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The country's political class frets that Americans don't understand how good this president has been.
Matt Welch | September 3, 2012
Something interesting happened to political journalism on the night of Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan's speech at the GOP National Convention. After months and even years of grumbling that, as Grist's David Roberts tidily put it this summer, "The left's gone left but the right's gone nuts," mainstream journalists and self-described "fact-checkers" declared that Ryan had crossed over some brand new threshold for un-truthiness, and that they were no longer going to stand idly by and pretend that both major parties were equally prone to telling lies.
"Media turns a fact-check corner," was the way Melinda Hellenberger celebrated these developments over at The Washington Post. "As I listened to Paul Ryan, I couldn't remember ever hearing an acceptance speech so rich in untrue un-facts, either: No, the federal government is not 'in charge of health care,' and it isn't remotely fair to blame the president for 'a downgraded America.'" Hellenberger wasn't alone:
[M]ainstream outlets prominently tagged a number of the points he made as flatly inconsistent with the facts. Of the five best-read pieces on the Post's Web site Thursday, No. 1 was a column headlined, "Paul Ryan fails — the truth," No. 2 was an editorial, "Mr. Ryan's misleading speech," and at No. 5, another column, "Paul Ryan's breathtakingly dishonest speech." Are you sensing a pattern? If not, I recommend David Firestone's "Beyond Factual Dishonesty," in the New York Times, or a look back at clips of CNN's Gloria Borger, who noted in real time that Ryan was wrong on several points. Even FoxNews.com had a post that labeled the oration "dazzling, deceiving and distracting."
Following those links is an interesting exercise. Ryan is universally condemned for mentioning that an auto plant in Janesville, Wisconsin, was shut down during Obama's presidency the year after candidate Obama had vowed that the plant would be there another century. "The plant was closed in December 2008, before Obama was sworn in," Washington Post fact-checker Glenn Kessler wrote. But Kessler and his fellow fact-checkers turned out to have been wrong; the plant did close in 2009.
Also cited as an untrue "fact" worthy of correction was Ryan's assertion that "a presidency that began with such anticipation now comes to such a disappointing close….It began with a perfect AAA credit rating for the United States. It ends with a downgraded America." What on earth is unfactual about this? The implied blame-emphasis, said Sally Kohn at FoxNews.com: "Fact: While Ryan tried to pin the downgrade of the United States' credit rating on spending under President Obama, the credit rating was actually downgraded because Republicans threatened not to raise the debt ceiling."
The fact-checkers counted as a "lie," rather than hypocrisy compounded by non-disclosure, Ryan's assertion that President Obama "did exactly nothing" about the recommendations given to him by a bipartisan debt commission. In fact, President Obama did exactly nothing of substance about the recommendations; it's just that Ryan failed to disclose that he sat on the commission and rejected its findings.
As the Republican National Convention gives way to the Democrats this week, the political press is still aglow with its newfound #presspushback role. Which allows the rest of us a rare opportunity to judge the media by its own new, vigorous standard of calling out political lies in real time. How will they fact-check a president and party who are already in power?
A preliminary answer: By worrying out loud that Americans aren't ready to accept the "facts" of President Obama's success, from the stimulus to Obamacare.
"One theme running through this special Democratic Convention issue," writes Time Managing Editor Richard Stengel in his editor's note of same, "is that Obama has not been all that adept at telling his story as Commander in Chief….He likes to say that facts will win the day, but these days, people brandish their own facts. Obama is frustrated by this."
Time's flattering cover profile of the president, headlined "What Obama Knows Now," is filled with questionable assertions ceding whole chunks of factual policy narrative to Democrats, such as that "virtually all economists" agreed that the stimulus was necessary (tell that to these 200 economists, including a handful of Nobel laureates). "People still need to find out…how his health care reforms will affect them," author Michael Scherer writes.
The quotes in the article underline that the party of facts is trying its best to deal with a facts-averse universe. White House strategist David Plouffe clucks that Obama "is a very rational person, so when you're faced with irrationality that can be a jarring thing." The president, laying out a possible narrative for his defeat, says "I believe that if you do the right thing, then public opinion will eventually follow. But public opinion doesn't always match up precisely with the election cycle, right?"
In an interview with Time, Obama expanded on the theme:
[T]he fundamental difference between Governor Romney and myself, aside from some of our life experiences, I think is really a matter of how do you grow an economy that is strong and healthy over the long term. [...]
It's a hardheaded assessment of what makes our economy grow. And the facts are on my side in this argument. The question is whether, while we're still digging ourselves out of this hole that we found ourselves in, the facts will win the day.
It's a question shared by an impressively large number of journalists and commentators. "The president's Republican critics are dead wrong. The stimulus worked," Michael Grunwald asserted recently in Foreign Policy. "When it comes to the Recovery Act, the facts are on Obama's side." New York Times columnist Paul Krugman this morning went so far as to boil the whole campaign down to a contest over the truth.
"So what is this election about? To be sure, it's about different visions of society — about Medicare versus Vouchercare, about preserving the safety net versus destroying it," Krugman wrote. "But it's also a test of how far politicians can bend the truth. This is surely the first time one of our major parties has run a campaign so completely fraudulent, making claims so at odds with the reality of its policy proposals. But if the Romney/Ryan ticket wins, it won't be the last."
It's a delicate proposition, warning voters that they might be too stupid and/or venal to understand a politician's brilliance. We don't know yet how that strategy will pay off in the voting booth, but if the president and his party get the kid-gloves treatment from the media this week after the RNC festival of overheated fact-checking, then the institution of political journalism may creep into still more unchartered territory: taking sides in the very polarization it usually claims to abhor.


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Heckman says wildfires are also impossible to outrun. In fact, they often move with the wind.
If the wind speeds out west reach 40 miles an hour, the fire travels that fast, too.
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READY PLAYER ONE & BNATTER-extraordinaire... Ernie Cline sells ARMADA to Crown... Movie deals forthcoming?
Hey folks, Harry here... Ernie Cline - world's best tech support badass, turned tree killing novelist & screenwriter has sold a new book that's 20page outline is kept safer than his DeLorean. The book is titled ARMADA and Variety announced its sale to CROWN Publishing. His reps are currently shopping the film rights. What they didn't have was this nifty art that I found:
Now this was found at the subtly named web domain: ARMADA-BOOK.com - Ernie is a bit a devil liking to hide things online.
Now my 12 year old Nephew has become addicted to reading READY PLAYER ONE, he'll be quite delighted by this news. No new news in regards to READY PLAYER ONE's development over at Warner Brothers. We'll keep ya appraised as best we can.
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Dec. 4, 2012, 9:27 p.m. CST
by leeland
Dec. 4, 2012, 9:28 p.m. CST
Cline is probably a cool dude, but
by AlibyebyeEssmob
Ready Player One was crazy overrated.
Dec. 4, 2012, 9:33 p.m. CST
I'm all for nostalgia, but...
by Silv
Ready Player glamorizes obsession.
Dec. 4, 2012, 9:34 p.m. CST
by mikeditka
Was an awesome book !!! Any word on a future adaptation of that novel ?
Dec. 4, 2012, 9:38 p.m. CST
Alright! I'm not the lone voice of overratedness!
by bah
I liked the D&D module, I liked the robot battle. The rest was nostalgic window dressing. There are two pages in the first third or so that are literally a list of bands, TV shows, and movies. They don't figure into the plot at all, they're just a dumping ground for things Cline couldn't work into the book.
Dec. 4, 2012, 9:45 p.m. CST
It's like reading wiki entries, there's no insight or perspective
by AlibyebyeEssmob
Just endless name dropping of geeky stuff.
Dec. 4, 2012, 9:49 p.m. CST
Dont know if RP1 is overrated but
by PedroM
I gave it a chance and didn't click. It tried too hard to be cool and geeky.
Dec. 4, 2012, 9:58 p.m. CST
This review reflects my feelings on the book
by bah
http://granades.com/2011/11/30/ready-player-one-reinforces-some-bad-geek-outlooks/ It's not horrible or unenjoyable. It's just not the next coming of Star Wars or anywhere near being one of my favorite books. Knowing geek stuff doesn't make you the Best Geek Ever.
Dec. 4, 2012, 10:06 p.m. CST
'Knowing geek stuff doesn't make you the Best Geek Ever'...?
by Zardoz
It doesn't? Better not tell that to every geek who ever lived, or will ever live! That's what geek culture is: knowing everything geek! Am I right?
Dec. 4, 2012, 10:09 p.m. CST
RP1 isn't for 12 year olds
by fuzzy_dunlop
But who am I to be a prude...
Dec. 4, 2012, 10:10 p.m. CST
Didn't enjoy RP1 at all, and I read everything.
by dead youngling
Dec. 4, 2012, 10:19 p.m. CST
by DurdenROH
RP1 was a fun book that brought back great memories for me and was a overall great read. Can't wait to read this new one
Dec. 4, 2012, 10:31 p.m. CST
Ready Player One is a fun romp, but the plot is kind of derivative, but in a fresh milieu, one that geek's relate to
by Joey Stars
It's kind of a sci-fi Charlie and Charlie Factory, mixed with It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World and Brewster's Millions, but in a virtual setting. It also has the added benefit of being able to give geek's a nostalgic serotonin injection every other sentence by referencing some obscure part of nerdy fandom. Because if there's one way to satisfy geeks, it's to validate all their hours of mispent youth, feeding us references like a lab rat receiving a morsels of cheese.
Dec. 4, 2012, 11:01 p.m. CST
I JUST read Snow Crash and listened to Ready Player One audiobbok months ago...
by MJDeViant
I liked both but they definitely have shortcomings. Ready Player One sometimes has annoying pop culture bullshit for no reason. I didn't like the ending either. It also has some hokey dialogue and cliches. I rolled my eyes quite a few times at RP1. I enjoyed a lot of it though. Snow Crash is pretty amazing seeing as how it was written in 1992. Loved the world and tech stuff. Hated the sex/relationship stuff seemingly written by an immature idiot. Also, it grinds to a fucking halt when talking about the Sumerians. I kind of think Ready Player One will almost work better as a movie. That way it can have quick pop culture stuff in the background or just shown easily and not pound it into your head all the time. Snow crash would be a cool movie as well as long as they fixed the ending and got rid of so much of the Sumerian bullshit. I'm fine with it being a theory/cause but they went into it way too much. I could see Zach Snyder directing it (for better or worse as I have mixed feelings with Snyder...I did like Watchmen though).
Dec. 4, 2012, 11:05 p.m. CST
Ready Player One's fan wanking was cringe inducing
by thefreshestthing
Not one character felt real, and the main character's unconditional love for his face stained girlfriend was laughable.
Dec. 4, 2012, 11:15 p.m. CST
by AlibyebyeEssmob
Oh man, the love story...so awful...
Dec. 4, 2012, 11:48 p.m. CST
RP1 was a nostaligagasm for me. It's Klines love letter to the late 70's and 80's pop and geek culture, not high culture. Let
by 77AD
Dec. 4, 2012, 11:49 p.m. CST
Cline that is, with a C.
by 77AD
Dec. 5, 2012, 12:02 a.m. CST
I enjoyed RP1
by John Brown
But the ending bugged me. SPOILERS AHEAD It irked me that the final challenge was a repeat of an earlier challenge (I think the one where he got the special token)--act out a well-loved geek classic film. By that point I was really curious to see what the final challenge would be, since the other ones had been so clever. And then to have it be just another version of one he'd already done...well, that didn't do much for me. Overall I enjoyed the book but that ending took it down a notch or two.
Dec. 5, 2012, 12:58 a.m. CST
IF anyone hasn't read Ready Player One
by hallmitchell
Rectify the situation immediately.
Dec. 5, 2012, 2:01 a.m. CST
I have Ready Player One on audio book.
by Jonathan
I've listened to it maybe 4-5 times. Love it.
Dec. 5, 2012, 2:03 a.m. CST
This site is full of a bunch of Sheldons
by Dubster32
"errrr, RP1 is terrible, the characters aren't realistic". Seriously? If people who read this kind of site can't take enjoyment from a book like RP1, because it doesn't have booker prize winning prose, then they need to take a few minutes to stop masturbating over their Watchmen collection and go outside and take in the world for a while. Methinks you've forgotten the definition of 'fun'.
Dec. 5, 2012, 3:19 a.m. CST
Book's alright
by thommcg
Fun enough book but were it not for the constant stream of references would you REEEEALLLLLLYYYY have liked as much? You could just list off the characters / games mentioned and have the same nostalgia trip.
Dec. 5, 2012, 3:25 a.m. CST
RP1 is okay at the start but then you realize its...
by tangcameo
...Gen X wish fufillment. That all the time you wasted on television, video games, movies - good and bad - will somehow be vitally important to some future generation who in reality won't really give a rat's ass about Whiz Kids, or Atari, or episodes of Family Ties and will probably by then have put you in an old folks home.
Dec. 5, 2012, 4:49 a.m. CST
by Max
You sound disappointed and surprised by that, so what exactly did you expect before reading it?
Dec. 5, 2012, 5:55 a.m. CST
The Space Invaders are Henry Cavills hairline
by DVaderRIP
As they get picked off one by one, it's like Cavill's increasingly hairless bonce being exposed as his hairline moves north at super-speed.
Dec. 5, 2012, 6:09 a.m. CST
Is this about F-18s (or whatever) and Eurofighters VS alien crafts?
by Ditko
That´d be cool! It was the best sequence in Independence Day, anyway. We have enough military technology to give those alien bastards a good run. Why do you think they haven´t invaded us already? :P
Dec. 5, 2012, 6:46 a.m. CST
RE: dubster32 "If people who read this kind of site can't take enjoyment from a book like RP1, because it doesn't have booker prize winning prose"
by thefreshestthing
The fuck? I didn't like it because it pandered to "geeks", and the lead character was basically Bella from Twilight - except instead of living out every teenaged girls' fantasy, he was living out every geeks. There was never any real conflict. Our hero had unlimited resources, and any situation that arose was conquered easily. You want to read an awesome book? Read John Dies At The End by David Wong. Or The MAgician King by Lev Grossman. Now those are good books.
Dec. 5, 2012, 7:31 a.m. CST
Some of you sound like prudes. RP1 is fast food literature. But after ASoF&I I was ready for some fluff. It's complete escapist reading.
by moorE12
Dec. 5, 2012, 7:37 a.m. CST
dvaderip: as a woman I see men with receding hairlines all the time. Cavil doesn't seem to have one. So relax. It's ok. Your superman daddy still has hair. Now imagine him tucking you in at night. All better?
by UltraTron
Dec. 5, 2012, 7:48 a.m. CST
@dubster32 , you got that exactly wrong
by bah
It's because we DON'T get off on 20 year old comic books that we think RP1 is overrated.
Dec. 5, 2012, 7:48 a.m. CST
Ready Player One suffers from basic geek problem.
by knowthyself
They love the worlds and universes of others but fail to create good ones of their own.
Dec. 5, 2012, 7:49 a.m. CST
And people are saying "overrated", not terrible (mostly, anyway)
by bah
Yes, it's fun, yes it's escapist. But people have called it the ultimate geek book and the best sci-fi of the year/decade and an absolute must-read. Statements like that are overrating it. Hence, overrated.
Dec. 5, 2012, 7:51 a.m. CST
Also RP1 does a lot of info dumping.
by knowthyself
Cline needs to work on SHOW don't TELL.
Dec. 5, 2012, 7:57 a.m. CST
The book's worst crime
by knowthyself
ZERO references to Mario or Nintendo. Seriously?
Dec. 5, 2012, 8:07 a.m. CST
Great call on main character being Bella
by AlibyebyeEssmob
Book is NOT fun. It's boring and has poor prose overflowing with telling, as wa pointed out above. You can find fun books that are well written, like Freaky Deaky by Elmore Leonard, or The Lost World by Arthur Conan Doyle. Ready Player one was just boring and was not well constructed in almost every way.
Dec. 5, 2012, 8:11 a.m. CST
@zardoz re: That's what geek culture is: knowing everything geek! Am I right?
by bah
Well, sure. That doesn't refute my statement: knowing geek stuff doesn't make you the Greatest Geek Ever. It simply makes you a Geek.
Dec. 5, 2012, 8:20 a.m. CST
When does this site talk about BOOK news?
by knowthyself
Me thinks Senor Harry is in Cline's pocket.
Dec. 5, 2012, 8:25 a.m. CST
The book was good, but it tended to slow to a crawl near the end.
by TheMachinist
It's kinda like the Assassin's Creed games, in a way. A fantastic virtual world, a disappointing real one. The escape scenes and the rich version of Wade, made the 80's fanboyism pretty fucking obvious. Not that it wasn't before, it just made it even more so. Enjoyable book, overall.
Dec. 5, 2012, 8:47 a.m. CST
Ready Player One totally lost me at the Rush side quest
by gruntybear
I mean, c'mon, Rush?!!? Who fucking listened to that crap in the 80s?
Dec. 5, 2012, 8:48 a.m. CST
by TheMachinist
Dec. 5, 2012, 8:48 a.m. CST
by TheMachinist
Harry's in everyone's pocket.
Dec. 5, 2012, 8:49 a.m. CST
I never met a Rush fan
by knowthyself
Who looked normal.
Dec. 5, 2012, 9:25 a.m. CST
Defense of Ready Player One
by beastie
I did not get the majority of the references in the book. They were just a few years before my time (born in '80). What worked about Ready Player One was the imagination behind it. It was a narrative chronicling the birth of gaming and the future of gaming. He used his love of the original games to show what he would like in the future. I dug the book because it was fun, not for the references. It's not the greatest thing ever, but it's a lot of fun.
Dec. 5, 2012, 11:28 a.m. CST
Goat Boy: Remember the 80's?
by knowthyself
Sums up RP1.
Dec. 5, 2012, 11:41 a.m. CST
One thing I didn't get
by Cobb05
The whole Pac-Man Fever part, where he gets the quarter. Was that an easter egg set up by Halliday or was that Morrow helping Wade? And do you think it was just a one time easter egg? I know it was sort of a lazy plot point. If that was a movie, it would sort of slow down the pacing, eventhough it leads to a key element for the finale.
Dec. 5, 2012, 1:38 p.m. CST
by Jonathan
Along with the Supaidaman Capsule, it was just a random Easter Egg. I really liked that part, because gives you the sense that these things are hidden all over the Oasis and when he later brings up things like super powerful artifacts being auctioned off, I don't question it. They're all just out there, somewhere.
Dec. 5, 2012, 3:53 p.m. CST
RP1 was....
by Joel
A cheeseburger. Allow me to explain: I can honestly say I was thoroughly entertained all throughout, tickled by all the nostalgic references (especially the Pac-Man extra life credit), and felt absolutely zero enrichment after finishing it, other than feeling like I already accomplished the moral of the story of "Get a girl you geeks." Maybe nostalgic entertainment was it's purpose and quite frankly I think it succeeded on that level. But if anyone is claiming it's Star Wars reincarnated is smoking some serious endo.
Dec. 5, 2012, 3:57 p.m. CST
@maxs I didn't expect it to be verbatim nostalgia
by tangcameo
I expected the background to be more of a synthesis of the 80s, like bits of dialogue from 80s movies or tv or video games would be part of the lexicon, like the 80s were woven into the fabric of his time, instead of sticking out like giganticly sore thumbs. Plus the absence of pop culture from before the 80s and after the 80s kept nagging me.
Dec. 5, 2012, 8:20 p.m. CST
Here's an example of where I think the execution failed
by bah
One major puzzle involves acting out WarGames. Mimicking WarGames = lame. What would have been interesting is having to know the password from WarGames. That would have challenged the reader as well. Or instead of clues, the characters might have had to deal with obstacles by figuring out what items from games and movies would be useful, and finding them. Using familiar things out of their known context, using different items together. THAT is the book all the hype led me to believe I was going to be reading.
Dec. 5, 2012, 9:16 p.m. CST
Or how about assessing the powers of the various robots
by bah
and making a decision based on that. "Which robot do you like best?" is not geek. "Which robot would win in a fight?" is geek.
Dec. 6, 2012, 12:37 a.m. CST
@thefreshthing -exactly
by Dubster32
Youre moaning about the sort of plot issues you'd expect from a proper piece of literary. I thought of RP1 as a computer game/comic in book form. It was meant to be fun, daft, not devoid of plot holes. Of course theres conflict, and he didn't start with unlimited resources. This changes in the same way it would in a computer game. That was good enough for me. Ive a first edition of John Dies At The End. I agree, it's brilliant. I'll check out the other one though defo.
Dec. 6, 2012, 2:27 a.m. CST
Ready to fail. SCOTT PILGRIM anyone?
by Nintendarth
Dec. 6, 2012, 2:28 a.m. CST
Um, the future of gaming is Farmville and Angry Birds. Sorry, VR, you go bye bye nobody like you not real.
by Nintendarth
Just do a search on Google for: GAMING IS DEAD GAMING IS DYING E3 IS DYING Enjoy the reading!
Dec. 6, 2012, 2:30 a.m. CST
the future of gaming, HAHAHAHAHAHA! read on!
by Nintendarth
Gaming received a massive boom at the start of the cycle because of the Wii," says Handler. "Schools were buying Wiis. Nursing homes were buying Wiis. Everyone under the age of 95 was playing 'Wii Play.' It created this massive groundswell. I would say the hard-core gamer has been pretty constant [in his or her gaming habits], but the big shift has been among the casual players who have come into this space.
Dec. 6, 2012, 2:30 a.m. CST
oops, read on!
by Nintendarth
E3 is usually the videogame industry's big party of the year — a chance to celebrate its strengths and showcase the titles it expects to drive sales forward for the rest of the year. But as the game makers gather for this year's event, a cloud hangs over the soiree. Retail sales are down 27 percent compared to this time in 2011. Mobile devices are stealing the spotlight from traditional consoles. And naysayers are openly questioning the long-term viability of the console industry. Given the hard numbers, that's understandable, but there are a few other factors to consider before making such a declaration. The first is the age of today's game machines. Microsoft's Xbox 360 made its debut in 2005 — and Sony's PlayStation 3 bowed the next year. In an industry that has traditionally swapped in new hardware every five years, that's a big gap — and it's one that is starting to affect sales. Investors are also comparing current sales numbers to the cycle's peak, back when the Wii was a must-have device that retailers couldn't keep on store shelves. Now that demand for Nintendo's system has effectively dried up, the numbers can't compete. If not for the recession, those Wii owners might have kept the industry on a fairly even keel. But the longevity of the economic downturn, coupled with the rise of the smart phone and the app market with its cheap games, stole much of Nintendo's audience away. He also touched upon the impact the expanding mobile space has had on the industry. -When the recession hit, you had this massive downdraft [and everyone] stopped buying Wii games- he said. -Then, you had the rise of the [Apple] iPad and smartphones and suddenly the casual business changed from a $35 business to a $1, $3, $5 business.-
Dec. 6, 2012, 2:31 a.m. CST
When the recession hit, you had this massive downdraft [and everyone] stopped buying Wii games- he said. -Then, you had the rise of the [Apple] iPad and smartphones and suddenly the casual business changed from a $35 business to a $1, $3, $5 business.-
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Another elucidation of my complaints: Galaxy Quest got it right
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Compare the lists and rote memorization of RP1 to the climax of Galaxy Quest. The good guys win not because an alien race has memorized their TV show, but because geeks had figured out how all the hand-waving pseudo-science of television would work in real life. That's geek. And by the way, if you think Galaxy Quest isn't great, Patrick Stewart has a facepalm for you, because he loved it.
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Casual gaming becoming less profitable does not equal gaming being dead
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Those are two different things. Actually, it's three or four different things.
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The last and arguably most impressive program Chrysler and Mopar built to celebrate the latter's 75th anniversary is the Mopar 300, a comprehensive tuning program built for the Chrysler 300 .
As a special edition model, the Mopar 300 is distinguished by a slew of aerodynamic and aesthetic modifications, including a new black chrome grille, tinted headlights, blue decal body stripes with matching special badging, and a new set of 20" wheels wrapped in Goodyear Eagle F1 tires. Meanwhile, interior modifications done on the Mopar 300 include perforated Katzkin leather seats, a thick-rimmed steering wheel with die-cast paddle shifters, carbon fiber trim, piano black accents, a new gear knob, an Alpine audio system, and a Uconnect Touch infotainment system.
Performance modifications include a sport-tuned suspension system, high-performance brakes, and revised gearing, improving the acceleration capabilities of the 300's 363-horsepower 5.7-liter V8 engine from six seconds down to around five seconds.
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Glenwood, NM (KTSM) — Preliminary assessment of flood damage to the popular Catwalk National Recreation Trail has determined that major damage has occurred due to the recent unusually intense rainstorms in the area. The entire Catwalk area will remain closed indefinitely due to the inaccessibility of the area.
N.M. Highway 174 to the Catwalk is impassable due to landslides, damage to the highway and high water levels at the low water crossings. Water levels in Whitewater Canyon remain high and dangerous. Complete assessment of the Catwalk and Whitewater Picnic Area will occur when it is safe to do so and access has been restored.
"Decisions about reopening the facility will wait until safe vehicle access has been restored and the entire trail has been evaluated as the full extent and severity of the damage to the Catwalk is unknown at this time," District Ranger Pat Morrison said.
The National Weather Service indicates that very little additional rainfall is needed to trigger flooding. Despite the overall decrease in rain activity, flood advisories or warnings can still be expected.
Flood damage to the Catwalk area at this time includes:
• Portions of the Civilian Conservation Corps rock stairs were damaged including the trail's metal grillwork.
• A 30 foot section of the cement bridge that crosses Whitewater Creek has been washed away.
• Several landslides and rockslides have occurred along both the "universal trail" and the "old" trail
• Debris including trees, branches, boulders, rocks and sediment are present in the Whitewater Picnic Area, parking area,
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"I know this is a huge disappointment to everyone especially since the Catwalk trail had been recently restored and re-opened to the Octagon. My main focus at this time is the protection of life and property," adds Ranger Morrison. Please contact the Glenwood Ranger District office for further information, 575.539.2481.


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As one of the most anticipated movies of the year, if not century, inches closer to release, Warner Bros kindly released a 13 minute behind the scenes clip giving us a better idea of what to expect. This video really goes into the depth of plot, production, and everything else in between. I like it because it gives the audience a better understanding of what to expect without revealing anything. For one, there is no doubt this movie will be a spectacle to watch. The utter realism behind the shots just makes me speechless to even think about. Will this film make cinema history? It was recently stated the movie will release in over 15,000 theaters worldwide! And yes, it is basically sold out in most of them. Until then, we have this awesome featurette.
Are you planning on watching this movie? Do you already have tickets?
One of the most successful game franchises in history is finally making its way towards the big screen. Dreamworks has just nabbed the rights to create the film for EA's Need for Speed. The film is on its way with John Gatins (Real Steal) writing the screenplay and Scott Waugh (Act of Valor) directing.
It will be interesting to see what Dreamworks makes out of this. Will it be more realistic and compete with Fast and Furious (Universal) or be driven a whole different direction (pun intended)? Only time will tell how closely it will relate to Need for Speed and what that even means to Dreamworks. The movie is slated for a 2014 release, and while I'm excited for this, two years is a long ways off for much to change. Do you look forward to seeing this game turn into a film?
George Orwell's timeless classic 1984 is now making its rounds towards the big screen. It has just been reported that that Noah Oppenheimer and Darren Aronofsky are the two names currently linked to this reboot. It's good to note that this film will be a remake of the classic version coincidentally from 1984. This definitely will be a movie to be on the lookout for as the currently film tech would make this one successful movie. Will keep you guys posted as more updates are put out.
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell has just gone up for grabs (more like bids) as the production powerhouses Warner Bros. and Paramount Pictures are trying the acquire the story to create the next big franchise. Splinter Cel is a game in which you control Sam Fisher, a covert Black Ops agent part of the fictional NSA Sub-Division "Third Echelon", who gets hurled around the world on deadly missions that require the utmost in skill. There is no doubt that this film/franchise would have much potential as there already is a large fan base surrounding it and a well accepted plot. Good news for fans of the game is that Ubisoft, the company responsible for creating the game, said it plans to "be very involved and retain control over how the game is translated into a film." The film is tentatively slated for 2013 release, though my suspicion is that it'll be much later as they have yet to seek out a director, screenwriter and the entire cast as well as film the movie.
There is no doubt that Chris Nolan's The Dark Knight Rises is the most anticipated film of the year. The excitement is building as tickets went up for sale earlier this week. Of course some people like me also look forward to the magic Hans Zimmer brings into the film. His orchestrated works have definitely changed the way of cinematic music. Here is a sneak peek at the epic-ness yet to behold us. The Dark Knight Rises is set to release July 20th, 2012.


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MILWAUKEE, WI (LEARFIELD-WSAU) Marquette men's basketball coach Buzz Williams is reportedly taking the Virginia Tech coaching job. Athletic director Whit Babcock, hired by Virginia Tech on February 17, announced Williams' hiring late last night… he will be formally introduced at a news conference on Monday. Williams coached the Golden Eagles for six seasons, including five seasons ending with N-C-A-A Tournament berths. Marquette missed the big dance this season, following a disappointing 9-9 conference record in the new Big East Conference.
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HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- Natalie Novosel scored 18 points and Kayla McBride added 15 to help third-ranked Notre Dame beat No. 25 West Virginia 73-45 on Monday night in the semifinals of the Big East tournament.
The Irish will play the winner of the Connecticut-St. John's contest in the title game Tuesday night. Notre Dame will be looking for its first Big East tournament championship.
Notre Dame (30-2) got a measure of revenge on the Mountaineers (23-9), who ended the Irish's 21-game winning streak on Feb. 12 by beating them 65-63 in South Bend. It was the lone blemish on their Big East season.
On Monday night, the Irish scored the first seven points and had built a 20-4 lead 8½ minutes in as five different players scored. Devereaux Peters, who had four points and missed seven of her eight shots in the loss, had seven by the half as Notre Dame led 37-19.
West Virginia couldn't get within 16 in the second half.
The Mountaineers closed to 51-35 midway through the second half, but Notre Dame scored 18 of the next 22 points to end any hope of a comeback.
Notre Dame has played in the Big East title game five times and come up short each trip, losing to UConn each time. The Irish haven't had any problems with the Huskies lately, winning the last three meetings -- including beating UConn in Hartford last Monday night to earn its first outright Big East regular season title.
This was West Virginia's final game in the Big East before leaving for the Big 12 next season. The Mountaineers advanced to the semis with a 39-32 win over then-No. 12 Georgetown on Sunday. That was the lowest scoring game in the history of the Big East tournament, easily surpassing the previous record of 78 set in 2005 by Boston College and Villanova.
Buoyed by that victory, West Virginia entered the Top 25 for the first time this season.
Asya Bussie scored 15 points and Ayana Dunning added 12 to lead the Mountaineers. The pair was 12 for 16, but got little help from the rest of the team.


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My Interface Video
An Editing Project for New Media Class
For my self directed New Media project I intend to follow along my interface theme of the exploration of the idea of home. I have been looking at home as a delicate idea/feeling that can only exist within a set structure- ie: a relationship, a personal comfort, a routine, or of course, a building.
As demonstrated within my storyboard, I intend to film a series of rooms, using panning (horizontal, vertical, circular, etc) shots to capture the rooms, and motion cuts to cut between the different scenes.
By doing this, I want to show different places in which people make their home. The shape of the rooms and their walls are an important symbol to represent the structure which enables home to exist. I have also considered filming important personal possessions up close and people's expressions and gestures and incorporating these scenes into the sweeping pans of the rooms.
Six Shot Sequence (demonstrating the rules of continuous editing)
-2 characters
-use of cutting on motion technique
-compress time
-continuity of space and time (108' rule, etc.)
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Storyboard by group
Filmed by Monica McGuirk
Directed by Claire McCluskey
Acted by Derbhla Leddy and Raphaelle Peria
Edited by Sarah Murphy
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1 long shot view of Raphaelle in kitchen, she walks towards camera and pans l-r as she goes in to room on right of screen
2 cut to long shot of Raphaelle on bed in the process of taking of her shoes, demonstrating a time crunch/compression (ie:walk from door to bed and beginning of taking off shoes has been omitted). She lifts blanket, gets into bed and pulls blanket around her
3 motion cut from long shot to close up of active process (Raphaelle pulling the blanket around her)
4 cut to close shot of Derbhla and Raphaelle from above lying in the bed
5 cut to long shot of bed, to demonstrate privacy/sleep
Our Match Cut Movie
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Filmed by Sarah Murphy
Acted by Claire McCluskey, Derbhla Leddy, Raphaelle Peria and Monica McGuirk
Edited by Claire McCluskey, with editing process demonstrated to Sarah and Monica.
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the shots we used are as follows:
1 close up shot of myself drinking from a cup - zoom in closer to focus attention on circular shape created by the mug
2 match cut by shape (circle of mug to circle of basketball), pan from right to left to follow progress of basketball going into hoop
3 motion cut (or as we thought a match cut by direction of movement and similar shape of ball and orange) to monica throwing and catching the orange
4 close up of throw and catch of orange, in which we aimed to match the direction of the movement
5 match cut of shape of orange back to beginning to complete the loop, establishing a connection between cup, ball and orange
Match Cutting
This is a technical term used when cutting between two scenes of a film. A match cut occurs when two scenes are "matched", meaning that the object or action in the first shot is repeated to some degree in the second shot, be it that the objects in both shots are the same or similar, or that the composition, shapes, colour or movement of the first shot is matched by the second (known as a "graphic match"). In the case of the two shots compositional elements matching, this creates a strong continuity of action, which can allow the director to make a link between two otherwise disconnected objects to illustrate a point to the viewer, which is why this type of cut is also known as a 'metaphor cut'.
"One of the most famous match cuts is in Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey. Inspired by a mysterious black monolith, a primitive ape discovers the use of bones as weapons and throws a bone into the air after killing another ape. When the bone reaches its highest point, the shot cuts to that of a similarly-shaped space craft—an orbital nuclear weapons platform, as is made explicit in the book—floating through space. In highlighting their formal similarities, the match cut helps draw a connection between the two objects as exemplars of primitive and advanced tools respectively, and weapons at that. A "graphic match" occurs when shapes, colors and/or overall movement of shot A are matched with the composition of shot B."
This is my group's five shot movie for New Media. The shots we used are as follows;
1: A vertical pan of Derbhla from below (to make her appear intimidating to the viewer)
2: An over the shoulder shot of Sarah, looking scared and vulnerable
3: A panning view of Derbhla walking across the room toward Sarah
4: A point of view shot of Sarah, from above to give the impression to the viewer that she is scared / powerless
5: A reverse angle shot / reaction shot of Derbhla, from below to once again indicate her position of power. She raises her hand and moves to smack at the camera, ie: Sarah. In this shot we improvised and covered the lens just before the slap would have made contact. The noise of the slap can still be heard, but by removing the visual we felt it added more dramatic effect than we could have achieved by filming the slap.
No Sarahs were harmed in the making of this movie.
To further illustrate my point, here is the start of my photo roman, with audio, photos and subtitles all included.It is only the start, due to time restrictions I haven't got the rest of the subtitles and photowork done. The subtitles aren't perfect, and sound continues on long after sound and then photos stop. But it displays my idea nonetheless, and I intend to finish it off.
For my narrated photo roman I enlisted the help of some of my friends. I sat them all down, everybody had a few drinks, and then I hit record on my mac and let them talk for a good half an hour. What resulted was a long conversation, using the most colloquially hilarious phrases found around our home town of Monaghan. The complete track goes on for quite a while, this is an edited summary of the banter.
I basically preformed a cut-and-paste job on it using Garage Band, a music editing program. My housemate and sound engineer-extraordinaire, Emily, then mastered the track using Logic; a better music editing program, and cleaned up the rough edges for me.
I intend to place this track over a slideshow of images that describe the settings and expressions that accompany this kind of "language".
And I will also add subtitles, to translate.
The Audio File will be in the next post, because DIT internet doesn't like it and won't let me upload it >:(
Individual Photo Roman project, made into a Quicktime video, using Final Cut.
PhotoRoman group project…
Photo Roman With Audio - The "Gist"
Translating Monaghanese
For this photoroman exercise I am going to record a group of my fellow Monaghan people in conversation.
Then I am going to provide subtitles so everyone else can follow :)
With this film I want to explore themes of communication and translation, and how they can be affected by cultural differences. By using my home county of Monaghan, I wish to showcase how places- regardless of size- can build an identity through language and idiosyncratic expression.
In my approach to this, I do not intend to write a script, but rather encourage a group of fellow Monaghanites to engage in conversation, and ensure they include as many obscure and interesting Monaghan colloquialisms as they can think of.
For the duration of the conversation I will photograph their expressions and gestures. Their emotions and movements will communicate alongside what they're saying.
Finally, to translate to the wider audience I will include subtitles to explain the dialogue, thus highlighting the cultural difference, and inviting the viewer into understanding the conversation.
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Camp College Prep, a four-day seminar designed to support high school sophomores and juniors pursuing college admission, will offer two sessions this summer at Nazareth College in Pittsford, N.Y. Session I will be held from July 12 - 15 and Session II will run from July 26 – 29. Students may choose a morning class, which runs from 8:30 a.m. – 12:00 noon or an afternoon class from 1:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
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This suggests that the Phillies have signed Ross Gload to a two-year contract.
Gload is a 33-year-old left-handed batter who can play first base and maybe the corner outfield positions. He's made between five and 20 appearances in the outfield in each of the last four seasons.
Assuming that Dobbs is on the team, the move seems to complete the Phillies offensive roster. Eight regulars: Ruiz, Howard, Utley, Rollins, Polanco, Ibanez, Victorino and Werth. Five bench guys: Dobbs, Castro, Schneider, Gload and Francisco. That's three lefties in Schneider, Dobbs and Gload. Dobbs and Gload seem like very similar players — left-handed hitters that don't do much defensively.
I like this move because I think Gload is a solid hitter, but it's a little unclear to me if the Phils see Gload as someone who can do anything besides be a left-handed pinch-hitter. It seems like they had that role covered with Dobbs, who saw his defensive use drop dramatically for the Phils in 2009. After appearing in 52 games at third for the Phils in '08, Dobbs made just 16 there in '09. Dobbs did miss a lot of time at the end of August and in the first half of September, but the Phillies seemed less interested in playing him at third base in 2009 than they had been the year before. It also seems possible that Dobbs's injury problems last year made it harder for the Phillies to use him at third — basically I think that the Phillies should keep Dobbs on the team and let him play third more often than they did in 2009. If they aren't going to let him play third I think that roster spot could be used better, especially with Gload around.
If those are the five guys on the bench when the season starts it leaves the Phils a little thin from the right side. I think there's a chance there may be more activity around the bench before the season starts because there is so much overlap between what Gload and Dobbs can do.
Gload hit 261/329/400 in 259 plate appearances for the Marlins last season, but a much more impressive 271/345/432 against righties. He has been pretty good against lefties over his career, though, hitting 298/321/382 against left-handed pitching over his career compared to 278/330/414 against righties.
Gload had two really good seasons as a part-time player, both with the White Sox. In 2004 he hit 321/375/479 in 260 plate appearances and in 2006 he hit 327/354/462 in 167 plate appearances. He doesn't walk or hit for a lot of power, but he is a career .283 hitter.
This suggests that the Phils may still be in the running for Halladay. It also speculates they might have to trade Blanton if they trade for Halladay.
This says the Phils are likely to offer arbitration to Condrey and Durbin. It also says that Mathieson, Escalona and Bastardo could be in the bullpen mix this year.


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A 10-year-old boy from North Carolina was hit by a car Sunday afternoon at a rest area off Interstate 35 at the Minnesota-Iowa border.
According to the Minnesota State Patrol, the accident happened around 1:30 p.m. Sunday at the State Line Rest Area in Freeborn County.
The boy, identified as Ashton Philyaw, was not seriously hurt. He was taken to St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester, Minn. for treatment.
The driver of the car, a 59-year-old Center City, Minn. man, was not injured and remained at the scene. No alcohol was detected and the driver was cooperative with investigators.
Last month, a pedestrian was struck and killed at a rest area of Interstate 35 in Mahtowa, Minn. The driver involved in that crash – a 55-year-old man from Duluth, Minn. – fled the scene but was later arrested for DWI and criminal vehicular homicide.


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DAY 3 Mini Miami Getaway - for my roomie's birthday
Trying to chill out from last night's madness. Although the weather is overcast and due for some thunderstorms, it's still perfect to just sit out in our hotel's, "Lords South Beach", outdoor patio - sippin' on coffee, bloggin' in a bikini top, and taking photo booth pics of the lil' scene I'm in. Ahh, the life of no time constraints and pressure. haha But this Miami-swag vacation did it's job of rejuvenation. I should be ready to go back to fashion grinding in NYC…yeah. YEAH?…yeah. okay. LEH GO!
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UC Merced Professor Teamrat Ghezzehei, his doctoral student, Nate Bogie, and researchers from Ohio State University, Institut sénégalais de recherches agricoles (ISRA) and L'Institut de recherche pour le développement (IRD) in Senegal, are digging into the workings of two shrubs.
They want to find out why two plants native to the Sudano-Sahel region of Africa – guiera senegalensis, or Nguer, as it is called in the local language of Wolof, and piliostigma reticulatum, or Ngui guis – help the crops planted near them thrive.
The 3,400-mile-wide swath of the Sudano-Sahel covers parts of Senegal, southern Mauritania, Mali, southern Algeria, Niger, Chad, southern Sudan and Eritrea. It is bordered on the north by the Sahara, on the south by the less arid savannah, by the Atlantic Ocean on the west and the Red Sea on the east.
Soil degradation and drought stress have devastating impacts on the Sudano-Sahel, which has faced deadly famines as recently as two years ago.
"If our hypotheses are correct, hopefully we can help improve the stress tolerance of crops in the region and decrease food shortages and price hikes," Bogie said in an email from Senegal.
The work could have huge implications for solving part of the continent's famine puzzle – another way UC Merced research is affecting the world.
"It's well known there, and lots of farmers plant their crops near these shrubs," Ghezzehei said.
Researchers now want to figure out why.
"That would enable us to intelligently design how we plant and grow these shrubs," Ghezzehei said. Perhaps it will help design where to plant them, too. Nguer and Ngui guis only grow in the Sudano-Sahel area, and it's unknown if they could live elsewhere.
Bogie, who has been in Senegal all summer and will remain there until October, divides his time between two farm sites where the researchers have sown millet and peanut crops next to the shrubs. They are trying to discover whether the Nguer and Ngui guis draw more water, store more water or promote healthy bacteria that feed the other plants.
Over the four-year project – funded by $2.4 million from the USDA and the National Science Foundation – the researchers plan to observe three growing seasons, monitoring everything that could affect the crops' growth, including rain and soil drainage.
Using special isotopically-charged water that can be tracked will give them a clear picture of what's going on underground, too, as will measuring the crops' moisture-stress levels to see whether the shrubs act as stress relievers.
Being able to use the shrubs to enhance crop growth could help relieve famines like the one in 2010 that put more than 1.2 million people at risk. That famine turned deadly when Nigerian crops failed to mature. Diarrhea, dehydration, starvation, gastroenteritis, malnutrition, and respiratory diseases sickened and killed many children and some adults.
He doesn't worry a bit about leaving Bogie there without him.
"If I could design a student, I couldn't make one as good as Nate," he said. A project like this, Ghezzehei said, gives students an opportunity to expand their research horizons outside the United States.
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California dairy producers say it's too soon to tell how this week's record-breaking heat will pan out, but a drop in milk production is likely.
"We'll be down for sure, maybe 10-12 lb. per cow on average," says Dino Giacomazzi, whose dairy is located near Hanford, Calif.
Temperatures there have hit 110 F this week, Giacomazzi says. Today's forecast is for 108 F.
Record-breaking heat will continue to affect much of the western U.S. today, according to the National Weather Service (NWS). Temperatures will again soar into triple digits across much of the Southwest and even farther north into the valleys of the Northern Rockies and Intermountain West.
So far, milk production at Joey Airoso's Pixley, Calif., dairy, where he milks 1,800 cows, is holding steady, but he expects "a pretty good drop" in milk output as scorching temperatures continue.
"You can determine your milk production by how much the cows are eating, and they left quite a bit in the manger this morning," Airoso says.
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Farther north, near Fresno, Calif., Charlie de Groot is pleased that the milk output of his 2,600-cow herd has only dropped about 3 lb. per cow.
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This week's heat wave hasn't reached July 2006's severity when a 10-day spell of triple-digit temperatures in California's Central Valley killed an estimated 16,500 dairy cows. Milk output fell by as much as 40% as temperatures rose to 113 F with unusually high humidity. Many areas experienced 100-degree heat or higher for at least 14 consecutive days.
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Very sad story. If the firms accounting checks were tougher the fraud could have been detected earlier.
Am I missing something here? How could his expenses EVER have legitimately topped £500,000? That's half a million quid!
I wonder what the spread is on this, perhaps 30 months to 5 years, with a discount for early plea I'd be buying at 3.
Very sad story indeed. Why on earth would someone, with an otherwise successful career, wish to pursue a fraud of this kind (or any kind)? This has not only destroyed his career but I guess his personal life given that his wife appears to have divorced him.
No doubt he will be out in a few months, perhaps "to care for his sick wife".
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I would totally agree. Would it be right to assume that the only reason this was uncovered in the first place was because of the due diligence being carried out by Hogan Hartson pre merger?
Does Lovells have some questions to answer here? Okay, so client money wasn't touched so the SRA will probably not investigate the firm but surely something has gone awry for this not to have been detected sooner by the firm.
I knew Christopher very well. Psychiatric illness - who is he trying to kid. He was absolutely fine until his thieving was discovered!!
I would have thought that if he was just after money he could have moved to a premier firm, where he would have been paid the amount he stole (i.e. over and above his earnings at Lovells). In any event, if there are health reasons then I really do not want to see them picked over in the legal press.
Is greed a psychiatric illness then? Its' hard to believe anyone in the law has any fleeting sympathy for Grierson's conduct or the embarrassment it has caused to Lovells
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"He would go by and check on them once or twice a week, but he would write himself checks and leaving them without any money and they were going without food," Morrison said.
Morrision says many cases go unreported because seniors are embarrassed.
"It was a daughter taken advantage of her mother, but she was afraid and embarrassed to even complain," Morrison said.
The commissioner says last week, lawmakers passed a bill that will require senior services to work with other agencies to track reports of elderly abuse. It now awaits the governor's signature.
Morrison says Senior Services, DHR and the Attorney General's office created the Elder Justice Alliance Task Force as an avenue for seniors.
"And what we are going to do is going around the state and empower seniors, make them aware of what their rights are and who to turn to if they feel like they are being taken advantage of," Morrison said.
To report elderly abuse or neglect, contact the Alabama Department of Human Resources Adult Protective Services hotline at 1-800-458-7214.
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Jadeveon Clowney is hoping to make an impact this season as a rookie with the Houston Texans. In order to do that, the former South Carolina star feels he needs to take down a guy who made an impact as a rookie in 2012.
In a recent video that was posted on the Texans' official website, Clowney said one of his main goals in 2014 will be sacking Andrew Luck.
"My goal for the rookie season is to try to better myself as a player," he said, via Pro Football Talk. "And my goal in the NFL is to sack Andrew Luck. He's in my division, playing him two times a year, he's a dangerous quarterback, he makes good decisions with the ball, so I just want to get after him and sack him one time."
That's certainly a good place to start. Luck is easily the best quarterback in the AFC South division, and the Indianapolis Colts are heavy favorites to repeat as division champions. At age 24 and entering his third NFL season, Luck could be poised for a breakout year. The Texans will need Clowney to get after him — among other things — if they want to take down the Colts.


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MADISON, Wis. (WSAU) - A Madison think tank is calling on the federal government to more completely cut off corporate tax loopholes.
The Wisconsin Public Interest Research Group released a report this week saying that those loopholes are costing Americans $150 billion a year in tax revenue as companies shuffle money around. Program associate Joe Rasmussen says This can actually make some companies money. "They're collecting tax breaks and tax credits but not paying any taxes."
The US Government Accountability Office says at least 83 of the top 100 publicly traded corporations in the U.S. make use of tax havens. Rasmussen says that money could be better spent in keeping America from going over the fiscal cliff. "When corporations skip out on their taxes, the rest of us are left to pick up their tab. This kind of tax dodging is perfectly legal, but it's not fair and it's time to put an end to it."
Rasmussen says that claiming that $150 billion a year would also secure 37.5% of the $4 trillion debt reduction goal for over ten years favored by bipartisan leaders in Congress.