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INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (August 27, 2012) – Firestone Industrial Products Company, LLC offers two new Air-Rite™ air accessory systems designed to provide an instant air source to Firestone's complete line of air helper springs.
The new Xtra Duty Remote Air Command™ and Xtreme Duty Remote Air Command Systems each feature a wireless controller for easier installation. They also allow users to remotely adjust their vehicles for varying load conditions and inflate items such as motorcycle, truck and RV tires.
Firestone's Xtra Duty Remote Air Command system (part # WR17602546) features the wireless controller, Heavy Duty compressor and a 1/2-gallon air tank. The Xtreme Duty Air Command system (part # WR17602547) includes the wireless controller, an Xtreme compressor and a 2-gallon tank. The Xtreme Compressor has a 100% duty cycle at 100 psi.
Designed to keep vehicles level and handling correctly, the air accessory systems provide convenient, instant adjustability of the air helper springs and continuous monitoring of the suspension.
Trained technicians are available toll-free (800.888.0650) to answer any product application, installation or warranty questions Monday through Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. EST.
Firestone offers a line of Complete Suspension Solutions that includes Ride-Rite™, Sport-Rite™, Coil-Rite™ and Level-Rite™ air helper springs; Work-Rite™ load assist springs; and the R4Tech™ hybrid air/leaf suspension system. These products have become synonymous with quality, durability and outstanding customer support. For more information, visit www.ride-rite.com.
Firestone Industrial Products Company, LLC specializes in air spring manufacturing and technology with a history of more than 75 years of research and development of technologically advanced air springs for the global marketplace. With headquarters in Indianapolis, Ind., and quality-certified manufacturing/assembly plants and technical centers throughout North America, Latin America, Europe and Asia, the company produces suspension products for commercial trucks & trailers, cars, sport utility vehicles, light trucks, minivans, vans and motor homes. Firestone facilities are ISO-14001, ISO-9001 and TS-16949 Certified.


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College student Sasha Marsden was found dead in the South Shore area of Blackpool at about 9pm on Thursday. Police said a post-mortem examination will take place later.
A man and a woman are being questioned over the death of Sasha, who lived with her parents in the Staining area of the town and attended Blackpool and The Fylde College.
Specialist crime scene investigators are carrying out forensic searches of the alley behind Kirby Road and at a bed-and-breakfast hotel in the same road, which is a few blocks off the Promenade. Officers are also checking local CCTV cameras and carrying out house-to-house inquiries.
The two people arrested, a 22-year-old man and a 20-year-old woman, both from Blackpool, were detained close to the scene in Kirby Road shortly after the body was discovered.
Senior investigating officer Detective Superintendent Andy Murphy said: "This is an incredibly difficult and complex inquiry and we are working to try and build up a picture of what happened last night.
From examining the body, it appears to us that someone has attempted to set fire to Sasha, and this is a line of inquiry that we are looking into. This is an incredibly difficult time for the family, and we are keeping them informed of our investigation. Our officers will be supporting them as they attempt to come to terms with what has happened."
Blackpool police operations manager Superintendent Eddie Newton said: "Incidents like this do send a sense of shock throughout our communities, and I would like to reassure the Blackpool public that we have a team of dedicated and highly trained officers working on this investigation to try and establish exactly what has happened.
"I would ask people not to worry. We believe that this is an isolated incident and that there is no risk to the public. We have two people in custody helping with the investigation and detectives are following a number of different lines of inquiry."
Mandy Pritchard, head of school for society, health and childhood at Blackpool and The Fylde College, said: "Sasha was studying a level 1 childcare course with Blackpool and The Fylde College. Since enrolling with us last September, she had been making fantastic progress. Sasha worked hard and was looking forward to carrying out a work placement and progressing to level 2 and ultimately a career in childcare. She was a friendly, considerate individual who cared about her fellow students. Her classmates are understandably upset and the college is offering all the support it can at this difficult time. Our thoughts are with Sasha's family."

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bebe stores, inc. (NASDAQ: BEBE) announces the appointment of Ben Baum to the newly created position of Chief Digital Officer, reporting to Manny Mashouf, Chairman and CEO. Mr. Baum, who was previously the Head of Business Development for Shopping at Google, as well as Senior Group Manager of Merchandising at Target, brings leading-edge expertise to bebe. Mr. Baum's role is to elevate the omni-channel shopping experience, enabling the bebe customer to shop her favorite brand anywhere, anytime, on any device. "Ben is a tremendous addition to our team," said Manny Mashouf. "We look forward to leveraging his digital expertise as we continue to make major investments and upgrades in our digital platforms and infrastructure including mobile, order fulfillment and social media." New features in the bebe smartphone app and a mobile-enhanced website will keep bebe in the hands of our smartphone-savvy customers. The recently introduced app, available for iPhone and Android, offers a fun, easy and intuitive experience, including in-store scanning, inventory lookup, social integration and richer content. Mobile functionality will be improved with stress-free search, checkout integration and overall transaction speed. What this means is that holiday shopping just got even better for the bebe customer. To support bebe's future digital strategies, the company has brought its e-commerce operations in-house with seamless omni-channel architecture and fulfillment systems. "The new structure speeds up the supply chain," Mr. Mashouf said. "It all supports bebe's objective to be one of the most digitally advanced fashion companies. I am very excited about these new opportunities which will enrich the digital experience for our customers." Future plans include "buy online, ship from store," "buy online, pick up in store" and the introduction of international shipping, allowing bebe to go global. bebe stores, inc. is a global specialty retailer, which designs, develops and produces a distinctive line of contemporary women's apparel and accessories under its bebe, BEBE SPORT and 2b bebe brand names. bebe currently operates 250 stores, of which 198 are bebe stores, including the on-line store bebe.com, and 52 are 2b bebe stores, including the on-line store 2bstores.com. These stores are located in the United States, U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Canada and Japan. bebe also distributes and sells bebe branded product through its licensees in approximately 121 international point-of-sale locations in 21 countries.
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Each Archives' office will offer a range of activities including talks, preservation workshops, demonstrations and introductory research training. With expert family historians on hand, visitors will learn how to locate treasures such as letters, photographs, service records, immigration and citizenship applications, employment records, copyright registrations and other government records.
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Rape-abortion bill causes uproar in N.M.
SANTA FE, N.M. A Republican legislator came under fire for her proposed law that, critics said, could lead to felony charges against rape or incest victims seeking an abortion.
On Wednesday Rep. Cathrynn Brown, R-Carlsbad, introduced House Bill 206, which she said was intended to make it a crime for a rapist to force his pregnant victim to have an abortion.
Within hours the bill drew national attention for a section that reads:
"Tampering with evidence shall include procuring or facilitating an abortion, or compelling or coercing another to obtain an abortion, of a fetus that is the result of criminal sexual penetration or incest with the intent to destroy evidence of the crime."
That would appear to open up rape or incest victims to felony charges, punishable by up to three years in prison, if they obtain an abortion, reports CBS Affiliate KRQE.
The chairman of New Mexico's Democratic Party called it an "atrocious piece of legislation."
"I was shocked in reading it," Rep. Gail Chasey , D-Albuquerque," told KRQE correspondent Alex Goldsmith. "As an attorney I started looking at it and thought that's not how we gather evidence in a rape anyway, so it doesn't even make sense logically."
"I can't judge her intent, but to me it feels like an extension of the war on women," said Rep. Elizabeth Thomson , D-Albuquerque.
After telling KRQE that critics were simply misreading her bill, Brown later told the station that the language was a mistake made by the bill's drafter, an error she says she missed when reviewing the bill before introducing it.
"When he fixed some of the tampering language in the bill, somehow it just kind of missed the emphasis that I had hoped I'd made clear in the beginning," Brown told KRQE.
Brown will introduce a new bill that makes it clear that rape or incest victims could not be charged with tampering with evidence for getting an abortion.
Another abortion-related proposal has been raised in Santa Fe this session. Rep. Nora Espinoza , R-Roswell, has introduced the "Woman's Right to Know Act" that would require doctors performing an abortion to first show the woman an ultrasound and have her hear a fetus' heartbeat.


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In the first minutes of Dallas Buyers Club, the astounding new film about the darkest years of the AIDS crisis, rodeo cowboy Ron Woodroof (a gaunt and barely recognizable Matthew McConaughey) is punched in the face. He has it coming. The self-serving crook has a lot of enemies.
The blood spills from his mouth and glows a bright crimson, an almost clownish contrast to his drained, ghostly pallor, which itself is evidence of a raging HIV infection he has yet to discover. Another gash on his forehead is a shocking distillation of red, and unlike most movies in which injuries disappear by the next scene, the wound remains. And remains. For many scenes thereafter, the blood on Woodroof's forehead is in full view, a disconcerting reminder of what lies beneath, until you wish he would just put on a bandage already.
But Dallas Buyers Club isn't interested in making the truth very pretty. A river of infected blood runs through it. So too does practically every other bodily fluid, along with bruises that won't heal and purple skin lesions and flakes of dry, reddened skin. And that's kind of beautiful. Because that's what AIDS looked like in 1985, and it's been ages since we have fully remembered it. (This movie doesn't concern itself with the modern day notion of "living with HIV," since having the virus in those days typically meant an AIDS diagnosis and fast and efficient death.)
I have never seen AIDS shown this way in a film. And of all the movie portrayals of the disease, from Parting Glances to I Love You Phillip Morris, nothing else has captured the ugly physicality of AIDS like Dallas Buyers Club. Even the tearful hospital-bed goodbyes in Longtime Companion seem overly romanticized by comparison.
The based-on-a-true-story film concerns Woodroof, a hard-living cowboy and drug addict who must face certain death and the cruelty of his redneck buddies when he tests HIV-positive. Woodroof also lives the sheltered life of a Southern homophobe, so watching him negotiate the AIDS community terrain of queers, transgender women, and drag queens is fascinating viewing and provides some of the surprisingly plentiful humor in the film.
But Woodroof hasn't successfully dodged the consequences of his petty crimes for nothing. He quickly cheats the system to acquire the poisonous medication AZT, and after an eye-opening trip to Mexico, he figures out how to profit from the sale of unapproved drugs to the throngs of support group members back home. Along the way, he allows himself a guarded friendship with a drug-addicted transgender woman, Rayon, who becomes his business partner (Jared Leto in an effective and quietly humble performance) and eventually accepts, to some degree, the gratitude and generosity of the many gay and trans people around him.
Nearly everyone in the story, patients and physicians alike, is a wretched outcast, damaged by drug addiction or homophobia or loneliness or their own destructive behaviors. No one is healed, no one fully conquers his or her demons, and no one gets out unscathed. The fact that the filmmakers make you root for every one of them is a testament to terrific storytelling and a vexing main character you grow to love and admire.


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Staples Center didn't exist in 1981The Staples Center wasn't built yet, and it would have been too small for this young band from Ireland. I believe I saw their first LA show at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium. I never heard of U2 and my boyfriend took me because he's Irish and he heard this band is going to be huge some day. After see them I had to agree. I bought a Boy t-shirt and told all my friends. I had my hands on the stage while Bono ran back and forth with the flag of Ireland.


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The noise and rush of holidays is over for our household, and with the boys off visiting grandmothers and aunts and my husband working for the evening, everything is so very quiet. Quiet enough the silence oppresses; not even a favorite playlist can make a dent in it. I understand why people find themselves inexplicably saddened, especially those who are generally more alone than I am. I myself am in a bit of a funk, to be honest.
I guess the important thing to remember is that more often than not, loneliness is a lie. It's a very crafty, very convincing lie, definitely, but a lie all the same, because no matter how alone you feel, you aren't actually alone. Even complete strangers keep you from being without anyone. Loneliness is the little voice whispering to you about being nothing, about having no worth, no place in the rest of the world.
Sometimes it's not just hard to ignore loneliness, it's frightening. Testing the lie, trying to break it, could prove it true, or at least that's what we're afraid will happen.
It's too quiet in my house tonight, and it's a little scary, and a little sad. It's lonely, yes.
But it's not without.
I hear you say, "My love is over,
it's underneath, it's inside, it's in between,
the times you doubt Me, when you can't feel,
the times that you've questioned 'Is this for real?'
the times you've broken, the times that you mend
the times you hate Me, and the times that you bend.
Well my love is over, it's underneath,
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these times you're healing
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The times you're hurting,
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the times you go hungry, and are tempted to steal.
In times of confusion and chaos and pain,
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I'm there through your heartache,
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My love, I will keep you by My power alone.
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ROME — Having a much-loved item go missing from their baggage is something many travellers dread.
So the news that dozens of baggage handlers working for the major Italian airline Alitalia have been arrested over alleged theft from passengers' luggage may confirm their worst fears.
Border police made 49 arrests at Rome's Fiumicino airport, with another 37 in major Italian airports including Bari, Bologna, Milan Linate, Naples, Palermo and Verona, the Italian National Police said in a statement Friday.
The 18-month-long investigation began after people reported that objects were stolen from their luggage at the airport of Lamezia Terme, police said.
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The alleged thefts took place on board the aircraft during the loading and unloading of baggage, police said.
The investigation involved putting recording devices in the hold to identify those responsible. Alitalia security personnel also played a role in tracking down the alleged thieves, the statement said.
All those arrested were Alitalia employees, whose activities were caught on camera, it said.
If convicted, they could be sentenced to up to six years in prison.
The accused have been charged with criminal offenses including theft, aggravated theft and damage, since the luggage that they were not able to open was sometimes damaged out of spite, police said. (CNN)


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South Carolina State Votive
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This South Carolina state votive is cut by me with a scroll saw, hand-sanded, hand-stained, and hand-painted.
Each ornament is custom cut and painted. I offer a variety of base stains, and then a selection of colors. When you place an order for this item, please specify which colors you would like. See the photo in the listing for color and stain options. I also offer a shiny gold paint (not listed in the photo of color options).
Please choose 1 stain and 2 or 3 colors. Or if you indicate 1 color, I can pick colors that go nicely with it.
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The Skills Needed to Run AMC
AMC may have a highly-rated hit show on the 'Walking Dead' but a bruising fight with Dish Networks has taken a toll. Heard on the Street's Miriam Gottfried joins Markets Hub.
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Cocksucker Blues
February 15th, 2009
February 15th, 2009
Yuichi Kuroda is the founder of Tokyo based label, Lad Musician. His designs are rock-glam, with thigh-hugging skinny jeans and tight tops, it's catering to a Japanese body image trend that "thin men are in". Essentially, if you want to be fashionable, you need to be as thin and tall as possible. On the west coast, we sometimes use the terms 'Emo' and 'Rock Glam' ubiquitously together, and this look epitomizes that. "Cocksucker Blues" and "The Rolling Stones" are two labels that Yuichi Kuroda has christened some of his lines. Lol, Cocksucker Blues, friggin' genius branding, it has my thumbs up simply for being a hilarious name.


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Student collecting cold-weather gear for homeless amid his own health challenge
Do you remember what eighth grade was like?
For most of us, it was an extremely awkward time of our lives when we were transforming from boys and girls into men and women.
For Chris Suggs, his eighth-grade year at Contentnea-Savannah K-8 School has seen him fight a dangerous heart condition while serving as his school�s Student Government Association president and being one of the school�s top students.
His final year in middle school has also seen him help organize an effort to help those among us who are less fortunate � while recovering from extensive surgery to correct his heart condition.
Suggs, who is also a National Junior Honor Society member at CSS, is helping the Young Women of Promise (part of the Kinston Promise Youth Enrichment Project) in �Hats for the Homeless.� The event, which runs through Saturday, is an effort to collect new hats, scarves, gloves and earmuffs to be distributed to clients at the Friends of the Homeless shelter on Independence Street.
He said he was motivated to do the service project through Kinston Promise after a visit to the mall.
�My mom and I had just come home from J.C. Penney to buy gloves because it was getting cold at night,� Suggs said on Saturday. �I asked her what people who didn�t have money to get gloves, hats and scarves did to stay warm; that�s where I got the idea.�
He took his idea and ran. Suggs has created a flyer and spread the word all over Facebook and Twitter (@PrezChris_). Starting Monday, classrooms at CSS will collect the items through the end of the week; there will also be collections bins at Sand Hill Free Will Baptist Church (3181 Neuse Road) and at The Free Press (2103 N. Queen Street). He�ll deliver the collected items next weekend to the shelter as a way to remember and honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King.
This initiative to help others, though, is not unusual for Suggs. His mother, Kristal Suggs, said he�s strived to be a difference-maker since he was very young.
�He�s always been this way; it�s normal to us,� she said. �He�s always been exceptionally smart and gifted; it was evident at a very early age. Instead of other people having to motivate him, he�s the one that comes forward to make a change.�
CSS Principal Frances Herring said she wasn�t surprised by Suggs� latest showing of service.
�He�s so attuned to other people; he�s so service-oriented,� she said. �He�s naturally tuned into the needs of others.�
Herring, an outstanding mentor (she�s currently a finalist for statewide honors as principal of the year), describes Suggs as a �natural-born leader.� One example of his leadership as SGA president was suggesting and writing a new policy for students� usage of cell phones in the lunchroom that Herring and the school improvement team quickly approved.
He also took a suggestion from the student body that dividers were needed in the stalls in the boys� bathrooms at the school and asked the school�s administration that it be addressed.
�We had no idea that was an issue,� Herring said. �He brought that to us and we fixed it the very next day.�
Patti Hughes, an English/language arts teacher and National Junior Honor Society advisor at CSS, has taught Suggs for five years. She said he�s a technology �guru� who she and her fellow teachers will go to when they need help with a computer or IT concern.
She said there is a vignette she and other teachers share all the time about Chris.
�We always say he�s a future president of the United States,� Hughes said with a laugh. �The qualities he has lead us to believe he�d be perfect for that.�
That�s ironic, since that office is one where Suggs finds inspiration.
�I look up to leaders like President Obama and Dr. King and I like a lot of history,� Suggs said. �I research leaders all the time and try to learn how they helped people. ... I�m motivated by my teachers and principals and I want to make them proud.�
Suggs was attending a basketball game in October to support his sister, who is a cheerleader. At the game, he started experiencing chest pains.
�It came out of nowhere,� Kristal Suggs said. �He wasn�t doing anything major but his heart started fluttering. It got up to over 220 beats a minute and he was put on a heart monitor.�
Suggs was eventually diagnosed with supraventricular tachycardia, or SVT, which causes a rapid heartbeat when the heart�s electrical system just doesn�t work right, according to WebMD.com. He had heart surgery in early December in Greenville to correct the potentially fatal disease.
His mother said although he�s doing well in his recovery, one of the side effects of the surgery has been the sudden onset of migraine headaches, which has slowed him a bit.
�I get the headaches and they�re bad,� Chris Suggs said. �Sometimes I feel like I�m on top of the world and at other times, I feel like the world is on top of me. But I wanted to get back to school. At times, I can�t make it the whole day, but I don�t let it bother me.
�I know I can be something one day, and that�s what motivates me to fight through this.�
SVT may have slowed Suggs a little, but he continues the daily fight with a smile on his face.
�He inspires all of us because I know he doesn�t feel well, but he still perseveres,� Herring said. �He�s so dedicated to the Student Government Association and to the school. ... All the kids love him and appreciate him. There�s no better role model to middle school kids than Chris Suggs.
�I hope one day to be able to work for Chris!�
Bryan C. Hanks is the editor of The Free Press; his column appears in this space every Sunday. You can reach him at 252-559-1074 or at email@example.com. Follow him on Twitter at @BCHanks.
Would you like to help Chris� effort?
You can donate new hats, scarves, gloves and earmuffs to help the Friends of the Homeless through Saturday by taking them to Contentnea-Savannah K-8 School, The Free Press office (2103 N. Queen St.) or Sand Hill Free Will Baptist Church (3181 Neuse Road). For more information, contact Chris Suggs on his Facebook page or by emailing him at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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See Shocking Video of Student Shoving Teacher to the Ground [VIDEOS]
Being a teacher may be a thankless job, but being a substitute may be even worse.
A student at Nimitz High School, in Houston, has gotten into a lot of trouble after he pushed a substitute teacher to the ground after she took away his cell phone during class.
The 16-year-old student -- who is reportedly six-foot-three and weights 325 pounds -- pushed the 66-year-old woman three times, with her falling to the floor on the third try. The episode was caught on camera.
The student had been caught using his phone during class and got upset when the substitute, who's a retired teacher, took it.
The student reported himself to the principal and was arrested. The teacher was treated for minor injuries.
You can see raw video of the incident below.


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Pub Pass
Do you like beer? How about an excuse to try a lot of different beers? How about a guide to bars around the Twin Cities? Behold, the PubPass was practically created just for you! The concept is pretty genius: you buy the Pub Pass booklet for $25 bucks and then at each bar included in the book (25 of them) you get a free beer! If we did the math correctly (we're not usually here to do math), that works out to a dollar a beer, what a deal. Not to mention, you get this oh-so-perdy passport book to keep track of your adventure. We were stoked to produce the covers, stamping 1 metallic gold foil and 1 pigment white foil onto a
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Kaye Beach
March 27, 2012
Interesting article published today by FastCompany;
Inside Oklahoma's Quest To Dominate The American Drone Industry
How politicians, universities, and aerospace firms are teaming up to turn the Sooner State into America's UAV capital.
. . .Oklahoma businesspeople, academics, and politicians are collaborating through an organization named USA-OK, which aims to make the heartland state the focal point of American UAV development. A quasi-affiliated group, the Governor's Unmanned Aerial Systems Council (PDF), was formed via an executive order from Governor Mary Fallin in 2011. Both organizations are lobbying for commercial drone test sites in Oklahoma and increased government assistance [that means your tax dollars!] in luring more large military contractors to the state.
Stephen McKeever, Oklahoma's Secretary of Science and Technology and a prominent figure in the state's UAV industry, told Fast Company that Oklahoma is already home to approximately 15 companies servicing the UAV industry. . . According to McKeever, the state offers a variety of incentives and subsidies for aerospace companies of all sizes.
McKeever and Fallin are busy luring this industry to Oklahoma meanwhile Mckeever and Fallin killed HB 1556 which would have simply required law enforcement to get a warrant before engaging in targeted surveillance of individuals and prohibit weaponization of the drones.
. . .Last month, the FAA announced that they are seeking six domestic test sites for UAVs. Due to the obvious commercial possibilities in, say, selling small aircraft for $1,000 a pop to farmers and real estate agencies looking to do aerial monitoring on a budget, UAVs are potential huge business. Giants such as Boeing and hundreds of smaller companies see commercial UAV usage as a gold rush waiting to happen.
State authorities inside Oklahoma issued a strategic drone plan detailing ways to build up the local UAV industry. These plans center on bringing one of the domestic UAV test sites to Oklahoma, which already tests military UAVs. . .
The FastCompany article mentions the Oklahoma UAS [DRONE] Summit held this Tuesday in Norman, but like the media in general, provides little detail on the conference. (No mention of 'Pesky Critters' at all.)
This week, a major UAV convention took place in Oklahoma as well. . . .The agenda includes discussions of UAV use by emergency first responders, the Homeland Security Department's proposed domestic spy drones. . .
Drone manufacturers even have lobbyists. [You don't say!] . . .Michael Toscano, the organization's president, advocates the integration of commercial drones into American airspace. Toscano, in an interview, stressed job creation possibilities if the FAA legalizes commercial drones.
AUVSI spent big dollars in lobbying on the FAA bill that expanded the use of drones in US airspace. Their money was well spent too.
As a PowerPoint presentation recently obtained by Republic Report shows, the industry group all but wrote the legislation. "Our suggestions were often taken word-for-word," it says. Read More
Mr. Toscano wasalso right by Gov. Fallin's and Stephen McKeever's side on Jan 17th at a press conference held at the State Capitol in order to unveil the marvelous benefits of drone technology that is being cultivated with our tax dollars.
Interestingly, Toscano thinks that there is no need for addition privacy regulation.
Toscano says the drone industry thinks existing laws are sufficient: "We believe that your Fourth Amendment rights are protected.
Well that figures since legislation like Oklahoma's HB 1556 might interfere with what Toscano sees as an open market.
Toscano. . .says there are nearly 19,000 law enforcement entities in the United States, of which only 300 now have aerial surveillance capacities.
"Those departments have helicopters which cost about $1,500 an hour to operate," Toscano says. "You can fly these drones for maybe less than $50 hour. A lot of smaller departments can now afford this technology." read more
At the Jan. 17th press conference, McKeever said;
"We fully recognize that reasonable people could have reasonable concerns and these must be dealt with that's what our elected officials and government authorities are for."
Fallin added that;
"We're not interested in spying on anyone."
Mary Fallin isn't counting the little people. Maybe she doesn't consider what we would consider spying as spying. Maybe she just thinks of as over sight.
Did you know that 'OverSite' is actually another great surveillance technology program being promoted out of OSU's Multispectral Laboratories and tested on unsuspecting Oklahomans at sporting events.
'To look at their RV parked at a game or concert, you'd never know that inside is all this technology and more' link
The Oklahoma State University Multispectral Laboratories (UML) is a public-private partnership "between the University and Anchor Dynamics Inc (ADI), which receives support from Ponca City Development Authority and ConocoPhillips, designed to accelerate commercialization of new technologies." http://www.okstate-uml.org/content/company-history
The UML acts as a "Trusted Agent" for U.S. Government, technology developers and operators.
Naturally, like the non-spying drones, this is being done with a little boost from the non-spying Department of Homeland Security
The proof of concept demonstration was funded by the Department of Homeland Security. Link
OverSite incorporates facial recognition technology and a trick camera to spy on the crowd without them ever knowing a thing. (but it's not spying! It's 'OverSite'!) Read more
And with all of the time, energy and money that has been spent, not one thing has been done to address the biggest concern of ordinary Oklahomans which is their privacy and safety. It is the ordinary people of this state, after all, who are paying for the 'incentives' being offered to court the drone industry here.
Little people, little problems. We have our nightmares and they have their dreams. . .
Stephen McKeever, a transplanted Brit living in Oklahoma, dreams of turning his state into the capital for drones — the unmanned aircraft that, the Federal Aviation Administration predicts, will swarm the skies by the thousands within two decades. Read more


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Milo James Ross, 93, peacefully slipped out of mortality in the comfort of his own bed in Plain City on 17 July 2014.
Milo was born 4 February 1921 in a log cabin north of Plain City to John "Jack" William Ross and Ethel (Sharp) Ross. His mother tragically died from childbirth in 1925. Milo and his siblings lived with his Ross grandparents until the costs proved too great and his Uncle Edward Sharp raised Milo in Plain City until adulthood.
He grew up tending to his Grandmother Sharp and spending most of his time farming with his many Sharp cousins and his siblings. He attended schools in Plain City and graduated from Weber High in 1939.
Milo met Gladys Maxine Donaldson at a Plain City celebration in 1940. They would meet from time to time for dancing at the Berthana in Ogden. Milo and Gladys married 4 April 1942 in her parent's home on 8th Street in Ogden.
Milo enlisted in the Army in October 1942. He served in the 33rd Infantry Division, 130th Regiment, Company C. He trained in weapons and earned his expert ranking. He arrived in Hawaii in July 1943 and received the announcement that his son, Milo Paul, had been born. He served as part of the Philippine invasion force and they fought through the jungles and liberated Baguio City. He was injured five times, one while tending to other soldiers awaiting medical attention.
He was present at the Japanese surrender at Luzon as a Technical Sergeant in June 1945. He received two purple hearts and the Silver Star for his service at the end of World War II. His Company received a Presidential Citation for outstanding performance during armed conflict with the enemy in efforts to seize Hill X in Bilbil Mountain Province. At the time of Milo's death, the military was preparing to award him another Purple Heart, another Silver Star, Bronze Star, Good Conduct Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal & Bronze Star, World War II Victory Medal, Combat Infantry Badge 1st Award, Philippine Liberation Ribbon and Bronze Star, Honorable Service Button for World War II. He was also to be awarded the Philippine Liberation Medal and Republic of the Philippines Presidential Unit Citation Badge from the Philippine Government.
He returned home in 1945 and began working with his father-in-law. He eventually began building or remodeling homes. He estimated he had built over 120 homes and remodeled another 50 homes or buildings in his lifetime. Two more children joined Milo and Gladys in 1946 and 1948, Judy Ethel and Caroline. Milo and Gladys dedicated their lives to raising their three children and tenderly caring for Judy's needs until she passed away in 1998.
Milo and Gladys solemnized their marriage 2 July 1976 in the Ogden LDS Temple with their daughter Judy by their side. Milo served in various callings as a humble servant favoring their time as temple workers in the Ogden Temple for almost a decade. Milo and Gladys also relished their time in raising their garden and providing its fruits to friends, family, the temple, and local hospitals.
Milo is survived by his son Milo (Janice) Ross of Hazelton, Idaho and daughter Caroline (Abram) Gallegos of Plain City. Eight grandchildren, Scott (Robyn) Ross of Kimberly, Idaho; Jeffrey (Holly) Ross of Jerome, Idaho; Becky (Joseph) Patterson of Portland, Oregon; Paul (Amanda) Ross of Burley, Idaho; Andra Ross of Heyburn, Idaho; Christy (Sterling) Neilson of Rupert, Idaho; Cindy (Steve) Pease of Albion, Idaho; and Lonny (Amy) Taylor of Declo, Idaho; seventeen great grandchildren; and eleven great great grandchildren.
Milo was preceded in death by his parents; his wife Gladys; all five siblings Hobart Day, June Stout, Paul Ross, Harold Ross, and Earnest Ross; daughter Judy Ross; grandson-in-law Bret Adams, and two great grandchildren.
The funeral will be held Tuesday 22 July 2014 at the Plain City 7th Ward Building, 2952 N 4200 W, a building he helped organize its construction, at 11:00 AM with Bishop Tom Matthews officiating.
Friends may call at Lindquist Mortuary in North Ogden at 2140 N 400 E (Washington Blvd) from 6 until 8 PM on Monday 21 July 2014. Friends may also call from 10:00 until 10:45 AM prior to the service at the church. Burial will be in the Plain City Cemetery beside his beloved Gladys and Judy.


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FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — The New York Jets' wacky quarterback situation took yet another twist.
Greg McElroy has a concussion — which he didn't reveal until Thursday — and will be replaced by Mark Sanchez as the New York Jets' starting quarterback in the season finale at Buffalo on Sunday.
Coach Rex Ryan walked into his news conference before practice, took the podium and opened with: "You're not going to believe this."
McElroy, preparing to make his second NFL start in place of the benched Sanchez, was lifting weights Thursday morning and started experiencing headaches, Ryan said. McElroy went to the team's training staff and then revealed he was suffering concussion-like symptoms after being sacked 11 times in the Jets' 27-17 loss to San Diego last Sunday.
McElroy and head trainer John Mellody then went to Ryan to tell the coach the news.
"We come to find out that Greg wasn't exactly truthful with our training staff after the game," said Ryan, who acknowledged he was "stunned" to hear it. "He never disclosed that he had symptoms after the game to our trainers. Right now, he's being evaluated for a concussion."
Ryan said there was no way he would play McElroy against the Bills and the third-stringer will "definitely be out." McElroy had been listed on the injury report Wednesday with a mild abdominal strain, but was a full participant in practice and was expected to play without any issues.
"I admire his courage and everything else, but you have to be truthful and I think that's the lesson learned here with the medical staff," Ryan said. "The fact he really wanted to play, I understand the competitive side of Greg and all that, but the most important thing is the health of the players.
"Obviously, I feel fortunate that something like this showed up without him going out there and putting himself in harm's way."
Ryan chose to start Sanchez over Tim Tebow because the team has just two practices and a walkthrough to prepare before the game.
"Mark has had success earlier in the season against Buffalo and he's very familiar with them," Ryan said. "That's the reason I'm going with Mark."
After finding out about McElroy's condition, Ryan spoke with both Sanchez and Tebow to tell them of his decision.
"Obviously, Tim's not happy with that, as you'd expect," Ryan said.
Sanchez was benched for the first time in his four-year career after turning the ball over five times at Tennessee on Dec. 17. McElroy leapfrogged Tebow on the depth chart to start against the Chargers.
The news comes on the heels of some tension between Ryan and Tebow last week, when the popular backup quarterback told the coach he was "disappointed" at not getting the start and wanted to play "regular quarterback." ESPN New York first reported Sunday that Tebow asked out of the wildcat, and a person with knowledge of the situation confirmed that to The Associated Press. But Tebow insisted Wednesday that he did not ask out of doing anything and acknowledged that Ryan might have misinterpreted what he said.
The two met again last Friday to clear the air, and Tebow reiterated that he was willing to do anything the team asked him to do. Tebow will be the No. 2 quarterback on Sunday at Buffalo, and could play — but it won't be as the starter.
"Obviously, he'd like a shot at it," Ryan said, "but with the situation the way it is, it's a short window, really, to get the preparation time in and I just think it's best for our football team."
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During their marriage, Sam and Jenny Mitchell always shared the parenting duties. But they knew a time would come when Sam would manage their 7-year-old daughter on his own.
Just days before Jenny died of breast cancer in April, "She told me she knew I would raise Ranee well," Mitchell said.
Today, the widower and single dad is on a steep learning curve. He wishes he knew a little more about braiding hair and treating poison ivy. He plans to consult his sisters when his daughter reaches puberty. And he occasionally turns to his daughter for her opinion on adult matters, though what he really wants is Jenny's take.
"Each day is different," he said, after a particularly hard week. "I will extend my hand and pretend Jenny is holding it as we reminisce. On other days I will try my hardest to refrain from crying when a familiar tune is playing, which often happens in a crowded restaurant."
Every year, thousands of spouses grieve the loss of their partners to breast cancer while adjusting to their new role as single parents. Yet until recently, the survivors, primarily men, have been largely ignored, both in terms of community resources and research efforts.
While experts say women tend to utilize support groups and therapy, there's some truth to the popular notion that men aren't comfortable sharing their feelings. Get men with similar experiences together for an "informational lunch" with a guest speaker, and support will happen, said psychologist Dan Shapiro, who has had cancer and is married to a woman with breast cancer. "Just don't call it support or therapy."
Surviving husbands need more psychological support, experts say, particularly as some research suggests young women are experiencing rising rates of late-stage breast cancer.
Data shows that after a mother's death, a father's coping skills and emotional availability is closely tied to the mental health of their children. Support groups are traditionally geared toward women, an older population of widows or widowers, or single fathers who have gone through a divorce.
"Most of these men (who have lost partners to breast cancer) still have photographs of their wives by the bed," said psychiatrist Donald Rosenstein, co-founder of Single Fathers Due to Cancer, a support group for men at the University of North Carolina's Comprehensive Cancer Support Program.
The prolonged nature of cancer can also create challenges. Unlike a sudden death, such as a car accident, the emotional and physical toll can stretch for years. Men are generally the primary informal caregiver for their spouse. Some research has shown that caregiving spouses report more psychological distress, including depression and anxiety, than the person with cancer they're caring for.
"Caregiving isn't only going to appointments," said Mitchell, who helped care for Jenny for six years. "It's also being there to pick up the loose ends when our loved ones are at their worst."
Women with children opt for more aggressive treatment near the end of life, compared to women around the same age who don't have dependent children, research suggests. They hope to stay alive as long as possible for their kids, but they end up experiencing more debilitating symptoms and a poor quality of life, said Rosenstein.
"With cancer, you see a deterioration of health status and the gradual shifting of roles," Rosenstein said. "When death comes, you are already pretty damn depleted, and then it's 'Tag, you're it!' The spouse is exhausted but has to dig deep again and pick up his family."
After Jenny's death, Sam Mitchell returned to the Cancer Treatment Centers of America, where Jenny had been treated. He met with Wanda Sheber, a mind-body therapist who had also worked with Jenny. Over the years, Sheber made it clear that her door was always open for Sam. But at the time, Mitchell preferred going for long, solitary walks.
"I can see a lot of men just walking away, never addressing some things," Mitchell said. "We're not jumping into a private therapy session; something almost has to break us in a little bit. It wasn't until we were closer to the end that I let (Wanda) in a little."
Widowed spouses face enormous and often surprising challenges, said Shapiro, author of "And In Health, a Guide for Couples Facing Cancer Together." Here's a short list of some issues.
You will hear, see or even smell your spouse in a crowd or driving by. "It can come out of nowhere and it's intense," Shapiro said. "It's also normal. It's normal to talk as if they can hear you. It's also normal to feel nothing one minute, to be completely numb even for a long time, and then feel everything the next."
It may feel disloyal to throw away her yogurt. "Homes are typically filled with reminders, and it can feel disloyal to remove those reminders, even when they are absurd, like things in the refrigerator that only they consumed, pill bottles on that side of the bed or the stack of clothing that was on its way to the laundry but never made it," Shapiro said. In the North Carolina support groups, men talk about how long to keep the wedding band on, Rosenstein said. "What does it mean if you take it off too soon? Is that disrespectful?"
Men worry they are going to screw up their children. "They feel like they have to be both the disciplinarian and the nurturer, and it's somewhat relentless," Rosenstein said. "What do you do when a middle schooler whose mom just died doesn't want to go to school or isn't cleaning their room? A lot of men are reluctant to continue with limits and discipline, and then they get ticked off and overreact. Our line is they shouldn't be doing anything radically different than what was expected before."
You — and your children — are more resilient than you might imagine. It's OK to be the "good-enough parent" once your spouse passes, Rosenstein said. "You weren't the perfect caregiver before mom died, nor is it possible or desirable to get it exactly right afterward. The name of the game is staying engaged and tolerating the sadness that you and the kids are going to have. It does get better in the overwhelming majority of cases."
Have the difficult conversations. Anecdotally, it seems that some men who have more explicit conversations about what comes next are adjusting a little better, Rosenstein said. "They don't have to imagine what their wife would have wanted. At the very least, don't miss the opportunity. Having the conversation can't be worse than what is happening; the person is dying."
It takes time. "It's like pulling out of a really tight parallel parking spot: You go forward, then backward," Shapiro said. For surviving spouses, habits become important: eating, exercising or getting anchored in kid activities, he said. "Even if at first life seems meaningless, it has a way of creeping back."
Mitchell still has good and bad days but knows "the pain will not be unbearable forever." In an email he wrote, "If we are parents, we owe it to our children to reach them, even when bad things happen. Life goes on, and we don't know what wonderful things we have coming to us."


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Is Katy Perry's 'Part of Me' Video Marine Propaganda?
Katy Perry joins the Marines following a bitter breakup in her 'Part of Me' video. While on the surface it just seems like a cool concept, critics are asking if Perry's motives run deeper: Is this propaganda to join the Marines? And if so, was she paid for it?
AOL Music reports that feminist author Naomi Wolf questioned Perry's motivation and inspiration behind the clip. "Have you all seen the Katy Perry Marines video?" Wolf wrote on her Facebook page. "It is a total piece of propaganda for the Marines … I really want to find out if she was paid by them for making it … it is truly shameful. I would suggest a boycott of this singer whom I really liked — if you are as offended at this glorification of violence as I am."
Perry has spoken out about her love for Marines post-'Part of Me' filming. "I used only Marines, no actors or actresses," said of her video. "It was me and the Marines. For three days, I was a wannabe Marine. It is so difficult. Can I tell you how much more respect I have for people in the service?"
Perry hasn't said whether or not she was compensated for her work with the military, but she did say that it was planned for a while to use them in her video. "It's an affirmation of strength, so I wanted to go the strongest route that I possibly could with the video," Perry said. "I wanted to join the service, use the actual base."
Wolf continued, "As an artist if she took money from the US military to promote their agenda, she should disclose that fact."
Perry has yet to respond to Wolf's allegations, but this will be quite an interesting battle to watch. From the sound of her training, it sounds like Perry may be ready for it!


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Judge not, if you're going to be this stupid
I generally don't comment or try to pass judgment on what appears on the editorial pages of other newspapers. They buy the ink and paper; they can say what they want. But an editorial in Sunday's Pittsburgh Post-Gazette contained an idiotic editorial endorsing Republican Joan Orie Melvin of Pittsburgh, shown at left, for the Pennsylvania Supreme Court over Democratic candidate Jack Panella of Easton. The editorial spent seven or eight paragraphs outlining the backgrounds of the two well-qualified candidates. Then the paper got to the crux of the matter: announcing who it was endorsing, and why. The endorsement went to Melvin. Why? I kid you not, the two reasons cited by the paper for picking a candidate for the Supreme Court were: 1. Because she lives around here, and, 2. Because she's a woman. Really. I'm not making this up. The editorial said that "all things being equal, we tend to favor a candidate from the west over one from the east." Does a Supreme Court justice's zip code really matter in terms of the decisions they make on the court? And all things are NOT equal. There are always substantive differences between the candidates, and it's the newspaper's job to determine what those are and to suggest which candidate would best serve ALL the people of Pennsylvania. The other reason was even more ridiculous. Because a female justice is stepping down, the P-G believes she should be replaced by another woman. So, what we can take from this is that the Post-Gazette believes Melvin is the better choice for the Supreme Court not because she would do a better job than Panella, but because she has the preferred reproductive organs. It's ludicrous. I'm not in any way suggesting that Melvin is or is not the better choice for the high court. But surely there's a better way to make that determination.
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It took me a long time to like turkey burgers. Really long. It wasn't until October 2009 that I finally found a turkey burger worth eating. I haven't been able to stop eating them since.
Turkey will never be a replacement for beef, but when you're looking to lose weight, it's a delicious low-cal alternative. In fact, you can save about 150 calories by swapping turkey for beef.
Ground turkey, especially fat-free, can be dry, so adding chopped veggies and herbs will add both moisture and flavor. That's why today's Healthy Apple and Sage Turkey Burgers made with rolled oats, shallots, apples, celery and sage, are so good. Low in fat and high in protein and fiber, these turkey burgers will make keeping your New Year's resolution to lose weight a breeze.
And since a burger cannot be eaten without fries, don't forget the sweet potato fries, baked, of course.
Healthy Apple and Sage Turkey Burgers
Don't forget to check out these posts from earlier in the week:
How To Keep Your New Year's Resolution to Lose Weight: Eat Breakfast
How to Keep Your New Year's Resolution to Lose Weight: Eat Soup
Here are more turkey burger recipes you might enjoy:
Herbed Turkey Burger recipe from Simply Recipes
Pesto Turkey Burgers recipe from Stylish Cuisine
Spinach Feta Turkey Burgers recipe from Green Lite Bites
Grilled Middle Eastern Turkey Burgers recipe from Kalyn's Kitchen


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text: First, I must appreciate all omgps users, for your test and feed back. Because ersion 0.1 gets stable for now, and it will be integrated into official openembeded repository, I'm planing start next major developing stage. Here is current plan: 1. better supports for track logging, nuk ask me to add altitude to track log, good point. I can remember complains about the lack of POI, and suggestion of voice recording to help post precess of track logging. 2. support dynamic layers, including POI, openbmap data, etc. my concerns are (1) performance (2) is it possible or necessary to support user defined layers as plugins? 3. and other big things related to routing. Requirement of version 0.2 will be frozen due 07-07, the core task is to make it track-friendly for OSM map and JOMS application. Please feel free to comment or add new feature requests here. regards, mqy -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/-omgps--collect-feature-requests-tp3178247p3178247.html Sent from the Openmoko Community mailing list archive at Nabble.com.


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CHICAGO, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler says he is unlikely to be well enough to lead the team Sunday against the Detroit Lions.
Speaking on a Chicago radio station, Cutler said, "I don't think we can say I'll be out there for the Detroit game," the Chicago Sun-Times reported Wednesday.
Cutler suffered a torn groin muscle Oct. 20 in a game against the Washington Redskins and was expected to miss four weeks.
The injury "feels good" after an aggressive treatment program, he told Marc Silverman and Tom Waddle, hosts of "The Jay Cutler Show."
Noting that he hadn't been at a team practice since the injury, Cutler said, "I haven't been in a live situation and done all the cuts and drops and saw how it felt yet.
"We feel good," he said about the play of backup quarterback Josh McCown, who has had three touchdown passes, no interceptions and no sacks since standing in for Cutler.
''We don't want to get into a situation where I come back a week too soon and I'm set back another four to six weeks," Cutler said. "[I'm] trying to be smart with it.''


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Adam "MCA" Yauch was co-leader of the Beastie Boys, a New York City trio that transformed hip-hop. But just as significantly, the group and especially Yauch transformed themselves, providing a model for how artists can mature and grow as people without losing their credibility or relevance.
"Role model" – Yauch, who died Friday at age 47 after a three-year battle with throat cancer, would have hated that term. But he became one almost in spite of the Beastie Boys' early reputation as foul-mouthed innovators.
"To become this gentle Buddhist soul who literally would not step on a fly was something else," said his friend, Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello, shortly after the news of Yauch's death was announced. "His commitment to social justice and especially to Tibet's freedom put it on the map for an entire generation of people."
Michael "Mike D" Diamond, Adam "Ad-Rock" Horowitz and Adam "MCA" Yauch were still in their mid-teens when they formed a hardcore punk band in New York City during the early '80s, before crossing over into hip-hop.
At the time, it wasn't exactly commonplace for white kids to be rapping, but the cultural implications "didn't really occur to us at the time," Diamond once told the Tribune. "The early rap shows we did were in front of all-black audiences. We'd be in small clubs in Queens or Brooklyn, opening for Kurtis Blow or somebody like that, and they'd look at us like we were nuts."
They hooked up with Rick Rubin, a New York University student who would start the Def Jam label out of his college dorm room. Their first full-length album, "Licensed to Ill," was issued in 1986 and met with a mix of acclaim and derision, equal parts Led Zeppelin, Grandmaster Flash and a more explicitly politically incorrect Marx Brothers. The headline over the Village Voice's lead review said it all: "Three Jerks Make a Masterpiece."
It went on to become the first hip-hop album to top 5 million sales while bridging the chasm between rock and rap. Essential to its appeal was the perception that the trio were, in fact, jerks: arrogant, loud, snotty, foul-mouthed. Transgression has always been a lynchpin of pop culture, and the trio's demand -- "You gotta fight . . . for your right . . . to party!" – became an '80s MTV generation anthem. Their rhymes were clever, hilarious and sometimes just plain idiotic – forming a lethal combination with Rubin's stockpile of rock guitar riffs. On a massive arena tour with Run-D.M.C., the Beastie Boys helped bust hip-hop out of the inner-city and storm the suburbs.
The 1989 follow-up, "Paul's Boutique," was a radical left turn and confirmed that the Beastie Boys were much more than just a one-hit wonder. With dense, sample-heavy production by the Dust Brothers, the Beastie Boys made an album that has often been described as hip-hop's answer to the Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band," splicing together the history of funk and soul with countless pop-culture references and audacious, tag-team rhymes.
The group's subsequent albums, including "Check Your Head" (1992) and "Ill Communication" (1994), affirmed the Beastie Boys' place as a key band in alternative rock's rise. They began blending live instrumentation with their expanding grasp of hip-hop's roots, exploring everything from organ-fueled jazz instrumentals to rampaging hard-core.
Along the way, Yauch began to re-evaluate his life and music, as he explained in a Tribune interview: "Shortly after we put out 'Paul's Boutique,' I really started thinking about our lyrics and how they affected people. I just began noticing more and more how lyrics that I viewed as just joking around had a longer lasting effect on people, myself included. I never smoked 'dust' (PCP), but kids would come up to me citing our songs: 'Yo, I heard you talking about smoking dust in your song and we used to smoke dust all the time and listen to your music.'
"There are a lot of lyrics on our first two albums that talk about carrying guns or being disrespectful to women. We looked at it as a fantasy, a cowboy movie, but I began to realize those things have a deeper effect, where people actually think that's who we are. And in some cases, you kind of become that, a caricature of yourself, your image."
Yauch turned to Eastern philosophy and spirituality, and in the early '90s he was trekking to Bali and Nepal to further his studies. On his second trip he encountered Tibetan refugees making their way to a refugee camp in Katmandu.
There he met Erin Potts, a social worker from San Francisco, and together they established the Milarepa Fund, which since 1994 has been putting on concerts and funding projects and organizations designed to aid Tibet in its 60-year struggle to gain independence from China.
"I didn't know anything about Tibet at all," Yauch said of his first visit there. "But I was struck by how these people carried themselves. . . . I began to learn about their non-violent approach to life, and the teachings of the Dalai Lama (Tibet's exiled leader)."
The more open world view had an effect on the Beastie Boys' art. Diamond and Horovitz acknowledged that they were skeptical about their bandmate's newfound spirituality, but the Beastie Boys began making albums that managed to balance their trademark wit and sarcasm with a more enlightened social consciousness. They maintained their credibility by avoiding the preachiness that often makes such transformations deadly dull affairs. The fans embraced albums such as "Hello Nasty" (1998) and "To the 5 Boroughs" (2004), which each sold millions.
Along the way, Yauch built a recording studio in New York City (Oscilloscope Laboratories) and began making and distributing movies, including his directorial debut, the basketball documentary "Gunnin' For That #1 Spot" (2008).
His health problems forced the Beastie Boys to cancel a 2009 tour, including a headlining slot at Lollapalooza in Grant Park. "Hot Sauce Committee Part Two" was released last year after several delays, but the group was unable to tour afterward. When the trio was inducted into the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame last month, Yauch was unable to attend due to his deteriorating condition.
He leaves behind a legacy that includes 40 million records sold and a musical career that maintained relevance for three decades. But just as notable was his personal transformation as an artist, social activist and human being.
As Erin Potts, his Milarepa partner once told the Tribune, Yauch "showed that at any point in your life, good or bad, you can turn it around. None of us are perfect, but we all have the ability to say, 'I can start living my life right now to help other people.' "
Yauch is survived by his wife, Dechen Wengdu, and their daughter, Tenzin Losel Yauch.