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Last week's show was about the "Sandy Hook Promise" and featured two parents who lost their young son to a gunman who was unqualified to hold a weapon because it was not his and because he was mentally unbalanced.
It was a heart-wrenching and thorough discussion about America's inability and communal negligence at balancing the right to own a gun and the greater right to not have a gun end your life.
I am always astonished how quiet the political right is about reasonable gun control. While they carry on without ceasing about the right to life in the abortion debate, they are strangely mute about 6-year-old children cut down in their school room because our country favors the virtually unlimited rights of gun owners over the rights of already born fellow citizens to live.
Our representative Renacci is one of those politicians who sees much more importance to keeping weapons in the hands of those that would use them illegally over expanded, sensible controls to protect the many who die on the wrong end of a barrel.
No doubt our gerrymandered U.S. districts help keep extreme thoughts viable in the November elections, but that too is the subject of a different letter. Meanwhile, I would be just happy to have Mr. Renacci respond to my letter to him on the subject. He continues to be quite reticent in explaining his opposing views.
We have a constitutional right to improve our personal happiness and economy, but we restrict and punish those that do so fraudulently.
We have a right to our freedom of expression, but we don't allow someone to shout "fire!" in a crowded auditorium.
We have a right to the free exercise of religion, but we don't allow rituals that endanger the personal well-being of followers.
We have a right to vote, but we (too easily) qualify how that right can be exercised.
Yet we need not consider balancing any of these rights in this debate. Surely the rights of the living, the movie-goers in Colorado, the soldiers in Texas, the two police officers in Middlefield, Ohio, and the children in Connecticut trump the rights of the gun owner to unencumbered access.
National and Ohio polls show vast majorities in favor of tougher controls on guns. Even 80 percent of gun-owning Ohioans support such measures.
Unfortunately Mr. Renacci remains cowed by a vocal minority of the extreme, perhaps because the statistical majority remains silent.
I have never been a one-issue voter. The events of Sandy Hook have changed that.
Wesley R. Scott


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Not a Byrne fan: I am sick and tired of Bradley Byrne running off at the mouth and starting mess. I am sick of this. He makes me sick. Bradley Byrne ain't nothing but a bunny rabbit – a bunny rabbit. He never was elected to nobody's office. He was always a phony. He's lying like I don't know what. He was lying in the governor's race and he's lying in this race.
Subterfuge: I dislike both Republicans in the Congress runoff. So I'm going to vote for Young, and then in the regular election I'm going to vote Democrat. I hope to put both the Republicans in the weeds.
The world isn't with him: It's not just me and the people trying to use Obamacare dissatisfied with our president. But the governments of a whole bunch of countries in western Europe and South America are leaning on him because they say he tapped in to their email accounts and telephone calls. I don't blame them a bit. I think the whole world is getting dissatisfied with this guy.
Misquotes: Channel 5 news is telling us that healthcare.gov will give you the price of the different insurances that your county can get. Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Alabama is quoting $200-$300 difference and they say their prices are correct, not healthcare.gov, for these monthly premiums. So who's right? Is $538 for the platinum right or is $846 that Blue Cross/Blue Shield quoted right? Duh.
Free pass: I am so tired of the media being down on Republicans, and people like our president and Nancy Pelosi seem to get a pass every time. I am so sick of the media's bias. Also, I feel what Ted Cruz tried to do in Congress was noble, but it was misguided.
No branches on the tree: Why have three branches of government? If Congress won't rubber stamp what he wants, our dictator just issues an executive order and it's done. He's stomped on our Constitution so much that it is completely unrecognizable now and I wonder if this country will ever recover.
One and done wrong: It's my understanding that this so-called website for Obamacare was issued sole source by Katherine Sebelius' HHR. I spent my whole life in government contracting and never have I heard of an $800-million government contract being let sole source. There are government contracting rules that govern this sort of thing and I want to know how come those rules were violated in this particular instance, and maybe more knowing this administration.
Ask for answers: As an American citizen, I would like to ask fellow citizens to call your Congressman, call the president and ask our Dear Ruler why did he spend a billion-plus dollars on a garbage computer system to run Obamacare, which is socialism-light by the way, and pay that money to a Canadian company. You don't have somebody in the USA? What kind of clown decision is that? Or is that company tied to our ruler, Mr. Obama?
Color blind: Just wondering, are you guys keeping up with this white-on-white crime, like this school shooting in Nevada? People who read this newspaper are all about black-on-black crime in Chicago. Well, they're having white-on-white crime all over the United States. But you guys don't want to talk about white-on-white crime. You want to talk about Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton.
Good job, P-R: I just wanted to comment about the story in Sunday's Press-Register by Jessica Rigby. The picture and the article were great, they were outstanding. It was so refreshing to read something positive and good for a change. The article was very informative about our new mayor, and we enjoyed it immensely.
Handicap this: I'm handicapped, and I am tired of having people seeing my handicapped tag and sticker and running up behind me on the interstate doing 85 or 90 miles an hour, wanting to push me out of the way. And then wanting to flip their finger at me. Let's just pull off the highway one time and see if this old handicapped man won't pull that finger off and do something with it you won't like.
Misuse of power?: On a daily basis I see a Mobile Power truck at the Wal-Mart in Saraland and I am assuming that these guys are shopping for groceries, but it seems to me that is an awful long way out of their area for a Mobile Power truck to be. Isn't there anything closer to their area? Surely they can make a trip across to a Wal Mart in Mobile. Not only does that carry them far out of their coverage area in Mobile, it's giving tax dollars to a city that's not paying their salary. That seems to be counterproductive to me.
What's with the shades?: I have a lot of black friends, and I like them. But I have never been able to ask them, are their eyes different from all the rest of us? I watch a lot of TV shows and they all seem to have on dark glasses. And I wonder why? They just all look the same when they do that. Are their eyes really different?
Economics lesson: Our free market system is just the heart of capitalism. But we should not be guilty of the sin – yes, sin – of usery, which is excessive profitability off someone else's vulnerability. It's alright to charge (interest) and receive a profit, but not a gross profit. There should be a commandment of sorts which states 'thou shalt not gouge.' But then again, I would rather see even a gross profit as opposed to redistribution of wealth by governmental decree, which seems even more insidious.
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Yo, it is what it is you know what I'm sayin'? Homeboy Sandman. It is what it is
It is what it is and it isn't what it was and what it ain't
Is another dime a dozen I don't covet I create
When there's nothin' in my cupboard I be guzzlin' V-8
I'm concerned by how the government and governor behave
I'm fed up with all the rubbish that the youngins emulate
Yesterday I cuddled with a couple of Malasians
Play me in the summer with a cup of lemonade
I don't knuckle up but on a couple of occasions
Hate when undercovers run amok at the parade
Homie I grew up without a butler and a maid
Homies get a cut of every buck I'll ever make
Since my rubber ducky I've been lucky with the dames
Ever though I'm never up to spend a ducat on a date
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A substitute teacher accused of sexually assaulting a student in a school bathroom is heading to trial.
And in a new development Friday, prosecutors revealed that the teacher, Michael Agrippine, wasn't alone when the alleged incident happened.
The prosecution played an hour-long interview that was recorded between the 9-year-old boy and a child interview specialist.
During the January 21 interview, the alleged victim told the specialist that Agrippine, who he calls "Mr. A," met the boy and a 13-year-old boy, identified only as Christopher, inside the bathroom at Union Terrace Elementary School on Fri., Jan. 18.
After the video, Agrippine's lawyer told a judge that there are too many inconsistencies with the alleged victim's story.
"Michael has been consistent," said Ed Angelo, attorney. "He's adamantly denied these charges consistently."
The 9-year-old boy claims he was raped by the 13-year-old while Agrippine stood behind them. Then, the boy claims Agrippine sexually assaulted him.
"We only have the tip of the iceberg right now," said Angelo. "We're going to be getting a lot more information."
During the cross examination, the defense asked investigators if they interviewed the child as well.
The detective and prosecution said the only interview that will be conducted was by the child specialist because it causes less trauma on the alleged victim.
The defense also questioned the timeline in the interview because the victim went back and forth between saying the alleged assault took place in the morning in one sentence, and then saying in the afternoon in another.
"This is a lovable child, but children have flights of imagination and fancy and I think that is what's happening here.," added Angelo. "But we'll see. We don't know a lot yet. We don't know everything."
Agrippine is facing charges of aggravated and institutional sexual assault, as well as indecent assault.
Prosecutors never mentioned the 13-year-old boy who allegedly raped the 9-year-old boy. They refused to comment Friday.


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British Law Lord Speaks About Dissenting Vote in Decision to Extradite Pinochet to Spain
A legal justification for extraditing former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet from Britain to Spain simply didn't exist, asserted Lord Slynn of Hadley in remarks September 6 sponsored by the J.B. Moore Society of International Law.
Lord Slynn, a member of the British House of Lords and a Law Lord (roughly equivalent to a U.S. Supreme Court Justice), was one of three dissenting voices among twelve lords who ruled on Spain's 1998 request that it be allowed to try Pinochet for the murder of Spanish citizens in Chile, but Spain later expanded the charges to include torture and other serious human rights abuses committed against Chileans. The decision ultimately allowed extradition for torture committed after 1988 when Britain became a party to the convention against torture. It was seen as a victory for human rights organizations that argued that jurisdiction over human rights crimes should be universal, in other words that any nation should be free to bring charges against violators of international human rights conventions.
"If the question was whether to send Pinochet to Chile or to an international court to be tried, then the answer was yes," Lord Slynn said. "But to Spain? No one was against human rights who said he shouldn't be sent to Spain."
British extradition procedures require that the foreign warrants be for crimes that would be crimes according English law, he explained. "For a Chilean to murder a Spaniard in Chile was not a crime in English law so out the window that [warrant] went," he said.
That left the matter of whether Pinochet, who was in Britain getting medical treatment, retained immunity from prosecution as a former head-of-state. Some Lords evidently believed that Pinochet's history made the matter simply too grave to be left to the Chileans to decide, should Pinochet be extradited there, fearing that that his countrymen might end up not doing anything to punish him.
"I took the view that that immunity had not gone," Lord Slynn said. This conclusion became the grounds of his dissenting vote. "Immunity for heads-of-state is long established and no rule or treaty exists that took it away."
In international law, states have to distinguish between heads of state and other officials over immunity, Lord Slynn explained. "Some were arguing then that there should be universal jurisdiction over crimes against humanity but that principle has not yet been established. At the end of the day, I concluded that if there was reason to send him to Spain, why not then to any other state that had asked for him -- France or Switzerland?"
"I found that there was immunity for everything, but the majority found that we can't tolerate this sort of thing any more," Lord Slynn said. "In their view it would be quite absurd to let off a head of state when the officials who were carrying out his orders could be extradited. Torture cannot be a legitimate function of a head of state, hence immunity for it does not exist. I understand the reasoning behind their decision, but I remain of the view that immunity for a head of state has nowhere been removed by an express provision of law. Some international lawyers now think the Pinochet case has established universal application of jurisdiction in human rights cases. I share the United States' view that they should be decided by international courts."
Lord Slynn said the Law Lords were indifferent to how their decision might affect Britain's political relations with Spain or Chile. Despite the House of Lords decision Pinochet eventually returned to Chile when the Home Secretary decided that he was mentally unfit to stand trial.
Lord Slynn cited two articles by Virginia law
professor Curtis Bradley on the case, agreeing with his analysis
that it set worrisome precedents.
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NEW YORK - Today was Lorna Murphy's first day working at Faces and
Names, a cozy lounge on 54th Street, just off 7th Avenue in midtown
Murphy was a bartender for Jimani's Bar, near the corner of Chartres and Iberville in the historic French
Quarter. Her husband, Derek, worked as a carpenter.
The couple rode out Hurricane Katrina in their Warehouse District apartment. But afterward, they knew they had to leave. But with a truck with a quarter tank of gas, they knew they couldn't get very far.
Fortunately they found a friend with a car and gas he was willing to lend, so the couple headed west, first to Lake Charles, then to Arkansas. Finally, on Sept. 6 then ended up in Plainfield, N.J., where they are now staying with friends.
Along their journey, Murphy said people were sympathetic about their plight.
"The kindness and warmth of people around the country has been unbelievable."
Murphy admits that she had "no idea of the magnitude of the storm"
until after it hit.
"I had never been through a hurricane before, " Murphy said. "I just
didn't realize what could happen before, during and after a storm like
this after it hits an area."
Returning to live in New Orleans is something Murphy and her husband,
who has also found work in the New York area, would one day like to do.
"Right now, my husband's heart is broken, " Murphy said. "He wants to go
back as soon as possible because he wants to help in re-building New
Orleans. But right now, I don't want to go back. We both have to get on
with our lives and see what happens in the future. We miss our New
Orleans homes but for now, we are in a good place.
"But I can tell you this. If and when we go back to New Orleans again
to live, the first smell of a hurricane and I will be out of there."
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However, to this observer, the IRL needs one of two things to happen Sunday to help its profile on the sporting landscape - a Danica victory or a classic tussle leading to a dramatic finish. As a fan of the on-track product more than the sport's image, I prefer the latter.
Every year since her debut in 2005, the Danica factor has unquestionably lured the casual sports fan in. That first race, however, was the closest Patrick has come to sipping the milk in Victory Lane. To keep these potential repeat customers hooked, though, an exciting race is imperative. If the biggest event of the year lacks drama, why would they think the next race or the one after it will be any different?
Castroneves, meanwhile, should be thankful that he's in the IRL and not NASCAR. If, say, Jeff Gordon had been accused of tax evasion, it would be the lead story on SportsCenter, national news and all over the Internet. Castroneves still has his image somewhat intact, especially with those who remember him waltzing across the ballroom.
Despite all the positive and negative press, the Indianapolis 500 has maintained its prestige.
Tradition can only go so far, though, even with a happening like Indy. Bringing Jim Nabors out of hibernation every year to sing "Back Home Again in Indiana" is nice, but that would be like NASCAR starting every race with a country music act just because its roots are Southern.
If you're not a fan of open-wheel racing but like NASCAR or other forms of racing, do yourself a favor and check out the 500. The IRL does something that NASCAR really should consider - showing commercials and in-race action on a split screen, just in case something big happens.
BUSCH PUSH: My bad. I meant to write last week that Kyle Busch, not Kasey Kahne, was in the NASCAR Camping World East/West Series' Long John Silver's 200 at Iowa Speedway last Sunday. I remembered when I received the email from NASCAR saying Busch won the event.
"Shrub" did what Kevin Harvick and Kahne couldn't do the last two years - take the checkered flag. Harvick and Kahne were runner-up in 2007 and 2008, respectively. Brian Ickler, who won the East Series opener in April, finished second behind Busch. Jeffrey Earnhardt was the next East Series regular in fourth.
SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT: The drivers at Whip City Speedway had better get used to the name Tyler Jackson.
He's only 13, and he's winning races in the 750cc Sportsman division. Last Saturday, Jackson claimed his first career victory after placing fifth in the season opener.
And Jackson, of Milford, Conn., already has the postrace interview down pat.
"We were really hooked up and the car was really fast," Jackson said. "The track played a big role too. It was great all night and it kept getting tighter, so we adjusted for that."
ROBERT ROLLS: Robert Thompson of Springfield fared well in a pair of DARE Stock features last Friday at Stafford Motor Speedway. He won the race that was rescheduled from the previous week and placed fourth in the regular event.
Jim Peterson of Monson finished second behind Ryan Posocco in the Late Model feature. Chicopee's Andrew Durand moved from third to second in the Limited Late Model event after original winner Shawn Thibeault was disqualified.
This Friday, the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour tops the Stafford card. Ted Christopher looks to start the season 3 for 3.
OUTSTANDING OVITT: Brandon Ovitt of Bernardston captured the checkers in the Outlaw Pro Stock feature last Saturday at Monadnock Speedway in Winchester, N.H. Jeremy Sorel of Westfield was sixth in the Super Stocks but captured the early-season points lead.
RADIO FRIENDLY: Great job by Whelen Modified Tour driver Glen Reen of Wilbraham as a guest Tuesday on the "Average Joe Show" on ESPN Radio 1450 "The Hall" (WHLL-AM). Reen spent a few minutes talking racing with hosts Kyle "K.B." Belanger, Michael "Buster" McMahon and John "The Dude" Walters.
COKE AND A SMILE: Matt Kenseth almost won last weekend's Sprint All-Star Race at Lowe's Motor Speedway. Granted, that race was 100 laps compared to the 400 they will be driving Sunday, but Kenseth's No.17 should be a contender to win the Coca-Cola 600. He's certainly my pick.
Exciting Indy 500 is must
However, to this observer, the IRL needs one of two things to happen Sunday to help its profile on the sporting landscape - a Danica victory or a classic tussle leading to a dramatic finish. As a fan of the on-track product more than the sport's image, I prefer the latter.


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• Hannah LaRue logs a no-hitter, while Miranda Beach pummels pitches at the plate
By Sean Pearson
Homer Tribune
Any doubts about the power and performance of Homer's high school softball team were quickly erased last week as the Lady M squad dominated opponents in five regular-season wins.
Certainly outscoring your opponents by 88 runs makes for a pretty strong argument that Homer bats are hot and hitters hearty. Back that up with a 71-15 hit ratio, and there's very little doubt about their offensive prowess.
Now, let's talk defense.
Obviously, any time your pitching crew can hold opponents to an average of three hits per game, your odds of winning increase dramatically. Lady Mariner fielders logged only two errors in their five games, while opponents were hampered with 33.
Homer opened last week's play against the Skyview Panthers on Tuesday. The game stayed relatively close in the first two innings — and then Mariner bats came alive. A 10-run third inning secured the 14-1 win for Homer, thanks in part to heavy hitting by senior Miranda Beach and freshman McKinzie Needham. Both logged two hits for the game, and Needham drove in three runs.
Hannah LaRue was the winning pitcher.
LaRue dominated the mound against the Soldotna Stars in Homer's next conference match-up. Consistent bats had the Lady M's scoring in each inning, while LaRue picked up the shutout. She threw 53 pitches, 36 of which were strikes.
Beach had another strong showing at the plate, driving in four runs, while Kayla Hutt picked up a double. Katie Kirsis added two RBIs.
Things turned even more lopsided on Friday as the M's traveled to take on the Houston Hawks, and scored 15 runs in the first inning on their way to a 27-0 win. Needham picked up the win on the mound, while Pam Jantzi earned the save.
LaRue stepped up to the task of hitting against the Lady Hawks, grabbing a double and a triple to reel in four RBIs. Sister Maggie added two doubles, while Kirsis picked up five RBIs.
Game two of Homer's Friday doubleheader against Houston was much like the first, as the Lady M's again picked up 27 runs — this time on 20 hits. Hannah LaRue logged a no-hitter, as well as helping out her cause on the mound with two doubles and two RBIs. Kirsis picked up five more RBIs, while Hutt added three.
"I was really happy and proud of how our team played this weekend," Beach said of the team's performance. "We played well in the Houston games and got to practice some situations and try out people in different positions."
Saturday's nonconference game against Wasilla started off somewhat promisingly for the Warriors, as Homer had just a 1-0 lead after three innings. However, Homer bats came alive in the fourth inning, and the Lady Mariners scored nine runs in the next three innings.
Beach dominated the batter's box, hammering four hits, including a triple and home run. She picked up six RBIs to help Homer to a 10-2 victory.
"I was really excited with my hitting this weekend," Beach said. "I think a lot of things just fell into place for me. Joel Pietsch has been helping with our hitting, and I know that has helped me a lot."
Beach said the Wasilla game was a big win for the Lady M's, because the Warriors are part of the large-school division.
"Anytime we have the chance to prove ourselves against the higher competition is really great," she said. "At this point in the season, I think we're doing great. We're hitting hard, fielding well, and we have rock-solid pitching. We just continue to focus on improving our game."
Hannah LaRue picked up the win, logging eight strikeouts in six innings. She threw 79 pitches, 59 of which were strikes. The win improved the Mariners to 9-2 overall.
The Lady Mariners host Soldotna this evening at 6 p.m. and Kenai on Thursday at 4 p.m. They then travel to Anchorage to face East High School at 6 p.m., before returning to host Service on Saturday at 10 a.m.
Pick up a Homer Tribune newspaper to see the Box Scores.
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QUESTION: I'm sending you a picture of red spiders on my tomato plant. Is Malathion the thing to use? Is the summer heat bringing on these problems? I also noticed grass clippings in my compost pile molding as I turn it over. Am I doing a bad thing by putting grass clippings in the pile and then using the compost in my vegetable garden the following year? Will this mold contribute to diseases in my vegetable garden? -- Steve Finnegan
ANSWER: These are the nymphs of leaf-footed bugs. They will grow up to be the large, brown leaf-footed bugs you see in your garden. They damage vegetables. For instance, they cause tomato fruit to have yellow spots when they ripen and turn red.
The insects are easier to control when in the young, nymph stage. Either Malathion or permethrin (Bonide Eight and other brands) should help kill them. Spray about once a week.
Insect and disease problems in home vegetable gardens increase as we move into summer. High temperatures encourage pest organism activity, and heat stresses plants making them more prone to problems. That's why planting early summer vegetables like tomatoes, bell peppers, snap beans, squash and cucumbers in March or early April is best.
Molds (fungi) are an important part of the decomposition process. We could not compost organic matter like grass clippings without fungi to break them down. The fungi that decompose organic matter in our compost piles are harmless to living plants.


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Post-Standard hockey writer Lindsay Kramer answered readers' questions about the Syracuse Crunch and the AHL on Wednesday. Check out the transcript below.
Join Lindsay Kramer every Wednesday for live online Q&As about the Syracuse Crunch.
More Crunch news:
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|"Tom Rauch" <email@example.com>, <firstname.lastname@example.com>
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|"Jim Lux" <email@example.com>
|Thu, 21 Oct 2004 13:19:57 -0700
> > 2.) I intend to fabricate a dual rope-guide out of de-burred > and polished pipe welded to the mounting plate to prevent > the rope from slipping off the capstan. All the capstans I've seen (on boats and service vehicles) didn't have any sort of rope guides around them. Just the capstan sticking out there. Maybe there's a tangle/jam hazard? If you want to rapidly let the rope go out, and you flip it off the top of the capstan, you want it to run free, and not get hung up? (I just thought of one exception to the "no guides".. the anchor line/chain comes up through a hawse pipe or through some guides. And, yes, they jam, when being let out, especially on the chain part (the "rode"?), if the links get crossways or twisted.) Maybe there's something about (inadvertently) having something controlling the angle the haul line makes with the capstan (the guide acting as a pulley to redirect the line?)) > > 3.) It will have a safety type footswitch Water? Uneven ground? etc. Are you going to be in a rocky area where the switch could fall down in between rocks and jam "on". What about tangling with the end of the rope coming off the capstan? > > 4.) I sized the winch so it will lift at about 85ft/min > maximum and will stall at just over 500 pounds. My thinking > was the stall capacity of the winch needs to be the weakest > link so I can't break anything, including the rope. > > 5.) I plan on welding a large clevis to the mounting plate > so the rope can be held in place if needed, without ever > removing it from the capstan. Clevis or cleat? What about one of those nice cleats like they use on sail boats? You can just lay the rope into the cleat, and it grabs (sort of the marine equivalent of a Jumar ascender). They hold well, and you can just jerk up on the rope to uncleat it. > > This way any workers won't under the tower, the rope won't > slip off, and it won't be a shock hazard (12 volt). I think the "rope not slipping off" is the responsibility of the operator. Otherwise, why not just use a winch? > > Anyone ever do this? Anyone see a problem? You might take a look at some of the sailing magazines. They'll have pictures of how the rigging works, particularly for things like the jib sheets, where you have to run them in and out fairly quickly, cleat them, etc. you'll have to look through all those beauty shots of the wretchedly expensive (either time, money, or both) boats and look in the corners or backgrounds of the photos. Marine supply catalogs might also be a useful resource. There are sailors on this list who might have a whole raft of sites to point you at to see how someone else has solved the problem. > > 73 Tom > > > _______________________________________________ > > See: http://www.mscomputer.com for "Self Supporting Towers", "Wireless Weather Stations", and lot's more. Call Toll Free, 1-800-333-9041 with any questions and ask for Sherman, W2FLA. > > _______________________________________________ > TowerTalk mailing list > email@example.com > http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk _______________________________________________ See: http://www.mscomputer.com for "Self Supporting Towers", "Wireless Weather Stations", and lot's more. Call Toll Free, 1-800-333-9041 with any questions and ask for Sherman, W2FLA. _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list firstname.lastname@example.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk
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Disney and Marvel could be one of the finest teams around.
Continuing the success of their superhero franchise, "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" has set a record as the biggest domestic April release ever.
This image released by Marvel shows Chris Evans and Scarlett Johansson in a scene from "Captain America: The Winter Soldier." — Photo by The Associated Press/Marvel-Disney
The Disney sequel debuted with $96.2 million, topping the previous record holder, 2011's "Fast Five," which opened with $86.2 million. Last weekend "The Winter Soldier," which stars Chris Evans as the shield-wielding superhero, and Scarlett Johansson (whose sci-fi "Under the Skin" also debuted this weekend with $140,000) as Black Widow, commanded 32 international markets, gaining $75.2 million in its overseas bow.
Expanding to Russia, Australia and China in its second week, the Marvel comic adaptation, boasting a budget of more than $170 million, has earned $207.1 million internationally, bringing its overall worldwide haul to more than $303 million.
Also a touchstone for Imax, "The Winter Soldier" attained $9.6 million on 346 screens showing the film in the enhanced resolution format. Internationally the film showed on 278 Imax screens resulting in a $6.5 million gain, $4 million of which was delivered from China.
"Captain America: The First Avenger," which had a budget of around $140 million, debuted in 2011 with $65 million when it opened in July. Overall it earned $371 million worldwide.
Why the shift to an April release rather than remaining a summer launch?
"We looked at the possibility of creating separation from the other summer tentpoles," said Dave Hollis, head of worldwide theatrical distribution for Disney. "There was an opportunity. We have the second Marvel film coming at the end of the summer in 'Guardians of the Galaxy.' We wanted to start and end the summer and take advantage of this holiday. In the next month or so we'll have the benefit of spring break."
"The Avengers effect," as Hollis calls it, set the stage for the continuation of Marvel's massive box office presence, which has continued with the "Iron Man" and "Thor" franchises. With the release of the films' sequels, both have seen jumps of earnings of more than 35 per cent.
"There are very few movie brands that are this consistent," said Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst for box-office tracker Rentrak of the Disney-Marvel team. "For 'The Winter Solider' to push on $100 million in April shows that you can release a big movie any time of the year. Every studio is going to be looking at this date to plant their flag in the future."
Paramount's biblical saga "Noah," starring Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly and Emma Watson, took a drastic dip in its second weekend, earning $17 million after debuting with $44 million. Still, it sailed into second place, crossing the $70-million mark domestically, while pushing Lionsgate's young adult science-fiction thriller "Divergent," led by Shailene Woodley, to third with $13 million in its third week. Its stateside cume is now $114 million.
Freestyle Releasing's surprise hit "God's Not Dead" took the No. 4 slot with $7.7 million in its third weekend.
Despite the decrease in the "Noah" box office performance, the outcome of film's debut, its overall haul, and the success of both "Son of God" and "God's Not Dead" bodes well for other biblical-themed films coming this year, including "Heaven is for Real," starring Greg Kinnear and "Exodus: Gods and Kings," starring Christian Bale.
Coming in at No. 5, Wes Anderson's "The Grand Budapest Hotel" collected $6.3 million, bringing its domestic total to $33 million. Fox Searchlight expanded its stylish comedy to 1,263 locations and the studio plans to add even more in the coming weeks. This is Anderson's second widest expansion following 2009's "Fantastic Mr. Fox."
"As this movie is expanding it is just building an audience," Dergarabedian said. "$33 million compared to something like 'Captain America' doesn't sound like a lot, but it's a huge number for a film like 'Grand Budapest' that is so indie-minded and original."
The weekend's other releases included Codeblack Films' "Frankie and Alice," starring Halle Berry as a dancer with multiple personality disorder. Playing in 171 locations, it earned $350,000.
And Fox Searchlight's dark-comedy "Dom Hemingway," starring Jude Law and "Game of Thrones" star Emilia Clarke, had a domestic gross of $32,000 after showing in only four theatres in New York and Los Angeles. Next week the film will expand to nearly 40 locations.
Disney's "Muppets Most Wanted," which landed at No. 6 with $6.3 million in its third weekend and Fox's "Mr. Peabody and Sherman," coming in at No. 7 with $5.3 million in weekend five, were the top children's films. But Fox's animated "Rio 2" stands to knock them down a few notches when it releases next weekend.
—By Jessica Herndon
Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theatres, according to Rentrak. Where available, latest international numbers are also included. Final domestic figures will be released on Monday.
1. "Captain America: The Winter Soldier," $96.2 million.
2. "Noah," $17 million.
3. "Divergent," $13 million.
4. "God's Not Dead," $7.7 million.
5. "The Grand Budapest Hotel," $6.3 million.
6. "Muppets Most Wanted," $6.3 million.
7. "Mr. Peabody and Sherman," $5.3 million.
8. "Sabotage," $1.9 million.
9. "Need for Speed," $1.84 million.
10. "Non-Stop," $1.83 million.


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New Delhi: Hero MotoCorp has pulled out of the Indian Premier League sponsorship on Tuesday. Hero MotoCorp was a team sponsor for Delhi Daredevils for the first three seasons and then of Mumbai Indians for seasons four and five. The group has also sponsored the World Cup and Champions Trophy in the past.
"We have been associated with cricket for over two decades, and it is not correct to say that we are now moving away from cricket," Hero said in a statement.
"We at Hero MotoCorp are engaged in promotion of several sports including cricket, golf, hockey and soccer etc. Our decision not to renew our central contract with IPL and with IPL team Mumbai Indians does not in any way dilute our commitment to cricket as a sport. It is the most popular game in the country, and we will continue to remain associated with the game in various forms."
Hero is the second sponsor to move out of the high-profile league in the last few months after DLF, which quit the league as title sponsor last year. Soft drink giant Pepsi later replaced DLF as title sponsor.
Sahara India too pulled out as Team India sponsor and as owners of Pune Warriors India in the IPL early last year but the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) managed to talk it out of it.
Hero, however, will continue its association with hockey and golf with the Hockey India League - that culminated on last Sunday - getting a big response from fans.
Also, it has reportedly signed a four-year deal with the international governing body for hockey, the FIH, and will be sponsoring all the tournaments under the auspices of the FIH.
Hero, for several years, has also been the patron of Indian golf and is the title sponsor for the Indian Open, one of the biggest Asian Tour tournaments.


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You'd be hard pressed to find a guy more interesting than Mike Blondin.
I started to figure that out the moment I pulled up to his Kawkawlin Township home last week and saw his homemade address sign made from an old U.S. Navy training bomb and emblazoned with Blondin's nickname, "Mike the Bike."
What I soon learned is that the story I had come to report was only the icing on the cake. What Blondin has seen and experienced during his 68 years is enough to fill an entire book. And trust me, this is a book you wouldn't be able to set down.
I heard stories about Blondin's days at Pinconning Area High School, where he won three district medals in pole vaulting, back when they used steel poles.
Mike told me about his time in Sicily, an island in the Mediterranean Sea, where he plucked blood oranges from the trees and ate them on the spot.
I learned about the day Blondin discovered a lump near his left breast that turned out to be cancerous. He showed me the scar from the surgery that ultimately saved his life.
We talked a lot about motorcycle racing, a passion that earned Blondin his nickname, as well as three American Motorcycle Association Amature Championships. After his racing days, Blondin began buying bikes, at one time amassing a collection of 44. Today, he's down to just one, a 2002 Yamaha Road Star 1700.
There were many memories and many stories.
But one stands out as a highlight of Blondin's life — his memory of Aug. 29, 1965.
That's the day the Gemini 5 spacecraft returned to Earth after an eight-day manned flight taken by astronauts L. Gordon Cooper Jr. and Charles "Pete" Conrad Jr. Aug. 21 is the 48th anniversary of the mission's launch date.
Blondin was serving that day aboard the USS Lake Champlain, the 30,800-ton aircraft carrier tasked with picking up Cooper and Conrad and recovering the spacecraft in the Atlantic Ocean several hundred miles north of Bermuda.
"I was on mess duty that day," recalled Blondin. "Trash and garbage. When they brought those guys on board, we rolled out the red carpet. There were lots of cameras going off and many admirals and captains on deck. We all rushed up to the flight deck to see the capsule float up to us."
Blondin himself had an Eastman Kodak Brownie camera in hand that day and managed to snap a few photos of the Gemini 5 being hoisted aboard the ship. He also got a few of the astronauts, although the photo he took from the best vantage point turned out blurry.
"I went to take it and I tripped on a lanyard and fell right on my face. I took the photo as I was going down," Blondin said.
Eventually, Conrad and Cooper were whisked away and the Gemini capsule was taken for a technical inspection. That's when Blondin remembered something his father, Willis "Sarge" Blondin, had always told him: whenever possible, get a souvenir.
With that in mind, Blondin took out his Navy knife and cut a small swatch from the red carpet. He still has it today, although he's trimmed it quite a bit over the years, including slices of the carpet with copies of his Gemini 5 photo given as gifts to friends and family.
"That day was a highlight," said Blondin, who served one year aboard the USS Champlain during his service in the Navy from 1964 to 1968. "It was very historic. I was quite proud just to be there."
I didn't know too much about the history of the Gemini 5 mission, but my meeting with Blondin sparked my curiosity. It turns out the mission doubled the length of the Gemini 4 space mission, which was critical because eight days was the amount of time it took to fly to the moon, land and return. New fuel cell technology allowed for the longer trip.
One other interesting tidbit about the Gemini 5 mission is that the capsule landed more than 80 miles short of its planned target due to a computing error caused when a programmer entered the incorrect rate of the Earth's rotation. Hurricane Betsy also created some changes to the re-entry plan.
"I remember going through a hurricane," said Blondin. "The waves were coming up over the front of the aircraft carrier. It was something to see." He said the waters were calm by the time and in the area where pick-up took place.
A native of Bay City, Blondin returned home in 1968 and took a job as a machinist with American Hoist. He worked a variety of jobs — including "wrenching" for two different professional motorcycle riders — before retiring in 2007.
These days, you can find him out riding his beloved motorcycle — like he did Saturday, Aug. 17, at the Linwood Pickle Festival parade. If you're lucky, you can spend a little time with him listing to his incredible and interesting stories.
As I went to leave his place last week, I got one more for the road when I spotted a picture of actress and director Drew Barrymore in one of Blondin's collection cabinets.
Turns out, Blondin once wrote Barrymore a letter to let her know he'd be open to her directing a film about his life.
"I've seen a lot of things. I could sit here all day and tell you stories," Blondin said.
Barrymore sent back an autographed photo of herself.
Her loss was my gain.


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Modibo Maiga certainly knows how to pick his moments.
His last West Ham United goal was a late clincher in a 3-1 Barclays Premier League win over Chelsea. This time, the Mali frontman leapt off the bench against Tottenham Hotspur to transform the Hammers' evening.
A dominant force in the air, one of Maiga's many flick-ons laid the groundwork for Matt Jarvis' leveller, before he powered home Mohamed Diame's cross to bag an 85th-minute winner.
Watch Big Sam's reaction to the Spurs win on West Ham TV here
And this, his first goal of the season, right in front of 4,200 jubilant Hammers fans at White Hart Lane, to send West Ham United into the last four of the Capital One Cup. As good timing goes, this was just about immaculate.
Though it has, by his own admission, been a frustrating wait for a first goal of the campaign, the 26-year-old has complete faith in his own ability and saw Wednesday night as just reward for his perseverance.
He exclusively told West Ham TV: "Definitely, it was a special moment. I'm absolutely delighted, it's a huge reward for me and I hope it's going to continue that way.
"I've had quite a few chances in the last three or four games and particularly with my head. It has really annoyed me, because in France I was known for my ability in the air.
"It's not happened for me until now, but I've got my rewards in the Spurs game and I'm really happy, for the team too! They all worked really hard in the first half, particularly defensively, so as a unit we've got what we deserved and I'm chuffed."
With his account for the season now opened, Maiga is planning to make the most of the momentum, hopeful that the goals will now flow. That very surge of confidence was in evidence almost instantly, as the No11 rattled the crossbar with a long-range drive in stoppage time. He continued: "Already it feels great, because for me, what was going on wasn't normal! But that's football and that's how it goes. You have to think, you have to work and, sometimes, to wait. It [the goal] was always going to come and it happened on Wednesday night. Here's hoping it carries on."
Modibo Maiga gets above Etienne Capoue and Kyle Walker to head the Hammers' winner
As with the Hammers' 3-0 league win at Spurs back in October, the visitors' goals were scored in front of West Ham's traveling faithful, an experience that Maiga absolutely loved.
"As I always say, the supporters are incredible, just incredible," he confirmed. "I love it, I really do and I respect them a lot. They're fantastic, that's for sure.
"The atmosphere was mad! It's impressive, really impressive. Even though it was a cup match and all that they bring, the support was still brilliant."
Admittedly, the Hammers have not had a whole lot to celebrate in recent weeks, but Maiga reckons the tide is turning and they were good value for victory on Wednesday.
"Absolutely, we deserved it," he said. "We've had a tough time in the last few games, where we've managed to create chances but not got our rewards, like me, for example.
"But now we're really happy. Honestly, we really deserved it and I hope we're going to continue in this vein and with results like this."
While Manchester City await in the semi-final, Maiga would rather concentrate on league matters for now, starting with Saturday's trip to Old Trafford. As tough a fixture as it is, the centre-forward is adamant that West Ham will be positive in their approach.
"Well, the draw's good and we'll see how it goes. But that's done and now we go again for the next league game, which is very, very important for us as well, for West Ham, for everyone. So for now, we're thinking about that.
"It's Manchester United, we know what to expect. We're going to push to beat them. That's all I can say, we're going there to win and come the end we'll see."


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We use available ultraviolet imagery and HIRES processing of IRAS data to examine the energy balance in spatially-resolved spiral galaxies, using the UV data to constrain the dominant energy input to the dust more tightly than possible from optical data. The improved resolution of the HIRES output allows separation of individual clumps of star-forming regions in the disks of nearby galaxy, so that we can start to approach a point-by-point comparison of stellar energy input and FIR reradiation. The availability of UV fluxes for many of these clumps allows us to map the input UV radiation field more accurately than is possible either from optical colors or use of H$\alpha$ emission (which is insensitive to stars later than about B0).
For the disks of Sc galaxies, we find (in agreement with earlier work) that young hot stars dominate the dust heating. In the central parts of the Sb galaxy M81, additional heating (presumably from the more intense optical starlight, since the AGN is very weak) is necessary, much as found for several other early-type galaxies from KAO observations.
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The last few day's BKS has been getting killed after a light earnings report. The stock closed today at 12.70 after being as high as $18.90 a few weeks ago. I had forgotten about BKS as it had fallen out of grace and Betty sold the top in her PA, but, an interesting article today sparked my interest in the stock again:
As the exclusive provider of wireless service for the Kindle in the U.S., AT&T will offer the device beginning March 6 for $189, the same price charged by Amazon. Dallas-based AT&T won't sell the cheaper Wi-Fi only version of the Kindle.
AT&T is promoting tablets, such as the Apple Inc. iPad, to generate revenue from sources other than mobile-phone contracts. The carrier may collect $3 to $4 a month from Seattle-based Amazon per each Kindle connected to its network, estimates Philip Cusick, a JPMorgan & Chase Co. analyst in New York.
"We believe we should have in our stores devices that we connect, whether it has our brand on it or not," Glenn Lurie, AT&T's emerging device president, said in an interview. "We think we'll sell a few; it helps Amazon, it helps us."
The Kindle accounted for 5 percent of Amazon's revenue in 2010, according to Aaron Kessler, an analyst at ThinkEquity LLC. The company may have sold more than 8 million of the devices in 2010, two people familiar with the matter said in December. Amazon doesn't disclose Kindle sales.
With the kindle driving 5% of Amazon's sales and AT&T starting to push Kindle in their stores I started thinking what could be the next move and who would benefit? Right now AT&T a few tablets all of which are in the upper echelon of pricing and the Kindle will be the first tablet with a price tag similar to a Smartphone. A few month's ago Dean got a look at BKS' reader/tablet, the Nook Color and couldn't believe they could make such a quality product and I second his opinion. You can now get the Nook Color for $200 which is undercutting the competition of Apple, Motorola, and Samsung substantially and is what I think will take to compete with the big players.
So, lets get to the point – I think its about time to start accumulating a position in BKS, it could be a rocky road but the names gotten killed and I think people have lost touch of the growth in the Nook and the BKS Library. I also believe if AT&T is going to start offering the Kindle in stores I could see them offering the Nook Color in stores sooner than later and this could result in a nice catalyst for the name to start making it's move back towards the $19 highs. Lastly, take a look at the chart below, if you have any believe in the company you have to like the support at $12.
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ALLEN PARK -- The Detroit Lions lost both games against the Minnesota Vikings last season, and have dropped 18 of the past 22 in the series.
They didn't win a single game against the NFC North last year.
Here are four keys to breaking that skid Sunday in the season opener at Ford Field:
First down: Stop Adrian Peterson
Let's not get too cute here. Let's not overthink things. Beating the Vikings comes down to containing Adrian Peterson, first and foremost.
He rushed for 2,097 yards last season, reasserting himself as the game's most colossal backfield force. And he had 120 yards in the final 15 minutes he played Detroit, single-handedly winning that game.
Detroit beefed up its defensive line in the offseason, including adding rangy defensive lineman Jason Jones, Israel Idonije and Ezekiel Ansah. Factor in Nick Fairley and Ndamukong Suh, and the Lions should be capable of closing gaps up front.
But the secondary and linebackers had periodic breakdowns throughout the preseason, and struggled in run support against Peterson last year. They need to tighten up for this one once Peterson gets to the second level.
Second down: Start fast offensively
Part of the reason the Lions were so bad in close games last season -- going 3-9 in games decided by fewer than nine points -- is they were chronically playing from behind. The offense developed a habit of starting slowly, and showed no signs of change this preseason.
It's going to be especially difficult to come back against Minnesota, which can grind out drives -- and, in turn, the clock -- with Peterson's mastery on the ground.
Third down: Win the turnover battle
This could be a key for any team, in any game. But it's particularly important for the Lions, who have become emblematic of how turnover margin can dictate NFL outcomes.
They ranked third among NFC teams in turnover margin at plus-11 in 2011, when they finished 10-6 and went to the playoffs. But a year ago, they were 15th -- and 30th in the NFL -- with a minus-16 turnover margin. They won just four games.
Fourth down: Offensive line meshes
Detroit has patched together a new-look offensive line with newcomers Riley Reiff, Larry Warford and Jason Fox entering the lineup. That right side will be especially critical over the course of the season, with totally new faces at both spots, including the rookie Warford at right guard.
But against Minnesota, all eyes will be on Reiff, a first-rounder last year who has slid into the void at left tackle and draws the difficult first task of blocking Jared Allen. The All-Pro defensive end has 13.5 sacks, four forced fumbles and a pick-six in 11 games against the Lions.
Reiff's effectiveness, or lack thereof, will dictate the success of Detroit's offense in this game.


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Newell Charity Throws Meet: More than 92 public and private high schools from Alabama, Florida and Mississippi have been invited to participate in the eighth annual Lyon Newell Charity Throws Meet at UMS-Wright Preparatory School, 65 N. Mobile St.
The event, sponsored by The Orthopaedic Group, will benefit the Child Advocacy Center, which provides services to help child abuse victims in Mobile County. Last year, over $10,240 was raised for CAC in Newell's name, putting the total dollars raised by this event at over $100,000.
The boys and girls competition in the shot put, discus and javelin will take place March 24 at UMS-Wright at 3:15 p.m.
Special Olympics: Over 350 Special Olympics athletes will be participating in the annual Track and Field Competition for Special Olympics in Mobile County on March 26 from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. at St. Paul's Episcopal School. More than 35 Mobile County schools will be participating. Over 500 area high school students will volunteer to be student chaperones. For details, contact Debra Garlo at 251-209-4949.
Outstanding athlete: Jacob Coker, a junior at St. Paul's Episcopal School, is among 60 outstanding junior basketball players from across the state who have been named to the North-South teams for the 14th annual Alabama All-Star Sports Week competition in Huntsville July 12-16, according to Steve Bailey, director of the Alabama High School Athletic Directors & Coaches Association. Coker will play as a forward for the South team.
Football signees: The names of two players from UMS-Wright Preparatory School were inadvertently omitted from the list of Mobile County football signees that appeared in the March 7 Mobile Press.
Jay Prosch has signed to play at the University of Illinois and Sidney Jordan has signed with Samford University.


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ROCKFORD – With top-end talent along with depth, the Rockford girl's swim team is off to a strong start this season.
Annually one of the top teams in West Michigan, the Rams have flexed their muscles in a big way this season.
"The season is going very, very well," Rockford coach Tom Parks said. "Our only loss has come to the number-one team in the state (Farmington Hills Mercy). We also beat the number-one team in Division 2 (Holland) and we won the West Michigan Relays. The girls have been doing a great job this year."
Rockford turned in an impressive performance in capturing the West Michigan Relays in early September. The Rams totaled 372 points to win the 16-team event at the Holland Aquatics Center. East Grand Rapids finished second with 354 points and Holland placed third with 332 points.
Hard work and a total-team effort have gone in to Rockford's success this season.
"First of all, the work ethic has been phenomenal," Parks said. "We have a very unified team."
The Rams also have plenty of talent.
"We have a lot of depth on this team," Parks said. "We always have a lot of depth but this year I would say our lead people in each event have been even stronger. With the depth and talent we have we can do very good at the conference and state meets."
With the swimming season at the halfway point the Rams have already had a number of swimmers post state-qualifying times. Among the swimmers who have qualified for the state meet are Erin Hudson (butterfly and sprints), Marissa Marion (sprint and middle distance), Kara Vandawater (IM and backstroke) and Delayni Kornak-Kotarba.
Added to that core of veteran swimmers is a freshman class that has given the Rams plenty of depth to work with.
"We have our strongest freshmen class we've ever had," Parks said. "It is a really strong freshman class."
Sydney McDowell is the leader of the freshman class. McDowell has already qualified for the state meet.
Rockford also possesses a strong group of divers led by Mikayla Scogg.
The Rams showcased their depth and talent at the West Michigan Relays. Rockford swimmers placed in the top-five at every relay at the event. Rockford finished first in four of the ten events and finished second in two other events.
Rockford has an experienced team with several swimmers back from last year's squad. Rockford finished sixth at the Division 1 state meet last season and second in the O-K Red. West Ottawa won the O-K Red last season and also won the state meet.
"West Ottawa had a real strong senior class last year," Parks said. "They rank fourth in the state this year and we swim them in three weeks. We've had a pretty strong rivalry with them for several years."
The Rams are also looking for another lofty finish at the state meet.
"We are setting our sights on a top-four finish at the state meet," Parks said. "We would be very happy with anything in the top four."


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The following are the property transfers over $25,000 for Hunterdon County for Sept. 26-Oct. 5, 2012:
French, Todd R. and Kimberly Ann to Buhl, Scott and Ashley, $615,000, 28 Crestview Dr.
Cartus Financial Corportaion to Mattei, Gina Marie and Kleinhans, Matthew, $260,000, 11 Tamarack Way.
Wiegand, James J. and Patricia to Perez, Antonio B. and Mary I., $495,000, 9 Country Place.
Miller, Deborah L. and David L. to Brzezinski, Cara L., $300,000, 134 Annandale High Bridge Rd.
Blank, Dieter M. and Beate E. to Sengupta, Debasis and Raman, Sumathy, $515,000, 39 Southgate Dr.
Gholsorkhi, Shohreh to Cooney, Gerard F., $50,000, 17 Sand Hill Rd.
Thompson, Scott V. and Mary Ann to Armitt, Richard and Stefanie, $465,000, 6 Haytown Rd.
Pickell, Brenda J. to Natale, Mark J. and Mirowsky, Jan Aidan, $120,000, 1029 Old York Rd.
Lobdell, William B. to Terrebush, Gary, $189,000, 4 Starglo Dr.
Fisher, George T. and Nancy M. to Andrade, Marilyn D. and Acousta-Gutierrez, Jaime, $173,250, 87 East Main St.
Georgetown Builders Inc. to Klinger, Kimberley and Hoos, Jerelyn, $595,000, 15 Clinton St.
Dassau, Warren J. to Pisarra, William and Donna, $485,000, 234 Holcombe Way.
Federal National Mortgage Association to Qian, Chunhui, $150,000, 1404 Cobblestone Court.
Saur, Edward A. and Maureen M. to Foster, Alexa and Timothy, $466,000, 10 Litton Rd.
U.S. Bank National Association to Barreto, Angel and Martha and Lopez, Manuel, $114,000, 32 Junction Rd.
Lombardo, Martha A. to Jasinski, Jonathan R., $252,000, 25 Clearbrook Lane.
Lukenbach, Gloria Jean to Chudy, Nathan and Elizabeth, $285,000, 160 Klinesville Rd.
Gillia, Dennis and Cynthia to Brice, Kevin H. and Nicole A., $420,000, 6 Wagner Court.
Brzezinski, Cara L. and Zigmund to Shamy, Brandon and Mattei, Melissa, $505,000, 15 Olden Dr.
Schinagl, Robert M. to Buelow, Mark T. and Alissa A., $400,000, 10 Osage Court.
Schutz, Matthew R. to Phillips, Robert, $320,000, 149 Pine Bank Rd.
Lanesley Partners to Stickel Properties LLC, $230,000, 44 Still Hollow Rd.


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Cap-And-Trade – The Impact And The Politics
It is time to get real about what the promised cap-and-trade tax means to the average American.
Politicians love cap and trade because they can claim to be taxing "polluters," not workers. Hardly. Once the government creates a scarce new commodity — in this case the right to emit carbon — and then mandates that businesses buy it, the costs would inevitably be passed on to all consumers in the form of higher prices. Stating the obvious, Peter Orszag — now Mr. Obama's budget director — told Congress last year that "Those price increases are essential to the success of a cap-and-trade program."
Essentially Congress will be creating a new commodity literally out of thin air. It will only create a certain amount of that commodity and so create instant scarcity. As we all know, scarcity drives up prices. The next year, the plan is to remove a portion of the created commodity from the market creating even more scarcity and driving prices for the commodity even higher.
Imagine steel as the commodity. Imagine steel prices going through the roof. Do you suppose they might effect the price of, say, automobiles? Metal buildings? The price of building a bridge or sky scraper?
So who, in the final analysis, is going to end up paying for this increase in steel prices? Why the final consumer, of course. Naturally, with steel, in some cases you can choose to consume (buy a new car, rent an office or approve the bridge) or not consume. However, with the CO2 tax on all industry, to include manufacturing, service, transportation and energy, you have little choice in the matter of consumption. You will be picking up the tab for this.
That brings us full circle to the promised tax cut for 95% of America and my promise that what government gives with one hand it takes with another, making the tax cut illusory at best:
Hit hardest would be the "95% of working families" Mr. Obama keeps mentioning, usually omitting that his no-new-taxes pledge comes with the caveat "unless you use energy." Putting a price on carbon is regressive by definition because poor and middle-income households spend more of their paychecks on things like gas to drive to work, groceries or home heating.
After all the caterwalling the left does about "progressive taxation" they are about to implement the most regressive tax I can imagine. And as I've pointed out, the tax is pervasive, touching just about all aspects of life. Food prices will rise. Energy prices will go through the roof.
The Congressional Budget Office — Mr. Orszag's former roost — estimates that the price hikes from a 15% cut in emissions would cost the average household in the bottom-income quintile about 3.3% of its after-tax income every year. That's about $680, not including the costs of reduced employment and output. The three middle quintiles would see their paychecks cut between $880 and $1,500, or 2.9% to 2.7% of income. The rich would pay 1.7%. Cap and trade is the ideal policy for every Beltway analyst who thinks the tax code is too progressive (all five of them).
Of course there is talk of subsidizing those at the lower end of the economic ladder so the impact of rising prices is lessened. Naturally that also negates the impact of the cap-and-trade system. In the end, your tax dollars subsidze the system while increased prices are passed along by so-called polluters. As the price of permits rise over the years, permit holders pay the increasing cost, pass it along and you again subsidize it. The rich can afford it, the poor will be subsidized, so who will get squeezed? Why that middle class that Obama and Biden are so concerned with.
Economically, estimates are that we're going to have a miserable year in '09 and possibly '10. But we may begin to see a recovery really start to take hold in '11, just in time for the 2012 presidential election. The smart politicians in Washington plan to delay cap-and-trade implementation until 2012. The reason should be obvious. If cap-and-trade has the expected impact on the economy, we could very well see the recovery stall and head back into recession. But politically the timing would be perfect. The mirage of recovery would be just enough to keep the current administration in power for another 4 years, before the economy wrecker of cap-and-trade begins to do its work.
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Yes, cap & trade is a load of manure. Unfortunately, I don't think we can count on the power industry to fight it. I just read an article in BusinessWeek how the big power companies are "on board" with cap and trade because they think it will allow better planning. They should be fighting tooth and nail. I think they are making a deal with the devil, and we all will regret it. (The healthcare bigwigs had the same pre-government intervention attitude, by the way.)
Once businesses become big they stop being free market oriented.
The question is: WHY?
Do the libs really, really, really believe in this global warming nonsense and really, really, really believe that artificially driving up the cost of energy is necessary to combat it?
Or are they merely going for the two-fer of grasping for money and power while punishing "the rich", using the charade of "combatting global warming" as cover?
I'm honestly not sure which possibility is more frightening.
Wealth redistribution and fees/fines/taxes. Pretty soon every schlub (that includes me) will be 'allowed' to produce (x) amount of carbon dixoxide. For not using my (x) amount (based on a government 'standard rate' like the standard deduction) I will be awarded tax credits. These 'surplus' credits will be available for purchase by large carbon users, who of course, will also be granted a quota of carbon they can produce which of course will fall far short of what they will actually produce (because we need them to transfer their wealth to purchase more credits). Failure to purchase the credits and exceeding your allotement will result in fines of course and taxes as well. I'm sure there will be an 'itemized' version for taxation by which I can prove my 'offsets' exceeded my 'creation' of carbon, and I will be entitled to turn my carbon credits over to the new Federal Department of Managing and Selling Bullshit for resale to large carbon users.
And let us not forget the point of the article, the further raise in cost to consumers because it's going to take money to purchase those credits from FDMSB! But think of all the new jobs! Carbon emission inspectors, carbon emission detectors, carbon emission regulators, carbon emission revenue agents (shut down the still molly! it's the carbon revenuers, they's come agin!), carbon emission enforcement agents (for armed and dangerous carbon law breakers). Not to mention the various and sundry normal office workers needed by the FDMSB to push paper back and forth from the desk of the "have carbon" department to the desks of the workers in the "need carbon" deparment.
Yeah, I think you and jjmurphy are right: it's a power grab, pure and simple. The dems (spit) complained vociferously that Bush was using the WoT for purposes of gaining political power. Indeed, the high priest of global warming, Algore, once shrieked that, "HE BETRAYED THIS COUNTRY! HE PLAYED ON OUR FEARS!!!"
But look at what they are doing. They are using a ginned up, faked up, phony, manufactured "crisis" to impose increasing taxes, regulation, and control on us. They can get away with it because of (A) the woeful state of education, especially science education, in the country, and (B) the fact that MiniTru has helped to squash any dissent regarding global warming. When I see casual references that accept global warming as a fact in popular TV shows, I know that sanity and reason have lost the battle.
docjim505 – I would go with the power and money grab. When you look at their personal lives, these liberals couldn't care less about the eniviroment.
Every day, I see more and more that this stinking phony Clown™ in the White House is so distorting, so ruining, so destroying America in so many ways, it leaves me breathless.
How much damage can one naïve pr!ck do? How ruinous can The Clown™ be to America? Check out the news each day, and see as we are sliding closer to war in Korea, or to making nice with Iran and the Taliban, and to mucking up our relationship with England.
In short, The Clown™ is a disaster. Wait – he is an INCREDIBLE disaster. How long before there is a tidal wave of popular opinion against him? When will the American people awake and rise up to oppose this tyrant?
The Clown™. Worst. President. EVER.
I can't read or hear the words "cap and trade" without thinking "shell game."
Write in campaign – "Mr President, for the good of the country, resign".
BWAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA….for a moment I think I was serious.
The carbon tax, a/k/a Cap and Trade, strikes me as as the legislative versi0n of Marbury v Madison. The only authority the Supreme Court to rule laws unconstitutional is that they gave themselves such authority in Marbury.
Likewise will Congress claim the authority to regulate carbon under the Interstate Commerce Clause by deeming carbon to be a commodity. If Congress simply deem anything to a commodity and then regulate, what the point of having the Interstate Commerce Clause in the darn Constitution in the first place?
I just emitted some carbon (and methane) in the general direction of DC.
Cap + Trade also has a serious flaw in respect to its goals – it does not reduce carbon dioxide footprints and therefore it does not help the planet. The concept is so badly flawed that its immediate effects are detrimental to the planet, Cap + Trade schemes are well intentioned screw ups.
Cap + Trade is a tariff applied to locally produced goods, designed to discourage the emission of carbon dioxide from the local economy. However the problem is global, NIMBY-istic schemes like these are doomed to fail.
However, with the CO2 tax on all industry, to include manufacturing, service, transportation and energy, you have little choice in the matter of consumption. You will be picking up the tab for this.
It is not a tax on ALL industry. If you purchase Latin American, Asian or African goods instead of anything locally manufactured you will not pay this or any other Capped carbon emission tariff. Those goods being manufactured elsewhere will also require long distance transportation to you (again un-Capped emissions), so even for goods made with the same efficiency of production your purchase will entail more carbon dioxide emissions. Cap + Trade will increase the carbon footprint of each consumer, increase the chances of catastrophic climate change.
The energy crises, and the tax crises caused by the administration's policies will kill any nascent recovery before it gets going.
If they wish to do something like this, they should consider something like the VAT, in the way that it applies to imports as well as domestic production, and exports are exempt. This way no one is getting preferential treatment.


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Police said they don't know whether the incidents are related or whether any is gang-related.
The first occurred about 1 a.m. at Southeast 82nd Avenue and Raymond Street. Police found a 32-year-old woman with a non-life-threatening gunshot wound to her left leg.
Shortly after 2 a.m., officers responded to a second shooting in the area of North Fessenden Street and Geneva Avenue. A 20-year-old man was taken to an area hospital with non-life-threatening gunshot wounds to his face and back.
The suspect — described as a male teen — was last seen running southwest through Northgate Park.
The last shooting, which police are investigating as a homicide, was reported about 3:50 a.m. Saturday on a residential street near Northeast 13th Avenue and Rosa Parks Way in the Woodlawn neighborhood.
Sgt. Pete Simpson, a Portland police spokesman, said the identity of the victim, who died at the scene, would be released after an autopsy scheduled today.
Safety is an issue in the neighborhood — "a constant and reoccurring issue," Kevin Turner, former chairman of the Woodlawn Neighborhood Association, said Saturday.
"Most, but not all, of the violence in the neighborhood has been gang-directed," Turner said. "You might get unlucky and get hit by a stray bullet, but if you're not wearing gang colors, you're probably not going to get shot."
He said the location was a couple of blocks away from where gang violence has erupted in the past. "That's a little worrying."
Many residents peered out of their houses Saturday morning to find an unsettling scene: investigators combing for evidence on a portion of Northeast 13th Avenue, blocked off by police tape. From porches and sidewalks, they watched the forensics team at work.
Several neighbors chatted outside their homes on a brilliant, warm day that could have been mistaken for midsummer, buzzing about the early-morning events.
Just a few houses away from where police said they found a 40-year-old man bleeding in the street, residents said they slept through the incident. But not everyone was asleep at that hour.
Jenessa Gayheart, who lives on Northeast Holman Street, said she was in her backyard when she heard eight gunshots.
It sounded close, she said, so she ducked back in the house.
Gayheart heard the shots crack in fairly rapid succession — "choppy" and "in a row," she said.
After the sun rose and she learned someone had died, Gayheart said she gathered her family and said, "Let's go check on everybody."
They ventured to the other side of the crime scene to check on their friends down the street.
Gayheart and her husband, Bo, who have three children, described Woodlawn as a good neighborhood of hard-working families with children who attend the local schools.
There are "amazing kids" and "good teens" in the neighborhood who set a good example for their children.
After a nonfatal shooting in February near Woodlawn Park, which police determined was gang-related, the Gayhearts said there has seemed to be more suspicious activity in the neighborhood.
"It still feels like phantoms going around shooting each other," Jenessa Gayheart said.


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I hate people who make excuses. Now we're hearing them from a couple of guys who felt the need to make them after the US won gold in Beijing.
First up: Larry Brown explaining why HIS team didn't win gold.
"The thing is they got guys that are willing to make a three-year commitment, which I think is tremendous," Brown said of this current Team USA. "We had guys that committed (for 2004) and then all of a sudden 9/11 happened, and then there were injuries."
Here's a thought. Maybe everyone involved gave a half-assed effort. That seems much more likely
Next: Jose Calderon explaining why Spain would have won… if only….
"This is not the time to speak of officiating, but I think with the FIBA rules we would have won. That is why we are a little annoyed, because we were right there at the finish line and we have just missed out."
Why Jose… did you guys get a different set of rules before the tournament? The rules seem to suit you fine on your way to the gold medal game. Ya got beat. Live with it. Don't you have any other races or an ethnicity to openly mock?
Idiots… the both of them.


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SPRINGFIELD – Melvin Jones III, who became a civil rights cause celebre after being struck by a Springfield police officer during a 2009 traffic stop while an amateur videotape rolled, was charged Wednesday with conspiracy to sell crack cocaine and drug trafficking by a grand jury in Hampden Superior Court.
The charges further muddy the waters for Jones - who had cocaine possession charges brought in connection with the traffic stop; those charges were later dropped. But, in the meantime, Jones managed to pick up two arrests for shoplifting and domestic assault, had his bail revoked and is now being held behind bars pending resolution of those charges.
To complicate matters, Jones has a lawsuit pending against the Police Department in U.S. District Court for assault and civil rights violations. Jones is black, while the officers in question are white.
One of the officers involved in 2009 arrest, retired patrolman Jeffrey M. Asher, was fired and faces criminal assault charges in Chicopee District Court. Asher is scheduled to be tried beginning Nov. 28.
For his part, Jones is charged with Alfred and Raheim Reid, 31 and 36 respectively, of Springfield, with selling drugs to an FBI informant on videotape, according to District Attorney Mark G. Mastroianni. Investigators with the FBI Western Massachusetts Gang Task Force said Jones sold the drugs on Dec. 2 and Dec. 13.
The Reid brothers helped facilitate the deals and supply the drugs, according to prosecutors. The brothers were arrested by task force members Wednesday morning and were arraigned in Hampden Superior Court and ordered held in lieu of $50,000 cash bail. Jones was being held in county jail without right to bail.
"The pending District Court complaint in which Melvin Jones is a named victim will remain," Mastroianni said, referring to the Asher prosecution.
Shawn Allyn, a lawyer for Jones in his civil case in federal court, argued that Mastroianni brought the charges so close to Asher's trial date to sully Jones' credibility, already potentially wobbly because of his prior criminal record, and his recent arrests for allegedly stealing pants from a J.C. Penney outlet in January and a tussle with his girlfriend earlier this year. The latter charge prompted the revocation of his bail.
"He's just trying to tank the Asher case. If he was serious about prosecuting Asher, he would have indicted him. The Feds rejected the (drug) case," Allyn said.
Asher was charged after Jones' criminal defense lawyer sought a complaint through a district court clerk magistrate last year. Three other officers involved in the traffic stop were cleared of criminal
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conduct but temporarily suspended by Police Commissioner William J. Fitchet in connection with it.
An amateur videotape of the incident on Rifle Street showed Asher apparently striking Jones with his flashlight after Jones tried to wheel away from police. According to the police report, Asher struck Jones after Jones grabbed another officer's gun. Jones has denied this.
The trafficking case was referred to Superior Court by the U.S. Attorney's office two weeks ago, according to Mastroianni. That office declined to spearhead the prosecution despite the alleged videotape evidence, he said. A supervisor in the local U.S. Attorney's office could not be reached for comment.
Mastroianni disputed bringing the case against Jones and the Reids as a way to interfere with the Asher prosecution.
"The best way to address that case was to get it to trial as soon as possible. And that's what we did. I've demonstrated my commitment to prosecuting the case in which Melvin Jones is the victim," he said.
FBI supervisor Mark Karangekis said an ongoing civil rights review by the U.S. Dept. of Justice in the traffic stop and alleged beating of Jones will "absolutely not" be affected by the criminal charges against Jones.
"We're continuing to monitor the state prosecution of Asher and report the results to the Department of Justice Civil Rights Division," Karangekis said.
Allyn has said the domestic dispute was overblown by police who were acutely aware of Jones' history with the department. Allyn has said he expected the charges against his client to be dropped at a previously scheduled hearing Thursday.
Jones will be arraigned on the new charges also on Thursday.


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A look back at the Kent State Massacre on May 4, 1970
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Kent State: Coming of age 40 years after May 4, 1970 shootings that stunned America
By Michael Scott, The Plain Dealer
May 02, 2010, 5:00AM
Four decades have slipped by since "four dead in Ohio" rang out as a generation's lament on the loss of life and innocence. And some now say a renewed and mature Kent State is rising -- even as it finally honors its dead and embraces its dreadful place at a deadly point in American history. Full story »
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Kent State shootings: Does former informant hold the key to the May 4 mystery?
By John Mangels, The Plain Dealer
December 19, 2010, 6:01AM
Terry Norman, a law-enforcement major and self-described "gung-ho" informant, was the only civilian known to be carrying a gun as the protest unfolded on May 4, 1970. Though Norman denies shooting his weapon and was never charged in the deaths that day, a review of hundreds of documents from various investigations uncover surprising information about a man whom many people suspect somehow triggered the National Guard's deadly gunfire. Full story »
Continue congressional Kent State shooting inquiry: editorial
By The Plain Dealer Editorial Board
November 13, 2010, 4:16AM
A planned congressional inquiry into the 1970 Kent State shootings should go forward when the new, Republican-controlled U.S. House starts work next year, The Plain Dealer's editorial board says. Full story »
Political changes may imperil congressional probe into Kent State shootings
By John Mangels, The Plain Dealer
November 04, 2010, 8:00AM
Voters' decision to hand Republicans control of the House of Representatives will hamper – or may curtail -- a congressional probe into new revelations about the Kent State University shootings. Full story »
Revelations from Kent State audio tape prompt congressional inquiry
By John Mangels, The Plain Dealer
October 09, 2010, 4:15AM
U.S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich is launching a congressional inquiry into an altercation and apparent pistol fire that occurred about 70 seconds before Ohio National Guardsmen shot students and antiwar protesters on May 4, 1970. Full story »
Commotion that 'didn't sound right' led to re-examination of Kent State tape
By John Mangels, The Plain Dealer
October 08, 2010, 8:00AM
A commotion that "didn't sound right" prompted forensic audio expert Stuart Allen to review a segment of the 40-year-old audio tape of the Kent State shootings and discover four pistol shots. Full story »
Kent State tape indicates altercation and pistol fire preceded National Guard shootings (audio)
By John Mangels, The Plain Dealer
October 08, 2010, 8:00AM
A noisy, violent altercation and four pistol shots took place about 70 seconds before Ohio National Guardsmen opened fire on antiwar protesters at Kent State University, according to a new analysis of a 40-year-old audiotape of the event. Full story »
Kent State shooting victim seeks action based on tape
By John Mangels, The Plain Dealer
May 10, 2010, 6:39PM
One of the Kent State University students shot by Ohio National Guardsmen during antiwar protests on May 4, 1970 is seeking a new investigation of the incident, based on evidence uncovered by The Plain Dealer. Full story »
New analysis of 40-year-old recording of Kent State shootings reveals that Ohio Guard was given an order to prepare to fire
By John Mangels, The Plain Dealer
May 09, 2010, 4:26PM
The Ohio National Guardsmen who fired on students and antiwar protesters at Kent State University on May 4, 1970 were given an order to prepare to shoot, according to a new analysis of a 40-year-old audio tape of the event. Audio included. Full story »
Forensic audio experts Allen and Owen have had long, interesting careers deciphering the sounds of crime
By John Mangels, The Plain Dealer
May 08, 2010, 5:13PM
From mobsters and murderers to terrorists and even a chatty presidential hopeful, forensic audio specialists Stuart Allen and Tom Owen have scrutinized, analyzed -- and testified about -- an extraordinary array of recorded subjects and suspects. Full story »
Observance of 40th anniversary of Kent State shootings is part political rally, part remembrance
By John Mangels, The Plain Dealer
May 04, 2010, 8:38PM
The ceremony on Tuesday at Kent also is a handing-off of the activist torch from the 1960s generation to 21st Century college students. Full story »
Kent State massacre recalled by Missouri coach Gary Pinkel, then a Kent football recruit
By Starting Blocks
May 04, 2010, 3:20PM
Pinkel, a senior at Akron Kenmore High School on May 4, 1970, recalls what it was like to be headed to Kent and then play there. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch tells about his feelings then and now. Full story »
Kent ceremony brings closure to kin of victims
By Pat Galbincea, The Plain Dealer
May 03, 2010, 9:24PM
Relatives of the four students shot to death 40 years ago were at Kent State University Monday for the National Register of Historic Places and Historic Site Walking Tour Dedication. Full story »
Kent State University students today have mixed feelings about shootings of May 4, 1970
By Janet Okoben
May 03, 2010, 2:30PM
Students at Kent State University today seem to have a mix of feelings about Kent State's role in history because of the May 4, 1970 shootings. Full story »
Vietnam War still stirs passionate divisions at Kent State May 4 events
By Rachel Dissell, The Plain Dealer
May 02, 2010, 9:37PM
War veteran and anti-war activist Country Joe McDonald on Sunday screened two short documentary-style films about the impact of the Vietnam War on events surrounding the Kent State shootings of May 4, 1970. The reaction to the movies at Kent State -- where the impact of that war may have been felt more than anywhere else -- was divided and passionate. Full story »
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Washington, DC | www.Andy4DC.com | November 30, 2013 -- Andy Shallal, DC mayoral candidate and one of the District's most successful restaurateurs, today vowed, "The small business community here will be at the head table in all major economic discussions, if I'm elected mayor. I view small businesses as not only the engine of long-term job creation but also as vital partners in closing the inequality gap that threatens to permanently polarize this great city into pockets of prosperity and communities destabilized by economic insecurity and political indifference."
Andy Shallal will be touring several small businesses today, including the Farmer's Market at Columbia Rd and 18th, Idle Time Books, Kramers Books, Second Story Books, Busboys and Poets bookstore at 14th and V Streets NW with authors George Pelecanos and Natalie Hopkinson, and Busboys and Poets bookstore at 5th and K Streets NW.
Shallal is best known as the owner of Busboys and Poets (with DC locations at 14th & V Streets, NW and 5th & K Streets, NE) and Eatonville Restaurant (located across the street from Busboys and Poets at 14th & V Streets, NW). The 58-year-old artist, activist and entrepreneur has successfully expanded his Busboys and Poets franchise to Arlington, VA (2007) and Hyattsville, MD (2011), creating a multi-million-dollar company that employs more than 530 people. Click here to view Andy Shalla's business profile.
Shallal made his remarks on Small Business Saturday in the District. "I have built my success from the ground up. So I understand – like no other candidate in this race – the dreams, the frustrations with government and the urgent needs of the small business community – as an entrepreneur, not a public official who only shows up for ribbon-cutting ceremonies."
Shallal said voters and business people have responded very positively to his insurgent candidacy. "Folks are fed up with the mess in City Hall – the betrayal of trust, the pay-to-play practices that have corrupted our elected leaders and discouraged honest entrepreneurs who want to do business with a clean government. I know how to lead and succeed – the right way. That's what I will bring to the Mayor's office. "
Shallal is one of the co-founders of Think Local First, a DC organization that seeks to strengthen the voice of the local business community and help independent entrepreneurs implement programs that will boost growth and promote a fair, sustainable local economy.
Shallal said he is just as proud of being recognized for growing a popular "green business" as attracting famous clientele that includes Alice Walker, Larry King, Ben Jealous, Howard Dean, Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, Danny Glover, Stevie Wonder and – yes – First Lady Michelle Obama.
"I believe this election is about leadership with a different vision of economic development," said Shallal. "I believe in job creation that reaches communities where it is needed most. That's why small business owners can play a crucial role in addressing inequality in DC. It is unacceptable for 1 out of 5 DC residents to live in poverty while busy cranes turn more neighborhoods into hip, expensive havens for newcomers."
Shallal also said his approach to small business development would be more creative. "As mayor, I would aggressively pursue renting unoccupied public buildings or spaces to small vendors and artists to display or sell their products or works. We must find more creative ways to nurture the entrepreneurial skills of our gifted youth and sustain start-ups that can eventually employ people."
Shallal said he would review the licensing process for businesses to find ways to streamline the process to enable entrepreneurs to "spend more time creating jobs than wasting time on paperwork."
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