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A measure of U.S. corporate credit risk is heading for its biggest monthly drop since October, as the Federal Reserve reassured investors that its monetary policy remains dependent on the economy's progress.
The Markit CDX North American Investment Grade Index, a credit-default swaps benchmark used to hedge against losses or to speculate on creditworthiness, declined 8.9 basis points for the month to 62.4 basis points, after decreasing 1.2 basis points today as of 1:50 p.m. in New York, according to prices compiled by Bloomberg. That's the steepest monthly decline since October when the gauge fell 9.1 basis points.
Investors pushed the index lower this month as turmoil in emerging markets eased, consumer confidence increased and Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said yesterday that if there were a "significant change" in the economic outlook, the central bank might reconsider the strategy of gradually reducing its monthly bond purchases, signaling the Fed will continue to support the economy.
"She's not coming in and trying to do something wildly different. The transition should be rather smooth and has proven to be so," Matthew Duch, a fund manager who helps oversee $12 billion at Bethesda, Maryland-based Calvert Investments Inc., said in a telephone interview.
The credit swaps measure typically falls as investor confidence improves and rises as it deteriorates. The contracts pay the buyer face value if a borrower fails to meet its obligations, less the value of the defaulted debt. A basis point equals $1,000 annually on a contract protecting $10 million of debt.
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Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia President Charles Plosser, who votes on policy this year, said the Fed should press on with plans to trim its bond purchases with the economy likely to grow about 3 percent this year.
Gross domestic product grew at a 2.4 percent annualized rate from October through December, compared with the government's first estimate of 3.2 percent issued last month, revised figures from the Commerce Department showed today.
"I actually am optimistic about the longer-term growth of the economy," Plosser said today in an interview on Bloomberg Television's "Surveillance" with Tom Keene.
Consumer confidence in the U.S. improved in February from a month earlier as more consumers grew optimistic about the outlook for the economy. The Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan final index of sentiment rose to 81.6 this month from 81.2 in January. The median estimate in a Bloomberg survey of economists called for the measure to hold at its preliminary reading of 81.2.
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|2012-01-24, 02:43
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Holmes is in the beginning of the story. A prolong which been over for 400 year already. A relic of the past. It's the time of the current generation and not the past. That's why the current know people are from the descendants of the past and not themselves.
Holmes acts as a teacher or master or a way for the past to move on because the war for irokane was stuck or rather the research was stuck on him so he past it into Aria which then be called hidan no aria. That's the title of this series.
Sure Holmes might be haxed opponent that even combine Tohyama siblings can't beat easily. Well he can unleash lightning, blizzard or control the darn weather at that antarctic battle field. But in the end he choose to fight kinji as a butei and not a choutei which makes it an epic battle.
And G III is not a choutei but a butei rank R or royal butei. He doesn't have an irokane in possession. His just pure strong just like Kana.
|2012-01-24, 04:06
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I can't imagine someone like Holmes (think the Robert Downey Jr. incarnation) taking up magic lessons, lol. [Darn, Robert Downey Jr. changes my outlook of Sherlock Holmes so much that I can't help but compare other Holmeses in fiction. Downey Jr.'s just that good.]
As for you, tsunade666, if you can change the plot of Hidan no Aria, which aspect of the light novels would you change? I know you're quite well-versed with the LNs, and I wanna know how a reader would think about its concept.
I'm also curious as to what caused Yoake no Hikari to stop translating the light novels. According to (not sure if her), the story is becoming uninteresting.
|2012-01-24, 06:45
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Marcus, I don't see why Holmes being defeated so early in the story would bother you; Touma defeated the Number One Esper in the third volume, and this was before we learnt how huge the World is so that was also a pretty big deal for the early readers.
Maybe Sherlock just isn't the toughest cookie in the jar anymore.
|2012-01-24, 06:58
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On another topic, was there any mention of any noted Armed Prosecutors? Are they more powerful than GIII? I seriously hope they aren't, because it just turns the powerlevel consistency even more absurd. (I think the only way we can get gun fights from the first volumes of the light novels is through a strictly-controlled duel in which no superhuman abilities must be used.)
|2012-01-24, 07:23
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|2012-01-24, 07:29
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This reminds me of a time long before any of you were born, when some dude went over to the IS novel thread and started making To aru comparisons...it really didn't work.
Holmes =/= Accelerator, especially since Accelerator is moe.
|2012-01-24, 07:59
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*Looks at the dates we joined*
Meh, it's probably MeisterBabylon...
|2012-01-24, 08:10
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I don't think Accelerator is quite the same as Holmes when it comes to status, as Marcus mentioned.
|2012-01-24, 08:15
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The Number One Esper in a world full of Espers (setting-wise, I don't mean literally of course)
The Number One Detective in a world full of Detectives/Buteis.
This isn't hard to see the connection.
Bah, I don't want to fight about this- It's just weird that this bothers Marcus.
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|2012-01-24, 09:37
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CHOUTEI!!!! I probably ignore if Choutei is on the same level as butei but it's not. Your butei rank doesn't mean your choutei rank and it's pretty screwed up in this verse because everyone can copy the moves of the others if they knew the mechanics or secret behind it.
Sherlock Holmes is indeed a big figure because since the early volume until his confrontation. Sherlock Holmes = god in Aria's perspective or other butei. They even had a subject of history for Sherlocks noble works. But that's in the past already. His in history book. This old man that keeps on living thanks to Irokane which can make you grew slower for 400+ years is an old relic of the past and considered dead already. That's why it's a surprise when he shows up to messed up with Kinji though the main objective of him is to pass onto Aria the Scarlet Bullet Irokane.
And indeed Sherlock Holmes is pretty prominent butei in this verse we got other prominent being from historical heroes to ancient ayakashi or youka which is still okay for me................ I keep saying to myself (it's okay it's just added cast plus Tamamo is cute ..... . >.>) The author did screw up when he started to spread it from normal views of the world into fantasy world but it's already been foreshadowed for me because in vol 2 we got witche and miko priestess spamming magic and in vol 3 we got ogre vampire hybrid that looks like a werewolf..... so still okay ( or so I wish -_- ) it's interesting as long as the characters are interesting which is the case though in battle. Kinji is always get curb stomp. He manage to fight in equal grounds in the first few volumes but since CHOUTEI was introduce or been spread well.... Hilda teleports in shadows >.> or so I wish bullets would hit it but still Kinji being Kinji and his awesome Hysteria mode though not so awesome anymore can still manage to win.
And Kinji sparkles ( I hate to say that word ) when he fights against a guy. Since the nature of Hysteria mode is to protect the girls. He can't really hurt his enemy if it's a girl which limited a LOT his options. Since butei can't kill and Kinji can't hurt a girl then what option does our hero got >.> well he got submission moves, awesome taijutsu and god speed moves for one attack and lightning fast reflex. I did say that Hysteria mode looks uncool compare to magic clad Choutei and it looks weak but with the help of his teammates which was been the whole point already since volume 1 that they are partners! he still manage to win. Kinji just truly shine when it's a guy because he can fight without holding back and just slice the living hell out of you.
The armed prosecutors are dangerous because they are from the government. Not powerwise because I still think kinji in hysteria mode can outwit them because he can even take down 100 fbi agents in that mode though it's noted that armed prosecutors are strong and even in hysteria normale he would be having a hard time but that's not the point. Armed prosecutors are from the government and they have back up while Butei are mercenaries which is hired to take on a crime. They are paid and given privileged to capture criminals but you know how government works. A government official is still hard to take on specially with all their connections.
|2012-01-24, 10:28
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i may have misunterstood something but,with my bad english,i'll try to clarify something:kinji didn't really beat holmes,holmes only make it look so:all appened exactly(save for the hadbutt)as he planned.
sherlock is so smart he can know the futur(thus>supercomputer)and foresee aria birth decade before with her ability to become hidan no aria;he wanted her to have a worthy partner(like him with watson)who would do anything to protect her so he had his organisation put false charge on aria mother-in japan-wich resulted in aria transfering to kinji school;sent riko as the butei killer so they would get closer.
jeanne aka durandal follow=shirayuki join the gang;lastly there was vlad who made riko fall for him(while earning jeanne respect) and so on until the final confrontation-after cleopatra incident)who happened exactly as S.H. foreseen(getting aria to use her hidan so he could shoot irokane and the 7 layer of golden shell 3 years in past.
he even had aria wear twin tail after his supposed "defeat" so she and kinji would no die and have a safe landing.
holmes was dying and thus he choose aria&kinji to be his successor;kinji just wanted to lead a boring life as aE-rank butei so he had to make it look as if he was defeated(as GIII said,us satellite fimed everything) so that would be impossible;all of this was to make kinji grow and strenghten his bond with aria and add all the powerful girl who were defeated by him or fell in love with him(reki,watson,kaname,perhaps hilda)as aria protector-be it for their friendship with her or for hid sake.
if you read vol.5,then this post shoul be unnacessary,but then why are you discuting the credibility of sherlock defeat while no only he could have won if he wanted(all his power+his ability to anticipate all kinji's actions make it certain)but it would have been against his interest:in other word,by accomplishing all his goal(like dismantling IE)he's the one who achieving true victory;kinji,kana and aria were just puppet playing under his tune all along.
|2012-01-24, 10:54
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Marcus probably didn't read it and also other members here even though they are here didn't read it -_- they said they stop reading in some point even though it's still fun and all.
And like I said to me Sherlock Holmes is a teacher and a guide to the new generation and just a relic of the past.
I think you should put the way Sherlock planned it all because it's spoiler which is weird for me to even ask because this a novel thread and expect to be spoiled by info's when you go to this thread but with the current affairs in discussion regarding why Sherlock was beaten already even though it's just beginning to for correction it didn't even begun.
The story actual begun after the battle with Sherlock Holmes. It's a long overdue overture or prologue.
Well let's just leave your post like that. It might give a positive note too.
|2012-01-24, 15:36
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All the posts above were tl, so I dr: Holmes wasn't defeated, he just let Kinji win after he got headbutted in the face. If he wanted to, Kinji would be splattered all over the metal grate.
And when I scrolled to the top of the page:
I stopped translating for the reason you stated. I started again though. Despite that, the reason I'm not translating now is simple inability to.
|2012-01-24, 17:26
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On the topic of Holmes being taken down too easily and should have been a 'final boss'... didn't he say his time is up soon, even with the Irokane prolonging his lifespan? I'm sure there was also the reason that he 'stepped down' was to pass on the Irokane, AKA 'Scarlet ammo' or 'Hidan' to Aria so she can perfect the Irokane techniques. Holmes was too calm and too analytical in his personality, and when Crimson Irokane is about passion he doesn't have the right temperament for it. Hence he gave it to Aria, knowing she can finish what he started.
|2012-01-24, 19:02
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Aria was mentioned in the previous novel trying to find a way to harness the power of the Irokane against Kaname, after she got defeated. Aria haven't consciously used the Irokane to date however, apart from that time against Sherlock (or that time against Cleopatra, and this one's arguably not 'consciously controlled').
In theory, Aria with full control over her Irokane is on the level of a God according to G III. A special/powerful ability-user among espers and whatnot, high above them like how espers/magicians/youkai are more powerful compared to normal people.
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Jaiden Thornock played for Adolfo Ovalle on the 93 girls team for 6 years. She has many accomplishments to date and recently she and her BYU Cougars have advanced to the Elite 8. See the below story from the Deseret News to read all about their success against Marquette.
PROVO — In case you didn't think Thursday's 1-0 last-second victory over Auburn in the Sweet 16 was dramatic enough, BYU's women's soccer team was taken to the brink by No. 4 seed Marquette in a game for the ages Saturday night.
In the end sophomore Kayla Varner made good on BYU's eighth penalty-kick attempt in a shootout to send the top-seeded Cougars to the Elite Eight of the NCAA tournament.
After seeing a couple of penalty-kick attempts go high, including Marquette's just prior to hers, Varner had one prevailing thought: keep it low and in the corner. The young sophomore did just that and BYU won out by a 6-5 margin in the shootout following a scoreless tie through regulation and two overtime periods.
"This was a huge game. It was a battle and there was obviously a ton of emotion for both teams," said BYU coach Jennifer Rockwood. "I thought the girls just stood in there and weathered the storm and we came away with the win."
The Cougars started off the game with a barrage of scoring opportunities and ended the opening half with 12 shots on goal to Marquette's five. But the Cougars had no goals to show for their dominance. The Golden Eagles stepped up their game in the second half and drew even on shots on goal at eight apiece, but like the Cougars, provided no goals.
The regulation and two overtime periods saw the type of physical play and intensity one would expect in a Sweet 16 matchup. Neither team was willing to back down and play got a bit chippy as a result.
"At a level like this of course it's going to be physical," said defender Lindsi L. Cutshall. "We felt like everything was on the line in this game. … (Physical play) happens, but we can push through anything and I don't think we let it affect us."
Cutshall, who is generally considered BYU's best player, has many remarkable outings in her career, but none as good as this one, according to Rockwood. The veteran senior turned back Marquette scoring opportunities time and again — providing her team with ample scoring opportunities throughout.
In the end, however, Cutshall could not help directly determine the outcome as she didn't participate in the shootout.
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Decision makers ignore us
I have an increasing affinity for the "common man" populist movement of the "Occupy Wall Street" protestors.
And while I've got some major issues with the policies advocated by the Tea Party, I think both groups arise out of a genuine disassociation of the decision-makers of this country with the common people.
I have come to believe that increasingly there are people in this country, on Wall Street and in Congress, who are making decisions that have a direct impact on my life, who aren't considering me in their decision-making process at all.
Those of us in the dying Main Street middle class are simply ignored by the decision makers, who have other agendas.
Like the Howard Beal character in the movie Network, "I'm mad as (heck) and I'm not going to take it any more." But like the occupiers, Beal had no solutions, he merely pointed out the problems (and died for his sins).
A friend of mine wrote to me recently, pointing out that "the root problem is that our economy takes from those who produce the most (Main Street) and gives it to those who produce the least (Wall Street), who gamble it way among themselves because it's more profitable to bet on failure than it is to reward success." The infamous credit default swaps -- which are still going on -- are a good example of that. So is the lucrative practice of "selling short" in a bad economy (which contributes to the problem).
A CEO of one of the major banks that is being targeted by the occupiers recently defended his policies of charging fees for bank accounts and debit cards by saying the extra billions they would generate in profits were necessary because his job was to make profits for his stockholders. Which in truth, was what he was hired to do. At least he was honest. The small number of people who pay his salary -- his stockholders -- are happy, even if the large number of people who use that bank's services are not pleased with being gouged at a time when every dime counts.
Perhaps it's because there seems to be a conflict in how business is being defined these days.
If your definition of business is simply to make the owner rich, then the CEO is right on target.
But increasingly, there are people who believe, as the occupiers do, that the definition of a business should be expanded to include other factors, such as the impact of that business on society. For those people, the definition of a business also is to provide useful and safe products for that businesses' customers, and to provide good, decent-paying jobs.
This evolving definition, and the contradictions it creates between the two sides, is at the heart of much of the disassociation between the decision makers and those impacted by their decisions.
Take for example, the case of a small businesses that is fundamentally sound, but having trouble due to the current economy. Over and over again, we're seeing the following scenario play out in this country. Someone buys the company-- but not to make it work -- solely to make money. Because the company is distressed, they get it for less than it's actually worth. That new CEO then fires the bulk of the staff, which is the company's biggest expense. Then he sells off the company's assets to make his profit. He got rich, which was his goal. The impact on the community where that business was located, and on the employees now out of jobs, did not factor into his decision-making process at all.
From the perspective of that CEO, there is no reason it should. From the perspective of the employees, there was every reason to do so. It's a case of conflicting definitions.
Could Congress have done anything about it? Perhaps. But in general, congressmen aren't inclined to do so. Unemployed people don't contribute to increasingly expensive re-election campaigns. That rich CEO does. That congressman can pay lip service all he wants to the poor, unemployed worker, but when push comes to shove, he'll side with the guy who will get him re-elected -- because unfortunately, large media buys sway voters far more than actual policies and actions do. Get a good advertising campaign and you can get the very people you helped put out of work to vote for you.
And that's why Congress is the second component of the occupiers' anger. Not only do they see it as being bought and paid for by Wall Street, they don't see Congress doing anything to actually redress their anger.
Right now, the most important issue in this country is jobs. But how many job creation bills have you seen come out of Congress in the last six months? Essentially, zero. The president recently proposed a bill (which I consider flawed, but at least he proposed something), but his opponents declared it dead in the water before they even looked at it. So much for considering options and ideas.
Because for both sides, jobs are no longer an economic problem to be solved, they've become a campaign issue. There is no advantage therefore, politically, in solving the problem before the election.
Rather than find a compromise solution now, the two political parties are hoping they can make the other side the ogres of this tragedy and thereby win increased political power at the polls next November.
Let me stress that. Next November. A year from now. And whoever wins won't take office until the following January of 2013. Which means that's about the time you can actually expect Congress to finally take some real action, one way or the other. That's 15 months from now. At best. Until then, we're on our own.
Because it's all about the power. That's how they've come to define politics. It has nothing to do anymore with actually solving problems, which is what most of us thought it was about. Once again, the definitions used by the decision makers do not match the definitions of the people impacted by those decisions. The decisions they're making now do not factor middle class Main Street into the equation. It's not important right now, except for platitudes in campaign ads. No matter how poor their approval ratings are right now, most of them know they're going to get re-elected, anyway.
The decision makers, in Congress and Wall Street, are no longer in touch with the people impacted by their decisions -- because they don't have to be. They're living in a plutocratic world of their own. And the options of middle class Main Street to upset their applecart are fewer and farther between than they've been in a long time.
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By MICHAEL COIT
Leading the Empire contingent at the North Coast Section track and field finals opening in Berkeley today are a sizable stable of top prep athletes with solid shots of advancing to the state championships.
Competition will be stronger than ever within the concrete confines of historic Edwards Stadium, on the University of California campus.
This year the top three finishers in each event at the NCS Meet of Champions qualify for the California Interscholastic Federation meet. The section's top four have qualified in the past.
Hopefuls include these athletes with marks among the section's top three in their events:
Sadia Ibrahim, Santa Rosa High. The Panthers great is ranked first in the girls 800 meters and has the Empire's third-fastest time ever in the event.
Herbie Polk, Maria Carrillo. The Pumas speedster tops the section in the 400 meters — third best all-time in the Empire. Polk also is ranked second in the 200, with the second-best Empire mark.
Alison Scranton, Petaluma. Just a sophomore, Scranton leads the section in the shot put. She also is third in the discus with a mark that measures sixth all-time for the Empire.
Dante Hay, Maria Carrillo. Starting the season strong, Hay has lowered his 800-meter time to lead the section.
Kathleen Durand, Maria Carrillo. The section's top discus thrower set the Empire record in the event this season. Durand also is fourth in the shot put.
Jackie Chalmers, Montgomery. Another two-race standout, Chalmers is second in the 400 meters, also the Empire's second best all-time mark. Her time in the 200 is eighth for the section and fifth-fastest ever in the Empire.
Morgan Bertsch, Santa Rosa. Soaring to the second-best all-time Empire girls high jump mark, Bertsch is No. 2 in the section.
Ryan Douglas, Petaluma. Still seeking this season's best 1600-meter race, Douglas is second in the section and last year ran two seconds faster.
Kiana Herold, Sonoma Academy. Right behind Bertsch in the high jump, Herold is a multi-event standout who took off in the high jump this season.
HelenAnn Haun, Healdsburg. The latest Empire girls pole vault standout is second in the section with the area's sixth all-time height.
Maria Barragan, Healdsburg. Third in the section for the 800 meters, Barragan has the ninth-best Empire time ever.
Nolan Nagle, Cardinal Newman. Third in the section for the shot put, Nagle also has the region's fourth best distance in the discus.
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ABDULLAH ABDULLAH: Having gained 31 percent of the vote as runner-up to Karzai in the disputed 2009 elections, Abdullah has an advantage in name recognition and political organization. He was a close aide to the late Ahmad Shah Masood, the Northern Alliance rebel commander famed for his resistance to Soviet occupation and the Taliban. Abdullah has a strong following among ethnic Tajiks in Afghanistan's north, but his perceived weak support among Pashtuns — Afghanistan's largest ethnic group at 42 percent — could keep him from gaining a majority of votes, even though he is half-Pashtun.
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ASHRAF GHANI: Ghani is a former finance minister who ran in the 2009 presidential elections but received just 3 percent of the vote. A well-known academic with a reputation as a somewhat temperamental technocrat, Ghani chairs a commission in charge of transitioning responsibility for security from the U.S.-led coalition to Afghan forces.
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QUTBUDDIN HILAL: An engineer by training with experience in Afghanistan's Defense Ministry, Hilal once headed a military commission tasked with uniting jihadi organizations. He twice served as first vice president — in 1993 and 1996 — and also served as deputy prime minister.
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A Few Thoughts On The Bill
1. The introduction is interesting. A bill "to ensure that the right to keep and bear arms is not unlimited..." First, I cannot recall the last time the NRA or anybody on this site suggested that "the people" have a right to keep and bear howitzers, mortars, grenades, LAWS, RPGs, tanks, Apaches, nukes, etc etc. Second, I cannot remember any bill introduced as "ensuring that the right to free speech is not unlimited," ditto the right to due process, peaceable assembly, etc etc.
2. Semi-auto handguns having the "capacity" to accept a threaded barrel are illegal if not grandfathered. So far as I know, as a practical matter every semi-auto handgun made in the past century has the capability of accepting a different barrel than the one it shipped with. Note, though, that the list of approved weapons includes no semi-auto pistols that would exempt any from the operation of the rule.
3. Any semi-automatic rifle having the "capacity" to accommodate a folding or telescoping stock is illegal. In other words, since probably all rifles have the "capacity" of being fitted with an aftermarket stock, the gun is illegal unless it is grandfathered or on the specifically "approved" list of firearms in the "approved" stock configuration.
4. The commerce clause is of course the basis for the federal legislation. I have not seen a federal act yet that "ensures" that federal power under the commerce clause is not unlimited, only that fundamental civil rights not be unlimited.
5. Why are "approved" bolt and slide rifles and shotguns specifically enumerated since they are exempt from the bill anyhow? Cabela's 1874 Sharps, too? Please. Is the bill looking to future amendments that will outlaw any new model of rifle or shotgun, or at least amendments requiring manufacturers to apply to be on the approved list of non-assault weapons?
6. I thought the bill would be more extreme than it is. But, if it is upheld, then there will be little chance of putting the brakes on to more and more restrictive legislation.
|January 27, 2013, 07:00 PM
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6) is the big point, in my opinion.
When some crazy person walks into a gun free zone with a remington 700 and kills 20 people, they will be next.
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|January 27, 2013, 07:27 PM
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They wanted a long list of 'approved' weapons to be able to point to it and say, 'see, we respect the 2nd Amendment, you can still go hunting', in order to divide the gun-owning community between themselves, and to carve in stone the concept that the gov't gets to allow us to exercise our rights by permission only.
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enstorm, please modify or delete your post
We don't need to be improving the enemies' bills for them
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|January 27, 2013, 10:08 PM
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I am not sure if the original intent of the 2A included cannon and such. I'm sure that question has been answered here or on The High Road.
As for the text of the bill--it's pure tyranny. Also consider that they're saying a mere law overrides the Constitution! They're so comfortable that they have not even cloaked it using the Commerce Clause.
Of course, we all know that we do not live in a country with a government that even remotely stays within its constitutional boundaries. This is why it is essential to continually contact your legislators on a state and federal level since all that stands between some liberty and insane tyranny is a how a bunch of politicians do the math in their heads regarding what they think they can get away with.
|January 27, 2013, 10:18 PM
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... has the capacity to accept a detachable magazine and has the capacity to accept any 1 of the following ...The bill contains its own rebuttal to the former reading. The list of 'approved' guns includes the "Ruger Mini-14 (w/o folding stock)." The bill's text acknowledges that Mini-14s can accept folding stocks, but only bans Mini-14s that actually have folding stocks.
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If someone wants to own a nuke, and has ill intent, and can afford it, does making it illegal prevent them from owning one?
What about letters of marque which authorized basically privately owned warships?
The issue isn't people, good citizens with morals, principle and honor from having ANY sort of weapon. The issue is when immoral unprincipled, dishonorable people getting any weapons, and they usually are not deterred by laws. Our biggest mistake is usually to assume government always works within the constraints of morality, principle and honor.
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Dave D'Onofrio's Patriots Notebook: Are Patriots losing their grip on AFC East title?DAVID D'ONOFRIO
October 26. 2013 7:39PM
For perhaps the first time in a decade, Tom Brady is on the Patriots' active roster and legitimate hope exists elsewhere in the AFC East.
Not since the Patriots put a stranglehold on the division that's produced a run of nine division titles - interrupted only by knee reconstruction for the star quarterback - has there been a real sense that someone else might rip those hats, those T-shirts, that home playoff date away from them. But with Brady's offense struggling, with the defense depleted by injuries, and with the Jets having beat them last week, there are suddenly questions about just how strong a grip New England really has at this point.
So with the Dolphins coming to Foxborough today, the Patriots' purpose is simple: Answer the questions. Erase the doubt. Diminish the hope.
It's not that the Dolphins are playing particularly well. They've dropped three in a row since a 3-0 start, and have turned the ball over seven times in that span. But this isn't about them. It's not about the Jets, despite their 4-3 record, or about the Bills, who are still hanging around at 3-4.
It's about the Patriots, who have done enough to still sit atop the East at 5-2, but who would be in the midst of a three-game losing streak if not for an incredible final-minute drive against the Saints, and who have seemingly lost the air of dominance that in years past would've made a one-game lead going into the halfway mark look like the division was theirs to lose.
Part of that is beyond their control. Defensive captains Jerod Mayo and Vince Wilfork suffered season-ending injuries, starting lineman Tommy Kelly will miss his third straight game today, star cornerback Aqib Talib is questionable to play, and the offense is yet to play a single snap with its full complement of weapons.
They could come close today, though, with receiver Danny Amendola saying he's ready to return from a concussion, after tight end Rob Gronkowski got back on the field last week. And with that personnel comes the opportunity to make a statement.
Miami's defense has allowed an average of 269 passing yards per game this season, which is 25th-most of the NFL's 32 teams, and only two teams have allowed more passing plays of 40 yards or more than it seven. They've salvaged their passer rating - which is a respectable 82.0 - by making seven interceptions, but there will be opportunities to make plays and move the ball against this Dolphins secondary, so after a rough patch this seems to represent a chance for Brady and his attack to gain some confidence.
And to reassert themselves. Part of what made the Patriots so daunting for opponents in the past was the perpetual threat that New England's offense was about to explode, and while they don't necessarily need to hang 40 on the Fins today, it would be encouraging to see signs that the offense is still capable of dictating the game, influencing opponents' decisions, and simply dangerous enough to deserve respect.
That hasn't been an issue for the Pats in years - but now it is, and with that perception of vulnerability comes hope for their enemies.
"I've never beat the Patriots my entire career," offensive guard Richie Incognito, who is 0-8 lifetime against New England, said early in the week. "It's something I'm hungry for. I told the guys, we've got to make up our mind early in the week to beat these guys. We've got to make up our mind right now, have a good week of preparation and go up there and give them our best shot."
Mindset does matter. Two years ago, the Pats were in a three-way tie atop the division after eight games - but even then there was a sense that the Bills would fade, the Jets weren't quite at the same level, and the Patriots were still ruling the roost. Now, though, that's very much in question.
And the longer the question lingers, the more difficult it will be to answer.
"What we hope we're going to be is a team that will get better every day, every week - that our best football is in front of us. That's what we're trying to do," coach Bill Belichick said. "We'll see. There's a long way to go. I think things are a long way from being decided. We'll just have to see how it all plays out in 2013."
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OVERRATED: Ryan Tannehill. Early in the year - when the Dolphins were winning - it looked as though the second-year quarterback had taken a leap. Now he's got 11 turnovers (seven interceptions) to nine interceptions for the season, and his passer rating has slid to a pedestrian 83.1. He's not quite yet at the level his early play had suggested.
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UNDERRATED: Stephen Gostkowski. Somewhat quietly, in a season where converting red zone opportunities has been an issue, the Patriots' kicker has been excellent. He's 18 of 19 overall, both league highs, he has made both attempts from beyond 50 yards, and only seven of his 38 kickoffs have been returned.
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KEEP AN EYE ON...: Talib. The Dolphins have a couple of dangerous receivers in Mike Wallace and Brian Hartline, so the Patriots will be much-better equipped if their best cover man is a go. Kyle Arrington struggled last week against Jeremy Kerley, and Logan Ryanremains a work in progress, so a sidelined Talib could cause serious issues in coverage.
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KEY MATCHUP: Cameron Wake vs. Sebastian Vollmer. The former mortgage broker - that's not a metaphor; it was actually his job coming out of Penn State - attacks quarterbacks with impressive speed, and has 17.5 sacks in his past 21 games, even coming at the QB from his open side on most plays. He has 5.5 sacks in eight career games against the Patriots, so Vollmer will have his hands full.
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STAT OF THE WEEK: Brady enters the eighth game of his season with eight touchdown passes. Not since 2003 has it taken him more than six games to throw his ninth of the year.
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Gabe takes a ride-along with Nathan Fillion and his pet police detectives...
Richard Castle (Nathan Fillion) is a famous mystery novelist, and he just killed off his most popular character. Quicker than you can say Misery someone starts committing bloody murder using the flamboyant M.O.s of Castle's most popular novels. NYPD detective Kate Beckett (Stana Katic), a secret fan, calls Castle in to assist with the case. Castle relishes the experience, and soon signs on as a consultant, and begins a new series of novels based on his experiences, using Detective Becket as a model for his new main character. Meanwhile, Castle's home life is complicated as his loving daughter Alexis (Molly Quinn) starts dating, and his wacky retired Broadway actress mother Martha (Susan Sullivan) moves in.
Castle isn't going to win any awards for originality. In fact, if there were an award for the most blatantly unoriginal thing in the entire history of the known universe it'd probably be a nominee. I'm not sure where the 'crime writer working with real cops trope' started, but Murder She Wrote springs to mind, recently CBS found success with a similar formula for the equally unoriginal yet entertaining The Mentalist, and even my personal geek obsession Dario Argento did it once ( Tenebre). But originality isn't necessarily important, especial if it's taken into account, and used against expectations. Castle clearly understands it owes a bunch to a bunch of other projects, and is sure to let the audience know it's in on the joke time and time again. Unfortunately the series is also entirely predictable. Well, that's not fair, there's a little bit of mystery to some of the standalone aspects of the show. I certainly didn't guess every murderer correctly. Still, the super-story and the characters take no surprise turns, and I can't imagine the situation will get any better in future seasons. This is funny because the whole point of Castle's interest in shadowing the police comes out of his insistence on avoiding cop clichés. Either the clichés are real, or the series' writers aren't really into research themselves.
Yet, Castle is still a harmlessly entertaining series, and an easy watch. The lack of real continuity means I can see myself catching odd episodes on the tube when there's nothing else on. The not-so-secret weapon is the cast, and their palpable as all hell chemistry. I'll make it no secret that I was not sent this series to review by random, this was a case of my asking for a review copy, and I'll give you one guess as to what made me interested in seeing the show. Did you guess Nathan Fillion? You were right! Fillion is a good enough reason to watch any film or television series once. I can't think of a single time I regretted spending my time watching the guy. Fillion works pretty well with his pseudo-love interest Stana Katic, though he shares a lot more gleeful chemistry with his on-screen daughter and mother. The cop scenes are pretty by-the-numbers, and the opening act murder sites aren't as stylistically impressive as they seem to think they are, but the extended family stuff works almost without exception. It's not often one wishes that a show would get away from the bloody murder and cop-on-crook action, and get back to the main character playing a rousing round of laser tag with his 15 year old daughter.
Castle is presented in an anamorphically enhanced 1.78:1 widescreen, and is relatively impressive even after weeks of watching high definition television in mind. The show is often shot with relatively high contrast, in relatively moody noir-ish lighting schemes, and the resulting contrast works in the transfer's favour to cover up the fact that the DVD doesn't have hi-def detail capabilities. It helps that black and white levels are often pretty perfectly pitched. The show is quite often colourful as well, and the frequency of the hues is pretty remarkable for up-scaled DVD. The details are really quite acceptable, but are not overwhelming. Often things are over-sharpened, and whites tend to bloom a bit. Line doubling also occurs, especially on the credit text, and edge-enhancement is a clear issue throughout. Compression noise and grain are pretty even and consistent, and major digital artefacts are a non-issue.
Castle comes fitted with a full but subtle Dolby Digital 5.1 track. It's mostly a slightly better structured Pro-Logic track, but there are few complaints considering the show's less than aggressive stance. There are very few directional effects, or even sound effects at all (moving traffic and thunder are the only ones I recall), but the discrete center channel is a big plus for the dialogue. Though always plenty clear the dialogue isn't consistent in quality. Several times throughout the series the quality will obviously change mid sentence. It's not a matter of the quality sounding worse, but it's clearly different. The LFE channel doesn't get much of a workout outside the musical score. Even the gunshots are pretty poppy. The show's score and theme music is pleasant, appropriately light-hearted, and takes into account the show's many referential elements. The surround and stereo representation of the music is the strongest in the collection, and the non-score music (which is mostly made up of obnoxious pop) is far and away the loudest thing on any of the episode mixes.
The extras start with disc one's pilot episode commentary. Commentators include creator/executive producer Andrew Marlowe, executive producer Rob Bowman, and actors Fillion, Stana Katic, and Jon Huertas. This track sets up a lot of the series' pre-history, and is well balanced in tone, content, and means of participant input. The commentators are also ready to admit to 'homage' throughout. Disc two features commentary on 'A Chill Goes Through Her Veins' with the same folks, plus actress Molly Quinn. This track explores the ins and outs of the characters, the series super-story, and the small details of the writing and production designs. Disc three features duel commentaries on 'A Death in the Family, the first with the usual suspects, and the second with actors Seamus Dever and Jon Huertas. The first track is more of the same, but with a little more focus on wrapping-up the season, and an even more whimsical interaction. The second track is a bit superfluous, but silly fun if you want it.
The disc three featurettes start with 'Whodunits: The Genesis of Castle' (6:20), an EPK bit that fesses up to some of the non-originality, and talks up the show's strong points. It's really an ad, but it's an informative enough one. ' Castle's Godfather' (7:15) concerns the impact of executive producer Stephen J. Cannell, who worked on one of the show's forefathers The Rockford Files, and who had a relationship with Rob Bowman, which goes back to Bowman's childhood. Also covered here is the process of getting the real life mystery writers together for the poker games on the series. 'Write-Along with Nathan Fillion' (9:00) is a tongue-in-cheek bit on method acting, featuring Fillion spending a pretend day with Channel. Things end with a blooper reel and some ABC sneak peeks.
The TVtropes.com Castle page starts with this telling quote from lead Nathan Fillion – "I often say that Castle is Moonlighting meets Murder She Wrote, having not really remembered Moonlighting and never seen Murder She Wrote." I personally couldn't help but smell the ' Moonlighting Syndrome' on the show myself. I'm pretty sure the second Castle and Beckett sleep together no one is going to watch this show again, assuming interest keeps the show floating through the full second season. It's a perfectly harmless and entertaining show, but it's not much to get excited about for anyone other than Fillion's biggest fans. Personally I would've preferred Drive could've lasted a full season instead. This collection would do better on Blu-ray, but doesn't look bad on regular DVD, and features some entertaining extras.
Review by Gabriel Powers
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The chemistry between Fillion and Katic is astounding, leaving the audience with more to follow than just the murder cases. Unlike most criminal investigation shows, Castle has a heavy focus on humor and the strong development of its characters and their relationships. Not quite a drama and not quite a comedy, this primetime series has elements that appeal to any sensibility. The twisted murder storylines will keep you guessing for the full hour until the conclusion you never expected.
Gabe Powers Editor Join Date: September 2004 Location: United States Posts: 4,718
That sounds like the blurb on the back of the box.
stevepulaski Member Join Date: June 2009 Location: Niger Posts: 741
I never watched this. Anyone like it?
avatarchaos Member Join Date: August 2009 Location: United States Posts: 1
Great review, Gabe!
Though, on your one point of anything is watchable once with Nathan Fillion, I raise you White Noise 2. I guess it is still watchable, but it is also supah-baaad.
Also, I want to point out that the father/daughter thing (though done a lot) is really the gem of this show. That teen-actress is awesome.
Though, on your one point of anything is watchable once with Nathan Fillion, I raise you White Noise 2. I guess it is still watchable, but it is also supah-baaad.
Also, I want to point out that the father/daughter thing (though done a lot) is really the gem of this show. That teen-actress is awesome.
Jersey Jedi Member Join Date: August 2004 Location: United States Posts: 714
Yeah, Fillion is the man and I really only enjoy the show for that reason. Fun characters on a paint-by-numbers premise... not a bad thing.
Michael Friedrichsen Member Join Date: September 2003 Location: Denmark Posts: 578
not to mention stana is a fox
Don Jariyasunant Member Join Date: September 2005 Location: United States Posts: 519
It's a very fun procedural drama. In my opinion, it definitely differentiates itself from other crime dramas with more focus on the relationships and humor.
Love the "Writer" vest that Castle wears on raids.
Love the "Writer" vest that Castle wears on raids.
Lior Blumshtein Member Join Date: February 2005 Location: Israel Posts: 55
Stana... Yum
Shadowmoses Member Join Date: July 2007 Location: United States Posts: 173
Hopefully Fillion will play Drake in the Uncharted adaptation
Worst Nightmare Senior Member Join Date: July 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 6,716
almost another Murder, He Wrote (yes it was a mistake on purpose)
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Disc Details
Release Date: 22nd September 2009
Discs: 3
Disc Type: Single side, dual layer
RCE: No
Video: PAL
Aspect: 1.78:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 English
Subtitles: French and Spanish
Extras: Cast and Crew Commentaries, Whodunit: The Genesis of Castle, Write-Along with Nathan Fillion, Castle's Godfather, Bloopers
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Various
Cast: Stana Katic, Nathan Fillion, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Jon Huertas, Seamus Dever
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime and Drama
Length: 430 minutes
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When I interviewed Dutch architect John Körmeling this spring on his design for the Dutch pavilion on the Shanghai Expo 2010, he told me he had been inspired by the idea of the linear city: an elongated city along a single infrastructural line. Le Corbusier once had proposed such a city for Algiers, Körmeling remembered. In the design by Körmeling for the Shanghai Expo 2010 the idea of the linear city took the form of a winding road lined with individual houses.
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Generally airports are considered a hazard. All airports in the Netherlands, big and small, receive huge amounts of complaints about the noise of the airplanes flying over. Before I visited Como a couple weeks ago, I could hardly imagine an airport potentially being a positive thing. In Como however it seems it is.
Let me explain. Como is a small Italian city about an hour north of Milan. The lake the city lies at, Lake Como, is heavily used by all kinds of boats, but also by Aero Club Como. On a good day small planes continuously fly off, either to give tourists another perspective on the landscape or just for the sports of it. Instead of using an airstrip the planes take off from the lake.


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The sugar bear had a brief respite this past fall when poor harvest weather in Brazil threatened the quality and quantity of the crop. After trading down to multi-year lows in early September, prices rallied 10% through mid-October. Weather conditions improved, and prices came right back down to test the 19¢-per-pound level. Several months ago weather conditions were so poor that analysts put the Brazilian crop – and by extension exports – significantly behind the previous year. Now that the harvest of the Center-South region is complete, crop and export estimates are actually ahead of the 2011-12 season.
Most other output developments have been to the bullish side, though.
Still in Brazil, 90% of the crop is grown in the South Center. The balance is grown in the north, and those regions experienced extreme drought during the growing season. In some areas, as much as 30% of the crop was lost. On average, the losses are expected to be up to 15% of output for the region, or 1.5% of total Brazilian output. It's not an overwhelming amount, but enough to mitigate some of the effect of the extraordinary recovery of the South Center.
The 2012-13 Indian crop suffered from a below average monsoon. As we guessed in previous articles on sugar (see Focus on Futures, August 31), estimates that put this year's output on par with the previous year's results of 26 million tonnes were impossible to achieve. Indeed, current estimates have fallen to as low as 23 million tonnes, which is dangerously close to domestic consumption levels. That would cast some doubt on the wisdom of the liberalized export policy. Ending stocks for the recently completed 2011-12 marketing year will be about 6 million tonnes, which is adequate, but makes it imperative for the coming 2013-14 crop to have a proper monsoon season.
Thailand had record output for two consecutive years of about 10 million tonnes in 2010-11 and 2011-12. It was a sudden jump of about 40% over the average of 7 million tonnes that the country had produced in previous years. The pattern was expected to continue into 2012-13, but precipitation was insufficient and as a result, output will be close to 1 million tonnes below early season forecasts. Thai exports will still be over 7 million tonnes, but about 1 million tonnes less than in 2011-12.


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A shirtless Gerard Butler steps out on the balcony of his suite at Copacabana Palace Hotel in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on Sunday (February 14).
Yesterday, the 40-year-old Scottish actor was spotted hanging out with 300 costar Rodrigo Santoro.
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Ms. Celebrates the 2004 Women of the Year
Awards Event Honors Women on the Forefront Nationally and Globally
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a packed National Press Club Ballroom today, Ms. held its annual Women of the Year awards event [view program].
This special event brought together women's movement leaders and activists to honor women whose achievements in leadership, perseverance, and grit determination sparked action to benefit humanity or created a unique legacy for women.
Signaling the 21st century women's movement is truly global, most of the awardees for 2004 had worldwide significance – from the Olympics to Darfur to the 9/11 commission and fighting terrorism to Haiti and Nigeria – the impact of the 2004 Ms. Women of the Year extended well beyond U.S. shores.
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JACKSON, Miss. (AP) -- Two Louisiana inmates were sentenced to life in prison on Thursday in the kidnapping death of an Ohio businessman abducted from a hotel in Mississippi during a 2011 crime spree.
Darian Pierce and Ricky Wedgeworth both apologized to the family of David Cupps during the sentencing hearings in U.S. District Court in Jackson, Miss., as some of the victim's relatives wiped away tears.
Authorities say the inmates worked as groundskeepers at the Louisiana State Police compound in Baton Rouge, La., when they stole a van and drove away on March 4, 2011.
Cupps, a 53-year-old from Sunbury, Ohio, disappeared a few days later from a hotel in Vicksburg, Miss., where he was staying while in town to inspect the Grand Gulf nuclear plant.
His body was found in a field near a hotel in Bessemer, Ala. He had been beaten and strangled.
At the time of the escape, Wedgeworth was in prison for armed robbery and was set to be released in 2023. Pierce was locked up for attempted second-degree murder and was scheduled for release in 2024.
Wedgeworth was sentenced first on the kidnapping charge and several members of Cupps family spoke to the court or provided letters to be read during the hearing.
David Cupps relatives said he has had five grandchildren born since his death and that those kids were robbed of their chance to know him.
"They will never get to experience his love," David Cupps' sister-in-law, Diane Cupps, told the court. Cupps also had several other grandchildren who were born before his death.
Cupps was described as a loving father, grandfather, sibling and uncle. He liked working on cars, and Diane Cupps said she even misses "the click of his cowboy boots in the shop."
Cupps' daughter, Valerie Click, said in a letter read in court that she is married to a soldier and agonizes every time he goes out of town because she is haunted by the way her father was killed while away on a business trip.
She recalled going into a car parts store to buy brakes a few days after Cupps' death. Her father had been planning to change her brakes for her. When the clerk asked what kind of brakes she needed, Click instinctively called her father to ask him, then broke into tears at the realization that he couldn't answer.
She said the inmates imposed a life sentenced on her family and her 5-year-old son still asks about his grandfather.
"When I found out my Dad had been killed, it was like being stabbed in the heart," the letter said.
Wedgeworth, 38, who has a teardrop tattoo near his right eye, said he accepted responsibility and wanted a life sentence.
"I've been in prison a very long time and it's hardened my heart. I was raised with a good heart," Wedgeworth said.
Wedgeworth, who paused to take deep breaths and used the occasional expletive, told Cupps' family that a death sentence would have been preferable to life in prison, "if that helps you."
Prosecutors decided not to seek the death penalty in the case.
Pierce, 35, who has the name "Drake" tattooed on the back of his neck and wore a short goatee, said a prayer and expressed hope that the family can forgive him someday.
"I just hope God blesses y'all's lives and gives y'all comfort," Pierce said.
He also said that he realizes the biggest question the family has is "why."
"The truth is, selfishness is the reason why. I was worried about what I wanted. I didn't care about anyone else," Pierce said.
Authorities said Cupps was abducted for his rental car, a red Buick Enclave. After dumping his body, the inmates drove to Georgia and then to Tennessee.
A Tennessee officer pulled the Buick over on March 8, 2011, but the inmates ran. They tied up a Madison County, Tenn., parks worker a few days later and stole a truck with markings for the county's parks department, authorities say.
Police in Olive Branch, Miss., spotted the men March 14, 2011, and pursued them back into Tennessee, where the inmates were arrested after wrecking in Memphis.
Authorities have said Wedgeworth is from Memphis, Tenn. Pierce is from Bogalusa, La.
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Gov. Hassan files for re-electionBY GARRY RAYNO
New Hampshire Union Leader
June 12. 2014 12:15PM
CONCORD – Gov. Maggie Hassan made it official Thursday morning, filing to run for her second term among supporters and several protestors outside the Secretary of State's Office.
Hassan said she has worked to solve problems "in the New Hampshire way, bringing everyone together."
She cited the bi-partisan support for the two-year budget, freezing state college tuition, doubling the research and development tax credit, providing health care to 50,000 poor adults and raising the gas tax to fix the state's roads and bridges as the hallmarks of her first term.
She said more work needs to be done but vowed again to veto any sales or income tax that makes its way to her desk.
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Notre Dame Bits: Charlie Weis on a new punter, Dayne Crist's breakthrough, Manti Te'o plan and more
SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- To placate any yet-jangled nerves of Notre Dame fans, Charlie Weis offered this brisk appraisal of two critical offensive weapons Tuesday.
"Jimmy's back, Armando's back, we're ready to go," the Irish coach said at his weekly press conference.
So that takes care of quarterback (Jimmy Clausen and his turf toe) and tailback (Armando Allen and his gimpy ankle). Eric Maust, however, will not be returning to active duty.
At least not on Saturdays for now. Notre Dame has turned to freshman Ben Turk to take over punting duties after that area has been plagued by inconsistencies so far this year. Maust, a senior, was averaging 39.8 yards per kick -- the lowest average of his career -- and he averaged just 37.8 yards on four punts last weekend at Purdue.
Most notoriously, Maust's 28-yard punt against Michigan set up the Wolverines' game-winning drive.
"Well we've gone for the last several weeks with Eric, and it's been kind of close in practice, so we went with the experience," Weis said. "But the only facet of special teams that we were disappointed with in last week's game was our punt team.
"It's not all Eric's fault, OK, but we were disappointed with the punt team. So based off the fact that it's been pretty even in practice between the two of them, we figured we'd give the freshman a chance."
Here were more Weis words on pertinent topics from Tuesday...
On the professional outlook for Clausen:"In Jimmy's case, you know, if you move yourself up so high in the draft that it's an offer you can't refuse, then you have to seriously consider it. But I think that you never want to walk away from a Notre Dame education...unless there were (those circumstances) presented to you."
On backup quarterback Dayne Crist's workload last week: "I think it is probably a turning point for him. This was him running the offense with a game in jeopardy. This was him leading us to a couple of scores. And even when we're not throwing it all over the place, he is still the presence in the huddle. He is the guy in charge. I thought that that experience for him will be invaluable for him personally."
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