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City says no more free breakfasts for homeless at Veterans ParkBy TED SIEFER
New Hampshire Union Leader
May 17. 2013 1:40AM
MANCHESTER — City officials have told a church group that it will no longer be allowed use Veterans Park to serve a free hot breakfast to the homeless.
The decision has left Do you know Him? Ministries without an outdoor location in the downtown area to serve the breakfast.
The group had been using Veterans Park each weekend since January 2012 until December when, due to the cold, it took the operation indoors at the Salvation Army.
When it sought to again serve the breakfast at the park, the group was told by the Parks Department that its permit would not be renewed.
"There was some concern from area businesses who didn't feel like it was the best fit, using park space to feed people," Chief of Parks Peter Capano said. "We sat down to try and find another location to do the ministry and had a rough time of it."
Bill Sullivan, the president of Do you know Him? Ministries said Veterans Park was ideal because of its central location downtown and easy walking distance from the New Horizons for New Hampshire shelter. Other ideas proposed by the city, such as Arms Park near the Millyard, were too far away or in residential areas, he said.
Sullivan said residential areas near downtown posed a couple of problems. "We set up at 6 a.m. We get as much as 300 people. Plus, there's a lot of low-income people in those neighborhoods near downtown. There are a lot of people in Manchester who could use a free breakfast, but that's not who it's intended for," he said.
The breakfast consists of scrambled eggs, sausage and pancakes or french toast, plus a banana and a bottle of water.
The group continues to serve at the Salvation Army, but a proposal to use the parking lot there is also problematic due to its location, Sullivan said.
Sullivan said he's met with Mayor Ted Gatsas and the parks chief about the issue.
Sullivan said he provides the breakfast service to offer the homeless both physical and spiritual nourishment.
"During the week, they can go to the Manchester Homeless Services Center," he said. "A lot of them don't have access to food on the weekends. The people live outside, they live in their cars, they may be couch surfing."
Before the meal is served, Sullivan offers a 10-minute "nondenominational message."
"It's a message of hope. We're trying to show them God that loves them and cares about them, that they're as important as anyone else," he said.
Sullivan said that "no one has to listen," and that many come after the sermon is delivered.
Charlie Sherman, the executive director of the New Horizons shelter and kitchen, said he explored the possibility of accommodating the program at the facility, but he said its faith-based nature posed a problem.
"Unfortunately, because we get federal funding, we're not allowed to have any type of faith-based ministry," he said, adding, "They really do a wonderful thing for the community in providing a fabulous breakfast on the weekends."
Sullivan said other religious organizations have been granted permits to use city parks, pointing to a Wiccan festival held last year.
"We're exercising our First Amendment rights in a public setting," he said.
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New school lunch regulations making students and staff unhappy
Parents of local students and area school staff are unhappy with the new regulations imposed by the United States Government on school food. These new regulations require smaller portions and different food to meet the new nutrition needs. Mark Ficken, superintendent of the Boonville R-1 School District, said the district has changed the way it prepares school lunches within the last year to meet these requirements. Before the changes were enacted he said the cooks prepared home cooked meals. Now, he said, the cooks have to measure everything, from carbs to proteins. He also said that they have to make sure portion sizes are just right. Ficken said he does not like the changes taking place because he feels students are not getting the food they need. "I see more food getting thrown away than before. Kids are being served food that they have never eaten before and are not used to. Kids are also saying they don't get enough to eat," Ficken said. This sentiment is shared by the parents as well. Marlene Ridgeway, a mother of two Boonville school children said she is not happy with the new school lunch serving proportions. She said the students need more to eat, especially at the high school level. "I do not think the school lunches are determined for the kids' needs. I think the calorie intake is too low," Ridgeway said. She also said students need more substantial, quality food. Sandy Husereaux, a mother of two New Franklin High School students said she found out about the changes to the school lunch program right before the school year started.� "My daughter came home after the first day of school and informed me the proportions were significantly smaller than they used to be," Husereaux said. Husereaux also said students are now supplementing junk food to offset the sized proportions. She feels that students learn better with a full stomach rather than an empty one and when the students fill up on junk food rather than wholesome, well proportioned food, they do not learn as well, either. "The requirements we must follow require that we serve fewer carbs/proteins each week with more fruits and vegetables.�Most bread/buns/ pancakes/rolls are whole wheat," Ficken said. Ficken said the government spends approximately $11 billion a year on the National School Lunch Program, with the Healthy, Hunger Free Kids Act adding another $7 billion over five years. "Taxpayers pay national school lunch costs entirely or mostly for 39 percent of the nation's school children, and partially for all the rest. The United States Department of Agriculture offers bonuses to states that increase their free-lunch rolls and in 2014 it will make every state offer a federal program requiring all students at participating schools to eat taxpayer-funded breakfasts, lunches and snacks at no direct cost to any student, regardless of their ability to bring or pay for food," Ficken said. As far as placing calorie information on Boonville High School soda machines Ficken said he was not for or against it. Ridgeway said posting calories on soda machines is a great idea, more so for adults. "It gives kids and adults, for that matter, an idea of what they are taking in as far as calories are concerned," Ridgeway said.


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ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Commercial casinos in the U.S. have made it almost all the way back from the hard times of the Great Recession.
The American Gaming Association says revenue at non-Indian casinos hit $37.3 billion last year, just under the all-time high reached in 2007.
The biggest gains came in Kansas, Maryland, Maine and New York, each of which opened new casinos in 2012.
New Jersey saw the biggest decline, down 8 percent from 2011. Employment at the casinos was down less than 1 percent, to 332,000 jobs.
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There were 513 commercial casinos last year, 21 more than a year earlier.
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When you see a photo of a teen wearing a prom tuxedo jacket fashioned entirely from Coke cans, you have to wonder what the teen in question does with their free time. This guy, a Napoleon Dynamite-lookalike with a penchant for commercialism, has decided to venture into eco-friendly fashion and after the jump you can witness the entire creation of the waistcoat and jacket (plus bowtie!) from metal to masterpiece. Sadly, this look is more Sideshow Bob than Stella McCartney.
Waxed cotton is right now, but Belstaff or Barbour?
The waxed cotton jacket emerged as a serious fashion proposition a few years ago now, but there are lots on the streets again and who can wonder? Light enough for you to wear on the Tube, waterproof by definition and adding a timeless Englishness to an otherwise casual outfit, it's near perfect for spring. Another reason for its re-appearance, aside from sheer practicality, is the popularity of Barbour as yet another classic British brand being rediscovered.
River Island check jacket
This check jacket doesn't deviate too much from the mainstream, it's a nice spring blouson which you could wear quite easily with jeans but I have bigger plans for this piece. Available from River Island for £39.99 it deserves a little more attention.
Thrifty looks: Summer lightweight jackets
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We looked at some wonderful summer jackets yesterday featuring labels like Rene Gurskov and Moncler but for the more budget conscious among you here is a pick of summer jackets from the high street.
Dream team: lightweight summer jackets
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Looking for summer jackets might be slightly premature but it's never too early to shop, and with a chunky jumper a lightweight waterproof layer will more than suffice for March.
WISHLIST: Velvet Trench Coat by Dolce & Gabbana A/W 09
This season is proving to be perfect for style-conscious men looking for a new sartorial direction. From Marni to Jil Sander, men are being given a chance to look top notch and whereas some seasons simply leave us to stick to a stereotypical male uniform, A/W 2009 looks to be the return of fashion flamboyance.
Duffle coats pick from Schott, Topman and Peter Werth
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A quick Wiki of 'duffle coat' offers a great backstory and an explanation of why I was spelling it 'duffel'. The name refers to the Belgian town of Duffel, where the thick woollen fabric used in making the coats originated. Marvellous fact!
How to stand out in a sea of peacoats
There's a glut of peacoats on the streets this winter, in all price categories. A long-time staple on the other side of the Atlantic, the peacoat has never really dominated the mens coat market over here – until now.
Peter Jensen x Fred Perry
For a third season Danish designer Peter Jensen and British label Fred Perry are working together on an old staple; the Harrington jacket. Coming in red, black and a very current gingham Jensen is up to standard in his attention to detail with the classic jacket receiving a super-sizing to the pockets and laurel.
Jack Wills 'Classic British Tailoring' Collection
Jack Wills is a label synonymous with public school brats and pink polo-shirts with faux-Rugby Club logos. However, beneath what appears to be a rather empty and shallow brand image, every now and then Jack Wills releases a couple of items that can be put together to form fashion-friendly looks. I, myself, have a skinny scarf that is a perfect blend of stripey knit and dove grey silk- it never fails to improve an otherwise boring look.
In time for the Christmas period, the high-street chain has released their 'Classic British Tailoring' collection featuring gems such as the Lewington Tails and Oakington jacket.
Continue reading for full product details, links and more information about the collection!
Silas Winter Lookbook
A while ago when Silas pulled out of the UK I was pretty gutted because at the time they were my favorite brand due to the fact that their T-Shirts fit so damn well, the actual design of the T's were less important to me but to be fair these were just as great. Silas has returned to the UK (though the brand still concentrates on its much larger following in Japan) and has grown up a wee bit with some smarter pieces to their range such as the awesome knitwear and coats featured in this winter 08 lookbook put together by Unbar.
All Saints Stockwell pea coat
Pea coats are ten a penny on the high street, but All Saints' grey wool version (£160) has vintage good looks which will set you apart from the mainstream.
Top Winter bomber jackets
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Winter has crept up on us and while you can't beat a classic pea coat there seems to be little else on offer on the high street.
Moncler puffa jacket from Start
Moncler have done for the puffa jacket what David Beckham did for ponytails when he moved to Real Madrid.
Topman buffalo check jacket
If you're going to go for this season's lumberjack trend you may as well jump right in and go for Topshop's flannel plaid jacket (£60).
WISHLIST: Bape 'Panda' Hoodie
This season is one of continued focus on shape; the tulip skirt, the peplum, the over-sized collar. I have always leaned towards a slimmer-fit for hoodies and trousers but this season I plan to try something new. This 'Panda' hoodie from Bape fits the bill perfectly, it is quite baggy and voluminous but it has a fitted waist resulting in a highly fashionable silhouette.
Tavi Tells The Truth: A Man And His Gold Coat
Tavi, the girl-wonder-blogger with a fashion sense so incredibly brilliant I feel like crying when I 'm reading her blog, has found this picture and decided that she wants to marry the wearer of this great, gold jacket.
It's Ecko and I don't want to burn it!
Is Star Wars cool? Since 1977 that question has been a divide of people, and one over which there is little consensus. Either way you look at it though you have to admit that it has given us some iconic imagery and characters, Darth Vader, Boba Fett and the humble Storm Trooper, which is the inspiration for this Marc Ecko hoody.
Stussy x Schott – yeah seriously
Not since the Aguilera/Bratman marriage has the world seen such an unlikely pairing, street fashion brand Stussy has gotten together with Whetherspoons favourite Schott to work on this jacket. Made from cow hide and wool the coat looks… really good… am I the only one who's genuinely shocked? Pencilled in for release in November, there is no mention of price but at a guess I'm thinking- not cheap.
Lad Musician A/W 08 highlights
Lad Musician are clearly a brand willing to take some risks. For example, take their studded gloves (pictured above). Although it's a look associated with people who wear new rock boots, it looks surprisingly wearable, although it would look better if it were just polka dots. The other risk is their inclusion of denim jackets.


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Weekly and One-off Events[edit]
If you are unsure of whether a class is meeting be sure to check the Noisebridge Announce and Discuss Lists.
15:00 - 16:30 System Administrator Study Group
16:30 - 18:30 C and the Assembler on Linux
18:30 - 20:00 Linux.BSD.UNIX Open Learning and Hacking in Turing: Hands-on learning. Feel free to come early if you might need extra assistance. No experience necessary or expected.
18:00 - 20:00 Linux Discussion
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System Recovery (Fie: Failure is Eminent)
Devoted to recovery and backups of Data. Either weekly or bi-monthly. Your system recovery plight put to the test! Not sure whether this is a class, a roving group activity, or just a straight challenge. If you don't have any form of recovery, perhaps this will inspire you to do so. Will probably open this up to the internet communities at large if it goes well for the space.
Considerations: *Data: Files, partitions, drives, operating systems, non-unix *Privacy: Local area network, encryption schemes *Architecture: Portability and dependencies *Interactivity: gui? web? cron? output? *Scripts and existing tools *Cleanliness of code and notation *Create a web flyer
=Bash= for Noisebridge SysAdmin Class Start playing with Bash Scripting by using the following tools:
Gitorious is a good place to start connecting with a Git service that has a web interface which is itself also free software (unlike Github). Accounts are gratis and provide the best option for learning Git outside of class and our usual terminal interface.
Note: Of course, nothing is stopping you from just ssh'ing into any git server like you usually would. You can also install your own git server on your own computer. You can even set up your own Gitorious server.
- Create a repository and readme.
- Upload a file.
- Search for code you like or could improve.
- Fork something someone poorly wrote, improve it, and push it back to them.
This will give you the basic, visual understanding of how version control works and why we use it.
Pastebins are where you should always post your code rather than writing it by hand, which is sloppy and error prone. Plenty of Pastebins include syntax highlighting where you'll be able to fix common errors just by realizing you forgot a closing paren or double quote. Gist is a pastebin provided directly by Github. The paranoid types can find plenty of secure options via google searches.
Common use of pipes in Linux[edit]
This example is for looking for specific installed packages and applications on your system.
$ apt-cache search linux
Returns a lot of stuff
$ apt-cache search linux |more
Allows you to see 'linux' Debian packages gradually using the 'more' pager
$ apt-cache search linux |more |grep 'kernel' --color=auto
Allows you to gradually see 'linux' Debian packages associated with the term 'kernel' which will be highlighted.
$ apt-cache search linux |more |grep 'kernel' --color=auto| sort -M
Allows you to gradually read 'linux' Debian packages associated with the term 'kernel' after it is sorted by timestamp. Notice how the highlighting is gone? Anything else missing as we get more specific?
Basic Commands for Bash Scripts[edit]
Feel free to expand this with ones you find helpful as well for basic bash programming
sleep (number of seconds)
$ sleep 2
Print a blank line for readability and double spacing
$ echo -e "\n"
$ printf "\n"
Clear the screen of output
$ clear
Building Linux from source code on Debian-based GNU/Linux systems[edit]
The Debian family includes GNU/Linux distros like Ubuntu, Mint, and Trisquel.
- Get the build requirements:
su -c 'apt-get install build-essential libncurses5-dev'
- or
sudo apt-get install build-essential libncurses5-dev
- Download the Linux source code from the Linux-libre project. The source tarballs from kernel.org should be avoided if possible, because it includes proprietary binary blobs, which violate your four essential user freedoms.
- Extract the source archive:
tar xf linux-libre-3.4.38-gnu.tar.bz2
- Enter the directory with the extracted source code (and make edits to the source if you wish):
cd linux-3.4.38
- Create or edit the build config file:
make menuconfig
- Build the kernel and package it into deb files (if you don't intend on debugging, set the INSTALL_MOD_STRIP variable to 1 to remove the debugging symbols):
INSTALL_MOD_STRIP=1 make deb-pkg
- (On a laptop or desktop, this step can take between 20 minutes to several hours.)
- Go up one directory:
cd ..
- Install the deb package files you created:
su -c 'dpkg -i linux-*.deb'
- or
sudo dpkg -i linux-*.deb
- Reboot to load your new kernel:
su -c 'shutdown -r now'
- or
sudo shutdown -r now
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This wiki is built on Mediawiki. I highly recommend installing a USB version of it or something like so you can edit, expand, and this page while offline. Thanks!
Include photos and descriptions of community linux machines, live cd's, and other relevant things at nb.
Should Android get talked about here as well?
Add section on testing old hardware.
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October 08. 2013 10:25PM
Staff Report
— Restaurant and bar owner Neville Pereira, 57, has been charged with sexual assault and indecent exposure and lewdness in connection with an alleged incident at one of his businesses.
Pereira is accused of sexual assault and of exposing himself to an employee at Rouge Grill, 860 Elm St., on June 22. The police affidavit filed in support of arrest warrants says the alleged victim went to police June 27, telling police that three days after the initial incidents, Pereira took her aside and told her: "I'm going to have sex with you."
Pereira was arrested Aug. 20 on sexual assault and indecent exposure and lewdness charges and was released on $3,000 personal recognizance bail. He is scheduled for arraignment and trial Nov. 12 in Circuit Court-Manchester District Division.
Pereira, who also owns or co-owns a number of restaurants in Manchester and elsewhere in New Hampshire, closed Rouge in July. He and a partner opened a new restaurant, N'awlins, featuring Cajun and creole cuisine, Sept. 10 in the space at 860 Elm St., which until July housed the Rouge Grille, and before that "Z" restaurant and catering.
Pereira and his partner, Lui Vaine, opened Rouge last December, with a concept aimed at professional women, which Pereira's research had suggested was a large but under-served demographic in the local restaurant business.
Pereira has owned the Capital Grille in Concord since 2000 and with his partners operates three successful restaurants in Manchester — Ignite Bar and Grille and Hooked Seafood.
He and Vaine are also partners in Molly's Tavern and Restaurant in New Boston.
Their instincts about Rouge were wrong, Pereira admitted in an interview with the New Hampshire Union Leader last month.
"It was a metropolitan-style restaurant, and part of the problem was the lack of population density to support that," he said. "So we decided to shut it down and reinvent ourselves."


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Car plows into Manchester convenience store, drives away
November 10. 2013 11:05AM
MANCHESTER - Police are looking for a motorist who drove into a convenience store on Lake Avenue late Saturday night and drove away.
Police say a driver drove his vehicle into the convenience store attached to the Irving gasoline station at 425 Lake Ave., at the corner of Hall Street about 11 p.m. Saturday night.
There were no injuries in side the store. The motorist backed the vehicle out of the store and took off. Police are still investigating.


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AG says Manchester man justified in shooting home invaderBy PAT GROSSMITH
June 26. 2013 10:56AM
MANCHESTER – The death of Michael Larocque Jr. of Derry, shot by a Lake Avenue resident during a home invasion, was a justified use of deadly force, according to an investigation by the New Hampshire Attorney General and Manchester police.
Ian Peters, 38, shot the unarmed 24-year-old man after he and a second unidentified man kicked in the door to Peters' 430 Lake Ave. apartment about 2:40 a.m. on Saturday, June 9. Larocque was shot in the arm and abdomen and died at the scene.
A four-page summary of an investigation into the shooting says Larocque and the other man went to the Lake Avenue apartment with the intent of harming Peters, who was at home with his fiancee and her three-year-old son.
It was reasonable for Peters to conclude that Larocque and the other man who forced their way into his apartment "were likely to use any unlawful force against Peters, his fiancee, or her child, during the commission of a burglary or some other felony. Therefore, Ian Peters' subsequent use of deadly force was legally justified," under state law, according to the investigation.
Police said the investigation into the home invasion itself is continuing in an attempt to hold the other home invader and any other participants accountable for their actions.
Around midnight, the fiancee, who authorities did not identify, received text messages from someone she knew. The messages turned confrontational and threatening. The couple was in bed when, about two hours later, they heard footsteps on the porch outside their bedroom.
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1. Mark a Titanic anniversary
Next year marks the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, and the Johnson Geo Centre in St. John's is just 536 kilometres from where the ship went down, making its exhibit the closest to the disaster site in the world. Find out what really happened that fateful night with the Geo Centre's guided tour, and stay on to learn about the geology that gives The Rock its nickname.
When to go: Any time
2. Stand at the edge of the continent at Cape Spear
If you time it right, you could be the first person in North America to see the sunrise. Cape Spear, at the tip of the Avalon Peninsula, is the most easterly point on the continent and home to Newfoundland's oldest surviving lighthouse. The lighthouse has been restored to its 1839 appearance and offers a glimpse at how early lighthouse keepers and their families would have lived. From the tip of the cape, depending on your luck and the season, you can also see whales, shorebirds and, if you're in season, icebergs.
When to go: Any time
3. Circumnavigate the province
Experience the jagged cliffs, outport villages and icebergs up close by sailing around the island on the tall ship Picton Castle. But this isn't a cruise. Joining the crew means learning fore from aft and port from starboard, and if you think that sounds easy, just wait until you start hauling the lines. Experience is not required, but enthusiasm is recommended.
When to go: July and August
4. Visit Canada's only Norse village
L'Anse aux Meadows is the first known European settlement in North America, and is the only known Viking settlement in North America outside Greenland. The site, located at the island's northern tip, was discovered in 1960 and made a UNESCO world heritage site in 1978. Originally a winter camp for Norsemen exploring beyond Greenland, the three restored buildings will give you a sense of Viking life on land. As a bonus, if you visit in June or July, you will likely also see icebergs just off shore.
When to go: Any time
5. Make friends with puffins (& whales)
Witless Bay Eco-tours will provide the zodiac, guide and survival suit, all you need to do is hold on as you bounce over the waves toward Gull and Green Islands to spend an hour and a half watching the antics of the Atlantic puffin -the black and white pot-bellied bird with the striped beak known to run along the top of the water. To see whales, you can head out to the open ocean for the chance to see Humpback whales breach and play just metres from the boat.
When to go: Summer and early fall
6. Chill with the icebergs
Who wouldn't want to visit a place called Iceberg Alley? Nestled in a cove on an island off the north coast of Newfoundland, Twillingate is a picturesque and remote town with more than its fair share of icebergs. Twillingate is the iceberg capital of the world, and there are iceberg tours from the village that will take you out to see the massive natural structures up close.
When to go: mid-May-mid-July
7. Pub-crawl down George Street
George Street in St. John's has the most pubs and bars per square foot of any street in North America, and it is the place to be any night of the week. When it comes to festival celebrations or just regular Saturday nights, George Street is the place people head, not just because it has 22 bars, pubs and clubs within its two blocks, but because it's closed to cars all night, so the party can continue into the wee hours -long after the bars close at 3 a.m.
When to go: Any time
8. Visit Quidi Vidi brewery for iceberg beer
The Quidi Vidi brewery has upped the ante by using glacial water from the icebergs that pass by the Newfoundland coastline to brew their iceberg beer. The Quidi Vidi brewery is in an old Cabot Seafood's warehouse and offers brewery tours for $10 a person that include samples of all nine of their brews, plus one to tour with.
When to go: Any time
9. Take an archeological boat tour
Thousands of years before either the Vikings or John Cabot arrived on Newfoundland's shores, Native peoples were living in the Burnside and Alexander Bay area of Bonavista Bay. The area has been inhabited for over 5,000 years and the Burnside Heritage Foundation offers half-day boat tours to the beaches and the research quarry, led by a project archaeologist.
When to go: June-October
10. Kayak in the South Labrador Sea
Whether you want a few hours of paddling around the harbour or a multi-day sea kayaking adventure, Experience Labrador has got you covered. See humpback and minke whales, puffins, seals, caribou and icebergs from sea level as you kayak between islands.
When to go: Summer and fall
11. Take a hike
The East Coast Trail is a 540-km wilderness hiking experience along the coast. The trail links up 32 historic villages, which offer accommodations, dining, and a multitude of starting and stopping points, just in case you aren't sure about committing to the whole thing.
When to go: Any time but winter, really. Just check the weather first.
12. Get a room with a view to history
The Rooms in St. John's unite the province's museum, art gallery and archives into one building. The Rooms offers exhibits on art and history, and features educational activities for kids. The building soars above historic St. John's as an oversized version of the traditional fishing rooms, making it eye-catching both inside and out.
When to go: Any time
13. Take two wheels through Gros Morne
Cycle Solutions has been offering bike tours in Corner Brook for a few years now and they have recently expanded their tours to Gros Morne National Park. The shop rents bikes and offers tours appropriate for all skill and experience levels -from true beginner to the more experienced adventurer. For frozen fun, Cycle solutions also offers cold-weather activities such as dogsledding in the winter.
14. Go rafting on the Exploits River
The Exploits River is t he longest and largest in the province and it has the white water to make it a go-to for rafting. Rafting Newfoundland runs daily excursions that give you plenty of swimming opportunities to balance out the rafting.
When to go: May-October
15. Blow the budget on blueberries
The Blueberry Festival, an annual event in the historic community of Brigus, on Conception Bay, features comedy, local music and blueberry everything -from pie to pancakes. The seaside town has a slew of historic properties and museums to check out.
When to go: August
16. Get tipsy at the province's first winery
The Rodr igues Winer y in Whitbourne was founded in 1993 and is Newfoundland's oldest. It produces fruit wine from wild berries and pesticide-free fruit and is Canada's largest exclusively fruitbased winery. As a bonus, winery tours are available in four languages: English, French, Bulgarian and Hindi.
When to go: Any time
17. Pretend you live in a lighthouse
Quirpon Lighhouse Inn offers the chance to sleep like a lighthouse keeper -with the sound of the waves to soothe you to sleep and the promise of whales and icebergs to get you out of bed in the morning -but without that pesky light to tend to. Quirpon Island is also at the very northern tip of the island, which gives it one of the longest viewing seasons for icebergs.
When to go: May-September
18. Snowshoe through Labrador's wilderness
The Birch Brook Nordic Ski Club, just outside of Happy Valley-Goose Bay, has 30 kilometres of cross-country skiing and snowshoeing trails groomed and ready to use. When you get back from your excursion, take advantage of their cosy lodge and warm up with a hot chocolate.
When to go: December-April
19. Explore the Torngat Mountains
For experienced hikers and backpackers, Labrador's Torngat Mountains National Park is a world-class destination. The mountains take their name from the Inukitut word Torngait, which means "place of spirits," and the rugged terrain will make a believer out of any visitor; plus, the park is just off the beaten path enough that true adventurers won't be slowed down by day-trippers.
When to go: July and August
20. Forget the tide, watch the fish roll in!
Every summer, thousands of capelin return to the shore to spawn. Pull up a spot at Middle Cove Beach and take in the spectacle.
When to go: July and August


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October 20. 2013 6:22PM
John F. French: NH needs better laws on deadly force by police officers
Overdue attorney general's report of mentally handicapped NH deaths coming soon
Is New Hampshire overrun with dangerous criminals? Is it dangerous to leave our homes to go to the store? If not, then why are there so many police shootings? When are police legally and morally justified in shooting one of us?
State law intends legal justification to be when an action must be taken to save the life of the officer or a third person. That seems to be moral. The attorney general and police interpret the law to be whenever the officer encounters a person that cannot be easily controlled. That does not seem to be moral.
Killing people is a moral wrong and a crime except when in self-defense, by a war combatant, or by court order after due process of law, with the latter reserved for the most heinous crimes. In addition to self-defense, police have the responsibility of defense of a third party. Have all the police shootings in the last several years fallen under one of these categories?
Due process by definition requires a court proceeding. Police are not war combatants, so that leaves only self-defense. Have the shootings been for self-defense or defense of a third party? The Attorney General's Office always finds that so.
Police are trained how to make a traffic stop. They do not receive morals training. That is left to the individual's philosophy and religious affiliation.
We commonly hear that an officer has only a split second to make the decision to shoot. I submit that the officer actually makes the decision to shoot long in advance of the incident, weighing three inputs: 1) training received, 2) state statutes justifying deadly force, and 3) individual moral or religious beliefs. When he is in a situation that matches all three of these inputs, he shoots.
Of these three inputs, the only one we the people have any control over is state statutes. If we want to limit shootings, we have to restrict the situations state statutes justify.
RSA 627:5, section II, paragraph 1 is being used to justify shooting mentally distraught, often suicidal people, many in their own homes, others during traffic stops. It has justified the following police shootings: Charles Turcotte, Feb. 2, 2010, domestic dispute; Larry Minassian, 51, Jan, 6, 2011, suicidal person with knife (survived); Wayne Martin Jr., March 2, 2011, revocation of conditional discharge from N.H. Hospital (shot for not taking his meds); Shelly Naroian, 47, May 19, 2011, domestic dispute; Christopher D. Seksinsky, 39, June 27, 2011, domestic dispute; Alberto Pagan, 21, Oct. 22, 2011, domestic assault; Jason Lagueux, July 9, 2012, domestic disturbance; Grant Hebert, Oct. 28, 2012, motor vehicle pursuit (survived); Steve Amazeen, 45, Dec. 3, 2012, suicidal (survived); Geoffrey Bidwell 42, Jan. 6, 2013, suicidal; Christopher Varagianis, 37, June 3, 2013, motor vehicle offense (survived).
There have been a few suspected criminals shot also; James Breton 50, May 7, 2011, wanted for sexual assault charge; Larry Albert Bohannon 51, March 29, 2013, armed robbery suspect; and now Wendy Lawrence 45, Sept. 30, 2013, motor vehicle offense.
RSA 627:5 is too vague, and the attorney general is the wrong person to be making these justification decisions. The person who has been shot has a right to due process even if it is too late to change having been shot. The statute should be refined to make it clear that shootings should happen only in defense of self or others, and the "likely to seriously endanger" and "using a deadly weapon" sections need to explicitly exclude allowing an officer to use his car or body to block a vehicle and then claim self-defense.
Due process requires that every police shooting be publicly presented to a Superior Court judge and be prosecuted by a special prosecutor appointed by the governor and Executive Council.
Killing is irreversible. Police need the authority to keep the peace, but our statute on the use of deadly force needs to be changed to restrict their use of deadly force to a level that reflects the non-violent reality of New Hampshire.
John F. French VI live in Contoocook.


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February 02. 2013 10:03AM
KEENE — Police are asking for the public's help identifying four masked robbers who held up a group of men at knifepoint, injuring one, early Saturday morning.
According to police, the armed robbery happened about 3 a.m. near the intersection of Water and Willow streets. Four robbers, three of them masked, approached a group of four young adult males.
One robber held a knife to the throat of one victim and demanded the men's possessions. They complied, but one of the victims sustained superficial wounds to the throat, police said.
State and local police, as well as a police dog, tried unsuccessfully to track the robbers.
Police said the one who removed his mask and is about 5-foot-9-inches tall, in his late teens, with blonde hair and glasses. He was wearing white "camo-type" pants, a white sweater and a dark knit mask.
Police are calling the robbery and assault "random" in nature. They are asking anyone with information to call them at 357-9820 or send an anonymous tip to:


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Mark Hayward's City Matters: Businesses miffed about street closuresBy MARK HAYWARD
New Hampshire Union Leader
June 06. 2013 12:13AM
One of the remarkable things about Manchester is the grid.
At least in the core areas of the city, nearly all streets line up with enough perpendicular precision to draw a smile of admiration to the lips of draftsmen, surveyors and high school geometry teachers.
With a grid, a driver instinctively knows the direction he is traveling in.
If you miss a turn, just drive one block farther, take a right and back track.
And in a state grounded on principles of individuality and independence, the grid provides a subtle counterbalance of uniformity, at least from the perspective of blacktop.
All you have to do is go to Boston — or Bedford for that matter — to see what happens when streets are built for short cuts or convenience's sake, without a grand overall design. So if something threatens the grid, Manchester people have every right to be annoyed.
Phil LeBlanc is annoyed. The owner of LeBlanc's Hardware, LeBlanc saw the street his business is on — the exquisitely named Hayward Street — blocked by gates and Jersey barriers this past winter. And last month, after his alderman tried to get the barriers removed and the street opened for at least part of the day, gates, signs and sawhorses went up closing a portion of the adjoining Lincoln Street.
"It's just so frustrating. The excuses are so lame," said LeBlanc, who has collected 500 signatures to a petition protesting the barriers.
Officially, block-long portions of the two streets are termed discontinued. But you could call them extinct, erased from the grid as part of the new city complex that opened earlier this year. The $43 million complex is a new home for the Police, Highway, Water Works and Fleet Management departments.
The vast space — more than two city blocks — is designed for workers, vehicles and heavy equipment to move about freely.
"This was designed as a single site, not three pieces of property with public roads intersecting them," said Kevin Sheppard, the director of Public Works. "It assists our work flow, the safety of our employees as well as the safety of the public."
Work flow has trumped traffic flow.
LeBlanc said he hears complaints from his customers every day, and it's aggravating that he can't do anything about it.
Jay Girard, owner of Lafayette Press, another Hayward Street business, doesn't like it either.
"It's bad for the neighborhood, bad for retail businesses," he said.
Hayward Street is blocked just outside his front door, but he said it doesn't harm his business because it doesn't rely on customers who come in off the street.
But he said there are restaurants, a credit union, LeBlanc's and auto repair shops that rely on Hayward Street traffic for business.
Another retailer said the closed streets force his customers to travel several blocks out of their way to reach his business, but he didn't want his name used. "The last thing I need is a city inspector showing up," he said.
City officials said they followed the process correctly a couple of years ago when they properly discontinued the portions of Hayward and Lincoln streets that run through the city yard.
Lawyers (the people politicians call in when they want to get out of a jam) have warned against taking down the barriers and opening the city property to through traffic. That would not make the street a street in the legal sense, meaning the city could be sued for accidents or injuries on the faux street.
"I don't think I could support city streets going through the new complex," Mayor Ted Gatsas said. "The liability is huge."
He said there are alternative routes to LeBlanc's Hardware. Most people can drive up Valley Street, take a right on Wilson Street and easily reach the hardware store, he said.
But to Girard, Hayward Street was always a short cut for locals to avoid the traffic and stop lights on Valley Street. Valley will now become more crowded, he warned.
LeBlanc bristles at the suggestion by Gatsas and others that the street closings were done properly and everybody had an opportunity for input. The closings were one detail of the overall $43 million project, and no one read the fine print, he said.
"All of it was done in one big ball of wax," he said. "No one knew what they were voting for."
He said Gatsas, who had the complex built, is the one who really wants to keep the streets closed, and no one will stand up to him. "The department heads, they're like bobble-head dolls. They want to keep their jobs," LeBlanc said.
His hopes rest with veteran Alderman Bill Shea. Last month, Shea fought a losing battle to open Hayward Street from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., when little work is going on inside the city yard.
He lost on a close vote of aldermen, after city officials presented a letter from a lawyer warning against the move.
Shea took it personally. Unwritten protocol is for aldermen to support a fellow alderman when it comes to neighborhood issues such as zoning and stop signs.
"It's a nice slap in the face to the people," an aggravated Shea said after the vote. "I'll be back again, don't worry about it."
Don't be so sure. Shea wouldn't return my repeated phone calls; LeBlanc said Shea wants the closed portions of the streets to be declared streets again, a process that involves hearings, a petition, and review by state officials.
However, Shea lost one vote on the issue already, and it's tough for even an alderman to get something through City Hall if those bobble-head dolls don't want it.
Just ask Tom Deblois, a former state senator who owns the office building on Rogers Street. The property lost a driveway, thanks to the new complex.
"People don't seem to be crying about it, they're just inconvenienced," he said. "If the city really has a good reason to keep it closed, you have to live with it."
Mark Hayward's City Matters runs Thursdays in the New Hampshire Union Leader and on UnionLeader.com. He is not related to Hayward Street, but he gets a kick whenever he drives down it.


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The Brak Show
Season 1
Before going on vacation, Thundercleese asks Brak to take care of his beloved goldfish, Mr. Tickles. After Brak accidentally kills the goldfish, it appears in one of his dreams.
War Next Door
After an altercation with a robot sent to kill Thundercleese, Zorak coughs up a lump from his throat. Miraculously, he now has a beautiful man-voice. The lump, whose name is Carmine, promises to make Zorak rich and famous.
Time Machine
Instead of doing homework, Brak and Zorak waste their entire weekend playing video games. As punishment, Dad decides that they will not be allowed to go to Brak's favorite fish restaurant, Fishpockets. Desperate, Brak and Zorak try using Thundercleese's time machine to remedy the situation.
When Zorak catches Brak talking to a favorite stuffed doll, he pressures him into throwing it away. Brak grows depressed over losing the doll, but Mom remedies the situation by giving him a new one that she received from a gypsy. When Zorak catches Brak talking to it, he confiscates the new toy and faces surprising consequences.
Zorak introduces his new friend Mobab, who immediately starts hitting on Mom, offering to take her on a trip. Because Mom wants to make Dad jealous, she agrees. Instead, Mobab kidnaps her and traps her in a cocoon. Dad and Brak must come up with a plan to free her.
Expiration Day
Thundercleese's parent company, MoroccoBotix, Inc., deactivates him on his birthday. So depressed is Thundercleese that he stops caring for his yard, usually his pride and joy. When an asteroid is discovered to be on a collision course with their neighborhood, Brak and Dad need Thundercleese to save them.
Dad and Brak's favorite TV show is called "Senor Science." Senor Science himself is trapped in a block of ice, so he convinces Brak and Dad to purchase the Senor Science melting kit. Brak can't afford to pay for the melting kit, so he decides to raise the money with a play.
Season 2
Mom and Dad tell Brak about his late-grandfather, Poppy, who had quite a way with the ladies. Poppy sported a variety of noses for various occasions, so Mom gives Brak the nose that Poppy used to wear on dates. Brak is not very successful, however, especially after the nose starts giving him bad advice.
Zorak sets up a booth and offers to give beatings to the neighborhood kids. One day a new bully forcefully takes over Zorak's booth. A distressed Zorak moves into Brak's room. Mom is so upset by the situation that she is moved to go out and beat up the new bully. Zorak gets his booth back and moves out of Brak's house.
Mother, Did You Move My Chair?
Brak finds all kinds of excuses to skip school because he does not want to dissect a friendly clam. In his sleep, Spoonie, a talking wooden spoon, and Wunderbird, a yellow bird with a French accent, appear and promise to help Brak save the clam.
President Dad
Dad gets upset with the neighborhood association and decides to run for its presidency. With the help of Brak and Zorak, he puts an ad in the newspaper filled with lies about the current president, Galrog. In retaliation, Galrog challenges Dad to a public debate.
Zorak falls for a new friend. Dad, meanwhile, is waiting for the "Mothership" to pick him up because he believes he is the "chosen one." When the Mothership finally arrives, however, it is Sisto who is taken. And Zorak learns that the object of his affection is part of the Mothership's crew and actually has a wife and kids!
New Brak
A new pal begins to emulate Brak so much that he comes to be known as "the new Brak." Mom and Dad take a liking to the new Brak, which upsets the real Brak so much that he confronts the new Brak on his new Brak TV show. In the end, Ron Jaworski and Jim Plunkett show up in their football uniforms to prevent the Braks from coming to blows.
The Feud
A feud erupts between Thundercleese and Dad after the two antagonize each other with yard-related mischief, including the freeing of Dad's pigs and the stealing of Thundercleese's yard bunnies.
The Runaway
Space Ghost travels back in time to arrest Brak for crimes committed in the future.
Dinner Party
The new neighbors invite Brak and family over for an evening of awkward conversation and murder.
Season 3
A self-serving television producer gives Brak and family their own TV show.


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LCS senior receives top honor after leading Cougars to district title
Lenawee Christian senior volleyball hitter Alexis Long excelled both offensively and defensively in her final season as a Cougar.
She won't hesitate to tell you at which one she thinks she's better.
"I do think I'm more of an offensive player," Long said. "I love just getting up and hitting the ball. I really do like playing defense, but I know that my position is in the front."
Said LCS coach Jessica Howell: "She's just an outstanding hitter. She sees the court very well and can put away the ball better than a lot of the players around the county and definitely better than anyone else on our team.
"We do design some plays to specifically cater to her, and she was definitely our go-to hitter, but there were times when she just made plays on her own."
Long's stats back up her coach. Long had a .350 attack percentage for fourth best in the county, 382 kills overall and 4.11 kills per set — the second best average in the county. For her efforts, Long has been recognized as The Daily Telegram's Lenawee County Player of the Year for the 2012 season.
Long's strong hitting helped Lenawee Christian win its third straight Class D district title.
The Spring Arbor University signee has been named Class D second team All-State, continuing a strong lineage of LCS honorees.
"She's an outstanding all-around player," Howell said. "She's not just a hitter. She's an outstanding defensive player in the back row and a great server."
Long, who has played AAU volleyball since a young age, developed her game further over the summer to become a versatile threat.
You could make an argument that defense is her strongest feature.
Long finished with 223 digs, 109 blocks and a county-best 1.17 blocks per set. Her defensive presence, combined with her offensive power, created problems for opponents every time she set foot on the court.
Just for good measure, Long finished with 204 service points, 40 aces and a 95.8 serving percentage for the eighth-best mark in the county.
Perhaps one of Long's best traits is one that cannot be measured: Her ability to take control on the court. As the Cougars have transitioned to coach Howell, who took over the program last season, Long's role as captain was vital for a team hoping to avoid a drop in its rich history of success.
"She's such a solid mental and emotional player," Howell said. "She's all around one of those types of players you want on the court."
Long said being a leader didn't add pressure.
"It's definitely a privilege to be a leader out on the court," Long added. "I love that the girls look up to me for things. I don't think it has too much of an effect on me for the year."
A prime example of Long's talent on the court came in the district final match against Camden-Frontier, in which she rallied her team from a rough first set. Long finished with 22 kills, 11 digs, seven blocks and went 23-for-24 serving with 20 points and eight aces in a four-set win.
Long is pleased with her senior season in which she didn't overwhelm herself with a multitude of goals.
"One goal of mine was to make first team All-State, but getting (Player of the Year) was a big honor," Long said. "There are plenty of girls who deserve this just as much as I do."
Alexis Long became the third Lenawee Christian volleyball standout to receive the county Player of the Year honor. Here is a look at the all-time winners since the Daily Telegram began giving out the honor in 2006.
2006: Molly Schroeder, Blissfield
2007: Betsy Brown, Lenawee Christian
2008: Jessie Manwaring, Tecumseh
2009: Tenille Marowelli, Lenawee Christian
2010: Kelsey Berrington, Tecumseh
2011: Kelsey Berrington, Tecumseh
2012: Alexis Long, Lenawee Christian


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A tanner, currier, and shoemaker, Benjamin Akin was born into a prominent Bristol County family in Dartmouth, Massachusetts, on May 18, 1715. With a prolific and well-connected family and successful in his own business endeavors, Akin attained some stature in Dartmouth. First appointed town clerk in 1745, he filled that office from 1754-1770 and again from 1776-1780, adding the title "Esq." to his name by the 1760s. During the Revolutionary years, he served on the town's public safety committee. He died on April 10, 1802.
The Akin ledger offers insight into the fortunes of an 18th-century artisan during the most productive years of his life, as well as into the structure of a local community in southeastern Massachusetts. The ledger includes accounts of with customers for tanning and currying of calf and sheepskin, day-book entries, and accounts with the Town of Dartmouth for services performed at Town Clerk.
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- Dartmouth (Mass.)--History--18th century
- Earthquakes--Massachusetts
- Shoemaking--Massachusetts
- Tanning--Massachusetts
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- Akin, Benjamin, 1715-1802
- Akin, Eunice Taber, 1711-1762
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September 16. 2013 9:41PM
NH delegation reacts to D.C. shootings; Portsmouth shipyard is part of command
By BILL SMITH
New Hampshire Union Leader
13 dead in Navy Yard shootings
The Washington Navy Yard is the headquarters for the Naval Sea Systems Command, which includes the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard.
Officials said the local facility's official threat condition has not been changed as a result of the attack that left at least 13 dead in Washington Monday.
"Portsmouth Naval Shipyard continues to monitor the situation as it unfolds," said the statement from spokesperson Danna Eddy. "Our thoughts and prayers are with those employees and their families affected by this event."
The nation's oldest shipyard employs about 4,700 civilian employees at the mouth of the Piscataqua River; approximately 100 naval officers and enlisted personnel are assigned to the facility at the Maine-New Hampshire border.
"We do not discuss specifics of our security measures at the installation," said a statement released Monday by the Portsmouth facility's news office. "We continually review and adjust security measures as appropriate."
President Barack Obama issued a proclamation Monday night ordering the lowering of flags on all public buildings to half-staff until sunset Friday as a mark of respect for the victims.
Gov. Maggie Hassan issued the following statement: "I join the people of New Hampshire and all Americans in mourning those whose lives were tragically taken today in Washington, D.C., and in sending thoughts and prayers to their families, loved ones and all who have been impacted by this senseless violence."
Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H., vowed to closely follow the investigation into the shooting at the Washington Navy Yard.
Ayotte expressed sorrow at the deaths and said she would be closely following the situation.
"As a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee and the Homeland Security Committee, I am monitoring developments and will closely follow the investigation as it unfolds," Ayotte said in a statement released Monday by her Washington office.
Like other members of the New Hampshire delegation, Ayotte said she is "deeply saddened" by the events.
"My thoughts and prayers are with all those affected — especially the victims and their families, and our first responders on the scene," she said.
Statements released by other members of the Congressional delegation emphasized sympathy for the victims.
"I am horrified by the tragic events in Washington this morning," said a statement from U.S. Rep. Carol Shea-Porter. " My thoughts and prayers are with the victims, first responders, and individuals in the area."
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen said she is waiting to hear more information about what led to the shootings.
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May 19. 2013 2:10AM
Official says NH abortion sites need state scrutiny
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Abortion clinics are not licensed, inspected or regulated by the state in New Hampshire, but Rep. Kathleen Souza, a longtime Republican right-to-life activist, is writing legislation to mandate such oversight in the wake of the Philadelphia abortion doctor scandal.
Some abortion rights advocates say they do not oppose state oversight as long as abortion providers are not singled out to make it harder for women to obtain safe, legal abortions.
They are concerned, though, about being painted with the same brush as Dr. Kermit Gosnell, described as a "monster" by the man who successfully prosecuted him for murdering three babies who survived illegal late-term abortions and the 2009 drug overdose death of an abortion patient.
"Nobody has oversight," Souza said, adding: "Right-to-life people have been trying to put in legislation for 20 years to require abortion clinic licensing and clinic inspections."
It is impossible to know how many abortions are performed in the state, Souza said, or to even know how many clinics or physician offices are performing them.
"We would see ambulances leaving (Planned Parenthood) on Pennacook Street" and not be able to find out what happened, Souza said, because abortion clinics are exempt from licensure by law because they are deemed to be physician offices, which Souza believes is a deliberately misleading designation.
Jane Munson, former medical director of the Concord Feminist Health Center, where abortions are performed, said she wouldn't oppose state oversight.
"This really highlights the need for legitimate abortion providers that adhere to standards and have a safe environment, which we do. There is no way anything even remotely like (Gosnell) could happen here," Munson said.
She worries that new laws and regulations could force legitimate abortion providers to close, requiring women to resort to illegitimate providers like Gosnell.
"There were abortion providers in Pennsylvania who complained to the state agency," Munson said. "They knew and they were getting feedback about what wvas going on. The complaints were not followed up on. It's really on the state."
When asked whether she would oppose state licensing and inspecting, Munson said: "No, absolutely not. We have nothing to hide, and we know the quality of our services."
She would oppose, however, new regulations aimed solely at restricting access to safe abortions.
"That's the latest tactic of anti-abortion groups," Munson said. "This man (Gosnell) is an outlier. He is a criminal. He is not representative of abortion providers in New Hampshire and legitimate abortion providers nationwide."
Munson said the Concord facility and Planned Parenthood do not perform abortions past 15 weeks and six days of pregnancy, though there is no prohibition in New Hampshire against performing abortions anytime during pregnancy.
"It's not remotely approaching getting into the possibility of being born alive," Munson said.
Kris Neilsen, communications director for the state Department of Health and Human Services, explained in an email that abortion clinics like Planned Parenthood and the Concord Feminist Health Center are exempt from state licensing and inspection requirements because they are considered physician offices.
Twenty-three health care providers such as hospitals, hospices, nursing homes, and dialysis centers are licensed by the state, but not abortion clinics.
"In New Hampshire, there is no such thing as an abortion clinic - the majority of abortions are done in doctors offices ... and doctors' offices are exempt from licensure under RSA 151:2 II," Neilsen said.
"Because they are exempt, we have no jurisdiction over them, and neither does anyone else."
Michael Tierney, an attorney who represents New Hampshire Right To Life, scoffed at the Neilsen's statement regarding no abortion clinics in New Hampshire.
"I wish that were the case," Tierney said. "There are several abortion clinics, but no recognition of abortion clinics as a separate entity in New Hampshire statutes."
The state could have some very limited oversight of the clinics because they dispense drugs and accept state and federal dollars, but chooses not to do so, he said.
"The state is not making sure that these are safe and reliable medical providers," Tierney said. "The state should absolutely not be sending New Hampshire and federal tax dollars to support them both in terms of Medicaid and in terms of Title X family planning money.
Gosnell's trial detailed gruesome incidents of killing babies who survived late-term abortions by snipping their spinal cords and filthy, unsafe conditions in his practice. The case has reignited controversy on an emotional subject with deeply held opinions on both sides.
Two U.S. congressional committees cited the Gosnell case in recent letters to officials in every state, including New Hampshire, seeking details on how they regulate abortion clinics and prosecute abortion-related crimes.
The House Committee on Energy and Commerce asked the top health commissioner in every state whether abortion clinics are regulated, seeking detailed answers by May 28.
"Pennsylvania's Department of Health has deliberately chosen not to enforce laws that should afford patients at abortion clinics the same safeguards and assurance of quality healthcare as patients of other medical service providers," said the letter signed by committee Chairman U.S. Rep. Fred Upton, R-Mich., and five other lawmakers.
A similar letter by the House Committee on the Judiciary was mailed May 7 to every state attorney general seeking information about criminal prosecutions.
"Do prosecutors in your state treat the deliberate killing of newborns, including those newborns who were delivered alive in the process, as a criminal offense?" asked the committee, chaired by U.S. Rep. Bob Goodlatte, R-Va.
State officials said they either hadn't received the letter or needed more time to study it before commenting.
Laura Thibault, interim executive director of NARAL-NH, said she is familiar with the congressional letters. "It's an example of extreme anti-choice members of Congress who are using current events to push their agenda," Thibault said.
"What we can all agree on is that Dr. Gosnell was horrific ... what this has pointed to in the pro-choice community is that it is more important than ever to have safe, legal, accessible, affordable reproductive health care," Thibault said.
Jennifer Frizzell, senior policy adviser at Planned Parenthood New Hampshire, emailed a statement to the Sunday News.
"Kermit Gosnell ran a criminal enterprise, not a health care facility, and the jury in Philadelphia has punished him for his appalling crimes. The verdict is just and will ensure that no woman is ever victimized by Gosnell again."
She said at Planned Parenthood, the medical standards and guidelines are informed by "the most trusted medical knowledge and professional organizations, including the CDC, the FDA, and the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
"All health care providers should be regulated to ensure high standards of care - but patient health and safety should not be politicized," Frizzell said.
Holli Senior, spokesman for the Pennsylvania Department of Health, said before Gosnell's crimes were discovered, abortion clinics were in a category of their own and inspected on a "complaint basis," though there was a failure to inspect Gosnell's practice even after complaints.
The law has been tightened to require that abortion facilities meet the same standards as ambulatory surgical care facilities, with annual inspections if abortions are performed while the patient is semi-conscious or unconscious under anesthesia. Annual inspections are also required even if local anesthesia is used, she said.
Julie Laughner runs a prayer vigil outside Planned Parenthood in Manchester every second Saturday of the month, and other groups pray regularly there on Thursdays.
"I'm aware that (clinics) are not inspected by the state," Laughner said. "There are very few laws relative to clinics. I would love to see them regulated, licensed and inspected."
Without information that state oversight would provide, Rep. Souza said, it is impossible to know whether there are any unscrupulous abortion providers operating in the state.
"We hope it's not happening here, but have no way of knowing," Souza said. "Look at how flagrant it was in Philadelphia."


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Somewhere between Gray Thursday, Black Friday and Cyber Monday, a lot of us pulled ourselves out of our turkey-induced stupors to go to the movies. And one of the top performers over the long weekend was a movie that's been around for a couple of weeks and is still pulling viewers in. Malcolm D. Lee's The Best Man Holiday is a sequel to his 1999 sleeper hit, The Best Man, and despite having opened last month, it had the fourth-highest box-office tallies this weekend.
The movie stars an almost all-black ensemble cast, with some very recognizable names — Taye Diggs, Terrence Howard, Nia Long, Sanaa Lathan — but if you want to stay on Lee's good side, you will not refer to this as a black movie or a race-based movie. Several early reviewers received a cascade of scalding tweets, Facebook posts and emails from the movie's fans when they did. That reaction is an updated version of the cultural cluelessness that occurred when The Best Man debuted in 1999.
"I remember Entertainment Weekly said, 'Here's a Big Chill for the black audience,' " Lee recalls, still clearly irritated. "And I was, like, 'Why's it gotta be for the black audience?' "
Lee deeply believes that in both movies his cast is grappling with life issues that are universal — finding the right mate, searching for professional success and gratification, wondering how to craft a secure future — and not at all race-based.
"I always tell people when the first Best Man came out, I wrote the right script at the right time: It was an opportunity for people to see African-Americans as just people."
Critic Darlene Donloe says black audiences especially find this more nuanced presentation immensely satisfying.
"It's so refreshing to see yourself on-screen, and to see yourself in the way that you actually live your life," Donloe says. When that's done, the box office really responds. Yet, she says, Hollywood still treats each successful film about normal black life as a happy fluke.
In both Best Man movies, Lee's characters were preoccupied with a lot of things — career challenges, health challenges, do-I-run-Dad's-empire-or-not challenges — but they were not at all preoccupied with race.
In fact, race qua race was brought up only once in The Best Man Holiday, when writer Harper Stewart (Taye Diggs) comes by to see old friend and almost-girlfriend Jordan Armstrong (Nia Long) at her spacious office, where she's a programming executive at MSNBC. Harper is startled to be introduced to Jordan's boyfriend — a charming, dimpled, easy-going lawyer named Brian McDaniels (Eddie Cibrian). Who happens to be ... white.
After Brian leaves the two old friends together, Harper can't resist ribbing Jordan, as he puts on his "white guy" voice to imitate Jordan's new man.
"Brian McDaniels," Harper smirks, in a plummy baritone, "I like to ski in Vermont." (Apparently Vermont instantly telegraphs The Whitest Place Possible.) "I like dating chocolate girls ..."
McDaniels is symbolic of the changing choices black women are making, Lee says. "There are a lot of black women, professional, who are very ambitious, who don't always have that black male counterpart. So I thought it was completely believable to have a person outside Jordan's race be interested in her." And in this case, Lee's art is imitating life: The skyrocketing numbers of interracial couples indicate that dating outside one's race is becoming more and more common. (And Long actually suggested that Jordan's significant other be nonblack as recognition that things are changing.)
Although early numbers of The Best Man Holiday indicated the film's audiences were almost entirely black, later reports have been more ethnically varied. Reports from several Los Angeles theaters say the crowds to see the movie have been multiethnic, and heavily female.
Lee is happy that black audiences recognize themselves in the film and that nonblack audiences are getting a look at black life that isn't often shown in mainstream media. He's particularly happy that they're seeing a more balanced vision of black men. That's been his mission since forming his production company, Blackmaled, two decades ago.
Lee believes black men feel culturally blackmailed, as they are often portrayed as hyperaggressive, violent, surly, thuggish. Basically, to borrow another filmmaker's title, they're a menace to society.
And, he adds: "Not only are black males blackmailed from the general public, they also blackmail themselves into believing there's a certain way black males have to be in order to be really black."
With the characters from The Best Man Holiday and his other movies, Lee says, he wants audiences to see that real black men are tender as well as tough, protectors of their women and children and unafraid to stand up for what's right, even when it costs them. He wants them to be seen as best men in every sense of the word.
Thanksgiving weekend is one of the busiest times of the year at the movie theaters. The movie "The Best Man Holiday" has actually been out for a couple of weeks, but still landed at Number 4 on the box office charts this weekend. It's a sequel to a hit from 1999, "The Best Man."
NPR's Karen Grigsby Bates reports that both movies feature African-American casts, but director Malcolm D. Lee doesn't want to call them black films.
KAREN GRIGSBY BATES, BYLINE: The first movie brings college friends together for a wedding.
UNIDENTIFIED MAN #1: Good to see you guys.
UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN #1: How are you?
UNIDENTIFIED MAN #2: Alright.
BATES: Reviewers compared it to another cult favorite, which left Malcolm D. Lee both flattered and irked.
MALCOLM D. LEE: I remember Entertainment Weekly said, you know, here's a "Big Chill" for the black audience. And it's like: Why's it for the black audience?
BATES: Lee insists the things his characters did - growing up, branching out, settling down - were not race-specific.
LEE: I always tell people with the first "Best Man," in 1999 when it came out, that I wrote the right script at the right time. You know, it was an opportunity for people to see African-Americans as just people.
UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN #2: So what happened? I mean and you called me earlier, what happened?
UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN #3: Oh, girl. The caterer's tripping, the florist screwed up the order, and Mama still hasn't found a dress.
UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN #2: Well, girlfriend, don't worry about it. Superwoman is here.
DARLENE DONLOE: It's so refreshing to see yourself onscreen and to see yourself in the way that you actually live your life, not the way Hollywood or society thinks you live your life,
BATES: Critic Darlene Donloe believes both "The Best Man" and its sequel also pulled in non-black moviegoers because they were intrigued with the middle-class black life they saw onscreen. "The Best Man" made about $30 million in 1999 and the sequel made more than that on its first weekend alone. So, Donloe says, it's a mystery to her why there aren't more films like this at the multiplex.
DONLOE: They always think: Well, that's a fluke, it can't happen again. But yeah, it happens again. Well, it can't happen again till the next time it happens.
And then is it a fluke again? Well, and how many times is it a fluke?
BATES: Lee has kept it current in his "Best Man" sequel. One of his old friends has become famous as a real housewife of somewhere or other. There's also a cable TV executive and a bestselling writer, and an NFL superstar who is hosting the group over the Christmas holiday.
One night the dinner conversation at his home - a vast marble slab of prefabricated luxury - centers on sexting.
UNIDENTIFIED MAN #3: You remember back in the day, you wanted to see booty, you had to either cop a Playboy magazines or get late-night cable?
UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN #4: And now porn is just on your Smartphone.
BATES: But it's not all winks and spit-takes. The friends experience infertility, financial trouble and life-threatening illness. In other words, Lee's characters are not preoccupied with being black.
LEE: But I think in particular for African-American audiences it is rare for them to see a movie with characters going through the struggles that these characters are going through.
BATES: In fact, race arises only once, when one of the friends introduces her current boyfriend who is white to her former crush. Taye Diggs is Harper and Harper cannot resist imitating the new guy.
TAYE DIGGS: (as Harper) Brian McDaniel, I like to ski in Vermont.
NIA LONG: (as Jordan) Shut up, Harper.
DIGGS: (as Harper) I like dating chocolate girls.
BATES: This is what's happening in real life for many black women, Lee says: they would prefer a black mate but are opening their minds to loving whoever loves them.
Lee is most concerned, though, with portraying black men in a light he recognizes. He named his production company Blackmaled, that's B-L-A-C-K-M-A-L-E-D, for a reason.
LEE: That's a negative term, you know, blackmailing someone. And I think that's how black males are also portrayed.
BATES: So he's providing some alternate images from the swaggering or surly ones often seen in popular culture. In "The Best Man," for instance, Harper dumps his cool persona in public when he realizes the true love of his life is walking away.
DIGGS: (as Harper) Robyn. Robyn.
SANAA LATHAN: (as Robyn) Go off me.
DIGGS: (as Harper) I need you. I cannot do this alone. Please don't leave me now.
BATES: Lee hopes the men in his films will encourage his brothers to push away from the narrow definitions of black masculinity that are so prevalent.
LEE: You know, not only are black males blackmailed from the general public, but also they blackmail themselves into thinking that there's a certain way that a black male must be and how he must behave in order to be really black.
BATES: In this case, Malcolm Lee's vision of what black really is has been raking in a lot of green.
Karen Grigsby Bates, NPR News. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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Letting others know by my words and actions how they have benefited my life.
Gratefulness is recognizing how the efforts of others have benefited ones life and making known to them how much their kindness is valued. The natural tendency of humanity is to self-focus and to overlook the many benefits that fill our lives. We take the sunshine for granted, until it rains. When we lose something, we realize what we once had and want it back. It is impossible to be grateful to someone if we do not first recognize the benefit we have received. Once we become aware of an investment or kindness extended to us, gratefulness is making a proper response to the appropriate individual(s). This might be as simple as saying Thank you, or as creative as our gratefulness inspires us to be.
In 1850, 15-year-old Andrew Carnegie worked as a messenger in a Pittsburgh telegraph office. He was grateful for his job but looked forward to weekends because, every Saturday afternoon, Colonel James Anderson opened his personal library of 400 volumes to boys. Andrew so enjoyed Colonel Andersons generosity that he resolved if ever wealth came to him, he would establish free libraries so that other children might receive similar opportunities. Over the following decades, the railroad industry steadily rose and Carnegie began investing in iron and eventually set up a steel mill outside of Pittsburgh. He soon became one of the wealthiest men of his day. Shortly after the turn of the century, on the day that Andrew Carnegie retired, he gave away $11.2 million. The first $5 million went for libraries and for disability and pension funds for Carnegie Steel Company employees. Much of Carnegies generosity was motivated by gratitude. From Colonel Anderson whose library played such a vital role in Carnegies childhood education to factory workers in his employment, Carnegie was grateful for the benefits, but also for the people who brought benefit to himself and others.
Gratefulness is complete only after the benefit has been traced back to those responsible for making it possible. Gratefulness is a debt and that sense of debt is the spirit of gratefulness and it should motivate us to show gratitude to the people behind our benefits.
During the upcoming holiday season, encourage your children to show their gratefulness by writing thank-you notes to those who invest in their lives.
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Clive Crook: Democrats are too arrogant to see their flaws
October 27. 2013 7:32PM
Even many Republicans agree that they lost the battle over the shutdown and the debt ceiling. The Tea Party walked the country to the edge of economic ruin and their party to the edge of political catastrophe until Republican leaders in Congress flinched. Maneuvering themselves into that defeat was an act of insane recklessness by Republicans and a political gaffe of the first order. Perhaps they'll do it again in a few months.
Democrats, though, have little to celebrate. Republicans saw their approval numbers sink with the debt-ceiling standoff, but not nearly as badly as you might have guessed. This should be making Democrats think.
Opinion polls put them between five and 10 percentage points ahead of the Republicans, about where they were in the first few months of the year. President Barack Obama has a net disapproval rating of between five and 10 points. At the start of the year, he had a net approval rating of more than 10 points. The balance flipped to negative in the summer, and the debt-ceiling fight didn't flip it back.
Why has the anti-Republican backlash, such as it is, been so mild? Here's an obvious yet strangely neglected answer: Much of the electorate, while deploring the Tea Party's nihilistic tactics, thinks the movement has a point.
News flash: Most Americans don't share the Democratic Party's instinctive devotion to higher taxes and a bigger federal government. An enraged and unhinged minority of voters apparently wants to see the liberal agenda attacked by any means necessary, even if it means paralyzing the government and wrecking the economy. But a far wider segment wants to see the progressive program at least questioned and held in check — and who will do that, if not the Republican Party?
The answer to that question could have been and should have been the President. Many Democrats criticize Obama for being too centrist and accommodating, but this is a false reading. True, Obama has often given ground under pressure, which has made him look weak. But when has he ever led the country to a workable compromise, rather than being led there? He's always the reluctant centrist, never the centrist by conviction.Think of health-care reform. The White House outsourced this enormous project (whose goals, by the way, I'm all for) to a Democratic Congress guided by the principle that "elections have consequences" — meaning, never mind the other side's objections and the idea that a reform of this scope should have bipartisan support. Republicans did push back and Obama did make concessions, but the President was never in charge and never wanted to be.Or think of fiscal policy. All one can really say about the President's fiscal preferences is that he thinks higher taxes on the rich and higher public spending are, other things equal, good ideas. Obama doesn't stand for fiscal discipline; he has fiscal discipline thrust upon him.There's another theory to account for the mildness of the backlash against the Republicans' irresponsibility — and this rival explanation, much favored by their critics, is actually a big part of the Democrats' problem. It's the idea that voters are just so stupid. One of the things that strikes me as a foreigner living in the U.S. is that American metropolitan liberals despise every kind of bigotry, except the kind directed at the dumb hicks who inhabit the middle of the country. I mean, those people vote Republican!
Trust me, the kind of naked class prejudice that is no longer acceptable in polite U.K. society is rife in Washington and other redoubts of American liberal condescension — and the flyover people know it.
Nobody likes to be talked down to, Americans least of all. If Democrats could bring themselves to respect the people they say they want to help, the Republican Party would be in deep trouble.
On this, the Tea Party has no cause for concern.
Clive Crook is a Bloomberg View columnist.