to her dog rescue.
Healthy, happy and no longer alone, Chen was ready for his forever home, and Renstrom started looking. It didn't take long.
Ben Rupp of Ohio saw Chen's photo on Petfinder.com and felt a connection to the deserted dog. Chen reminded him of his Chow, Goldie, who had recently passed away after 13 years of companionship.
"His features are very similar to my old dog. The pictures and the story, it all came together," Rupp told 11Alive.
Rupp called Renstrom and then booked a private jet and flew to Georgia, where Chen met him on the tarmac.
Although Renstrom had grown attached to Chen, she gave him a kiss goodbye and wished him well as he boarded the plane with Rupp.
"I hope he'll be happy," she said. "He deserves all the happiness."
Check out a video of Chen and his rescuers below:
More dog stories on MNN:
- Loyal Labrador known as 'Jurong's Hachiko' to be adopted
- Rescue dogs sniff out endangered species
- Shelter dog becomes a movie star


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With walking routes galore and a range of dog-friendly accommodation, Dorset has always been a welcoming holiday destination for dog owners. Why not repay the hospitality by ensuring that you behave responsibly with your pet? Here's a few tips to keep in mind when visiting Dorset.
DO… Clean Up After Them
Just as you would at home, you should always pick up after your pet and deposit their waste in an appropriate bin, whether you're out exploring the countryside or simply walking them in the area around your dog-friendly accommodation. Dorset is known for its natural beauty, so do your bit to keep it looking nice.
DON'T… Let Them Chase Animals
As always, you should keep your dog under control when cattle, sheep or other farm animals are nearby. Dorset's heathlands are also home to a number of ground-nesting birds, including woodlarks, stonechats and Dartford warblers, which you should ensure are not disturbed by your pet.
It's not just harm to other animals that you need to worry about if they stray, either – ticks latching onto your dog are extremely unpleasant, and if they're bitten by an adder, the UK's only venomous snake, it could be life-threatening.
DO… Keep Them Cool
Dogs overheat easily in the warmer months, which can be deadly. Be sure not to over-exert them, and ensure that they have plenty of water available.
You also need to avoid leaving them trapped in places that might get too hot. Of course, we all know not to keep them locked in cars, but they could even suffer if left alone in dog-friendly accommodation. Dorset can get very warm in summer, and animals aren't able to cool themselves down as easily as people.
DON'T… Let Them Bother Other People
Many of us love dogs, but others are not so keen. No matter where you are, you shouldn't assume that everyone is happy to be approached by your pet unless they've shown/said otherwise.
You should also be considerate of people staying near your dog-friendly accommodation. Dorset is a top destination for holidays, and others want to enjoy their break just as much as you do – which means that they may not want to be treated to the sound of barking all day long, or have your hound jumping all over them when they're trying to relax outside.
DO… Pay Attention to Your Surroundings
The best way to keep your dog – and yourself – safe is to be aware of your surroundings. In particular, take note of any signs put up for your benefit, because while Dorset's coastal scenery is gorgeous, you should still bear in mind the potential hazards of cliff edges, dangerous tides and so on. Stay aware of where you are and act appropriately.
DON'T… Let Them Out of Your Sight
If you don't know where your dog is, you can't be sure of what they're doing, which means that they could be breaking any of the rules above or getting into even worse trouble. Keep them within view at all times so that you know what's happening.
Just keep these guidelines in mind and you're sure to have a good time, whether you're out on walks or relaxing in your dog-friendly accommodation. Dorset is a brilliant holiday destination for you and your canine companion, so keep safe and have fun!


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Maybe the second time is the charm for Brad Womack.
The former "Bachelor" contestant is close to taking over as the lead for the show's 15th season, reports Us Magazine.
The 37-year-old Texas bartender is infamous for leaving both DeAnna Pappas and Jenni Croft roseless at the end of the show's 11th season.
U.S. & World
According to the Us report, Womack's lack of a decision the last time was based on the fact that he never felt the connection needed to marry one of the women. If selected, he knows he has to be more open this go around.
Ty Brown, a 31-year-old country music singer and a contestant on last season's edition of the show, is also reportedly in the running. However, last year's runner up, Chris Lambton, is almost certain to skip out on making a second appearance.
The new "Bachelor" will be announced on the September 27 episode of "Dancing With the Stars."
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Man With a Movie Camera
Man With a Movie Camera is an experimental film directed by Dziga Vertov. In this film Vertov was attempting to create an "absolute language of cinema" that is "based on its total separation from the language of literature and theatre." Dropping the use of actors, story lines, sets, and inter-titles, the result is a video diary made up of very powerful imagery.
Although this is an experimental film, and Vertov used a wealth of cinematic trickery (variable camera speeds, dissolves, split-screen effects, the use of prismatic lenses, stop motion etc.). The subject matter is of the everyday sort, or rather, the exposure of some of the more esoteric aspects of day to day life. The viewer is taken to see the heart of factories, a salon, a childbirth, and many other places where we normally might not go, we are shown a snapshot of urban life in a Russian city in 1929.Continue Reading


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With new reforms in education taking hold across the country, the U.S. Department of Education is seeking to improve the quality of special education data collected under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).
Last week, the Department awarded a $6.5 million dollar grant to Westat Inc to create National Technical Assistance Center to Improve State Capacity to Accurately Collect and Report IDEA Data.
Data collected will derive from IDEA's existing State Performance Plan and an Annual Performance Report on their progress in meeting 18 indicators of achievement for school aged students with disabilities; and 12 indicators for infants and toddlers with disabilities.
Additionally, this center will provide technical assistance to states by:
- Gathering more accurate reliable data – from all appropriate resources in a state
- Providing training to states to help school and district officials submit better data.
- Improving data infrastructure among the states
The grant to Westat Inc. is being made under the Technical Assistance to Improve State Data Capacity program, administered by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education Programs.


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Cook the Book: Catfish Tacos with Chipotle Slaw
Joe Yonan's Serve Yourself is set up for solo eating but all of the recipes are easily multiply-able and more than good enough to share with a crowd. These Catfish Tacos with Chipotle Slaw can go from single serving to dinner party with nearly no added prep or cooking time. With a creamy slaw and perfectly fried fish, they have serious West Coast fish taco cred and make for ideal spring and summer eating.
Yonan keeps it simple with a slaw made of shredded red cabbage dressed with a chipotle-accented sour cream. Quick cooking catfish is seasoned, dipped in egg, dredged though panko, and fried until crisp and golden. Wrapped in stove-top warmed corn tortillas, a scoop of slaw, and finished with a spoonful of salsa verde and a squeeze of lime, these tacos have no need for guac or cheese. Crunchy fish, crisp slaw, and a touch of sour heat from the salsa verde—even if you're cooking for one, you might just want to double the recipe.
Adapted from Serve Yourself by Joe Yonan. Copyright © 2011. Published by Ten Speed Press, a division of Random House, Inc. Available wherever books are sold. All Rights Reserved.
- Yield:1
- Active time: 30 minutes
- Total time:45 minutes
- 1 cup shredded red cabbage (about 1/4 small head)
- 1 teaspoon kosher or coarse sea salt, plus more to taste
- 2 tablespoons Mexican crema or sour cream
- 1 teaspoon adobo sauce (from canned chipotle in adobo) or 1/2 teaspoon ground chipotle chile
- 6 ounces catfish fillet, cut crosswise into 2-inch strips
- Freshly ground black pepper
- 1 egg
- 1/2 cup Japanese-style panko
- Canola oil, for frying
- 3 corn tortillas
- 1/4 cup salsa verde or other tangy salsa
- 1 lime, cut into quarters
- A few sprigs cilantro (optional)
Toss the cabbage and salt in a colander set over a plate or baking sheet, put a plate directly on the cabbage, and weight it down with a heavy object, such as a large can of tomatoes or beans, for at least 30 minutes. Drain the cabbage.
Lay out a couple of sheets of paper towels on your countertop. Transfer the cabbage to the paper towels. Roll up the paper towels and, holding it above a bowl, use your hands to squeeze the extra moisture out of the cabbage. Transfer the cabbage to a small bowl and add the crema and adobo sauce.
Season the catfish well on both sides with salt and pepper. Whisk the egg in a medium bowl until just combined; spread the panko on a plate. Dredge each piece of catfish first in the egg, then in the panko, packing the panko lightly onto the fish with your hands to get it to stick.
Line a plate with paper towels. Pour enough canola oil into a large cast-iron skillet to come to a depth of 1/2 inch and turn the heat to medium-high. When the oil starts to shimmer, add the fish and fry without turning until the panko crumbs are a deep golden brown, 2 to 4 minutes. Turn and fry until golden brown on the other side, another 2 to 4 minutes. Transfer the fish to the paper towel–lined plate. (Alternatively, preheat the oven to 425°F. After coating the fish, transfer it to a small rack set on a baking sheet and bake for 10 to 12 minutes, or until lightly golden brown and crisp.)
While the fish is frying or baking, warm the tortillas and wrap in aluminum foil to keep warm.
To make the tacos, lay the tortillas out on a plate. Divide the fish strips among the tortillas. Top with the chipotle slaw, salsa verde, a squeeze of lime, and cilantro, and eat.


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Orphaned after their mother died while protecting them from a coyote, four starving kittens were rescued and nursed back to health by the CATS Cradle Shelter in Fargo, N.D. Now all four kittens have been adopted together and are learning their way around their new home.
Found beside their mother's body in July, the kittens were just 4 weeks old and in poor condition.
"We were pretty stunned by the condition that they were in — they were emaciated and hair was falling out, which is a sign of starvation, so we immediately took them," shelter director Gail Ventzke told KVRR. "They should be bouncy, furry, happy little kittens and they look like mice, and they were just so small."
The smallest of the kittens was Daisy, a tiny kitten with bulging eyes and thinning fur who weighed less than 6 ounces. At her age, Daisy should have weighed more than a pound.
The "coyote kittens," as they came to be known, were put on a special diet to help them gain weight. Shelter workers said the foursome were messy eaters and that Daisy often looked like she'd taken a swim in her formula.
By the time they reached 11 weeks of age, Daisy and her siblings were unrecognizable as the emaciated kittens CATS Cradle had taken in. She's still the smallest of the litter, but Daisy is healthy and continues to put on weight. At her 11-week weigh-in she was 1.54 pounds.
During their recovery, the coyote kittens found new friends in foster mom Lori Lang and her English sheepdog, Romeo, who "stepped up to surrogate parent the little orphans."
And it looks like they've found a permanent home with Romeo and the rest of the Lang family.
CATS Cradle recently made a Facebook update saying, "They will be sharing their home with their foster canine brother Romeo forever. Lori and her husband have decided that they just cannot part with them and they are now officially adopted."
More cat stories from MNN:
- Kitten with rare birth defect gets back on his feet
- Blind kitten becomes an Internet sensation
- Lolcats: Where they came from and why we love them
All photos: CATS Cradle Shelter