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July 17, 2013, 7:30 pmWis. man, 76, guilty in fatal shooting of teen
Wis. man, 76, guilty in fatal shooting of teen
AP | By DINESH RAMDE
Published July 17, 2013 07:18PM EDT
MILWAUKEE (AP) — A Milwaukee man who suspected his 13-year-old neighbor of breaking into his home and stealing weapons was convicted Wednesday of fatally shooting the boy as the teen's mother looked on. Now, jurors will decide whether the 76-year-old defendant was mentally ill at the time.A jury deliberated for about an hour before finding John Henry Spooner guilty of first-degree intentional homicide. Surveillance video from his own security cameras showed him confronting Darius Simmons in May 2012, pointing a gun at him from about 6 feet away and shooting him in the chest.
Spooner had entered two pleas to the homicide charge: not guilty and not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect. That set up the trial to be conducted in two phases: the first to determine whether he was guilty of the homicide, and if so, a second to determine whether he was mentally competent at the time.
With the first phase complete, the second began with testimony from a psychiatrist hired by the defense. Dr. Basil Jackson said his examination of Spooner revealed a man with anger issues who periodically dissociated from reality.
Spooner's daughter once brought home a kitten that he didn't want so he took it into the basement and killed it, Jackson said. Spooner also used to choke and beat his late wife, the doctor testified.
The violence shows Spooner occasionally loses the ability to control his anger — as during the moments that he shot Darius, Jackson said.
"There was an eruption, a loss of control. And at that moment he was not able — at that moment — to make a judgment," Jackson said. "It's like he was on autopilot."
Spooner's defense attorney, Franklyn Gimbel, never denied that his client shot Darius. Instead, he argued that Spooner did not mean for the gunshot to be fatal.
"This is not a case of whodunit," Gimbel said. "It's not a question of whether the behaviors of John Spooner caused the death of the young man — but what motivated it and what went on in his mind at the time is the crucial question."
During the second phase of the trial, the burden of proof shifts to the defense, which only has to prove "clear and convincing evidence," instead of the stricter standard of "beyond a reasonable doubt." In addition, a verdict requires agreement from only 10 jurors, not unanimity from all 12.
Spooner's surveillance video provides a clear view of what happened. Spooner emerges from his house and confronts the teen, who is retrieving his family's garbage cart from the street. Spooner points a gun at Darius, who moves back a few steps. Spooner then exchanges words with Darius' mother, who's standing on her porch out of view of the camera, and Spooner briefly points the gun in her direction. Moments later, Spooner points the gun back at the boy standing a couple of feet in front of him. He fires, hitting Darius in the chest.
The teen stumbles and runs away, and Spooner fires a second shot that misses. He appears to attempt a third shot, but the gun jams.
Darius' mother, Patricia Larry, testified that she chased her son to where he collapsed in the street. She cradled him in her arms as he died.
"I pulled his shirt up and I (saw) he had a bullet hole in his chest," she said tearfully. "He took one more breath and that's it."
Spooner paced along the sidewalk until police arrived a few minutes later. Police officer Richard Martinez testified that he was handcuffing Spooner when Spooner acknowledged, "Yeah, I shot him."
During closing arguments, Gimbel seized upon that statement as an indication that his client didn't mean to fire a fatal shot.
"He didn't say, 'I killed the kid.' He didn't try to explain anything about the circumstances," Gimbel said.
But prosecutor Mark Williams said it's impossible to watch the video without realizing that Spooner knew exactly what he was doing. He pointed out that Spooner confronted Darius, aimed deliberately and pulled the trigger.
"How is that not intent to kill?" he asked. "You can see the intent. Look at him (Darius) holding his chest. Look how close they are together. It's point-blank range. Darius runs away and he shoots again."
Larry's attorney, Jonathan Safran, said the family was pleased with the verdict. "She's cautiously optimistic as we move into this second phase of the trial," he said.
March 19, 2013, 12:13 amProsecutor: Mich. grandma 'hunted down' grandson
Prosecutor: Mich. grandma 'hunted down' grandsonBy ED WHITE | Associated Press
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Associated Press/Paul Sancya - Sandra Layne begins to testify in the Oakland County Circuit Courtroom of Judge Denise Langford Morris in Pontiac, Mich., Wednesday, March 13, 2013. Layne, 75, is charged with …more
PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — A woman "hunted down" her teenage grandson in her suburban Detroit home and shot at him 10 times over a six-minute span, ignoring his desperate pleas for help to a 911 dispatcher, a prosecutor told jurors Monday, urging them to convict her of first-degree murder.
Summing up his case against 75-year-old Sandra Layne, prosecutor Paul Walton again played Jonathan Hoffman's 911 call last May in which he said his grandmother had just shot him. "I'm going to die," the 17-year-old said before he was shot again with the dispatcher on the line.
There is no dispute that Layne, then 74, fired the shots in her West Bloomfield Township home, striking her grandson six times. The question for jurors: Should she be held criminally responsible for Hoffman's death and, if so, how?
Jurors were scheduled to begin deliberating later Monday, and could acquit Layne based on her self-defense argument or convict her of first-degree murder, second-degree murder, voluntary manslaughter or involuntary manslaughter.
Layne testified that she was afraid of her grandson and acted in self-defense. She said she shot him after he struck her during an argument over money he had demanded from her in order to help him flee the state. Hoffman had failed a drug test earlier that day, which could have been a parole violation.
Walton reminded jurors that Layne didn't report any injuries to police when they arrived at her home after the shooting.
"Not I was afraid, I acted in self-defense, he came after me," Walton said. "I murdered. I shot. I killed — those are her first statements to law enforcement. ... She hunted down Jonathan Hoffman because he wouldn't listen."
He called it a "massacre."
Defense attorney Jerome Sabbota urged jurors to acquit Layne, asking them to view the incident through the eyes of a woman in her 70s. He said Layne was taking care of a teenager who had used drugs and brought strangers to the home. Hoffman's parents were divorced and living in Arizona during his senior year of high school.
"Is there really a motive to murder her grandson? What does she gain?" Sabbota asked. "She killed a child she was trying to protect and trying to save. That's a tragedy. Only one reason she did what she did: fear."
February 21, 2013, 6:55 pmWant to kill the Tea Party? Vote in primaries
house divided cannot stand. And these days, the Tea Party is dividing — no, holding hostage — the Republican Party in ways that ensure Democrats will continue to hold the majority of political power in the United States well into the future.
This must stop. And that begins by imposing party discipline on those who feel that their own personal political agenda is more important than the broader conservative platform that a united GOP might actually be able to further.
Consider Rep. Jim Bridenstine, a freshman GOP congressman from Oklahoma who figured it would be a good idea to rip the speaker of the House — the most visible leader in the Republican Party — for being insufficiently devoted to conservative principles. And this before Speaker Boehner had taken any action at all.
"My concern, and I think the concern of a lot of Republicans in Congress, is that once the sequester takes effect, people are going to be screaming for a deal, and that deal ultimately is going to be what the president wants — to raise taxes," Bridenstine said. "And if there's enough pressure, [Boehner] will bring it to the floor and 200 Democrats and 30 or 40 Republicans will vote for it. And once again you have the speaker caucusing with the Democrats."
For an accomplished fellow, Rep. Bridenstine sure has poor judgment. By running his mouth, the freshman signaled very clearly to the president just how divided the GOP is, thereby weakening the speaker's bargaining position while simultaneously giving the president and congressional Democrats yet another quote to remind the American public that the Republican Party is full of intransigent imbeciles with no grasp of reality or of the basic concept of what it takes to govern a country.
The speaker, and any outside group that wants the Republican Party to survive as a competitive national party with broad appeal, must make Bridenstine understand that should he decide to make war on a member of his own party again, his own party will crush him with the fury of God's own thunder. It is one thing to vote no. It is quite another for a freshman to publicly challenge the speaker's loyalty and devotion to the conservative movement in the run-up to a major negotiation. Any member who does so should have his job dangled in front of him.
The problem, of course, is that Rep. Bridenstine answers to his electorate, and he won his primary precisely because he is, well, unreasonable and uncompromising. In a place like Oklahoma, congressional elections are really decided by who wins the primary, and primary voters hardly represent the entire breadth of the Republican electorate. People who turn out to vote in primaries are typically the most enthusiastic and the most extreme. This explains (in part) why the Tea Party has thrived even though most Republicans do not consider themselves Tea Partiers.
The key to restoring sanity to the Republican Party lies in turning out all Republican voters during primary season. Doing so will require a fundamental change in the way GOP advocacy groups spend money on elections. If Karl Rove's new group or the RNC truly want to retake the Republican Party and rescue conservatism, they should spend every dollar they have for the next few years achieving a single goal: Every single person who has ever considered themselves a Republican should vote in GOP primaries.
Increase primary turnout, and a dramatically different sounding and more lively Republican Party will blossom. Fail to do so and we can expect to be governed by the Barack Obamas of the world for far longer than this country can afford.
Jeb Golinkin is a 3L at the University of Texas School of Law and writes about U.S. politics and policy for TheWeek.com.
February 15, 2013, 8:13 pmBig Corporations Put Up Seed Funding for Republican Dark Money Group
By Justin Elliott, ProPublica
Some of the nation's biggest corporations donated more than a million dollars to launch a Republican nonprofit that went on to play a key role in recent political fights.
Like the nonprofit groups that poured money into last year's elections, the decade-old State Government Leadership Foundation has been able to keep the identities of its funders secret. Until now.
A records request by ProPublica to the IRS turned up a list of the original funders of the group: Exxon, Pfizer, Time Warner, and other corporations put up at least 85 percent of the $1.3 million the foundation raised in the first year and a half of its existence, starting in 2003.
The donor list is stamped "not for public disclosure," and was submitted to the IRS as part of the foundation's application for recognition of tax-exempt status. If approved, such applications are public records.
The foundation and other similar nonprofits are allowed to take anonymous and unlimited donations from individuals or corporations. That's because they are classified as "social welfare" nonprofits, which are supposed to benefit the community at large, and not just one group or political party.
Last year, we reported how the State Government Leadership Foundation paid for Republican redistricting consultants to draw new congressional district maps in North Carolina. The resulting gerrymander helped flip the state's congressional delegation to Republicans.
In recent years, the foundation has also funded TV ads targeting Democrats during the 2011 Wisconsin showdown over collective bargaining rights; attacking President Obama in Virginia over his energy policy; and accusing teachers unions of "destroying our children's future."
The foundation also gave $1.25 million in 2011 to the Indiana Opportunity Fund, a state-level nonprofit that ran anti-union ads featuring Republican Gov. Mitch Daniels. (That group was founded by attorney Jim Bopp, who has long fought against campaign finance regulation.)
The foundation's single-biggest early donor was the now-defunct mortgage lender Ameriquest, which gave more than $260,000. (We contacted a number of the companies on the list; they did not respond to requests for comment.) Corporate trade associations including the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, the Edison Electric Institute, and the American Tort Reform Association also pitched in, each giving between $50,000 and $100,000.
The foundation's affiliated organization, the Republican State Leadership Committee, focuses on winning state-level elections for the GOP and also gets corporate money, including from tobacco and insurance giants. As an explicitly political organization, the committee has to disclose its donors.
By contrast, the recent funders of the foundation, which took in $2.5 million in 2011 including a single donation of $1 million, are still secret.
The foundation applied for IRS recognition as a social welfare group in late 2003 but was initially rejected. The IRS concluded the foundation was "a partisan organization" that "operated primarily for the benefit of a select group" – the GOP. Social welfare groups, the IRS' rejection letter noted, must promote the "general welfare of the whole community" — not a particular group.
The foundation's lawyers from the firm Arent Fox fired back in an appeal, arguing that the foundation was not a partisan outfit.
The foundation, according to the 2005 appeal, "was created to promote public debate" about issues including pharmaceuticals, securities regulation, and asbestos litigation.
"It may be useful to describe what the SGLF is not," the appeal says. "The SGLF:
• Is not affiliated with the Republican Party in any way;
• Does not meet with or coordinate its activities with the Republican Party;
• Does not make contributions to, or accept contributions from, the Republican Party;
• Does not participate in political campaigns, elections or publish electioneering messages on behalf of any candidate or party;
• Does not invite Representatives of the Republican Party to speak at its events, and
• Does not participate in the Republican Party platform, does not recruit or train Republican candidates, does not fundraise for Republican candidates, and does not coordinate its issue selection or policy positions with the Republican Party.
In 2007, more than three years after the foundation's application, the IRS ultimately recognized it as a tax-exempt social welfare group.
But the group's protestations that it has nothing to do with the GOP seems at odds with its recent activities. Besides running ads attacking Democrats, the foundation was involved in redistricting in several states to, as the foundation put it in a letter to Republican legislators, draw "legislative lines that we will have to defend in 2012 and beyond."
Foundation spokesperson Jill Bader told ProPublica that since its creation the foundation's "activities have evolved in some ways from those that were originally contemplated and conducted by the organization."
Bader continued: "SGLF's present activities are in strict compliance with the requirements of the Internal Revenue Code and all future SGLF activities will be in strict compliance as well."
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February 15, 2013, 1:04 pmArizonia Teacher Speech FAKE - WAS NOT A REAL PERSON
I hope people don't believe that there was ever a real teacher making that speech. It have as many versions as the Bible. BRUHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH! It's a hate speech anyway to say that only one race is welcomed especially in a public school. They named the different races in one version.
See here http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/principal.asp to see what Snopes says about it's origin, read the different versions and how it is connected to radio white supremacy hate.
Last Edited: February 15, 2013, 1:04 pm
February 14, 2013, 1:44 pmFormer Fla. GOP chief pleads guilty before trial
Former Fla. GOP chief pleads guilty before trial
Published - Feb 11 2013 03:52PM EST
MIKE SCHNEIDER, Associated Press
(The Associated Press)
FILE - In this Thursday, Dec. 10, 2009 file photo, Florida Republican Party Chairman Jim Greer talks with reporters after receiving a vote of confidence from the executive committee of the Florida Republican Party in Tallahassee, Fla. Greer's two-week trial starts Monday, Feb. 11, 2013 on theft, fraud and money laundering charges. Jurors will have to decide if Greer committed a crime when he channeled more than $200,000 of party money to his company, or whether the charges against Greer are revenge for the waning popularity of his political patron, former Gov. Charlie Crist, who defected from the Republican Party to run as an independent for the U.S. Senate and is now a Democrat. (AP Photo/Tallahassee Democrat, Bill Cotterell, file)
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The criminal trial of former Republican Party of Florida chair Jim Greer had promised to be embarrassing for party leaders, rising Republican star Marco Rubio and former Gov. Charlie Crist, who is contemplating a new political future as a Democrat.
But Greer's guilty pleas on Monday to four counts of theft and a single count of money laundering ended the trial before it even started and ensured that some state GOP secrets will remain confidential, at least for the time-being.
"There were a number of people who did not want this trial to go forward and the trial isn't going forward," Damon Chase, Greer's attorney, said after the former chair entered his pleas in court. "Once again, Jim Greer is falling on his sword for a lot of other folks."
Greer, 50, could face a prison sentence of 3 ½ to 35 years when he is sentenced March 27. Assistant statewide prosecutor Michael Williams wouldn't say how many years prosecutors would seek.
The trial had threatened to expose the underbelly of Florida's dominant political party and its formerly high-spending ways. Party officials took heat three years ago from revelations of excessive spending at restaurants and luxury hotels on party-issued American Express cards by Republican leaders, including Rubio. Testimony about those expenditures had been expected at the trial.
Topics also covered in pretrial depositions included allegations of prostitutes at a state GOP fundraiser in the Bahamas, the drinking habits of Crist and intraparty strife. Some of Florida's most powerful politicians were scheduled as witnesses, including Crist, former U.S. Sen. George LeMieux, former Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum and several state House and state Senate leaders.
Greer's acknowledgment of guilt was what the party wanted all along, party attorney Stephen Dobson said, and they weren't worried about potentially embarrassing testimony at trial.
"There was absolutely no concern. In fact, a lot of people were looking forward to clearing a lot of these allegations that had been made up," Dobson said outside the courtroom. "Today the truth came out."
Greer was vice mayor of the small central Florida town of Oviedo when Crist surprisingly picked him to be the state party chairman after he led local efforts to help Crist get elected governor in 2006. He previously was the president and CEO of a company that provides training to the hospitality industry on how to comply with alcohol laws.
The Republican Party of Florida said in a statement that Greer had tried to damage the party's reputation since his arrest in 2010.
"But the truth is now known that Jim Greer broke the law, stole from the RPOF and our donors, and then said and did everything he could to cover up and distract attention from his crimes," the statement said.
The plea arrangement was reached at the last minute. Jury selection was set to begin early Monday, but neither Greer nor prosecutors had appeared in the courtroom an hour after the trial was supposed to start.
Until he entered his guilty pleas, Greer had contended that party leaders, including Crist, knew about the financial arrangement that gave Greer's company a cut of party money in exchange for fundraising efforts. Greer had said he was targeted because of his support for Crist, who later defected from the GOP to run as an independent for U.S. Senate but lost to Rubio.
Crist denied ever knowing about the arrangement. In a brief phone interview Monday, Crist said he hadn't been worried about testifying.
"It didn't bother me one way or the other," Crist said. "I'm always happy to tell the truth."
About $200,000 was funneled into the company, Victory Strategies, which was formed by Greer with his former right-hand man, Delmar Johnson. Johnson had been scheduled to be prosecutors' star witness and was granted immunity in exchange for his testimony.
"It's Finally Over!!!" Johnson posted on Facebook after the guilty pleas were announced in court.
February 14, 2013, 10:43 amAnn Coulter View Smackdown
February 12, 2013, 2:46 pmNC Lottery Bible Musing
Mon, Feb 11, 2013 935 570
Sun, Feb 10, 2013 530 301
Sat, Feb 9, 2013 644 401
Fri, Feb 8, 2013 228 136
Thu, Feb 7, 2013 602 514
Wed, Feb 6, 2013 521 143
Tue, Feb 5, 2013 850 633
Mon, Feb 4, 2013 935 291
Sun, Feb 3, 2013 595 441
Sat, Feb 2, 2013 473 414
Sat, Feb 2, 2013 Midday 473
002, 473, 998, 093, 455
251, 512, 497, 473, 619
275, 893, 039, 237, 473
473, 619, 374, 831, 596
619, 237, 473, 671, 817
Wed, Feb 6, 2013 521 Midday
Sat, Feb 2, 2013 Evening 414
391, 414, 650, 858, 094
414, 896, 032, 341, 587
537, 278, 414, 834, 070
957, 070, 216, 414, 650
971, 612, 858, 278, 414
Wed, Feb 6, 2013 143 Midday
Both Midday/Eve Sat numbers wrapped around Wed
Come back her for Wed numbers
Sun, Feb 3, 2013 Midday 595
052, 793, 939, 359, 595
472, 595, 731, 939, 175
595, 977, 113, 422, 668
618, 359, 595, 915, 151
Mon, Feb 4, 2013 935 Midday
Sun, Feb 3, 2013 Evening 441
378, 750, 996, 205, 441
441, 687, 823, 243, 489
687, 441, 786, 229, 564
809, 663, 908, 441, 687
823, 205, 441, 750, 996
Mon, Feb 11, 2013 570
Back to back from last evening – a strong vibration possible another number will do the same or take on a different vibration like the 935 did.
595 gave 935 fast next day so Sun gave Monday midday number
Took 8 days for hit from 441 remember it was back to back 414
This Monday go back here
570 is a notorious repeater usually comes back as 705.
Mon, Feb 4, 2013 Midday 935
036, 935, 315, 713, 139
294, 935, 171, 591, 737
430, 799, 935, 577, 713
638, 379, 515, 935, 171
652, 911, 157, 799, 935
935, 294, 430, 072, 218
Mon, Feb 11, 2013 935 Midday
Mon, Feb 4, 2013 Evening 291
093, 611, 857, 055, 291
291, 192, 437, 413, 659
437, 055, 291, 499, 635
Wed, Feb 6, 2013 143 Evening
No hits from 935 it REPEATED in 11 days same day same house, interesting, maybe that's a hint for repeats
Tues, Feb 5, 2013 Midday 850
041, 850, 410, 683, 829
232, 614, 850, 169, 305
591, 850, 096, 638, 874
713, 072, 218, 850, 096
787, 169, 305, 614, 850
850, 591, 737, 157, 393
Sat, Feb 9, 2013 401 Evening
Sun, Feb 10, 2013 530 Midday
Tues, Feb 5, 2013 Evening 633
091, 855, 190, 633, 879
560, 942, 188, 497, 633
633, 879, 015, 435, 671
879, 633, 978, 411, 756
No hits from 633 as of Feb 12
No hits can mean repeat like the 935 if it stays out long – it's 5 days out now
Note 411 is mate to 441 and 414 that hit back to back
Note 411 on 4th line
And it's close to the vibration like the 935.
Tues numbers wrapped around the weekend like Wednesday's number.
Wed, Feb 6, 2013 Midday 521
224, 965, 101, 521, 767
248, 507, 743, 385, 521
521, 880, 026, 668, 804
880, 521, 767, 187, 323
Thu, Feb 7, 2013 602 Midday
Sat, Feb 11, 2013 570 Evening
Wed, Feb 6, 2013 Evening 143
143, 884, 020, 440, 686
314, 178, 143, 956, 192
525, 907, 143, 452, 698
884, 143, 389, 921, 167
No Hits from 143 Feb 12 might be a repeat like the 935 was – it was silent too.
Thur, Feb 7, 2013 Midday 602
107, 466, 602, 446, 480
305, 046, 282, 602, 848
329, 688, 824, 466, 602
602, 961, 107, 749, 985
961, 602, 848, 268, 404
Sun, Feb 10, 2013 530 Midday
Fri, Feb 8, 2013 228 Midday
Sat, Feb 9, 2013 644 Midday
Thur, Feb 7, 2013 Evening 514
316, 934, 170, 378, 514
392, 293, 538, 514, 750
514, 750, 145, 972, 367
750, 378, 514, 712, 958
Monday, Feb 11, 2013 Evening 570
This is where 570 hit came from last evening on the 11th. Notice that connects to 136/316.
So we can say Monday number came from Thursday Friday but NC seem to be bouncing around a little but the weekday numbers always wrap around the weekend (Tue, Wed) sometimes repeats throws it off.
Fri, Feb 8, 2013 Midday 228
228, 587, 723, 365, 501
587, 228, 464, 884, 020
723, 082, 228, 860, 006
921, 662, 808, 228, 464
945, 204, 440, 082, 228
Sat, Feb 9, 2013 644 Midday
Fri, Feb 8, 2013 Evening 136
136, 518, 754, 063, 209
174, 792, 938, 136, 372
198, 334, 570, 990, 136
518, 136, 372, 570, 716
754, 990, 136, 556, 792
Mon, Feb 11, 2013 570 Evening
We landed here last evening – Thur/Friday brought Monday night number
Sat, Feb 9, 2013 Midday 644
262, 644, 880, 199, 335
644, 767, 903, 101, 347
717, 199, 335, 644, 880
781, 286, 422, 408, 644
903, 408, 644, 620, 866
Sat, Feb 9, 2013 Evening 401
338, 710, 956, 265, 401
401, 647, 883, 203, 449
647, 401, 746, 289, 425
869, 623, 986, 401, 647
883, 265, 401, 701, 956
No hits yet as of Feb 12 but remember that tues wed wraps around the weekend.
Sun, Feb 10, 2013 Midday 530
158, 394, 530, 950, 196
530, 912, 158, 467, 603
578, 196, 332, 530, 776
592, 738, 974, 394, 530
912, 530, 776, 974, 110
Sun, Feb 10, 2013 Evening 301
301, 546, 782, 102, 348
448, 943, 189, 165, 301
474, 856, 092, 301, 547
660, 165, 301, 387, 523
929, 301, 547, 856, 092
Mon, Feb 11, 2013 Midday 935
036, 935, 315, 713, 139
294, 935, 171, 591, 737
430, 799, 935, 577, 713
638, 379, 515, 935, 171
652, 911, 157, 799, 935
935, 294, 430, 072, 218
Mon, Feb 11, 2013 Evening 570
198, 334, 570, 990, 136
518, 136, 372, 570, 716
532, 778, 914, 334, 570
570, 952, 198, 407, 643
952, 570, 716, 914, 150
Now we know some things about how NC is handling the Lottery Bible. Anybody can do that. Its just research, however where the real skill comes in is how you handle what you know.
What do we know just from pulling the draws straight from the Lottery Bible?
- NC got a strong vibration back to back hit February 2, and 3 (441/414)
- Wed, Feb 6, 2013 143 Midday hit from the 414 lines
- Mon, Feb 11, 2013 570 landed in NC evening Feb 11 from the 514 and 136 lines
- 570 is a notorious repeater. Not shown here just something I know
- We know 935 hit NC Midday exact same from last Monday Midday a vibration on its own or the way the 441/414 vibration will be handled.
- We know that 935 had no hits for 11 days and it repeated
- We know that 143, 633 have not had any hits making them possible repeaters
- We know that Tues and Wednesdays hits wraps around the weekend.
- The weekend numbers are Saturday and Sunday when the board is normal. Sometimes depending on conditions Thur/Fri wraps around the weekend as well
The Lottery Bible since Feb 2 have not been favoring Tuesday midday but this is what I want to play 071, 411, (530, 705, 530, 633 repeats) and my pet 435.
February 10, 2013, 5:23 pmLA Sheriff's Department intends to fire seven deputies
L.A. County Sheriff's Department intends to fire seven deputies
robert faturechi latimes
The seven belong to a secret law enforcement clique that allegedly celebrated shootings and branded members with matching tattoos.
This image is the design of a matching tattoo Los Angeles County sheriff's investigators suspect was donned by members of an alleged clique, the "Jump Out Boys." Officials suspect smoke is tattooed over the gun barrel after a member is involved in a shooting. (February 6, 2013)
February 6, 2013, 7:41 p.m.
Seven Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies have been notified that the department intends to fire them for belonging to a secret law enforcement clique that allegedly celebrated shootings and branded its members with matching tattoos, officials said.
The Times reported last year about the existence of the clique, dubbed the Jump Out Boys, and the discovery of a pamphlet that described the group's creed, which required aggressive policing and awarded tattoo modifications for police shootings.
The seven worked on an elite gang-enforcement team that patrols neighborhoods where violence is high. The team makes a priority of taking guns off the street, officials said.
The Sheriff's Department has a long history of secret cliques with members of the groups having reached high-ranking positions within the agency. Sheriff officials have sought to crack down on the groups, fearing that they tarnished the department's reputation and encouraged unethical conduct.
In the case of the Jump Out Boys, sheriff's investigators did not uncover any criminal behavior. But, sources said, the group clashed with department policies and image.
Their tattoos, for instance, depicted an oversize skull with a wide, toothy grimace and glowing red eyes. A bandanna with the unit's acronym is wrapped around the skull. A bony hand clasps a revolver. Smoke would be tattooed over the gun's barrel for members who were involved in at least one shooting, officials said.
One member, who spoke to The Times and requested anonymity, said the group promoted only hard work and bravery. He dismissed concerns about the group's tattoo, noting that deputies throughout the department get matching tattoos. He said there was nothing sinister about their creed or conduct. The deputy, who was notified of the department's intent to terminate him, read The Times several passages from the pamphlet, which he said supported proactive policing.
"We are alpha dogs who think and act like the wolf, but never become the wolf," one passage stated, comparing criminals to wolves. Another passage stated, "We are not afraid to get our hands dirty without any disgrace, dishonor or hesitation... sometimes (members) need to do the things they don't want to in order to get where they want to be."
Department spokesman Steve Whitmore said starting the termination process shows that Sheriff Lee Baca "does not take any of this lightly and will move forward with the appropriate action."
Investigators were less concerned about the tattoos, and more focused on the suspected admiration they showed for officer-involved shootings, which are expected to be events of last resort. The deputy told The Times, however, that investigators reviewed their shootings and arrests and found nothing unlawful.
"We get called a gang within the badge? It's unfair," he said. "People want to say you have a tattoo. So do fraternities. Go to Yale. Are they a gang?.... Boy Scouts have patches and they have mission statements, and so do we."
"We do not glorify shootings," he continued. "What we do is commend and honor the shootings. I have to remember them because it can happen any time, any day. I don't want to forget them because I'm glad I'm alive."
If the firings are upheld, it would be one of the largest terminations over one incident in the department's history. In 2011, the department fired about half a dozen deputies who were also said to have formed a clique. Those deputies worked on the third floor of Men's Central Jail and allegedly threw gang-like three-finger hand signs. They were fired after they fought two fellow deputies at an employee Christmas party and allegedly punched a female deputy in the face.
As part of the widening federal investigation of the Sheriff's Department, a criminal grand jury recently subpoenaed the agency for materials relating to deputy cliques, specifically citing several of the groups including the "3000 boys" and the Jump Out Boys.
When the pamphlet revealing the existence of the Jump Out Boys was initially found, officials didn't know if the group was real. But eventually, one member came forward and named the others, according to an official who asked for anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media.
The seven deputies can fight the department's decision to fire them.
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February 9, 2013, 6:55 amWhere is Dorner?
Where is Dorner?
"Once it gets dark out there and the snow keeps falling and they have no air support, I don't know how effective they would be in that situation," spokeswoman Cindy Bachman of the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department said......edition.cnn.
Throughout Friday, more than 100 officers searched through fresh snow for clues to the whereabouts of Christopher Jordan Dorner, 33, a fired Los Angeles Police Department officer and former Navy lieutenant suspected in the three killings.
Dorner allegedly wrote a manifesto declaring a war of revenge on police, authorities said. By Friday night, police were expected to have completed a search of vacant cabins in the snowpacked forest of the San Bernardino Mountains near the resort town of Big Bear Lake, Bachman said.Police on Thursday searched 400 homes in the Big Bear Lake area and were completing searches of 200 more on Friday, she said. Overnight patrols in the town were to be beefed up with 12 extra two-officer teams, she said.
"The search is continuing," Bachman said. "First of all, they have to rest. They have been going at this for two days."
Police teams were dressed in snow gear, holding the trigger guards on their assault-style rifles while scouring eight square miles near Big Bear Lake, a popular skiing area two hours east of Los Angeles.
The mountains were the focus of Friday's search effort because police had found Dorner's burned-out pickup truck a day earlier near the resort community.
The truck had a broken axle, which would have prevented the vehicle from moving, and footprints appear to show that Dorner doubled back into the community, said a source with knowledge of the investigation.
It was unclear where Dorner may have gone from there or by what means, the source said.
But Bachman told reporters Friday: "The possibility exists that he is here, somewhere in the forest, so we're going to keep looking...until we determine that he's not here."
Guns found in the truck were also burned, but authorities believe Dorner may have as many as 30 guns with him, the source said. Dorner was in the Navy and is trained in counterinsurgency and intelligence, the source said.
Two inches of snow Friday coated the mountaintop pine trees and roads around Big Bear Lake, leading motorists to use tire chains. Up to six more inches were expected. But the snow was regarded as a godsend because tracking a man on the run would be easier, authorities said.
Despite the intense search, authorities allowed nearby ski resorts to remain open Friday because they don't believe Dorner is in Big Bear Lake. At one point, a smiling snowboarder whizzed by police and media, seemingly oblivious to an ongoing news conference and the seriousness of the manhunt.
Jay Obernolte, mayor of Big Bear Lake community, described Friday as having "a beautiful winter morning." Residents weren't fearful, he said, adding that "many of the people here are armed."
"Is there panic in our community?" Obernolte asked reporters rhetorically. "No, there is no panic. We're a hardy people in the San Bernardino Mountains."
San Bernardino County Sheriff John McMahon said the snowfall slowed some searching done by foot, but police pushed onward.
"The snow is great for tracking folks, as well as looking at each individual cabin to see if there's any sign of forced entry," McMahon said."We're going to continue searching until we either discover he left the mountain or we find him," he added. "It's extremely dangerous."The county jail in downtown Los Angeles was in lockdown Friday as a precaution after a civilian female employee of the Twin Towers Correctional Facility spotted someone fitting Dorner's description, said Los Angelese County sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore.
U.S. Navy installations throughout California and Nevada were "maintaining a heightened security posture," a U.S. military official told CNN.
"Security personnel are on the lookout" for Dorner, the official said. The measure was ordered overnight by Rear Adm. Dixon Smith, commander of the Navy's southwest region.
The official declined to discuss security procedures, but said the move was made after it became clear that Dorner earlier this week gained access to the Naval Base at Point Loma and stayed in a motel there.
Two sailors reported that he approached them Wednesday and spoke with them for about 10 minutes. The conversation took place at a coastal "riverine" unit in San Diego where Dorner served in 2006. As a Navy reservist, Dorner held security jobs with that unit.
The Navy is not certain whether Dorner still possesses any military identification he might try to use to enter a facility. The official said an investigation is under way to determine what military identification he might have.
Dorner underwent flight training in 2009 at Naval Air Station Fallon in Nevada before serving in San Diego.
In La Palma, California, about 22 miles southeast of Los Angeles, police searched Friday the home of Dorner's mother, where she and a daughter were cooperating with investigators, said Lt. Bill Whalen of the Irvine Police Department.
Related: Dorner's grudge dates back to 2007
The 270-pound former Navy lieutenant promised to bring "unconventional and asymmetrical warfare" to police officers and their families, calling it the "last resort" to clear his name and retaliate at a department that he says mistreated him.
Dorner is wanted in the killings on Sunday of two people in Irvine and in the shooting of three Los Angeles-area police officers Thursday, one of whom died.
One of the victims of the Irvine killings, Monica Quan, was the daughter of the retired police officer who represented Dorner in his efforts to get his job back, police said.
"My opinion of the suspect is unprintable," Riverside police Chief Sergio Diaz said, hours after one of his officers was killed. "The manifesto, I think, speaks for itself (as) evidence of a depraved and abandoned mind and heart."
Related: Timeline of events
Here's what is known so far:
-- Dorner, who worked as an LAPD officer from 2005 to 2008, is accused of killing Quan and her fiance Sunday in Irvine, then shooting two Riverside police officers and an LAPD officer Thursday. Police say he unleashed numerous rounds at the Riverside officers, riddling their car with bullets and killing a 34-year-old officer. The second officer in the car was seriously wounded, and the LAPD officer suffered only minor injuries, police said.
-- In a lengthy letter provided by police, Dorner said he had been unfairly fired by the LAPD after reporting another officer for police brutality. He decried what he called a continuing culture of racism and violence within the department, and called attacks on police and their families "a necessary evil that I do not enjoy but must partake and complete for substantial change to occur within the LAPD and reclaim my name."
-- Leads have taken police from Los Angeles to San Diego to Las Vegas to Big Bear Lake, where police found the charred carcass of Dorner's gray pickup. Police had found no trace of him Friday, the San Bernadino County sheriff said. Trackers lost footprints believed to be Dorner's in a wooded area near the truck.
-- The LAPD and other agencies have gone to extremes to protect officers. Forty teams of officers were guarding people named as targets in Dorner's letter. On Thursday, one of the teams shot at a pickup that resembled Dorner's but turned out to be a Los Angeles Times newspaper delivery vehicle.
-- Despite Dorner's statement in the letter that "when the truth comes out, the killing stops," Los Angeles police Chief Charlie Beck said authorities don't plan to apologize to Dorner or attempt to clear his name. Dorner's firing, Beck said Thursday, had already been "thoroughly reviewed."
-- In Nevada on Thursday, FBI agents searched Dorner's Las Vegas home. The search forced some of Dorner's neighbors out of their homes for several hours, CNN affiliate KLAS reported.
"It's too close to home. It's kind of scary," neighbor Dan Gomez told KLAS.In addition to posting his manifesto online, Dorner mailed a parcel to AC360 Anchor Anderson Cooper's office at CNN in New York.
The package arrived on February 1 and was opened by Cooper's assistant. Inside was a hand-labeled DVD, accompanied by a yellow Post-it note reading, in part, "I never lied" -- apparently in reference to his 2008 dismissal from the LAPD.
The package also contained a coin wrapped in duct tape. The tape bears the handwritten inscription: "Thanks, but no thanks, Will Bratton." It also had letters that may be read as "IMOA," which could be a commonly used Internet abbreviation for "Imagine a More Open America," or possibly "1 MOA," which means one minute of angle, perhaps implying Dorner was accurate with a firearm.
The coin is a souvenir medallion from former LAPD Chief William Bratton, of a type often given out as keepsakes. This one, though, was shot through with bullet holes: three bullet holes to the center and one that nicked off the top.
The editorial staff of AC360 and CNN management were made aware of the package Thursday. Upon learning of its existence, they alerted Bratton and law enforcement.
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February 7, 2013, 6:13 amTell the EPA: Immediately suspend the pesticide that's killing bees!
Tell the EPA: Immediately suspend the pesticide that's killing bees!
A blockbuster study released last week by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), has for the first time labeled the pesticide clothianidin as an "unacceptable" danger to bees.1
Scientists have long thought that clothianidin is at least partially to blame for the alarming rate that bees have been dying off in the U.S. - nearly 30% of our bee population, per year, has been lost to so-called colony collapse since 2006.2
But the EPA has repeatedly ignored scientists' warnings and Americans' urgings to ban its use, citing lack of evidence.
Now, the EFSA study could be a major breakthrough to convince the EPA to take emergency action, and suspend the use of clothianidin to stop the precipitous decline in global honeybee populations.
Tell the EPA: Immediately suspend the pesticide that's killing bees!
In addition to finding clothianidin too dangerous to use on plants pollinated by bees, EFSA's study specifically identifies as too flawed to be useful the shoddy studies provided by pesticide manufacturer Bayer as evidence of clothianidin's safety. 3
It was these sham studies that EPA used to first approve clothianidin in 2003, even against the objections of EPA's own scientists.4
The pesticide, which is used to treat seeds like corn and canola, expresses itself through the plants' pollen and nectar -- the honeybee's favorite sources of food. Clothianidin is in a class of pesticides called neonicotinoids, which are relatively new, and their use coincides with the rise of colony collapse.
If EPA does not take emergency action now, it won't review clothianidin again until 2018.
Given the rate of colony collapse, and the indispensable role that pollinators play in our food system -- pollinating one-third of our food crops and providing literally billions of dollars in economic benefit -- it would be stunningly irresponsible of EPA to continue allowing the use of this dangerous pesticide for at least another five years.
Sign the petition urging EPA to take immediate action now!1. "Pesticides and Honey Bees: State of the Science," Pesticide Action Network North America
2. " Insecticide 'unacceptable' danger to bees, report finds," Guardian, 1/16/13
3. "European Agency concludes neonicotinoid pesticides too dangerous for bees," NRDC, 1/16/13
4. "Leaked document shows EPA allowed bee-toxic pesticide despite own scientists' red flags," Grist, 12/10/10
Tell the EPA: Immediately suspend the pesticide that's killing bees!
The Petition Reads:
"In light of new evidence showing that the pesticide clothianidin poses a significant danger to bees, EPA should take immediate action to suspend its use."
A blockbuster study released last week by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), has for the first time labeled the pesticide clothianidin as an "unacceptable" danger to bees.1
Scientists have long thought that clothianidin is at least partially to blame for the alarming rate that bees have been dying off in the U.S. - nearly 30% of our bee population, per year, has been lost to so-called colony collapse since 2006.2
But the EPA has repeatedly ignored scientists' warnings and Americans' urgings to ban its use, citing lack of evidence.
Now, the EFSA study could be a major breakthrough to convince the EPA to take emergency action, and suspend the use of clothianidin to stop the precipitous decline in global honeybee populations.
Tell the EPA: Immediately suspend the pesticide that's killing bees!
In addition to finding clothianidin too dangerous to use on plants pollinated by bees, EFSA's study specifically identifies as too flawed to be useful the shoddy studies provided by pesticide manufacturer Bayer as evidence of clothianidin's safety. 3
It was these sham studies that EPA used to first approve clothianidin in 2003, even against the objections of EPA's own scientists.4
The pesticide, which is used to treat seeds like corn and canola, expresses itself through the plants' pollen and nectar -- the honeybee's favorite sources of food. Clothianidin is in a class of pesticides called neonicotinoids, which are relatively new, and their use coincides with the rise of colony collapse.
If EPA does not take emergency action now, it won't review clothianidin again until 2018.
Given the rate of colony collapse, and the indispensable role that pollinators play in our food system -- pollinating one-third of our food crops and providing literally billions of dollars in economic benefit -- it would be stunningly irresponsible of EPA to continue allowing the use of this dangerous pesticide for at least another five years.
Sign the petition urging EPA to take immediate action now!Pesticides and Honey Bees: State of the Science
Insecticide 'unacceptable' danger to bees, report finds
European Agency concludes neonicotinoid pesticides too dangerous for bees
Leaked document shows EPA allowed bee-toxic pesticide despite own scientists' red flags
Tell the EPA: Immediately suspend the pesticide that's killing bees!
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January 24, 2013, 3:21 pmThe idea that recent mass shooters are mostly registered Democrats is a myth
The idea that recent mass shooters are mostly registered Democrats is a myth
Based on the assertions of Roger Hedge<snip> a right-wing radio show host, the meme that the five worst recent mass shootings were committed by registered Democrats is making its way through e-mail chains and social media. Hedge<snip> asserts, without providing any evidence or sources, that the Ft. Hood shooter, the Virginia Tech shooter, the Aurora Theater shooter and Adam Lanza of Sandy Hook infamy were all "registered Democrats". He acknowledges that Klebold and Harris (the Columbine Colorado shooters) were too young to be registered voters but asserts, again without providing any evidence, that Harris and Klebold's parents were progressives or liberal Democrats. All of these charges are utterly baseless and perhaps do not even deserve a response. However, given the effectiveness of right-wing lies in saturating social media and duping the incurious (a far too numerous segment of the population), some more detailed debunking is in order.
To the best of my ability, I have attempted to research these claims with as much rigor as possible. If there is any evidence for or against my debunking, I welcome that evidence in the spirit of free inquiry. Let me also state that given that neither major political party condones mass shooter violence in any way, shape or form, and that all these acts are individual acts of violence that are not sanctioned by either elected Democrats or Republicans (at least not mainstream leaders in either party), the very notion that they are acting on behalf of a political party is itself problematic. This is not to say that mass shootings are apolitical acts, but rather it is to say that as political acts they may express an ideology (racism, misogyny, entitlement, psychosis, etc) but they do not in general express alignment with a political party or if they do it is not an association that the Democrats or Republicans would accept as legitimate (neither party wants to claim James Holmes or Adam Lanza as a member in good standing, no matter what Holmes or Lanza feels about them). In any case, we can categorically REJECT the notion that any of the shooters in question has been shown to be a registered Democrat on a case by case basis.
1. Nidal Hasan (the Ft. Hood shooter) lived in either Virginia (his state of residence prior to being sent to Ft. Hood) or Texas, neither of which has partisan registration. Therefore the claim that he was a "registered Democrat" is false. I do not know if he voted or how he voted, but I do know that unless he was registered in a state in which he did not reside, that the claim that he is a registered Democrat is FALSE.
2. Since Virginia does not have partisan registration there is also no way to tell whether Seung-Hui Cho was a Democrat, but again because there is no partisan registration in the state we can say that the claim that he is a registered Democrat is FALSE.
3. The allegation that James Holmes was registered Democrat was based on a Breitbart blogger Joel B. Pollack, who found voter registration records for a DIFFERENT James Holmes who was about the same age. Alex Jones' Infowars and other right-wing websites then dutifully repeated the lie without verifying it. It was later determined that the Colorado Theater Shooter James Holmes was NOT registered to vote, as evidenced by this retraction: {Newly-released information on the suspect's birthdate (which, as indicated in our initial report, was a slight mismatch), combined with new details Breitbart News has obtained about the suspect's likely addresses, together suggest that the suspect may, in fact, not have been registered to vote.}. However, most of right-wing media continued to promote the lie without printing Breitbart sites retraction. The claim that James Holmes was a registered Democrat is FALSE.
4. The claim that Adama Lanza is a registered Democrat has been suggested based not on any evidence that he was registered as one, but on the rather dubious claim that because Connecticut has almost 2 to 1 Democratic registration over Republicans, he was probably a Democrat. (Claim: "Adam Lanza, NewtownConn murderer. Registered Democrats outnumber Republicans by about a 2-1 ratio in Connecticut. The odds are therefore that the Lanza family are (sic) Democrats.") This of course is a bogus argument to begin with, but even if we were to make the claim that a mass shooter's political affiliation must be the same as the majority of the people in his area, we can debunk this foolish idea by taking this shoddy analysis down to the local level. Yes, Connecticut voted for Barack Obama, BUT the city of Newtown voted for Mitt Romney. If we look at the results we find that Mitt Romney defeated Barack Obama in Newtown by 7451-6784 votes or 51.7 percent to 47 percent. Republican Senate candidate and Tea Party favorite Linda McMahon carried the city over Democrat Chris Murphy by an even larger margin. Add in the other information we have that Lanza's mother was a "doomsday prepper" and a home schooler in a Republican-leaning city and we can pretty well dispense with the erroneous assumption that Lanza must have been a Democrat. We can therefore claim that with no evidence to support the claim, the assertion that Lanza was a Democrat is not demonstrated and that in the absence of any evidence it is likely FALSE.
5. Klebold and Harris of course were not old enough to vote and they had no apparent political affiliation. Allegations that they came from families of Democrats or liberal progressives appear to have no sources to substantiate those claims. What little ideology the boys demonstrated owed mostly to an admiration for Timothy McVeigh not Ted Kennedy. Harris' father was a retired Air Force pilot and Eric Harris wanted to join the Marine Corps. The boys lived in Littleton, Colorado a relatively conservative and affluent suburb of Denver. The claim that their parents were Democrats is UNSUBSTANTIATED. Any suggestion that the two boys were Democrats is demonstrably FALSE.
Interestingly, Hedge<snip> and those on the far right have conveniently overlooked a number of cases where ideology is clearly right-wing. The acts below are instances of right-wing violence that are unequivocally committed by people who are openly hostile to liberalism. While this does not mean these killers are Republicans, it is quite clear that they are RIGHT-WINGERS and that they have far more in common with Mr. Hedge<snip>, Alex Jones and the other gun-toting conspiracy nuts on the right than with any evils associated with the Democratic Party or liberalism. In addition, to the list below is the obvious case of Timothy McVeigh, who I have not included because his crime was not committed with firearms. It was however, committed by a right-winger and the carnage was on a massive scale.
For example, on July 18, 1984 James Oliver Huberty, who told his wife he hated "children, Mexicans and the United States" opened fire inside the McDonald's Restaurant in San Ysidro, CA using a Browning P-35 Hi-Power 9mm pistol, Winchester 1200 pump-action 12-gauge shotgun, and an Israeli Military Industries 9mm Carbine (Uzi) – all legally acquired. He killed 21 and injured 19 before he was shot dead by police.
On Aug. 10, 1999 White supremacist Buford O. Furrow, Jr., fired 70 rounds with an Uzi-type submachine-gun inside the lobby of the Jewish Community Center in Granada Hills, CA wounding three children, a teenage counselor and an office worker. He then carjacked a woman's Toyota at gunpoint, dumped it behind a motel and murdered US Postal Worker Joseph Santos with a Glock 9mm handgun.
On July 27, 2008 Former U.S. Army private, Jim David Atkinsson, who hated Democrats, liberals, African Americans and homosexuals, using a Remington Model 48 12-guage shotgun, murdered two people and injured seven others inside the Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church in Knoxville, TN.
The day after Obama's inauguration, white supremacist Keith Luke went on a killing spree in Brockton, Massachusetts. His goal was to kill as many Jews, blacks and Hispanics as possible. When questioned by investigators, the deranged gunman who had stockpiled hundreds of rounds of ammunition, proclaimed that he was fighting the extinction of the white race.
A little over a month later, Donnie Baker, a former Republican campaign volunteer shot seven Chilean immigrants in Florida. Those who knew him said he was obsessed with the fear that illegal immigrants were taking over the country.
In April of 2009, Richard Popalowski, a white supremacist in Pittsburgh, shot and killed three police officers following a domestic disturbance call. He apparently thought that Obama was part of a government conspiracy to seize all guns, and he feared the government would take his guns away.
Later the same month, a Fort Walton Beach Florida man who thought the Obama administration was conspiring against him, shot and murdered two sheriff's deputies.
On May 31, 2009 Dr. George Tiller was murdered in his own church by a right-wing "pro- life" gun man who decided to express his belief in the sanctity of human life by executing a medical doctor.
Eleven days later a right-wing white supremacist and Holocaust denier walked into the National Holocaust Museum and killed an African-American security guard. Two weeks later, three Neo-Nazis were arrested for bombing a diversity office in Scottsdale, Arizona.
On April 20, 2010 a member of the Sovereign Citizen movement was arrested after a failed attempt to take over a Tennessee county courthouse.
Exactly one month later, in West Memphis Arkansas, Sovereign citizens Jerry and Joe Kane murdered two police officers before they themselves were shot and killed in the ensuing shoot out with police.
On July 18, 2010 Byron Williams, an angry unemployed man, was arrested by police after they discovered a car full of weapons and ammunition that he had planned to use to kill progressives. He was on his way to the non-profit Tides Foundation Center, a favorite target of vitriol from Glenn Beck's radio show.
On Jan. 8, 2011 22-year old Jarold Lee Laughner killed six people, including a judge and a nine-year old child, and wounded 13 others, including U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ), using a 9mm Glock 19 pistol during a public meeting in a supermarket parking lot near Tuscon, AZ.
On Aug. 5, 2012 Wade Michael Page, a 40-year old white supremacist and U.S. Army veteran murdered six people and wounded four others inside a Sikh Temple in Oak Creek, WI with a Springfield XD(M) semi-automatic pistol.
- January 20, 2013
- By: Keith Darling-Brekhus
January 20, 2013, 11:01 pmMartin Luther King - I Have A Dream Speech - August 28, 1963
December 5, 2012, 4:49 pmSenate GOP fails to bring up immigration bill
Senate GOP fails to bring up immigration bill
Published - Dec 05 2012 03:59PM EST
JIM ABRAMS, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats on Wednesday blocked Republicans from bringing up an immigration bill offering permanent residence visas for foreigners with advanced degrees that passed the House last week despite the opposition of most Democrats.
Senate Republican John Cornyn of Texas sought unanimous consent to consider the bill that provides some 55,000 green cards a year to those with masters and doctorate degrees from U.S. colleges in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
"We all know that America's immigration system is broken, but in particular by driving away highly skilled foreign workers who want to start businesses and create jobs right here in America," he said.
New York's Sen. Chuck Schumer, a Democratic leader on immigration policies, objected to Cornyn's request. Schumer said Democrats support creating so-called STEM visas and he has a proposal to do that. "But what we don't do is take away other visas or add in other extraneous positions."
House Republicans turned to their STEM bill as a way to show Hispanics, who deserted them in the November election, that they are serious about immigration legislation. But it met strong opposition from Democrats because it eliminated another visa program that benefits less-educated people, particularly from Africa. The Congressional Hispanic Caucus said Republicans were trying to pick winners and losers among different people who want to gain permanent residency.
The Republican bill would also have made it easier for the spouses and families of people with green cards to enter the United States while they wait for their own green card applications to be approved.
The STEM bill is seen as an opening skirmish as Congress and the White House plan for writing comprehensive immigration legislation next year dealing with both legal immigrants and the estimated 11 million living in the country illegally.
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November 30, 2012, 10:25 pmSaving face: Ind. man removing Romney-Ryan tattoo
MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. (AP) — A northern Indiana man who had the Mitt Romney-Paul Ryan campaign logo tattooed onto his face "to make politics fun" says it's time for it to come off.
Eric Hartsburg of Michigan City, Ind., says he plans to have the red-and-blue "R'' removed from its prominent place next to his right eye.
He says a Republican supporter paid him $15,000 to get the tattoo and keep it until at least the election was over.
Weeks after President Barack Obama defeated the former Massachusetts governor in the Nov. 6 election, Hartsburg says "now to me it represents not a losing campaign, but a sore losing campaign."
Hartsburg says he reached out to the Romney campaign about the tattoo, but feels snubbed that no campaign staffer ever contacted him.
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Stock Futures Rise After Caterpillar, Durable Goods Reports
NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- Stock futures were rising Monday after a better-than-expected earnings report from Caterpillar(CAT) and a jump in durable goods orders for December.
Investors also were looking ahead to fourth-quarter gross domestic product numbers on Wednesday, the first two-day Federal Reserve meeting of the year later starting Tuesday, and the January nonfarm payrolls report on Friday.
Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average were up 29 points, or 8.02 points above fair value, at 13,841. Futures for the S&P 500 were up 2.50 points, or 0.54 points above fair value, at 1498. Futures for the Nasdaq were up 4 points, or 1.82 points above fair value, at 2732.
Caterpillar(CAT) shares were jumping by 2.41% after the heavy construction and mining equipment maker posted fourth-quarter profit of $1.91 a share, excluding a non-cash charge of 87 cents a share, on revenue of $16.08 billion. Analysts, on average, were expecting earnings of $1.70 a share in the fourth quarter on revenue of $16.12 billion.
The company cautioned that it remains cautious about the global economy. While Caterpillar expects some improvement in the U.S. economy, growth could be relatively weak, the company said.
"We believe China's economy will continue to improve, but not to the growth rates of 2010 and 2011. We also remain concerned about Europe and expect economies in that region will continue to struggle in 2013," Caterpillar CEO Doug Oberhelman said in a press release.
Fiscal policy worries were raised by analysts Monday.
Maury Harris, an economist at UBS, noted that the bigger issue regarding fiscal policy in the near-term is the uncertainty surrounding the debt limit and borrowing capacity, the sequestration on March 1, and the expiring budget resolution on March 27.
"If the sequester were fully implemented in full-year 2013, it would be very disruptive to growth, particularly in Q3. In our view, a more likely outcome is that the sequestration gets overturned by politicians (possibly retroactively), and is accompanied by another back-loaded, unconvincing long-term deficit reduction plan," said Harris.
Major U.S. stock averages rose Friday, with all three key indices ending the week higher, as Procter & Gamble (PG) shares popped after an upbeat earnings forecast while AT&T(T) advanced after the company posted a narrower quarterly loss.
The S&P 500 on Friday managed to settle above 1,500 for the first time since 2007.
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Early morning fire at Shakespeare's Pizza on Peachtree Drive
COLUMBIA - A towel dryer was found to be the source of a fire at the Shakespeare's Pizza on Peachtree Drive Saturday morning, according to the Columbia Fire Department.
Firefighters were dispatched to the scene at 4:48 a.m. and had to force their way in to the shop.
They arrived at the scene at 4:54 a.m. and were able to see smoke in the front of the store.
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The Kiss Cam is as much a part of sports as beer and hot dogs. It's an institution.
For some of us (me, for example), a sneak-attack by a JumboTron is a lifelong fear. But others thrive under the bright lights and on the big stage.
Celebrities and regular old fans alike take pleasure in either making the crowds coo with their romantic flavor or making them howl with laughter when they choose to make out with their beer bottle instead of their girlfriend. Or, even better, when they dump their beer all over the guy in front of them mid-kiss.
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That was a great show last night. Good cause. Great fights.
Josh Koscheck's K.O. of Yoshida was sweet. Two huge rights, the second one a free shot at a guy who was out on his feet.
Also, that arm bar was brutal. Why homeboy didn't tap is a mystery, but he's got to know that he's not getting out of that without tapping or getting his arm broke. However, classless move by Steve Cantwell celebrating breaking another competitor's arm. It's okay to be celebrate a victory, but really bush league to run around the ring yelling "It's broken" and making a twig-snapping motion.


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Providence Sends First Teams to Serve in Guatemala
Providence employees have just returned from two inspiring journeys for the inaugural Providence Health International (PHI) service trips to Guatemala. The first team consisted of ten employees working with PHI partner, Medical Teams International. The team installed 35 energy efficient stoves to address the public health crisis of acute respiratory infection related to traditional indoor open fires that produce harmful smoke. The team worked in the village of Chitepey in the central highlands of Guatemala. Chitepey is a Q'eqchi-speaking indigenous community lacking in public health and educational support; it has virtually no infrastructure for electricity, public transportation or running water. Despite Chitepey's many needs, the community had much to teach participants and captured the hearts of the Providence team members, who valued the simplicity of life in Chitepey and gained a new appreciation for previously taken for granted opportunities back home. As anyone in the team will share, the gift of a stove pales in comparison to the richness of the relationships and love shared.
The second team also created strong bonds on their trip. This team consisted of thirty skilled clinicians working with PHI's partner, Faith in Practice. The team members represented a variety of hospitals and departments throughout the Southern California Region, yet they worked seamlessly in the rural village of San Felipe, Retalhuleu to address the medical problems of more than 65 patients. The team performed 26 hernia repairs, 25 gallbladder removals and 14 surgeries to remove lymphomas, cysts and masses. Throughout the week, team members heard the stories of the patients who had not worked in years because of the pain and disruption caused by their medical problems. The patients had traveled many hours to receive health care support and the Providence team was relieved to see their patients leave the hospital with smiles on their faces.
In two short weeks, 35 families were provided with highly efficient stoves that improve ventilation and families' health, 65 surgical patients received interventions that provided relief from extensive pain and 40 people of Providence learned from and were inspired by the resilient and warm people of Guatemala.
PHI provides opportunities for people of Providence to learn, serve and donate to international communities; leveraging the resources and talents of our health care system to improve and promote global health. The service trips in Guatemala, a new program of PHI, will expand the Providence Mission beyond our borders to address the health needs and improve the health care capacity of Guatemala. This work is driven by the Sisters of Providence's Hopes & Aspirations and, if built upon relationships of trust and respect, will be mutually beneficial for the people of Guatemala and the people of Providence.
A big thanks goes to team leaders James Harker, Colleen Settles, OP, Eileen Wolf, Katherine Bullard, RN, and trip participants Raymond Rivera, MD, Douglas Morrow, MD, Philip Biderman, MD, Scott Patterson, MD, Deborah Olson, MD, Maria Bendebel, MD, John Nguyen, MD, Joanne Fowler, RN, John Chop, Alexandra Bierne, Arlene Howe, RN, Karen Rice, RN, Susan Olson, RN, Lynn Miles, RN, Kevin MacVane, RN, Kathy Dibene, RN, Nikki Bauer, RN, Rowena Lester, Marie Mayen-Cho, RN, Judy Albert, RN, Deanna Tueros, RN, Alex Jackson, Mark Thomas, J. Heidi Aylsworth, Matthew Volta, Scot A Gudger, Joyce Dombrowski, Michelle Boucher and OT Millsap for giving their time and energy for the success of these first trips. We also thank the staff at Medical Teams International and Faith in Practice for their dedication to this important work and for helping to make these trips possible.
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Students, faculty and staff will find an improved climate for learning as UCO moves forward with its continuous improvement efforts. UCO will use a self-study process based on the Baldrige principles and criteria (as those principles and criteria are shared with the AQIP process).
The self-study will be conducted using the processes outlined by the Oklahoma Quality Award Foundation. Opportunities for improvement (OFIs) will be prioritized and submitted to appropriate groups, such as CIT and the ExComm, for study action.
NCCI's vision is to function as a catalyst for higher education institutions to work collaboratively across institutions to employ effective methods for advancing academic and administrative excellence.
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Continuous Improvement is a way of approaching life at UCO. As a learning organization, we believe there are opportunities for improving all that we do in helping students learn.
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Congratulations to UCO for winning at the Commitment level!
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An American Indian gathering offers a feel for ancient traditions.
By EBONY WINDOM
Published May 4, 2007
TRINITY - Sheryll Kremer had always heard tales about her Cherokee ancestors. Her mother had traced family roots back about a century to a union between a Cherokee woman and German man in rural South Carolina.
And Kremer, 51, says she's always been proud of her American Indian heritage.
So, last January, when Kremer learned about a historical lecture hosted by an American Indian group known as Spirit People, she decided to take part.
And it's changed her life, she says.
Kremer started attending the group's monthly meetings. And in January, became a member.
"This feels like family, " Kremer said, referring to the Spirit People. "It's a spiritual way of living. It touches my soul. It completes me."
Now, Kremer is looking forward to her first big event with the group, the three-day Spirit People May PowWow that could draw close to 3, 000 people to the J.B. Starkey Ranch in Trinity starting today.
Spirit People is an eclectic mix of folks from various American Indian tribes who gather monthly for praying, singing and drumming.
It's a fairly new group that formed about five years ago with only a handful of people. At first they would meet at a member's home on a horse ranch in Trilby. Then, they quickly outgrew that, and relocated to a patch of forest at the Starkey Ranch. More than 100 people show up each month for meetings.
For Spirit People, their sanctuary is the great outdoors, nestled among towering pines and sprawling oaks. Their choir is the squawk of nearby cranes, herons and eagles.
The land on which they gather is a "sacred space, " because the ground is blessed beforehand, says Pam "Waterbird" Davison, who serves as the group's spiritual advisor.
Many Spirit People members are not full-blooded Native Americans. Davison herself is part Cherokee, Creek and Choctaw. But, she was raised Southern Baptist and as an adult "decided to follow the traditions of my people, " Davison says.
Now, she can speak a bit of Cherokee and is married to the group's chief, Robert Lambert, who is known as "Buffalo Eagle."
Some members are not even Native American by blood, Davison points out. But, it doesn't matter because "all who come in a good way are welcome."
Organizers say last fall's powwow drew about 3, 000 people. And the big spring event is creating a buzz among Indian circles in the southeast and beyond, Davison says. Visitors are expected from as far away as Canada.
"A powwow is kind of like a family reunion, " said Davison. "We all get together to sing, dance, drum. We honor our great spirits, mother earth. We honor our veterans, our children and our elders."
The gathering is meant to create a peaceful space where "there's no prejudice. Everyone is there to have a good time, " said Justin "Healing Water" Lambert, Davison's stepson, who is planning to fly down from Canada for the event.
And just like the various lectures Spirit People offer to churches, schools and organizations, the group hopes to use this powwow as a way to educate others about Native American heritage.
Participants can get a feel for traditions as Spirit People transform part of Starkey Ranch into a 1700s Indian village, complete with authentic teepees. Folks will demonstrate how to create intricate, hand-woven baskets and beaded jewelry. Others will string together leather for moccasins and medicine bags.
Folks can sample authentic American Indian fare such as fry bread, Indian tacos, and buffalo and venison stew.
And various groups of dancers dressed in brilliantly-colored, beaded and feathered regalia will take part in the highlight of the event, the Grand Entry.
New member Kremer is eager about the upcoming event, her first. She'll be taking several days off from her nursing job to attend. And she plans to pitch a tent and camp out on-site so she doesn't miss a minute of the powwow.
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Public invited
Spirit People of America will host a three-day powwow starting today. The event is free to the public. Parking costs $5. Proceeds will benefit both J.B. Starkey Ranch and Spirit People of America. Alcohol and weapons are not allowed. For information, visit www.spiritpeople.org or call Pam Davison at (727) 773-2161.
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Street Art in Prague
Spray Can Stories Walking Tour
Prague is well known for its beautiful (OLD) architecture, charming (OLD) streets, creepy (OLD) legends… So what do all of these things have in common? Yes, they're interesting, educational and unique… but they're all bound by the theme of being OLD (as if we didn't make that obvious :). And yeah, history rocks. But what if you're into something more cool & fresh, like street art, contemporary art or graffiti? Many people think that Prague's not exactly full of interesting alternative art – and boy, they couldn't be more wrong!
So, without any further ado, here are a few tips on cool street art/graffiti spots that are definitely worth checking out. Read on till the end of the article to find out how you can get to know about even MORE cool street art/graffiti/contemporary art meccas! ;) Let's do this!
1. Národní třída
There's an old building/parking lot near Café Louvre on Národní třída where you'll find some pretty amazing street art by two famous graffiti artists, Pasta Oner and Jan Kaláb. All we can say is this: you can't miss it. And yeah, it'll look amazing on your Instagram feed (we're being dead serious now).
2. Vítězné náměstí
You can find another cool street art piece a few meters from Vítězné náměstí. Done by (dun, dun, dun!) Pasta Oner once again, we think it's pretty awesome. And before you say anything, let us tell you this is no product placement, OK! We simply believe Pasta Oner is one cool dude.
3. Lennon Wall
OK, so we had to include this place on our list. We'd be committing graffiti blasphemy if we didn't! This famous spot has changed dramatically in the past few years, losing a bit of its original 'rawness'. Despite the latter fact, we (along with thousands of tourists who visit it every year) still love the Lennon Wall! It's hard to put into words what makes this spot so special, but we still love going back every single year as well as witnessing its continual evolution.
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4. All over Prague
We're pretty stoked that Gambrinus Excelent is supporting street and graffiti artists in their endeavours. In fact, as a result of the beer brand's support, various bottle-themed graffiti pieces have appeared all over Prague in the past few weeks. We know what you're thinking – commercialism strikes yet again! This is actually a really neat project though – check out some of the photos here: http://www.kulturnipecka.cz/umeni-galerie/projekt-streetartovych-maleb-v-cr
OK, so we've told you about some really cool Prague graffiti as well as street art 'canvases'. But we're guessing that you want to know more. Am I right or am I right? And so you should! There's many (MANY!) cool graffiti and street art hotspots as well as truly well hidden gems that we're pretty sure you'll love exploring!
If you're interested in street art in the Czech Republic, don't miss our 'Spray Can Stories' walking tour! You'll get to know (up close & personal, no less!) real & raw street art AND your guide will be an artist who has worked with street art and is super passionate about the subject. What could be better? Oh yeah, did we forget to mention that you'll be able to try your hand at a bit of spraying yourself?
If you're dying to get your spray on, book our tour now! We can't wait to meet fellow street art enthusiasts :)


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MADISON, Wis.—When members of the Group of 20 (G-20) nations attend The London Summit 2009 on April 2, they will be armed with the knowledge that credit unions and financial cooperatives worldwide have contributed to the solution rather than cause of the struggling global economy. Communications from World Council of Credit Unions (WOCCU) delivered prior to the meeting alerted attendees to the role credit unions play in their countries, both in serving members and contributing to economic stability.
WOCCU originally made its voice heard last fall in a formal letter submitted to G-20 countries attending the Nov. 15 summit in Washington, D.C. The letter, addressed to participating finance ministers, asked the group to acknowledge the strength and safety of credit unions and financial cooperatives and to not make cooperatives part of inappropriate legislation or regulations that may restrict the very practices that give member-owned institutions their capability to serve.
As a result of its November meeting, the G-20 established four working groups, one of which focuses on supervision, enhancing sound regulation and increasing and strengthening transparency. WOCCU sent a formal letter addressed to committee co-chairs Rakesh Mohan, deputy governor of the Reserve Bank of India, and Tiff Macklem, associate deputy minister of the Canadian Ministry of Finance, outlining the role of credit unions and their supervisory structures.
"We also have been in communication with the World Bank representative who sits on the committee," said Grace. "He assured us that credit unions are not within the scope of the regulatory review."
The other three working groups have focused on reinforcing international cooperation and promoting integrity in financial markets, reforming the International Monetary Fund and reforming the World Bank and multilateral development banks. Issues involving credit unions and financial cooperatives are not expected to be considered by any of these working groups, according to Grace.
Prior to the November G-20 meeting, a letter from Pete Crear, WOCCU president and CEO, requested that three distinct steps be taken during the fall summit:
"We believe strongly that cooperative financial institutions must be consulted prior to any regulatory actions that may affect them," wrote Crear, "and we urge you to make this step a permanent part of your protocols."
WOCCU's current efforts support the initiatives outlined in Crear's letter. Based on discussions with committee members, WOCCU expects the London Summit to produce a principle-based approach to regulatory reform that includes the following outcomes:
"Throughout all our efforts we stressed our support for independent credit union regulators who are knowledgeable about financial cooperative activities and the credit union difference," Grace added. "As seen from past financial crises at national levels, during this global crisis credit unions have performed better than many other financial institutions. We are unaware of any credit union in any market that has received capital infusions from government as a result of the current crisis."
Established in the wake of the emerging markets financial crisis of the late 1990s, the G-20 is an informal forum that promotes open and constructive discussion between industrial and emerging-market countries on key issues related to global economic stability. The G-20 includes Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, Great Britain, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Turkey, the United States and the European Union. In G-20 countries, financial cooperatives serve 621 million people and have over US$7.6 trillion in assets.
World Council of Credit Unions is the global trade association and development agency for credit unions. World Council promotes the sustainable development of credit unions and other financial cooperatives around the world to empower people through access to high quality and affordable financial services. World Council advocates on behalf of the global credit union system before international organizations and works with national governments to improve legislation and regulation. Its technical assistance programs introduce new tools and technologies to strengthen credit unions' financial performance and increase their outreach.
World Council has implemented more than 290 technical assistance programs in 71 countries. Worldwide, 60,500 credit unions in 109 countries serve 223 million people. Learn more about World Council's impact around the world at www.woccu.org.


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Salads are a traditional dish often served at the beginning of a meal. But there are so many different kinds of salads that they really can fit in anywhere.
This particular Carrot Avocado Salad will go nicely as a side dish. Carrots are a wonderful vegetable with their distinctive color and lovely sweet, crunchy flavor.
Carrots originated in Holland and, it is said, up until about 500 years ago were always purple. Has anyone seen a purple carrot in their lifetime? Carrots are quite nutritious containing large amounts vitamin A and decent amounts of B3, C and E. If you eat them raw they also contain potassium, calcium, iron and zinc; but these are partially destroyed when cooked.
So be sure to add raw carrots to your salads.
When buying carrots organic is particularly important as they will have a much finer flavor than non-organic. Also, look for very thin carrots with the top greens still attached. They will keep in your refrigerators vegetable drawer for several days.
Valuable nutrients lie just below the skin in carrots. So when preparing for cooking or eating raw follow these guidelines. If they are young and pencil thin just scrub them. Older bigger carrots can be scraped with a knife or peeled. Don't forget to nip off each end.
To boil carrots cut them into the shape you want, such 1/8" to 1/4" slices cut on the bias, (at an angle). Boil a pot of water with a little salt and a touch of sugar. Drop in your carrots being careful not to splash yourself. Cook them for the time it takes to be aldente, still slightly crunchy. Remove to a colander to drain. For this recipe stop the cooking process by placing them in an ice water bath for just a few minutes. Then drain them again.
Carrot Avocado Salad
Serves 4
2 limes, zested then juiced
3 Tbl extra virgin olive oil
2 Tbl agave nectar, (or honey)
1/8 tsp crushed red pepper flakes
1/2 tsp dry mustard
1 1/4 lb carrots
1avocado, small diced
3 green onions, cleaned and chopped
Salt to taste
Fresh ground pepper to taste
Lightly toss the avocado dice with 1/2 of the lime juice.
Place the rest of the lime juice in a small pot with the extra virgin olive oil, agave nectar, lime zest, red pepper and dry mustard. Heat until hot, remove from heat and let stand.
Cook carrots according to the paragraph above. When cooled pat dry and add them to a large mixing bowl. Toss carrots with the warm dressing; add salt and fresh ground black pepper to taste. Lightly toss with the avocado and place in a serving bowl. Garnish with the chopped green onion.


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Firstly, congrats on Bronze status, YB.
Secondly, the TLC song never made much impression on me. But Paul's song is one of the highlights of Mac2, along with "One Of These Days", and the song that RRS probably loves the most, "Bogey Music" (I'm taking a big risk here . . .)