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New laws fight gun violence through permitting process
One goal of the laws passed in the wake of the Newtown shootings is to keep weapons out of the hands of people who shouldn't have them.
Adam Lanza, who had a history of mental health issues, entered Sandy Hook Elementary School on Dec. 14 and shot 20 children and six adults with an AR-15-style Bushmaster semiautomatic rifle. Since then, legislators and Gov. Dannel P. Malloy have said repeatedly that the goal of gun control, mental health and school safety legislation is to make it harder for criminals and people with severe mental illnesses to obtain guns and ammunition.
In the five years before the Sandy Hook tragedy, few pistol permit applications - about 1 in 1,000 - were denied. The question is whether expanded requirements will change that substantially.
The answer may lie in the multi-tiered process required for first getting a temporary and then a permanent permit, and then keeping it.
One new law expands the mental health background check for pistol permits, eligibility certificates and firearm possession. It requires an eligibility certificate to purchase long guns for the first time. It also adds two members to the Board of Firearms Examiners, which decides whether to overturn pistol permit denials or revocations and eligibility certificate denials.
If there are to be any increases in permit denials, it will be at the local level, said Lt. Eric Cooke, commanding officer for the state's Special Licensing and Firearms Unit, because local police are the ones who issue temporary pistol permits.
Lt. Albert Costa, who handles the temporary pistol permit process in Norwich, said that because of the expansion of the mental health background check, permit denials will likely increase.
"I am assuming it is going to affect some denials. How many, I don't know," he said.
Those who are buying a pistol first must apply for a temporary, 60-day permit from a local authority, such as the local police chief, warden or first selectman.
A person who passes the FBI background check and a state background check and meets a "suitability" standard is given a temporary permit. By law, the issuing authority must determine whether the applicant intends to use the weapon lawfully and is "suitable" to receive a permit.
Once issued a temporary permit by a local police department, he or she may carry a pistol throughout the state, Costa said. To purchase a pistol, one must already have a state-issued pistol permit or an eligibility certificate, he said.
The current mental health provision prevents someone who has been committed involuntarily to a psychiatric hospital by probate court in the previous 12 months from obtaining a pistol permit. The new law, which takes effect Oct. 1, expands it to five years.
Between 2007 and 2012, the Norwich Police Department denied 3.8 percent of permit applications, 34 out of 885 applicants.
Costa, who has processed pistol permit applications for two years, said he doesn't know whether the mental health provision has ever caused a denial because that information is not displayed in the background check reports.
He said he has denied a permit to someone whose mental health was a concern based on "in-house" or local police department information, he said. The man did not contest the decision.
The temporary permit holder has 60 days to apply to the state police for a state-issued pistol permit, which must be renewed after five years.
As of Dec. 17, there were 179,092 valid pistol permits in Connecticut, according to the Office of Legislative Research. Last year, 1,297 pistol permits were revoked, or roughly 0.7 percent, according to state police.
From 2007 to 2012, state police issued 73,486 new pistol permits and renewed 136,083 pistol permits. Of the 209,891 new or renewal applications, 322 were denied by the state.
Cooke, of the state's Special Licensing and Firearms Unit, said he doesn't think the new law will increase the rejection rate at the state level since local police pre-screen the applicants as part of the temporary permitting process.
Of the 322 pistol permits denied by the state in the past five years, 202 denials - 63 percent - cited criminal convictions, and 33 denials - 10 percent - were because of mental health issues. The remaining 87 were due to a variety of undisclosed suitability factors.
Some will be grandfathered
Overall, the provision prohibiting a permit for someone who has been committed involuntarily to a psychiatric hospital in the previous 12 months has resulted in few denials.
Since 1998, 6,770 people have been committed involuntarily and only 71 of them, 1.5 percent, were found attempting to get a pistol permit or had their permit revoked, Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services spokeswoman Mary Mason said.
DMHAS gets the involuntary commitment information from the probate court and enters the person's first name, last name, date of birth and gender into a secure server, Mason said. The information is transferred through a secure server to the state police, who pass the data to the FBI or the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, she said.
The FBI then compares the lists of permit holders and those who have been committed involuntarily and looks for matches, she said. When a match is found, that information goes back to the police for a follow-up, Mason said. If someone who had been committed involuntarily in the last 12 months were applying for a pistol permit, the NICS system would report the denial but would not disclose that it was due to mental health, Cooke said. It would just read "federally denied person," he said.
Come Oct. 1, those with pistol permits who had been involuntarily committed in the past five years will be grandfathered, said Mike Lawlor, undersecretary for the criminal justice division of the Office of Policy and Management.
Paul Appelbaum, director of the law, ethics and psychiatry division at Columbia University, said Friday that policies aimed exclusively at those with mental illnesses are not likely to make people safer. Editor's note: This corrects an earlier version of this paragraph.
Also effective Oct. 1 is a provision that specifies that those who had voluntarily committed themselves to a mental hospital may not possess a firearm or receive a permit or eligibility certificate for six months after their release from the hospital.
Appelbaum said this might discourage people from voluntarily committing themselves, and there is no data to suggest that this provision will improve public safety.
He said he would rather see more funding provided for mental health services.
The department has not determined how it will track voluntary commitments because they are not recorded in the NICS system, Mason said. The department will work to create a similar confidential system so that state police see only matches in which the names of people who are applying for a permit and have voluntarily committed themselves to a psychiatric hospital in the previous six months show up, Mason said.
Suitability hard to define
In Connecticut, someone who commits a felony or one of 11 misdemeanors is not eligible for a pistol permit. But it is less clear how authorities should determine suitability.
"What is suitability? We don't have that clearly defined," Lawlor said. "Here, it is really left up to local police, state police, Board Of Firearms Permit Examiners - and that is one concern that has been identified."
Someone could be considered unsuitable because of drug or alcohol abuse, or a record of assault or illegally discharging a firearm, Costa, of the Norwich police, said.
"Disqualifying someone for suitability is kind of tough," he said. "You have to have a lot of circumstances or disqualifiers or concerning circumstances to disqualify someone for suitability."
Someone who is denied a permit or has a permit revoked can appeal to the state Board of Firearms Permit Examiners, which has had seven members, including two gun-club members. The new law adds a representative from DMHAS and a retired Superior Court judge.
The board received 386 pistol permit appeals last year, but 164 of them were settled before the hearing, either because the issuing authority granted the permit or the person withdrew their appeal.
Of the 222 appeals heard, 45 percent were granted or went to the permit applicant by default because the issuing authority did not show up to the hearing, according to the board's data. Denials were upheld in 34 percent of the cases, and the appeal was withdrawn at the hearing in 20 percent of the cases, according to board data.
"I think everybody, including the governor, agrees this system doesn't work the way we would like it to work," Lawlor said.
The board hearings can get unwieldy, he said, and it's not clear that questions board members ask have anything to do with suitability.
"The governor has asked his staff to develop some clearer standards," he said.
M. Peter Kuck, a board member from the Ye Connecticut Gun Guild, said the board process is fair. Kuck said he looks at the totality of the situation. Does the applicant work? Is he or she married or have children or a criminal record or a lot of speeding tickets?
"I always say to myself, 'Would I trust that person behind me with a loaded gun?'" Kuck said.
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By Andria Cheng
More moms are going hi-tech, thanks to the kids.
While traditional gifts such as flowers, apparel and gift cards are still popular choices for Mother's Day, more consumers this year will buy their moms electronics including a tablet or smartphone, according to a National Retail Federation survey conducted by BIGinsight.
In fact, the survey found 14.1% – the highest in the survey's history -– of shoppers saying they'll buy electronics this year for a total of $2.3 billion, up from $1.6 billion last year.
Total Mother's Day average spending is expected to rise 11% to $168.94, driving the overall spending to $20.7 billion, up 11% from $18.6 billion last year and the highest amount since at least 2007, the survey showed.
Perhaps suggesting consumers are more at ease opening their wallets, jewelry buying also is expected to rise to $4.2 billion from $3.7 billion last year.
Echoing the broader industry trend, online is expected to be a growing shopping destination for Mother's Day gifts. About 28.5% of shoppers said they'll shop online, up from 25.6% last year and the highest in the survey's 10-year history.
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SonomJaZZ+ Festival Lineup Announced
On Friday, May 21, Crosby Stills & Nash (anyone see their seemingly unrehearsed tour kickoff at the Wells Fargo Center two years ago?) headline the Sonoma Jazz Festival, or the Sonoma Jazz+ Festival, or, as it seems to be called now, SonomJaZZ+! Opening the show will be it's-funny-that-we-need-to-point-out-that-she's-a jazz singer Lizz Wright, who appeared with Herbie Hancock in Sonoma in 2008.
On Saturday, May 22, Earth, Wind and Fire will headline in the giant 3,800-capacity tent (will they play "Come on Feet" from Sweet Sweetback's Badass Song?), with the openers being "a Latin Jazz supergroup—we can't give you their name yet." (Malo? El Chicano? Azteca? War? Tierra? The Fania Allstars?)
As the Santa Rosa City Schools wrestle with budget cuts in music programs, maybe it's time for them to think about hosting a quasi-jazz festival too—the Sonoma festival has so far raised $460,000 for Sonoma Valley schools in its first five years. (Come on, Mark Wardlaw! Book Rick Springfield and Joan Baez! Call it jazz, baby!)
Tickets to CS&N go on sale to the general public this Friday, Feb. 19, with a special locals-only deal on Thursday for those with a Sonoma mailing address. For more info, hit up the Sonoma Jazz+ Festival site.
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Despite being the eighth largest in the world, California is fairly upside-down when it comes to the state's balance sheet. Looking for places to make up the difference, California has had to make some hard choices with its budgets and cash reserves.
One such choice of course has an effect on our dirt-loving two-wheeled brethren. With roughly $60 million in the Off-Highway Vehicles Trust Fund sitting on the books, the California State Assembly Budget Sub-Committee could not help but vote for a transfer of $31 million from the OHV fund to use for in non-OHV programs. Yay.


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Vincent Tallue's latest
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Had a lunch with some UK TFLers in London yesterday (just a casual lunch. Not a full-blown one like the Oxford get-together) and one person mentioned about this video. So, thanks for posting. Immaculate timing!
Haven't heard from him for a while, so I was assuming he was quite busy at a bakery he started working earlier this year. Great to see him still live and kicking (literally....:p) and happily baking. :)
Vincent Tallue - the best baker of my generation. Nice to know we're only months apart in age. At the best of times I have the energy and enthusiasm he has. In another life I would be just like him, working the way he does.
If I ever have my own bakery I would snap him up at any cost!
Totally agree. We're so lucky to have someone like him in London. Wish all the 'artisan bakers' were as genuinely passionate about good, honest, real bread like him. It's a good thing the so-called 'Gourmet boom' last 10 yrs has helped improving the standard and varieties of 'artisan' breads considerably, but sadly the overheating of it and rapid increase in demand have also made some of the bakers to start cutting the corners in the production, hence lower standard than before.
If I ever have my own bakery I would snap him up at any cost!
"Over my dead body!" Syd would say, though, I think...... :p Hopefully you can join us at a next Get-Together sometime in the near future and meet him and Syd in person. ;)
Haha. Sure I'll be there!
But when I stand back and think, "So he has to do it all over again tomorrow..." I get depressed.
I could never be a production baker.
The repetition would bore me after a week.
Then again, with an endless supply of coffee beans, who knows?
it just brings the longing for working in large quantities and doing "the same" (no - I don't think it's ever really the same) thing over and over.
If you've ever put you hand in a spiral to scrape the sides (and check the dough development) while it is running (I call it "spiral surfing" or done those folds in a large tub, or shaped loaf after loaf under the pressure of getting out the bake - well, I just miss it.
I think there is always the challenge to do that "same" thing better/faster and that's what fascinates me. And somedays you get the bear and somedays the bear gets you. happens even to the best of them.
A young person's game in many ways. But maybe not in all ways... :>)
Lindy - you make me "bakery sick" - just what I needed to inspire me to actually get to my next educational experience...
When I was a wee lad, I worked as a stock boy in a market. It was the same thing day after day, but I always managed to make it interesting. I'm sure I could so the same with baking.
When I win the lottery, I'll be able to bare the $10/hour pay rate too. :)
i enjoy watching this video. it is your energy that is doing it for me. I agree with lumos. we missed you ob friday but shared all about your happy energy and approach to work with bread. cant wait for the next video dont work to hard, but then again you enjoy it so much carry on bye albert
"When I win the lottery, I'll be able to bare the $10/hour pay rate too"
You are misinformed.
Baking is no different than a lot of other occupations or life situations.
You get out what you put in.
If you are content to be a worker bee, that's okay, but if you are willing to accept more responsibility,
you can make some decent "dough"
But, yes, I know what you mean.
I've been both the worker bee and the queen bee, and I'll take the former over the latter any day, but the pay differential always, always means warming the throne.
is a younger person's game. Not unlike professional movers and others who must rely on a healthy body to make a living. It's hard, physical work that exacts a toll. Still, if you can have fun while you are doing it...


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UMBC Athletics has partnered with Presto Sports to redesign and relaunch its website, www.umbcretrievers.com. The new design was unveiled on Monday, Jan. 20, 2013.
The desktop site will be accompanied by a mobile site, UMBC Front Row, with applications available through ITunes in the Apple Store and via Android's Google Play.
Retriever fans will notice an enhanced experience navigating through the site, including,
Easy accessibility of social media channels (Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Instagram) and the streaming site, www.umbcretrievers.tv.
A Fan Zone, with links to the Kids? Club, Photo Store and Pro Shop
Live coverage of Retriever Athletics, including Live Stats!, Audio, and more!
Large cover photos and video features which open from the main screen
A search engine for quick accessibility to searchable data and videos
Additional features will be added throughout the academic year.
With UMBC Front Row, fans can cheer on the Retrievers as if they were in the front row. UMBC Front Row gives fans access to schedules, live score updates, statistics, game recaps, audio and video links and photo galleries.
Among its client list, Presto Sports, Inc. features two America East Conference members, the University of Maine (www.goblackbears.com) and the University of New Hampshire (www.unhwildcats.com)
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Behind the scenes of making custom Mini-Munnys and scratch-built
Munny Mobiles for Chapter One : The Confrontation show.
Compiled by toy maestro Andy (Toysrevil).
Friday, July 30, 2010
Custom Slideshow
Monday, July 26, 2010
Midnite Shift
Sunday, July 25, 2010
Dodge Vapor
Saturday, July 24, 2010
Lunar Mist
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Chapter One : The Confrontation
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Custom in Progress
The name Phu in short is a self-created lingo. Entirely imaginative and not based upon adherence to actuality.
3D art is his pursuit, especially in vinyl customizing. Phu's Phuturistic concept is a manifestation through his artistic form of thought and personalized treatment in which he exercises the habit of recycling.
And it's with this Phuturistic niche, Phu's customed vinyls have been commissioned and showcased in various international exhibitions and shows worldwide.
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StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty is a military science fiction real-time strategy video game developed by Blizzard Entertainment for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X. A sequel to the award-winning 1998 video game StarCraft, the game was released worldwide on July 27, 2010. It is split into three installments: the base game with the subtitle Wings of Liberty, and two upcoming expansion packs, Heart of the Swarm and Legacy of the Void. StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty has had a successful launch, selling three million copies worldwide in less than a month.
The game StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty has no internal benchmarking tools built into the game engine, so we recorded a scene and played it back at normal speed and measured performance with FRAPS. The screen capture above shows the system settings that we were using for StarCraft II. Notice we are running the graphics quality and textures set to Ultra and maxed out everything in the menu. We did not manually enable AA in the drivers though, as we wanted to keep testing simple and consistent to the choices offered in the games settings menus.
Benchmark Results: StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty shows that all of the high dollar gaming cards perform well. The GeForce GTX 570 runs at 199.9 FPS at 1920×1200, so does it really matter about percentages when cards are running this fast?
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Newborn killed by family's pit bull terrier
By the CNN Wire Staff
October 26, 2010 2:48 p.m. EDT
A pit bull was euthanized after killing an infant.
A pit bull was euthanized after killing an infant.
* Infant was 4 days old
* Father said he was only left alone for a few seconds
(CNN) -- A 4-day-old died after being attacked by his family's pit bull terrier Sunday evening at his home in Jacksonville, Florida, according to John Harrell, a spokesman with the Florida's Department of Children and Family.
The infant's father told CNN affiliate WJXT he and the baby's mother only left the child alone for a few seconds when the attack occurred.
Jacksonville Sheriff's office along with Florida's child welfare agency are investigating the incident as a child death.
The state agency will determine if the child was unsupervised and for how long.
"Our investigation will reveal if the incident was abuse, neglect or an accident," said the DCF spokesman.
The state agency's report will show if the the dog had any history of aggression. The father told WJXT the dog had never shown aggression toward any member of the family. DCF reminded parents how dangerous it is for pets to be around small children.
"It's a very tragic case and our sympathy goes out to everyone who knew the child, " said Harrell.
The final report on the incident is expected to take weeks to complete.
WJXT reported the dog was euthanized.
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The World Commission on Protected Areas was thrilled when Ernesto Enkerlin Hoeflich was elected as Chair of the Commission at the IUCN World Conservation Congress in Jeju, Republic of Korea. Kathy MacKinnon will be the Deputy Chair of the Commission.
"I am so pleased that Ernesto has been elected as Chair of WCPA, the most critical position in conservation, said Nik Lopoukhine", outgoing WCPA Chair.
"WCPA has deep roots, strong foundations and many success stories. I will provide renewed energy and leadership to do more, faster and better. The support to the one programme of IUCN, the Global Protected Areas Programme, the BIOPAMA project and a variety ongoing initiatives will ensure continuity. Working with members on implementation will be a strong focus starting today with meetings for the 2014 World Parks Congress." said Enkerlin.
WCPA Plans for the future
Ernesto outlined some of his plans for his four-year term: "WCPA has strong and deep foundations and plenty of accomplishments. As a proven transformational leader in conservation, WPCA has the the opportunity to innovate and reenergize the work. To do more, faster, better and larger, WCPA needs an expanded and more diverse membership and especially better integration with more members, expert members and secretariat all over the world to enable improvements in in law, governance, capacity building, institutional reform, economic valuation, effectiveness evaluation and conflict resolution. The WCPA Chair will catalyze action based on the mandate approved at the IUCN Congress in Jeju. In particular, the IUCN World Parks Congress in Sydney, Australia in 2014 will be a major focus of WCPA's activities over the next four years, and we are very fortunate that Australia, with its progressive conservation community will be the host of this congress".


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Andrea Eddy and Rob Hamlin were united in marriage July 20, 2013 by Reverend Patrick Greene at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Wickford. A reception followed the East Greenwich Yacht Club.
The bride is the daughter of John and Donna Eddy of Sage Dr., East Greenwich. She is a graduate of Toll Gate High School and Rhode Island College. She is a preschool special educator with Cranston Public Schools.
The groom is the son of Bob and Sandy Hamlin of Winnisquam Dr., Warwick. He is a graduate of Toll Gate High School and Bryant University. He is senior project manager at Fidelity.
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After two weekends of sold-out midnight-only limited release, Paranormal Activity (AKA, this year's new Blair Witch) has been allowed out during daylight. Has the film become less scary, or just convinced the studio that it can make money?
The news of a wider release for the movie comes after a second weekend of sold-out midnight screenings that earned the movie an average of $16,000 per screen. The all-day screenings at 40 locations is much smaller than the rumored 100 location number, but consider the buzz that the movie's currently getting from being relatively difficult to see, and be patient.
'Paranormal Activity' Set For Oct. 9 Normal Release After It Gets Freakishly Good Gross Playing Only After Midnight [Deadline Hollywood]


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by Tom Utescher
The basketball teams at Norwood Fontbonne Academy have enjoyed mixed results since hosting their annual Snowball Tournament at the beginning of the month, when the boys' team won the championship and the girls reached the semifinal round.
Chloe Burns, the seventh-grade center for the girls squad, injured an ankle in the tournament opener and has still not been able to return to the line-up. Two other players have been sidelined by knee problems, including eighth-grader Eliza Ewing, a three-sport athlete.
The banged-up Bears were still able to defeat visiting Nazareth Academy last Tuesday, racing out to a 22-5 halftime lead and continuing on to a 36-18 victory. Grace Gelone, a seventh-grader, had the game-high in both points (14) and rebounds (seven).
Sharing the honors for rebounding was Maddie Lauringer, who had seven boards of her own while scoring four points, and six points were marked down for Gabby Dunning. There were four points apiece for Georgia Powell (four rebounds) and Audrey Hinchey (two assists).
The NFA girls found more rigorous opposition the following afternoon, when Gwynedd Mercy Elementary School came calling. Unfortunately for Norwood and its fans, Wednesday's game marked the return to action for Gwynedd standout Libby Tacka. She's the sister of 2011 Mount St. Joe graduate Natalie Tacka, who is now playing field hockey at Lehigh University. The younger Tacka injured an ankle in one of the basketball team's first practices this season, but made a statement last week at Norwood as she poured in a game-high 13 points.
Another younger sister of an accomplished Mount athlete is Ashley Smith, Gwynedd's seventh-grade point guard. Her older sister, Steph, was a two-time league MVP while playing for the Magic, and is now a freshman on the team at Loyola University in Baltimore. The younger Smith focused on her ball handling chores in Wednesday's game, coming away with two points.
The Mustangs' Megan Dougherty got the scoreboard moving with a baseline jumper. Then, Tacka tossed in a three-pointer and a pair of free throws. On an inbounds play, Julianna Hunt hit a lay-up to put Gwynedd up 9-0 before Gelone broke the ice for Norwood, scoring off of an offensive rebound.
Gelone got to the foul line a few times and the Bears only trailed 10-5 at the end of the opening period, but they slipped farther behind as the Mustangs also won the second period by a 10-5 tally. Gwynedd started the second half with a 20-10 lead and limited the home team to just two points the rest of the way.
The lone scorer after the break was Gelone, who deposited a lay-up in the third quarter and finished the game with seven points and seven rebounds.
Guard Kara Celano added four points for the Bears and Lauringer had one point and six rebounds.
Complementing Tacka's performance, Dougherty and Hunt finished with four points apiece for the winners.
Gwynedd Mercy was also responsible for the last loss suffered by the NFA boys' team, but that January 18 encounter was a much closer game. After falling behind 27-10, the visiting Bears rallied to narrow the gap to just two points, but the Mustangs stopped their slide and took away a five-point victory, 51-46. Sean Sehn led the visitors with 15 points and five rebounds.
The following day, the Norwood boys were on the road again, travelling to Devon Prep and bringing a 53-39 win back across the Schuylkill. Liam Nester rang up 21 points and 10 rebounds and Tanner Visco added 12 points and three boards. Point guard Dom DiCinque did a good job running the offense while contributing four points.
Andrew Maloney, who had been injured during Norwood's football season and had just returned to action for the Gwynedd game a day earlier, scored six points and pulled three rebounds against Devon.
Back on the Bears' home court last Tuesday, Nester scored an even dozen as the locals downed Nazareth Academy, 51-42. Sehn scored seven points and collected six rebounds, and Cole Storm scored nine points and notched three steals.
The victory raised Norwood's record to 4-4 in the Catholic Academies League, where the current leader is Wyncote's Ancillae Assumpta Academy.


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Jeanne L. Martin, 78, of Smithsburg Pike, Smithsburg, Md., passed away Sunday, Feb. 17, 2013, at Meritus Medical Center of Hagerstown, Md.
Born Aug. 29, 1934, in Foxville, Md., she was the daughter of the late Stanley G. and Pauline M. (Shuff) Brown.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 56 years, John Richard Martin, on March 9, 2011.
She was a 1952 graduate of Smithsburg High School.
She was employed over the years as a bookkeeper of Clara Frock of Thurmont, a teacher's assistant at Smithsburg Elementary School, and was owner/operator of Ivy Hill Farm of Smithsburg.
She was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church of Smithsburg, where she was a former Sunday school superintendent, Cavetown Homemakers Club and was a charter member of the Smithsburg Historical Society.
She is survived by one daughter, Karen Martin Lyon and husband, Charles, of Hampton, Va.; one son, John Steven Martin and wife, Karen, of Smithsburg; one brother, John William Earl Brown of Thurmont, Md.; one sister-in-law, Frances Jane Smith and husband, Dan, of Ijamsville, Md., and four grandchildren, Kristen Lyon, John Timothy Martin and fiancée, Kasie Stotler, Dana Lyon and John Justin Martin.
Services will be Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013, at 11 a.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church, Smithsburg, with Pastor Virgil Cain and Pastor Richard Hembrock officiating. Burial will be in Smithsburg Cemetery.
The family will receive friends Wednesday from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. at J.L. Davis Funeral Home, Smithsburg.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Smithsburg Emergency Medical Services, P.O. Box 411, Smithsburg, MD 21783.


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CINCINNATI (AP) -- Tea party activists waving flags and signs, singing patriotic songs and chanting anti-IRS slogans held rallies outside federal buildings across the country to protest the agency's extra scrutiny of conservative groups.
A crowd Tuesday packed the sidewalks in front of and across the street from a Cincinnati federal building housing the Internal Revenue Service offices that handled tax-exempt status applications.
"It's going to be up to the grass-roots movement to do something," said Paul Wheeler, dressed in Colonial-era attire with tri-cornered hat and holding a sign saying: "Internal 'Revenge' Service Stop." He said he came from Indianapolis, some 100 miles way, because Cincinnati is "the epicenter of some of the complaints."
IRS officials have acknowledged that some conservative groups received inappropriate attention.
There were also rallies outside IRS offices in Atlanta; Louisville; Chicago; Cherry Hill, N.J.; Denver; Kansas City, Mo.; Helena, Mont.; Philadelphia; Phoenix, and Providence, R.I., among others.
After a short march, activists here filled sidewalks in front of the federal building for about 30 minutes. Some had Revolutionary War-style "Don't Tread on Me" and 13-star U.S. flags, as they chanted "IRS has got to go!" and "Stop the IRS!" Demonstrators also sang "The Star Spangled Banner," ''God Bless America," and other songs.
A handful of activists gave a Federal Protective Service officer a petition calling for the IRS to "cease and desist" and asked him to deliver it to the IRS. The officer later handed it to a man in street clothes farther inside the building.
"I don't know if we made a difference, but I'm sure proud that we all came out," the Cincinnati tea party president, Ann Becker, told fellow demonstrators. There were also activists from other local tea party groups from northern Kentucky and Cincinnati suburbs in the hundreds-strong crowd, among the largest of the protests Tuesday.
Several IRS employees in Cincinnati declined to comment or didn't return phone messages.
In Washington, a few dozen people congregated outside the IRS headquarters, listening to speeches and carrying signs reading "Audit the IRS" and "Don't audit me, Bro."
"I just think what they did was inappropriate and if they were doing this to liberals, I would be out here, too," said Shoshana Weissmann, a Republican and 20-year-old George Washington University student who said she is not affiliated with the tea party. "It's scary to think the IRS is capable of this."
In the Atlanta rally, speakers included Gov. Nathan Deal, who said "you don't have anything to worry about on the state level." Debbie Dooley of Tea Party Patriots said in Atlanta her group spent some $250,000 on legal fees in battling with the IRS, which she said wanted donor and volunteer names and copies of Facebook comments.
Some former IRS staffers say Cincinnati employees shouldn't be vilified. Former senior manager Bonnie Esrig said the office was a nonpolitical environment, and tax-exempt status workloads had soared because of court decisions and rules changes. Esrig, who said she wasn't involved in handling the conservative group applications, said she believed the workers were trying to streamline the research and avoid repetition.
"I don't believe anybody had a political agenda," said Esrig, who retired from the Cincinnati office in January after 38 years to go into consulting.
She and others are skeptical about initial IRS suggestions that a handful of low-level employees were responsible for the practice, saying it's unlikely workers would have developed and followed procedures that focused on conservative groups without any supervisors being aware.
Republicans in Congress are pressing investigations exploring their suspicions that the targeting was politically motivated and involved higher-ups. President Barack Obama's administration has said no senior officials were involved in targeting conservative groups.
Dozens of lunch-hour protesters in Phoenix who waved signs or small American flags included Rick "Buffalo Rick" Galeener, who said he is a disabled Vietnam veteran and "100 percent American patriot."
"If people don't think this didn't come from the top, then they aren't paying attention," Galeener said outside the IRS office.
A Chicago rally of some 100 people was led by former U.S. Rep. Joe Walsh, a suburban Chicago Republican who lost his seat in 2012 after being among tea party candidates who won office in 2010. He decried "crimes committed against Americans" and said the IRS targeting should spark renewed interest in the tea party movement.
"Let this day again be the day when freedom-loving Americans stood up and said ... 'I'm fighting,'" Walsh said. "The only way this is going to turn around is if people in the streets take back the country."
Jenny Beth Martin, a co-founder of Tea Party Patriots, a group that organized protests Tuesday, said the IRS was increasing public sympathy for the tea party.
"The American people see we were targeted, we were discriminated against, and our concerns about a government that is too large are valid concerns," she said in Washington.
Associated Press writers Ben Nuckols in Washington, Christina A. Cassidy in Atlanta, Sara Burnett in Chicago, Heather Hollingsworth in Kansas City, Walter Berry in Phoenix and Geoff Mulvihill in Cherry Hill, N.J., contributed.
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PC Basketball Hosts St. John's for Crucial Game in Big East Standings
Wednesday, January 25, 2017
Both the Friars and the Red Storm are 3-5 in the Big East and tied for seventh place.
"We are coming off a loss, we are at home so we need to show some desperation and some urgency in this game and play that way the rest of the season if we want to make the tournament," said Friars head coach Ed Cooley earlier this week.
This will be the 108th meeting all-time between the Friars and Red Storm, with the Friars holding a 25-22 advantage at home. They trail 60-48 in the series overall.
Tip-off for the game is set for 6 30 p.m.
St. John's Red Storm
The Red Storm are coming off a loss to Seton Hall in their last game and have lost five of their last six games overall after starting Big East play 2-0 with a win over #13 Butler.
St. John's is led by freshman guards Shamorie Ponds and Marcus Lovett, both of whom average 16.7 points per game.
Junior forward Bashir Ahmed leads them in rebounds with an average of 5.6 rebounds per game.
PC - Two Things to Watch
Kyron Cartwright
Cartwright has had the hot hand recently for the Friars.
He came one rebound short of a triple-double in a road game against Georgetown and then poured in 12 points while dishing out five assists on the road against Villanova.
He currently ranks fourth in the NCAA with an average of seven assists per game.
Alpha Diallo
In 16.8 minutes per game, Diallo has averaged three points and two rebounds per game while totaling 16 assists and 16 steals in the 21 games he has played in this season.
"I'm just trying to be aggressive and go out there and make the right play," said Diallo on his recent rise into the starting lineup.
Bonus Thing to Watch - Throwback jerseys
To celebrate Providence College's 100th year, the Friars will wear replica jerseys inspired by the 1980's.
The jerseys will include yellow highlighting and feature the interlocking PC logo, which was introduced in 1993 and replaced in the 2000's.
Related Slideshow: Starting Lineup Projections for URI, PC, Bryant & Brown Basketball Teams
G - E.C. Matthews - Redshirt Junior
The biggest story line for the upcoming college basketball season in Rhode Island is the return of Matthews from a torn ACL, which he suffered in the first game of the 2015-16 season.
"Anytime you return a guy who is a potential player of the year candidate and potential NBA Draft pick, it gives the entire team a shot in the arm," said URI head coach Dan Hurley.
Matthews was named second team all-conference at the Atlantic 10 media day, and most recently, he was named to the Jerry West Award watch list for the third straight season.
For his career, Matthews averages 16 points per game.
G - Jared Terrell - Junior
Terrell has started 64 of the 65 games that he has played in his career, and this season will split back court duties with E.C. Matthews, giving the Rams one of the best back courts in the conference.
Last season, Terrell averaged 13.6 points, 3.4 rebounds and 2.6 assists per game for the Rams, reaching double figures in scoring in 13 of URI's final 14 games.
In those 13 games, Terrell had at least 20 points in six of them.
G - Jarvis Garrett - Junior
How tough is Garrett?
During a January 30 game against St. Joseph's, Garrett was knocked out, and would miss the next game against UMass.
He would return the following game against La Salle wearing a full face mask, and poured in a career high 26 points.
Garrett would play with the mask the remainder of the season.
He ended the year shooting 42% from three-point land to to lead URI, while averaging 12.5 points and 4.7 assists per game.
He was named to the USBWA All-District one team at the close of the regular season.
F - Hassan Martin - Senior
Martin became the first URI Ram to win the A-10 Defensive Player of the Year Award since its inception in 1996-97 despite being bothered by a knee injury and missing URI's last four games.
Martin was named to the A-10's preseason all-defensive team and also second team all conference at A-10 media day.
"When Hassan was at his best was during his sophomore year when he was just a complete animal. I think you will see some of that this year," said Hurley.
Martin had 103 blocked shots and 24 steals during his sophomore season, while averaging 11.4 points per game, helping the Rams earn a spot in the National Invitational Tournament (NIT).
In 2015-16, Martin averaged 2.5 blocks per game overall, and 2.4 blocks per game in conference play, putting him atop the league leaders for the third straight season. The 2.5 blocks per game was 18th best in the country.
Martin finished his 2015-16 season with 65 blocked shots, ranking him sixth in program history for most blocks in a season. He is also second all-time on URI's career blocked shots list with 248 blocks.
Offensively, Martin averaged 12 points per game last season, averaging nine points per game for his career.
Reunited with Matthews, the two will serve as one of the top 1-2 punches in the A-10.
F - Kuran Iverson - Senior
Now in his second season with the Rams after transferring in from Memphis, Iverson is coming off a 2015-16 campaign where he averaged 9.8 points per game, and recorded four double-doubles.
Expect to see Iverson get much better looks this year with the return of E.C. Matthews.
"I think for him its just simplyfiyng his game. He has so much talent on the floor, he needs to focus on doing a couple of things really well," said Hurley. "He has the ability to be an elite offensive rebounder, just needs to keep it simple."
Iverson is the cousin of NBA Hall of Famer Allen Iverson.
G - Kyron Cartwright - Junior
Kyron Cartwright has big shoes to fill as he replaces Kris Dunn at the point guard position.
"We are looking for Kyron to be a vocal leader, and a leader on the floor. We need him in order to get where we want to go," said Providence head coach Ed Cooley.
During the 2015-16 season, Cartwright averaged six points and four assists per game for the Friars in an average of 24.2 minutes of action per game.
G - Ryan Fazekas - Sophomore
Sharpshooter Ryan Fazekas started 12 of 28 games for the Friars in his freshman season, but missed about a month of action due to mono.
Fazekas averaged five points per game for PC, and shot 34% from behind the three-point line for the year.
"I think that he is developing great, he continues to put the work in. He should be a focal point in our offense this year," said Ed Cooley.
His best game came against Brown in the third game of the season, when he connected on five of the eight three pointers that he attempted, scoring a career high 17 points.
F - Rodney Bullock - Junior
Kris Dunn and Ben Bentil are gone, mean Bullock is going to be one of the go-to guys in the Friars offense.
"His role is going to change, Kyron's role is going to change. We are going to rely heavily on them for offense, and will need both of them to score points" said Cooley.
Bullock averaged 11.4 points and 6.8 rebounds while playing an average of 32 minutes per game.
Rodney Bullock etched his name in the Providence College history books by hitting the game winning shot against USC in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
The 2015-16 campaign was Bullock's first season of college basketball after he tore his ACL in October of 2014, and was suspended for the 2013-14 season.
F - Emmitt Holt - Junior
Holt, a 6 '7" forward with a 7'3" wingspan, comes to the Friars from Indian Hills Community College where he averaged 11.6 points and 6.4 rebounds per game, while shooting 69% from the field.
Prior to Indian Hills, Holt attended the University of Indiana but was dismissed after being cited for illegal possession of alcohol in August of 2015.
That incident came just ten months after he hit teammate Devin Davis with his car, while having alcohol in his system.
"Emmitt is an impressive young name with a bright future, and he will have a successful final two seasons at Providence. Emmitt is the type of person and player that will try to do whatever is asked of him. He is very unselfish and will fit great into the basketball program at Providence, as well as in PC's community," said Indian Hills head coach, Hank Piona, upon Holt's commitment to Providence.
He has two years of eligibility left.
F - Kalif Young - Freshman
Young is a 6'9" forward with a 7'0" wingspan from Toronto, Canada where he attended Orangeville Prep. He is ranked as a three-star recruit by Rivals.com.
On the freshman class, Cooley said, "They are learning, they are nervous, they are trying not to make a mistake, which means they are making every mistake, but they will be okay. We just have to coach their confidence."
Last spring, Young played for the CIA Bounce of the Nike Elite Youth Basketball League (EYBL) and averaged 6.8 points and 7.2 rebounds per game.
G - Hunter Ware - Junior
Hunter Ware started 29 of the 30 games that he played in for Bryant last season, and scored at least 20 points on six different occasions for the Bulldogs.
On the season, Ware averaged 12.7 points per game, while shooting 41% from the field.
"He has been around, now he is a junior so he has a great feel for what we are trying to do. The biggest thing for him is to show consistency with his shooting," said Bryant associate head coach Happy Dobbs.
G - Ikenna Ndugba - Freshman
According to Dobbs, freshman Ikenna Ndugba will be in the starting lineup for the Bulldogs when they tip off their season in November.
Ndugba is from Boston where he played for coach John McVeigh at the Brooks School.
In his senior season, he led his team in scoring with 13 points, 6.5 assists and four steals per game while finishing third in rebounding, averaging six rebounds per game.
When the season ended, Ndugba was named Independent School League Player of the Year, New England Class B Player of the year and MVP of the New England Class B Tournament Team.
PHOTO: Ikenna Ndugba/twitter
G - Nisre Zouzoua - Sophomore
As a freshman, Brockton's Zouzoua became only the second freshman to lead the Bulldogs in scoring in the program's Division I history. The previous freshman to do so was Alex Francis.
Zouzoua appeared in 31 games for the Bulldogs, starting 25 of them. He was selected to the NEC All-Rookie team after leading Bryant with 12.8 points per game.
He also showed his range, knocking down 60 three-pointers on the year, and shooting 37% from behind the three-point line. The 60 three-pointers ranked second most among league rookies.
F - Marcel Pettway - Sophomore
North Providence's Pettway became only the second player in program history to earn the NEC Rookie of the Year award, after Alex Francis did it in 2011. He will look to build on that success in 2016-17.
"He is more confident coming back this year. Now he is just working on every aspect of his game and focusing more on his free throw shooting," said Dobbs.
In 2015-16, Pettway started the last 22 games for Bryant and finished his freshman year averaging 11.4 points per game, fourth best among league rookies. Pettway shot 59.7 percent from the field on the season and recorded 8 double-doubles, including a career high 26 points and 11 rebounds against Fairleigh Dickinson.
The 8 double-doubles are tied for most by a freshman in Bryant's Division I history.
F - Dan Garvin - Senior
At 6'6" Garvin averaged 10.2 points and 8 rebounds per game in 26 games for Bryant during the 2015-16 campaign.
His eight rebounds per game were good enough for seventh best in the NEC.
G - Tavon Blackmon - Senior
Named a captain for the 2016-17 season, Blackmon is coming off a 2015-16 season in which he dished out 5.5 assists per game to lead the Ivy League, while ranking fourth in three-point field goal percentage - shooting 44% from behind the three-point line.
"All of our captains are important, but it all starts with Tavon. He is our point guard, the ball is in his hands. As we say, he is our engine," said Brown head coach Mike Martin.
Along with the assists, Blackmon also reached double figures in scoring 20 times, and scored at least 20 points on four different occasions for the Bears.
For his career, Blackmon averages ten points and 4.3 assists per game.
G - JR Hobbie - Senior
Named one of three captains for the 2016-17 season, sharpshooter Hobbie enters his final season ranking fifth all-time at Brown with 191 career three-pointers made. In 2015-16 he ranked third in the Ivy League in three-pointers made per game with an average of 2.6.
"JR is one of the best shooters that I have ever been around, he is a huge weapon for us," said Martin.
For his career, Hobbie averages 7.9 points per game and shoots 42% from three-point land.
F - Steven Spieth - Senior
Named one of three captains for the 2016-17 season, Spieth is coming off a 2015-16 campaign where averaged 10.9 points and 7.2 rebounds per game for the Bears.
In his career, Spieth has started 86 of the 87 games that he has played in and has averaged 9.6 points and 5.8 rebounds per game.
Spieth is the brother of professional golf star Jordan Spieth, who has won two major championships in his career, and most recently helped Team USA win the Ryder Cup.
F - David Erebor - Freshman
6'9" forward, Erebor is a rated as a two-star recruit, according to Scout.com, out of Our Lady of Carmel School in Maryland.
"David is a talented front court player, who comes with a very high ceiling. He's mobile, athletic, and can protect the rim defensively. Offensively, he is comfortable with his back to the basket or facing up. He will make an impact at both ends of the floor," said Brown head coach Mike Martin.
As a senior at Our Lady of Mount Carmel High School, Erebor averaged 15 points and eight rebounds per game.
He was named Defensive Player of the Year in his senior season.
F - Brandon Charnov - Freshman
Charnov is a 6'11" freshman out of Kinkaid High School in Houston, Texas, and brings the Bears much needed size and scoring up front.
Charnov is rated as a two-star recruit, according to Verbal Commits.com, and averaged 15 points and nine rebounds per game in his senior year of high school.
"All of our freshmen are working hard, we are throwing a lot at them. It's obviously a big adjustment for them both on and off the court, but they were all recruited for a reason and our hope is that they will be able to contribute sooner rather than later," said Martin.
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The host Dublin High football team took advantage of several Livermore miscues in a 44-21 win Friday night in the first round of the North Coast Section Division II playoffs.
The ninth-seeded Cowboys (2-9) turned the ball over three times that resulted in 16 points for No. 8 Dublin (6-4).
"When you get a turnover, it's a factor," Dublin coach John Wade said. "And then when you capitalize on it, it breaks the other side."
With the win, Dublin advances to the quarterfinals for the second year in a row. The Gaels will play at top-seeded Clayton Valley next Friday night at 7. It be the first meeting between the Gaels and Eagles this season.
A year ago, the Gaels advanced to the semifinals as a No. 5 seed before falling to eventual section champion Windsor.
On Friday, the Gaels watched Livermore take a 21-19 lead early in the third quarter. But Dublin responded with 21 straight points.
The Gaels took a 26-21 lead on a Josh Nobida 29-yard touchdown pass to Jabai Jefferson with 5:32 left in the third quarter. Nobida had 220 yards passing, two passing touchdowns and one rushing. His top target was Jefferson, who caught six passes for 100 yards and a pair of touchdowns.
Dublin seemed to take control of the game with 42 seconds left in the third quarter when Tristan Elias scored a 34-yard touchdown run on a fourth-and-15 fake punt to give the Gaels a 33-21 lead.
Dublin expects running back Ondre Rudolph to be back next week. The senior suffered a hairline fracture in his ankle in an Oct. 5 game at Las Lomas.
Newark Memorial 40, American 8: Marty Leggett scored three touchdowns, two on runs from scrimmage and another on an interception return, and Riley Pivin passed for two more as the host Cougars never trailed in this NCS Division II first-round playoff game.
Newark Memorial (9-2) opened the scoring on Pivin's 13-yard pass to Damien Banford in the back of the end zone for a 7-0 lead with 5:07 left in the first quarter.
Leggett's 30-yard interception return opened a 14-0 gap early in the second quarter. And his touchdown runs of 9 and 65 yards extended the Cougars' lead to 27-8 by halftime.
Jon Kapu had a 26-yard touchdown reception in the third quarter, and Aaron Miller closed the scoring with a 21-yard run in the fourth.
Eric Adair scored American's (5-6) only touchdown on an 87-yard kickoff return in the second quarter.
— Mike McGreehan, correspondent
Concord 50, Mt. Eden 6: Concord started its quest for an NCS Division II title by scoring 44 first half points against visiting Mt. Eden, leading the way to an easy victory. Fifth-seeded Concord (9-2) put up 377 yards before halftime.
Minutemen quarterback Mitch Daniels threw for 234 yards and three touchdowns. Star senior running back Olito Thompson ran for 200 yards and scored twice on the ground. Thompson also caught a screen pass from Daniels and scampered into the end zone from 21 yards out for his third score of the night.
No. 12 Mt. Eden (6-5) ran the ball 44 times for 166 yards. Monarchs' running back Devante McGowan had a 1-yard touchdown run in the 2nd quarter to make it a 22-6 game. But that was all for Mt. Eden as Concord scored the final 28 points. McGowan rushed for 128 yards on 32 carries.
Concord travels to play No. 4 Casa Grande in Petaluma next Saturday. The Minutemen defeated Casa Grande two years ago 26-21 in an NCS semifinal on their way to the Division II crown.
— Nick Bender, correspondent


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Race Direction has come down hard on riders dawdlilng on the racing line looking for a tow. Punishments have been handed out to a grand total of 17 riders in all three classes.
Punishment is particularly harsh in Moto3. The 11 riders who were caught waiting on the racing line were all given a penalty of 3 grid positions, basically all moving them back one row on the grid.
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Potsdam Rotary donates $2,000 in cash, gifts to Potsdam Holiday Fund
Rotary Club President Maureen Farina (left) presents a $1,000 check to Potsdam Holiday Fund President Pam Yurgartis. The club will also provide about $1,000 in new books for the fund to distribute as holiday gifts to children.
POTSDAM -- The Rotary Club of Potsdam has donated $1,000 to the Potsdam Holiday Fund. The club will also provide about $1,000 in new books for the fund to distribute as holiday gifts to children.The Potsdam Holiday Fund is a non-profit organization of volunteers, providing new toys, clothing, boots and food to families and senior citizens in need in Potsdam, Madrid, Hopkinton, Nicholville, Brasher Falls, Chase Mills, Fort Jackson, West Stockholm and Winthrop.
Each year the program distributes over 2,500 gifts and new winter garments to more than 500 needy children from Potsdam and the surrounding communities. In addition, five tons of food is delivered to approximately 300 needy families and 100 senior citizens.
Donations to the Potsdam Holiday Fund are still needed and can be sent to the Potsdam Holiday Fund, PO Box 827, Potsdam, NY 13676.
To volunteer to deliver food or distribute and wrap gifts, e-mail the fund at [email protected] holidayfund.org <http://holidayfund.org> . Read more at http://www.potsdamholidayfund.org.
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"You will know them by their fruits." -Matthew 7:15
Former Congressman Tom Tancredo sounds the warning on his blog that the Occupy Wall Street (OWS) movement not only is a hard left-wing movement, it has turned violent and therfore has become a "homeland security issue".
As proof of OWS's hard left character, let's look at who its supporters are, beginning with the regime in North Korea, the last redoubt of diehard communism in the world today.
On October 18, 2011, the government of psychopath "Dear Leader" Kim Jong Il released a statement praising OWS for facilitating "the working masses' struggle against capitalism":
"The Occupy Wall St[reet] movement was an eruption of the exploited classes' pent-up wrath at the exploiters. It was also an expression of the will to remove the stronghold of capitalism as a whole which brings only exploitation, oppression, unemployment and poverty to the popular masses … [in a] corrupt society where the rich get ever richer and the poor get ever poorer."
Then there are these left-wing activist organizations and labor unions in the United States which support OWS (from Discover the Networks):
- 350.org
- ACORN (under different names, including New York Communities for Change, Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment, and Affordable Housing Centers of America)
- AdBusters Media Foundation
- Alliance For Global Justice
- American Nazi Party (OWS is anti-Semitic)
- Citizen Action
- Common Cause,
- Communist Party USA
- Council on American-Islamic Relations
- Democratic Socialists of America
- International Socialist Organization
- MoveOn.org
- National People's Action
- Peace and Freedom Party
- Service Employees International Union (SEIU)
- Socialist Party USA
- Take The Square
- Think Progress
- United for Peace and Justice
- USDayOfRage
- Workers World Party
- Working Families Party (founded by ACORN in 1996)
North Korea and the groups above would have us believe that OWS is a struggle by "the working masses" and the "exploited classes." You mean such as the "exploited" "working class" individuals below? (Most of the following names are from Discover the Networks; some are from my post "Who Are the Top 1%?". Most of the estimated net worth figures are from Celebrity Net Worth):
- Mumia Abu Jamal, convicted cop-killer.
- Alec Baldwin, actor (net worth $65 million).
- Roseanne Barr, entertainer (net worth $80 million).
- Charles Barron, black nationalist.
- Kathy Bates, actress (net worth 32 million).
- Russell Brand, actor (combined net worth with wife, singer Katy Perry: $63 million).
- Hugo Chavez, Venezuelan president (net worth $1 billion).
- Deepak Chopra, New Age guru & public speaker (net worth $80 million).
- Bill Clinton, former president (net worth $80 million; combined net worth with wife Hillary: $101.5 million).
- Peter Dreier, Occidental College (Obama's alma mater!) professor & ACORN shill.
- Keith Ellison, congressman (average net worth -$-21,497).
- Russ Feingold, former senator (net worth in 2009: $441,737).
- Lisa Fithian, longtime labor activist, National Steering Committee member of United for Peace and Justice.
- Jane Fonda, actress (networth $120 million).
- Barney Frank, congressman (net worth $1.88 to $4.74 million).
- Danny Glover, actor (net worth $15 million).
- Al Gore, former vice president (net worth $100 million).
- Raul Grijalva, congressman (networth in 2009: $19,007 to $195,999).
- Arlo Guthrie, folk singer.
- Jeffery Immelt, General Electric CEO & Obama's "jobs czar" (net worth $60 million).
- Jesse Jackson, civil rights agitator (net worth $10 million).
- Van Jones, revolutionary communist & Obama's former "green czar" (net worth $1.1 million).
- Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, Iran's supreme leader.
- Talib Kweli, hip-hop artist (net worth $14 million).
- Dennis Kucinich, congressman (net worth $196,000 to $352,000).
- Kalle Lasn, anti-consumerism activist.
- Natasha Lennard, New York Times reporter.
- Stephen Lerner, SEIU labor leader who's calling on people to not pay their mortgages (average total compensation of SEIU officers and employees is $65,654).
- John Lewis, congressman (net worth in 2009: $9,009 to $135,000).
- Rachel Maddow, TV personality (net worth $12.5 million).
- Bette Midler, entertainer (net worth $175 million).
- Robby Mook, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee director.
- Michael Moore, filmmaker (net worth $50 million).
- Barack Obama, President (net worth $10.5 million).
- Rosie O'Donnell, entertainer (net worth $100 million).
- Keith Olbermann, TV personality (net worth $35 million).
- Yoko Ono, famous for having married John Lennon (net worth $500 million).
- Nancy Pelosi, congresswoman (net worth $21.74 million).
- Sean Penn, actor (net worth $150 million).
- Frances Fox Piven, Marxist academic who is the surviving half of the Cloward-Piven Strategy to bankrupt America by overloading government with welfare demands.
- Charles Rangel, corrupt congressman (net worth in 2007: $1.028 million to $2.495 million).
- Wade Rathke, ACORN founder (In June 2008, Wade stepped down as ACORN's chief organizer when his brother, Dale, was found to have embezzled $948,607.50 from ACORN and affiliated charitable organizations in 1999-2000. Wade Rathke, however, remains chief organizer for Acorn International L.L.C.)
- Tim Robbins, actor (net worth $50 million).
- Mark Ruffalo, actor (net worth $10 million).
- Susan Sarandon, actress (net worth $50 million).
- Debbie Wasserman Schultz, congresswoman (net worth in 2009: $-231,995 to $214,997).
- Jan Schakowsky, congresswoman (net worth in 2009: $-13,976 to $390,999).
- Pete Seeger, folk singer.
- Russell Simmons, hip-hop mogul (net worth $325 million).
- George Soros, financier (net worth $22 billion).
- Richard Trumka, AFL-CIO President (total compensation in 2010: $283,340.00).
- Jim Wallis, Progressive "social justice" preacher whose organization Sojourners had a total revenue of $4.6 million in 2008 and is partly funded by George Soros' Open Society Institute.
- Elizabeth Warren, Harvard Law School (Obama's alma mater!) professor; former Obama adviser on TARP (Troubled Asset Relief Program); currently running as a Democrat in Massachusetts' U.S. Senate race (against Scott Brown); claims to have created "much of the intellectual foundation" for the OWS movement. In 1996, Warren had the 3rd highest salary at Harvard Law, at $181,300. She lives in a $1.7 million home in Cambridge, MA.
- Cornel West, Princeton University Marxist professor (West makes a 6-figure salary and also gets paid 6-figures for his speaking engagements).
- Kanye West, hip-hop singer (net worth $70 million).
These individuals are no more "working class" folk than I am. Unlike me, however, most of the people above have net worths that make them members of the "top 1%" — the supposed target of the Occupy Wall Street movement. And yet, they vocally support the "we are the 99%" OWS movement.
As Bill Whittle explains in his video, they are oikophobes — the products of an affluent America (see "OWS is Occupy Envy"), who hate America and Americans. Is it any wonder that the OWS movement — the product of a psychological and spiritual pathology — has become a pathological stew of internecine squabbling, rat and lice infestation, public defecation, rape, theft, robbery, smearing urine and blood on a food-vendor's cart, andphysical assault on the elderly?
"By their actions, you will know them." -Matthew 7:15


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bark. It is part of their normal and natural
communication and behavior. Dogs can bark for appropriate and
good reasons, such as when strangers approach our house, they hear
an odd
noise, or they are herding sheep. Most of us want our dogs to be "watch
dogs" and alert us to anything unusual. But dogs can also bark
inappropriately. In two scientific surveys of dog owners, approximately
1/3 of them reported their dogs barked excessively. To control barking
in our dogs, we first need to understand why they are barking.
Types of canine vocal communication
Dogs, as well as wolves use many types of vocalizations to communicate.
This communication starts very early in life. Young puppies make a
mewing-like sound when they are searching for food or warmth. Louder
crying sounds are heard if the puppy is hurt or frustrated. As dogs
get older, they make five main classes of sounds: howls, growls, grunts,
whines, and barks. Each of these classes of sounds is used in different
Howling is used as a means of long-range communication in many different
circumstances. Howls are more often associated with wolves, but dogs
howl too. Wolves often howl to signify territorial boundaries, locate
other pack members, coordinate activities such as hunting, or attract
other wolves for mating. Dogs may howl as a reaction to certain stimuli
such as sirens.
Growling can occur in very different activities. It is used to threaten,
warn, in defense, in aggression, and to show dominance. But growling
is also used in play as well. By looking at the body posture we should
be able to tell the difference. Growls during aggression are accompanied
by a stare or snarl, and the growling dog often remains stationary.
Play-growls occur in combination with a happy tail and a play bow to
signal willingness to play. These dogs are often moving and jumping
about to entice play.
Grunts in dogs are the equivalent of contented sighs in people. They
can also be heard when dogs are greeting each other or people.
Whines or whimpers are short- or medium-range modes of communication.
Dogs may whine when they greet each other, are showing submissiveness,
are frustrated or in pain, to obtain attention, and sometimes in defense.
Dogs generally whine more than wolves, perhaps because they use the
whine more as an attention-seeking behavior, and are often rewarded
for it. Think about it. The first sound you may hear from a new puppy
is the whine at night when he finds himself alone. We often are guilty
of unintentionally reinforcing this whining by giving the puppy the
attention he wants.
Barking is another mode of communication that seems to be more common
in dogs than other canine species. Again, this may be the result of
human encouragement. Certain breeds have been bred to bark as part
of their watchdog or herding duties. Barking is used to alert or warn
others and defend a territory, to seek attention or play, to identify
oneself to another dog, and as a response to boredom, excitement, being
startled, lonely, anxious, or teased.
Why dogs bark
As you can see, there are many reasons for barking and most
barking is a normal behavior. There are some instances in
which barking is considered pathological. This will be discussed
later in the article.
Characteristics of a barker
Studies have been done to try to determine which dogs are more likely
to be barkers. Although there was no difference in the percentage of
excessive barkers between males and females, there was a breed difference.
Beagles, Terriers, and some herding breeds tend to bark more. That
is not surprising, since this is one of the characteristics for which
they were bred. Excessive barking can occur in purebred dogs as well
as mixed breeds.
General principles for controlling undesirable
Next, we will look at the different types of barkers and more specific
ways to modify their behavior.
Alert/warning barkers
Dogs that bark
at mail carriers, joggers running by the house, or cyclers on the
street naturally
have their barking reinforced. They
see the mail carrier, they bark, and the mail carrier leaves. The dog
thinks, "Boy, I'm good. My barking made that person leave." In
modifying the dog's behavior, we need to overcome this reinforcement.
Sometimes, by just preventing the dog from seeing the intruding mail
carrier, we can solve the problem. Often, however, we need to do more.
First, we must make sure we are not rewarding the dog for any type
of barking. If the dog barks when she wants to eat, and we feed her,
we are rewarding vocalization. If we try to ignore the barking, but
eventually cave-in and give attention, the dog learns that short barks
will not do the trick, but excessive and extended barking will.
After the dog has
alerted us to an "intruder," we need a
way to signal the dog after one or two barks that she was a good dog
for warning us, but now we will take control. Often the command "Enough" will
accomplish that goal.
To teach "Enough," set up a situation in which your puppy
will bark, but not excessively; knock on the door, for instance. After
one or two barks, stop knocking and make a sound or distraction that
will get her to switch her attention to you. If she stops barking, immediately
say "Enough" and reward her with a treat and praise. If she
does not stop barking, put that delicious treat right in front of her
nose. When she stops barking for a second or two say "Enough," wait
a few more seconds and if she is quiet, give her the treat and praise.
Timing is critical � she must be quiet when you give her the treat or
she will think she is being rewarded for continuing to bark. Be sure
to say "Enough" when she is quiet, not when she is barking.
Later, as she associates "Enough" with being quiet, you can
use it as a command to stop barking.
Fear barkers
Some dogs may start with an alert or warning bark, but then progress
to a bark that is associated with fear. One of the more common examples
of this is those dogs that bark at approaching strangers.
If your dog is barking out of fear of people, first he must learn to
be obedient, defer to you for his behavior cues, and relax. Then you
can start setting up situations in which people approach from far off,
and as your dog remains relaxed, give him treats. Slowly (over days and
weeks) have people approach him only to the point where he remains relaxed
and you can reward him. As people come even closer, have them throw treats
his way so he starts associating people with good things happening. While
this controlled training is going on, it is best to not put him in situations
in which you do not have control, e.g., walking down a busy street.
Do not encourage your puppy to bark at people. You may set a bad habit
in motion and he may become suspicious and even fearful of people. Chances
are, he will bark at odd situations and strangers without you telling
him to.
Attention-seeking barkers
Young puppies, as
well as adults soon learn that barking will incite attention from us.
The problem
is that dogs will be happy with any attention
they receive, be it negative or positive. A stern "No" from
you is still attention, so the puppy got what she wanted and you reinforced
the behavior. It is best to just ignore this type of barking, as hard
as that may be.
Sometimes, the use
of a remote correction is helpful in controlling this type of barking.
Coins in
an empty soda can, foghorns, or other
noisemakers can be used to startle the dog while she is barking. When
she is startled, she stops barking, and at that point, you can give her
a substitute for barking � a toy, a walk. Just make sure she stops barking
before you give the substitute or the dog will perceive it as a reward for barking.
Play/excitement barkers
If your dog barks excessively during play, it is best to let her calm
down and slow down the game. If she continues to bark, stop playing until
she has settled down.
Self-identification barkers
This type of barking is quite instinctive and can sometimes be difficult
to control, especially in a household of multiple dogs. Often there is
an instigator dog and all other dogs join in. This type of barking may
be controlled using a similar approach to alert/warning barks, i.e.,
obedience and relaxation methods with a substitute behavior offered,
like playing with a toy.
Bored barkers
Dogs who bark when they are bored may be similar to dogs seeking attention
or those that are lonely. Dogs who are bored need something to do besides
barking. We need to give them a more stimulating environment and usually
a lot more exercise. A tired dog is less likely to be bored. Toys such
as Kongs and Buster Cubes that can be filled with treats can get your
dog's brain, as well as his body, working.
Lonely/anxious barkers
Dogs who bark when
they are alone may be showing a symptom of their separation anxiety.
As we mentioned,
these dogs are in the midst of a
vicious circle � the more lonely they are, the more they bark, the more
upset they get, the more they bark, the barking gets them more upset
and they bark more � and the cycle continues.
We need to work with the dog on the underlying behavior of separation
anxiety. We can do this several ways. As in alert/warning barking, we
need to be able to teach the dog simple obedience and how to relax. Then
we can work on the problem of the separation anxiety.
We can start out
by leaving or acting like we are leaving for a short time - and before
the dog
starts getting nervous and barking (this may
be one second at first), we come back. This way, we are not rewarding
barking, but rewarding relaxation and silence. We gradually extend the
time we are gone and return before the dog gets anxious. If your dog
is anxious even if you leave the room, then you will need to start by
just taking several steps away from her while she remains relaxed. While
going through this behavior modification, you cannot go too slow � you
can go too fast.
We often need to
change our habits too. Often the dog starts getting nervous when we
go through
our routine of leaving. Maybe you are like
me, and the last thing you do before you leave is put on your shoes and
pick up the keys. Vary this and put on your shoes and pick up your keys � but
do not leave. Go to the couch and read a book. If you only play the radio
on weekends when you are home, turn it on during your workdays. As hard
as it may be, set your alarm on weekends, get up, but stay home. Continue
these changes in routine until your dog does not pay attention to your
cues anymore. It is also very important to not give your dog a lot of
attention when you leave.
When you are gone,
make sure your dog is comfortable � light, warmth,
a radio playing, toys. If your dog is outside, a doghouse may help her
feel more secure. Some indoor dogs will be more content if they can watch
what is going on outside, be it traffic or chipmunks. Others may be more
anxious if they can look out and do better with the drapes closed. You
will need to decide what makes your dog less anxious. Make sure you give
your dog a lot of exercise a half hour or so before you leave. As with
boredom, tired dogs are less likely to become anxious.
If your dog happens to not only bark, but destroy things while you are
gone, a crate may be necessary. Never punish your dog when you come home
and find something chewed or torn. If you do, your dog will soon associate
your return with being punished. That is going to make her even more
anxious. If you videotape these destructive dogs, you will often see
that the destructive behavior does not begin until just before the owner's
usual time of return, when the dog becomes anxious about the owner's
impending return and punishment.
Just as you should
not punish your dog on your return, do not give her a lot of attention
- then your returning home will not be such
a big deal to her. Instead, come in the door, say "Hello" and
go about a household task. Once your dog has settled down and is quiet,
then you can spend some quality time with her.
Initially, while you are working on behavior modification it may be
helpful to get a neighbor or pet sitter to come in once or several times
during the day. This will help break up the long hours the dog has without
Finally, if the separation
anxiety is severe, medications are often needed during the behavior
modification process. Medication alone will
not solve the problem, but it can be a useful adjunct to the process.
Consult with your veterinarian to determine which medication would be
most appropriate.
Startled barkers
We can best curb
startled barking using the similar techniques for alert/warning barks.
Teaching "Enough" will
really help in this situation. If a certain sound consistently startles
your dog, record that sound.
Start by playing it back very softly so your dog will remain relaxed
when she hears it. If she remains quiet, then reward her. Over days and
weeks, gradually increase the volume until she is no longer startled
into barking when she hears it.
Pathologic barking
Barking that is a
simple nuisance is not the same as barking that is pathologically excessive.
Most of
the barking we have talked about thus
far is normal barking behavior except for that connected to separation
anxiety. Barking can be abnormal or "pathologic" in situations
of separation anxiety, as a result of an obsessive-compulsive disorder
in which a dog barks very excessively or at inappropriate things (a leaf
falling), or in dogs who become hyper-excited with the approach of people
or other dogs. Dogs who become aggressive during barking episodes need
to undergo behavior modification for the aggression before we attempt
to modify the barking behavior.
For dogs with pathologic barking or additional behavioral problems,
it is highly recommended to use a team-approach to the problem. The team
consists of all family members, an animal behaviorist, and a veterinarian.
Each family member must work with the dog in the same way, using the
same commands. The animal behaviorist may be able to cue in on unique
characteristics of your dog's behavior and help you set up training situations
that will be most effective. Your veterinarian may also be able to give
you insights as well as prescribe appropriate medications to enable the
dog to be more responsive to the behavior modification.
Controlling barking through corrective collars
There are numerous collars on the market that produce an electrical
stimulation, an irritating ultrasonic sound, or a smell (offensive to
the dogs, but not to us) when the dog barks. These may be used as an
adjunct to behavior modification. Collars alone will not cure the problem.
Unfortunately, these collars to do not always produce the desired effect.
For some of these hard-core barkers, the punishment for barking is not
sufficient to get them to stop. They would rather bark and be punished
than not bark at all. For dogs who bark when they are anxious, the collar's
correction may make them even more anxious.
In some situations, these corrective collars have been found to be useful.
For instance, there is a citronella collar which gives off a citrus smell
when the dog barks. This can alert you to the fact the dog was barking
while you were gone since the citrus smell still lingers in the air.
In situations where you must change the barking behavior quickly or you
may lose your dog (or apartment), a bark-control collar may be used while
you are away from the dog. When using a bark-control collar, remember
that you not only have to stop the bad behavior, you need to reward the
good. Your dog can not learn an appropriate alternative to barking if
someone is not present to teach it to him.
Another type of collar
that may be effective is a halter collar. This type of collar looks
like a horse halter; brand names include Gentle
Leader/Promise System Canine Head Collar and Halti Head collars. When
you pull on the leash portion, a portion of the collar tightens around
the dog's muzzle. By using a quick pull of the lead, saying "Enough" when
the dog is quiet, and then rewarding him, you may find the training goes
Debarking is a surgical
procedure that removes the vocal cords from dogs. There are two surgical
one through the mouth, and the
other through an incision in the neck. Debarking will NOT result in a
silent dog. A dog who has undergone the procedure will still attempt
to bark, and make a hoarse sound, which some people find more irritating
than the bark itself. Debarking will not cure the reason for barking � the
fear, boredom, or anxiety will still be there.
Preventing nuisance barking in puppies
Teaching your puppy appropriate behavior from the beginning is easier
than changing behavior that has become a bad habit. Some behavior we
may think of as cute in a puppy will not be cute in an adult dog. So,
think ahead to avoid potential problems.
The first few nights
after bringing your puppy home will be the hardest. You may want to put his crate
in your bedroom. The puppy will be more secure with you near. Security
builds trust. Trust will decrease the possibility of separation anxiety
in the future. Just remember not to give any attention to the puppy
if he is whining � that will only reward his undesirable behavior.
By starting to train your puppy in obedience and relaxation at an early
age, you can greatly reduce the probability your puppy will grow into
a problem barker. Nip problems in the bud and always look at why the
puppy is barking. Is it fear, anxiety, attention-seeking? Use the appropriate
measures to treat the underlying problem.
Remember that if
for some reason you want your dog to bark on command, or in a certain
you must also be able to teach him to stop
on command. Teach "Enough" at an early age. This was described
under "Alert/warning Barkers".
Introduce the young puppy to situations that may cause anxiety later
on. Get your puppy used to walking on the sidewalk along a busy street.
Expose your puppy to sounds like vacuum cleaners, hair dryers, and other
noises. Take things slow so your puppy does not become anxious while
being exposed to these new things. Reward the puppy when he is quiet
and relaxed.
Puppy classes are a great place for your puppy to meet new people and
other dogs. He can learn to obey you even when there are numerous distractions.
You also have a trainer present who can help you with any potential problems.
In short, it will be a lot more fun for everybody if your puppy learns
to communicate through a wag of the tail and looking to you for guidance
rather than through excessive and relentless barking.
References and Further Reading
Benjamin, CL. Dog Problems. Howell Book House.
New York, NY; 1989;113-124.
Clark, GI; Boyer, WN. The Mentally Sound Dog. Alpine
Publications, INC. Loveland, CO; 1995;167-174.
Juarbe-Diaz, SV. Assessment and treatment of excessive
barking in the domestic dog. In Houpt, KA (ed.) The Veterinary Clinics
of North America, Small Animal Practice. W.B Saunders Co. Philadelphia,
Overall, KL. Clinical Behavioral Medicine for Small
Animals. Mosby-Year Book, Inc. St. Louis, MO; 1997;261-262, 426-427,
434-435, 457-458.
Scidmore, BK; McConnell, PB. Puppy Primer. Dog's
Best Friend, Ltd. Black Earth, WI; 1996;61-63.
BS. Canine communication. In Houpt, KA (ed.) The Veterinary Clinics
of North America, Small Animal Practice.
W.B Saunders Co. Philadelphia, PA; 1997;27(3):445-460
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text: Wednesday, May 04, 2011 Get 'Fit for Life' With Move Forward's Online Event Physical therapy patients and clients of all ages are invited to participate in Move Forward's 'Fit for Life' Livestream event, to be held May 16, 3:00 pm ET. During this live, online event, a panel of physical therapists will answer questions about the significance of staying fit as people age. Topics will include the importance of physical activity, what to expect in terms of age-related mobility, how physical therapists can tailor exercises for the individual, and how to manage pain. APTA experts will share their stories, give advice, and demonstrate proper techniques for exercise in response to questions submitted via Livestream, @MoveForwardPT on Twitter, or the Move Forward PT Facebook Page. Read more about the event at this link. Encourage your patients and clients to save the date by accepting the event invitation on Facebook and submit questions to the expert panel.