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The creators of Yo Gabba Gabba bring their colorful preschool show to the Orpheum on Saturday, February 22nd. Readers tell us the show is a lot fun. To get ready, we spoke with the co-creator of this popular Nickelodeon show, Christian Jacobs.
How does creating your live show differ from the one kids watch on TV?
There's more work involved creating the TV show because with theatre, you build one show and then do it again and again. You're tweaking it while you're on the road, but mostly its the same thing each night. With the series, each episode takes more hours, creating the set, the props, and the storyline. But don't get me wrong, it's all fun. The kids love it when DJ Lance steps onto the stage. They go nuts!
How has the show evolved over the past three years?
It's less of a grab bag of segments and has more narrative now. Both Scott and myself played in bands and we knew wanted the show to have a variety feel but also be inclusive so parents and kids could watch it together.
You are both dads and have four children each. Do they help out with the show?
Co-creator Scott Schultz' kids helped as we developed the show. Many of our ideas came indirectly from watching our chidlren. The first season, the show was a bit more frenetic, with segments not relating much to each other. We thought that was a lot like the way kids play, moving randomly from one activity to the next. Under the influence of Nickelodeon, whose producers know a thing or two about preschoolers, we've developed our characters and have more of a story line.
You've had some great musical groups on your shows. Which ones stand out for you?
We heard that Beyonce's sister, Solange Knowles, wanted to be on the show. We didn't know much about her, but when she came on, she was incredible. It was a great performance. She really surprised me because I wasn't familiar with her work, but she's super talented, just like her sister.
And MGMT, those guys are great. They came up with this idea to be Space Vikings and they played in paint. It was one of my favorites segments because they were so collaborative.
You do realize one of them is from Memphis, right?
No, I didn't know that! (In fact, Andrew VanWyngarden is a White Station graduate. And his dad, Bruce VanWyngarden, is the editor of Memphis Flyer, our sister publication.)


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Chemical Sedimentary Rocks
Like other types of sedimentary rocks, chemical rocks form at the Earths surface, are usually found in horizontal layers, and do not form from molten rock. However, unlike most other sedimentary rocks, they are not made of clasts of sediment. Instead they are made of mineral crystals that formed from chemicals dissolved in water.
The water in the oceans, lakes, and underground is often full of dissolved minerals and other elements. All sorts of things can dissolve into water. If you put a spoonful of salt into water, the salt will eventually dissolve into the water. Seawater tastes salty mainly because there are salts such as halite (NaCl) dissolved in it. There are other chemicals dissolved in water as well, including Calcium (Ca), Carbon ( C), and Oxygen (O).
When water is so full of elements that not all will fit, some are not able to remain dissolved. They come out of solution, or precipitate, forming solid mineral crystals. Precipitation is the opposite of dissolving. Minerals precipitate when some water has been evaporated or when a chemical reaction occurs. Evaporation takes only water molecules into the atmosphere so the elements in the remaining liquid water become very concentrated. Eventually, they do not all fit and some precipitate out as mineral. In the picture at the left, minerals, mainly halite and gypsum, are precipitating out of shallow water that has flooded the bottom of Death Valley in California. The valley is so hot and dry that water evaporates very quickly, leaving behind the minerals that were dissolved within it.


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Earlier today, my father-in-law finally lost his battle with cancer. Surrounded by loved ones, he took his last breaths on this world and moved on to a better one. No longer will he be besieged by the pain that defined his last weeks among us.
I cannot even begin to express how truly blessed I feel to have had him as a father-in-law. I loved him very deeply and he loved me too. Though we couldn't have been more different from one another, from the very first moment that we met, he embraced me into his family and loved me as if I were one of his own.
Although he was the strong, silent type, my father-in-law was one of the kindest and gentlest men I have ever known in my entire life. In a world defined by greed and chaos, he lived his life simply and honorably. Nothing gave him more pleasure in this world than his family, his God, and the church of fishing. My respect for him was immeasurable.
However, what I love and admire about him the most was his undying love for his wife. They had a lifelong love affair with one another that was magically romantic and one of the most beautiful things to witness on a daily basis. They were practically inseparable and their lives revolved around one another. BossLady and I frequently talked about how their marriage was an inspiration to the rest of us.
Sadly, my father-in-law's last days were filled with great pain. Although he could hear us, he was unable to communicate with us and could hardly move. His organs had begun shutting down and his body was emaciated from the ravages of the spreading cancer. Yet, the only stimuli that he would ever react to was the soothing voice of his wife.
Several days ago, we gently propped him up so that we could change his bedding. As his son and daughter held him, he surprised all of us by suddenly lifting himself forward so that he could gently kiss his wife on the lips and softly caress her back. It was the last act of a dying man. He used every remaining ounce of strength in his dying body so that he could lovingly express to her just how much he deeply loved her. It was one of the most beautiful and touching moments I've ever witnessed in my entire life and I'll never forget it for as long as I live. Just writing about it here brings me to tears.
It's true what they say. Love does conquer all.
Farewell, dad. We love you and will miss you forever. Though we're tormented by grief and saddened by our loss, we pray that you're finally at peace and we look forward to seeing you on the other side.
We inherit from our ancestors gifts so often taken for granted. Each of us contains within, this inheritance of soul. We are links between the ages, containing past and present expectations, sacred memories and future promises.---Edward Sellner


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a.k.a the infrequently asked questions page :-) - a lighthearted stroll through some Edinburgh history and landmarks.
Well, not that ancient - it was originally the northernmost city of England. Over the centuries, Scotland has repeatedly tried to nick bits of England - usually with dismal lack of success. However a thousand years ago we had the rare advantage of a (usurper) king of England known to history as "Aethelred the unready". He was no more ready to deal with invading Scots that with any of the other troubles that beset his unhappy reign.
What exactly the English-speaking inhabitants of Edinburgh and surrounding regions thought when gaelic-speaking, kilt-wearing, broadsword-wielding clansmen overran them is not recorded - this period is called the dark ages for a reason. But, as I can testify, having grown up in Edinburgh, the local inhabitants have since adjusted really well to the idea of being Scottish.
(By the way, this conquest of an English-speaking region, to which the capital was later moved, was the beginning of the process whereby everyone in Scotland speaks English.)
Before I give you the unflattering explanation, I'd better stress 'was called'. Also, how shall I explain 'Auld Reekie' for non-native English speakers? My dreadful French / franglais offers "ancienne avec odeur affreux".
In the middle ages, the French were at times liked in Scotland for not being English. (When we were not invading England, we were complaining loudly about the - fewer - times the English invaded us.) Our arrogance forbade us to admit that we actually admired the French (or anyone foreign), but a few dialect words betray that some French customs earned a grudging respect. The old Scots dialect word for a decent-sized cup is a tassie (une tasse), a well-made plate was an ashet (une assiette), etc. These French words pronounced in a Scottish accent show that we adopted some French customs - and reveal just how far civilisation had (not) advanced in my native land at the time.
Another French phrase was adopted when visiting Frenchmen complained bitterly about the Edinburgh custom of throwing the night soil into the street with no warning, sometimes hitting luckless or unwary passersby. (You will now perceive whence came the "odeur affreux".) Embarrassed Scots hostesses assured their French guests the custom would be changed - in future the night soil would be flung out with a warning. They told their servants to cry, "Gardez vous", on these occasions. The servants, ignorant of French, corrupted this to 'Gardeyloo' which in Scots dialect makes a sort of sense. It remained the cry used until (slowly) advancing civic standards made it no longer needed. The fact that when the visiting Frenchmen complained, there was apparently no Scottish phrase already in use needs no comment!
After one of my foreign colleagues emailed round that the next ESUG would be in 'Edinburgh, England', I thought it might be prudent to link to this lighthearted look at British political geography. This makes everything clear - or would if the presenter did not talk so fast that non-native English speakers may need to hit 'pause' at times to keep up!
Scotland was originally inhabited by four independent groups. The obscure Picts in the north-east were matrilineal and had a writing system only recently deciphered (they wrote - or at least left - very little; just some engraved stones). The Britons in the south-west are the same people as today's Welsh and Cornish (and Bretons). The Angles (i.e. English - see above) inhabited Edinburgh and the south east. The Scots were raiders from Ireland who settled in the north west. The Latin term Scoti or Scotti means "pirates"; lack of understanding (or of shame) caused the Scots to use the name when referring to themselves in Latin texts.
Interaction of the complicated Scots' sister-son inheritance rules with the Pictish matrilineal rules caused a Scot called Kenneth MacAlpin to claim both thrones in the dark ages. He met with "the 7 earls of Alba" at Scone to agree protection of Pictland's separate identity. Nothing is known of the meeting except that it was afterwards referred to as "the treachery of Scone", the 7 earls disappeared from the scanty recods of the time, and the whole area was thereafter called Scotland.
The complex inheritance rules continued until the time of Duncan and his son Malcolm, and their rivals Gruoch and her husband Macbeth, when it was finally settled - by the usual Scottish methods (see Shakespeare's play) - that the more common father-to-son-or-daughter inheritance rules would be followed.
There is Mons Meg, an ancient cannon. There is the more modern one-o-clock gun. (It should have been the 12 o'clock gun, in imitation of a London Greenwich observatory custom, but - typically - a Scot pointed out that we could save 11 charges of gunpowder by firing it an hour later.) And there are the crown jewels.
Some 200 years ago, Sir Walter Scott the novelist (an alumnus of my old school) found himself wondering where the Scottish crown jewels were. They were well-attested in history but he realised he'd never seen them. Enquiries revealed that nobody else had seen them either. Neither the royal family nor the civil service had the faintest idea where they might be. Sir Walter began an Indiana-Jones-style quest that ended with him finding the jewels in an old chest buried under piles of junk, where they had lain, forgotten and unregarded, for a century or so.
When the Queen is not wearing them, the jewels are on display in the castle - they will be there during August. If you go to see them, glance in any old chests you pass - you never know, Sir Walter might have missed something.
The heart of Scottish Christianity - and also the scene, on occasion, of some not-so-Christian events. :-) There was a time in Scotland when the prudent preacher read the lessen over a pair of loaded pistols, lest the congregation throw the furniture at him - see where Edinburgh character Jenny Geddes thew her well-aimed stool. See the pulpit from which the puritan John Knox banned as many things as a modern safety fascist. See where the heraldic memorials of the noble Marquis of Montrose, and of the Earl of Argyll who executed him and was in turn executed by the king Montrose died for, confront each other. See also fine architecture and monuments.
Battle, murder and sudden death - and an Abbey, gardens, fine tapestries and pictures; allow enough time when you visit. (N.B. it's a working palace - if the Queen is there, it may be closed.
If you liked the optical illusions we saw in the Barcelona social event, you may enjoy visiting the camera obscura.
One of the very many places in Edinburgh at which anyone not too keen on all this culture stuff can instead study the other "spirit of Scotland".
If you look east down Princes Street, you will see several Greek columns on the Calton Hill. Edinburgh's tourist literature identifies the edifice as commemorating Scotland's dead of the napoleonic wars - and tactfully avoids mentioning that it is blatantly unfinished. It was to have been built by public subscription. What you see is all that could be extracted from tight-fisted Scots - hence the local Edinburgh name for it in my day: "Scotland's disgrace".
(Of course, these days, such determination to avoid public expense instead of incurring it might be praiseworthy in my fellow countrymen.)
That is a very interesting question - and not quite as irrelevant to the subject of this conference as everything else on this page.
The union of Scotland with England was finally completed in 1707. In that year, the Carron ironworks was founded. Its Scottish owners had to pay English engineers good wages to come and work in that backward country Scotland since such skilled labour could not be found locally. It was the same with doctors - people would have looked at you strangely if you'd suggested sending to Scotland for medical advice. And if you'd spoken of Scots philosophy, they might have replied, "Do they have philosophers there?"
Within living memory of that date, engineers such as Telford and Stevenson had acquired the fame that lasted into our day, when StarTrek took it for granted that the chief engineer of a starship would be a Scot. Edinburgh had become a leading centre of medicine in the western world. As for Scots philosophers, even Dr Johnson, when not teasing Boswell about his Scottishness, could speak of conversing in Edinburgh with "men who do not need my praise to become famous".
What caused this extraordinary transformation is an interesting study for anyone who cares about what obstructs or enables human creativity. My ideas are far too long and serious for this lighthearted page. If interested, buttonhole me at the conference.
Yes. I went to the Royal High School, like Alexander Graham Bell (inventor of the telephone), Sir Walter Scott (novelist) and many others, famous and infamous.
The Royal High was founded in 1174. Its charter of rules included a reference to the municipal law code that was intended to be a final catch-all - but which in fact managed to miss a surprising amount. These omissions were fixed one by one as incidents over the centuries revealed loopholes. Thus a growing list of additional rules was created. Every year, this list was read to us - in order of importance, not of date - in a special ceremony that bound us to obey all the extra rules for another year. Having heard this list recited each year over my whole school career, some of the more unusual rules are now engraved on my memory.
This was probably the most grave of the many omissions. With a precision that in retrospect can be seen to have been rather unwise, the original code captured very exactly the murderous intent expressed in assaulting members of the town council with broadswords, claymores, dirks, sgain dubhs or bows and arrows, but failed to allow for human inventiveness. So when William Sinclair claimed there was no rule against what he had done, the headmaster reluctantly conceded the point. From the rapidly cooling body of the Bailie of Edinburgh came no objection and his town councellors had found it prudent to depart the scene; it therefore passed nem. con. - and a new rule was hastily added.
The school's official version is that the headmaster was being just, if a trifle pedantic. Scottish historians (the cynics) say the headmaster was terrified. William Sinclair's father was Mormaer of Caithness and Baron Roslyn, with enough clan connections to have summoned to his castle of Ravenscraig a force capable of sacking Edinburgh had the judgement been one he disliked. The belief among the pupils in my day was that the headmaster probably felt about Bailie Macmoran and his councillors much as we felt about ours.
It was very necessary we be reminded of this rule annually. Because it was of old "the tounis school" (i.e. the Edinburgh town's school), the Royal High was in the bizarre situation of being an old foundation - what in England would be called a public school (i.e. that means a private school to any foreign readers) - that was as directly under the control of the local council as any modern state school. When the local council's politics were not friendly to "elitist" schools, they let us know it. There was even an attempt to abolish the school name during my time - but fortunately this was defeated (the councellors perhaps realising the risk of multiple violations of the rule if it had passed). In my day, it was a general pupil belief that we were still authorised to kill town councillors with atomic weaponry or lasers, but the school science labs were never well-enough equipped to let us put it to the test.
The school has had to move several times in its long history. When I started, both preparatory and senior school were of such sturdy Victorian stone construction that it was obvious to us why the rules did not bother to forbid action with pickaxes, nor did the volcanic plug on which Edinburgh rests encourage subterranean mining. We tried to persuade the history department to let us build a mediaeval counterpoise as a project, but instead they had us make a film of the battle of Bannockburn, calculating (correctly) that we could only injure each other doing that. The resulting film (in which yours truly had a starring role) was much more historically accurate than Braveheart and is doubtless gathering dust in some school basement.
Before I finished school, the council moved us to a new site (that no-one should waste a second going to see) where it certainly seemed to me that the above rule might be exposed as inadequate - if the shoddy construction did not cause the buildings to deteriorate unassisted. The old school prize-giving hall on the Calton hill, with its painted ceiling and oval tiered seating, was to have become the home of the Scottish parliament but instead the members decided to build themselves something new and modern. The new building went eleven times (!) over budget, which sadly has proved a precedent for all activity initiated within it.
There was some feeling in my day about the fact that this rule was only 3rd in importance. First the councillors were protected, then the buildings and only then were we considered.
Although one or two of my fellow pupils irritated me a lot, I approved of this rule. I am also proud to say that my only role in the custom that replaced it - visits to the school swimming pool for what I believe is now called waterboarding (it was called ducking at the Royal High) - was to prevent or put a stop to such incidents. (That said, I was never able to feel quite as concerned about the recent debate over waterboarding as some. It is hard to see as a terrible war crime something I recall as a school custom, even one I fought.)
The decline of Latin and Greek learning amongst the pupils made this a nice little earner for the teachers - until its decline amongst them made it hard for them to issue the fines in a learned tongue. The move to a new school, where no-one knew which of the playgrounds was top quad, the introduction of decimal currency in which you could not pay a groat (4 old pennies), and inflation (which made a groat not worth having or paying) made this already-dying rule fall into total desuetude.
There were many other rules, some of them written in archaic Scots legal terms (now only found in the longer Oxford English dictionary's word-cemetery), which my English readers, let alone any foreign ones, will not know, and which we mostly did not know at the time. We would have loved to turn the school into a 'fortalice' - but were usually approaching the years of discretion before we knew what that meant. Making a 'bing' was easier - boys do that naturally and the girls were by no means incapable. As for the many 'astrictions' to which we were subject, the teachers enforced them with a thing which in Scotland is called a 'tawse' (now banned in horror by the effete eurocratic 'court of human rights').
On one well-remembered occasion, a teacher wished to punish 6 boys but had left his tawse at home. He sent one of the culprits to our class to borrow our teacher's tawse. Not knowing that 6 were to be punished, and that he had lined them up so blow could follow blow without apparent intermission, we imagined it was to punish just the boy we had seen. The blows were clearly audible through the wall separating the classrooms. 1, 2, 3, 4 - a normal sentence. 5, 6 - a serious crime, evidently. 7. 8, 9 - wow, that pupil has clearly been very bad. 10, 11, 12 - twice the usual maximum! What did he do? 13 !!!!! At this point, our teacher stopped teaching and started listening to what was beginning to sound like Captain Bligh dealing with a particularly rebellious mutineer. 14, 15, 16 - OK, who did he impale on the railings? 17, 18, 19 - he can't have blown up the gym block - we'd have heard. 20, 21, 22 - oh no - he's killed a town councillor! Eventually the 24th stroke was reached and the same boy who borrowed the tawse - and who chanced to be the one at the end of the line, so the most recently punished - was sent to return it, looking rather the worse for wear but to us like the very model of stoicism.
The poet says schooldays are the happiest days of your life. Actually, I'm happier writing Smalltalk, but I'll grant that mine were interesting at least. My wife's family liked Gordonston, the more recently 'royal' school of Scotland, whose other famous alumnus is Lara Croft, and the rival Edinburgh school of Fettes boasts such questionable alumni as Tony Blair, but the Royal High had a great advantage over these. Its school song was in Latin - and trust me, when you have to sing about how much you love the old place, it's better to do it in Latin.


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First up, we have Ed Kaye's very generous review of Defoe 1666 at his great site HYPERGEEK (I previously talked about Ed's site at this earlier post HERE)! So thanks again Ed! I shall now return your dog, as was our agreement...
Next up, I recently did a pin-up to be included in the new edition of Barry Nugent's novel "Fallen Heroes". Barry, incase you don't remember, is one of the guys of the great podcast known as GEEK SYNDICATE, who I blogged about at length earlier HERE. This new edition of his book is going to feature sketches and pin-ups from a variety of artists and will be ready in time for the Birmingham Comic Con in October I believe. Mine can be seen below....
Now Geek Syndicate is like the Brady Bunch of podcasts, being the home to a variety of different shows. One of which is EVERYTHING COMES BACK TO 2000AD, hosted by Flint Lockjaw and Bluemeanie. If this was actually the Brady Bunch, these guys would be the illegitimate sons that they kept down in the basement, feeding them live sheep and goats.
It's a wonderful, funny show for fans of 2000AD (who have a fantastic new site!) as they usually review a mixture of old, classic issues as well as the latest progs. All read in funny comedy accents I might add!
In the latest show, Episode 9, the guys review the latest 4 issues of 2000AD, Defoe getting alot of kind words in particular, and alot of time is worryingly spent talking about how pretty I am (which is true of course, I was just trying to be humble). It's a very funny episode, but I really need to write a blog post soon clearing up this whole gender confusion thing going on about me (thanks to my stupidly spelt name--thanks mum and dad).
Anyway, you can find this glorious episode HERE (Strong language by the way kiddies) or you can subscribe to their show on ITUNES if you search for Geek Syndicate!
Finally,talking about shows with funny accents, my fellow 2000AD artist buddy, PJ HOLDEN, has recently started his own podcast with his mates called SUNNYSIDE COMICS! Currently up to episode 3, the show discusses comics, movies, and even creative tips as they've asked listeners to start sending them work to be critiqued on the show.
Absolutely no idea how PJ fits this into his already packed life (Seriously, read what he's up to HERE), but I'm glad he has. You can find the show HERE!
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This story is featured in today's TimesFreePress newscast.
SMYRNA, Tenn. - Tennessee Tea Party groups and some other hard-right groups are all dressed up and raring to have a go at toppling U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander in the 2014 Republican primary.
But even as 200 of the senator's critics rallied over the weekend in Smyrna outside an Alexander event and denounced his voting record as insufficiently conservative, it's not just who's going to be their prom -- or primary -- date.
Several would-be favorites, including Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey, already have declined the honor. World Wrestling Entertainment superstar Glenn Jacobs, a libertarian, was talked up recently but hasn't ruled a bid in or out.
Still, Ben Cunningham, founder of the Nashville Tea Party, said Saturday that "there are a number of people who are very seriously considering it."
Chattanooga Tea Party President Mark West cited four possible or "definite" challengers to Alexander, whom West and other critics call a RINO (Republican in Name Only).
Tea party groups plan to begin auditions in regional forums in late August and into September. The conservatives believe national groups will help fund a sound challenger.
Beleaguered Democrats haven't got a candidate at this point.
West declined to name names, but Cunningham cited Kevin Kookogey, a former Williamson County GOP chairman, as a possibility.
Kookogey recently testified before the U.S. House about the Internal Revenue Service slow-walking his application for tax-exempt status for a nonprofit political/educational group.
Cunningham complained that Alexander "talks conservative, but we don't pay him or hire him to talk, we pay him to vote. And when he votes, he votes like a northeast liberal Republican.
"We're sick and tired of it," Cunningham said. "And we're sick and tired of the Republican Party establishment saying you can't have an open debate on Lamar's record."
Having seen similar hard-right insurgents defeat colleagues like Sen. Dick Lugar, R-Ind., and Sen. Bob Bennett, R-Utah, over the last four years, the 72-year-old Alexander isn't taking any chances -- he has initiated a powerhouse re-election effort within his own party.
A two-term Senator, former governor and U.S. Education Secretary, Alexander in December rolled out a list of GOP endorsements. It included Gov. Bill Haslam, Sen. Bob Corker, six of the state's seven Republican congressmen, Ramsey, state House Speaker Beth Harwell and 13 former state GOP chairmen.
He's got some $3 million in cash on hand. He's raising more. And he's already running ads.
Alexander last week said he thinks things are going well.
"The last public surveys I've seen ... showed I had a slightly higher approval rating from people aligned with the tea party than I did even with the Republicans," Alexander said. He cited a May poll by Vanderbilt University showing him with a 53 percent general job approval rating, with 60 percent support from Republicans and 62 percent from self-identified tea partiers.
The overall poll had a 4 percent margin of error. The margin of error was higher in sub categories.
"I'm just going to do the best I can as a senator and respect the right of everybody else to believe whatever they want," Alexander said.
He touted the "hundreds of conservative Middle Tennessee Republicans" who attended his rally Saturday.
"It was a great afternoon. Of course I respect the First Amendment rights of those who disagree," he said.
Alexander allies
In an interview, Haslam said he doesn't now see Alexander having a significant challenger.
"I hear all the talk, but I think Lamar has a solid record and I don't quite see where the challenge would come from given the support he has and his record," Haslam said.
Ramsey recently told reporters he gets "a dozen emails a week asking me to run."
"The Tea Party groups are out there looking for an opponent, and I think they'll have a hard time finding one against Lamar," Ramsey said.
Alexander recently began airing an ad featuring his legislation blocking U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' attempts to halt fishing below Corps-operated dams during water releases.
That included a news clip from U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., a co-sponsor, speaking favorably about Alexander. Paul aides later said it wasn't a specific endorsement of Alexander's re-election bid and Alexander said he hasn't asked for an endorsement.
The special guest at Alexander's Saturday "salute" to Middle Tennessee county Republican chairmen was former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, who won Tennessee's 2012 GOP presidential primary with the help of Christian conservatives.
Huckabee told attendees he considers Alexander "one of the best friends I've got in politics."
He described Alexander as "someone who knows how to govern," who "led this state [as governor] to some of its most significant achievements in business and industry," and who helped people understand the importance of education.
Critics line up
Tea party groups have plenty of gripes about Alexander, from his 2009 decision to confirm Supreme Court Justice Sonya Sotomayor to his support of immigration overhaul and for cosponsoring a bill allowing states to collect taxes on Internet sales.
Explaining his yes vote on Sotomayor, Alexander noted he objected in 2005 when Democrats filibustered President George W. Bush's Supreme Court nominee, John Roberts. He said he was being consistent with his 2005 stance.
On the sales tax issue, Alexander has portrayed himself as supporting states' rights.
During Saturday's event, West outlined those votes, asking attendees to "find [Alexander] innocent of being a progressive Republican or guilty of being a RINO."
"Guilty!" the crowd roared as each vote was described.
Tea party critics cite Alexander's low rankings by five conservative groups on positions they support.
But the Alexander campaign cites a conservative voting record, such as an A ranking from the National Rifle Association and 100 percent ratings from National Right to Life and the National Federation of Independent Business.
The campaign says in 2012, Congressional Quarterly found Alexander voted with the majority of Republican senators 83 percent of the time.
Tested in fire
Last week, Alexander and others discussed a new book by a one-time aide, Keel Hunt.
It lays out the fateful six or so hours in January 1979 when Alexander and powerful Democrats all reluctantly agreed that Alexander, who'd won the 1978 election, should be sworn in three days early to prevent then-Democratic Gov. Ray Blanton from signing additional pardons in the midst of a clemency-for-cash scandal.
That experience helped frame his two terms in office and approach to governing, Alexander said.
"It would be good for the country if every United States senator serving today had a six-hour boot camp like I had for how to get along. ... The country would be better off," Alexander said.
Norm Ornstein, a scholar with the conservative American Enterprise Institute said Alexander "has always been viewed as one of those guys who is a problem solver looking for ways to work with others."
But it's clear, Ornstein noted, that "he's in some fear of being primaried."
At Saturday's tea party rally, Kookogey didn't say he would be a candidate, but he had plenty of criticism for the senator.
"Lamar Alexander has failed in faithfulness to his oath and he must answer for it," he said.
Contact staff writer Andy Sher at firstname.lastname@example.com or 615-255-0550.


text: Catalog Auction info Amoskeag Online #130 - June 2021 (#130a) 05/24/2021 11:30 AM EDT - 06/06/2021 12:30 PM EDT Closed Starts Ending 06/06/2021 9:25 AM EDT Auction Info > Lot #1006Mediterranean Patilla Lock Miquelet Musket Click image to enlarge PreviousNextSimilar Items Lot closed - Sold Price (Including Buyer`s Premium):$276 Amoskeag Online #130 - June 2021 (#130a) 05/24/2021 11:30 AM EDT - 06/06/2021 12:30 PM EDT Closed Starts Ending 06/06/2021 9:25 AM EDT Auction Info Description Description: About 72 caliber smoothbore, 37 1/2" part octagon, part round barrel with a heavily oxidized bore. The barrel is an overall soft brown lightly oxidized patina and features turned medial at the point of transition and a lightly scalloped nipple bolster. The Patilla style lock shows light chiseling of the bridle and hammer. There is a single silver capucine and a nickel silver triggerguard and buttplate. The Mediterranean hardwood stock rates perhaps fair showing a deeply fluted butt with light comb carving and remnants of coarse carved checkering, now primarily smooth. There are a number of large cracks scattered about the piece and lengthy slivers missing left and right of the barrel channel along the forearm. A later shortened ramrod is present. The lock does actually function mechanically. (39997-94) {ANTIQUE} [John Lipski Collection] (350/550) Categories: firearm Terms and conditions TERMS & CONDITIONS OF SALE The following paragraphs represent the terms under which all sales by Amoskeag Auction Company, Inc. are conducted. Bidding on any item in the sale indicates the bidder's full acceptance and understanding of all terms and conditions of sale. Amoskeag Auction Company, Inc. has taken great care in the preparation of the descriptions in this catalog. Although we believe everything in the descriptions to be true, we do not guarantee any part of any description. 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He was Ireland's worst racist in America, a man who incited wholesale violence against Chinese immigrants in California in the 1870s.
Denis Kearney was born in Oakmount, County Cork, Ireland in this month in 1847. He emigrated to America and worked in several jobs in the San Francisco Bay Area.
During the period known as the Long Depression, which started in 1873, he became the most virulent attacker of Chinese laborers. His slogan was, simply, "the Chinese must go."
In July 1877, rampant anti-Chinese violence broke out in San Francisco, Kearney was elected Secretary of the newly formed Workingman's Party of California, a group of anti-Chinese workers and he led often violent attacks on Chinese workers on the railroads.
Historian Hubert Bancroft, considered the Workingmen's Party to be "ignorant Irish rabble, even though that rabble sometimes paraded the streets as a great political party."
Kearney himself was subject to suspicion.
As The Argonaut newspaper noted, "When an organization, composed almost entirely of aliens, who are themselves here by the sufferance of a generous hospitality, band themselves together in defiance of the law to drive out a class, who, however objectionable, have the same legal rights as themselves, it is an act of insolent audacity that ought to move the indignation of every honest man."
Despite such attacks, Kearney remained popular and traveled to the East Coast to try and capitalize on his fame.
Kearney sought the Vice Presidential nomination for the Greenback Party, which was actually quite progressive, but he never won it.
Kearney faded from sight after that, but the laws against Chinese that he helped pass were his legacy most notably the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882.
Denis Kearney died in 1907.


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It's only Tuesday, but the big news this week is already behind us: Google intends to shell out $12.5 billion to acquire Motorola Mobility and its portfolio of roughly 25,000 patents. The deal was covered far and wide, but some of the most interesting thoughts surrounding the news came late Monday night from Apple pundit John Gruber. The initial intent of Gruber's piece was to point out the irony of reporter Dan Lyons' repeated use of baseless speculation in an effort to discredit "Apple fanboy MG Siegler" of TechCrunch, but it evolved into an interesting commentary on the acquisition itself. Moreover, it brings a few interesting observations to light that went widely overlooked in yesterday's coverage of the deal. BGR noted yesterday that it was curious Google chose to spend a fortune — nearly two times its 2010 profits, as Gruber points out — to acquire Motorola rather than licensing its patents. The answer might just be that Google, despite its size, was not in a position of power with this deal, and saving Android in the face of unending patent complaints became its top priority. Read on for more.
With Apple and Microsoft using patents as a weapon in an effort to slow competition from Android vendors and even block the sale of their products, Google had to act. The company's odd public patent spat ended up being a prelude to something more — something much more: a massive $12.5 billion acquisition. Of course this purchase will give Google the ability to create an end-to-end Android experience across smartphones, tablets and Google TV boxes that represent its vision more precisely, but many experts agree that this was not the driving force behind the deal. Instead, it was Motorola's massive patent portfolio, which will arm Google with the means to defend Android and its partners. With this in mind, it now makes sense that Google was willing to part with $12.5 billion to buy a struggling smartphone vendor that reported an operating loss of $85 million last quarter. It also might explain how Motorola Mobility managed to work out a sale rather than a licensing deal.
"I think Motorola knew they had Google by the balls," Gruber wrote on Daring Fireball. "Google needed Motorola's patent library to defend Android as a whole, Motorola knew it, and they made Google pay and pay handsomely." He also notes that during the company's negotiations with Google — which only took place over the past five weeks according to a report from GigaOm — CEO Sanjay Jha publicly spoke of Motorola's interest in Microsoft's Windows Phone platform, and even openly threatened to use Motorola's IP to wage war on other Android vendors. In this context, Jha was asserting power and giving Google ultimatums. Gruber continued, "I don't think it's curious at all why Google didn't simply license Motorola's patents. Motorola held out for a full acquisition at a premium far above the company's actual value, and threatened to go after its sibling Android partners if Google didn't acquiesce. Thus the public threats from Jha and Icahn. Thus the high price. Thus the lack of a simpler, cheaper licensing agreement. Thus the unusual $2.5 billion reverse breakup fee."
In the end, Motorola may have just played an incredible game of chess with Google, a company that identified Motorola's patent war chest as its best line of defense against Apple, Microsoft and even a patent battle that was brewing within the ranks of its Android partners. Motorola has been behind some of the most popular smartphones in Android's short history, and yet it is still unable to turn a profit. Now that Samsung and HTC have emerged as clear leaders in the Android space, Motorola might have seen a potential acquisition as its best chance to create a return for investors. And so by denying Google the ability to license its patents and forcing Google's hand, an acquisition of Motorola Mobility might have become the only way for Google to ultimately save Android from patent predators like Apple.


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I was a busy baking this weekend. We had a few friends over and I figured it was a great time to try out a new summer recipe from Lucky Leaf. The Pretty Peach Cake with Pineapple Frosting, was amazingly easy to make, if you have the essentials and a boxed cake mix and a can of Lucky Leaf peaches you are good to go! My daughter helped me to make this sweet delight. This took literally minutes to put together and only 35 minutes to bake.
- 116.25-ounce package white cake mix
- 121-ounce can LUCKY LEAF® Premium Peach Pie Filling
- 3eggs
- ½cup sour cream
- 18-ounce package cream cheese, softened
- 1package vanilla pudding mix
- 116-ounce can crushed pineapple in juice
- 18-ounce tub whipped topping
This cake is solid, and will travel well. I was able to wrap this in tin foil and carry this to work and it arrived in great condition. So if you have to travel, and tote the cake along I would recommend the Pretty Peach Cake with Pineapple Frosting, this will stand up to traveling and will last for a few days. Well the cake may stay fresh for a few days I am sure the cake will not be around for a few days. It is so light and delicious this will be one of the first items to go at you party I am sure of it!
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BLUE REFLECTION: Vacation Style Complete Set
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Costume for below characters are included in this set:
Hinako, Sarasa, Mao, Yuzu, Shihori, Kei, Lime, Fumio, Chihiro, Sanae, Ako, Yuri, Rin, Kaori, Rika
*This costume is also included in the below set.
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You will be able to change the outfits in 'Dressing room' once you unlock the 'School Map'.
Save money on content for this game by purchasing the Season Pass. Content can be downloaded from the PlayStation®Store or in-game once it is released.
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With Meowth and Max both vanished after an encounter with Deoxys, Team Rocket makes a truce with the twerps so they can rescue their favorite talking Pokémon. Solana suggests that recent solar winds may be linked to the strange geomagnetic activity focused on the meteorite cave, so our heroes return to the cave in search of Meowth and Max. Those two are currently floating in a strange space along with Deoxys. Deoxys possesses Meowth to explain to Max how it came to this world on a meteorite, but ended up in the cave with no friends.
When Solana and the group reach the meteorite, they realize it's the source of all the strange phenomena they've witnessed—and there's tremendous energy building up around it! Rescue has to wait as everyone tries to get clear, but an explosion from the meteorite throws everyone out of the cave. Deoxys shows up and Solana realizes that these chaotic energies are what's causing Deoxys pain, but she can't capture it to help it unless it's in Normal Forme.
Everyone pitches in with their Pokémon to keep Deoxys distracted until it returns to Normal Forme. Meanwhile, a portal to Deoxys' dimension reappears, with Max and Meowth floating inside. They're not feeling too great, either! Team Rocket and May rescue them from the weird fissure just before it closes again. Solana finally captures Deoxys and has it heal itself with Recover. But the energies are still going haywire, so just as the meteorite finally explodes, Deoxys uses Safeguard to protect everyone. Once the smoke clears and things calm down, Deoxys says goodbye to Max and flies off to explore, now knowing that there are many Pokémon in the world and it's no longer alone.


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Welcome to the home page for the Le Grand Community Plan process. The purpose of this web page is to explain what a Community Plan is, inform people about the community plan production process through publicizing important events and dates, and provide opportunities for direct participation in the planning process – both now and in the future.
Following authorization from the Board of Supervisors, the Merced County Planning and Community Development Department began work on producing a new Le Grand Community Plan in February of 2011.
What is a Community Plan?
A Community Plan is a document that is intended to guide private and public land use and related investment decisions in a specific community over a period of approximately 15 years. A Community Plan identifies the image and values of a community and provides goals, policies, standards, and guidelines that work together to encourage land uses and investment that advance the community toward its desired future identity and role. Each Community Plan adopted by Merced County implements local values by requiring that new development within its boundary area is consistent with its policies and standards. Similarly, a Community Plan is used as an important reference by Merced County and other public agencies in their review of any project that may be of regional importance (such as a new road).
Citizen Participation
The process followed by Merced County to produce a Community Plan relies upon the direct and active involvement of the members of that community. Residents are invited to identify community values, strengths, weaknesses, priorities, and opportunities for change. The Planning and Community Development Department uses direct surveys, workshops, meetings and formal hearings to gather this input. The opportunity to become involved in a community plan is open-ended. As long as the County is working on the Community Plan (and has not adopted it) the Planning Department will be pleased to accept any comments or answer any questions you may have.
What You Will Find Here
The purpose of this web page is to keep you informed of important developments in the Le Grand Community Plan process and provide opportunities for you to participate – both now and in the future.
The Following Materials are Available
Le Grand Community Survey: Complete and submit online
Frequently Asked Questions: Answers to some common questions about the Community Planning process
Ask a Question or Leave a Comment: Do you have an idea for improving your community, or, have an issue the County should consider? Use the form on this page and send your input directly to the Planner responsible for this Community Plan
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Apple is currently working with suppliers on a smaller version of the iPad, The Wall Street Journal reports. Citing unnamed sources from within Apple's supply chain, the report claims that the Cupertino-based company is currently showing off designs for a new iPad that packs the same resolution as the iPad 2 into a display that measures around 8-inches diagonally. This new report is in line with earlier reports claiming Apple is planning a 7.85-inch iPad with the same display resolution as the iPad 2, though The Journal's report indicates that Apple is not as far along in the build process as had been previously indicated. The Wall Street Journal also notes that Apple "works with suppliers to test new designs all the time" and could drop its plans to build the new iPad.
Apple is prepping an 8-inch iPad, WSJ says
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There was one very special guest at the LA premiere of Salma Hayek's latest film.Her four-year-old daughter, Valentina, looked like a red carpet natural at the Puss In Boots screening. Joining her 45-year-old actress mum the little lady in red posed alongside the feline lead character.
Proud mother Salma told of her delight at mixing Hollwood roles with domestic ones, and said she enjoyed making a movie her child could watch. "I got to bring my whole family, my daughter is over there. It's an honour to be a part of it," she said. Salma stars as Kitty Softpaws opposite Antonio Banderas, who reprises the swasbuckling Puss in the spin-off to the Shrek franchise.
Antonio said he never expected a new adventure without his sidekicks from the original films - Shrek, played by Mike Myers and Donkey, brought to life by Eddie Murphy. "I never thought it was going to happen. I miss the actors that I was working with, I thought they were unbelievable and great," he said. "But here he is by himself with another set of wonderful characters and wonderful actors to work with, and I'm very happy to be here."


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I am creating a weather scene using xml items and xml players, similar to the video tutorial example. The problem is I can't get the temperature ("air_temp") data to display, not even in the Studio.Here is the web xml file I'm using - it is auto-generated from the government website --- {colon} inserted because outside urls not permittedhttps{colon}//dd.meteo.gc.ca/observations/swob-ml/latest/CYKA-AUTO-swob.xmlThe Items Path I'm using in the XML Players scene is:om:member.om:Observation.om:result.elements.element.(@name=="air_temp")and in the XML items scene, the Field Name is:@value.I've tinkered around and was able to get other data to display but the temperature won't.I talked to the chat team about this on Friday and they said, " The xml file that you have is complicated to load with the xml component. If it was a simpler xml file we would be able to read the values and output it", but like I said, I am able to get some data to show from it so I think it should work.Any help is appreciated. Thanks.
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Douglas Eugene Pike
Professor Pike was a renowned scholar who produced an extensive body of writings about Communist doctrine, strategies and tactics in Vietnam. A former Foreign Service Officer, he brought his imposing background to Texas Tech's Vietnam Center in 1997 following a stint as director of Indochina Studies at the University of California at Berkeley (1982-1996). While at Tech he continued publishing the Indochina Chronology, a quarterly which he began in 1982 and which was widely read by officials and others keeping abreast of developments in Southeast Asia.
Professor Pike was Associate Director of Research at The Vietnam Center, where he worked until suffering a stroke in November 2001. The illness ended an illustrious career which had included Foreign Service assignments in Saigon, Hong Kong, Tokyo, and Taipei. Regarded a leading expert on Vietnam, he had written six books, contributed to 24 edited volumes, and authored many scholarly articles, monographs, and conference papers on Indochina and Southeast Asia.
When he came to Texas Tech, Professor Pike brought a vast collection of Vietnam-related materials: his own extensive writings plus several million pages of government documents, news clippings, Vietnamese Communist propaganda pamphlets, and more. The Pike Collection today constitutes a key facet of The Vietnam Archive.
The New York Times, in a lengthy obituary reporting his death, recalled how a monograph published by Professor Pike in 1970 provoked attacks from antiwar partisans "by publishing evidence, hotly disputed by some, that North Vietnamese troops massacred civilians at Hue during the Tet offensive in 1968." But, the newspaper said, he was "far from a cheerleader for the South Vietnamese, strongly criticizing their organizational weakness compared with that of their well-organized northern foes; he had made himself particularly expert on the structure of Vietnamese Communist forces and their order of battle."
Friends and associates have offered their own tributes and remembrances of Professor Pike.
From Jay Veith: "I had traveled to Berkeley on business in 1994, and having just started researching the war, I wanted to visit his office. The short, slightly disheveled figure with the oddly shaped beard that greeted me from behind a desk overflowing with documents looked me over once, and asked me what was my interest in Vietnam. I told him that I wanted to research the POW/MIA issue. He corrected me, saying it was more properly called 'the Resolution of Casualties' issue, and began telling me stories, in that soft voice with a still slightly discernible Midwest accent, about his days working with refugees while in the State Dept. After a few minutes, he pointed me in the direction of his files, told me if I needed anything to ask, and promptly went out to lunch, leaving me all alone in his vast archive. It was the beginning of a far too short friendship."
From Steven Denney, University of California at Berkeley: "Vietnam studies has passed on to a new generation of scholars, and the opportunities for understanding Vietnam are much different than when Douglas Pike began his research. But all with a serious interest in Vietnam owe him our gratitude for his pioneering studies on Vietnamese communism, for the collection he established, and for the guidance he has provided to many others over the years."
From Stephen M. Graw: "People look at Mr. Pike as the exemplary Cold Warrior, and his scholarly work depicted Vietnam as - and perhaps he coined the expression - 'The Prussia of the East.' But at the conclusion of his presentation for the 1983 'Vietnam Reconsidered' conference in Los Angeles, Mr. Pike resolutely called for the normalization of US-Vietnamese relations. This bold move put him directly at odds with the Reagan and Carter administrations' hard line policy towards Hanoi."
From Col. Dan Yen (ret.), ARVN: "Douglas Pike is my hero. I am sure that Professor Pike also got the highest respect from the four-star generals of both North and South Viet Nam."
From Col. Roger H.C. Donlon, USA (ret.), first Medal of Honor recipient of the Vietnam War: "For those of us who knew and worked with Doug his commitment will remain an inspiration. For me personally, I am proud to have been a fellow U.S. Army Veteran. His memory will continue to be a source of strength."
From the Vietnamese People's Action Movement: "The Vietnamese People's Action Movement, receiving the horrific news of Dr. Pike's death, send our profound condolence."
From Peter C. Rollins, Regents Professor of English and American Film Studies: "Douglas Pike was an honest man, so honest that it was shocking, sometimes, to hear him speak. For two documentaries on Vietnam--Television's Vietnam: The Impact of Visual Images and Television's Vietnam: The Real Story--it was my role to interview Mr. Pike at length. His responses were so down-to-earth, so honest, and so authentic that it was refreshing to hear him speak. He seemed so rooted in his knowledge and seemed to be in touch with telluric truths. This honesty came forth in his newsletter as well--especially in the book review section. Not since the 19th century 'book reviews'" of Thomas Carlyle and Orestes Brownson have I seen such brutally honest evaluations of writings on a topic - in this case, Vietnam."
From Ann Mills Griffith, National League of POW/MIA Families: "(I)t seemed that he would always be with us, the rock of solidity and base of knowledge on Vietnam and most issues related thereto. He touched many, many lives as a truly unforgettable person. He contributed!"
From Dr. Jane Hamilton-Merritt: "What a terrible loss. Douglas Pike was a gentleman, a scholar, and one of the most interesting men of the academic world of the Vietnam War."
From the family of the late Adm. Elmo Zumwalt, Jr.: "As a family that was personally impacted by the Vietnam War, we have come to admire those who have led the charge to ensure future generations never forget this conflict and what it was all about. Among those who have been in the forefront of this effort was Dr. Douglas Pike."
From Vice Adm. & Mrs. Emmett H. Tidd, USN (ret.): "There will not be another Doug Pike. We'll just have to find another Icon to fill the chair - but never the shoes."
From former South Vietnamese Minister of State Nguyen Xuan Phong: " Douglas Pike was the exceptional 'non-Vietnamese' who showed deep understanding of the Vietnamese factions on both sides of the dreadful conflict . He was fascinated by Vietnam and we, the Vietnamese, were also surprised by his mastery of the Vietnamese people and nation. To many Vietnamese, who were on both sides of the Vietnam War and who knew him then more than 40 years ago, Douglas Pike of the USIS in Saigon will always be remembered for his profound sense of humanity in the midst of death and devastation ."
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For the Ravens: Cornerback Asa Jackson, safety Omar Brown, cornerback Chris Johnson, linebacker Adrian Hamilton, offensive lineman Ramon Harewood, wide receiver Deonte Thompson and defensive tackle Bryan Hall were listed as inactive.
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Radio hosts are silent as Coffman falsely accuses Obama of rushing illegal immigrants onto voter rolls to influence 2012 election
On the Caplis and Silverman show Aug. 19, Rep. Mike Coffman (R-CO) accused the Obama administration of speeding up the citizenship process for illegal immigrants, so they can become U.S. citizens in time for the 2012 election.
Even in today's world of nonstop political attacks, that's a serious accusation.
It came as Coffman was discussing Obama's decision to de-prioritize deportations of illegal immigrants who pose no security threat. This, Coffman said, was just "one piece of the puzzle."
"There's another piece of this puzzle," Coffman continued. "What the Administration is doing, is taking a very aggressive move in the people that have illegal status and moving them through citizenship and waving all the fees and waving anything they can to get the process done in time for 2012. That's something I would love to see the media focus on."
I thought I'd take Coffman up on his request, since Caplis and Silverman let his salvo fly out the window unchallenged.
If you take two-minutes to glance at the basic guidelines for becoming a U.S. citizen, it's immediatly clear that illegal immigrants need not apply to be citizens, much less get their immigration fees waived. With rare exceptions, you have to be a legal permanent resident (also known as a holder of a "green-card"), for three-to-five years to meet our country's citizenship requirements.
So, unless I'm missing something, Coffman's allegation about about Obama rushing "illegal immigrants" onto the voting rolls has to be a pure falsehood.
I also couldn't find any proof that Obama is waiving fees to speed up the naturalization process for legal immigrants, in a secret effort to influence the 2012 election.
If Coffman were right about this, Obama's co-conspirators would be found at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS), the branch of the Department of Homeland Security that handles immigration, including fee waivers.
Asked whether her agency was speeding up the processing of citizenship applications in advance of 2012, Angelica M. Alfonso-Royals, Deputy Chief of the USCIS Office of Communications, stated via email:
The suggestion that USCIS has accelerated either the processing of citizenship cases or the processing of fee waiver requests for any reason is without merit. To this point, USCIS, back in 2009, solicited feedback and heard stakeholder concerns regarding a standard and consistent fee waiver policy. This feedback informed the creation of a new fee waiver form in 2010 that provides transparency and consistency, allowing us to better serve financially disadvantaged individuals seeking immigration benefits. That said, each individual case is unique and decided based solely on its merits.
Alfonso-Royals sent me figures showing that her agency, under Obama, has granted more fee waivers for people seeking to be full U.S. citizens than it did under Bush. So far this fiscal year, about 45,000 fees for the citizenship application (the N-400 form) have been waived , 19,000 were waived in FY 2010, 7,000 in FY 2009, 8,000 in FY 2008, and 5.000 in FY 2007.
The USCIS charges fees, which cover 90 percent of the USCIS budget, for lots of other immigration-related applications, not just for the application for naturalization. For example, there's an application, with a fee, to obtain a green card. Waivers for all types of fees have increased during the Obama Administration (150,000 total waivers in FY 2011, 101,000 in FY 2010, 64,000 in FY 2009, 51,000 in FY 2008, and 35,000 in FY2007, according to the USCIS).
Fees are waived for individuals facing financial hardship and other criteria, including household income of below 150% of the poverty level. (Here's the fee-waiver form. Prior to 2010, applicants could receive fee waivers, but there was no official fee-waiver application form.)
The increased number of fee waivers does not translate into more people actually becoming U.S. citizens with voting rights. The total number of people who went through the naturalization process has decreased during the Obama Administration (about 676.000 in FY 2010, about 744,000 in FY 2009, about 1,047,000 in FY 2008, 660,000 in FY 2007, and 702,000 in FY 2006), according to USCIS data.
Total Naturalized Citizens: Fiscal Years 2001-2010 (source: USCIS) | |||
2010 | 675,967 | 2005 | 604,280 |
2009 | 743,715 | 2004 | 537,151 |
2008 | 1,046,539 | 2003 | 463,204 |
2007 | 660,477 | 2002 | 573,708 |
2006 | 702,589 | 2001 | 608,205 |
So in the comfort of the Caplis and Silverman Show, Coffman asked the media to spotlight his accusation about the Obama Administration swelling the voter rolls with illegal immigrants. The radio hosts didn't do it, so I did, and no matter how you look at it, Coffman's attack looks like misinformation, based on wrong or incomplete facts.
Caplis and Silverman should set their audience straight on this matter–and other reporters should air out this apparent misinformation further.
Here's the audio clip of Coffman on KHOW's Caplis and Silverman Aug. 19:


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