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February 16, 2005
steak grilling: what's your technique? [mi]
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The recent thread about ordering steaks made me want to cook a couple up this week. I enjoy a good steak now and then and am interested to see how people cook them; hopefully we can compare notes, etc.
I don't have a grill, so I prefer to use a cast iron skillet. I keep mine well-seasoned, wiping it with a thin coat of oil after every use and frying bacon in it from time to time (not a big bacon fan, but the hog fat makes for tasty cookin'). While it's warming up to 500+F, I season my steaks. I like to use paprika, sea salt, fine and rough ground pepper, and finely ground rosemary. I massage the seasoning into the steak and once the skillet is ready, drop it in.
The cooking time is more art than science, I usually do 2-3 minutes per side depending on the steak. I put a lid on the skillet after the first minute or so, that seems to help reflect the heat and cook the middle of the steak more evenly. If I don't do that, I end up with well cooked sides and a rare middle. I have a meat thermometer for checking the temperature, but I've had enough practice that I can press the steak with my thumb and gauge how done it is. I take it off the skillet, let it sit for a few minutes, and then serve. This gives me a good steak most of the time, unless I screwed up the temperature on the skillet.
I don't have a bbq grill, just a range and oven, although I've been considering purchasing a nice grill. The Big Green Egg grills look good, a friend of mine has one and swears by it. Incidentally, those grills get super hot (~800F) and he doesn't season the steaks at all, he just throws them on, flips them once, and takes them off the grill. I have to say, cooking without salt/pepper/etc quickly shows you the quality and flavor of the meat you're grilling. I was wary at first but the steaks were really good, even without seasoning.
I'm interested to hear other people's grilling techniques, it doesn't matter what device you use (skillet, broiler, outdoor grill, etc). I would especially like to hear from broilers, since I've tried broiling several times and had poor results (over or under cooked food, and a smoke-filled kitchen one time). And does anyone sear with the skillet and then throw the skillet in the oven? I hear that's a good method too, but would love pointers. How do you avoid burning the steak? Thanks!
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on February 16, 2005
What to add; Teriyaki steaks, I soak mine 3 hours in the fridge before cooking.
posted by
on February 16, 2005
I soak mine 3 hours teriyaki sauce in the fridge before cooking.
posted by
on February 16, 2005
My husband is a fan of butter on steaks. Personally I like a seasoning I can find locally that's made for venison.
Also, seconding the cast iron. Nothing better!
posted by
on February 16, 2005
Sounds like you have a handle on it, beaverd. A couple of things I would suggest:
*Make sure your meat is at room temperature.
*Try searing it on one side for 2 min and then after flipping the steak put the cast iron skillet right in a hot oven to finish--this gives you dry heat surrounding it as opposed to some steaming that could occur if you put a lid on your skillet (have your oven fan on!).
*Try a dry rub. (I don't have my fave recipe handy but email me if you'd like it)
*Remember that meat continues to cook so particularly if you use the oven finish you want to take it out the moment it's almost done and let it rest.
Re: oven finishing. This is a great technique that I also use with poultry and fish. It allows you to control the cooking really well.
Re: Broiling. I've done this with success. It helps to have a cast iron broiling rack that is preheated.
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on February 16, 2005
Your method is pretty close to mine. I use a cast iron skillet as well and get it as hot as it can get in the oven. Pull the skillet out of the oven and put your steak in to sear. Where we depart is that I turn the oven down to 350 when I remove my skillet. Flip your steak when its browned enough for you on side one and put it in the oven uncovered. There should be enough residual heat in the cast iron skillet to brown off the second side and then its a matter of bringing the core up to temperature. I use a cooking thermometer. Remember that a big hunk of meat continues to cook. Pull your steak out of the oven 4-5 degrees early, remove it from the pan and place it on a cutting board. Put a tent of aluminum foil over it while it rests. Don't close the steak in, or your crust will turn soft.
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Start with the best steaks you can afford. Organic free range vegan hippie cows from your local Whole Foods. 1-inch thick NY strips are good. Porterhouse are nice but the tenderloin on one side and the strip on the other side are two different cuts that sometimes don't cook evenly.
Use charcoal if you have it. I use a Weber kettle grill and love it. Most gas grills don't get hot enough. Use real hardwood charcoal. I don't mean those briquettes made out of sawdust but the real stuff that looks like the aftermath of an orphanage fire.
Fill the grill with coals. More than you think you need. Light the grill with a chimney starter. Don't use lighter fluid. leave the cover off while the grill is heating up. At some point it should be a raging fire. Fire is good.
After about 20 minutes or so the fire will have died down and some of the coals will be glowing red. Unlike the sawdust bricks, real charcoal doesn't need to be 100% gray. Try to put your hand about an inch above the coals. If it's too hot to leave it there for more than a nanosecond then the coals are ready.
Meanwhile, you should have removed the steaks from the fridge at least 30 minutes before you plan to cook them. Take about a teaspoon of canola oil and rub it all over the steak, filling in all the little gaps in the grain. This will help with the browning and with forming a nice crust on the outside. Sprinkle liberally with kosher salt and fresh ground pepper. DO NOT PUT ANYTHING ELSE ON THEM. Steak should be steak flavored. Anyone who says otherwise should be grilled themselves. Let sit on the counter for 30 minutes. They'll cook better if they warm up to closer to room temperture and the short time they'll be out of the fridge won't harm them.
Slap those babies on the hottest part of the grill. Don't crowd the grill. Put the most attractive side down first so that side will be up when you plate them. Leave the cover off the grill.
As soon as you put them on the grill walk away and into the kitchen. Open the fridge. Take out a bottle of good beer and open it. Take a sip. Walk back out to the grill with the beer in hand. Walk slowly but not too slowly. Do not get distracted. Do not forget there is fire and meat waiting for you outside. Upon returning to the gril, place the beer on the nearest flat surface.
You will see flames and hear sizzling from the steak. Good. The side facing the coals should be good and brown and the meat should be ready to turn. Turn the meat over, and enjoy your beer for about two minutes.
Depending on the thickness of the steaks they might be done or they might need a couple of minutes.
Knowing when they're done is an art. If the steak is only 1/2 inch thick then they shoudl be done when they're brown on each side. Thicker steaks are harder to judge. Alton Brown might tell you to use a meat thermometer. Other people press down with their thumb and a certain "feel" tells them. Personally, I use my instincts and it's always worked for me. There is no way to give an exact time until doneness. When they're done, they're done.
If they're not done yet, put the cover on the grill, open the vents halfway and cook for another minute or two.
If anyone tells you they like thier steak well done you shoud kick them off your property.
After taking them off the grill let them sit on the plate for five minutes before serving.
Serve with corn on the cob, salad, and either Lemonade, good beer, red wine, a dry martini or a gin and tonic.
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I would add the salt after they are finished cooking not before. It can draw moisture out of the meat.
posted by
on February 16, 2005
I use a broiler, either electric or gas, and heat it to searing before I put the steak on. I put aluminum foil down for ease of cleaning.
Depending on how well marbled the steak is, I will put a little butter on it, or not. I use salt and pepper before broiling as well - it does 'draw the moisture' out of the surface meat, creating a thin, slighty salty crust. "Sealing in juices" is a myth, scientifically, but this is all about flavor.
I like to use an inch thick steak, as close to the heat as possible, and give it 4-5 minutes a side. When I flip it I put salt and pepper onto the other side.
It's hard to screw up a decent piece of meat, which is one reason I like to do this. Bondcliff's suggestions are perhaps a trifle dogmatic but they reflect the precision of a true enthusiast. I have found that a baked potato or a nice piece of fresh bread are good for soaking up juices, and some mushrooms slow-braised in sherry, butter and black pepper make a lovely accompaniment. If I'm feeling frisky I'll even slice an onion into rings and toss 'em onto the broiler next to the steak.
FYI, steak houses use a grill that gets to be up to 1500-1600 degrees. Apparently this can't be done in most homes.
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on February 16, 2005 [
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I use one of
bad boys and it always does them up a treat.
I usually put my steaks in a big sealable freezer bag with some olive oil and fresh chopped rosemary (if I can get it, dried otherwise), some kosher salt and some pepper, rub that around then let it sit for a bit while the meat comes up to room temperature.
posted by
on February 16, 2005
I just want to add that in my opinion, the best accompaniment to a good stack is a stack of french fries (or pommes frites, if you prefer) cut skinny and fresh out of the fryer. And a little butter, maybe flavored with garlic.
posted by
on February 16, 2005
(that first stack should be a steak)
posted by
on February 16, 2005
one of my favorite ways is to cook them slow on my el cheapo outdoor gas grill on the second rack, with aluminum foil on the rack underneath them.
Before putting them on a grill i rub them with lemon pepper seasoning and good coarse salt, and i drop some lemon juice and some peices of garlic on them when i flip them.
I've got a friend that grills a mean steak in his toaster oven.
posted by
on February 16, 2005
A few notes:
Never use olive oil (Sorry Capn). If you can, use refined avocado oil. It has a very high smoke point (about 500 F). If you can't find it, try refined peanut oil or refined sunflower oil. But you really don't need oil for a good steak.
Never use a meat thermometer. You don't want to pierce a steak until after it has been cooked and had time to rest. Instead, learn to gauge doneness by pushing down on the steak with a finger or the bottom of a fork. To learn how it feels, hold out one of your hands. Spread your first finger and thumb as far apart as they will go. Squeeze the skin between those fingers with the thumb and first finger of your other hand. This is what a well done steak feels like. Relax your hand and feel the same area with the other hand. This is a rare steak. In between these two is a medium steak.
Two minutes on each side in a cast iron skillet + finishing in the oven makes for a very good steak. Alton Brown has some good techniques for this.
Personally, I get the grill as hot as I can, season with salt, pepper, and garlic, throw on the steaks, flip after about 4 minutes (my grill isn't as hot as I would like), wait about 6 more minutes, then plate the steaks and let them rest. This is for 1 inch New York strips. They end up being just warm enough in the middle to make them no longer taste raw.
posted by
on February 16, 2005
I'm old school... I take a few ribeye's (they're more expensive, but you
use them!) and toss them on a charcoal grill for ~10 minutes on each side on my tiny Weber grill and sprinkle them liberally with McCormick's Montreal Sterak Seasoning.
Twenty minutes later you have a few tasty, tender, somewhere between medium-rare and medium steaks that taste
posted by
on February 16, 2005
Steak should be steak flavored. Anyone who says otherwise should be grilled themselves.
You're missing out on a lot, dude. ;)
posted by
on February 16, 2005
Make sure your meat is at room temperature.
One of the best suggestions I saw from above. No use in trying to cook the steak evenly if you already have a temp gradient.
Here is my simple grilling method (although I haven't had a steak in four years, but yum they taste good):
**Stab the steak a few times on each side with a fork. Put it on a medium high grill. Wait until the blood starts to rise up the fork holes. Flip the steak. Wait until the blood starts rising on that side. Take off the grill, eat.**
Personally, I like to add pepper while/before grilling and salt while eating. Also, keep in mind that a broiler is basically an upside down BBQ, so you can get similar (but not same) results.
posted by
on February 16, 2005
"Twenty minutes" - never, you will turn your steak to shoe leather. High heat for short periods beats low heat for long periods with steak. (This assumes you like your steak rare or medium/rare. Anything more just turns it to shoe leather so why bother with fancy cuts of meat? If you like your steak well done, get the cheapest piece of meat you can find and cook it to death, or just eat your shoes, its easier and the same.)
"Stab the steak with a fork" - Ouch, that just lets the juices out. Do not do that.
If you like a good steak, just do what beaverd does, he/she really seems to do steak well.
posted by
on February 16, 2005
1 tbsp dijon
1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
1 tbsp soy sauce
1 tbsp olive oil
1 tbsp balsamic vinegar
- mix together in a ziploc bag with steak and let sit in fridge for at least a half hour, grill 4 mins on one side and 6 mins on the other on high.
There was also a good recipe on the
Surreal Gourmet
that was pretty much just water and cayenne pepper for a gaucho-style steak.
posted by
on February 16, 2005
caddis: "...you will turn your steak to shoe leather."
I've *never* had a steak fall into the "leather" category doing this. It's always tender and juicy. Come on over and we'll cook some up! :)
posted by
on February 16, 2005
Jeez, bondcliff, when's dinner? I gotta say beavard, this is pretty close to right on. The key is searing the outside of that baby on a flame to hold in the juices and a couple os minutes each side to where it's slightly charred but medium rare in the middle. For the non-purist, try Dales seasoning as a marinade. Good God......
posted by
Pressed Rat
on February 16, 2005
I cook a lot of venison and elk which don't have any fat marbling, so overcooking (or just cooking) turns them into an old boot. I've had problems with them sticking to really hot pans (which is what you need), so I hit them with a little spray oil (one that is just oil, not like Pam, which has lots of other stuff in it). I marinade with soy sauce and a
bit of corn starch, it tenderizes and prevents the meat from drying out if you go a bit too long. Just did a section of venison loin (prime rib without the bone) yesterday. It was only about the size of a beef tender loin, so I just slowly rolled it on a very hot cast iron pan to brown all sides, then popped it in the oven for a bit. My visitors from back east couldn't get enough.
Its important to have a heavy enough and large enough pan so that the pan temperature doesn't drop too much and so the meat isn't crowded. You don't want to see juice boiling around the steak, you can't brown while there is liquid present. I have a large collection (50-100) of antique cast iron pans that I pick up at yard sales and estate auctions. I love
pans, but some of the off brands can be thicker. My favorite has dimples on the outside, but no brand name.
posted by
on February 16, 2005
I use the Big Green Egg (BGE) and love it, because you can go 'slow and low' for smoking or 'super blast furnace' for grilling. For grilled beef steaks, I have my butcher slice me some thick 1.25 inch steaks. Get a nice hot, 7-8 hundred degree fire going from natural lump charcoal. Meanwhile let the meat come to room temperature. Sear each side over the super hot fire 2-2.5 minutes per side. Then shut all vents and do each side again for about 3 minutes each. This is the BGE equivalent of a hot cast iron stovetop sear followed by dry-heat cooking in the oven.
posted by
on February 16, 2005
Never use olive oil (Sorry Capn).
Ah, but note that I am using a grill pan, not a frying pan, and very little olive oil. It is there for flavouring, and helping the fresh chopped rosemary oils get all over the surface of the steak, not for heat-transference, and I'm not afraid of a little smoke.
posted by
on February 17, 2005
One tip from me. I often cook my steaks in a big cast iron skillet. When I do that, I ONLY use kosher salt and freshly cracked black peppercorns. Lots and lots of pepper corns, you want them to fall off the steak and into the pan. After the steaks are done, pour a layer of vermouth into the pan and bring it to a boil. While it boils, scrape the bottom of the pan. Lower the heat and add some whole milk. Drizzle that onto your steak. I believe it's called
au poivre
sauce, and it's mighty fine.
posted by
on February 18, 2005
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bhārata-bhūmite haila manuṣya janma yāra
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bhārata — of India; bhūmite — in the land; haila — has become; manuṣya — human being; janma — birth; yāra — anyone; janma — such a birth; sārthaka — fulfillment; kari' — doing so; kara — do; para — others; upakāra — benefit.
"One who has taken his birth as a human being in the land of India [Bhārata-varṣa] should make his life successful and work for the benefit of all other people.
The magnanimity of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu is expressed in this very important verse. Although He was born in Bengal and Bengalis therefore have a special duty toward Him, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is addressing not only Bengalis but all the inhabitants of India. It is in the land of India that actual human civilization can be developed.
Human life is especially meant for God realization, as stated in the Vedānta-sūtra: athāto brahma jijñāsā. Anyone who takes birth in the land of India (Bhārata-varṣa) has the special privilege of being able to take advantage of the instruction and guidance of the Vedic civilization. He automatically receives the basic principles of spiritual life, for 99.9% of the Indian people, even simple village farmers and others who are neither educated nor sophisticated, believe in the transmigration of the soul, believe in past and future lives, believe in God, and naturally want to worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead or His representative. These ideas are the natural inheritance of a person born in India. India has many holy places of pilgrimage, such as Gayā, Benares, Mathurā, Prayāga, Vṛndāvana, Haridvāra, Rāmeśvaram and Jagannātha Purī, and still people go there by the hundreds and thousands. Although the present leaders of India are influencing the people not to believe in God, not to believe in a next life and not to believe in a distinction between pious and impious life, and although they are teaching them how to drink wine, eat meat and become supposedly civilized, people are nevertheless afraid of the four activities of sinful life — namely illicit sex, meat-eating, intoxication and gambling — and whenever there is a religious festival, they gather together by the thousands. We have actual experience of this. Whenever the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement holds a sańkīrtana festival in a big city like Calcutta, Bombay, Madras, Ahmedabad or Hyderabad, thousands of people come to hear. Sometimes we speak in English, but even though most people do not understand English, they nevertheless come to hear us. Even when imitation incarnations of Godhead speak, people gather in the thousands, for everyone who is born in the land of India has a natural spiritual inclination and is taught the basic principles of spiritual life; they merely need to be a little more educated in the Vedic principles. Therefore Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu says here, janma sārthaka kari' kara para-upakāra: if an Indian is educated in the Vedic principles, he is able to perform the most beneficial welfare activity for the entire world.
At present, for want of Kṛṣṇa consciousness, or God consciousness, the entire world is in darkness, having been covered by the four principles of sinful life — meat-eating, illicit sex, gambling and intoxication. Therefore there is a need for vigorous propaganda to educate people to refrain from sinful activities. This will bring peace and prosperity; the rogues, thieves and debauchees will naturally decrease in number, and all of human society will be God conscious.
The practical effect of our spreading the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement all over the world is that now the most degraded debauchees are becoming the most elevated saints. This is only one Indian's humble service to the world. If all Indians had taken to this path, as advised by Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu, India would have given a unique gift to the world, and thus India would have been glorified. Now, however, India is known as a poverty-stricken country, and whenever anyone from America or another opulent country goes to India, he sees many people lying by the footpaths for whom there are not even provisions for two meals a day. There are also institutions collecting money from all parts of the world in the name of welfare activities for poverty-stricken people, but they are spending it for their own sense gratification. Now, on the order of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement has been started, and people are benefiting from this movement. Therefore it is now the duty of the leading men of India to consider the importance of this movement and train many Indians to go outside of India to preach this cult. People will accept it, there will be cooperation among the Indian people and among the other people of the world, and the mission of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu will then be fulfilled. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu will then be glorified all over the world, and people will naturally be happy, peaceful and prosperous, not only in this life but also in the next, for as stated in the Bhagavad-gītā, anyone who understands Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, will very easily get salvation, or freedom from the repetition of birth and death, and go back home, back to Godhead. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu therefore requests every Indian to become a preacher of His cult to save the world from disastrous confusion.
This is not only the duty of Indians but the duty of everyone, and we are very happy that American and European boys and girls are seriously cooperating with this movement. One should know definitely that the best welfare activity for all of human society is to awaken man's God consciousness, or Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Therefore everyone should help this great movement. This is confirmed in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, Tenth Canto, Twenty-second Chapter, verse 35, which is next quoted in the Caitanya-caritāmṛta.
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I will.—Be quick; we're wasting time.
[JEAN crosses to door and beckons; enter LA HOGUE, LA ROCHEJACQUELEIN and DENISE.
[Putting off his coat and crossing.]
General, off with your coat!
What does this mean?
You were merciful to me—'tis my turn now! We exchange uniforms; I am captured in your place, mislead your pursuers while you escape.
For you to assist me is treason to your cause.
Ingratitude is treason to my God!—I owe you more than life; let men call this what they will; I have a divine right to pay my debt.
I refuse to let you do a deed that may bring dishonour on your head.
Then I refuse to owe my life to you.—Accept my assistance, or
[Drawing pistol from the belt of LA ROCHEJACQUELEIN.] with my own hand I'll shoot the prisoner you paroled.
[Grasping PAUL'S arm.]
Stop! This can be arranged.
You are a prisoner on parole.—The General is as good as captured now.—Let him release you from your word, then his escape will only be an exchange of prisoners.
Will you consent to this?
No, I cannot. The exchange would not be fair to the side you serve. I am a General; you, but a Captain.
But we have the other prisoners, the comrades of the Captain; we can shoot them all at once, or exchange them if we choose for you.
Free them—and I but make a fair exchange in helping you to get away.
[Shouts outside.
My God! The crowd rush on this way.
[Kneeling to LA ROCHEJACQUELEIN.]
In Mercy's name—!
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When Tatsunosuke was really, genuinely upset about something, he kept quiet.
When Tatsunosuke was really, genuinely upset about something, he kept quiet. He didn't broach the topic or make a fuss. It was when something that he and everyone who knew him would have expected to bother him didn't that he put on a front of agitation. Except, of course, where Tetsunosuke was concerned, in which case it was the exact opposite.
So, when he, Ryouma, and a rather large, wooden cart went flying down the street, lined by the merchants that he probably should have been buying provisions from, and into the river after their rather elaborate escape from a gang of Mimawarigumi lackeys, he made a conscious effort to look as annoyed as he possibly could. And when both of them sat half-naked by a ridiculously small campfire that Ryouma had built, he alternated between glowering at the flames and the man sitting next to him. And when Tatsunosuke asked if Ryouma had any alcohol on him, and he pulled out a small flask of whiskey, he complained about the other man's taste in liquor. But when he returned the flask to the other man and he simply stared at it through dark eyes with a contemplative expression before shrugging and drinking from it himself, Tatsunosuke turned his gaze back to the fire and said nothing.


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The late budget breakthrough in Washington could give the stock market a boost Wednesday, though investors are already turning their attention to issues left unresolved by the deal.
Late Tuesday, the House of Representatives voted to approve a compromise deal cleared by the Senate to avert a series of government spending cuts and tax increases known as the fiscal cliff.
Japan's stock market was closed for a holiday, but several other Asian markets were moving higher early Wednesday. Hong Kong's Hang Seng index was up 1.8%, while South Korea's Kospi was up 1.4% and Australia's S&P/ASX 200 index was up 1.2%. The dollar rose against the yen but fell against the euro in early Asian trading.
If U.S. stocks rise Wednesday, that would add to a New Year's Eve rally that saw the Dow Jones Industrial Average gain 166.03 points, or 1.3%, as the Senate inched toward a deal. It was the largest point gain on the final day of the year in the average's history. Major global markets were closed Tuesday.
But the joy may be short-lived. Investors are already looking ahead to the next battles on the legislative calendar, including debates on the federal budget, preprogrammed spending cuts and the debt ceiling, which limits the government's ability to borrow— all in the next few months.
"Even if the market decides to rally in the short term, how far can you reasonably go before you have to deal with this again?" said Dan Greenhaus, chief global strategist at BTIG LLC, a New York brokerage, who spent the Tuesday holiday monitoring the latest political developments from home.
For many investors, the relatively narrow scope of the congressional compromise virtually ensures continued political turmoil.
For months, investors had hoped politicians would be able to strike a "grand bargain" that would set tax and spending policy for the next decade.
But those high hopes gradually gave way to smaller ambitions.
On the eve of the Dec. 31 deadline, investors were seemingly content with any deal to at least avert the immediate consequences of going over the fiscal cliff.
"It reached the point that the market was basically saying, 'Do something—anything—to make this go away,'" said Quincy Krosby, market strategist at Prudential Financial. PRU -1.47% Prudential Financial Inc. U.S.: NYSE $86.65 -1.29 -1.47% Oct. 1, 2014 12:16 pm Volume (Delayed 15m) : 918,912 P/E Ratio 13.91 Market Cap $40.45 Billion Dividend Yield 2.44% Rev. per Employee $1,103,540 10/01/14 Morning MoneyBeat: Bullish Str... 09/30/14 Bristol-Myers Squibb to Transf... 09/25/14 Competition Lowered Price of M... More quote details and news »
The smaller deal leaves many of the bigger questions over the deficit and taxes unresolved, prolonging uncertainty for investors.
If there is any consolation, Ms. Krosby said that many in the market have grown inured to the political volatility, managing their investments to minimize damage in the event of either outcome. "Traders and portfolio managers are going into this hedged—they know this could go either way," Ms. Krosby said.
Traders wore "2013" glasses on the final trading day of the year. Associated Press
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In October, health exchanges will become available in Mississippi as part of the Affordable Care Act, also known informally as Obamacare, but residents in 36 out of the state's 82 counties may not be able to take part.
Currently, no insurance providers are offering to sell plans in the state's poorest counties. Those counties include Wayne, Jones, Covington, Jefferson Davis, Walthall, Pike, and Pearl River. This means people who would qualify for subsidized insurance coverage will be unable to take part in the program, officials said.
A family of four making $50,000 a year in Forrest County would pay hundreds of dollars less a month in insurance premiums than a family with the same income in Marion County which is not covered by the federal exchange.
State Democratic leader Bobby Moak said Tuesday that a state health insurance exchange would extend tax breaks to every Mississippi county, but the limited number of insurance providers through the federal exchange limits the coverage.
Moak asked, "Why a Republican-controlled legislature would want a federally controlled health exchange? It's kind of interesting to say that you don't want Obamacare in the state, yet you would be in favor of a federal exchange run by the Obama administration rather than a state exchange run by the Mississippi elected officials. But, under the federal plan we are limited to who is (Insurance Carriers) writing, one with maybe a second one coming in and that is part of the reason you have 36 counties with no coverage whatsoever. Under the federal plan, all of those people, some 60,000 people are left to pay higher insurance premiums every month."Moak says without another special session being called to adopt a state health insurance exchange, the changes that will take effect in October of this year and cause 60,000 Mississippians to miss out on the tax breaks.
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Interview: Lisa Ling Says She Knows "You Can't Pray the Gay Away"
AE: So you think some gay people missed who the show was meant for and what message was being sent out, and instead just focused on a question that we feel like we've heard too many times?
LL: I don't want to assume that. All I can do is state what my objective was and hopefully that came true. One of my best friends is named Jamie, he's a gay man, [and he] wrote me the most beautiful email and said that he felt like I was talking to his fourteen-year-old self when he was watching that. And he wished that places like The Naming Project existed for him.
What we set out to do was to show what was going on at Exodus but close the show with The Naming Project and see that there are these programs and these courageous young people. I wanted to show people that are involved in programs like Exodus that there are other options.
Young people can go and be themselves and pray to God, the same God that others pray to and he is just as loving and just as forgiving. A couple of times I was faced with the question of "Are these people all worshiping the same God? Are the people at Exodus worshiping the same God as the kid at The Naming Project?" And if God is just as loving as Christians say and believe he is then sexual orientation shouldn't matter.
[A publicist told us our time was up, but Ling wanted to make sure I'd understood her point.]
Does that make sense, Michael? Did you…?
AE: It made sense. I think people will appreciate your taking the time to talk with me. But I still think there is a pretty fundamental difference in point of view as to whether or not it's OK to ask that question. I think a lot of folks would make the point that there would never be a show like that about women or Asians that sort of asked that kind of question —
LL: You see, that's the thing, if we asked that sort of question, "Can you pray the Asian away?" and the answer is obviously, no! And I felt the same way about that question, "Can you pray the gay away?" the answer is clearly "no." And even Alan Chambers says you can't change your sexual orientation. You can choose to marry a woman and live your life and have children, but it doesn't mean that your sexual orientation has changed. I mean I think the answer to that question is undoubtedly "no!"
AE: If the question is unequivocally "no" then why was it asked in that way? Why wasn't the title phrased, "Why are people being forced to pray the gay away?" and been more of an exploration of the damage that the kids coming out of those programs like Exodus. suffer
As you said, this isn't a hard hitting analytical look at the issue, but more exploring how people feel and why the feel the way they do. But I don't think GLAAD is going to turn around after reading this interview and say, "Oh, ok, we understand now." For certain people certain questions are so offensive and we're so tired of hearing them, that no one is very going to be ok with that. Does that make sense?
LL: Yeah. And I don't even mean to try and take that kind of feeling away from people and obviously it's a very fundamental feeling that people have in regards to that question and that notion and if anyone felt harmed by that, I'm sorry.
My intention was to send a message to closed minded evangelicals because even if they thought for a moment that the notion of praying the gay away was possible, all they had to do is watch the show to the end and hear people like Michael Bussee and all the kids at The Naming Project saying you know what, "That question in a way is kind of irrelevant because God loves all regardless."
AE: I'm glad to hear that you received messages from people that came out the other side of that. I'm glad that at least came out of this.
LL: Oh, yeah and my really good gay friend said, "We don't like to be hit over the head like Michael Moore style or Bill Maher style." This is a very nuanced piece that really let us really think hard about a lot of things and getting the message that God loves all. We just don't hear that enough.
I think both sides get so deeply entrenched that both sides just want to attack and name call. And I don't think that does a damn bit of good. When people were criticizing the piece I was thinking, "Do you think that's really helping you?"
Why not take the pieces of our show where people are actually reconciling their faith and their sexual orientation in a loving way and promote those kinds of things? I think we've evolved past that. I assumed me evolved past that and I wanted to take the conversation to a different place, and I hope we can still continue to do that.
AE: I think the reactions from this show showcases just how touchy these subjects are and how judged gay people still feel. I'm sure you follow the news and know that some religious conservatives just blocked gay marriage in Maryland and just yesterday they defeated a civil unions bill in Colorado. So for gay people these questions feel very fundamental and very present and very much affecting our lives.
LL: The only thing that I would say is there have been a lot of hateful things that have come out of the evangelical community about gay people. And I hope that the gay people don't adopt that strategy and become as judgmental and devolve into that kind of betrayal as the evangelicals have. I really hope we can take this to a different level and explore with a dialogue and find compassion and try and better define that God loves you and me and I'm not even religious, so let's put it back out there to the religious community. So let's ask them to really redefine or really reinterpret or interpret at all what God's love should mean.
AE: I agree.
LL: Because quite honestly it only entrenches both sides even more. It makes me want to fight harder and name call even more, but ultimately is that getting us any closer to achieving our objective rather than expanding the dialogue and letting people understand what it's like to live in my shoes and why people might believe what they believe. Only then can people understand why people believe what they believe, and then people be able learn how to deal with it and get to a place where they understand each other better.
AE: It's an important topic to take on.
LL: And I said to GLAAD yesterday, rather than nit picking, why don't we all open a dialogue and do something positive? Let's do something that changes people's perceptions. Let's really do something that's really productive and the more we nitpick, the more challenging things become, I think, and it doesn't advance our cause.


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Why do we have environmental problems? What shapes our ideas about nature, and about the human place in the natural world? The Environmental Humanities Working Group is bringing together the insights of history, literature, journalism, philosophy, aesthetics, and other disciplines to analyze and understand the environmental predicaments of the 21st century. Although we look to the sciences and the social sciences for their own expertise, we take for granted that neither are sufficient to understand the complex ways people relate to the non-human world.
The Environmental Humanities Working Group has three principal missions.
McKay Jenkins is a journalist, nonfiction writer, and scholar of American studies, specializing in environmental studies and the history, journalism, and literature of race relations and social justice. Books include What's Gotten Into Us: Staying Healthy in a Toxic World (Random House, 2011), which chronicles the myriad synthetic chemicals we encounter in our daily lives, and the growing body of evidence about the harm these chemicals do to our bodies and the environment. Other books: Bloody Falls of the Coppermine: Madness and Murder in the Arctic Barren Lands (Random House, 2005), the true tale of a pair of French Catholic missionaries who were murdered in the Arctic by a pair of Inuit hunters, and the trial and troubling cultural consequences of this strange event. The Last Ridge: America's First Mountain Soldiers and the Assault on Hitler's Europe (Random House, 2003), the story of the fabled 10th Mountain Division's exploits training at high altitudes in Colorado and its missions in the mountains of Italy during World War II. The White Death: Tragedy and Heroism in an Avalanche Zone (Random House, 2000) is the true story of five young mountaineers who, after setting out to make the first winter ascent of the highest peak in Montana's Glacier National Park, were killed in a massive avalanche that led to one of the country's largest search and rescue missions. The South in Black and White: Race, Sex, and Literature in the 1940s (Univ. of North Carolina Press, 1999) explores the influence of racial history and sexual mores on the literature of the American South in the decades immediately preceding the Civil Rights Movement. Jenkins is also the editor of The Peter Matthiessen Reader (Vintage, 2000), an anthology of the American nature writer's most enduring nonfiction work.
Adam Rome is an environmental historian of the United States. His first book, The Bulldozer in the Countryside: Suburban Sprawl and the Rise of American Environmentalism, won the Organization of American Historians' Frederick Jackson Turner award. His history of the first Earth Day (1970) is forthcoming from Hill and Wang. He also has written about environmental reform in the Gilded Age and Progressive Era – the period when Americans first tried to stop pollution, conserve natural resources, and preserve wild places and wild creatures. From 2002 through 2005, he edited Environmental History, the leading journal in the field. He also is a member of the English department, where he teaches courses on environmental non-fiction, and he is co-director of the College of Arts and Sciences' environmental-humanities initiative. He earned his B.A. from Yale and his Ph.D. from the University of Kansas.
Susan Barton, Ph.D. is an extension specialist and associate professor in the Plant and Soil Sciences Department at the University of Delaware. She has worked closely for the past 13 years with DelDOT to research and implement new roadside vegetation management strategies. She has also worked with partners to develop the Plants for a Livable Delaware Program, designed to provide alternatives to known invasive plants species. She teaches Plants and Human Culture, Nursery and Garden Center Management, Students of Our Environment and coordinates the Landscape Horticulture Internship. She also works closely with the nursery and landscape industry, writing newsletters, organizing short courses and conducting horticulture industry expos with the Delaware Nursery and Landscape Association. Barton is working on a collaborative team with USDA watershed funding to measure water quality and other ecosystem services (carbon sequestration, plant and insect diversity, etc.) in five watersheds at Winterthur Museum and Gardens (2012-2014). She is spearheading the educational role in the project demonstrating and communicating sustainable landscape practices to homeowners and green industry members. Barton recently published a brochure entitled Livable Ecosystems: A Model for Suburbia, the fourth in the Plants for a Livable Delaware series. She received the Nursery Extension Award in 1995 from the American Nursery and Landscape Association and the Ratledge Award for service from UD in 2007.
Jacob (Jake) L. Bowman is an associate professor of Wildlife Ecology at the University of Delaware. He received his B.S. in Forestry and Wildlife with a minor in Biology from Virginia Tech in 1992, his M.S. in Wildlife Ecology with a minor in Statistics from Mississippi State University (MSU) in 1996, and his Ph.D. in Forest Resources with an emphasis in Wildlife Ecology from MSU in 1999. Additionally, he has worked for the USDI National Park Service at Shenandoah National Park and contracted with the USDOD at the Armed Forces Experimental Activity. He was vice-president of the Student Chapter of the Wildlife Society at VA Tech and president of the Student Chapter of the Wildlife Society at MSU. He has served as Delaware delegate-at-large, president-elect, president, and past-president of the Maryland/Delaware State Chapter of the Wildlife Society. His research is focused on large mammal ecology and management (primarily black bears and white-tailed deer) with interests in human-wildlife interactions, GIS applications in wildlife ecology, and population dynamics. He is graduate and undergraduate coordinator for the Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology. He teaches three required courses in the Wildlife Conservation Curriculum and has led seven study abroad programs to five continents.
Huantian Cao is an associate professor in the Department of Fashion and Apparel Studies at the University of Delaware. He obtained his Ph.D. degree in Textile Sciences from the University of Georgia. Prior to joining UD in 2008, he had been a faculty member in Oklahoma State University for six years. He teaches Fundaments of Textiles I and II and online graduate certificate courses in Socially Responsible and Sustainable Apparel Business. His research interests include: protective clothing for agricultural, industrial, homeland security and military applications; and sustainable design and development in textiles and apparel. His teaching, research and outreach projects have been funded by the National Science Foundation, Environmental Protection Agency, and Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology. He has advised seven student projects to participate in the EPA People, Prosperity, and the Planet Student Design Competition for Sustainability (P3 Award). His research has been published in a variety of peer-reviewed journals, including Textile Research Journal, Dyes & Pigments, International Journal of Clothing Science & Technology, and the American Journal of Environmental Sciences.
James Kendra, Ph.D., is an associate professor in the School of Public Policy and Administration and Director of the Disaster Research Center. Previously, he was coordinator of the Emergency Administration and Planning Program in the Department of Public Administration at the University of North Texas. His research interests focus on individual and organizational responses to risk, improvisation and creativity during crisis, post-disaster shelter and housing, and planning for behavioral health services. Projects have included research on the reestablishment of New York City's emergency operations center after the 9/11 attacks, a major study of the waterborne evacuation of Manhattan on 9/11, research on the social impacts of the Indian Ocean tsunami, and research on the organization of disaster behavioral health services.
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((Quick prompt for miseradreamer while I work on my others; Rachel discovers a hidden talent of Santana's.))
It was in the middle of a rather uninspiring lecture on The Great Gatsby that Rachel Berry, new captain of the New Directions under the direction of the Spanish teacher Mr. Schuester, noticed that Santana Lopez, first lieutenant to the head cheerleader Quinn Fabray, both members of the Unholy Trinity that also included Brittany Pierce, was folding a loose piece of notebook paper into an origami frog. Her pencil slowly stopping from where she had been bouncing it up and down on her knuckle, Rachel lowered her head forward to surreptitiously get a better look at the girl sitting two seats away from her.
Yes. Santana Lopez was folding origami. She finished the frog, sighed, glanced around (Rachel immediately making like she was studying her written words intently), then pulled out another sheet and, with one more suspicious sweep of the room, slowly crafted an origami unicorn. Her forehead eased, her lips smiled, and then she looked up and caught Rachel watching her. An ugly look slammed onto her face, and she violently crumpled her two animals together.
Flinching from her glare, Rachel sat back and told herself she'd probably benefit from never mentioning anything of what she'd seen. Probably better, she glanced at Santana's burning dark eyes again, to forget it entirely.
So she did. For three years.
Until the day Santana Lopez, co-head cheerleader with Becky Johnson, walked up to her, now co-captain of the New Directions with Finn Hudson, a bright and shiny gold origami star in her hands. "Here," she pushed the star at Rachel, leaning in, "Just in case you forget who you truly are."
"What?" Rachel asked, staring at the gift, then up at Santana.
Turning, Santana stopped, then turned back to her. She looked Rachel up and down; thoughts moved behind her eyes, and she drew in a breath before shaking her head. "You're more than a boy," she finally offered as she resumed her walk, glancing back to meet Rachel's eyes again, "You'll always be more than anyone else."
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7. Arkansas (10-2): Might the Razorbacks return to their Southwest Conference roots with a Cotton Bowl bid?
8. Boise State (11-1): Kellen Moore concluded his home career with a 45-0 trouncing of New Mexico. But it won't be enough to get Broncos in BCS.
9. Wisconsin (11-2): I should have DVR'd the Badgers' 42-39 Big Ten championship conquest of Michigan State. Wisconsin returns to the Rose Bowl. Does Montee Ball get a Heisman invite to New York?
10. Michigan State (10-3): Is the Spartans' consolation prize a Bloomin' Onion Bowl bid?
11. Kansas State (10-2): The Wildcats survived Iowa State 30-23 Saturday for their first 10-win season since 2003.
12. South Carolina (10-2): Stunned that Steve Spurrier didn't return fire after last week's salvo from Clemson's Dabo Swinney. Perhaps too busy working on his short game.
13. Michigan (10-2): The Wolverines are sweating the final BCS standings. Need to be among top 14 to be at-large eligible and head to Sugar Bowl.
14. Clemson (10-3): The Tigers back in the Orange Bowl for the first time since their 1981 national championship season.
15. Virginia Tech (11-2): The Hokies rebounded admirably from their first loss to Clemson.
16. Georgia (10-3): The Bulldogs held LSU without a first down in the opening half. Then they got freight-trained.
17. Baylor (9-3): Heisman candidate Robert Griffin III makes the Bears worth watching, witness their 48-24 rout of Texas on Saturday. Griffin shredded a very good Longhorns defense.
18. TCU (10-2): Needing to jump two spots in the standings to secure a BCS bid, the Horned Frogs rolled UNLV 56-9 Saturday. Great year for Gary Patterson's team after last season's Rose Bowl perfection.
19. Houston (12-1): The Cougars were a home win away from the Sugar Bowl but got drilled by Southern Mississippi 49-28 in the Conference USA championship game. Now could be relegated to Sheraton Hawaii Bowl. Hey, at least it's Honolulu.
20. Oklahoma (9-3): The Sooners were preseason No. 1.
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22. Southern Mississippi (11-2): The Golden Eagles' rout of Houston prompts a question. How in the name of Brett Favre did they lose to UAB?
23. West Virginia (9-3): A final play field goal at South Florida gave the Mountaineers a 30-27 win Thursday and share of the Big East title. Presuming WVU finishes ahead of other co-champs Louisville and Cincinnati in the BCS standings, it heads to the Orange or Sugar Bowl.
24. Penn State (9-3): The more Jerry Sandusky talks – a four-hour interview with the New York Times?! – the worse he and Penn State look.
25. Notre Dame (8-4): The Irish likely headed for Champs Bowl against an ACC opponent. They're already 3-0 against the conference this season.
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my bf is nice when he feels like it but most of the time hes an asshole..how do i teach him his lesson..i try to tell him but he doesnt get that it really bothers me..what can i do to really make him stop!
Posted by Anonymous on Feb. 20, 2013 at 6:50 PM
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by *Angelicious* on Feb. 20, 2013 at 6:57 PM
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Dump him. Asshole boyfriends turn into asshole husbands.
by Platinum Member on Feb. 20, 2013 at 6:57 PM
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Take stock. Make a list of positive things about him, and negative things about you. Then decide if you are worthy of throwing that stone.
by Ruby Member on Feb. 20, 2013 at 6:57 PM
Get out of the relationship.
Don't get into another relationship until you find a man who treats you right.
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He is your boyfriend, not your husband. Dump him.
by Ruby Member on Feb. 20, 2013 at 6:59 PM
That's not a ringing endorsement.
Quoting Anonymous:
Because i love the bitch..he can be nice i just want him to know im not one of his boys n he cant talk to me how ever he wants
Quoting danandsamsmom:
Why do you date someone that is an asshole most of the time? Why not just cut your losses?
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North Garden, VA– Morgan Harrington, the 20 year old fair-haired, radiant beauty, was brutally murdered after disappearing from the John Paul Jones arena the evening of October 17, 2009.
Morgans remains were recovered the morning of January 26, 2010 in a hayfield on Anchorage Farm, owned by David and Nancy Bass.
Since Morgan was found by Mr. Bass that blackest of days in January, there has been rampant speculation about her last hours and how she ended up in the creek bed of total strangers.
A sequence of events and incidents in the days and hours preceding and following the January 26, 2010, discovery of Morgan Harrington's skeletal remains on Anchorage Farm continues to attract attention from pundits and volunteers dedicated to Morgan's cause.
Although naysayers point to a lack of a viable connection, and police have disavowed a link, others say emergency services runs to a nearby fire and also other responses which are not supported by publicly available documentation has led to calls for more complete disclosure to eliminate any connection or chance of prank calls to misdirect or busy first responders.
The editors of www.blinkoncrime.com present a series of events occurring in Albemarle County, VA that pose the question:
What the Hell is going on and what does it have to do with Morgan Harrington's murder?
The Monsoons of Albemarle County …. PD
Ok, maybe I meant "The monsoor". Karl Monsoor that is.
Former Officer Karl Monsoor had been tugging on the shirtail of ACPD for years before he finally left with pocketfuls of sunshine. Almost 500 G's.
It is not my intention to be glib, it is my intention to say that as one of the youngest police departments in the country, enacted in 1983, this tank needed algeacide before this past March.
Death By Cop.. January 1, 2010
Colby Eppard, described by some as a cross between Gomer Pyle and cool hand luke, had the rawest of deals growing up in Greene County.
According to his foster-mommy-aunt, Tammy Harlow Cox, Colby was hit by a car at a very young age and suffered a brain injury that apparently served to shape his future of home upheavel and juvenile detention facilities.
Ms. Cox, to whom Colby Eppard was entrusted for a time as a foster parent, is no stranger to the judicial system. Tammy was arrested for admittedly having sex with 3 High School seniors athletes on the Varsity Football Team, where her own sons attended. The same school Colby elected to leave without his diploma.
Colby's family recalls better times, and I don't think anyone believes this is the last we have heard of this case.
Specifically under VA statute, Greene County Captain Randall Snead was out of his jurisdiction, both when he was called about Colby stealing the patrol car and the fact that he was in North Garden, Albemarle County, looking for it. It would seem the Greene County Roster could accommodate a deputy vs. a captain to respond, no? Keep in mind, EVERY responding officer was put on desk duty pending the investigation, through at least February 9th, 2010.
While the attorney for the Commonwealth, Denise Lunsford has cleared all officers from all participating counties involved, none of the dash cams have been released despite requests through The Freedom of Information Act..
According to Ms. Lunsford, in an incident that spanned almost 70 miles and over 2 and a half hours where traffic was rerouted and stringers were used, Colby Eppard was allegedly wielding the 20 gauge Greene County Issue out the windows, not one LEO attempted to engage or respond to Eppard in an effort to get him to pull over, or negotiate his surrender at any time.
In fact, according to statements from Snead, Albemarle Deputies Fields and Marden, they were all in place on the south junction of 20 "in the event" he went that way, yet, they did not block traffic until after the stinger caused Eppard to crash.
My biggest question regarding this incident is: Did anyone ask Colby Eppard why he would take the truck and 2 rifles on New Years day ending up in Albemarle County?
Was it related to a New Years Eve occurrance of a friend, family member or associate of his? After Sgt. Hutchinson loses Eppard near the Nelson line, the next time he is seen is parked on Green Creek Rd, back in Albemarle.
What route did he take from 29 South to end up there? Was he seeking Red Hill Road where the overdose call came in to EMS the night before?
By all accounts he was a troubled young man with challenges throughout his young 18 years.
Additionally corroborated by those that knew him, he was never violent to anyone. There were over 6 Law Enforcement Officers from 4 different jurisdictions this man encountered before he hit just below Carters Bridge; 14 by the time the stolen vehicle ended up in the ditch.
Not one of them spoke or attempted to speak to Colby Wade Eppard at anytime he was on the police radio for over 2 hours. Was there an order given not to?
How is it that not one officer responded to Eppards threats, which were even being monitored by the media at this point in an effort to have a peaceful result to this situation?
Did Eppard have a cell phone with him and have the records been checked?
Did he call anyone, like Amber Rogers, his off-again girlfriend of 3 years? His brother Courtney or any of his friends?
In the preliminary release by the Virginia State Police, it stated Eppard returned to his crashed 2006 Ford Ranger truck prior to stealing the unmarked Green Cty car. If he were attempting to have a police stand off, why would he not take the two rifles he brought with him? He left his guns behind.
It also states in the report that Eppard is seen on the video from the STOLEN police car retrieving the shotgun from the trunk and loading it, how is that possible considering all the cameras are dash mounted?
Can someone explain to me how the officers have been cleared, but the footage of both Eppards actions and their responses, the very evidence of the incident cannot be released? One of the officers involved, Caleb Marden, was fired for reasons nobody is willing to comment on.
There is only ONE way that is legal; if is part of an ONGOING investigation.
So what investigation is it an active part of?
(Editors note: If Mr. Eppard put ANYONE's safety at risk through his actions, in the end, I say what happened to him was done to protect others, which I support. That said, as it was not so long ago a Virginia Conservation Officer was indicted for the involuntary manslaughter of a 16 year old kid whose girlfriend he was trying to grab out of his moving car, and later had the charges dismissed, I think it is worthy of conversation.)


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