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YOUR readers may have seen the recent television drama Devil's Dust on the ABC.
The program is a stark reminder to us all about the dangers of asbestos.
While the program depicts events of the past, asbestos is still in existence throughout our communities today.
People are still being diagnosed with asbestos-related conditions and, heartbreakingly, we are seeing cases of asbestos cancers in people in their 30s and 40s.
It is not just workers who were, and are, affected by asbestos dust. It is also their wives who washed their clothes and the children they played with when they got home.
Home renovation projects using asbestos cement sheeting were also common, and thousands of Australians were exposed to deadly asbestos dust that way.
Today, it is estimated that one-in-three homes still contain asbestos. Older homes, those sometimes called "a renovator's delight", often contain asbestos somewhere and we now know that in some cases one incident of exposure is enough to trigger disease.
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Loose talk replaces Obama's famed message discipline
CHICAGO — With a penchant for secrecy finely honed during a disciplined campaign, President-elect Barack Obama may well have thought he could continue to control his message as he's hunkered down behind closed doors since he won the election.
Fat chance. There are leaks, leaks and more leaks.
From the immediate accounts about what Obama and President George W. Bush talked about in their private White House meeting to this week's tales that Obama's considering Hillary Clinton for secretary of state, there's been no shortage of unofficial reports about what Obama's said to be doing.
Some of it is wrong. Some may be right. Much of it is intended to force the president-elect's hand or to limit his options. Almost all of it finds its way into print, onto television or onto the Internet.
The rumors, leaks, gossip and speculation are rapidly filling the vacuum left by Obama's quick post-election pivot from public rallies and speeches to back-room meetings in the well-guarded privacy of a nondescript federal office building in downtown Chicago.
Since he won the presidency Nov. 4, Obama has been largely invisible to the public.
He visited the White House, but said nothing to reporters or the public. He laid a wreath Tuesday at a veterans memorial in Chicago but issued only a short written statement. His taped radio address Saturday will be the first time most Americans have heard his voice in eight days, since a short news conference.
Yet if nature abhors a vacuum, news media addicted to stories about Obama and a Washington culture that feeds on information REALLY hate a vacuum.
Thus, within hours of Obama's closed-door Oval Office meeting with Bush on Monday, there were accounts that the president had tried to link an economic stimulus sought by congressional Democrats to a Bush-sought Colombia trade deal.
The White House and then the Obama transition team said that didn't happen. "There was no quid pro quo in the conversation," Obama transition team co-chairman John Podesta said.
Then there was the story about how former Secretary of State Warren Christopher was advising Obama on the transition.
"Secretary Christopher is deeply respected in the United States and throughout the international community," Obama spokeswoman Stephanie Cutter said afterward. "However, he is not playing a role in the transition process. There's a lot of disinformation out there."
There also are the many reports of who's being considered for top jobs, in the White House and the Cabinet.
Finally, there are stories about how Obama is pursuing one policy or another, such as one report that he's considering a new national-security court to try detainees whom he might not want to release when he closes the Guantanamo Bay prison as promised.
Obama aides also denied that one.
Where do the leaks come from? Some may well come from Obama advisers. Even if they don't want information to leak out, they'll find it harder to control that discipline as they vet names or policies with interest groups and peers in Congress.
Some come from people who want to see their own names or the names of their bosses on the list. Some want to see someone else shot down.
Throughout, there are interest groups pushing their agendas, such as closing Guantanamo, and sometimes using the tempting bait of "insider" information to get into the media.
"The Washington, D.C., culture lives and thrives on rumors. It's akin to the winter baseball league where there are kinds of rumors about trades, 99 percent of which are not based on any real facts or insider information," said Chris Lehane, a former aide in the Clinton White House.
"It's a place where people make their living trading information, whether it's accurate or not."
Often, it's impossible to know what's true until Obama announces his decision. His aides, for example, have yet to confirm or deny leaks that Ron Klain, a former chief of staff to Vice President Al Gore, has been selected as the chief of staff to Vice President-elect Joe Biden.
"There's lots of excitement and interest in who will serve in the Obama Administration," Cutter said.
"Until final decisions are made by the one person who can make them, President-elect Obama, we unfortunately can't assist in that speculation by confirming or denying alleged names or positions."
Added Lehane: "There is so much speculation that is based on very little information that most of it should be taken with an enormous grain of salt."
Georgia garnering attention as Senate runoff heats up
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican authorities are investigating whether the owner of a Mexican oil services company that allegedly defrauded Citigroup used his professional soccer team to launder money.
An official with the Attorney General's Office says Amado Yanez owns Oceanografia SA de CV and the White Roosters, a Queretaro-based team in Mexico's first division soccer league.
The official said Monday that fiscal authorities are reviewing the team's financial and administrative structures. He agreed to discuss the investigation only if granted anonymity because he was not authorized to publicly discuss the case.
Authorities are also investigating Oceanografia after it allegedly overstated by $400 million the business it was doing with Mexico's state-owned oil company to get loans from Banamex, Citigroup's largest Mexican bank.
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For nearly three decades, dancers practicing everything from ballet to political theater have pounded the creaky wood boards of Dance Mission studios in the heart of San Francisco's Latino district.
Today is no different, as a half-dozen dancers rehearse in a back, upstairs room.
But each plie and pirouette comes under the stress of a deadline far more pressing than any opening night. By year's end, Dance Mission will be gone, unable to afford a doubling of its rent.
Across the city similar stories abound. Artists, activists, and a plethora of nonprofit organizations, many with a political edge, are folding. And with each demise, a larger picture emerges: The fundamental character of this city by the bay is changing.
Once a beacon of liberal activism and Bohemian charm, this city looks increasingly like the epitome of New Economy capitalism.
A tsunami of high-technology workers and businesses has washed over the city in recent years, creating both unprecedented prosperity and crushing hardship in a city famous for its big heart and open arms.
The conflict is embodied in a pair of dueling growth-control measures before voters on the Nov. 7 ballot. And while the issue has made this year's election white hot for San Franciscans, few see a simple ballot-box solution to the forces now at work.
Much of the phenomenon is familiar. Gentrification and growth have buffeted American cities for decades. But it is the magnitude and speed of what is occurring here, say urban historians, that is so extraordinary.
Fred Siegel of the Progressive Policy Institute likens the scope of change in San Francisco to two other transformations in US history: New York City in the mid-1800s, after the completion of the Erie Canal; and Chicago later that century, after the establishment of a national rail network.
But even that parallel is imperfect. "What's different about San Francisco's concussive growth is that it's occurring in an already mature city. That's very rare," says Mr. Siegel.
The transformation here is rooted in leaping real-estate values, with median home prices hovering near $500,000 and office rents in many parts of the city doubling as leases expire. Residential evictions are running at more than 1,000 per year.
The nonprofit Housing Rights Committee, which provides counseling to residential renters, was itself evicted last month.
The upward pressure on rents has come from thousands of New Economy workers pouring into low-income neighborhoods, spiking demand and prices. In hard-hit areas like the Latino Mission District, tacquerias and open-front produce stores now stand incongruously next to trendy restaurants with valet parking.
Of course, the flip side of this transformation is low unemployment, booming job growth, and a city budget surplus.
But these days, even when San Francisco's pro-growth forces talk about prosperity, they do so in the context of how to solve its attendant problems.
Beyond people being priced out of homes - and enterprises out of office space - the city's changing economics is also altering urban ecology more deeply.
San Francisco has been an incubator of liberal thought for decades. This is, after all, the capital of what is known as the nation's "Left Coast."
People flocked to the city to be part of the Beat Generation, the Hippie movement, and more recently, gay-rights activism.
The city's reputation has fed on itself, making it a magnet for nonconformists of almost every stripe. But aiding all that was relatively low housing costs, at least until recently.
Dave Snyder's story is typical. The Washington transplant came to San Francisco in 1989, lured like thousands of others by the city's reputation for progressive politics and social tolerance.
"I could rent a place for $285 per month and so was able to devote my time to starting up the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition," he says.
That organization has gone on to be a leader in the national movement to make streets friendlier to bicyclists, thanks in part to the fact that Mr. Snyder could afford to support himself in San Francisco with part-time work and full-time devotion to nonprofit social activism.
"No way I could do that today," says Snyder, whose organization is threatened with eviction in six months because of a planned 300 percent hike in rent.
The same phenomenon of low rents, attractive geography, and the city's counterculture mystique has drawn a high number of artists, musicians, and writers - and the nonprofit groups and organizations that support them.
Debra Walker, a painter, a member of the city's Building Inspection Commission, and antigrowth activist, relocated here in 1981 and remembers the lure vividly. "I felt I could just breathe in and feel creatively energized. It's a kind of creative ecosystem that really doesn't exist anywhere else in terms of the number of nonprofit galleries, nonprofit dance companies, performance groups, and arts organizations."
That range of organizations makes up a historic, and now threatened, part of the city's fabric, say a number of analysts.
"The perception is pretty clear that the soul of San Francisco is in jeopardy," says Richard Deleon, author of "Left Coast City," and a political scientist at San Francisco State University. "Not just the physical attributes of the city - its historic architecture and so on - but also the preservation of the avant-garde, nonconformist traditions of the people of San Francisco."
Beat poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti, a longtime resident of San Francisco, says the city is losing the spirit that has made it a "frontier for free poetic life."
True, a revitalized waterfront, a new baseball park, and glittering entertainment complexes will only add to the city's traditional attractions like cable cars, Alcatraz, and the Golden Gate Bridge. Yet for many, that is just a veneer.
"People come here to rub up against the edge, and we're getting gentrified into something you can find in any city in the country," says Krissy Kefer, artistic director of the Dance Mission.
Mayor Willie Brown and his former mayoral opponent, Supervisor Tom Ammiano, have come up with dueling plans offering various forms of financial help to nonprofits. And then there are the two growth-control ballot measures. But some say an answer must go deeper.
"The solution to the problem is really difficult, but I think will only be found by empowering the people to take control of the planning process," says Snyder.
That kind of cry for greater "people power" still has resonance and muscle here. But the clear perception is that the city's balance of power has shifted to developers and commercial interests, and that "people power" here is in danger.
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Last week, USAToday.com ran a story about the use of social media to investigate the Vancouver riots:
Vancouver police say they cannot keep up with the unprecedented number of tips and photos of people who torched cars, looted businesses and pounded on officers in a riot following the Canucks loss to Boston in the Stanley Cup finals….
Police use of social media is exploding, and the Vancouver riot illustrates both unique opportunities and challenges for investigators.
Todd was quoted as saying, "Law enforcement has to go where the people are, and the fact is, the people are online. The crime scene has expanded. It's no longer just the physical world, but it's that Internet cloud. There's actionable information out there."
What if the information is inauthentic?
Another article posted the previous day, however, notes:
Social media have, in some ways, been a blessing for riot investigators, providing evidence that otherwise might never have seen the light of day. But it could also prove to be a curse, with police confirming they're aware that images could be digitally altered, and social-media experts predicting the "That picture was photoshopped!" defence will be popular.
The article goes on to note that some of the "photoshopping" is obvious; other instances, less so. The onus is on police to sift through the images to determine what is real, and what isn't:
Constable Jana McGuinness, a Vancouver police spokeswoman, wouldn't confirm how many doctored images police have received, but said investigators are aware of the possibility of fraud.
"We have experts assisting the investigation that will validate the authenticity of all photographs and images that will be entered as evidence in future court proceedings," she wrote in a statement.
Photoshopped images are nothing new. More recent cases have been tried in which defendants had photoshopped the faces of children to make them appear to be engaged in sex, or gone even further in manipulating images of women to make them look like young girls.
As the Globe and Mail article notes, image metadata can help investigators authenticate the image, including creation and modification date/time stamps. However, sites like Facebook strip the metadata. Investigators should therefore take pains to document both images and metadata, including their own observations about images' appearance. As in Vancouver, they should also have access to digital video experts.
What does this mean for actual investigations?
The evidence may not fit the original crime, but in some cases, it can lead to new charges, or lead to civil litigation. Interfering with a police investigation may be one charge leveled against those who actually alter the images (assuming the photo can be traced back to a source). Consider cyber-bullying cases, in which children have created false profiles, complete with fake pictures, to get their peers in trouble.
On the civil side, defamation suits might result from individuals falsely represented as having been involved in a crime or other illicit activity. Corporate espionage, intellectual property violations or even extramarital affairs can be falsified.
The more people become accustomed to using the internet and all it has to offer, the easier it will be for those with the wrong intentions to exploit the various tools. This complicates online investigations, but not insurmountably so.
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Here's a story you will not find anywhere else yet, and moreover, an exclusive French, see International ! As the title tells you, here is the name of the next map pack for Halo Reach the Defiant Map Pack ! Again thank you to our ninjas for this extraordinary action, and rather quickly. But now, talking more in detail about this new map pack. Before you disclose everything, I wish to inform you that it is possible that this pack is not made available to the public , for the simple reason that it is also a test for another map pack . Be careful again, but rest assured, you can certainly put your feet on the land.
Let's start with the contents of this pack, which includes 2 multiplayer maps , and little novelty in the DLC card Firefight ! Bearing sweet names Sentenced and Highlands , the map shows it is called FF Unearthed , here also, an overview of recent, at least the icon of the cards you will see appear in your list in local content, in the order listed:
This is typed card BTB, but how to Storm, playable 4 against 4 very easily. This pack will weigh 450MO, and certainly available (if appropriate) for 800 Micosoft Point:
- Unearthed : As a card for the baptism of fire, will be easily playable at 4 against an army of Covenant , and it seems even more open than can be map On the Beach.
- Condemned : It is situated in space, and seems to be human in the frigate destroyed during the mission "A long night of comfort", namely the Savannah . Playable 4 against 4 as it will accommodate the best 12 players .
- High-lands : Map apocalyptic situation, because during your battles, a croisseur Covenant will be happy to lead the rest through its firing to vitrify Reach, as you can see in the pictures below. This card could be adapted to be used as qu'Invasion, and all other game modes, and can accommodate from 8 to 16 players . This card draws much of the essence of Halo: CE .
And for your enjoyment, here are some pictures of these same cards, at least, more particularly from Terre Haute . We are sorry the quality of these images, we have not yet at our disposal a HD capture card , so we had to content ourselves with our poor cameras, waiting again for new ways to buy a digital SLR (joke).
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6 questions on Petraeus's exit
Resignations over scandals often raise more questions than they answer, and that's true of Gen. David Petraeus's abrupt exit from the Central Intelligence Agency.
Some have already been put to rest: Paula Broadwell, the co-author of "All In: The Education of David Petraeus," has been identified as the woman at the center of the FBI email probe that ultimately toppled him.
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But many questions remain.
Here are POLITICO's six most important:
1. Why resign now?
The Obama administration's first sex scandal exploded just three days after the president was reelected at the end of a hard-fought campaign and just days before Petraeus was scheduled to appear at a congressional hearing about the attacks in Benghazi, Libya.
The White House says no one there knew about the Petraeus situation before Wednesday and the president himself was informed Thursday. But if the story had broken a week earlier, those headlines would have overtaken much of the president's message about the middle class and his work in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. Who made the decision to wait, and why, is going to be the subject of scrutiny as this scandal continues to unfold.
( Also on POLITICO: No pass for Petraeus)
Petraeus's departure now has also thrown a whole new pile of grist into the Benghazi controversy. Already, the attack that killed Ambassador Chris Stevens and three others was being called an intelligence failure — both the failure to anticipate it and the decision to identify it as a riot rather than a terrorist attack.
Acting CIA Director Michael Morell, Petraeus's deputy, will go to the Hill instead for Thursday's hearing. But already, there's a clear sense that going public with his affair and resigning from his job isn't enough to get Petraeus off the hook.
"David Petraeus testifying has nothing to do with whether or not he's still the CIA director, and I don't see how the CIA can say he's not going to testify," House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Peter King (R-N.Y.) told CNN. "He was at the center of this, and he has answers that only he has."
2. What else was part of the FBI probe?
The FBI's toppling of the CIA director seems like the ultimate in intelligence sibling rivalries. It didn't start that way.
The Washington Post reported Saturday that the FBI investigation began because a woman close to Petraeus sought protection after receiving several threatening emails from Broadwell. After a deeper look at the general's personal email account, there were initially questions about whether it had been hacked. But investigators soon concluded from the content of the emails that they were evidence of an affair between Petraeus and Broadwell. According to the Post, weeks of probing culminated Tuesday, when Director of National Intelligence James Clapper was told that compromising material had been found. Clapper subsequently told Petraeus to resign.
( Also on POLITICO: A long fall for Gen. Petraeus)
A senior intelligence official denied reports that Clapper ordered Petraeus to resign but acknowledged that Clapper pushed the CIA director in that direction.
"Director Clapper urged Director Petraeus to step down. He was doing that as a friend, as a colleague, as a fellow retired general officer and as an admirer," said the senior official, who asked not to be named. "This was a conversation between two friends and colleagues."
The official declined to discuss why Clapper thought Petraeus should resign.
The Post report opens up other questions: Who was the woman who received the emails from Broadwell? What was sent from Petraeus's account? Was there broader access to his email, as indicated by other reports? And beyond the emails indicating an affair, was there any indication of impropriety on Petraeus's part?


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Millfield wishes to appoint a committed, suitably qualified and experienced Teacher of Economics to teach in this dynamic and well-resourced Department from January 2020. We have a full-time position available, although we are willing to consider part-time.
Millfield is the largest co-educational boarding school in the UK with over 1,200 pupils, aged 13-18. The pupil body is comprised of 75% full boarders and 25% day pupils. Located in Street in Somerset, the school is set in 150 acres of beautiful campus with outstanding facilities including an Olympic sized pool, two gymnasiums, a golf course, equestrian centre, concert hall, theatre, art gallery and music centre.
The school has in its 80 year history achieved significant growth. Established in 1935 by Jack 'Boss' Meyer with six princes from India, today it is an international, multi-faith school welcoming young people from all backgrounds and over 70 nationalities.
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If this deck of cards could talk...how many hands of euchre or poker have they had a "hand" in? (groan) The flipper barrel sign is new,and has multiple scenes which flip over. The other lighted sign is late 1930's vintage and the last one is an outdoor metal sign.


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Washington • President Barack Obama is launching the nation's most sweeping effort to curb gun violence in nearly two decades, urging a reluctant Congress to ban military-style assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines like those used in last month's massacre of 20 elementary school children in Newtown, Conn.
The broad package Obama will announce Wednesday is expected to include more than a dozen steps the president can take on his own through executive action. Those measures will provide a pathway for skirting opposing lawmakers, but they will be limited in scope, and in some cases, focused simply on enforcing existing laws.
But Congress would have to approve the bans on assault weapons and ammunition magazines holding more than 10 bullets, along with a requirement for universal background checks on gun buyers. Some gun control advocates worry that opposition from Republicans and conservative Democrats, as well as the National Rifle Association, will be too great to overcome.
"We're not going to get an outright ban," Rep. Carolyn McCarthy, D-N.Y., said of limits on assault weapons. Still, McCarthy, a leading voice in Congress in favor of gun control, said she would keep pushing for a ban and hoped Obama would as well.
White House officials, seeking to avoid setting the president up for failure, have emphasized that no single measure even an assault weapons ban would solve a scourge of gun violence across the country. But without such a ban, or other sweeping Congress-approved measures, it's unclear whether executive actions alone can make any noticeable difference.
"It is a simple fact that there are limits to what can be done within existing law," White House spokesman Jay Carney said Tuesday. "Congress has to act on the kinds of measures we've already mentioned because the power to do that is reserved by Congress."
New York's Assembly on Tuesday easily passed the toughest gun control law in the nation and the first since the Connecticut school shootings. The statewide measure includes a tougher assault weapons ban and provisions to try to keep guns out of the hands of mentally ill people who make threats.
Obama will announce his proposals in a midday event at the White House, flanked by children who wrote to him about gun violence following the massacre of 20 students and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Law enforcement officials, mayors from across the country and supportive congressional lawmakers are also expected to attend.
Obama has pledged urgent action to prevent future mass shootings, and his plan coming just one month after the Newtown attacks is swift by Washington standards.
The president's framework is based on recommendations from Vice President Joe Biden, who led a wide-ranging task force on gun violence. Beyond the gun control measures, Biden also gave Obama suggestions for improving mental health care and addressing violent images in video games, movies and television.
The vice president's proposals included 19 steps that could be achieved through executive action.
Obama may order the Justice Department to crack down on people who lie on background checks; only a tiny number are now prosecuted. Such a step has support from the National Rifle Association, which has consistently argued that existing laws must be enforced before new ones are considered.
He also could take steps ordering federal agencies to make more data on gun crimes available and conduct more research on the issue, something Republican congressional majorities have limited through language in budget bills. And he may order tougher penalties against gun trafficking and give schools flexibility to use grant money to improve safety.
Gun control proponent Rep. Bobby Scott, D-Va., who met with Biden on Monday, said the president is also likely to take executive action to ensure better state reporting of mental health and other records that go into the federal background check database. But he, too, acknowledged there were clear limits to what Obama can do without Congress' say-so.
"You can't change the law through executive order," Scott said.
White House officials signaled that Obama would seek to rally public support for the measures he puts forward, perhaps holding events around the country or relying on Organizing for America, his still-operational presidential campaign.
"The president's success in using this strategy, I think, is pretty notable," Carney said of Obama's efforts to engage the public in previous legislative fights. "He'll absolutely continue to engage with the American people on the policy proposals he's putting forward."
Still, it's unclear how much political capital Obama will exert in pressing for congressional action.
The White House and Capitol Hill will soon be consumed by three looming fiscal deadlines, each of which is expected to be contentious. And the president has also pledged to tackle comprehensive immigration reform early this year, another effort that will require Republicans' support and one in which Obama may be more likely to get their backing.
Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell, the chamber's top Republican, has warned the White House that it will be at least three months before the Senate considers gun legislation. And Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has said it is immigration, not gun control, that is at the top of his priority list after the fiscal fights.
House Republican leaders are expected to wait for any action by the Senate before deciding how or whether to proceed with any gun measure. Publicly, House GOP leaders are being careful not to rule anything out ahead of Obama's announcement.
"I can't respond to any particulars because I haven't even looked at the Biden recommendations, but I can tell you we're all very concerned about the deaths that occurred and the innocent lives lost, and if we bear that in mind, the kinds of things we can do to help make that not happen again," House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., said Tuesday.
Privately, House Republicans voice skepticism that the debate will even get to the point of Senate action that would require a response by the House. Proposals expected from Obama to curb gun violence
President Barack Obama will unveil proposals Wednesday to curb gun violence, his response to the December massacre of 26 students and teachers at their elementary school in Newtown, Conn. The plan is to be based on recommendations from Vice President Joe Biden, Obama's point man for producing gun control measures to present to Congress.
Some of the proposals will require congressional action and will face an uphill battle from lawmakers, particularly in the Republican-led House. The National Rifle Association says it will fight any legislative attempts to limit access to guns and ammunition.
Obama could put other proposals in place by executive order.
A look at some of the proposals Obama is expected to announce:
Banning assault weapons. Obama has spoken in support of such a measure. Congress passed a 10-year ban on high-grade, military-style weapons in 1994, signed into law by President Bill Clinton. But supporters didn't have the votes to renew the law when it expired in 2004. Last week, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., predicted that such a ban might clear the Senate this time around but he doubted it could get through the House.
Limiting high-capacity ammunition magazines. Obama also has spoken in support of limiting access to these items, like the ones used by the Newtown shooter.
Requiring background checks for all gun buyers. Obama has spoken in support of broader background checks. Currently, people who buy guns at trade shows and through some other private purchases, such as over the Internet, are not required to submit to background checks. Gun control advocates long have wanted Congress to close the "gun-show loophole." The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence has urged Obama to make broader background checks his top priority, believing it has the best chance to win congressional approval.
Installing a permanent director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. The agency has had an acting director for some time.
Biden has identified 19 potential actions the president could take on his own, according to Jenny Werwa, communications director for California Rep. Jackie Speier, who was among a group of House Democrats who met with the vice president on Monday. Among the actions Biden is believed to have recommended:
Ordering tougher penalties for people who lie on background checks; only a fraction of these cases currently are prosecuted. Such a step has support from the NRA, which argues that existing laws must be enforced before new ones are considered.
Elevating gun trafficking to a felony.
Ending limits that make it more difficult for the government to research gun violence, such as gathering data on guns that fall into criminal hands.
Giving schools flexibility to use federal grant money to improve school safety, such as by hiring school resource officers.
Giving communities grants to institute programs to keep guns away from people who shouldn't have them.
Obama's proposals also are expected to include recommendations to address violence in entertainment and video games. The NRA and other gun-rights groups argue that insufficient mental health care and violent images in the media are more to blame for mass shootings than the availability of guns.


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Just one question though, what is the legal age on Elliquiy? I would rather us not get into trouble because of a two year age difference.
I'm fine with that as long as everyone else is. I think having one younger character would be a good fly to dip into the ointment, not only from her perspective but also how the other women react to her. I don't know how many of you have hung out with teenage girls, but I always find myself in turns protective of them and annoyed by them and I think this would be an interesting dynamic. Just one question though, what is the legal age on Elliquiy? I would rather us not get into trouble because of a two year age difference.
I absolutely love the idea of focusing on and exploring relationships in a post-apoc scenario like this one. Shifting perceived societal norms with some blood and guts action thrown in for funs? Sounds delicious. Any thoughts on the possibility of female military personnel? I'm not necessarily thinking as part of the established group or company; perhaps she's ex-military or perhaps she lost her colleagues somewhere along the way. I think it would be very interesting to play a competent, strong ex-military type struggling to figure out where exactly she's supposed to fit in. How would the group feel about her? How would she feel about the group? What's expected of her? How hard will she fight against it?Anyway, just brainstorming possibilities. Let me know what you think. Might make more sense to have an established relationship already within the group as reason to stay.
Just wanted to say I really liked that concept. Female soldiers are very much a current reality. There aren't many of them, but they do certainly exist. It would be very interesting to see how she fits into this scheme. Is she different? Does she have immunity? Or is she expected to fulfill both the role of protector and "stress relief"? Can she make demands herself? How does she feel about the other women, or the arrangement in general?Not that my approval means anything, but I think it's a great concept.
Actually, women make up about 40% of the military at the present. Or at least, they did when I was in a couple years ago
That sounds great to me. It's up to you whether you want to be part of the group already, hell, that would be the origin story of the crazy waif, or if you want to be a lone wolf that stumbles across the message. Could be she's the protector for the teenage girl, maybe her older sister, or she was the leader for another group of survivors that were slowly decimated. It's up to you, but I would love to have the counterbalance to Charlotte who while she's strong, is not army strong. As to all the other thoughts, I will hopefully answer them tonight. The weather is killing me and making it hard to concentrate, I wish it would just be autumn already.
As to all the other thoughts, I will hopefully answer them tonight. The weather is killing me and making it hard to concentrate, I wish it would just be autumn already.
By the way, I got a pm from blue bunny sparkle that she will have to drop due to time constraints. Just a heads up.
Thanks so much, Vex! There are so many different tacks I could take with her personality and circumstances. I'm really looking forward to answering all of those questions.
That's the US Army I take it? I'd no idea it was quite so high. So, like yourself and Vex have mentioned, it would make sense to have female military personnel involved. I have a pal in the Air Corps here in Ireland so I'm looking forward to pulling on some of her experiences.
I'm so glad you liked the concept, Maeve. There are a few directions I could take the character and, depending on what kind male personalities we get for the game, I could completely flip the script and have her assume the more villainous role if needs be. Perhaps she orchestrated the idea in order to ensure her own safety? Perhaps she had the foresight to put the plan in place when she realised that it might only be a matter of time before a few of the less "wholesome" members of her company would turn on her?Alternatively, she could be the outsider, either looking for Vex's young teenager or accompanying her (pending Vex's interest/okay, of course!). She could find the whole situation completely vile, but finds herself in a very awkward position when it appears that the young 16 year old is seemingly open to the arrangement, or has snared the attention of one of the soldiers.
Indeed. It is as Nicholas and kckolbe say. I wouldn't suggest anything against this site's policies, nor would kckolbe, I assume. Sixteen is within the E's rules, and while I'd be sitting at the edge with that concept, I'm certainly not going to do anything to push those boundaries. I'm not that daring. But, the rules aren't everything. Beyond that, I'm not looking to many anyone uncomfortable. So, if you, or any other player, are uncomfortable with the idea, even though it's within the rules, I'm more than happy to ditch that concept for something more accommodating. I'm sure I can find another concept that works for everyone, if that's the case.Yeah, I've that experience with teens too. Damn brats think they know everything, and then are repeatedly surprised by just how much they don't. I'm hoping for a fairly reasonable portrayal, though. Sure, throws some chaos into things with her occasional outbursts, but never gets too ridiculous. She may blow things out of proportion or downplay things that need some attention, but she isn't delusional or making things up out of nothing. I'm looking a confused, scared girl who's doing the best to learn in a world gone-tipsy turvy while she's still trying to find her place in it, not a completely egotistical drama-queen (although she might come off as that to certain characters). No idea if I can actually pull that off, if people are interested, I'll try. And I hope it's not just the women who have some complex feelings about her. She can be an interesting conflict for the men as well, some of who can be just as protective as the women when it comes to young people. Of course, others won't care, and will treat her the same as any other woman. Some might even have less patience for her. It'll be fascinating to see where everyone lies on that matter, and more importantly, why they do. I think their rationale behind it can say a lot about how they see societal order (both the old and the new) and people as a whole.
Been posting from my phone, finally done with the brutal part of my schedule for a couple of days. Vex, I am definitely interested in seeing your take on a teenage char. Likewise, I really like Aurai's concept as well. I feel like both can cause significant discord by just existing in an environment like this. While 4 females is more than Maeve probably wanted, each one really appears to offer something different to the relationship dynamic. With the gender ratio shifting, the initial agreement might need to shift, perhaps with Charlotte having offered the bargain, though this only works if there is no crazy waif (and it seems there won't be).What are you thinking, Maeve?
I'm glad you like my take on the concept, but I suppose that's more your idea than it was mine. Still, I appreciate it, and I look forward to seeing what you and b.b sparkle do with your siblings idea. I suppose we are filling up on the female side, yes. Four females might be a tad more than Maeve wanted. I wouldn't mind dropping out if need be, to better fit her vision of the story, but I think I like Aurai's female soldier idea is a more interesting dynamic to explore, if we're comparing the two as characters who might had been with the group of men before Charlotte's inclusion.I'll work on the concept as soon as I can. But, in the mean time, I had a couple of questions about the setting, if you wouldn't mind, Maeve. I take it this mansion is in the United States? I know the Humane Society is primarily based there, but you did say this was a 28 Days Later AU, and that takes place in the U.K.. Just wanted to be sure, as I often include regional aspects to my characters. If it's in the U.S., did you have an idea of where it would be? Like a State or a general region of the country?Once again, I know this is a 28 Days Later AU, but is this actually taking place 28 days after the outbreak (I'll admit, I feel a little silly asking that ). Just want to understand the time-frame I have to account for.Does this take place sometime this year, in 2015? Again, I hate to keep bringing up the series, but that was released over a decade ago. Technology has changed quite a bit since 2003, as has political events, international issues, and the psyche of the quite a few countries (public perception on homosexuality, for instance). Lastly, more meta, but how much focus do you think will be given to survival elements or fighting zombies in this game? I get that the central focus will be on the relationships of the survivors and the unusual arrangement that's been made in this fledgling society of survivors, but how much do you see our characters dealing with the hostile environment that forced them into this position? Just more of a curiosity, as for what to expect.
Just calling it like I see it. I'm actually a little jealous I didn't come up with the idea myself. It's a solid avenue to explore, it's really sensible, and fits perfectly with the complicated relationships dynamic Maeve had in mind.To be fair, I don't think it's quite that high. A quick Google search on the matter produces a number closer to what kckolbe stated, as the U.S Army's own website cites this number. The divisions between the branches are interesting, though. For the Air Force and Reserves, it's about 20%, but for the Marines, it's barely above 5%.Not to say arthenwell is wrong or making that up, of course. I just don't know where that 40% figure comes from. If it's from his own experience at boot camp, then it's likely anecdotal, but would make for an interesting experience, I'm sure. I am curious to see how the military fares with a gender split more representative of the general population. Although, if it's a true statistic, I'd be curious to see where that is as well, but perhaps it's a bit outside the perview of what we need for this game. After all, even if we took the lower figure of 15%, that still works out to 1 female military member for every 6 or 7 male service member. That certainly works for our purposes as well.
Well, I certainly wouldn't mind having her attached to my teenager. But honestly, I think the female soldier concept's most interesting dynamic is how she relates to the male company members, not particularly to the "civilians", so to speak. Not that we can't include her to have complex relationships with the other females, naturally, but I think that deserves the highest focus for her, so, if I might be so bold, I'd suggest making her an original member of the company. It would be interesting to see her with a leadership position of sorts, although she doesn't necessarily have to be the one in charge. Having her be the one who came up with the idea would be a neat twist, but I think we should wait and see what personalities emerge before claiming the one responsible for it.
Actually, we hadn't really started at all, so nothing major was lost. I'll PM you about a connection after this.As for the military ratio, the main reason it's so high is that the DoD still doesn't put females in direct combat roles, though the definition of indirect is evolving. The Air Force (which I've been in since 2001), being the most removed from combat, has the highest percentage of women because it creates less of a "flexibility" issue personnel-wise, and women are more likely to consider it due to a higher average living standard. Within the military, the highest percentages for female members are medical, personnel, and intel. So Aurai's char could be something very rare, and a real game-changer. Of course, that needn't concern dyed in the wool sexists, as they could simply hold onto the idea that standards were lowered for her character, as that possibility is a frequent topic in the military.
Actually, I was US Navy, but that hardly matters.
Finally, I'm hoping quite a bit. I'm thinking a lot of that will be gm events. Of course, these events will be catalysts to see how the relationships change. Will you find strange allies if suddenly food supplies run low? Will friendships dissolve because they failed to save another survivor? Will one of the woman prove her mettle killing an infected and force the men to see her as more than just a bed warmer?
As to the gender ratio shifting...well that opens up another possibility. Any cult leader (well a good chunk of them anyway) will tell you that you need to get rid of all the males. Maybe with the number of women increasing there's one guy that thinks he should just kill his fellow soldiers and set himself up with a Harem.
With regard to divisions and branches I'm not entirely set on what kind of military background I'll be giving her, but I've a fair amount of research to do for her yet. And thank you for the figures; they've given me a lot to ponder. This will add another dimension to her interactions with the other soldiers, too. Sexism is inherent as both a concept and a reality within this game. I mean, the female roles and boundaries have been set for the women in this group; they have domestic caretaker roles and would be expected by many to pretty much spread 'em on demand. In addition to that, there may be military personnel that believe a woman has no place serving in certain situations alongside them, which adds even more possible contention. Is she expected by others to serve the group as a woman, as a soldier, or both? Lots to think about, thank you!
I would still like them to be on a big property, either a compound out in the Rockies or an Eastern estate, like the Biltmore Mansion. I am going to leave that up to a vote whether everyone would like to go east or west. Not necessarily 28 days after the outbreak. In fact lets set it a tad later, without the military support you find in the film. I'm comfortable with it being six months to a year after. I don't want the pre-zombie world to be too far out of memory. I still want it to be all a little surreal for everyone. I also don't want enough time for alot of survivors to have contacted each other, new cities to spring up, or a generation of children to have no memories of a world without zombies. I also want an element of fear. What happened if the world goes back to normal? Will everyone be judged for what they did to survive? For sanity's sake, lets set it in 2015. Finally, I'm hoping quite a bit. I'm thinking a lot of that will be gm events. Of course, these events will be catalysts to see how the relationships change. Will you find strange allies if suddenly food supplies run low? Will friendships dissolve because they failed to save another survivor? Will one of the woman prove her mettle killing an infected and force the men to see her as more than just a bed warmer? If you have any other questions, please post them. I am happy to answer all.
All good questions. When I said an AU I didn't have much of preference on location honestly. However since Arthenwel set his character in the USA, I am more than happy to have it set in America. Now that being said I would still like them to be on a big property, either a compound out in the Rockies or an Eastern estate, like the Biltmore Mansion. I am going to leave that up to a vote whether everyone would like to go east or west.
Not necessarily 28 days after the outbreak. In fact lets set it a tad later, without the military support you find in the film. I'm comfortable with it being six months to a year after. I don't want the pre-zombie world to be too far out of memory. I still want it to be all a little surreal for everyone. I also don't want enough time for alot of survivors to have contacted each other, new cities to spring up, or a generation of children to have no memories of a world without zombies. I also want an element of fear. What happened if the world goes back to normal? Will everyone be judged for what they did to survive?
If you have any other questions, please post them. I am happy to answer all.
It definitely works for our purposes, and I'm really pleased that even taking the lower figure of 15%, like you suggested, gives us a ratio of 6/7:1. I always feel better when character concepts are somewhat realistic. I love a bit of realism amongst the highly irregular. With regard to divisions and branches I'm not entirely set on what kind of military background I'll be giving her, but I've a fair amount of research to do for her yet. And thank you for the figures; they've given me a lot to ponder.
I would be inclined to agree with your suggestion that we wait and see what other types of characters might crawl out from beneath their rocks. At the moment most interested parties seem to be swinging around the morally "grey" area, but naturally that could change. Even if I was to go the route of her being comfortable with all of the arrangements, that could certainly change with the arrival of a minor. It would be a contradiction of sorts, but then, people usually are, and not everyone's moral compass points north consistently.I'm pretty sold on the idea of her being an original member of the company now, too. I think you're right, it makes the most sense to me considering what we've been discussing. Cheers for that, and if I may add, I'm very much looking forward to RPing with you and all of these interesting folks.
Well this is a disturbing thought. So, right now we have arthenwel as our lone submitted male char, along with 3 interesting female concepts. I'm strongly considering a second character, something I almost never do, but I really appreciate "being heard" in the coordination here, so I do want to help your vision get realized. The primary char would be someone close to Vex's char, still plotting that out. The second would be a technician of sorts in the military, enlisted, so he won't be a higher ranking one. He'll be a vocal follower of the sex-driven roles.
GM events are a must. In addition to zombie attacks, the group will need to restock ammo and consumables. Not sure how electricity will work, as we don't know how much damage has been done to the infrastructure.
Is the crazy waif role taken? Also, would they still require her to fuck soldiers after Charlotte and the other women have arrived?I mean, at least some of the men would be weirded out by her mental state, right?As for the male to female ratio, you definitely need a lot more men than women for the core concept of this game to work.That does not mean that all male characters need to be PCs. Just fill out the roster with NPCs until you get 12+ soldiers.
Just so you know, my character may be a bit stand-offish in the beginning. At least until someone brings him out of his shell.
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By Neil Davidson, The Canadian Press
December 26, 2012, Victoria, BC – Victoria native Ryder Hesjedal, who was the first Canadian to win the Giro d'Italia earlier this year, has become the first cyclist to win the Lionel Conacher Award as the Canadian Press Male Athlete of the Year.
Don't tell Ryder Hesjedal he won the Giro d'Italia on the last day.
His victorious ride lasted 91 hours 39 minutes two seconds over 21 stages, covering 3,503.8 kilometres from Herning, Denmark, to Milan.
It took 23 days in May — there were two rest days — and the help of every one of his Garmin-Sharp teammates and support staff for Hesjedal to become the first Canadian racer to win a Grand Tour event and only the second non-European to win the Giro.
His journey from peloton to podium took him more than a dozen years as a pro, from mountain biker to road racer.
And now it has led him to the Lionel Conacher Award, the first cyclist to be named Canadian Press male athlete of the year.
"An incredible honour," the soft-spoken Hesjedal said from his off-season home in Hawaii.
"I finished 2011, I got married to my beautiful wife (Ashley) and I was just focused on that goal — taking a crack at the Giro and knowing that deep down I have the capacity for three-week racing," he added.
"For the season to unfold the way it did in the spring and have that perfect run really, in respect to my training was just right, I didn't get sick, I had no setbacks. To arrive at the Giro and have it unfold the way it did, I had the opportunity to show myself and that's what athletes dream of."
The award is named after the multi-sport athlete who was chosen Canada's athlete of the half-century. The winner of the Bobbie Rosenfeld Award as Canada's female athlete of the year will be announced Thursday.
Hesjedal finished with 139 points and 32 first-place votes in balloting of sports editors and broadcasters across the country. Tennis star Milos Raonic was runner-up with 131 points and 26 first-place votes.
Calgary Stampeders running back Jon Cornish was third (87, 14), followed by Tampa Bay Lightning sniper Steven Stamkos (69, 12) and figure skater Patrick Chan (68, 11).
"Ryder Hesjedal put himself, and Canadian cycling, on the world stage with his historic victory in the Giro d'Italia," said Yahoo's Steve McAllister.
Cycling has taken its share of body blows this year with Lance Armstrong's spectacular fall from grace after an avalanche of affidavits over rampant doping in his team.
But voters around the world have singled out cyclists from the sport's current crop for their efforts.
In addition to Canadian media honouring Hesjedal, Tour de France winner and Olympic time trial champion Bradley Wiggins was recently named the 2012 BBC Sports Personality of the Year. And Tom Boonen was chosen Belgium's Sportsman of the Year.
Given what has come to light about the sport's past, Hesjedal says "it's even more crucial to recognize the achievements of now."
Whatever happens in 2013, Hesjedal has already earned his place on the Giro honour roll alongside legends like Miguel Indurain, Eddy Merckx and Jacques Anquetil.
The 32-year-old from Victoria will wear the No. 1 bib as he opens defence of his Giro title on May 4.
"Only the strongest will wear the pink (jersey)," says the official race promo. "This is Giro d'Italia. The toughest race in the world's most beautiful place."
Team officials looked at the 2012 Giro and saw the course was suited for Hesjedal, who is able to retain much of his power over a three-week race while others break down.
So they tailored his pre-Giro schedule to prepare him for the first Grand Tour of the Season.
The strategy worked. Hesjedal wore the pink leader's jersey after Stages 7, 8, 9, 14 and, most importantly, 21.
He auctioned one off for charity after the race but says "I've got a few pink jerseys still in hand. And definitely that trophy is sitting in (his home in) Spain and it's a pretty nice addition to the living room."
He trailed Spaniard Joaquin Rodriguez by 31 seconds going into the final 28.2-kilometre individual time trial. He ended up winning by 16 seconds.
"I still think a lot of people don't really understand," he said of stage racing. "You see stuff (like) 'He won it on the last day.' Like things just get decided that simply.
"You're winning it every moment, over every kilometre for three weeks. It's just incredible. There's not really anything like it. Really, to be a Grand Tour winner, it's a very small club and it's a very elite club and I'm very grateful for that.
"I couldn't have done it without the support of my team and my family and my friends and the fans and everyone over the years and years. It's just a culmination of years and years of work."
After the Giro, Hesjedal entered the Tour de France feeling fresh. But he was caught up in a large crash on the sixth stage. Teammate David Millar called it "the scariest crash I've ever been in."
Hesjedal started the day in ninth place, just 18 seconds back, and finished it in 108th spot, more than 13 minutes in arrears. He pulled out the next day with a left leg and hip injury.
He returned to his home in Spain and amazingly hardly missed a day on the bike as he worked his way back into fitness ahead of the Olympic Games.
At six foot two and 159 pounds, Hesjedal is a tall drink of water who looks younger than his years and has a distinct sense of style. He arrived in London for the Games wearing plaid shorts, colourful runners, a Canada jacket, red sunglasses and a smile.
Without the benefit of any Canadian teammates, he finished 63rd in the London road race. He was 28th in the 44-kilometre time trial.
"Really the whole season went really well for me," he said. "I carried on after a small break in August and went right to the middle of October, doing the last World Tour races on the calendar.
"So there wasn't a lot of time to just sit back … Definitely there's a little bit more demand on my time, certainly with the team and sponsors and taking advantage of that (Giro) result and using it in a good way."
Still, he says he's tried to keep things the same as much as possible.
"Because that's how I'm here today and was able to do that. I've kept my routine very similar, especially my off-season and how I approach getting to the New Year."
Hesjedal plans to begin his racing season at Spain's Tour of Catalonia.
"That's mid-March and then I basically don't let up right into the Giro," he said.
Job 1 is his Giro defence.
"Definitely. It just has to be that way," he said. "It's before the Tour, we respect the Giro very much. I have to honour that and I want to. To go back there after what the Giro did for me, what the Giro's given to me, that's the ultimate respect and that's what I want to do.
"I want to be there with the No. 1 bib and try and do it again. I know no matter what happens, I can still move into the rest of the season and benefit from that."
He also has his eye on the Tour de France, confident that he can emerge from the Giro with the necessary fitness for a second marathon ride.


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By Douglas Turner
In the "Days Beyond Recall" – apologies to Canisius College author Roger Burke Dooley – doing all of one's shopping on Christmas Eve was not a vice, but the whole point of the thing.
As the 1960s rounded in, the editors at the Buffalo Courier-Express would let you slip out of the city room with the unspoken and empty promise you would return or, better still, meet later for a drink at Ray Flynn's Golden Dollar down the block or at Robinson's at dawn.
At the foot of Main Street, farther south even than Dennis Brinkworth's Diplomat, Robinson's later collapsed under the weight of snow.
Moving past Shelton Square, I first stopped at Minnie Feiner's, a thin slip of an eatery wedged between a bank and, it seemed, a newsstand, for a bite. A large woman in a spattered apron slapped down a thick liverwurst on rye in front of me. Then it was on to McDole's, at Main and Chippewa, for a fortifier.
I had a short list: my fiancée of three years standing, mother, brother, his wife, their kids. And me. Slogging through the slush, I could get it all done before the Scrooges running Ryan & Williams, the old office supply store on Pearl Street that employed my future wife, closed a half an hour early – at sundown, or 4:30.
Reaching the jewelry counter at the carriage trade L.L. Berger without my fiancée was urgent. There was really a Louis L. Berger Jr. on the premises on Christmas Eve. Then I was off to Flint & Kent's department store, and the Otto Ulbrich Co., for books, records and educational toys.
As was our custom, Mimi and I saved the best for last. We met at a small store on what was then Eagle Street, called G.E. More's. It was distinguished by three things: the finest imported woolens, the original iron gate leading to the gallows at London's Newgate Prison and a staff of well-born ladies who drank eggnog, toasting the day.
Parcels in our arms, we trudged up Pearl Street to Murphy's Omega Steel Bar & Grill for Manhattans, and singing with pianist Marion Healy. Murphy's, a former speakeasy, was licensed by Gov. Al Smith as a Prohibition-era social club.
We dropped by my widowed mother's flat on Norwood for her annual party, featuring mushroom sandwiches and carols. My father's old pals, the McMahons and the McTigues, piled out early for midnight Mass at the cavernous St. Joseph's New Cathedral, then at Delaware and West Utica.
The ushers wore formals, which lent dignity to the process of wheeling out a worshipper who partied too much before the Introit.
Late Christmas afternoon, I visited an ailing friend, Nicholas Smith, who told this story of redemption: A boyhood friend, "Uncle Bo" (short for Boetheus) O'Malley, had come calling earlier that day. Born into a wealthy family, Bo became disreputable for writing forged checks and went to jail for it.
This time, Smith related, Uncle Bo was in deeper trouble. While visiting, Bo told Smith that a Treasury agent was after him. Not wanting to appear to be on the run, Bo said that if the agent came, Smith should tell him that Bo would be at the Shamrock, a bar then on Elmwood Avenue. There, Bo left word he would be across the street at the Elmwood Lounge, and so forth down Elmwood to Ubelhauers, and finally the Stuyvesant Room. The agent chased, but Bo disappeared.
The next day, the Treasury man finally caught up with Bo in Veterans Hospital, where he was very sick with pneumonia. Smiling, the agent tore up the warrant in front of Bo, saying, "you've vanished."
This column by former News Washington Bureau Chief Douglas Turner first appeared on Dec. 24, 2012. Turner died on Nov. 4.


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Last May I posed this question to the teens on their blog, talking about my rational for selecting the power that I would want. I talked about the perks of flying, telepathy, and super strength; debated about invisibility and time travel; and finally settled on teleportation.
I say that I "settled" on teleportation, because it would be the most logical solution for traveling to see my family and friends on the occasional weekend off. For personal enjoyment, however, I would by and far select flying. But what if you couldn't choose your superpower? What if your superpower was instead based on what you personally needed to get through the struggles of life?
Steven Amsterdam tackles this very idea in his latest book, What the Family Needed: A Novel. The book is separated by 7 different narrators, all from the same family. As the narrative shifts to different characters, time progresses and the reader meets the family members at different stages of their lives.
Each member of the family experiences a different superpower, based on the struggle they are experiencing at the time. Fifteen year old Giordana gains the power of invisibility as she struggles to cope with her parents' separation. The mother of two teenage boys, Natalie gains Olympian-worthy swimming abilities as she works to sort out an explanation for her younger son's strange behaviors.
Ben, Sasha, Ruth, Peter, and Alek experience their own unique abilities as well, each growing in character as they rally to face their personal challenges with new-found strength. As the family overcomes their personal challenges, they gradually learn to shift their dependence away from their personal superpowers to an even greater strength—each other.
Amsterdam's book explores family relationships and personal issues in a whole new light, providing readers with an entertaining yet thought-provoking read that will stay with you long after you've read the last page.