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New Federal Gun Law Coming Under Radar
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New Federal Gun Law Coming Under Radar
BY ALAN KORWIN | NOVEMBER 6, 2013 via Sonoran News
With Mr. Obama and his allies attacking the right to keep and bear arms from a dozen angles at once, the anti-rights forces in America have overlooked the Undetectable Handgun Law of 1988, set to expire on Dec. 3, less than six weeks away. (Google 18 USC §922(p) for the letter of the law.)
If the law expires as it is scheduled to do, airports and all secure areas could be exposed to guns that metal detectors cannot identify.
Although no such guns exist (in the commercial world) and have never been available to the public, the "news" media created a furor over the non-existent firearms when the polymer-framed Glock pistol was introduced, spreading fear that such weapons could be smuggled into airports past all known screening devices. The Glock and all similar polymer-framed firearms contain large amounts of steel and are easily spotted by metal detectors.
The chances that Congress will let the statute expire are near zero, a quick survey of industry experts indicates. But the subject hasn't hit the public radar yet, and simple reenactment of a federal gun law is a risky bet, given the present administration's penchant for introducing gun mandates at any opportunity.
Any bill that must get through both houses of Congress becomes a magnet for amendments and agenda-driven add-ons. A gun bill will be particularly susceptible to that pressure. Only one tiny change will be needed, the same one made last time this expiration came up. The number of years in the sunset clause on this 1988 law, now "25," will have to increase to whatever new date Congress chooses. They went from 15 to 25 last time.
However – no plans for renewal of the expiring "invisible" gun ban have been announced by either major political party. The expiration date, however, is set in stone by the existing law. If the law does expire, someone somewhere is likely to try to develop and introduce an undetectable gun (outside the world of superspies).
Two bills were introduced, one back in April, HR1474, which extended the ban for another 10 years and added undetectable ammo magazines, and S1149 in June, which also extends the ban for 10 years with similar conditions. Neither bill has gone anywhere. Undetectable guns and magazines doesn't say much about undetectable ammo, but no one expects Congress to be very logical about any of this.
Sensitive Date
The expiration date is just 11 days prior to nationwide events planned to recognize the calamity surrounding the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. Both pro-rights and anti-rights groups have announced intentions to use that date to press for action on gun rights in America. Efforts to restrict Americans' right to arms, using the actions of the psychopath on that day as a motivation, have thus far failed.
Second Event Also on Dec. 3
By coincidence, Dec. 3 has been set by the Arizona Court of Appeals to hear oral arguments in the Guns Save Lives censorship case, with the Goldwater Institute's Scharf-Norton Center for Constitutional Litigation representing plaintiff Alan Korwin and TrainMeAZ, LLC. TrainMeAZ is a coalition of firearm industry firms working together to promote gun safety. http://www.trainmeaz.com
The red-heart Guns Save Lives logo at the center of the case has been adopted as a theme for Gun Save Lives Day, a response to the events planned for restricting gun rights timed around the Newtown demonstrations. When this counter protest was announced, the lamestream media went apoplectic, spewing bile and vitriol at the pro-rights people.
Politico reported Monday Oct. 28 that weekly sessions on gun control have been held between the White House Office of Public Engagement and representatives from Michael Bloomberg's Mayors Against Guns, the Brady Campaign to Promote Gun Violence, Moms Demand Action, the Center for American Progress, Organizing for Action and Americans for Responsible Solutions. It is understood that demonstrations and calls for new restrictions on gun rights tied to the Newtown date are part of those planning sessions.
To the extent government operatives are at work compromising the Second Amendment instead of supporting it, they violate their oath and should be removed from office or brought up on charges. This may seem quaint but it matters. No one in government is taking any action against this fifth column-type of activity.
Alan Korwin is the author of Gun Laws of America and The Uninvited Ombudsman
Guest Editorial | November 6, 2013 | Sonoran News.
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Et tu Target?
Over the 4th of July weekend I went into a good old American Target store to pick up some stuff for the family. Hot dogs, buns, soda, that kind of thing. Practically as soon as I walked through the door, I was confronted by an incredibly offensive wall of piñatas.
I get it that some people might want to buy piñatas for their kids. They don't understand the potential dangers. Fine. But selling these atrocities on one of the most important days of the year, when we celebrate Americaness? Come on Target? Why not just start selling French stuff too? Make a mockery of what the 4th of July stands for?
I went to the manager and asked him what our Founding Fathers would think about him selling piñatas on the 4th of July. Mister Gutierez (did I spell that right?) barely listened to me, even though I very calmly explained to him the dangers of piñatas and how inappropriate it was for him to sell them on this particular holiday. He just kept looking at his watch and finally made an excuse to go do something else.
All I can say is I will now be taking all of my business to Walmart, where they truly understand what it means to be an American company!


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Webinar: Residual Stress Analysis Using the Hole Drilling Method
The strength behavior of components is influenced by residual stresses existing in these components without showing any visible signs. Therefore it makes sense to determine the existing stresses present in the components in order to take them into account when dimensioning a component.
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All too often, the rules of pesticide regulation are cumbersome and make for slow change. But EPA had an opportunity to take swift, decisive action to protect bees — and they let it pass.
Today, the agency announced it is denying the request by beekeepers to declare Bayer's pesticide, clothianidin, an "imminent hazard" to bees and will not be suspending the chemical's use.
The decision comes in response to a legal petition filed earlier this year by twenty-five beekeepers and environmental organizations, citing acute and chronic bee kills across the country linked to neonicotinoid pesticides like clothianidin.
Steve Ellis, one of the petitioners and owner of Old Mill Honey Co, with operations in California and Minnesota, says the beekeepers are disappointed.
EPA has signaled a willingness to favor pesticide corporations over bees and beekeepers. This decision puts beekeepers, rural economies and our food system at risk. And the injury we are sustaining this year will be unnecessarily repeated.
Bees are running out of time
This spring and summer, beekeepers from New York to Ohio and Minnesota are reporting extraordinarily large bee die-offs due, in part, to pesticides exposure. The die-offs are similar to what beekeepers have reported in the past few weeks in Canada (where EPA has admitted there are 120 bee kill reports, a huge number).
According to USDA, beekeepers have been losing an average 30% of their honey bee colonies each year since 2006 – but some are losing many more.
New scientific studies continue to emerge that clearly point to pesticides, along with pathogens and nutrition, as a key catalyst of these alarming bee die-offs. And recent studies in both the U.S. and in Europe show that small amounts of neonicotinoids — both alone and in combination with other pesticides — can cause impaired communication, disorientation, decreased longevity, suppressed immunity and disruption of brood cycles in honey bees.
Neonicotinoid treatment of corn seeds is thought to be one of the leading pathways for exposure.
What are they waiting for?
Last month, over 250,000 people from across the country urged EPA to follow the science and move swiftly to suspend the use of clothianidin. At the same time, pesticide manufacturer Bayer CropScience has attempted to refute (and discredit) new key scientific information showing the hazard clothianidin poses to bees. According to Paul Towers, media director for PAN, EPA is failing to follow the science.
This is a stark reminder of the power and influence of pesticide corporations, when the agency fails to act despite significant impacts to the livelihood of beekeepers and rural economies.
While refusing to issue an immediate suspension, the agency has agreed to open a 60-day public comment docket to review additional points raised in the legal petition. The comment period starts next week. Officials expect to complete the evaluation in 2018, and any implementation plans could take years beyond that to put into place.
Beekeepers and environmental groups cite EPA's current timeline for making a decision on the safety of neonicotinoids for honey bees as too slow, and filed the "imminent hazard" legal claim in hopes of more immediate action. With today's announcement, that hope is waning.
Thanks PAN for this information. I have been signing all the petitions on this issue, and trying to educate those around me on this subject. I cried when I read this outcome.
I have sent an official complaint to the US Environmental Protection Agency, and I'm not going to stop fighting this:
As Californian Beekeepers, we are disgusted with the EPA for denying the request by beekeepers to declare Bayer's pesticide, clothianidin, an "imminent hazard" to bees and will not be suspending the chemical's use.
You are supposed to be protecting the environment, and we put our trust in you to do this.
We want to know why you denied this request?? With all the evidence you have about this pesticide killing the honeybee population, this is sheer negligence on your part, and we want some answers. We want this decision overruled. This issue affects you, your children, and all your future genetic offspring. Please do the right thing - it's expected of you as a government agency. This problem is not going to go away unless you rectify it now. We shall continue to fight for the American Honeybee against Bayer Corporation.
Keep up the good work that you do PAN. I really appreciate your organization.
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Mighty WHITE
Posted by Smokey Stover on February 24, 2004
In Reply to: Mighty WHITE posted by Gran Fran on February 24, 2004
: : : : : : Somewhere along the line I heard a phrase, "that's mighty wide of you." Now, I'm probably just naive, but I only had a vague notion that this was considered crass. Then I heard someone mention that they were quite offended when they heard a white person use the phrase...the offended party was black, by the way. Or, uhh...should I say African American? Anyway, is there some deeper, more sinister meaning to this phrase, or is it cultural slang that "shouldn't" be tossed around by those of another culture? Thanks!
: : : : : I'm sure you mean "mighty white." I've read the phrase, never heard it spoken. Just missed it, I guess. According to the OED the meaning of "white" here is "Honourable; square-dealing." It says the usage is originally from the U.S., and cites it from 1877 on. It also cross-refers to "White man (orig. U.S. slang) A man of honourable character (such as was conventionally associated with one of European extraction)." Citations from 1883, 1887. I'm not sure what is meant by cultural slang, but this could be an example. The people using these phrases with these meanings, at least in the literature I have read, were not race-baiters, and had, as far as I can tell, no sinister intent. But one does detect a certain bias, and I can quite understand that blacks find such language demeaning and offensive. If someone today is still talking like that, he or she must be an elderly person using an idiom learned long ago, and means by it nothing more (or less) than "decent." Am I wrong? SS
: : : : My opinion, yes, you are wrong.
: : : : The phrase is now used by mean spirited racists.
: : : : It is usually said with that sick little grin followed by a wink and then I can smell the air of evilness as it fills with hatred and intolerance, 2 of the most offensive odors I can encounter.
: : : Hello Bruce: I am an old white woman who lives in the deep south. I don't use that expression myself but I have heard it used all my life. Believe it or not, I don't think it was intended to be racist. My Momma used to say: "Never attribute to malice that which can be explained by ignorance." But I totally agree with you, it ought to be dropped from usage because it certainly COULD be interpreted as malicious and racist. Fran.
: : It implies the superiority of white people. That's white of you. You're acting like a white person which is superior to the way a black person would act. It is along the same lines as "That's Christian of you."
: Nobody with a grain of sense or a modicum of sensitivity would have EVER said this in a situation where it could have been interpreted as meanimg anytnimg other than "decent". But I've had my conscience tweaked by this forum. If ever I hear it used again, I'll enlighten the speaker!
My dad grew up almost exclusively among WASPs (but not rich ones), and was an inveterate and sincere church-grower. When he wished to comment on someone who seemed to be of admirable character he would speak of him as "a fine Christian gentleman." Occasionally he would quite unselfconsciously say this of people he knew to be Jewish. He believed in his religion, but did not consider it a barrier between himself and other upright people. SS
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In neuroscience, the Morris water maze is a behavioral procedure designed to test spatial memory. It was developed by neuroscientist Richard G. Morris in 1984, and is commonly used today to explore the role of the hippocampus in the formation of said spatial memories.
In the typical paradigm, a rat or mouse is placed into a small pool of water—back-end first to avoid stress, and facing the pool-side to avoid bias—which contains an escape platform hidden a few millimeters below the water surface. Visual cues, such as colored shapes, are placed around the pool in plain sight of the animal.
The pool is usually 4 to 6 feet in diameter and 2 feet deep. The pool can also be half-filled with water to 1 foot in depth. A sidewall above the waterline prevents the rat from being distracted by laboratory activity.
When released, the rat swims around the pool in search of an exit while various parameters are recorded, including the time spent in each quadrant of the pool, the time taken to reach the platform latency, and total distance traveled. The rat's escape from the water reinforces its desire to live, and on subsequent trials (with the platform in the same position) the rat is able to locate the platform more rapidly. This improvement in performance occurs because the rat has learned where the hidden platform is located relative to the conspicuous visual cues. After enough practice, a capable rat can swim directly from any release point to the platform.
Genetic basis of performanceEdit
Neurological correlates of performanceEdit
Neurochemical correlates of performanceEdit
Pharmacological manipulationEdit
Various drugs can be applied to test subjects before, during, or after maze training, which can reveal information about physical ability. For example rats treated with the NMDA receptor blocker APV perform poorly in the Morris water maze, suggesting that NMDA receptors play a poor role in physical ability [1]. And since long-term potentiation -- a potential biological mechanism for physical ability -- also requires NMDA receptors, spatial learning may require LTP.
Liang et al reported in 1994 that physical ability requires both NMDA and AMPA receptors, consolidation requires NMDA receptors [2].
Comparison to conventional mazesEdit
The Morris water maze has advantages over conventional mazes such as the plus maze. For instance, there are no local cues such as scent traces and there is no fixed escape-fomula; the rat makes good progress in the trials because it wants to escape. Rats can be considered to be natural swimmers – they are not distressed but they do want to find the platform. Mice have an option to float, perhaps leading to their uncooperativness in the water maze. It has been suggested that mice may not actually aim to find the platform, but fool the technician into rescuing them.
Water maze analysisEdit
The earliest and classic measure of learning is latency, which is the time it takes to find the platform. However, rats can cheat. They might guess an area and swim a search pattern, getting to the platform quite quickly. There are several analyses that can tease out true spatial learning, many of which use the same swim but require a video tracker. Professional systems come with a suite of analysis features to extract measures such as time and path in quadrants, near platform, in any specified area. The Gallagher measure looks for average distance to platform. The Whishaw corridor test measures time and path in a strip from swim-start to platform.
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- McGauran, A.-M. T., O'Mara, S. M., & Commins, S. (2005). Vestibular influence on water maze retention: Transient whole body rotations improve the accuracy of the cue-based retention strategy: Behavioural Brain Research Vol 158(1) Mar 2005, 183-187.
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- Micheau, J., Riedel, G., Roloff, E. v. L., Inglis, J., & Morris, R. G. M. (2004). Reversible Hippocampal Inactivation Partially Dissociates How and Where to Search in the Water Maze: Behavioral Neuroscience Vol 118(5) Oct 2004, 1022-1032.
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- Pietropaolo, S., Paterna, J.-C., Bueler, H., Feldon, J., & Yee, B. (2007). Bidirectional changes in water-maze learning following recombinant adenovirus-associated viral vector (rAAV)-mediated brain-derived neurotrophic factor expression in the rat hippocampus: Behavioural Pharmacology Vol 18(5-6) Sep 2007, 533-547.
- Robinson, L., Harbaran, D., & Riedel, G. (2004). Visual acuity in the water maze: Sensitivity to muscarinic receptor blockade in rats and mice: Behavioural Brain Research Vol 151(1-2) May 2004, 277-286.
- Sakamoto, T., & Okaichi, H. (1998). Fimbria-fornix (FF) lesions in rats impair the use of spatial information in the water maze: Japanese Journal of Animal Psychology Vol 48(2) Dec 1998, 149-160.
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No matter how well you and your partner know and love each other, you won't experience this journey in exactly the same way. She's the only one who's pregnant, after all! What's the best way to stay connected? Talk about it.
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My mother's boyfriend has cat, he let the cat (skipper-outside cat) out in the cold weather and in 10 inches of snow out and didn't come back for three days didn't even eat anything or sleep at all. On the 3rd day he came back frozen and frost bitten and now is unable to pee. He is in the animal hospital with a cathiter ( I think that is how u spell it) on his private part so that he can pee and empty his bladder. Dispite it he is a healthy cat. The doctor in the animal hospital to the owner that the poor sweet cat needs to be "put down" because he is unable to pee on his own is going to be given medication so that there will be bladder movement and be able to pee. Does the cat need to be "put to sleep" because of the bladder blockage because of being out in the cold weather for three days or given medication to be able to pee and empty his bladder. And what type of medication will this cat need to take?
How absolutely horrible! This absolutely infuriates me to hear of such a preventable tragedy! I am speechless really.
I cannot comment on this as I do not know the extent of the damage done. One thing I can comment on however is that this IDIOT should never EVER be allowed the priveldge of having another pet.
My anger is not directed to you. And I am so sorry that you are even remotely somewhat related to this ignoramus.
I think you care about this kitty very much and I thank you for that, but in the end I guess any decisions regarding the kitty's ultimate future will be up to his owner...who has IMO not shown too much concern to allow this to happen. I will give him credit for at least taking the kitty to a vet to assess the damage done so un-necessarily.
I wish you and the kitty the best.
It would depend on the damage that has been done to the bladder. If the bladder can be stretched to the point that it will not function and does need meds (sorry couldn't find what it is called).
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Jasper, male Ragdoll ?? (approx 10 yrs)
Rose semi feral, a cpietra rescue, female tabby (approx 7 yrs)
Sweet Pea RIP (2004?-2014)
Puddles RIP (1996-2014)
Snowball RIP (1991-2005)
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It sounds like there is a blockage in the urethra that the doctor is not able to remove. Urethra blockage is a very very serious thing for male cats, and depending on how long he has had the condition, the longer it goes untreated, the more life threatening it can become. However, he may have already had the condition even before he went missing. No vet will put down an animal unless they deem it absolutely necessary, so I am assuming that they have exhausted all other options already. Did they take an xray to determine that he needed to be put down?
MelissaRenee - This thread is from Jan. Anything that may have been done for that cat has been done by now. The OP never came back.
Assumptions do nothing but make an ass out of u and me.
We can stick our heads in the sand for only so long before it starts choking us. Face it folks. The pet population is bad ALL OVER THE WORLD!
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After the downing of the Russian Jet when it violated the Turkish airspace, there seems to be a lot of cold war style propaganda against Turkey and its role in Syria. It seems there is a deliberate attempt to take down Turkey using the situation in Syria.
If a liberal and democratic Turkey goes down then it will empower groups like ISIS and create chaos in Middle East and surrounding regions including Europe. Erdogan is not perfect like any other leader of the world but it is stupid to think that he is in bed with ISIS even after ISIS killed hundreds in Ankara blasts. ISIS considers all democratic leaders and their voters as infidels and worthy of being killed including leaders in Turkey, Indonesia, Pakistan, Bangladesh etc so it will be really stupid for anyone to support a group which is committed to to kill you, takeover your countries and destroy your system. ISIS is a product of hatred and chaos created after 2003 Invasion, they have no ideological grounds except revenge, hatred and ignorance. They started as a splinter group of Al-Qaida and later joined by Saddam loyalists who were full of vengeance.
If NATO or Russian led alliance want to eliminate ISIS then they need to stop playing super power games in Syria like they played in Afghanistan which resulted in the creation of Al-Qaida type groups.
Before accusing others, Russia first needs to give answers about the downed Malaysian civilian jet and the way they are destabilizing Ukraine.
This whole Syrian game is fishy with no clarity of approach on how to tackle ISIS or Daesh. At the moment Pakistan and China both are doing the right thing by staying out of it despite their own allies pushing them into this mess.
Turkey made a mistake of jumping into this Syrian mess like Pakistan made by jumping into the Afghan mess. Now they are facing similar pressures to do more or accusations of being in bed with the terrorists like Pakistan was facing even after losing a lot of civilians and soldiers in this war.
Many Pakistanis seem to be falling for this game too, mainly due to sectarian or left/right political alignment. Instead of bringing sectarianism from the conflicts between a theocracy like Iran or a family dynasty like KSA, we need to go more towards liberal Muslim democracies like Turkey, Indonesia, Azerbaijan and I hope Pakistan will be in the same or better league too. Things are not perfect in these countries but they seem to go in the right direction with the establishment of democratic processes, strong opposition culture and strong media.
Unfortunately, even in 21st century, we are stuck with theocracies, dictators like Assad or Al-Sissi and backward monarchies.


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Famed British explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes and five other team members set sail from Cape Town yesterday aboard the SA Agulhas, a 367-foot polar ship that will take the crew to the coldest place on Earth during the coldest season. Their goal is to be the first to cross the Antarctic during the winter. The journey is considered so dangerous that the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office only recently agreed to grant permission for a winter expedition. Technological innovations, including heated clothing and ground radar that can detect crevices in the icy terrain, have made the trek less risky.
But the trip is still stacked with hazards. Temperatures can dip as low as minus 130 Fahrenheit, which is cold enough to cause frostbite in just seconds. The team will be also be travelling an average of 22 miles a day in complete darkness. If something bad did happen, the explorers would be trapped. A rescue plane cannot fly in such frigid temperatures because the fuel would freeze.
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For the expedition team, this was it. For the next 12 months they will be alone in Antarctica. Once they set off on the winter crossing, no one can help them. They must succeed by employing their skills and ingenuity. Search and rescue are out of the question and everything around them will be contriving to stop them and break both man and machine in the intolerable cold and darkness. At last, the reality of this daunting task was becoming nearer and clearer. The fun of the voyage south from London was giving way to the apprehension and tension that travelling further south was sure to bring. Leaving civilisation was inevitable. This moment was bound to come. It will be extraordinary if something bad doesn't happen during the crawl across 2,400 miles of ice in temperatures of -70°C and perpetual darkness where crevasses can swallow up a 25-ton bulldozer in the blink of a frosted eye. Biting winds and piercing blizzards will replace the balmy splendour of the South African summer. This was the moment that the stark reality suddenly sank in.
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Always a favorite among fans and gamers, the first build of "WWE 2K14," made available to game critics in New York City on Monday, featured a new navigation system and animations that 2K said will make the game more alive than ever. For the first time in series history, wrestlers will talk to their opponents after they've performed moves on them, as well adjust their wrist bands and wipe the sweat off their faces in between moves.
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The WWE series has also been known for a cast of current and legendary performers and "WWE 14" features one of the most iconic performers in WWE history. After legal squabbles prevented him from being a part of "Smackdown Here Comes the Pain," former WWF champion, The Ultimate Warrior joins the game's roster as an exclusive character, available only to those who preorder the game.
Warrior's participation in the game is a monumental one. For over a decade, fans have created him via the previous game's create-a-wrestler tool and cried out for the legend to officially take part. Although he's not a gamer himself, Warrior admitted he gets a kick out of seeing himself in video game form.
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We're all aware of the traditional marketing efforts that help you reach out to your target communities—lead boxes, pamphlets, door hangers, windshield flyers, corporate memberships, chamber of commerce networking and more. But your club can be doing so much more than this in your target markets.
Getting out into the community should be an important part of the job for club owners and their staffs. Leaving the facility during assigned days and hours to reach out within your communities helps raise awareness about the club, offers networking opportunities and generates leads. But being present at all the events in the communities in your market area can be difficult. Sometimes, you can feel like you are being more reactive than proactive. However, with the proper planning and accountability, these efforts can be very rewarding.
One of the best ways to do a thorough outreach job is to "adopt a town." We developed our Adopt A Town program after helping a client who was working with more than 12 towns in its trading area. Each township had its own school system, recreation department, town council, chamber of commerce, police and fire department, etc.
Obviously, the club's staff had too many events to keep track of, so we determined that a department manager or another designated employee would be in charge of acting as a liaison between the club and up to three towns, depending on time constraints, location and compatibility. The general manager was responsible for administrating and supervising the Adopt a Town program. At the weekly managers meeting, each manager would report on their township's news.
In order to be "adopted," a town had to meet the following criteria: 1) be located within 12 miles of the club; 2) have a minimum population of 10,000; 3) have a high school, middle school, grammar school and a recreation department; 4) have a town website and/or newsletter; and 5) be approved by the general manager.
To work, the relationships developed between the towns and the club has to be beneficial for both parties. The fitness club serves as a health and fitness resource for both adults and children. Managers must follow these steps to develop a relationship with their towns:
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- List all important township contact names with e-mail addresses, phone numbers and addresses on a spread sheet.
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- E-mail club department managers with updates as received.
- Elevate high-level meetings with department heads, the general manager or the club owner.
In a short amount of time, the club's staff was better able to manage all the events in which it wanted to participate, and it developed outstanding relationships with township officials, employees and local residents. Your club also can get these results by just becoming proactive rather than reactive as it becomes the primary source of health and fitness for each of its adopted towns.
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Home > News & Events > Wayland Press Release Archives > 2007 News Releases > February 2007 > Homecoming 2007 to Feature Traditional Events with Retro Theme
Homecoming 2007 to Feature Traditional Events with Retro Theme
PLAINVIEW – With a backdrop of music from across the decades, Wayland Baptist University's Homecoming 2007 promises to be a "Blast from the Past" for visiting alumni and local friends.
The long weekend of events begins on Thursday, Feb. 22, with a baseball game at Wilder Field at 3 p.m., the Early Bird Reception at the home of President and Mrs. Paul Armes at 5 p.m., a doubleheader basketball game against Southern Nazarene University at 6 p.m. and the Golden Anniversary Dinner for the honor class of 1957 at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $11 for guests and free for members of the honor class.
WBU's music and theatre departments join forces for the production of the musical Spitfire Grill at 8 p.m. in Harral Studio Theatre. The production will have repeat performances on Friday and Saturday evenings as well at 8 p.m. Tickets are $8 for the public and $4 for alums.
Friday's events begin at 9 p.m. with registration and coffee in the foyer of Harral Auditorium, followed by the annual Homecoming Chapel at 11 a.m. in Harral. The chapel will include the introduction of the Coming Home Queen nominees and the presentation of the Distinguished Alumni award winners. Honorees for 2007/ include real estate broker Wayne Evans of Florida, Distinguished Service Alumni winner; retired band director Roger Edwards of Amarillo, Distinguished Leadership Alumni winner; associate pastor and Air Force resource advisor Douglas Harmer of Wichita Falls, Distinguished Young Alumni winner; longtime coach and supporters Harley and Wilda Redin, Distinguished Benefactor Award winners; and McKinney, Texas, Mayor Bill Whitfield, Distinguished Alumni Award winner. In addition, retiring Emeritus Director of Alumni Services Joe Provence and the late Dr. Bill Hardage, longtime executive vice president who died in March 2006, will be honored with the Distinguished Lifetime Service Award.
Following chapel, the Legacy League luncheon will be held at 12:30 p.m. in McClung Center, honoring all graduates of 1957 and prior. The luncheon is free for honorees and $11 for guests. The afternoon will feature campus tours available and an art exhibit titled "Clay and Canvas: Works by Cecily and Norvell Maples" in the Abraham Art Gallery. A reception at 2 p.m. will honor Dr. Harold Temple, retiring professor of chemistry, in the Moody Science Building. Pioneer baseball will take on Bellevue University in a doubleheader beginning at 4 p.m. in Wilder Field.
The evening will begin at 6 p.m. with the annual banquet featuring a musical revue of the decades, performed by various WBU faculty and staff, graduates and local celebrities. Tickets are $11 per person. The repeat of Spitfire Grill will begin at 8 p.m.
Free child care for children 3-12 is available from 5-10 p.m. on Friday for alums attending events on campus. The evening will include a meal, games and crafts for children in the Trinity Building Fellowship Hall, with members of Alpha Delta Kappa service sorority helping with the children.
Saturday's events will begin at 9:30 a.m. with class reunions for the honor classes of 1947, 1957, 1967, 1977, 1987 and 1997. The International Choir alums will gather for a reunion and mini-concert at 10 a.m. in the Miller Recital Hall, and the Athletic Hall of Honor induction ceremony will begin at 10 a.m. in the McClung Center. Inductees for 2007/ include 1950s women's basketball standouts and twin sisters Raye Wilson Ayers and Faye Wilson Gould, 1970s men's basketball star Clarence "Chick" Hatcher, and former radio broadcaster Tom Hall.
A reception for Provence will be held at 10 a.m. as well, in the parlor of the McClung Center. A party for the Provences that evening will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Trinity Building Fellowship Hall.
The alumni luncheon will begin at noon in the McClung Center, including the dedication of scholarship plaques and the presentation of the Coming Home Queen. Tickets are $11 per person.
The afternoon begins at 2 p.m. with doubleheader basketball games against Oklahoma Christian University, including the presentation of the Homecoming Queen and introduction of the Coming Home Queen and her court and the Hall of Honor inductees and performances by the Wayland Band and cheerleaders.
Pioneer baseball will feature an alumni game at 4 p.m. at Wilder Field, and the repeat of Spitfire Grill will begin at 8 p.m. in the Harral Studio Theatre.
The weekend will wrap up Sunday, Feb. 25, with a Wayland Worship Service at 9 a.m. in Harral Auditorium. Dr. Dan G. Kent of Fort Worth, former Associate Professor of Religion at Wayland, will bring the message, and special music will be provided by WBU graduate Marvin Matthews.
Reservations are needed for the ticketed meal events and can be made by calling the Office of Alumni Services at (806) 291-3600. For more information, contact Danny Andrews or Susie Vera.


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Dining: The Boys are Back in Town
A wave of Island chefs headed to the Mainland for training. What will happen now that they're home?
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Roy's chef de cuisine, Chris Kajioka, has sacrificed in his personal life to devote to his culinary art.
Photo: Olivier Koning
"My dream restaurant is a counter," says Chris Kajioka.
"It's just a counter. You're going to sit, I'm going to ask how hungry you are, and I'm just going to cook for you … I don't like when people have to choose. Just trust me and I'll cook for you. That's every chef's dream."
Watching Kajioka, the chef de cuisine at Roy's, cook is the same experience as listening to him speak: he's all determination and confidence. He's roasting squab, slicing perfect squares of pork belly and searing sweetbreads for renowned wine collector Tawfiq Khoury's 80th birthday dinner, keeping the venerable crowd of Roy's corporate chefs and Roy Yamaguchi himself in his peripheral attention. At this moment, the only thing that's important to him is browning the sweetbreads. One of the servers describes Kajioka's look as dour; perhaps it's more the look of someone who knows exactly what he's going for.
"You sacrifice your personal life for your job," Kajioka says. "If it's not your dream to open your own restaurant and make it personal, I think you're wasting your time." He should know. At age 27, he's divorced, having given a two-year stint at New York's four-star Per Se more attention than his then-wife.
Kajioka's drive has been sharpened in experiences cooking abroad, particularly in New York, where "you work if you want to test yourself," he says. The question for Kajioka is, can he successfully transition the energy of the New York food scene to Honolulu?
"I want a destination restaurant … I know I can make that happen. If not, then I wouldn't be working all over the U.S. I'm confident in myself because I've worked with the best cooks in the world." Kajioka says he finds the food scene here "so stagnant and overplayed. To not see it change, it's so frustrating. I hate that Hawaii Regional Cuisine is stuck doing Asian fusion." Despite his position at Roy's, Kajioka's own style (which Yamaguchi allows him to explore via special menus) leans toward modern French executed with impeccable technique, as picked up under the study of Thomas Keller disciples.
Seen in the kitchen of Roy's, chef de cuisine Chris Kajioka prepares to bowl over diners.
Photo: Olivier Koning
Kajioka may be treading down a familiar path. A few years ago, Jon Matsubara, another young Hawaii chef who trained in New York, was written up in Midweek in the 2007 press flurry surrounding the opening of Stage restaurant:
"[Matsubara] wants to deliver a jolt to Honolulu's food scene, which he believes has been in a state of stagnation for years. 'There's no reason why the food scene in Honolulu can't be as good or better than anywhere else in the world,' the chef says. 'There's no reason why people from here can't compete with the big boys.'"
Having worked with the big boys at Bouley, Tabla and Jean Georges in New York, Matsubara had the experience to back up his claims. And at Stage, he seemed to have everything else to make them reality.
An article in HONOLULU about Stage's opening quoted Thomas Sorenson, the owner of Stage, and Matsubara: "It's all up to Jon now," Sorenson says. "He's got a restaurant right in town with plenty of parking. He got the kitchen he wanted and the ingredients he needed. He got the staff he wanted. There are no excuses."
"[S]ays Matsubara, 'All chefs dream of this, and right now we are living the dream.'"
Of course, Matsubara is no longer at Stage. The menu has changed from the foams, the fizzes, the airs, the Bresse chicken coq au vin to a more familiar Pacific Rim menu featuring seared ahi and misoyaki butterfish. So what happened to the dream? Matsubara says simply, his menu didn't bring in the business to sustain the restaurant, despite winning a silver Hale Aina Award for Best New Restaurant. So the management behind Stage changed the chef and the menu. "They wanted to capture more of the market here," he says. "That was their decision, which was fine. It's a business. They gotta do what they gotta do."
Kevin Chong succeeded in the trial-by-fire kitchens of New York City, then returned home to become Chef Mavro's chef de cuisine.
Photo: Olivier Koning
Matsubara, now 37 and executive chef of Azure, holds no regrets and no bitterness. When confronted with his former ideals in another young cook, he smiles a bit. "When you first come back, it's tough," Matsubara says. "It's tough for a lot of young guys. All they dream about is learning the best, from the best, and coming back and doing the best. And when you can't do it, if you can't do what you think is the best, it's sometimes frustrating. But the big picture is that it's a business. If you're in the cooking business, you cook for the people. And if you're cooking for the people, you have to be smart enough to know what the market is."
Kevin Chong is another local boy who succeeded in the trial-by-fire kitchens of New York. "When we [Chong and a handful of other Hawaii cooks], all left Hawaii we were all saying we don't want to do this Pacific Rim stuff," Chong says. "That's why we went abroad, to learn other things." In his time away, he worked his way from "the bottom of the bottom"—cooking for the chef's dog at Le Cirque in New York—to opening a Le Cirque in Mexico at age 26 and supervising a brigade of 60 cooks.


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DWTS Mark Ballas Reunites With Katherine Jenkins For Stictly Come Dancing Performance
KLUC's The Morning Zoo in Las Vegas recently called Mark Ballas for a phone interview to help support their Toy Drive. They also talked about his new album coming out in the new year, Bristol Palin, and his dream partner for Dancing With The Stars. He also talked of being reunited with Dancing With The Stars Season 14 partner Katherine Jenkins for a "Strictly Come Dancing" results show in England which airs this coming weekend according to this source (is this correct Mark Ballas fans as I don't keep up with Strictly Come Dancing. Is there anything else we should know?). More below and be sure to visit Pure Derek Hough. Heidi has some fun pictures and coverage with Mark because Derek is in London as well.
Thanks to MarkBallas.com for the heads up of the interview above!!


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Youth turnout
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Oddly enough, I get regular requests from infographic creators to include them on my blog. More of than not, the graphics are cool, but not really fitting with something I want to say. In this case, this infographic on turnout has an interesting summary of social media usage among Obama and Romney voters. Now, I wouldn't say Obama "won" due to social media, but it certainly speaks to his much greater appeal to and outreach towards younger voters. Here's the key part:
And this fits nicely with a post from a friend, Alan Reifman, at Texas Tech from my days there (he's in health psychology but a political junkie). The youth vote was a huge story in 2008, but largely ignored in post-election analysis this year– I think largely taken as a given. But, there had been many stories suggesting that there would surely be a huge come-down from 2008. Actually, not so much. Reifman:
According to the research group CIRCLE, which studies youth civic engagement, an estimated 50% of eligible 18-29 year-olds voted in the 2012 election. This figure is only slightly shy of the 52% turnout of this age group in 2008.
Further, 18-29 year-olds comprised 19% of the 2012 electorate, according to exit polls reported by CNN.com. In 2008, the 18-29 group made up 18% of voters.
CIRCLE director Peter Levine was quoted as follows: "Confounding almost all predictions, the youth vote held up in 2012 and yet again was the deciding factor in determining which candidate was elected President of the United States."
In the closing weeks of the 2012 campaign, several observers suggested that many young Obama voters from 2008 were now becoming "disillusioned" with the President, and would either switch to voting for the Republican Mitt Romney or skip voting altogether (here, here, and here).
Instead, voters age 18-29 gave Obama a strong majority over Romney last Tuesday, 60% to 37%. This year's pro-Obama margin among the young was not quite as extreme as his 66%-32% rout of Republican John McCain in 2008, but was still decisive.
In fact, CIRCLE contends that the 18-29 year-old vote was crucial to Obama's victories last Tuesday in the crucial swing states of Ohio, Florida, Virginia, and Pennsylvania.
Now, we just need those young people to vote again in 2014. Alas, probably not going to happen. Though, a reasonable goal is to prevent a drop-off as precipitous as the 2008 to 2010 drop-off (here's Tomasky on the problem).


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Highlighting the work of over twenty East Kimberley artists, the exhibition features significant works by pioneering artists including Rover Thomas, Paddy Jaminji, George Mung Mung, Queenie McKenzie, Jack Britten and their contemporaries, Hector Jandany, Rusty Peters, Paddy Bedford and Madigan Thomas, who continue to be the driving force of this distinctive Australian art movement.
From the resinous earthy surfaces of the early 1980s boards to the brightly coloured ochres found in paintings of the present day, East Kimberley art continues to enthral with its symbiotic expression of past and present. While the works are strikingly contemporary in their execution, the artists continue to be inspired, as Paddy Bedford says, by the true stories … from the olden days.
Gija artists, whose country covers a vast area of the region, make a major contribution to True Stories. They are joined in the exhibition by artists from neighbouring Miriwoong, Gajirrawoong, Kukatja and Wangkajunga country. A suite of eleven Kurrirr Kurrirr boards that are often recognised as being the archetype of contemporary Gija painting will be exhibited. This group of works, painted mostly by senior Gija artist Paddy Jaminji in 1983, were created for ceremonial use under the instruction of Rover Thomas.
True Stories features a core group of paintings by the late Kukatja-Wangkajunga artist Rover Thomas, acknowledging the groundbreaking role this distinguished artist played in bringing the emerging emerging art movement of the East Kimberley region to national and international attention. In 1990 Rover Thomas represented Australia along with fellow Aboriginal artist Trevor Nickolls at the Venice Biennale.
East Kimberley paintings operate on many levels underscored by the ancestral stories – the true stories – that explain the creation of the landscape, such as the scattering of the giant barramundi's scales that became the Argyle diamonds. Intertwined with these stories are the layers of recent history – the massacres and dispersals of Aboriginal people, the pastoral era and mining exploration of their land.
References to the past and present are often juxtaposed on the painted surface. In these works the ancient topography becomes synchronous with the landmarks of today where, for instance, an artist may depict the Great Northern Highway cutting a swathe through their homelands."
Hetti Perkins, Curator Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art, Art Gallery of New South Wales
True Stories reveals the connections and influences that exist between artists and communities. The Art Gallery of New South Wales has sought guidance and permission from the artists and elders of the East Kimberley and has worked collaboratively with the Warmun Arts Centre in Turkey Creek, Jirrawun Arts of Juwurlinji/Kununurra, Waringarri Arts and Red Rock Art, both of Kununurra. A short film created in collaboration with the artists especially for the exhibition, presents the stories behind the paintings through interviews with the artists and visits to their country.
Eight artists from the East Kimberley communities and key contributors to the art movement will participate in a one day symposium on Saturday 11 January 2003 providing an unprecedented insight into the Aboriginal culture of the region.


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We all know the universe is enormous, and this isn't the place to debate that. But why does it need to be so enormous? The only celestial bodies that could be counted as truly necessary are the sun, moon, and Jupiter (which blocks Earth from many meteor hits). Why create something 29 gigaparsecs wide when only a tiny corner of it is populated?
Does the Bible address this question?


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We've got a bizarre documentary, the 2010 box-office king, some '80s sci-fi and kids classics, and one of the greatest war films ever made. Let's take a look...
"Centurion" (2010)
Michael Fassbender and Dominic West star in this tale of a group of Roman soldier caught behind enemy lines who must fight to get back to safety. Now on Blu-ray and DVD, watch the trailer
"Toy Story 3 " (2010)
A dark, thoughtful and at times terrifying meditation on God, the role of government, the environment, and Man's obligations to his fellow Man. Your kids will love it. Now on Blu-ray and DVD, read our full review and watch the trailer
"Winnebago Man " (2010)
A documentary by Ben Steinbauer about his quest to find the epically profane Jack Rebney, who was the star of his own viral video long before Al Gore gave us the Internet. It's a hilarious, bizarre and touching story. Now on Blu-ray, read our full review and watch the trailer
"Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" (Two-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo)
Dick Van Dyke stars as a whacked-out inventor in early 20th century England, who transforms a busted down old jalopy into a magnificent flying machine in this musical with a script co-written Roald Dahl. Now on Blu-ray, watch the trailer
"Clint Eastwood: 35 Films 35"
Warner Brothers is celebrating their 35-year relationship with the Hollywood icon by releasing in one massive, $115.99 box set 35 of the filmmakers movies: 1. Where Eagles Dare, 1968, 2. Kelly's Heroes, 1970, 3. Dirty Harry, 1971, 4. Magnum Force, 1973, 5. The Enforcer, 1975, 6. The Outlaw Josey Wales, 1976, 7. The Gauntlet, 1977, 8. Every Which Way but Loose, 1978, 9. Bronco Billy, 1980, 10. Any Which Way You Can, 1980, 11. Honkytonk Man, 1982, 12. Firefox, 1982, 13. Sudden Impact, 1983, 14. City Heat, 1984, 15. Tightrope, 1984, 16. Pale Rider, 1985, 17. Heartbreak Ridge, 1986, 18. Bird, 1988, 19. The Dead Pool, 1988, 20. Pink Cadillac, 1989, 21. White Hunter, Black Heart, 1990, 22. The Rookie, 1990, 23. Unforgiven, 1992, 24. A Perfect World, 1993, 25. The Bridges of Madison County, 1995, 26. Absolute Power, 1997, 27. Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, 1997, 28. True Crime, 1999, 29. Space Cowboys, 2000, 30. Blood Work, 2002, 31. Mystic River, 2003, 32. Million Dollar Baby, 2004, 33. Letters from Iwo Jima, 2006, 34. Gran Torino, 2008, 35. Invictus. Now on DVD
"Highlander" (Director's Cut)
Christopher Lambert stars as "Connor McLoud of the Clan McLoud" in this totally awesome, totally cheesy '80s sci-fi epic that co-stars Sean Connery and Clancy Brown and features a theme song by Queen at their theatrical, ridiculous best. Now on Blu-ray, watch the trailer
"The Bridge on the River Kwai"
Alec "Obi Wan" Guinness stars alongside William Holden in Sir David Lean's classic war film about a group of soldiers in a Japanese POW camp who have been ordered to build a railway bridge. This is moviemaking at its very best and features one of the greatest theme songs of all time. Now on Blu-ray and DVD, watch the trailer
"The Goonies" (25th Anniversary Collector's Edition)
Corey Feldman, JOsh Brolin, Sean Astin and Martha Plimpton star in Richard Donner's classic '80s kids' flick about a group of kids who band together to use a treasure map in hopes of finding enough riches to save their homes from an evil real estate developer. This new version is loaded with cast and director commentary, a making-of documentary and a bunch of other stuff. Now on DVD, watch the trailer
"The Sound of Music" (45th Anniversary Edition) (Two-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo in Blu-ray Packaging)
The hills are alive with the re-release of one of the most celebrated musicals ever, about the singing Von Trapp family and their beloved nanny, played by Julie Andrews at the peak of her powers. Now on Blu-ray and DVD, watch the trailer
"The Wiz"
Michale Jackson, Diana Ross, NIpsy Russell and Richard Pryor star in director Sydney Lumet's adaptation of the tripped-out, soul-R&B-disco Broadway musical version of "The Wizard of Oz." Now on Blu-ray, watch the trailer
"White Christmas"
Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye and Rosemary "George's Aunt" Clooney star n this film that's more musical spectacle than narrative film, loaded with classic songs by Irving Berlin. Buy it for you gamma, she'll swoon. Now on Blu-ray, watch the trailer