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February 06, 2014
SACRAMENTO, Calif.— Morris "Morrie" Turner, the creator of the "Wee Pals" comic strip and the first African American cartoonist to be syndicated nationally, has died. He was 90.
Family spokesman David Bellard says the Oakland, Calif.-born Turner died peacefully at a hospital in Sacramento, Calif., on Saturday.
Turner developed the humorous, ethnically diverse comic strip about a group of buddies, "Wee Pals," in 1965 at the urging of his mentor, Charles Schulz. Schulz created the widely popular Peanuts comic strip.
Turner's strip was also known for its "Soul Corner" that often recognized historical black figures.
In 2003, Turner was recognized by the National Cartoonist Society for his work.
Bellard said Turner was surrounded by family members when he passed away. Services are pending.
January 30, 2014
By Jazelle Hunt
Washington Correspondent
WASHINGTON (NNPA) – George Zimmerman. Paula Deen. And, more recently, Seattle Seahawks star defensive back Richard Sherman. Just the mention of their name ignites a passionate discussion about race.
The good news is that we're talking about race. The bad news is that the discussions too often fall short of the mark, focusing on the latest incident, but not the underlying causes of racism. At least, that's the conclusion of a new report by Race Forward: The Center for Racial Justice and Innovation (formerly Applied Research Center). Race Forward seeks to build awareness, solutions and leadership for racial justice by generating transformative ideas, information and experiences.
As the introduction of the report explains, "'Moving the Race Conversation Forward' is a two-part report that first, describes some of the major impediments to productive racial discourse in the United States, and second, profiles and provides lessons from several recent interventions and initiatives that are breaking down significant barriers toward racial justice."
In its analysis of nearly 1,200 race-related content from 14 print and television media outlets across the country, the report finds that just 32.7 percent were "systematically aware." The report considers an article or TV segment systematically aware if it mentions or highlights policies and/or practices that lead to racial disparities; if it describes the root causes of disparities including the history and compounding effects of institutions; and/or describes or challenges the aforementioned.
According to their findings, only one-third of the sampled media mentioned the root causes of racial discrimination in their coverage of race-related news.
The least likely to do so were Fox News, The [Cleveland] Plain Dealer, and USA Today. The most systematically aware were MSNBC The Los Angeles Times, and the Washington Post. Media coverage on the economy and criminal justice topics had the highest proportion of systematically aware content.
At the same time, the report finds that coverage of policies, reforms, and racial organizing efforts that actually challenged systemic-level racism was less than 4 percent of all race and racism coverage at each of the outlets.
"There's a disproportionate level of attention given to incidents like Paula Deen last year," says Dominique Apollon, research director at Race Forward, and one of the report's authors. "We get stuck on questions like 'Who's racist?' 'Did Paula Deen mean to be racist?' 'Does she have Black friends, what do her Black customers think?' We get stuck talking about [that] rather than focusing on the policies and practices that cause racism and disparities in this country."
Part one of the report also highlighted seven pervasive, harmful pitfalls in the general discourse on racism (in media and otherwise): Individualizing racism; falsely equating incomparable acts; diverting from race, disregarding it in favor of another social construct such as class or gender; portraying government as overreaching; prioritizing intent over impact; condemning through coded language; and silencing history.
These pitfalls and the hollow analysis of racism creates the phenomenon in which the conversation centers on individual overt racist acts, yet neglects to acknowledge or fully examine the impact of institutional racism (which exists within a system, such as the criminal justice system), and structural racism (which exists across institutions and permeates all of society).
Part two of the report attempts to move the race conversation forward by highlighting recent interventions and initiatives that challenge the narrow national conversation on racism. For example, multi-racial civil rights organization, Advancement Project, campaigned against the "Schoolhouse-to-Jailhouse" pipeline, helping reverse the impact of zero-tolerance policies. Other featured initiatives include the film Fruitvale Station and the Migration is Beautiful art series, which recognizes the humanity of the nation's migrant workers.
Both parts of the report offer recommendations for including systemic awareness in analyses, and improving the conversation around racism overall. Part one offers suggestions for individuals and media professionals: Expanding one's understanding of racism; focusing on actions and impacts instead of attitudes and intentions; examining race within conversations on class, gender, sexuality, etc.; and featuring the humanity and leadership of people of color.
Part two's recommendations are for those in the trenches of anti-racist activism. These include the importance of framing issues properly (Fruitvale Station, for example, reclaims Oscar Grant's story by focusing on his humanity); connecting individual experiences to systematic problems; and alerting media outlets and professions to their racial bias blind spots. Apollon asserts that these recommendations are not just for activists or media professionals, but also for anyone who sees racism in media or in their daily lives.
The report also points out the near-absence of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders in discussions of racism and race. Collectively, these groups (not including multiracial Americans) are 5.6 percent of the population, according to 2010 Census data. Yet only 2.36 percent of all the content studied covered these communities.
A video produced by Jay Smooth, activist and Race Forward video and multimedia producer, accompanies the report. In it, Smooth explains the report and its takeaway points. In its first two days, the video garnered more than 39,000 Youtube views. Apollon hopes it continues to reach as many people as possible, and sparks accurate conversations around race.
"It's important to push back against all the 'post-racial' and 'colorblindness' rhetoric we hear. Because being silent about it is not going to eliminate the challenges we face," he says. "Insert race into conversations about class, gender, sexuality. Engage with us and each other about our definition of racism and the deficiencies in our racial discourse."
January 23, 2014
By Saeed Shabazz
Special to the NNPA from The Final Call
(FinalCall.com) – The federal government represented by agencies including the Dept. of Homeland Security, Labor Dept. and Environmental Protection Agency will continue Public Listening Sessions in February, according to federal officials.
Attendees will have opportunities to offer input on presidential Executive Order 13650 "Improving Chemical Facility Safety and Security" issued last summer. Topics will include improving operational coordination with state, tribal, territorial and local partners; enhanced information collection and sharing; modernizing regulations, guidance, and policies; and identifying best practices in chemical safety and security, federal officials said.
Michele Roberts, community coordinator for the Washington, D.C.-based Environmental Justice and Health Alliance, told The Final Call "the importance of the Listening Sessions is to engage, full public input into the process. From the process, we are hoping strong policy guidance, standard and regulation language will be forthcoming."
"We are tired of our communities being 'sacrifice zones' or 'kill zones,' " Ms. Roberts added.
Ms. Roberts was referring to what the environmental injustice movement refers to as "the disproportionate" pollution burden borne by communities of color and poorer White communities, often located near freeways, power plants, toxic waste sites, oil refineries, rail yards, chemical plants and other major sources of pollution.
However, some believe these communities do not possess the political power to achieve real regulatory legislation because of opposition from the Republican right-wing.
One environmental injustice activist who plans to approach the Listening Sessions carefully is Dr. Henry Clark, PhD., executive director of the West County Toxics Coalition located in Richmond, Calif., home to Chevron refineries with 11 million pounds of toxic explosives and corrosive chemicals.
"Now they want to hear our concerns for the umpteenth time," Dr. Clark told The Final Call. "We want to see some results."
Dr. Clark said there is some good language in Executive Order 13650 that speaks to protecting environmental justice in communities. Richmond is located on the San Francisco Bay, one of the poorest communities in the state with 44.2 percent of children under 18 living in poverty, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Listening sessions were held in Sacramento Jan. 7, in Los Angeles on Jan. 9 and Jan. 10; and government officials head east Jan. 14 to Wash., D.C., and to Houston, Texas Jan. 24.
Dorothy Felix, president of Mossville Environmental Action Now, said people in her Louisiana town want the Listening Sessions to hear demands that residents be moved out of harms' way. On Dec. 20, a fire occurred in the vinyl chloride manufacturing area at the Axiall compound in nearby Lake Charles, La.
Ms. Felix said Mossville residents were ordered to "stay in place," but were not informed of what toxins were released into the air. Axiall is an integrated chemicals and products company that manufactures building and home improvement products that contain chemicals such as chlorine, caustic soda, vinyl chloride, polyvinyl chloride, acetone and ethylene dichloride.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been reporting since 1975 on Trends in Environmentally Related Childhood Diseases. Asthma prevalence has doubled, childhood cancers, impaired fertility birth defects, learning disabilities, leukemia, and brain cancer increasing, according to the agency. Environmental health and security activists say these rising trends reflect the need for Listening Sessions to result in policy changes.
Dave Gilmore of Let's Save Paterson said, "As a resident in the oldest industrial city in America, Paterson, N.J. with all the textile mills and other industrial chemicals being dumped in the Passaic river, now the third most polluted body of water in the nation snaking through our town, we can't be but attentive to these types of initiatives (listening sessions)."
The end game is results, activists stated clearly: "Listening and doing nothing different, have to wait and see," said Dorothy Felix of Mossville Environmental Action Now in Louisiana.
January 30, 2014
By George E. Curry
NNPA Editor-in-Chief
WASHINGTON (NNPA) – With a largely uncooperative, highly-partisan Congress headed into a mid-term election, President Obama declared in his State of the Union speech Tuesday night that he will have 'a year of action' by expanding economic opportunity through executive orders and other action that do not require legislative approval.
"I'm eager to work with all of you," Obama said in a speech that lasted a little longer than an hour. "But America does not stand still – and neither will I. So wherever and whenever I can take steps without legislation to expand opportunity for more American families, that's what I'm going to do."
Repeating many of the themes he sounded in his State of the Union speech a year ago – and having seen congressional inaction on most of them – a frustrated Barack Obama promised to be more aggressive in using the power of the presidency.
In glowing review of his first five years in office, Obama said, "Here are the results of your efforts: The lowest unemployment rate in over five years. A rebounding housing market. A manufacturing sector that's adding jobs for the first time since the 1990s. More oil produced at home than we buy from the rest of the world – the first time that's happened in nearly twenty years. Our deficits – cut by more than half. And for the first time in over a decade, business leaders around the world have declared that China is no longer the world's number one place to invest; America is."
He continued, "…The question for everyone in this chamber, running through every decision we make this year, is whether we are going to help or hinder this progress. For several years now, this town has been consumed by a rancorous argument over the proper size of the federal government. It's an important debate – one that dates back to our very founding. But when that debate prevents us from carrying out even the most basic functions of our democracy – when our differences shut down government or threaten the full faith and credit of the United States – then we are not doing right by the American people."
A major theme of the president's speech was providing expanded opportunity for all Americans – an opportunity to get a job, to earn fair wages, to get an education and to have access to affordable health care.
"Today, after four years of economic growth, corporate profits and stock prices have rarely been higher, and those at the top have never done better. But average wages have barely budged. Inequality has deepened. Upward mobility has stalled. The cold, hard fact is that even in the midst of recovery, too many Americans are working more than ever just to get by – let alone get ahead. And too many still aren't working at all."
Unlike past State of the Union speeches, Obama did not call for higher tax rates on high-income earners. He also toned down his rhetoric on income inequality from a month ago when he called it "the defining challenge of our time" and referred to a "dangerous and growing inequality and lack of upward mobility."
A recent report by Oxfam, a London based organization that seeks to eradicate poverty, found that the wealth of 1 percent of the richest people in the world ($110 trillion) is 65 times the total wealth of the bottom half of the world's population.
The Tax Policy Center, a joint venture of the Urban Institute and the Brookings Institution, collected data that shows the top fifth of the U.S. population receives 66 percent of tax-expenditure benefits, the middle 60 percent of the population receives slightly more than 31 percent and the bottom fifth receives just 2.8 percent of tax-expenditure benefits. The top 1 percent of the population alone receives 23.9 percent of tax-expenditure benefits.
According to a recent Pew Research Center poll, 60 percent of Americans believe the "economic system in this country unfairly favors the wealthy." And even larger margin – 65 percent – believe the gap between the rich and everyone else has increased over the past 10 years.
But instead of getting into what his Republican critics like to call a class war, the president framed the issue Tuesday night through the lens of a lack of progress for working-class Americans.
"Let's make this a year of action," President Obama said. "That's what most Americans want – for all of us in this chamber to focus on their lives, their hopes, their aspirations. And what I believe unites the people of this nation, regardless of race or region or party, young or old, rich or poor, is the simple, profound belief in opportunity for all – the notion that if you work hard and take responsibility, you can get ahead."
In an action on Tuesday, President Obama issued an executive order raising the minimum wage for federal contract workers from $7.25 an hour to $10.10.
To raise the minimum wage beyond federal contractors, as Obama has been urging for more than a year, he will need the support of Congress. He will also need cooperation from the House and Senate to act on other issues such as immigration, extending unemployment benefits, tax reform and expanding pre-K education.
Although White House officials are predicting some progress on farm legislation and immigration, they recognize that partisan politics traditionally grow even more partisan in a mid-term election, especially during a president's second term. Consequently, the administration is advancing a series of modest initiatives, including:
Directing the Treasury Department to create a starter retirement savings account, called "myRA"; Hosting a White House summit on working families; Having Vice President Joe Biden lead a review of the federal job training system; Streamlining federal regulations covering construction of manufacturing factories that rely on natural gas and Convening a group of CEOs to solicit their ideas on how best to get unemployed workers back into the job market.
On CNN Tuesday night, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich criticized President Obama for taking so long to use the authority he has to issue executive orders, which are presidential directives that interpret the constitution and federal laws without needing the approval of Congress.
According to the National Archives and The American Presidency Project, President Obama has issued 168 executive orders. His 147 during his first term was the fewest by a president in more than 100 years. By contrast, in their first terms, Ronald Reagan issued 213, Bill Clinton 200 and George W. Bush 173.
Obama defenders say many of his executive orders have been far reaching, delaying enforcement of certain sections of the Affordable Care Act, federal recognition of same-sex marriages and delaying deportation of some illegal immigrants.
At a White House briefing with a small group of reporters Tuesday afternoon, a senior administration official responded to critics who contend that President Obama would be more effective if he socialized more with House Republicans. But that's been impossible with the Tea Party wing of the GOP, the official said.
"They said he should schmooze a little bit more, if he would just go play golf with them," said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity. "They don't want to be seen playing golf with him. They don't want to be seen having dinner with him. They don't want to work with the president and they've told us that every way they know how."
January 23, 2014
By Freddie Allen
NNPA Washington Correspondent
WASHINGTON – Despite the unprecedented levels of obstruction from Republicans in the Senate, President Obama has managed to get a higher rate of Black judges confirmed than any other president in history, according to a court watchdog group.
Research compiled by the Alliance for Justice, a national organization dedicated to progressive values and the creation of a just and free society, shows that so far during the Obama administration, Blacks have accounted for 18.7 percent of the federal judicial confirmations, a sharp increase over the George W. Bush administration, where 7.3 percent of the judicial confirmations were Black. During the Clinton administration, 16.4 percent of the federal judicial confirmations were African American.
During the Obama administration, 41 percent of the federal judges that have been confirmed are women, compared to 22 percent under George W. Bush and 29 percent for Clinton.
President Obama has also managed to get more Asian Americans, Hispanics, Native Americans and gays confirmed to the federal bench than either Bush or Clinton.
"This is the best slate of judicial nominees I've seen from any president since I've been at the Lawyers' Committee, since 1989," said Barbara Arnwine, president and executive director of the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, a nonprofit group that works for equal justice under the law. "I've never seen a more diverse slate, I've never seen a more highly-rated slate, I've never seen a slate with this kind of deep diversity."
Yet, the current slate of judicial nominees has faced unparalleled delays in the Senate. President Obama's judicial nominees have waited an average of 115 days between judiciary committee vote and confirmation, more than double the average wait time of President Bush's nominees. Forty percent of President Obama's district court picks have waited more than 100 days for a vote on the Senate floor, compared to 8 percent of President Bush's nominations. Sixty-nine percent of President Obama's circuit court judicial nominations have waited more than 100 days for a vote on the Senate floor. Only 15 percent of President Bush's circuit court nominations waited that long.
Meanwhile, the problem of judicial vacancies is getting worse. During President George W. Bush's sixth year, there were only 48 judicial vacancies. By 2013, however, there were 91 vacancies.
Senate Republicans are gamming the judicial nomination process, utilizing a tradition that began nearly 60 years ago, when a segregationist led the Senate Judiciary Committee. The "blue slip" policy enabled a senator's objection to a president's judicial pick from his or her home state.
GOP Senators from Georgia have used the "blue slip" practice to delay some of President Obama's nominees for Georgia's northern district for years.
In an effort to fill those judicial vacancies in Georgia's northern district, President Obama worked with Republican Senators Johnny Isakson and Saxby Chambliss of Georgia, striking a deal that has drawn sharp criticism from some of President Obama's long-time supporters and Democrats from the state.
Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) Lewis, former chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), a former Atlanta-based civil rights group, said he and other Black leaders object to some of the Obama appointment of federal judges in Georgia.
"The group cites serious concerns that the proposed candidates do not adequately reflect the diversity of the northern district and that the selection process lacked meaningful community input," Lewis said in a statement. "Additionally, the coalition finds it troubling that several nominees include persons who have advocated in favor of Georgia's voter ID laws and for including the Confederate Battle Emblem as part of the Georgia State Flag."
Mark Cohen defended Georgia's restrictive voter ID laws that some civil rights leaders say discriminate against the poor and minorities. As a Georgia state legislator, Michael Boggs voted in favor of keeping the Georgia state flag that was based on the Confederate flag.
Georgia's Black population is 31 percent, twice the national average. In Alabama Blacks account for nearly 27 percent of the state's population and roughly 17 percent of Florida's state population. Only one of the judges currently serving on the 11th circuit court responsible for those states is Black and only one out of six of President Obama's nominees for that circuit is Black.
After years of blocked nominations and procedural delays employed by the Republicans, who are in the minority in the Senate, Democrats, headed by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) pushed the button on the "nuclear option" last November that that allowed them to cease debate on a particular issue with a simple majority. The historic move cleared the way for some of President Obama's judicial nominations and executive-level positions to be confirmed.
"The [Obama] administration has really had a difficult row to hoe because of the difficulties in the Senate," said Arnwine of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. "The Senate has accorded this president less respect, less deference, and less cooperation than any president I've seen."
The Obama administration's success in the federal judiciary has not come without sacrifice. President Obama has been forced to withdraw five Black judicial nominations, most recently, William Thomas, an openly gay Black judge in Florida, because of a lack of support from Republican senators.
Members of the Congressional Black Caucus are calling on Senator Patrick Leahy, who chair the Senate Judiciary Committee, to reform the "blue slip" process.
Rep. G.K. Butterfield (D-N.C.) said that the "blue slip" process is being abused and that is having a chilling effect on qualified Black judicial candidates.
"The reform that we pressed so hard for in the filibuster reform process itself will be still-born if the 'blue slip' process is not also reformed," said Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-Washington, D.C.).
Rep. Butterfield said that no one is letting the president off the hook, because more diversity is still needed in the 11th circuit where Cohen and Boggs, two White male judges, were just nominated.
Butterfield said that the 11th circuit serves a large population of African Americans, that's why the region needs more Black judges on the bench.
"It's the Deep South and we must have some movement," said Butterfield. "If it means repealing the blue slip process that has been observed for years, then the blue slip needs to be discarded."


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Investigators say inattentive driving may have caused the crash that killed a 51-year-old semi driver from Fridley on Interstate 35W and 66th Street in Richfield on Friday.
Hamed Nahi Alsaady was on the right shoulder of the road inspecting a blown tire when another vehicle drifted to the right, striking and killing Alsaady.
The crash took place just after 7 p.m. Friday and caused many delays.
Officials say a 21-year-old St. Paul woman, identified as Joselyn Racine, in a Dodge Stratus drifted to the right and clipped both Alsaady and the truck. She suffered minor injuries in the crash.
The Richfield Police Department assisted the Minnesota State Patrol at the scene.
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Andrea Roth: 'Be a Hero to Kids With Cancer!'
Our friends at Celebrity Baby Scoop share their exclusive interview.
Mom-to-be Andrea Roth recently opened up to Celebrity Baby Scoop about entering motherhood in her 40s and how she's been preparing for the baby. The "Rescue Me" star -- who is expecting her baby girl within days -- is now talking about a charity close to her heart: The St. Baldrick's Foundation.
Your fiancé, producer Todd Biermann, first introduced you to The St. Baldrick's Foundation. What has drawn the two of you to this Foundation?
AR: "I was lucky to have learned of the St. Baldrick's Foundation through my fiancé, Todd Biermann, who had been involved for a few years as a 'shavee.' I was moved by his passion for the Foundation and the commitment that the shavees, supporters and volunteers had. The head-shaving event we attended was a warm and fun time where adults and children, including children who have undergone treatment, mingled together and watched as many shaved their heads in solidarity with children with cancer -- all the while raising money for cancer research.
"When we moved to Los Angeles last year there wasn't a Baldrick's event in our area, so we decided to put together an event of our own. We -- along with Todd's brother, Eric, and St. Baldrick's -- organized a Hollywood event at a bar/restaurant owned by some friends.
"We had a great turnout for our first effort, and were really pleased with the money we raised and the awareness we helped spread. It seems the more involved we get the more enriching an experience it becomes, which in turn helps us want to continue to do more.
"The fact that every 3 ½ minutes a child is diagnosed with cancer is a devastating fact that we just can't wrap our head around, and the only way to change it is to continue to raise funds for childhood-cancer research."
Does the foundation help children whose families are unable to pay for cancer treatments?
AR: "No. The mission of The St. Baldrick's Foundation is to fund childhood-cancer research. The Foundation funds more in childhood-cancer research grants than any other organization except the United States government.
"St. Baldrick's provides grants to over 240 institutions for laboratory and clinical research and to help make clinical trials available to more children than ever, giving those children treatment that offers the best chance for a cure and long-term survival. St. Baldrick's also funds Fellows and Scholars -- younger professionals who will be the experts of tomorrow."
Have you or Todd known any children who have had cancer? Have you ever gone to children's hospitals and met children who are living with cancer? If so, what have these children taught you?
AR: "We've been very fortunate that none of our friend's or family's children have been affected by cancer. But through different St Baldrick's events we have met many children who have, and we feel blessed to have met these brave children. The strength and warmth that these kids show after going through cancer treatment is truly inspiring. Their faces light up at the events with such a pure and simple joy, and watching them inspire other young kids and adults to shave their heads in solidarity is always a highlight.
"In less than a month we have a little girl arriving into this world. I can't imagine the devastation as a parent, finding out that their child has cancer, of having to watch their child fight that battle. I can't imagine what these brave children and their families have to go through. The only thing I can do to help is donate and volunteer my services to St. Baldrick's wherever and whenever I can."
What is the incidence/rate of childhood cancers? Has there been an increase in recent years?
AR: "It has risen a little over the past 30 years. At the same time, deaths from cancer have decreased tremendously for kids under age 15. That said, some types of childhood cancer are still quite deadly, and the survival rate for teens has not increased much. Sadly, cancer is the leading cause of death by disease among U.S. children."
How can we become involved in the fundraising efforts?
AR: "Anyone and everyone can get involved in St. Baldrick's battle against childhood cancer -- and they should! You can shave your head and collect donations, you can volunteer your time or you can reach into your pockets. Visit StBaldricks.org and see what options appeal to you. From simply attending a local event in your own community to get an idea of how much fun and inspiring it can be, to starting a team of shavees for an event in your area, to beginning your own event with the help of the wonderful and dedicated people at St. Baldrick's, there is no shortage of ways for anyone to contribute to the cause year 'round. Volunteer, reach into your pockets or shave your head in solidarity. Be a hero for kids with cancer!"
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SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO-AM) Secretary of State Jason Gant announced today that the petitions submitted for an initiated measure to require health insurers to include all providers on their provider lists has passed the petition certification process, and will be placed on the November 4, 2014 General Election ballot. The measure, described in its title as "An initiated measure to require health insurers to include all willing and qualified health care providers on their provider lists," will now appear on the ballot as Initiated Measure 17.
"From our 5% sample of 1,526 signatures, we validated 1,145 out of the 30,514 officially submitted and invalidated 381 for various reasons including lack of voter registration, improperly filling out the petitions, legibility, and notary public errors. Invalid signatures comprised 24.97% of the total signatures sampled, and under state law, the number of valid signatures sampled was sufficient for the measure to pass validation for the ballot," Gant said. "If we extrapolate the valid signatures, as per South Dakota Law, they submitted 22,895 valid signatures, well over the minimum requirement of 15,855 needed."
"Any group wishing to challenge the validation has 5 business days, which will be Friday, the 6th of December," Gant said.
Gant noted, "This measure marks the first initiated measure that will appear on the 2014 General Election. Still pending is the minimum wage measure which will be completed soon. The legislature does have the option to include constitutional measures on the ballot, and citizens have the ability to refer laws passed during the 2014 session."
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Distant Shores
Paul and Sheryl Shard don their sou'westers and brace themselves for a journey around the stormy British Isles in their latest maritime adventure. Setting out from Chichester Harbour, first port of call is the east coast of Ireland where the Shards choose to sit out a storm whilst visiting the Guinness factory; a wise choice. Navigating their way across Scotland, the Shards make a transit of the Caledonian Canal to see some of the spectacular lochs and scenery of the Highlands and hopefully not to bump into the Loch Ness monster en route. Heading north, the Shards visit the most remote inhabited island in the UK, the Fair Isle, home to an abundance of sea birds. After making a crossing of the notorious rough North Sea, the Shards sail down Sognefjord in Norway; the world's longest fjord. Returning to the UK, the Shards sail south through the Irish Sea before heading to journey's end in France in search of some warmer weather. The journey ahead will present a stern test for their 49-foot sailboat, Distant Shores II, and of their own seafaring skills.
No. of Episodes: 13
1 Waterford and the Barrow Estuary
Paul and Sheryl Shard set sail from Chichester Harbour in England to Waterford on the Southeast coast of the Republic of Ireland. Here they learn about the production of crystal, before sailing to New Ross to visit the Dunbrody emmigrant ship. Finally, they join a local boater for a trip down the Barrow River, one of Ireland's inland waterways.
Duration: 30'
2 East Coast of Ireland
From Waterford on the Southeast coast of Ireland, Paul and Sheryl Shard sail north along the coast of the Irish Sea visiting small fishing ports as well as the large ports of Dun Laoghaire and Dublin. While waiting out a storm here they visit the Guinness Storehouse and learn about Ireland's most famous beer. Next stop is Carlingford on the border with Northern Ireland, known as the best place to search for Leprechauns. In Northern Ireland they stop at Belfast and discover some new information about the ship Titanic which was built here.
Duration: 30'
3 Crinan Canal
Paul and Sheryl Shard begin their visit to Scotland at the Mull of Kintyre, making a trip through the Crinan Canal visiting small inland towns and hiking to archeological sites en route. When they exit at Crinan they sail through the islands to the Isle of Mull and the picturesque fishing port of Tobermory.
Duration: 30'
4 Caledonian Canal
Paul and Sheryl Shard travel from the west coast of Scotland starting at Fort William across the country to the west coast to Inverness. They make a transit of the Caledonian Canal through Scotland's Great Glen. The canal goes through some of Scotland's most scenic Highland countryside plus several lochs, including Loch Ness where they speak to experts about the legend of the Loch Ness monster.
Duration: 30'
5 Shetland
Heading to the most northern part of Scotland, Paul and Sheryl sail to the Shetland Islands. Their first stop is Fair Isle, the most remote inhabited island in the UK, where they learn about seabird migration at the bird observatory, as well as the creation of Fail Isle jumpers. Next they sail to Mainland to the port of Lerwick where local boaters show them life on the island including how to cut peat. Lastly, they sail to the most northern point of the British Isles to visit a puffin colony.
Duration: 30'
6 Bergen to Haugesund
From Shetland, Paul and Sheryl Shard cross the notoriously rough North Sea; passing oil platforms as they sail to the west coast of Norway. They make landfall at Bergen where they learn about the history of the Hanseatic League, before sailing south through the islands to Haugesund. Here a local town councillor shows them attractions in the homeland of the Viking kings. In the port they discover that a replica of a Viking ocean-going sailing ship is being built.
Duration: 30'
7 Sognefjord
Paul and Sheryl Shard turn north along the west coast of Norway to explore the land of fjords. They sail down Sognefjord, the world's longest fjord, and visit the town of Flam where they take a historic train trip, attempt a bicycle trip down steep mountain paths and visit a summer Viking camp.
Duration: 30'
8 Orkney
Leaving Norway, Paul and Sheryl Shard sail back across the North Sea to Scotland where they visit the remote Orkney Islands. In Scapa Flow, they explore WWI shipwrecks and in Kirkwall they meet an archeologist returning to view the work she started 20 years before including a visit to a prehistoric village preserved in sand.
Duration: 30'
9 West Coast of Scotland
Paul and Sheryl Shard head south to mainland Scotland where they round Cape Wrath and ride out a storm sheltered in a remote cove. Continuing down the west coast, they visit the most remote pub in mainland UK and conclude their visit to Scotland in the island of Islay, home of 8 malt whisky distilleries where Paul and Sheryl learn how famous Scotch whiskies are produced.
Duration: 30'
10 Isle of Man
Leaving Scotland, Paul and Sheryl Shard sail south through the Irish Sea and arrive at the Isle of Man which has been inhabited since 6500 BC. Here they visit archaeological sites around the island. While riding out an autumn gale in Peel Harbour, they learn rescue manoeuvres with the local kayak club.
Duration: 30'
11 Passage to France
Paul and Sheryl depart the Isle of Man and set sail for France travelling south through the Irish Sea. They make stops along the coast of Wales and the Cornish coast of England, before undertaking a night crossing of the English Channel and making landfall in France at the port of Brest.
Duration: 30'
12 Brittany
Paul and Sheryl enjoy warmer weather in France where they start their visit stocking up at the weekend farmers market in Brest. They then sail south to the picturesque fishing village of Cameret, famous for seafood. Further south on the offshore Glénan Islands they visit the medieval walled town of Concarneau, Brittany's largest fishing port and a popular resort town. Heading north they have a rough passage past the infamous Raz de Sein, then dry out the boat at a tiny pastoral island near Roscoff on the north coast.
Duration: 30'
13 Finding Fun Foods in Foreign Ports
Sampling, cooking and shopping for interesting new foods is part of the pleasure of traveling to foreign lands. In this special episode of Distant Shores, Paul and Sheryl take you to ports around the globe to explore the delights of exotic markets. They also search for foods in the wild, sample unusual festival foods and cook regional specialties with local experts.
Duration: 30'
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Interview with Hayden Shiebler of Mother's Daughter.
By Pedro
Hayden Shiebler is the owner of the locally-based online boutique shop, Mother's Daughter. Shiebler is also a film director/editor, and a photographer. Her roster includes music videos for Wax Idols and Devon Williams, her collaborative efforts with Tamaryn in Honey Suckled Video, plus she's got a lot more coming down the pike. To say the least, the girl is majorly busy.
I checked in with Shiebler to ask her about her shop, clothes, her film work, and essential accessories.
Night Fog Reader: For people who aren't familiar with Mother's Daughter, could you tell us a little bit about it's origins, and what its become?
Hayden Shiebler: Mother's Daughter is an online vintage shop I started in November of 2009. I spent months before holed up in my parents house in rural Tennessee developing the aesthetic and adjusting every miniscule detail possible. It started as part time side project and is now my full time job. Mother's daughter is a store but it's also become more than that, it definitely promotes a specific feeling and look. The specific feeling and look change subtly over time, just as people do. What can be promoted, sold and shared through the shop is limitless and that is really I think what sets it apart and made it what it's become.
How would you describe your aesthetic?
My aesthetic is very decisive and deliberate. Nothing is haphazard, even if it looks that way. I like contrast in all forms - mixing patterns, sobering combinations of black and white, etc.
I imagine that finding such unique articles of clothing can be challenging at times. Raiding the thrift store bins is often the method of many vintage-boutique shops. How is your approach different? Can you tell us without telling us too much?
I don't really know how other people do it, so maybe I don't do it any differently? I just try to look at everything in the store, or estate sale, or antique mall or wherever I am. Also I sometimes let a piece set a precedent for my entire shopping trip. Like, if I find a pair of pink satin trousers - I will kind of buy everything else I see with that in mind. Not even matching just whatever look or vibe I get from a certain piece.
What's your sweetest find?
I don't even know anymore, I love clothes but because I cycle through them so quickly they all have had their moments of being my favorite. I guess I have a 1930's cotton lawn dress with all this beautiful mesh paneling that I will never wear, if I had to choose.
A lot of people have a negative knee-jerk reaction towards boutique vintage clothing. Personally, I see it as artifact and preservation work. How do you value vintage, and what do you find significant about these types of clothing?
I've realized I don't necessarily think you need to pay homage to the past to look to the future, that seems to be a common explanation for the value of vintage clothing. I bought vintage clothing as a teenager because I worked a minimum wage job and had to be creative with what was available to me. I never looked at it as being "valuable" because it was vintage, it was cool because no one else had the same clothes as I did and because I was given the chance to reinterpret something that had already been worn and make it my own. I think the value in vintage is giving a person the opportunity to take something that has had a decided purpose for many years, and let it become something that no one ever considered in the past.
You photograph most of the content for your shop's site, and you often travel for shoots. How do you scout locations? Do you have any "dream" locations?
I don't really scout locations, I sometimes get recommendations from friends who have lived here their whole lives, or just drive toward an area that has caught my attention and do some exploring. We recently shot in the salt flats in Fremont, I expected it to be sprawling, pastel and dreamy. It turned out to be industrial, neon, and apocalyptic. This unexpected, impulsive element probably adds a bit of energy to the images. I wish San Francisco was a bit closer to the desert, any desert location is my dream location. I love the abyssal and stark beauty of the desert.
In addition to doing this shop and managing it's visual content, you've also directed a music video (Wax Idols - All Too Human). How did this come about, and do you have anymore videos in the works?
When I had previously taken photos for Wax Idols, Hether and I really meshed well creatively. She trusted my sensibility and I trusted her vision. I expressed my interest in starting to do video work, she needed a video, it just kind of came together really effortlessly - a natural progression. I have one video completed that was made in collaboration with Honey Suckled Video (Devon Williams "Your Sympathy"), three others that are on their way to completion (Dominant Legs, Religious to Damn, Plateaus). Some of these I'm solely directing or editing, others I'm filling all positions myself.
I can't resist myself from asking a fashion advice question. Could you list 5 articles of clothing or accessories every person should have?
I live in San Francisco, this may only be practical for people who live here too:
1. black suede or leather ankle boots, with a heel.
2. suede mini skirt
3. silk kimono
4. tailored trousers
5. cropped sweater
Mother's Daughter carries these things consistently, so my list is kind of obvious.
Take a look at some of the new arrivals at Mother's Daughter:
Be sure to visit Mother's Daughter, and be on the lookout for her film work, which includes the collaboration project Honey Suckled Video.


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Linkin Park has teamed up with the folks at Hard Rock International to sell a new t-shirt that will help families in need gain access to sustainable energy solutions.
The exclusive line of Linkin Park Signature Series: Edition 31 t-shirts, designed by LP multi-instrumentalist Mike Shinoda , features an updated version of the group's logo accompanied by some animated designs. In addition, the signatures of each band member are printed on the back of the shirt, along with a Hard Rock logo.
A portion of proceeds from t-shirt sales will go to benefit Linkin Park's non-profit organization Music for Relief, and its Power the World campaign.
"There are people in the world who cook dinner over fires and people who have to perform emergency surgery at night via candlelight," says Shinoda in a statement. "The proceeds of this shirt will buy clean-energy cook stoves for families…[and] it will buy 'solar suitcases' to power things like hospital lights and medical devices in remote areas of the world without energy access."
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TORONTO ——The Orioles finally ended their seemingly interminable losing streak at Rogers Centre with a 4-3 win on Thursday afternoon, but they might have lost one of their most important players to injury.
Right-hander Jeremy Guthrie, who was pitching superbly Thursday against the Toronto Blue Jays, could not re-enter in the sixth inning because of an upper back strain. He will be examined by Orioles team physician John Wilckens on Friday and is expected to undergo a MRI.
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Guthrie said he felt some soreness while throwing a warm-up pitch in the fifth inning but pushed through it and struck out his final batter. He then walked over to athletic trainer Richie Bancells and explained the situation. There was never a thought about going out for the sixth.
"It just wasn't going to happen," said Guthrie, who hasn't had this type of injury previously. "There was enough pain that we're not going to go forward with that, and I would not have been able to throw another pitch probably anywhere near the quality that would be needed in the sixth inning to get somebody out."
Guthrie, who takes pride in his durability, has made 30 or more starts each of the past three seasons, and he threw 200 or more innings in 2009 and 2010. So it was alarming to Orioles manager Buck Showalter when Guthrie couldn't go back after throwing just 64 pitches (41 for strikes).
"Obviously, Jeremy is the type of guy that is going to stay out there if he can," Showalter said. "So that's a little concerning."
Guthrie had struck out five and, according to Showalter, hadn't pitched so well since he shut out the Tampa Bay Rays through eight innings on Opening Day.
"I felt tremendous out there," Guthrie said. "[Catcher Craig Tatum] and I were working well together, and I had a good mix. I was locating down in the zone, and I think that's very important against this team."
Heading into Thursday, the Orioles had lost 16 straight at Rogers Centre, franchise records for both the Orioles and Blue Jays. The last time the Orioles had won in Toronto was Aug. 7, 2009, when Jason Berken picked up the victory, which ended a personal losing streak of nine games.
Strangely, Berken (1-2) was the winner again Thursday, this time in relief a day after he was recalled from Triple-A Norfolk. Berken threw two scoreless innings, striking out two.
"I felt really good. I feel comfortable out there," said Berken, who was demoted to Triple-A on May 20. "I feel like mechanically I am back to where I need to be and the adjustments I made in Norfolk have paid off so far and I've just go to stay after it."
The Orioles (31-35) also halted a four-game losing streak on the season. They made it interesting in the ninth, when closer Kevin Gregg gave up a leadoff homer to Adam Lind before getting the final three outs for his 13th save of the season.
Guthrie was in line for the win after the Orioles scored two runs in the top of the sixth against 24-year-old right-hander Zach Stewart, who was making his major league debut.
Stewart, who was part of the deal that sent Scott Rolen to Cincinnati in 2009, allowed just three singles, a bloop double and a walk through five. But J.J. Hardy led off the sixth with his seventh homer of the season to break the scoreless tie. The Orioles added a run in the inning when Vladimir Guerrero doubled to left to score Nick Markakis. It was Guerrero's 2,500th hit as a big leaguer.
"I think it means he has been around for a long time and he's been really good for a long time," Hardy said. "It's fun to watch him hit."
That's all Stewart gave up in his seven-inning outing. Throwing his fastball in the low 90s and mixing in a good sinker, Stewart allowed seven hits, one walk and two earned runs while striking out four.
It was a similar line to his final start at Double-A a week ago, when he faced the Orioles' Eastern League affiliate, the Bowie Baysox. He gave up five hits and one run in six innings while walking two and striking out six batters in that game.
Stewart was 4-3 with a 4.39 ERA in 12 starts at Double-A New Hampshire, but looked like he belonged in the majors against the Orioles' offense. Stewart retired the Orioles first six batters on 19 pitches.


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What is MAES?MAES at MIT is a tight-knit community that focuses on the professional development of its individual members, offering them resources and opportunities for success, and that has an important role in STEM outreach to the Boston and greater Boston community. MAES is also known as the Society of Latinos in Engineering and Science.
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2011's Arthur wasn't bad because it's a remake, but because it's just an awful, awful movie.
In the entertainment industry, there is no such thing as a necessary remake--not of a film, album, book, video game, or graphic novel. If, as Joan Didion claims, we tell ourselves stories in order to live, then we could survive without having to experience the same story in an updated form. (Granted, there is the possibility of a hack director ruining a great script, which would at least justify a remake.) It then follows that the fact that a given story is a remake does not matter at all, and should have no bearing on the judgment of the quality of a film. I defend 2011's Footloose on this basis.
Being only twenty years old, I grew up almost entirely ignorant of the existence of the 1984 Kevin Bacon classic, which, I've heard, could hardly be called so. So when I went into the theater to see the new one, my mind was completely open to what the film had to offer. As a result, I had a delightful time. Brewer, along with the cast, imbues the movie with joyfully relentless energy that manages to avoid exhausting the audience in the way similar stories do (I'm looking at you, High School Musical).
What so many detractors have to say about Footloose is in terms of "nots," as in: Kenny Wormald is not Kevin Bacon; Dennis Quaid is not John Lithgow; this is NOT the movie I remember. With this attitude, it is easy to miss the fact that although it is true that none of the actors in this film are the same as the originals, they are still great in their roles. Other than his lack of commitment to a Boston accent, Wormald brings a distinctly contemporary swagger to his performance without coming across as smugly one-note. Quaid's quietly steely personality is well-suited for the conservative preacher, and if the plot comes to a screeching halt when he's onscreen, that's because it's supposed to.
It is safe to say that this is indeed not the same film, because if it were then it would have no value whatsoever. This is why remakes, like all other movies, ought to be judged on their own merits. Take, for example, this year's The Thing, which debuted on the same day as Footloose. Between the flat characters, dull CGI, and dumb script, the movie is simply another scrap on the slagheap of awful horror films; its status as a remake is irrelevant.


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These engineering and industrial stocks are seeing strong turnarounds in their operations.
For diversification, we recommend General Electric (GE), our top conservative idea for 2013. This behemoth, with revenues of around $150 billion, operates in many sectors and also offers geographic diversification.
For more speculative investors, one pick that we feel could double from here is CDI Corporation (CDI), which specializes in engineering, technical and staffing solutions.
After suffering dramatically during the recession, General Electric's stock price dropped below $6 and the company -- prudently -- slashed its dividend.
However, General Electric has seen an excellent recovery in its stock price. The dividend has been increased and it is likely that further boosts are ahead.
Our initial sell target for GE is $35.24 so we suspect that lots of price appreciation remains. If it indeed happens, coupled with the dividend, that would make for a lovely return.
As for CDI, the company has implemented a new strategic plan. It seems to be working as revenues have grown nicely to top the billion dollar mark, while net income has doubled in the most recent quarter from last year to $5.4 million, equivalent to $0.27 per share.
The balance sheet remains almost unblemished by debt. Throw on a dividend of about 3% and the returns could be grand.
Insiders are aligned with shareholders' interests as they own almost 28% of the company.
Even though CDI has made an excellent recovery over the last few years, it would not surprise to see another enterprise make a bid for this corporation. If this comes to pass, it would likely be at a significant premium to the current trading price.
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