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John DiStaso's Granite Status: National Democratic chair to speak at NHIOP in January; Cataldo backs Kenney for Executive Council
MONDAY, DEC. 9: DWS APPEARANCE. Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz will discuss her new book at an event at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics at Saint Anselm College on Jan. 2.
The event is free and open to the public, according to the state Democratic Party.
Wasserman Schutz's new book is entitled "For the Next Generation: A Wake-Up Call to Solving Our Nation's Problems."
Describing the book recently, she said, "It's not enough to just say that we have to stop governing by crisis and find common ground. We actually need to do it. In writing this book, I sought to identify specific ways in which politicians can work together on key policy issues and move past this constant state of discord."
She will be introduced at the event by state Sen. Donna Soucy, D-Manchester, who has known Wasserman Schultz for about 20 years.
Soucy said the two met at a nonpartisan event for emerging legislative leaders in 1994 and have been friends since.
Wasserman Schultz, who is also a U.S. Representative from Florida, has a second home in Newbury near Lake Sunapee.
(Earlier Granite Status reports follow.)
MONDAY, DEC. 9: CATALDO BACKS KENNEY. State Sen. Sam Cataldo, R-Farmington, on Monday became the first state senator to take sides in the special election to pick a successor to the late Ray Burton in Executive Council District 1.
Cataldo is backing 2008 Republican nominee for governor and former state Sen. Joe Kenney of Wakefield over former Belknap County Commissioner Christopher Boothby and Mark Aldrich of Lebanon.
Although Cataldo is a resident of Farmington, which is in council District 2, he does represent the District 1 communities of Alton and New Durham.
Cataldo said in a statement:
"I have worked with Joe Kenney for many years in the State Legislature and I know the quality of representation that he will give the citizens of Executive Council District 1 when elected. The person who fills that seat needs state experience and Joe has it with eight years in the New Hampshire House and six years in the state Senate, while working on various committees such Transportation, Commerce, Labor and Executive, Departments and Administration."
Last week, state House Republican Leader Gene Chandler endorsed Boothby.
The Republican special election primary is scheduled for Jan. 21, with the general election scheduled for March 11.
The lone Democrat running is Grafton County Commissioner Michael Cryans of Hanover.
(Earlier Granite Status reports follow.)
SUNDAY, DEC. 8: "INTENSE EXPLORATION." All political eyes in New Hampshire - and beyond - are on
Scott Brown
. His every move. His every syllable and intonation.
And that's just fine with businessman
Chuck Rolecek
, who looks to be heading toward a run for governor.
As Brown's flirtation with a run for the New Hampshire U.S. Senate seat attracts all of the attention, Rolecek, the former owner of the C.R. Sparks and Hanover Street Chop House restaurants, has been, under the radar, in "a very intense exploratory stage for the past three or four weeks" for a run for governor.
And in an interview, Rolecek sounded very much like he's on the verge of becoming a candidate.
Rolecek, 57, of Bedford, tells us he has been meeting with "high-ranking people within the party and talking to potential donors and a couple of former governors and business and trade associations, just getting a sense if I have the support, and if they think they could get behind me."
Rolecek said it is "a yeoman-like task" trying to defeat an incumbent one-term governor, "so it's going to have to be everyone kind of pulling on the rope to help me pull the cart up the hill.''
"I don't want to be a lone wolf out there, and I'm flattered by the attention," he said.
"I've been encouraged both inside and outside of New Hampshire to continue to do the due diligence and continue to use people as a sounding board as I try to put together a political team if I move forward.
"But it's not an easy decision to take on a task like this," and he hopes to make up his mind by the end of the year.
Rolecek made his first bid for public office in 2012, when he ran for the District 4 Executive Council seat.
He finished last in a low-turnout three-way primary, and the seat eventually went to Democrat
Chris Pappas
. But Rolecek said last week, "I'm glad I lost," he "learned an awful lot," and "the experience is every bit as important as the outcome.''
"I will do some things differently this time around, for sure," he said.
Rolecek said he is considering running because, "As I see things happening in Concord, I think there is a need to get back to some of the things that made New Hampshire great 28 years ago, when I moved here," he said.
"When I came here and worked for a big company and then went into becoming a small-business person, I thought it was just an outstanding place to start a business, raise a family and be part of a community. I'm concerned that we've taken some of the joy out of being a small-business person. We've added a lot of uncertainty and risk.
"We have to be a little bit more small-business friendly," he said.
Rolecek cited uncertainty on the "health care front" and "some of the highest corporate taxes in the country" as his top concerns.
Overall, he said, "We have to get back to some Republican values."
He said that as a businessman, "I've always considered myself someone who can bring opposing sides together."
Rolecek, like Gov.
Maggie Hassan
, backs expanded gambling, but is no longer chairman of the FixItNow group, which is funded by gambling interests.
Still, he said, "anything that creates jobs, I would be for. I've been a job-creator for 25 years, and I think anything that creates jobs, you have to look at closely."
GEESH! Twitter was buzzing Friday over a brief "flub" by Brown outside the Londonderry GOP event he attended Thursday night.
Brown told reporters Republicans "are thankful I've been around for a year helping them raise money, helping them raise awareness as to the issues that are affecting not only people here in Massachu - uh, New Hampshire - but also Massachusetts, obviously, in Maine, and I've been to Maine, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Connecticut."
It was caught on video by the trackers of the liberal American Bridge PAC, which contended it put Texas Gov.
Rick Perry'
s "Oops" moment in the 2012 GOP presidential race (when he could not name a third federal agency he would eliminate) "to shame."
State Democrats jokingly put out a rudimentary map for Brown clearly distinguishing New Hampshire from "your home," Massachusetts.
A bit of an over-reaction perhaps? These days, even the slightest misstep is "news" in politics."
. The first endorsement of the Republican primary in the District 1 Executive Council race came Friday when former Belknap County Commissioner
Christopher Boothby
was backed by House Republican Leader Gene Chandler.
. U.S. Rep.
Carol Shea-Porter
is cosponsoring a "No Budget, No Vacation" resolution to forbid Congress to adjourn for the remainder of the year unless it passes a budget conference report by Dec. 13.
. Republican U.S. Senate candidate
Jim Rubens
will head to Washington on Wednesday to speak at a meeting of the Americans for Tax Reform group and meet with ATR head
Grover Norquist
John DiStaso is senior political reporter of the New Hampshire Union Leader and New Hampshire Sunday News. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com and followed on Twitter: @jdistaso.


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China-based Xiaomi has announced that the company plans to ship 40 million smartphones in 2014. But Digitimes Research believes the vendor is unlikely to achieve the goal as many of its competitors have started establishing online shopping operations to sell their own-brand products with impressive hardware specifications at low prices - a business model similar to Xiaomi's.
Xiaomi is a brand vendor that has been promoting its smartphones by highlighting their high-end features yet entry-level pricing, and the company is mainly selling smartphones through its online store. The company is known for its hunger marketing, limiting supply at product launch to create an impression of strong demand for the device.
In August 2013, the China-based vendor released its CNY799 Hongmi smartphone, extending its product protfolio to lower-tier market segments. The competitive pricing resulted in impressive sales.
Xiaomi's marketing strategy managed to shoot up its shipments beyond the 18 million mark in 2013 and earn the brand a lot of attention.
By selling products through their online shops, smartphone vendors can avoid sharing their profits with retailers and telecom carriers, and therefore can offer lower prices for their devices.
As a result, many China-based smartphone players are adopting the Xiaomi model and have established sub-brand products and online operations to enhance their competition. These include major players such as: Huawei's Honor; Gionee's Iuni; and CoolPad's Great God. These players are either offering competitive pricing or trying to create new brand images, in hopes to expand their share in China's competitive smartphone market.
Huawei is a major player with abundant R&D and marketing resources, as well as strong support from its supply chain. Huawei released its Honor 3C smartphone in December 2013 priced at CNY798. Its pricing and features were similar to those of Hongmi. In response to Huawei's challenge, Xiaomi reduced its Hongmi price by CNY100 in January 2014. The price reduction is expected to significantly impact Xiaomi's profitability, and the challenges from Huawei, and other players, are likely to hinder Xiaomi's plan of having entry-level products drive up overall shipment volumes.
With more China-based smartphone vendors expected to create sub-brand products and run online stores in 2014, Xiaomi will face fiercer competition from its peers in 2014. Although China's online shopping continues to see surging sales, it only accounts for less than 20% of the country's total retail sales and Xiaomi's share of online smartphone sales is expected to be heavily dented by the competitors in 2014.
Xiaomi is still weak in terms of sales in the conventional market and through telecom channels, and it will lose its pricing advantages if it has to share its profits with retailers. Digitimes Research believes the China-based vendor will not be able to gain much profit through conventional channels.
With China's smartphone market gradually approaching saturation, shipments to overseas markets will become a key driver for growth in 2014. However, Xiaomi has only just started to explore the overseas markets, which are unlikely to make much contribution to the company in the near future.

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I just upgrade my XO-1 to 10.1.2 and now have issues with extremely slow write speeds on the SDHC card, i.e. the write speed is so slow that doing a simple scp or rsync will freeze and basically crash the machine as it will become completly unresponsive. Copying stuff to the internal memory still works fine and reading from the SDHC card also seems to be normal, but writing is extremely slow. dmesg doesn't output anything suspicious.
Does anybody have an idea what could cause this?


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It's about time, right? Instead of letting the rest of the internet tell us what we like, let's tell them.
Below are the categories we, the staff, have decided on for this year. At this stage we are accepting your nominations in these categories*. Once we refine all the nominations we will post again with information on voting. At this point there's no limit to nominations, so no pressure to decide your votes just now - nominate whatever you like!
Please comment below with the category and nomination(s) for that category. There's no limit to your nominations, but we can't promise that every nomination will be used in the final poll.
- Keep nominations to games/studios/events/similar of calendar year 2013.
- HD remakes will not be included in nominations
- I've included some explanation/examples where I thought it helpful
- Nominations will no longer be considered for inclusion after 11:59 PM Monday, January 13, 2014.
If you submit (it may take multiple comments, so I'll make sure you have enough bubbles!) a nomination(s) in EVERY category you will be entered to win a $50 Amazon gift card (US, UK or CA). Deadline is 11:59 PM EST, January 13, 2014. Nominations must be valid (ex: no writing "TLOU" for every category).
*WE ARE NOT LOOKING FOR CATEGORY SUGGESTIONS RIGHT NOW. If you have an idea for a category be patient! After the inaugural voting I will have a survey and you will be able to submit your category suggestions for future years.
2013 N4G GOTY Categories
1. Best New Studio
Studio with their first ever game released in 2013.
2. Best New IP
3. Best New Video Game Character
4. Game with Best Innovation
Moving a genre forward in either big ways that challenge conventional thinking or through subtle, nuanced techniques to a standard visual/gameplay/storytelling formula is what this selection is all about. These games have done that to varying degrees of success. How successful it's been implemented should be of less importance in comparison to the idea that simply captivates you the most.
5. Gaming News Story of the Year
From Sony's no DRM announcement to kids smack talking during a CoD tournament, to PAX performances or an Operation Supply Drop wow-moment, what RL gaming moments wowed you this year?
6. Best In-Game Moment
7. Most Replayable Game
8. Sequel Fail
The worst sequels. So bad they make you think about hating the previous game for ever letting this happen. 2013 release.
9. Best Single Player Experience
10. Best Multiplayer Experience
11. Best Story
12. Best Next-Gen Console
(Oh yeah, we went there)
13. Best Soundtrack
14. Best DLC
15. Best Handheld Game
(includes mobile)
16. Best Voice Acting
17. Best Art Direction
That's it! Once you finish here stay tuned for the GC winner and the official N4G GOTY voting!
5.Best news Story:Kranky Kong
6.Best in game momment: your first rampage in DOTA2
7.Most replayable game:DOTA2
9.Best single player:3D world or TLOU
10.Best multiplayer:DOTA2
11.Best story:Bioshock Infinite
12.Best nextgen console: Wiiu because for 2013 it had the best games of the 3.
14.Best DLC:StarCraft2 Heart of the Swarm
16.Best voive acting:TLOU
17.Best art direction: Ni No Kuni
2. Best New IP - The Last of Us
3. Best New Game Character - GTA V Trevor
4. Best Innovation - Tearaway!
5. Best News - PS4 Price Point
6. Best In-Game Moment - The Last of Us Spoiler: When Joel Gets Pierced with a rod and you have to fight your way out of the hospital.
7. Most Replayable Game - GTA V
8. Sequel Fail - IDK if this count, but seeing that it's a sequel to Aliens and Prequel to 3, Aliens Colonial Marines. What a load of garbage for a game that is cannon. Otherwise, Dead Space 3.
9. Best Single Player Experience - The Last of Us
10. Best Multiplayer Experience - The Last of Us
11. Best Story - The Last of Us
12. Best Next Gen - PS4
13. Best Sound Track - Tearaway
14. Best DLC - BF4 China Rising
15. Best Handheld - Tearaway
16. Best Voice Acting - The Last of Us/GTA 5
17. Best Art Direction - . Ni No Kuni. Have you seen this game? It looks and is amazing. Absolutely great work with color direction.
18. GOTY - Obviously The Last of Us
Am I the only one who has trouble remembering all the games they played and enjoyed through the year?
1. Best New Studio : Harebrained Schemes (Shadowrun Returns)
2. Best New IP : Papers, Please
3. Best New Video Game Character : Trevor GTAV
4. Best Innovation : Tearaway
5. Gaming News Story of the Year (formerly Best RL Gaming Moment) : Microsoft X1 reveal
6. Best In-Game Moment : saving all the humans the first time in Resogun
7. Most Replayable Game : GTAV
8. Sequel Fail : Valhalla Knights 3
9. Best Single Player Experience : The Last of Us
10. Best Multiplayer Experience : Diablo 3
11. Best Story : The Last of Us
12. Best Next-Gen Console : PS4
13. Best Soundtrack : AC4 ... love the chanties!!
14. Best DLC : The Knife of Dunwall
15. Best Handheld Game : Fire Emblem Awakening
16. Best Voice Acting : Tearaway
17. Best Art Direction : Dragon's Crown
18. GOTY! : The Last of Us


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Whats a handmade card without a thoughtful message? Whether its to wish a happy birthday, send best wishes, congratulations or extend sympathy, your cards message is a key part of the design.
Where to Put Your Message
You can put your message in several places on your card. It can be the card focal, or a smaller accent on the card front—or you can leave it for the inside of the card. You can also split the greeting to begin on the card front, then continue on the inside: For example, putting "Best wishes..." on the outside of the card and "...to you!" on the inside.
Picking & Creating Your Message
When it comes to picking and creating your message, you have a couple of options:
Use stamps that are complete words and sentiments, or spell out your message with alphabet stamps.
Tip for lining up clear acrylic alphabet stamps: Place a sheet of lined paper on your work surface, then place your clear acrylic block on top and use the lines on the paper to guide you as youre arranging the letters on the block. Remember, youll need to spell backwards! Another option is to align your letter stamps directly on the paper, then press the acrylic block on top to pick them up.
Computer journal
You can type your message on the computer, then print it out onto regular paper, or onto colored or lightly-patterned paper. You can even print your message onto a tag or label. Heres how: Print out your message onto regular typing paper, then position the tag or smaller paper on top of the printed area to make sure it will fit on the paper. Tape the tag or paper onto your original print—just a piece at the top and one at the bottom will do. Place this paper into your printer the same way you removed it, then print again.
A CD packed with printable quotes, greetings and sentiments is a great resource for finding just the right words. With a CD, you can find a message for any occasion—from birthday to sympathy—and simply print it out onto any kind of paper. The messages are decorated on the Card Quotes CD, so you can then color them with chalk, colored pencils or even distress them with inks. On the Card Greetings & Sentiments CD the messages come both decorated with color or black & white so you can add your own color.
Dazzles™ words
Dazzles™ are metallic outline stickers, and a Dazzles™ greeting or sentiment makes an easy addition to your card. Dazzles™ Greetings have sentiments perfectly sized for cards, and the Scrapbooking Dazzles™ have larger words and messages that can become a card focal.


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Happy Birthday Bailey
Jack Gaskin 10/10/2012 3:19:51 AMGreat Portrait That a LOT of DOGGY YEARS
Jack #1491368
Douglas Pignet 10/10/2012 3:30:08 AMwhat a cutie..well done #10363109
Dominick M. Dimacale 10/10/2012 3:36:14 AMSo cute, Becky!
Dominick #10363129
Jeff Robinson 10/10/2012 3:39:03 AMA wonderful portrait Becky! #10363137
Terry T. Ruvalcaba 10/10/2012 3:40:02 AMgreat portrait, love the expression and all the colors! #10363138
Gord MacEachern 10/10/2012 3:57:41 AMThis is so great Becky, beautiful Job!! #10363168
Danny B. Head 10/10/2012 3:58:58 AMHugs to both Abber and Bailey! :) #10363170
Claudia Kuhn 10/10/2012 4:06:06 AMHe looks like one party animal! (lol) Happy Birthday Bailey! #10363180
Carolyn M. Fletcher 10/10/2012 4:22:01 AMToo cute!! Happy Birthday, Bailey!! Bob just turned 10 on October 1, so he's in the geriatric doggy club, too. #10363210
Agnes Fegan 10/10/2012 4:26:26 AMWhat a cutie!!!! #10363230
Robert R. Goodman 10/10/2012 6:22:50 AMGreat capture RJ. #10363378
Tammy M. Anderson 10/10/2012 2:48:34 PMJust to cute. Love this! #10364183
Lyn Darlington 10/12/2012 3:22:41 AMSo cute! Wonderful work! #10366277
Mary Beth Aiello 10/12/2012 9:12:28 AMBecky -- I just saw this. Oh, this is just too precious.... and such a special gift from you and Abber Dabber. Bailey is thrilled, as am I.
Thanks so very very much. Of course, this is a fave for me. #10366621
Ellen Hodges 10/13/2012 5:31:26 PMSooooooooo cute, Becky!!!! #10368134
Terry Cervi 10/14/2012 8:09:11 PMShe's such a sweet girl and looks so cute in her party hat to wish her friend a happy b'day. #10369647
Abber sends a big Happy Birthday wish to Bailey Aiello who is celebrating his 11th birthday today.
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Last week the City of Boston agreed to pay Simon Glik $170,000 in damages and legal fees to settle a civil rights lawsuit stemming from his 2007 felony arrest for videotaping police roughing up a suspect. Prior to the settlement, the First Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously ruled that Glik had a "constitutionally protected right to videotape police carrying out their duties in public." The Boston Police Department now explicitly instructs its officers not to arrest citizens openly recording them in public.
Slowly but surely the courts are recognizing that recording on-duty police is a protected First Amendment activity. But in the meantime, police around the country continue to intimidate and arrest citizens for doing just that. So if you're an aspiring cop watcher you must be uniquely prepared to deal with hostile cops.
If you choose to record the police you can reduce the risk of terrible legal consequences and video loss by understanding your state's laws and carefully adhering to the following rules.
Rule #1: Know the Law (Wherever You Are)
Conceived at a time when pocket-sized recording devices were available only to James Bond types, most eavesdropping laws were originally intended to protect people against snoops, spies, and peeping Toms. Now with this technology in the hands of average citizens, police and prosecutors are abusing these outdated laws to punish citizens merely attempting to document on-duty police.
The law in 38 states plainly allows citizens to record police, as long as you don't physically interfere with their work. Police might still unfairly harass you, detain you, or confiscate your camera. They might even arrest you for some catchall misdemeanor such as obstruction of justice or disorderly conduct. But you will not be charged for illegally recording police.
Twelve states—California, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, and Washington—require the consent of all parties for you to record a conversation.
However, all but 2 of these states—Massachusetts and Illinois—have an "expectation of privacy provision" to their all-party laws that courts have ruled does not apply to on-duty police (or anyone in public). In other words, it's technically legal in those 48 states to openly record on-duty police.
Rule #2 Don't Secretly Record Police
In most states it's almost always illegal to record a conversation in which you're not a party and don't have consent to record. Massachusetts is the only state to uphold a conviction for recording on-duty police, but that conviction was for a secret recording where the defendant failed to inform police he was recording. (As in the Glik case, Massachusetts courts have ruled that openly recording police is legal, but secretly recording them isn't.)
Fortunately, judges and juries are soundly rejecting these laws. Illinois, the state with the most notorious anti-recording laws in the land, expressly forbids you from recording on-duty police. Early last month an Illinois judge declared that law unconstitutional, ruling in favor of Chris Drew, a Chicago artist charged with felony eavesdropping for secretly recording his own arrest. Last August a jury acquitted Tiawanda Moore of secretly recording two Chicago Police Internal Affairs investigators who encouraged her to drop a sexual harassment complaint against another officer. (A juror described the case to a reporter as "a waste of time.") In September, an Illinois state judge dropped felony charges against Michael Allison. After running afoul of local zoning ordinances, he faced up to 75 years in prison for secretly recording police and attempting to tape his own trial.
The lesson for you is this: If you want to limit your legal exposure and present a strong legal case, record police openly if possible. But if you videotape on-duty police from a distance, such an announcement might not be possible or appropriate unless police approach you.
Rule #3: Respond to "Shit Cops Say"
When it comes to police encounters, you don't get to choose whom you're dealing with. You might get Officer Friendly, or you might get Officer Psycho. You'll likely get officers between these extremes. But when you "watch the watchmen," you must be ready to think on your feet.
In most circumstances, officers will not immediately bull rush you for filming them. But if they aren't properly trained, they might feel like their authority is being challenged. And all too often police are simply ignorant of the law. Part of your task will be to convince them that you're not a threat while also standing your ground.
"What are you doing?"
Police aren't celebrities, so they're not always used to being photographed in public. So even if you're recording at a safe distance, they might approach and ask what you are doing. Avoid saying things like "I'm recording you to make sure you're doing your job right" or "I don't trust you."
Instead, say something like "Officer, I'm not interfering. I'm asserting my First Amendment rights. You're being documented and recorded offsite."
Saying this while remaining calm and cool will likely put police on their best behavior. They might follow up by asking, "Who do you work for?" You may, for example, tell them you're an independent filmmaker or a citizen journalist with a popular website/blog/YouTube show. Whatever you say, don't lie—but don't let police trick youinto thinking that the First Amendment only applies to mainstream media journalists. It doesn't.
"Let me see your ID."
In the United States there's no law requiring you to carry a government ID. But in 24 states police may require you to identify yourself if they have reasonable suspicionthat you're involved in criminal activity.
But how can you tell if an officer asking for ID has reasonable suspicion? Police need reasonable suspicion to detain you, so one way to tell if they have reasonable suspicion is to determine if you're free to go. You can do this by saying "Officer, are you detaining me, or am I free to go?"
If the officer says you're free to go or you're not being detained, it's your choice whether to stay or go. But if you're detained, you might say something like, "I'm not required to show you ID, but my name is [your full name]." It's up to you if you want to provide your address and date of birth if asked for it, but I'd stop short of giving them your Social Security number.
"Please stop recording me. It's against the law."
Rarely is it advisable to educate officers about the law. But in a tense recording situation where the law is clearly on your side, it might help your case to politely present your knowledge of state law.
For example, if an insecure cop tries to tell you that you're violating his civil liberties, you might respond by saying "Officer, with all due respect, state law only requires permission from one party in a conversation. I don't need your permission to record so long as I'm not interfering with your work."
If you live in one of the 12 all party record states, you might say something like "Officer, I'm familiar with the law, but the courts have ruled that it doesn't apply to recording on-duty police."
If protective service officers harass you while filming on federal property, you may remind them of a recently issued directive informing them that there's no prohibition against public photography at federal buildings.
"Stand back."
If you're approaching the scene of an investigation or an accident, police will likely order you to move back. Depending on the circumstances, you might become involved in an intense negotiation to determine the "appropriate" distance you need to stand back to avoid "interfering" with their work.
If you feel you're already standing at a reasonable distance, you may say something like, "Officer, I have a right to be here. I'm filming for documentation purposes and not interfering with your work." It's then up to you to decide how far back you're willing to stand to avoid arrest.
Rule #4: Don't Share Your Video with Police
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Categories: Business, Corporate, Commercial Law Economic Regulation
Instructor(s) Carstensen, Peter
Regulated Industries: Energy (Law
837). This is a course/seminar on energy regulation with the focus
on natural gas and electricity. It will
be a "course" if the enrollment exceeds 15. I will treat it as
a seminar if enrollment is less than 15. In either case, students will
receive 3 credits. If we have sufficient
enrollment, it meet twice a week for 1 hour and 20 minutes as indicated in the
schedule. I also plan to offer the option of doing a short paper on a
relevant topic of the student's choice to count as 50% of the final
grade. The final exam will be a take home with students who did papers
have responsibility for doing only one part of the exam. If we have lower
enrollment, the class will be a "seminar" and will meet on Mondays
for two full class periods (same starting time as scheduled (1:20), but extending to
the end of the 2:25 class period (i.e. 3:20). The first part of the seminar
will introduce and provide an oversight of the energy regulatory process.
Students will identify areas for more focused research and presentations.
Based on areas of interest and the size of the class, several groups will be
organized of students with related interests who will prepare a joint presentation
on their area of interest. This will occupy the middle of the
semester. The final part of the semester will involve presentation of the
first draft of individual research papers. Each student will present the
their paper for comment by the class and the professor. Final drafts will
be due shortly after the end of the examination period. I will let registered
students know before the start of the spring semester which format will be used.


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10:00 am
Sesame Street "A Prince of a Frog" There is a princess in distress on Sesame Street! She cannot meet her prince without kissing a frog, but the frog keeps hopping away! Elmo and Abby try to help by learning a little more about frogs on Alan's computer. The first thing they learn is that frogs are amphibians and like to gather in groups and croak together. Abby and Elmo pretend to be croaking frogs to attract the frog. D
11:00 am
Sid The Science Kid "Shadow Smile!" After looking at his own shadow, Sid wonders why his shadow doesn't smile when he does. This leads Sid and his friends to investigate shadows at The Science Center. They explore ways to create a shadow by blocking a light source and discover that shadows show shapes but not details like colors, stripes, or a smile! (Educational objective - Shadows). D
11:30 am
WordWorld "Duck's Hiccups/A.... A.... Choo!" Duck's Hiccups - When Duck drinks down a glass of water too quickly, he gets the hiccups for the first time ever! His WordFriends try every trick in the book to help him, but which cure will work? A..a.choo! - Pig is allergic to peaches! Too bad Sheep doesn't know that! When she brings Pig a big bag of peaches to make pies, Pig starts sneezing so much that he can't even tell Sheep what he really needs is A.. D
12:00 pm
Caillou "Caillou Helps Out" Everyone's lending a helping hand today. Caillou plans a surprise birthday party for Grandpa with Grandma's help. He and Grandma get everything ready, and Grandpa is very surprised and very happy. D
12:30 pm
Barney & Friends "China/Welcome, Cousin Riff" China - BJ is waiting for a very special letter from his pen pal in China. The letter reveals that his pen pal is coming for a visit. With the help of friends in the park, BJ hurries to get the park ready. D
1:00 pm
Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About That! "Show Me The Honey/Migration Vacation" Show Me the Honey - Sally and Nick have run out of honey! Luckily the Cat knows just where to go to get more. They visit Queen Priscilla Buzzoo who invites them to join in the bee dance to learn how to make honey. Migration Vacation - The purple martin swallow that lives in Sally's backyard has gone missing! The Cat, with the help of a variety of forest creatures, help Nick and Sally track down the bird, and learn how and why birds migrate. D
1:30 pm
Thomas & Friends "Kindness with Friends" Percy's New Friends - Percy wants to make friends with the wild animals on Sodor. When he approaches a squirrel, it runs away. He tries to make friends with a bird but it flies away. D
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Far Flung Correspondent Seongyong Cho revisits John Carpenter's classic Halloween.
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Given the interest (some might call it obsession) we here at AllThingsD.com have shown for Apple's iPhone (which Walt Mossberg and Katherine Boehret reviewed here, and whose accessories Walt examines in this week's Personal Technology column), it's only natural that Digital Daily's John Paczkowski (right) would anticipate the debut of the device across the pond in Europe, where a number of carriers are reportedly in line to get distribution rights. But not Vodafone, which John posits may not have signed on because of the AT&T-style arrangement that is rumored to cut Apple in on monthly subscription revenue. Read here what he found out, or watch his amusing video, which can be seen below as well.
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STOCKTON - The third time proved to be the charm for Tracy's Albert Landeros.
STOCKTON - The third time proved to be the charm for Tracy's Albert Landeros.
The 120-pound senior came one match short of advancing to the CIF state meet in the past two Sac-Joaquin Section Masters wrestling championships. On Friday, he was determined not to let that happen again.
Landeros won all three of his matches to secure a spot in Bakersfield next week. Landeros can finish no lower than sixth in his division, and because the top seven in each weight class advance, he has punched his ticket to Bakersfield no matter what happens today.
"I have been waiting for this for three years," Landeros said. "I have always wanted to go to state and always came up short. This is such a blessing."
The Masters continues at 9 a.m. with the fifth-, third- and championship matches scheduled for 3 p.m. today at Stockton Arena.
Kimball's Trent Nicholson (132) earned his second consecutive trip to state, thanks to a pin and two decisions.
"I started off kind of slow," Nicholson said. "But I just worked at getting better and better."
There are always upsets on the first day of the Masters, and Argonaut's Zack Velasquez (152) pulled off a big one. He edged Vacaville's Zach Dawson, ranked 11th statewide, 2-1 in overtime.
"We kept throwing shots, but I couldn't get deep enough," Velasquez said. "We ended up going into overtime and I knew I could finish him off."
Escalon's Jonathon Costa (170) got a first-round pin over Oakdale's Frank Trent for his third win of the day.
"It always feels good to beat someone from Oakdale," Costa said. "I was able to get him in an arm bar - and that is my specialty - and put him away."
Trevor Smith (195) of Ripon won the Masters championship last year and is defending it with a vengeance. Smith had three pins in a row, including his last match against West's Amrit Singh, whom he led 14-0 before earning the pin.
"I just wanted to push the pace (against Singh)," Smith said. "I just wanted to wear him out as much as possible."
Also earning trips to the state championships were Costa and Justin Brown (160) from Calaveras. Wrestlers who dropped into the consolation bracket must win their first match today, plus one more to advance to the state championships.
The following wrestlers still are alive in the consolation bracket: Tyler Lawrence (132), Jason Robbins (138) and A.J. Camarena (182) of Escalon; Bret Harte's Caleb Storey (113), Giovanni Murillo (138), Justin Barnes (152) and Luke Brewer (195); Matt Cooper (195), Logan Finley and Nathan Pearlman of Kimball; West's Singh and Rogelio Bravo (152); Anthony Sobrera (160) and Jakob Schallberger (170) of Tokay; Alex Garcia (106) of Lathrop; Josh Phillips (195) of Chavez; Noah Shelgren (220) of Calaveras; Zach Wilsey (170) of Amador; Colin Anderson (170) of Lodi; and Caleb Patrick of Argonaut.


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New Jersey's "tough guy" image will no doubt be on the minds of some visitors who descend on the region in February for Super Bowl XLVIII.
But Jim Kirkos hopes to change that with some simple hospitality from the locals.
To help the cause, individuals and businesses can sharpen those skills in a one-day training program in North Jersey. The certificate course in "excellence in visitor experience," which has dates through December, is being offered by the Meadowlands Regional Chamber of Commerce and Bergen County Community College.
Kirkos, the chamber's president and CEO, said providing a warm welcome is about more than just customer service for the thousands of visitors who will come here. It's also about providing guidance about the destination, from facilities such as Secaucus Junction to attractions like Medieval Times and the Liberty Science Center.
And in the cross-Hudson competition for tourism dollars, every little advantage helps, especially with a growing focus on bringing major events to the region, Kirkos said. He said that for New York City, "all it has to do is wake up in the morning … and it does all kinds of business. And whether you're nice or not, people are going."
"In New Jersey, we don't have as many destination assets, but we have a lot to offer," said Kirkos, a former hospitality and catering business owner. "So if we're going to win some business now and in the future, we need a competitive edge."
The eight-hour training class was inspired by trips to other recent Super Bowl host destinations such as Indianapolis, Kirkos said. It's been geared toward cab drivers, restaurant workers and "anybody that would touch and come in contact with a visitor."
Kirkos also believes the certificate program has long-term benefits for beyond the Super Bowl.
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Anti Fraud Policy
I. Purpose
This policy is intended to affirm that Saint Louis University affirmatively seeks to prevent healthcare fraud, waste and abuse, and to inform University employees, agents and contractors regarding existing laws and University policies and procedures to prevent fraud, waste and abuse in the administration of government healthcare contracts and programs, including protections extended to persons reporting suspicious activity.
II. Policy
It is the policy of Saint Louis University to prevent fraud, waste and abuse in its operations and to comply with all laws and regulations prohibiting such activity by contractors, grantors or recipients of funds through government contracts and programs. Important examples of areas subject to University and legal anti-fraud, waste and abuse requirements include claims administration and billing under government contracts for goods and services, research grants, and healthcare programs such as Medicare and Medicaid.
In the event that a compliance deficiency is identified, the University will take prompt remedial action to correct the problem. This may entail self-reporting of any violation and making appropriate adjustments to claims or refunds of monies to the government. It also may involve corrective action with individual employees, agents and contractors including discipline and termination of employment or contracts with third parties for goods or services.
This policy applies to all employees, agents and contractors of Saint Louis University. Saint Louis University has adopted this policy as part of its continuing commitment to the ethical standards embodied in its institutional statement on Living the Mission and Standards of Conduct for the Common Good. (http://LivingtheMission.slu.edu).
To maintain a strong culture of compliance, the University encourages individuals to seek assistance with compliance-related questions and to report concerns to appropriate University compliance personnel so that unintentional mistakes or illegal activity can be detected and eliminated.
III. Federal Laws
A. Federal Civil False Claims Act
The federal Civil False Claims Act (the "FCA") was first enacted during the Civil War in response to fraudulent practices of contractors supplying the Union Army. The law has undergone a number of iterations, most recently in 1986 when it was expanded to include the federal Medicare and Medicaid programs.
The FCA is an anti-fraud statute that is not limited to federal Medicare and Medicaid programs. Under the FCA persons, which includes organizations, are prohibited from:
- Knowingly presenting or causing to be presented to the federal government (or agent or employee of the federal government) a false or fraudulent claim for payment or approval;
- Knowingly making, using or causing to be made or used, a false record or statement to have a false or fraudulent claim paid or approved by the federal government; and
- Conspiring to defraud the federal government by having a false claim allowed or paid.
For purposes of fraud liability under the FCA, a "claim" is defined as any request or demand for money or property made by a contractor, grantee, or recipient of federal funds if the United States Government provides or reimburses any portion of the money or property requested or demanded.
The term "knowingly," with respect to information or statements related to a claim, is defined in the FCA as:
- Having actual knowledge of the information;
- Acting in deliberate ignorance of the truth or falsity of the information; or,
- Acting in reckless disregard of the truth or falsity of the information.
Persons may incur a civil penalty of a fine of not less than $5,000 or more than $10,000, plus a fine three (3) times the amount of damages sustained by the government or three (3) times the amount paid by the government for each false claim that is filed.
Any person may bring an action under the FCA (called a qui tam suit) in federal court. The case is initiated by causing a copy of the complaint and all available relevant evidence to be served on the federal government. The case will remain sealed for at least sixty (60) days and will not be served on the defendant so the government can investigate the complaint. The government may obtain additional time for good cause.
After the sixty (60) day period, or any extensions, has expired, the government may pursue the matter in its own name or decline to proceed. If the government declines to proceed, the person bringing the action has the right to conduct the action. If the government proceeds with the case, the person bringing the action will receive between 15 and 25 percent of any proceeds, depending upon whether the person is the original source of information leading to a finding of the violation and the individual's contributions to the success of the case. If the government declines to pursue the case, the person bringing the action will be entitled to between 25 and 30 percent of the proceeds of the case, plus reasonable expenses and attorneys fees and costs, which are awarded against the defendant. Any case must be brought within six years of the filing of the false claim.
Anyone initiating a qui tam case may not be discriminated or retaliated against in any manner by that person's employer. The employee is authorized under the FCA to initiate court proceedings to make themselves whole for any job related losses resulting from such illegal activity, including reinstatement with the same seniority status the employee would have had but for the discrimination, two-times the amount of back pay, and compensation for any special damages sustained as a result of the discrimination, including litigation costs and reasonable attorneys fees.
Generally speaking, persons acting in good faith will not be deemed to violate the FCA or similar laws. By contacting University compliance personnel for guidance or to report concerns good faith can be established and potential violations can be avoided before they ever occur.
B. Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act
The Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act (the "Act") creates administrative remedies for making false claims separate from and in addition to the remedies for false claims provided by the federal Civil False Claims Act. The Act is similar to the FCA, but broader and more detailed with differing penalties. The Act makes illegal and subject to administrative investigation and remedy submission of either a false "claim" or a "written statement" to a federal agency.
A person (including any organization) violates the Act if he or she knows or has reason to know that a claim is:
- False, fictitious or fraudulent; or,
- Includes or is supported by written statements that are false, fictitious or fraudulent; or,
- Includes or is supported by a written statement that omits a material fact; the statement is false, fictitious or fraudulent as a result of the omission and the person submitting the statement has a duty to include the omitted facts; or
- Is for payment for property or services not provided as claimed.
A violation carries a $5,000 civil penalty for each wrongfully filed claim. In addition, an assessment of two (2) times the amount of the claim will be made, unless the claim has not actually been paid.
A person also violates the Act if that person submits a written statement which he or she knows or should know:
- Asserts a material fact which is false, fictitious or fraudulent; or,
- Omits a material fact and is false, fictitious or fraudulent as a result of the omission. In this case, there must be a duty to include the fact, and the statement submitted contains a certification of the accuracy or truthfulness of the statement.
Submitting an improper statement carries a civil penalty of up to $5,000.
IV. State Laws
A. Missouri Health Care Anti-Fraud and Abuse Statutes
The state of Missouri Health Care Payment Fraud and Abuse statutes (§§191.900 - 191.910 RSMo) were enacted for the purpose of preventing Medicaid fraud. The statutes carry both civil and criminal penalties. Because violation of the statutes can be criminal in nature, the element of intent to engage in the proscribed activity is required.
The acts proscribed by the Missouri statutes fall into two categories: direct fraudulent conduct and conduct related to improper remuneration in exchange for referrals or purchasing of "health care" defined as all health care services and products.
Direct fraud is defined as:
- Knowingly presenting a claim for payment that falsely states the health care provided was medically necessary.
- Knowingly concealing an event affecting initial or continued payments by a medical assistance program for providing care.
- Knowingly concealing or failing to disclose any information in order to obtain a payment from a medical assistance program to which the health care provider is not entitled, or improperly increasing the amount of any such payment to which the health car provider is entitled.
- Knowingly making a claim for payment for health care that was provided that has a lesser value than the amount of the claim.
Improper remuneration in exchange for referrals or the purchase of health care involves knowingly offering or paying, or soliciting or receiving anything of value in exchange for referring another person for health care services or for purchasing or furnishing of health care.
Violations are classified as a Class D felony and require restitution. Additionally, a civil monetary penalty may be assessed for each claim in an amount of not less than $5,000 and not more than $10,000, plus three times the amount of damages sustained by the government.
B. Standards for Hospitals/Ambulatory Surgical Centers
Often University employees or contractors are working in affiliated hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers. The Missouri Medical Treatment Facility Licenses statute (§197.285 RSMo) requires hospitals to have policies filed with the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) that:
- Prohibit any supervisor with power to hire and fire an employee from preventing an employee from making reports described below;
- Prohibit any supervisor with power to hire or fire from using their authority from discriminating against, retaliating against, dismissing or in any manner penalizing any employee making reports described below; and
- Establishes a program to identify a compliance officer responsible for administering the reporting and investigation process making reports described below.
These protections apply to any employee who in good faith reports information concerning:
- alleged facility mismanagement or fraudulent activity;
- alleged violations of federal or state laws or administrative rules regarding patient care, patient safety; or,
- the ability of employees to successfully perform their assigned duties.
Employees wishing to make a report to a governmental agency other than the Missouri DHHS must first make the report to the compliance officer identified by the hospital to administer this process. Provisions must be made to allow the employee to remain anonymous, as well as safeguard the confidentiality of patients and the integrity of data and medical record information.
V. University Policies and Procedures
A sound compliance program requires strong preventive programs and practices to educate individuals and empower them to seek assistance and report concerns without fear that by doing so it will be viewed as a performance deficiency or trigger any adverse action.
The University Medical Group's ("UMG") Compliance Policy establishes standards of conduct for providing patient care and administration of claims for reimbursement of healthcare services. These standards prohibit the same conduct outlined under the state and federal laws discussed above. The UMG Compliance Hotline Reporting Policy provides a confidential alternative for individuals to alert institutional officials regarding potential compliance issues. Copies of these policies may be accessed at (https://www.slu.edu/services/compliance/).
The UMG Compliance Department plays a central role to ensure healthcare claims administration compliance with government and University requirements through patient billing support, education, training and auditing. Additionally, the department coordinates internal handling of compliance reports by maintaining a compliance hotline where an individual may register concerns relating to any compliance matter including, but not limited to, healthcare claims administration. Anonymous or self-identifying reports of any nature can be made to a toll-free Hot Line (877) 525-KNOW (5669).
All University employees, agents and contractors are protected from discrimination and retaliation for filing a report or complaint or participating in internal or external compliance related activities or proceedings. Any individual who believes that he or she has been subjected to discrimination or retaliation for raising compliance issues should immediately contact the Provost/Vice President for their administrative unit, the UMG Compliance Department, or the University General Counsel.
Copies of this policy have been included in the University's Staff Employee Handbook and will be posted on the Provost's website and Faculty Senate website as a supplement to The Faculty Manual of Saint Louis University. Appropriate steps will be taken to ensure that all University employees receive a copy of this policy. The University will also distribute copies of this policy to University agents and contractors involved in healthcare operations. Additional education and training will be provided through new employee orientation, compliance based training programs and dissemination of information through internal channels, including the UMG Compliance Department's quarterly newsletter.


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Helping our team of drivers deliver meals is our greatest volunteer need. We deliver to all 5 boroughs and parts of New Jersey, so this is a great opportunity for anyone who wants to see more of New York, meet and interact directly with our clients—and sometimes, get a great workout! Some routes hit 60 doors in a shift. We prefer that you stick it out for the full route, but some volunteers do half a shift, if their schedule requires.
Shifts available throughout the day and evening—sign up here or email us to learn more.
With over 26,000 meals delivered each week, the kitchen staff relies on volunteers to help prepare this massive quantity of food. Tasks may include packaging meals, chopping onions, ladling soup, peeling potatoes or making meatballs. Volunteers can also package meal bundles for clients and assemble children's meal kits.
Around lunchtime in many neighborhoods. Sign up here or contact us for more information.
Walking deliveries are a great opportunity for anyone who can spare a lunch hour. We have many Neighborhood Meal Distribution Centers (NMDCs) throughout New York City. Volunteers pick up meals and deliver them on foot to client homes in the surrounding neighborhood. Deliveries must be made anytime between the hours of 10:00am and 2:30pm; each shift is typically 1-1.5 hours. To see if there's a NMDC near your home or office, click here for a list of our centers.
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Our Communications Department is seeking volunteers to assist with the creation of graphic designs, advertisements, videos, PSA's, etc. Dreamweaver, Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop experience is a plus. These opportunities are on a case-by-case basis but ideally the volunteer is available to speak briefly during business hours, with the option of speaking after 5pm. Each volunteer may have approximately 1-2 projects per month. Contact Emmett Findley for additional information.
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Diane Kruger sports a striped sweater and red sunglasses while making her way through Charles de Gaulle Airport on Tuesday (November 20) in Paris, France.
The 36-year-old actress was spotted the day before running some errands in West Hollywood.
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Diane has been working on her new FX pilot The Bridge recently.
The story follows two detectives, from the USA (Kruger) and Mexico (Demian Bichir), must work together to hunt down a serial killer operating on both sides of the American-Mexican border.
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TUSCALOOSA | The Searcy House has been sold. Ray Ward, attorney for the Tuscaloosa County Board of Education, told the board Thursday that only one person bid on the house — Philip Frederick "Fred" Hahn Sr.
TUSCALOOSA | The Searcy House has been sold.
Ray Ward, attorney for the Tuscaloosa County Board of Education, told the board Thursday that only one person bid on the house — Philip Frederick "Fred" Hahn Sr.
Because he was the only bidder, Hahn purchased the Searcy House at its appraised value, which was the opening bid price of $600,000.
"I think we got fair value for it," Ward said. "I'm sorry we only got one bidder."
Hahn, owner of IWS Trucking Co., said he hasn't decided what he's going to do with the house.
"I just got it, and I'm not ready to announce what my plans are," Hahn said.
The Searcy House has served as the central office of the Tuscaloosa County School System for more than 30 years.
James Barnett, a member of the county school board for more than 21 years, said he's ecstatic that it sold.
"I think it's great," Barnett said. "We had to get rid of it. It was a burden, an eyesore and we couldn't afford to fix it. We can use that money to help offset the cost of our new central office (the old federal courthouse on Greensboro Avenue).
"I've had a lot of fond memories over there. We hired four superintendents there. But the condition of it, with all the mold and mildew, made it hard for people to work. You can tell the employees are more happy here. I plan on making some great memories here as well."
Built in 1904, the Searcy House was listed on this year's annual "Places in Peril" list compiled by the Alabama Historical Commission and the Alabama Trust for Historic Preservation. It is one of the few surviving buildings in Tuscaloosa that date to the early 20th century.
According to the late historian Marvin Harper, the house was one of the first large houses built at a time when Tuscaloosa was more socially and financially active.
The house was constructed in the neo-Revival style of architecture by George Searcy, a prominent Tuscaloosa businessman. It once featured six white fluted Ionic columns in the front, which are now missing. It also contains a cylindrical spiral staircase constructed in 1840 that was salvaged from the E.N.C. Snow House, which once sat on the site of the present Tuscaloosa County Courthouse.
The Snow staircase was moved during the Searcy House's renovation in 1986 by the county school board. In addition to creating office space for the board's needs, the renovation also served to restore and protect many of the Searcy House's original features, such as the mantels, the large decorative window on the second floor, the leaded glass windows and the usable pocket doors.
Ward said the house was sold to the Tuscaloosa County Commission in 1925 for $35,000. He said it was used as public works administrative offices before it eventually was used by the school system.
Before the house was sold Wednesday, the Tuscaloosa County Preservation Society tried to raise enough awareness of the sale so a benefactor would purchase the property.
"When cities and towns lose their historic buildings, they may not realize it now, but 20 years down the road there's a real sense of lost place and lost history," said Katherine Richter, executive director of the preservation society. "A community loses a sense of who it is, how it came to be and how it got to where we are now."
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Faster than a speeding bullet, the state Senate approved legislation last Monday that will make businesses and college campuses a lot less safe.
Faster than a speeding bullet, the state Senate approved legislation last Monday that will make businesses and college campuses a lot less safe.
Sponsors of the notorious "guns in trunks" bill say that the opposite is true. The rest of us, who have memories, recall Virginia Tech, where 32 people were killed and 17 wounded by a gunman on April 16, 2007. Numerous workplace shootings occurred nationwide over the past 30 years, too, because people who are busy at their jobs can easily be caught unaware by an aggrieved co-worker.
It is precisely why employers prohibit firearms in the workplace.
For college campuses, the dangers are even more complicated. Students live in close quarters on campuses — when they are not in the classroom — a setting in which they are unlikely to see a shooter approaching.
Bill sponsors continue to paint a picture of ordinary folks who need to pack heat everywhere they go — to campus, to work, to the store, presumably to church.
The rationale for "guns in trunks" at work and on campus is deeply flawed, and a person has only to look at how senators rushed the bill through without time for reasoned discussion with business leaders and law enforcement officials.
The bill's sponsors also have signaled that they want to pre-empt federal legislation that could follow in the wake of the Newtown tragedy.
Bill sponsors seem to believe that some language added to the legislation to protect employers from lawsuits if there is a shooting or theft will silence business owners. But perhaps employers are more worried about what could happen to their employees than about themselves.
We have to remember that the only employees Tennessee lawmakers are personally responsible for already are safe in their workplace — guns are prohibited in the state Capitol and Legislative Plaza.
Meanwhile, the nameless, faceless (to them) workers throughout Tennessee are fine to experiment on with radical legislation.
How disgusted would the Founding Fathers — who are so often and shamelessly invoked by the NRA's leadership and legislators such as these — be to witness laws being drawn up just to drive sales and manufacture of weapons?
Nearly 400,000 Tennesseans hold handgun-carry permits. Obviously, the vast majority of them, just like the vast majority of the overall population, will do the right thing. We are worried that measures such as "guns in trunks" will enable the relatively few, who will act in anger over a perceived wrong, to use deadly force.
This legislation is dangerous, and House Speaker Beth Harwell and other representatives still have a chance to stop it.


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The Demons started with a thriller.
The Durango High School wrestling team, in a team dual that came down to the final minute of the final match, opened the home season Thursday night with an edge-of-your-seat 42-36 loss at the hands of Bloomfield (N.M.).
I dont know how we lost, to be honest, Durango head coach Doug Cuddie said after watching the visiting Bobcats win seven of the 12 contested matches.
We expect our guys who have been around awhile to step up. (Thursday night), they didnt, Cuddie said.
Some of the guys did ... Clay Dillon did, Lucas Sinnig did, Patrick Cunnion ... and Hunter Hall. Those guys showed up ready to go.
But we need more of a team effort, Cuddie said after the Demons gave up five pins to Bloomfield, including back-to-back pins in the final two matches on the card that brought the Bobcats back from a 36-30 deficit.
The Demons had taken the six-point lead in the back-and-forth dual on the 18 points from three consecutive Durango pins by Nick Tarpley (152 pounds), Sinnig (160) and Cunnion (170).
Cunnion, who executed a takedown seven seconds into his match, pinned Idai Marquez of Bloomfield in 54 seconds.
Tarpley, a returning state qualifier for the Demons, had an even faster first takedown six seconds.
He worked on his takedown technique against Sheldon Begay. Tarpley alternated takedowns with intentional escapes when he allowed Begay to get to his feet.
Tarpley, undefeated on the season, piled up 12 takedowns and a 24-15 lead before pinning Begay 40 seconds into the final period.
Sinnig, a DHS senior, had the fastest pin of the match. He finished Tristan Prince of Bloomfield in 28 seconds.
Last weekend, I just didnt come out mentally prepared, Sinnig said of the Maverick Duals in Grand Junction. This meet, a home meet is a better environment for me. It was all mental for me out there, said Sinnig, son of Roxanna and Steve Sinnig.
Durangos other points Thursday night also came via pin.
Dillon, a former state qualifier for DHS, pinned Jonathan Begay of Bloomfield in 53 seconds of their match at 126 pounds.
Hall also had a pin. The sophomore pinned Danny Trujillo of Bloomfield with 14 seconds left in their match at 120 pounds. Hall was leading 11-3 at the time of the pin.
It ... was very important (to get the pin). We needed to get pins, Hall said.
I was getting tired (in the third period), but I knew I trained hard. I tried to be mentally tough and keep with it, said Hall, son of Laura and Randy Hall.
The Demons final points came when Matthew Lavengood, another returning state qualifier, won by forfeit at 113 pounds.
Bloomfield picked up one forfeit as well (106 pounds).
In other matches:
Troy Rightmire of Bloomfield pinned Dillon Anthony of DHS midway through the second period at 132 pounds.
Jacob Spencer pinned Durangos Morgan Walts in the third period at 138.
Alex Portillo decisioned Garrett Marcum of Durango 7-5 in overtime at 145.
Jerome Abeyta of Bloomfield pinned Jack Madden in the first period at 182.
Paul Jaramillo pinned Demetre Cullison of Durango in the second period at 195.
David DeHerrera pinned Jordan McKnight of DHS in the second period at 220.
Orin Kennealy decisioned Daniel Gustavson of Durango 10-4 at 285.
You cant take anything away from Bloomfield, thats for sure, Cuddie said after the match that drew a large crowd to the DHS auxiliary gym.
We ... had guys in a tough situation (at the end of the dual), Cuddie said.
Cullison ... thats his fifth match ever. In a tough situation. The guy before him, Jack Maddens a freshman, again in a tough situation, Cuddie said.
The Demons will be back on the mats Saturday at the Delta Invitational.
We need to get better, Hall said.
We just need to get that mental focus ... well be fine, Sinnig said.
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Our Favorite Collections to Display
We're not collectors by any means but we do love displaying groupings of similar items that we've collected over time. We've rounded up our favorite collections to display-- be sure to let us know what makes its way into your home after the jump.
Plates We never get tired of seeing someone's plate collection displayed on the wall. Whether they're a collection of plates from a road trip or finds from flea markets--they're sure to add charm and character to any space.
Artwork Salon style artwork is our favorite way to display this sort of collection. That way, all your favorite pieces can end up on one wall for a truly eclectic vibe.
Vintage Finds Anything goes in this collection--but we love the offbeat especially. Just remember to keep this collection well edited so the look is diverse but seems uncluttered.
Shells No matter the season, shells always keep our home feeling upbeat and fresh. You can display a collection of beach finds in the bathroom, bedroom or entryway for that year-round vibe.
Map Decor We love the scholarly look and feel that map decor lends to a space (especially when they're vintage finds like these). The blues and greens are also great accent colors for spaces that need a bit of cheering up.
Books To us, a wall of books next to a cozy chair and reading light equals much needed "me time". And while a collection of books doesn't have to take up an entire room we love how a small collection of books adds warmth to a space.
Vinyl Just like books, records add that familiar vibe that make a home feel welcoming. Grouped together in a vintage wine box or stacked in an non-working fireplace, vinyl records are always fun to look at.
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The 16-day government shutdown left a void in data that some ranchers said challenged their marketing efforts during their highest marketing period of the year.
Closures at USDA halted the information flow cattlemen rely on to market animals and plan ahead. Those third-party reports include data on prices, slaughter and supply for cattle and beef and on prices and supply for feed crops, particularly corn.
The lack of data is absolutely having an effect on ranchers, Laurie Likely, a cow/calf operator out of Jerome, Idaho, said.
A continuation of the shutdown would have made it really difficult for producers who hadn't made short-term and medium-term hedging or marketing decisions. Price discovery is more challenging without USDA's third-party data, she said.
Information from USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service is used regularly by ranchers, along with information from the Chicago Board of Trade and the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Ranchers rely on that information to track feeder and fat cattle sales, boxed beef prices, fed cattle trade, slaughter, and corn prices, she said.
Without USDA data, it's hard to get adequate market information. And a lot of the cattle market is based on the commodity market, especially corn, she said.
"It's hard to predict the cattle market without it," she said.
The timing of the data void could make things particularly challenging in the Pacific Northwest, where the run of cattle through markets is huge from August through the first of December, she said.
"It's the biggest marketing time of the year. That's when calves come to market," she said.
Calves are coming off of cows and grazing land, and cull cows are being brought to town because of drought or winter weather. Fires in the West, drought in different areas of the country and an early blizzard in the Great Plains are contributing to even more marketings, she said.
Pricing at local auctions is representative of markets, but ranchers have to be near those markets to get that data, whereas USDA-AMS provides data on regional markets all across the country. Video auctions are good about listing pricing, but ranchers have to go online to each individual auction to get that information, she said.
"It's a whole lot easier to go to one or two sources than it is 50," she said.
Cow/calf operator Richard Savage of Hamer, Idaho, said he typically looks at market reports on a weekly basis, especially cattle auctions and especially this time of year. Cattle prices and crop reports have a bearing on cattlemen's decision making, he said.
"Those reports are definitely important," he said.
Savage said he's heard lots of comments from fellow cattlemen, concerned with the lack of data, but the shutdown came just a little early to directly affect his operation. He's been up in the hills gathering cattle and weaning calves, but marketing is right around the corner.
Others in Idaho's cattle industry say the lack of USDA data has not affected them in the least.
Life goes on and you figure out how to do things a different way. The private sector fills in the needed market information, said Greg Garatea, who runs a feeder and yearling operation at Murtaugh, Idaho.
"It sure hasn't affected us. There are private entities that do the same thing the government does," he said.
Even if the shutdown had continued, livestock operators would adapt and find other ways to get the information they need, he said.
"From my own personal experience and our own outfit, it's pretty evident why we call them non-essential employees. We've gotten along pretty good without them the last couple of weeks," he said.
Feedlot owner Cevin Jones of Intermountain Producers at Eden, Idaho, agrees, saying the lack of USDA data hasn't caused him any problems.
"I haven't missed it much. There wasn't much time there to impact anything I do," he said.
While he does look at USDA reports, there are lots of private sources for the same data. Even if the shutdown continued, someone would figure out how to source that data, he said.


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A few fun facts from previous inaugurations:
|April 30, 1789
|George Washington
|First Inauguration; precedents set include the phrase, "So help me God," and kissing the Bible after taking the oath.
|March 4, 1793
|George Washington
|First Inauguration in Philadelphia; delivered shortest Inaugural address at just 135 words.
|March 4, 1797
|John Adams
|First to receive the oath of office from the Chief Justice of the United States.
|March 4, 1801
|Thomas Jefferson
|First Inauguration in Washington, D.C.
|March 4, 1809
|James Madison
|Inauguration held in the House chamber of the Capitol; first Inaugural ball held that evening.
|March 4, 1817
|James Monroe
|First President to take the oath of office and deliver the Inaugural address outdoors; ceremony took place on platform in front of the temporary Brick Capitol (where Supreme Court now stands).
|March 5, 1821
|James Monroe
|March 4, 1821 fell on a Sunday, so Monroe's Inauguration occurred the next day.
|March 4, 1829
|Andrew Jackson
|First President to take the oath of office on the east front portico of the U.S. Capitol.
|March 4, 1833
|Andrew Jackson
|Last time Chief Justice John Marshall administered the oath office; he presided over nine Inaugurations, from Adams to Jackson.
|March 4, 1837
|Martin Van Buren
|First President who was not born a British subject; first time the President-elect and President rode to the Capitol for the Inauguration together.
|March 4, 1841
|William H. Harrison
|First President to arrive in Washington by railroad; delivered the longest Inaugural address (8,445 words).
|April 6, 1841
|John Tyler
|First Vice President to assume Presidency upon the death of the President.
|March 4, 1845
|James K. Polk
|First Inauguration covered by telegraph; first known Inauguration featured in a newspaper illustration (Illustrated London News).
|March 4, 1853
|Franklin Pierce
|Affirmed the oath of office rather than swear it; cancelled the Inaugural ball.
|March 4, 1857
|James Buchanan
|First Inauguration known to have been photographed.
|March 4, 1861
|Abraham Lincoln
|Lincoln's cavalry escort to the Capitol was heavily armed, providing unprecedented protection for the President-elect.
|March 4, 1865
|Abraham Lincoln
|African Americans participated in the Inaugural parade for the first time.
|March 4, 1873
|Ulysses S. Grant
|Coldest March 4 Inauguration Day; the noon temperature was 16°F, with wind gusts up to 40 mph.
|March 3, 1877
|Rutherford B. Hayes
|March 4, 1877 fell on Sunday, so Hayes took oath of office on Saturday, March 3 to ensure peaceful transition of power; public Inauguration on March 5.
|March 4, 1881
|James Garfield
|First President to review the Inaugural parade from a stand built in front of the White House.
|March 4, 1897
|William McKinley
|First Inaugural ceremony recorded by a motion picture camera; first President to have a glass-enclosed reviewing stand; first Inauguration at which Congress hosted a luncheon for the President and Vice President
|March 4, 1901
|William McKinley
|First time the U.S. House joined with the U.S. Senate, creating the JCCIC, to make Inaugural arrangements
|March 4, 1909
|William H. Taft
|Inauguration took place in the Senate chamber because of blizzard; first time President's wife rode with President in the procession from the Capitol to the White House after Inauguration.
|March 4, 1913
|Woodrow Wilson
|Inaugural ball was suspended for the first time since 1853.
|March 4, 1917
|Woodrow Wilson
|First President to take the oath of office on Sunday; public Inauguration held on Monday, March 5, 1917; first time First Lady accompanied President both to and from the Capitol; first time women participated in the Inaugural parade.
|March 4, 1921
|Warren G. Harding
|First President to ride to and from his Inauguration in an automobile.
|March 4, 1925
|Calvin Coolidge
|First Inaugural ceremony broadcast nationally by radio; first time a former President (William Taft) administered the oath of office as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
|March 4, 1929
|Herbert Hoover
|First Inaugural ceremony recorded by talking newsreel.
|March 4, 1933
|Franklin D. Roosevelt
|FDR and Eleanor begin tradition of morning worship service by attending St. John's Church.
|January 20, 1937
|Franklin D. Roosevelt
|First President Inaugurated on January 20th, a change made by the 20th Amendment to the Constitution; first time the Vice President was Inaugurated outdoors on the same platform with the President.
|January 20, 1945
|Franklin D. Roosevelt
|First and only President sworn in for a fourth term; had simple Inaugural ceremony at the White House.
|January 20, 1949
|Harry S. Truman
|First televised Inaugural ceremony; Truman reinstated the official Inaugural ball.
|January 20, 1953
|Dwight D. Eisenhower
|Broke precedent by reciting his own prayer after taking the oath, rather than kissing the Bible; first time the JCCIC hosted the Inaugural luncheon at the Capitol.
|January 20, 1961
|John F. Kennedy
|First time a poet participated in the Inaugural program; first Catholic to become President of the United States.
|November 22, 1963
|Lyndon B. Johnson
|First time a woman administered the oath of office (U.S. District Judge Sarah T. Hughes swore in Johnson on Air Force One).
|January 20, 1969
|Richard M. Nixon
|Took the oath of office on two Bibles; both family heirlooms.
|August 9, 1974
|Gerald R. Ford
|First unelected Vice President to become President.
|January 20, 1981
|Ronald Reagan
|First Inauguration held on the west front of the U.S. Capitol.
|January 21, 1985
|Ronald Reagan
|January 20th fell on Sunday, so Reagan was privately sworn in that day at the White House; public Inauguration on January 21st took place in the Capitol Rotunda, due to freezing weather; coldest Inauguration day on record, with a noon temperature of 7°F
|January 20, 1997
|William J. Clinton
|First Inaugural ceremony broadcast live on the Internet.
- inaugural.senate.gov/history/factsandfirsts