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Born in Canoga Park, Calif., Michael now calls Seattle home. He attended Southern Utah University, where he studied both theater and fine art. "I began my university education by studying to become an actor," he says. "However, exposure to the visual arts diverted my interest into new creative possibilities. The years I spent developing back-stories for my characters as an actor, or dressing sets to enhance the story as a director, had an influence on the type of artist I would become. I discovered early on that I was interested in representational and figurative art."
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The Providence Journal gives their pet Kennedy, "Patches," a leg up with a Saul Alinsky Rule #10 inspired promo passing as news. Here is a sample:
"PROVIDENCE — U.S. Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy fears that supercharged passions fueling the national health-care debate may lead to violence.
Drawing on his family's violent past, the Democratic congressman told roughly 75 people gathered at a private health-care forum Saturday morning that opponents of Democrat-backed health-care legislation had gone too far. He cited, as an example, 10,000 signs distributed at a recent Washington protest that read, "Bury ObamaCare with Kennedy."
Patrick Kennedy is the last member of his storied family to hold federal office. His father, U.S. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, died one month ago after battling a brain tumor. His uncles, former President John F. Kennedy and former presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, were assassinated."
Saul Alinky's Rule for Radicals #10 is to profess you are the victim of violence in order to gain sympathy. Rep. Kennedy goes on and on without any evidence of impending violence other than some signs printed by a Catholic organization that say: "Bury Health Care With Kennedy."
This Catholic non-profit, The Life League, opposes abortion, which Catholic Senator Ted Kennedy supported, protected, and endorsed throughout his excruciatingly long career in government.
The Life League knows that abortion takes a life, violently, and they stated quite clearly on their posters what they want; proposed government health care which will include abortion, buried with Kennedy who recently passed away.
The Life League didn't threaten anyone and poor Patches Kennedy knows it. That is why he was blathering on in front of a friendly AARP crowd and why the Providence Journal ginned up an Alinsky treat for him.
How much of Congressman Patches Kennedy's endless drug and alcohol addiction will taxpayers have to pay for if we surrender to government run health rationing?

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SIR CLIVE WOODWARD: Gatland's smash and grab! Why controlled violence - and Halfpenny's boot - will be key to Lions glory
Warren Gatland will wake up on Saturday morning with a lot of nervous energy inside him but also a powerful feeling that, as a top coach, you live for days like this.
In many ways taking the Lions into a Test has more pressure than coaching England or Wales. You are representing four nations and the pressure can feel four times greater as a result.
To a certain extent you are going into the unknown. You do not know many of the players as well as you do when you are in charge of your country. There are seven non-Welsh players in the line-up and Gatland cannot know how they will react under this unique pressure.
Man with a plan: Lions coach Warren Gatland
It's been a fascinating week as we build to the tantalising first Test match. I was invited to speak at a rugby coaching conference at the University of Queensland and Australia head coach Robbie Deans gave the opening address.
Talking to 150 Australian rugby coaches he made it clear just what a special fixture this is for the Wallabies and outlined the sense of duty and honour he felt about taking on the Lions.
He looked confident, calm and in control. Deans has a meticulous attention to detail and one thing was made clear, 12 years ago the Wallabies were ambushed at the Gabba despite having a World Cup-winning captain (John Eales) and coach (Rod Macqueen) in their ranks, but there is no way they will be caught cold on Saturday.
Plotting the Lions' downfall: Australia's head coach Robbie Deans
As he spoke about the spirit of this fixture I was hoping his team selection would back up his words. Deans didn't disappoint: this is one of the most exciting Australian sides I have seen.
The Wallabies have been quietly taking everything in and they know what is coming. The way the Lions play is no secret. Gatland's teams have followed the same blueprint since his early days at Connacht.
The Australians have dubbed it 'Warrenball' and Gatland should take it as a compliment. It is a simple game plan from a tactical perspective but, if it is executed with precision, it is incredibly difficult to stop. Ask any England player.
Key man: Jamie Roberts has been crucial to the way Warren Gatland sets his teams up
In 'Warrenball' the gain line is everything. You win the set piece as cleanly as you can and the first hit-up is absolutely crucial. The fly-half plays flat to bring in the first big runner whose job is to do whatever it takes to get over the gain line hard and fast. This is why Jamie Roberts, with his size and leg drive, has been such a key man in Gatland's team.
Next up, the first two bodies at the breakdown, usually forwards, just smash anybody in the way to clear the bodies out of the way and secure the ball, flying through the ruck.
If you are an Australian challenging for the ball at the first breakdown then you know two missiles are coming for you. It is a real physical approach that epitomises Gatland's 'controlled violence' in the contact zone.
The team keep going in the same way across the pitch, making one or two passes before another big collision. You can usually hit four phases smashing it up the pitch before you run out of room near the touchline.
Ready to play the Roberts role: Brian O'Driscoll, left, and Jonathan Davies
Gatland relies on big backs to lay that platform and in the first Test Brian O'Driscoll and Jonathan Davies will have to play the Roberts role on the first phase. Then you have George North and Alex Cuthbert coming off their wings or a ball-carrying forward like Jamie Heaslip taking it on in the subsequent phases.
The forwards go into the rucks in various numbers and the backs realign but the key is pace and patience. The whole point of 'Warrenball' is waiting for a mismatch in the back line, usually by switching the direction of play after spotting a Lions back against an Australian forward.
When O'Driscoll, North or Cuthbert find themselves up against a front-five forward it is time to strike.
This takes real skill and vision and that is where fly-half Jonathan Sexton and Davies are perfect for this plan. Seven days ago, we saw how effective the pair are at playing this system when they dismantled a very good Waratahs team.
Pace and power: Alex Cuthbert
Skill and vision: The Lions' Jonathan Sexton has the game Warren Gatland wants to deploy
If you execute the plan at pace it is so hard to defend against because the opposition have to keep retreating and moving across the pitch to provide defensive cover. As they keep sending bodies out to cover the attack, the Lions will switch or strike at a mismatch.
'Warrenball' asks a lot of the players, demanding great fitness. We know the Welsh players are fit but will the non-Welsh forwards be able to keep up this intensity for 80 minutes?
It is a great help to the Lions that referee Chris Pollock rarely penalises the attacking team at the breakdown and tends to blow up against the defending team.
Having a world-class goal-kicker means, if Australia concede penalties, then Leigh Halfpenny will punish them — his accuracy gives the Lions a six-point head start.
The Wallabies will have a plan to combat this tried-and-tested formula. Defensive coach Tony McGahan spent four years at Munster, so he is well aware of the Gatland game.
There are four basic ways to stop 'Warrenball' and the Lions must be wary of the following:
1: The Wallabies will try to turn defence into attack.
They understand the importance of the gain line to the Lions so they will hit the Lions head-on and try to smash them backwards.
To hit players defensively head on takes great technique and even greater bravery.
2: If the Wallabies dominate possession and run the Lions all over the paddock, they can limit the damage.
The Lions will have little ball and, when they do get it, they will be tired.
3: After the first two Lions fly in to the ruck, there can be a tendency not to commit any more forwards.
Australia may try to come straight through the ruck and target Mike Phillips.
If you see the scrum-half get caught with the ball in the opening 20 minutes, then the chances are the Lions are not putting enough forwards into the ruck and the Wallabies have clocked this.
If golden jerseys come through and smash Phillips then the whole game changes. If he gets stuck with the ball at his feet or gets turned over early on, the psychological blow will be huge.
Just watch the reaction of the players and the crowd — 'Warrenball' has been punctured!
4: The Wallabies will attack the scrum and line-out.
The set piece is where 'Warrenball' begins.
If the Lions cannot win clean ball it is a major problem. Although I believe their set piece will hold firm.
One question remains: is there an alternative to 'Warrenball' that nobody has seen yet?
I am not sure the Lions have had enough training time together to put a second blueprint in place but the whole art of coaching is to fool your opponents so we will see.
I believe the Lions will win by six points. The goal-kicking will give them a big advantage and, with Sexton and Davies on their game, they will have the edge.
The Lions do not really play any rugby from behind their own 10-metre line. Australia are so comfortable in possession they happily play the ball out of their 22.
We have seen too many meaningless kicks from the Lions on this tour, aimlessly hoofing the ball into the air.
The counter-attacking Wallabies will eat that up all day. Kick to their wingers and they will come back at you.
Leigh Halfpenny is often isolated at full back because the Lions wingers join the defensive line.
Tough test ahead: Lions' Leigh Halfpenny
As a result he often has a lot of distance to cover to get to the ball. In the 2003 World Cup final against Australia the only try we conceded was when big Wallaby winger Lote Tuqiri jumped against Jason Robinson and we could see the same scenario today.
Winger Israel Falou has played Aussie Rules and rugby league so is almost unstoppable in the air. My England team called the move 'DA' — for kicking coach Dave Alred.
Jonny Wilkinson would run a dummy scissors then put a high cross-field kick to Ben Cohen.
If Halfpenny is standing still against Falou on the run then he doesn't stand a chance.
If you're the guy on the run with the momentum you've got all the height.
The interplay between full back Berrick Barnes and fly-half James O'Connor will test the Lions' defence.
O'Connor will be fine at fly-half — he has the energy and experience of Will Genia inside him and the distribution skills of a second playmaker outside him in Christian Leali'ifano.
If the Lions have not sorted out their defensive positioning in the wide channels, these guys can fling the ball wide to shift the point of attack outside the Lions' defensive wall.
Then the wingers will have the crowd on their feet. The Aussies have a very talented back division but you need a player at 10 who plays there week-in, week-out and the non-selection of Quade Cooper could haunt Deans.
After 25 minutes of 'Warrenball' some of the Lions forwards will tire.
They will make a call and for a short spell change to a 'pick-and-go' game, keeping it tight and going route one.
The decision will be taken mainly through fatigue but it might catch Australia off guard.
There is real variety in where Jonny Sexton stands, so the Wallabies may rush a player out of the line to get in his face.
With England we would call it the 'hare' — while an organised line of defenders would move up the pitch, one 'hare' would bolt up the line and try to make a first tackle even if it just rushes the opponent and forces an error.
If the Wallabies come up in a flat line, Sexton has time to play. If occasionally somebody bolts right at him, he will start dropping deeper and the gain line gets further away.
Forget the Aussie cliche about a weak scrum — this is the best Australian front row we have seen for a long time. Gatland is so concerned he has favoured a scrummaging loosehead (Corbisiero) over an all-rounder (Vunipola).
Adam Jones has had a quiet tour but he is the world's No 1 tighthead.
There is a perception that Northern Hemisphere sides use the scrum to try to win penalties, whereas Southern Hemisphere sides use it for good first-phase ball.
Referee Chris Pollock gives 2.7 penalties per match at the set piece, which is good for the pace of the game but could play into Australian hands.
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Bangalore, Mar 9: Rahul Dravid announced his retirement on Friday and later took questions from a big contingent of journalists present at his press conference at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium.
Here is the Question and Answer session of Dravid with the media after his retirement.
Question: What prompted you to take this decision?
Rahul Dravid: Like I said, I felt it was the right time for me to move on. I had a glorious run, a wonderful run. I felt it was time to move on for the next generation of young Indian cricketers to come on and play and take the team forward. A lot of these decisions they just come to you in some ways.
Q: How difficult the decision was?
Dravid: Yes and no. When you leave something like playing for India – a life that I have lived for close to 16 years and five years before that of first class cricket, it is tough. It is not easy. It"s all I had known all my growing life. It was a challenge. Yes, from that point of view it was difficult decision. But it also wasn"t a difficult decision for me because I knew in my heart deep down that the time was right. I was very happy and comfortable in what I had achieved and what I had done. It is hard in a way and it"s also easy in a way.
Q: Any achievement which could have left you more satisfied and plans for the future?
Dravid: If you play for 16 years, there are going to be times in your career where you have to face some incredible highs and some disappointing lows. That is part and parcel of being an international cricketer, especially for one who has played for a really long time. While I say there are many disappointing times in my career, there have been some great highs. At the end of the day, there is a huge amount of satisfaction that even though I might have failed in certain times or failed in achieving certain things, I have always given it my best shot. I have left no stone unturned to try and become the best cricketer I could ever become. I think that leaves me with huge amount of satisfaction. Definitely there are no regrets.
Q: Anything you want to tell your critics?
Dravid: Absolutely not. I respect the fact that when you play international sport in a country like India where there is a huge amount of passion, you have to learn to deal with it. It is a part of a challenge of being an international cricketer. We have to accept criticism and we have to learn to deal with it. They are the two sides of the same coin. I think the media has been kind to me.
Q: Did the Australian tour debacle make any impact on your decision?
Dravid: I don"t follow every word that is written. But I know that you get criticised when you don"t do well. I would like to believe irrespective how the Australian series had gone, in my own mind I was sure that after the Australian tour, I would sit down and look at lot of things. Now it is easy for me to say but I would like to think that I would have come to the same conclusion. I have confided with my friends that I would sit down and assess the situation after the Australian tour, not only about my own position but also where Indian cricket is at and what should be the way forward.
Q: How long it took to arrive at this decision? Did you speak to Sachin?
Dravid: For a year now I have been aware of the fact that after each and every series, I have assessed the situation where I was and this was no different. I came back from Australia and I wanted to take the emotion out of it and spend a month at home, think dispassionately. So I came to this decision and I knew that I was clear in my mind. I have spoken to Sachin. I have spoken to a lot of my team-mates. Everyone was incredibly supportive, also right through my career. That"s it.
Q: How as it Playing with legends?
Dravid: It was an honour and privilege to play alongside a galaxy of stars and legends whether it was Sachin, Anil, Sourav, Srinath, Laxman, Sehwag, Harbhajan. Maybe I am missing out a few names here. I was fortunate to have played in an era which was successful for Indian cricket. Some of the guys that I have played with my sons will not understand but if they go on to follow the game, they will realise that I have played with some of the great players and what they mean to Indian cricket. Sharing a dressing room with them was an absolute honour. I have learned a lot of things from them in the last 16 years as a person and a player.
Q: What about timing of the decision? You could have announced during a series?
Dravid: Of course it would have been nice to do well and contribute in the last series. These decisions are based on lot of other things and not just on one series.
Q: Adam Gilchrist dropped a catch of Laxman, which made him to think of retirement. Any moment like that which sparked the decision?
Dravid: I don"t think there was an Eureka moment for me. For each one it comes differently. For me it has come after a lot of contemplation, with friends and family. It is difficult to give up the shirt but you have to realize that this moment has to come to everyone. As you play international cricket and see greats retire while you were playing, you know that this will come to everyone. While it will be difficult, I make no mistake in saying that I love playing for India.
Q: Why this urgent decision to quit?
Dravid: I didn"t wake one fine morning and took the decision. For me, I needed to be sure that I was playing the game for the right reasons and to be able to achieve great things for Indian cricket and achieve wins. I have done that for the last 16 years and I feel the time was right. I know that I had a great run and I had given it some thought.
Q: Was there a temptation to play one more Test match?
Dravid: If you make a decision during the course of the series, then I think it is great. I have been part of some nice farewells but I made decision now. I had the time to think and contemplate. Just to keep playing for the sake of one Test, I don"t think it was right. I don"t think that was the way I played the game. It was important for me to move on. I needed to play for the right reasons. As much as I respect other people"s feelings I should have played another Test, I hope they will respect and appreciate my feelings.
Q: What does the "Wall" mean to you?
Dravid: I never really thought of it and took it seriously. I will be honest with you that when people call me Wall I used to joke they were setting up me because after I fail, it is easier for them to say that there is a brick in the wall, the foundations are weak, the wall is missing – for the people who put the headlines and make the copies. So they would say let"s put the Wall so that later we can 'use" it. I know that a lot of people call me that very fondly and I respect that. But I never really thought that I was a Wall whenever I walked out to the middle.
Q: Did dropped catches of late influence the decision?
Dravid: It didn"t influence in making the decision. But yes over the last year, I have dropped two or three catches which I could have taken. Whenever you drop a catch, it is disappointing. And as people who have played with me will tell you, nothing frustrates me more than dropping a catch. I can get over getting out, after 15-20 minutes but when I drop a catch, that stays with me for a very long time. And, it really hurts in a lot of ways. But the decision was not based on that. As a slip fielder, you drop some catches. That is part and parcel of the job. A fewer you drop, the better you are.
Q: Your best innings?
Dravid: It is hard for me to pick one innings that means lot to me. Obviously there are two or three that comes to the top of my head. The 180 in Kolkata and the partnership with Laxman, the 233 in Adelaide, the couple of innings that I have played in Jamaica for Test win on a low-scoring wicket, Headingley, Rawalpindi… I guess there are quite a few that come to the top of the head but it is hard to choose between your sons.
Q: Were you inspired by Sir Don Bradman's line "leaving the game better than you found it". Also, would you like to be part of building a road map for Indian cricket?
Dravid: It is for other people to judge whether I have left the Indian cricket than I started off. It"s not for me to make that decision. In terms of what I will do, I have got a couple of months in the IPL and after that, in June I will have some time to put my feet up and relax and see what is ahead of me. I am sure that there are many opportunities and ways with which I will be able to contribute to the game. I feel it is wrong to use the word contribute because sometimes you feel the game is too big for you to contribute. I will play my part may be in helping kids. I have not made up my mind. Come June, I have to sit and think what lies ahead of me.
Q: Did you inform selectors about it?
Dravid: I had a personal conversation. To be fair, I have kept them informed and involved them. But what I have conversed is a personal thing.
Q: Where do you see Indian cricket heading to, particularly in Tests. Do you see anybody coming close to you?
Dravid: We are very disappointed by the fact that we didn"t do well in England and Australia. Having said that, I still do feel Indian cricket is in a good place. There is some really exciting talents coming through. As to who will replace me, in the last two years I have felt, there have been exciting talented batsmen waiting in the wings who can definitely step up and take over. They have got the talent and skills required to be successful. When I look back at myself as a 23-year-old when I played for India, and then look at the present players, I know that I was nowhere near as talented as these kids. Obviously just being talented is just not necessarily mean that you have a successful Test career.
There are lot of things that go with it – how you face the challenges and how you deal with things which are sometime internal more than external. And, I think it will be really interesting for me to sit back on my couch and watch some of these young talents as they establish themselves over the next two or three years. I hope two or three of them can establish themselves and play for India for a long time. In my generation, myself, Sachin, Ganguly and Laxman and Viru (Virender Sehwag) who came in late and Gauti (Gautam Gambhir), we were able to establish ourselves in the Indian team and it makes a big difference. If you have people coming in and out all the time, that means that probably they are not performing well enough. That breeds in instability if you don"t get performances consistently. It is really interesting and challenging time to see which one of these kids will stand up.
Q: What are you comments about rift in Indian team?
Dravid: Absolutely not. Like you said, it is speculation and rumours and there is no truth to it.
Q: Was there a temptation to play one more domestic season?
Dravid: Not really at Karnataka. Most of the guys in our side are pushing for South Zone selection and things like that. To be honest, I felt that I would be blocking an youngster"s place by playing another season of Ranji Trophy. Sri (Javagal Srinath) did ask me but said no.
Q: What are you plans for the future?
Dravid: I have not decided on what comes after June. I truly believe that a little bit of time away from the game will be good for me. I have played this game for 20 years and lived in a cocoon so to speak, a surreal world. It has been away from reality in some ways and so many former cricketers have told me that if I get away from the game for me a while, it will give you a better perspective and you will be able to come back and look at things differently. When you play, it is difficult to see things from outside. Whatever decisions I take will be based on the fact that I have a young family and want to spend time with them.
Q: Will you miss the training?
Dravid: I will miss that a lot. I have lived the routine, going to the KSCA (Karnataka State Cricket Association) or NCA (National Cricket Academy) every morning. My wife says you have to get out of your routine. My new routine will be buying the groceries and going to pick my sons from school, dropping them to school.
Q: Who is the next Wall?
Dravid: I wouldn"t like to name one particular player. I would like to say that there is a huge group of young Indian players who can be better than Rahul Dravid. I would love to believe that in 16-17 years, you will be attending a press conference of a player who has done lot more than I have.
Q: Who are the toughest bowlers you have faced and how was Shoaib Akhtar?
Dravid: Shoaib was a very good bowler, a fast bowler but he was not probably the best I have played. He was a good bowler no doubt about that. People like McGrath, Muralitharan, Ambrose, Walsh, Akram, Waqar, Shane Warne.. they are great bowlers. I had the privilege of playing alongside Anil Kumble, Srinath, Harbhajan in the Indian side. There were some great bowlers in my time and it was always a challenge to come up good against them.


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Monetary Policy Committee debuts with a 25bps cut in repo rate
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04 October 2016
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In the first monetary policy review by the newly set up Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) as well as by new Governor Urjit Patel, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), on Tuesday cut repo rate (the short-term lending rate charged by the central bank on borrowings by commercial banks) by 25 basis points (bps) to 6.25% with immediate effect.
"The decision of the MPC is consistent with an accommodative stance of monetary policy in consonance with the objective of achieving consumer price index (CPI) inflation at 5% by fourth quarter of 2016-17 and the medium -term target of 4% within a band of plus or minus 2%, while supporting growth," the RBI said in a release.
All six members of the panel, chaired by RBI Governor Urjit Patel, voted in favour of the monetary policy decisions -- the minutes of which will be released on 18 October 2016. The decision to cut repo rate is expected to bring much expected relief to commercial banks and corporates.
With repo rate reduced to 6.25%, the reverse repo rate under the liquidity adjustment facility (LAF) will now be 5.75%. Subsequently, the marginal standing facility (MSF) rate and the bank rate are adjusted to 6.75%.
Commenting on the RBI's fourth monetary policy review, Arundhati Bhattacharya, Chairman of State Bank of India (SBI), the country's largest lender, said, "The Committee decision to cut Repo rate by 25 bps was on the expected lines. With benign inflation trajectory going forward, RBI's policy stance is expected to remain accommodative. Banks will continue to transmit rates based on evolving liquidity scenario."
Talking about outlook, the central bank statement says, "The Committee expects that the strong improvement in sowing, along with supply management measures, will improve the food inflation outlook. It notes that the sharp drop in inflation reflects a downward shift in the momentum of food inflation – which holds the key to future inflation outcomes – rather than merely the statistical effects of a favourable base effect. The Government has announced several measures to cool food inflation pressures, especially with regard to pulses. These measures should help in moderating the momentum of food inflation in the months ahead. This has opened up space for policy action, as indicated in the third bi-monthly monetary policy statement. The easy liquidity conditions engendered by the Reserve Bank's operations should also enable the smooth transmission of the policy action through various market segments. Furthermore, banks should find added impetus for better transmission by the recent downward adjustment in small savings rates. The Committee took note of potential cost push pressures that may emerge, including the 7th pay commission award on house rent allowances, and the increase in minimum wages with possible spill overs through minimum support prices. The fuller play of these factors will need vigilance to prevent a generalised cost spiral from taking root."
"On balance, the Committee envisages a trajectory taking headline CPI inflation towards a central tendency of 5% by March 2017, with risks tilted to the upside albeit lower than in the second and third bi-monthly monetary policy statements of June and August respectively," it added.
The Reserve Bank expects the momentum of growth to quicken with a normal monsoon raising agricultural growth and rural demand, as well as by the stimulus to the urban consumption spending from the pay commission's award. It says, "The accommodative stance of monetary policy and comfortable liquidity conditions should support a revival of credit to the productive sectors. The continuing sluggishness in world trade and the smaller terms of trade gains than in the past point, however, are leading to further slackening of external demand going forward. Accordingly, the projection of growth of real gross value added (GVA) for 2016-17 is retained at 7.6%, with risks evenly balanced around it."
VS Parthasarathy, Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Mahindra Group, says, "This policy was a window into the thoughts of the Governor and the MPC. It is not only about the here and now, it is also about what the MPC thinks about risks and importantly it reveals the Governor's thoughts on structural matters. The focus will be on non-performing assetst (NPAs), financial market reforms, and financial inclusion for MSME. The policy has however stuck to monetary aspects and we have to wait to see the Governor's actions elsewhere. We trust he would continue to be vigilant, watching over the economic landscape with flexibility to act as the situation changes."
According to Anuj Puri, Chairman & Country Head of JLL India, the first question that arises after this rate cut is, of course, how it will help improve buyer sentiment in the housing sector. "The reason why housing sales have been sluggish is because of trust deficit between consumers and developers. Unless RERA and other pro-consumer policies come into play, buyers will continue to be wary. Therefore, we can expect only a marginal improvement in sentiment on the back of this rate cut. At this point, there is also no ready answer to the question of to what extent banks will actually pass on the benefit of the rate cut to borrowers," he added.
Here are the latest policy rates following MPC review…
Repo Rate.......................6.25%
Reverse Repo Rate........5.75%
Bank Rate.......................6.75%
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10 months ago
This decision was not taken by RBI Governer Mr.Patel the inflation was temporarily down so they have to wait up to next inflation data come out. It was a purely decided by political persons. Because pensioner persons are more effected by this decision. There was nobody in committee like the middle-class person they are all rich persons who decided this rates.
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Tamil Nadu, Kerala have high female literacy - and most women entrepreneurs
Prachi Salve (IANS)
04 October 2016
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The five states with the largest proportion of literate women -- Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal and Maharashtra -- account for 53 per cent (4.3 million) of all business establishments owned by women nationwide, although no more than 33 per cent of India's women live in these states, according to an IndiaSpend analysis of data released by the Economic Census 2012.
With 73.4 per cent of its women literate, Tamil Nadu -- third among larger states after Kerala and Maharashtra -- has India's largest number of establishments run by women, one million (13.5 per cent of all businesses), according to the Economic Census 2012.
Tamil Nadu is followed by Kerala -- with 90 per cent female literacy, India's highest rate -- where 11 per cent of all businesses are run by women.
The two leaders are followed by Andhra Pradesh (59.1 per cent female literacy rate and 10.5 per cent businesses owned by women), Bengal (70.5 and 10.3 per cent) and Maharashtra (75.9 and 8.2 per cent).
While the female literacy rate was 65.5 per cent nationwide, the female work-force participation was 25.5 per cent, according to Census 2011.
Female participation in India's workforce has declined from 34 per cent in 1999 to 27 per cent in 2014, IndiaSpend reported in August 2016, the worst rate among BRICS nations and lower than Bangladesh (57.4 per cent), Nepal (79.9 per cent) and Sri Lanka (35.1 per cent).
The five states with the largest number of women entrepreneurs also have higher-than-national average literacy among women.
Lack of financial education can also limit women from gaining access to and benefitting from financial services, according to a 2014 World Bank report.
The top five states have the largest number of women who have completed 10 years or more of education. Maharashtra, which has the fifth-largest number of businesswomen, also has 77.4 per cent women who have completed 10 years or more of education.
Bihar, for example, has 153,610 establishments run by women (accounting for 1.9 per cent of businesswomen and ranked 14th among states) and only 56 per cent women have completed 10 years of education.
Women own/run 8.05 million of India's 58.5 million establishments (13.7 per cent), as reported in May 2016, providing employment to 13.4 million people. About 89 per cent of these were employed in establishments hiring less than 10 workers.
India was ranked 70th of 77 countries in the Female Entrepreneurship Index 2015 released by London-based Global Entrepreneurship Institute.
Building a small business, step by small step -- A woman's story: Archana Angre (43), who runs a tiffin service and a small restaurant in Chembur, an eastern suburb of Mumbai, studied till class nine.
Angre started the business in 1997 when she worked as a cook, despite opposition from her in-laws who warned her that business was risky.
The initial investment of Rs 2,000 was done by Angre and her husband Ashok Arjun Angre. She employed three family members (daughter, son and husband) in the beginning.
Within a year of starting business, Angre received help from patrons who helped her with capital and equipment (gas cylinders and stove). Within two years, her business increased from 10 tiffins to 100 tiffins.
Some of Angre's clients helped her get a loan of Rs 50,000 from UCO Bank. The business expanded from making tiffins for office-goers to preparing meals for parties and company events.
She received a loan of Rs 2,95,000 under the Pradhan Mantri Rozgar Yojana (Prime Minister's Employment Programme) in 2010, which she used to buy utensils and other items required for the business.
Nineteen years later, Angre employs six people (three from her family and three hired workers).
Angre is now planning to open a fully functional restaurant. She has also been able to fund her daughter's studies in hotel management.
"There is a need for change in attitude from being safe with a job to the ability to take risks to start a business," Angre said.
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A tryst with the Moon, Madame Tussauds, the marginalised this Durga Puja
Sahana Ghosh (IANS)
04 October 2016
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Fancy a flight to the Moon and back this Durga Puja? How about an encounter with Madame Tussauds? Theres also a peep into the celebrations for the marginalised that was initiated by Indian revolutionary Netaji Subash Chandra Bose before independence. Theres much on offer at the Puja marquees (pandals) this year.
With India's successful exploits in outer space catching the imagination of the young and the old alike, organisers, over the past couple of years, have hopped on to the space bandwagon to entice the legions of pandal-hoppers to come and have a dekko -- given the myriad options available in every nook and cranny of this bursting-at-the-seams eastern metropolis.
However, the organisers at Santosh Mitra Square (Lebutala Park) in north Kolkata, have adopted a different take on their space odyssey.
"Due to the frequent earthquakes, it is possible that we might have to colonise the Moon. In our pandal, we have shown how it is possible to build homes on the Moon (Chaander Bari). Through models and figures, we have showcased a human colony on the Moon," a member of the organising committee told IANS.
After a lunar realty bite, head to south Kolkata's Baghajatin for an Indian twist to the famed Madame Tussauds wax museum.
A glimpse of the chiselled features and cool composure of stars Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan and ace footballers Neymar and Lionel Messi at the eponymous pandal will drive out any fatigue one might experience from the night-long pandal-hopping.
"We have tried to replicate Madame Tussauds because it stands for excellence in creative expression. Similarly, Durga Puja is a platform for local artists to display their excellence. There are 58 figures made from fibreclay, not wax," Uttam Saha, Secretary, Baghajatin Rabindrapally Sarbojanin Durga Puja Committee, told IANS.
"We intend to spread the message that if artists from Bengal are given better opportunities then they too can achieve greatness," he said.
On a similar note, the marquee at south Kolkata's Hazra Park by Kolkata's civic workers seeks to accord equality to the marginalised and the downtrodden.
The celebration is by the civic workers, for the civic workers and encompasses the Harijans who toil day in and day out as scavengers and clean the city's sewer systems.
"The Puja was started in 1942 by Subash Chandra Bose when he headed the municipal corporation and wanted to be inclusive. The caste system was very rigid. Harijans had no place in society but they were important employees of the corporation. Since then, the Puja has continued and involves the employees," Sayandeb Chattopadhyay, Assistant General Secretary of Pouro Karmachari Sarbojanin Durgotsab Committee, told IANS.
As part of the tradition, around 2,000 Harijans are invited to partake of the 'prashad' on Navami (ninth or penultimate day of the Puja).
What started out as a simple affair in a park has become a full-scale theme Puja, in the last few years.
"The theme this year is from 'visarjan' (immersion) to 'bodhan' (welcome), a reversal where we highlight the immersion first and then go onto the welcoming of the goddess. Usually, the visarjan is tinged with sadness, so we decided to take people back to the beginning of the five days when the entire city looks forward to the arrival of the goddess," Chattopadhyay added.
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IMF wrapped up negotiations with the Romanian authorities and will grant a 20 billion euro financing package along with the European Commission and the World Bank.
Once the news was out the leu has increased suddenly from 4.2980 to 4.2770 against the euro and then waved around 4.2780. At 2 p.m. banks were buying the euro for 4.2780 and selling it for 4.2870.
The other emergent currencies in the region had a similar evolution, influenced by the leu's recovery. The Polish zloty started out falling from 4.5290 to 4.5963 and then grew to 4.5608 against the euro. The Hungarian forint dropped during the morning from 300 to 303.50 over the euro and then strengthened to 299.25 over the euro.
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Kasey Kahl Vienna Girardi Break-up, Vienna Girardi's reality career may be over. TMZ reports that the former Bachelor Winner (and Bachelor Pad 2 star) stormed off the set of Relationship Rehab after the producers brought in an ex-boyfriend, Lee Smith.
Vienna has had a rocky relationship past; after she and Bachelor Jake Pavelka split up, she dated Kasey Kahl on Bachelor Pad 2 – and after that break-up, she moved to her parents' peanut farm in Florida (we're not making this up). But she left the nut farm quickly when she got the call from Relationship Rehab – and according to Us Weekly, Gienna was back with Kasey at the time.
But when producers of Relationship Rehab brought in Lee Smith (whom Vienna reportedly flirted with while she was Jake Pavelka), sources say Vienna had an emotional breakdown and walked off the show, even screaming at producers and saying she "hates" them. She did not return to the show, which has since finished shooting.
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But the sight of the ousted Iraqi dictator, disheveled and compliant after being pulled from a hole in the ground near his hometown of Tikrit, was a powerful moment nonetheless. It was a triumph for U.S. military forces and intelligence agencies, a boon for the Bush administration's Iraq policy and a shock wave in the Democratic presidential contest.
"The most significant event since the invasion of Iraq," Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb., declared.
President Bush said in an address to the nation, "A hopeful day has arrived."
But the capture of Saddam isn't in itself the turning point that U.S. policymakers have been waiting for in Iraq, foreign-policy and political experts say. What's critical is whether his arrest leads to more stability in Iraqi cities, an easier path to democratic elections there and fewer and less deadly attacks on U.S. forces.
If it doesn't, they say, Saddam's arrest will join the toppling of his statue in Baghdad in April and the death of his sons in July as dramatic events that had less lasting significance than it seemed at the time.
"There will be a flood of attention and widespread feeling of relief that Saddam has been captured," says Thomas Mann of the Brookings Institution. "But if the attacks against U.S. and Iraqis continue, then I think that achievement will diminish."
"Some of the issues that existed yesterday will still exist tomorrow," says Richard Haass, a former top official in the Bush State Department who heads the Council on Foreign Relations. But there will be some difference: "Obviously people will be looking at these issues through eyeglasses" that have a rosier tint.
In a USA TODAY/CNN/Gallup Poll on Sunday, 82% of those surveyed called Saddam's capture a major achievement. More than 70% predicted it would prompt at least a minor drop in U.S. combat deaths. (Related link: Poll results)
Looking ahead:
•In Iraq. Some analysts predict the insurgency will be weakened, although there could be a burst of violence by Baath Party forces loyal to Saddam. "It's more important than many of us assumed a few months ago," Michael O'Hanlon, a defense analyst and expert on Iraq. Escalating attacks have taken on a nationalistic tone that is "easier to maintain with a clear figurehead at the top," he says.
Bathsheba Crocker of the Center for Strategic and International Studies predicts an impact as well on a "silent majority" of Iraqis who haven't backed the resistance but weren't yet convinced that Saddam was history. They may now be more willing to support the U.S.-backed Iraqi Governing Council.
• In the USA. Americans are more likely to say the war with Iraq was worthwhile. In a USA TODAY poll in October, 58% said Saddam's capture was necessary if the war was to be a success. Just 40% said finding weapons of mass destruction was essential.
The survey conducted Sunday showed opposition to the war at its lowest level since the euphoric days in April when Baghdad fell. Confidence that the United States was very likely to find the banned weapons and establish a stable, democratic government in Iraq doubled from a week earlier. The poll of 664 adults has a margin of error of +/- 4 percentage points.
• At the White House. Bush was earnest, solemn and brief as he addressed the nation from the Cabinet Room. But some Republicans were privately jubilant. They say Saddam's capture bolsters the president's credibility in arguing that the invasion of Iraq was worthwhile and successful. It eases concern about what is expected to be one of two major issues in next year's election.
On the other issue, the economy, Bush also has gotten good news. The Dow Jones industrial average went over 10,000 last week for the first time in 18 months. The latest government statistics measuring economic growth and productivity have been glowing, although job-creation has lagged.
If both the economy and the situation in Iraq are improving, Republicans say they can't think of an issue Democrats could use that would be powerful enough to oust a sitting president.
• Among Democrats. The news raised awkward questions for presidential front-runner Howard Dean, whose campaign has been fueled by anti-war sentiment. He and his advisers were revising a foreign policy address he is to deliver in Los Angeles this morning to reflect the developments.
The Democratic contenders who voted in favor of the congressional resolution authorizing military action in Iraq — on the defensive for months — seized on the news as vindication.
Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman appeared on NBC's Meet the Press, held a conference call with reporters and posted a sound bite on the Web for use by radio stations to deliver slightly different versions of the same quote. "If Howard Dean had his way," he put it on NBC, "today Saddam Hussein would still be in power, not in prison, and the world would be a much more dangerous place."
Saddam Hussein defied three American presidents, tried to assassinate one of them and drew the United States into its two biggest military operations since Vietnam. For a quarter-century, he ruled a land of antiquities and modern oil wealth as a despot. While he was on the run, he surfaced in audiotapes exhorting Iraqis to kill U.S. forces and their allies.
But whether his capture will curb the suicide bombings and other attacks that have killed Americans and Iraqis isn't clear. The squalid conditions in which he was found raise questions about whether he could have been playing much of a role in directing the insurgents' activities. Since he was ousted from power, al-Qaeda terrorists have become a presence in Iraq with their own motives.
What's more, a war-crimes trial could give him an international forum to highlight the failure of U.S. forces to find weapons of mass destruction.
On other critical issues, Saddam's capture alone isn't likely to have much impact: Healing the bitter ethnic divisions among Sunnis, Shiites and Kurds that have hampered efforts to establish a democracy. Restoring Iraq's battered economy. Resolving international divisions over relieving Iraq's debt or patrolling its streets.
Still, even Dean acknowledged there was a certain satisfaction in vanquishing such a reviled enemy. The U.S. campaign against Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega seemed complete when he was captured, tried, convicted and jailed. In contrast, the murkiness surrounding Adolf Hitler's fate at the end of World War II left room for conspiracy theories until the Soviet Union admitted decades later that its troops had found his body near his bunker in Berlin.
There is another elusive enemy who Americans said in an August survey would be an even greater prize than Saddam: Osama bin Laden.


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This story is the second part of another story that happened to me.
Well, I did it…I ran myself over!
It finally happened
I worked a late night. I drove to the boss's house because I was going to ride to the job-site with him. He moved his van from his back alley parking spot and I parked in (backwards) in his place. It was around 9 pm.
After three and a half hours at the job site, we ran out of material and had to wrap things up. My boss drove me back to his house and dropped me off. We said our good-byes and I closed his door. I walked over to my van and I crawled underneath it to start it.
Remember…? I have to start my van underneath it.
And yes, I haven't gotten around to fixing that ignition problem.
I grabbed the tool that starts the van and was feeling around underneath the van with it. It being dark out, I was having a difficult time trying to locate the starter. I scooted a little further underneath the van thinking it would help me find it…and I did.
At first, the van didn't start right up. I had to do it again. The van finally started and began to accelerate slowly in reverse. I was still underneath the van.
Quickly I tried to get away, but the right front tire pinched the material of my coat, trapping my arm in place. My upper arm was trapped underneath the tire of my moving van. It was obvious that the van was in reverse. There was nothing I could do to stop it.
I couldn't sit up, I desperately grabbed for the slowly rolling tire that was gradually crushing my bicep. The pressure was immense. I thought that my arm was going to explode. All I could think about was having to amputate my arm. My face was inches away from my vans front tire. I watched as the wheel slowly rolled over my arm. All I could do was lay there.
When the van rolled over my arm I watched as the van back over my boss's privacy fence. It continued to roll into the backyard and came to a stop when it crashed into a tree.
My boss jumped out of his van and ran over to help me up.
"Are you okay?" my boss asked in disbelief. "Did your van run over you?"
"Yeah…my arm."
"Oh my God! Do you need to go to the hospital?"
"No, no, I'm alright, really," I said. "Sorry about the fence."
"Forget the fence, how are you? Where did it get you?" he asked as he looked me over to see if I was okay.
"My arm. The van rolled over my arm," I told him as I lifted it. It was weird that it didn't hurt like you'd think it would. I mean, it was sore but strangely enough it didn't bruise.


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The first-graders at Hillcrest Elementary School reprised their Veterans Day program, titled "A Patriotic Tribute," for the December Revere Board of Education meeting. The program honored veterans with songs and poems. (Photo courtesy of Cathy Harbinak)
Alexandra Fenton, left, and Brianna Botosan, middle, with Revere Superintendent Randy Boroff, addressed the December Revere Board of Education members. (Photo courtesy of Cathy Harbinak)
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I got a new digital camera for Christmas, and I was trying to post a couple of new pics to my Gallery but I keep getting an "Error" message. So I checked the size, and it is under 2 MB, so that should be ok. But I can't figure out how to check the Pixel size and change it if I need too, does anyone know how to do this? Thanks!
The standard paint program in windows will tell you the size in pixels. Open your photo in the paint program, click on Image, then click on Attributes. You can resize with the paint program too. Just make sure that you change the height and width the same percentage or you will get a strange looking picture
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The Gainesville Police Department is looking for a suspect in a vehicle burglary that happened in the parking lot of Planet Fitness on last Thursday.
Someone broke into a car and stole a credit card sometime between 8:45 a.m. and 10:15 a.m. on Dec. 5 in the parking lot of Planet Fitness on Northwest 13th Street, GPD public information officer Ben Tobias said in an email.
Investigators found a man using the card on a surveillance video at a Walmart, Tobias said.
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A firefighter provided a young woman with comfort and compassion in her hour of need during a rescue operation following a building collapse last week in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
Not long after completing a 24-hour shift, firefighter Dustin Luebke was called back to work after a building collapsed in downtown Sioux Falls. A half hour later, Luebke was on the scene as part of South Dakota's urban search and rescue team.
"It was kind of surreal," describes Luebke, as he and his colleagues were tasked with rescuing 22-year-old Emily Fodness, one of two people trapped beneath the rubble. Fodness was on the phone with both her mother and Division Chief Brad Goodroad, as she tried to help rescue workers locate her.
Luebke says that at one point he and the others were little more than five feet away from Fodness, yet they still couldn't hear her yelling because of all the debris piled up around them.
"She knew right where she was at in her room," Luebke explains. "She really kept her cool, and that helped us out a lot in our efforts to find her."
Rescue workers soon located Fodness' dog, Nova, and once the dog was safely removed, Luebke spotted Fodness' hand and immediately took hold of it.
"I grabbed onto her hand, and I said, 'Emily, I've got your hand. I've got your hand. We've got you now. We're not going to let go. We're coming to get you,'" Luebke recalls.
The firefighter could not see her, but for the next half hour he clung tight to Fodness' hand while the others worked to free her.
The father of three says he thought of his daughters, and hoped that if one of them were in Fodness' place, he would want someone to hold their hand tight and let them know that everything was going to be okay.
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A Demon That Walks Above the Ceiling (天井裏を歩く悪魔 Tenjōura o Aruku Akuma) is the twenty-third episode of Denshi Sentai Denziman.
An artist friend of Daigorou's who lives in squalor is infected by a Vader Monster to distribute his filthy habits to other in a Vader plot.
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Just over four months ago, a counter-attacking Dallas squad was eliminated from the 2011 playoffs by the New York Red Bulls. The two sides kicked off the 2012 season on the same pitch using the same tactics and formations, but the 2-1 Dallas victory was quite a different result.
Manager Schellas Hyndman employed a comparable formation to the 4-2-3-1 he used last season, though naturally some of the personnel changed. Gone were Jackson and Marvin Chavez, replaced by Blas Perez and Fabian Castillo. Also, a recently-returned George John was benched in favor of newcomer Hernan Pertuz.
Perez, Castillo, and Pertuz all made vital contributions to the victory. Perez garnered assists on both goals (more on Perez in the diagram below); Castillo's speed was instrumental in earning the free kick that led to the first tally; and the young Pertuz made a veteran's canny tackle to prevent Thierry Henry from getting a shot in the 13th minute.
As noted, Hyndman's main strategy was to counter at pace, which is how the goal was partially created. Castillo powered into New York's half following a Red Bulls corner, and though he was dispossessed, Ricardo Villar was able to earn a free kick on the ensuing scrum for possession. New York made a mess of a pair of clearances following the free kick. Zach Loyd then latched onto the loose ball and beat keeper Andrew Meara.
But, like the playoff encounter, New York controlled much of the match. Despite New York's high percentage of possession (63% to 37%), the Red Bulls' earliest scoring opportunities were courtesy of misplaced Dallas passes. In the third minute, Jair Benitez even sent a free kick straight to an unmarked Juan Agudelo. Ihemelu, though, was able to clean up the mistake
The second half played out much life the first. Dallas picked up a goal off a counter and had to do some desperate defending to garner the full three points. Oddly, New York left back Roy Miller started the second Dallas scoring sequence with a pass remarkably similar to Benitez's third minute gaffe. Under no pressure whatsoever, the Red Bulls' fullback casually sent a pass to Perez. The striker made an intelligent pass to find Ricardo Villar in space, and the Brazilian chipped Meara to put Dallas up 2-0.
New York manager Hans Backe responded by bringing on former Dallas striker Kenny Cooper and switching from a 4-4-1-1 to a lopsided 4-4-2 (forward Juan Agudelo was stationed at right midfield but was essentially a third striker). An exhausted Dallas began to retreat deeper and deeper into their own half, a problem compounded by the removal of Villar.
As the attacking midfielder in the 4-2-3-1, Villar's intelligent passes had ensured Dallas retained possession long enough to relieve pressure on the back four. When holding midfielder Bobby Warshaw came on for the Brazilian in the 74th, Andrew Jacobson moved up to Villar's position but failed to replicate his intelligent outlet passes. As a result, over the final 16 minutes New York completed 84 more passes than Dallas.
Under that much pressure, it was likely that a single mistake would lead to a goal. When Benitez and Pertuz failed to mark Cooper, the striker was easily able to chip Kevin Hartman, but New York was otherwise unable to ripple Hartman's net.
While the end result couldn't be better, Hyndman needs to find a way to relieve pressure late in games without the use of Villar.
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NRA: Guns Can't Intimidate Because They Are "Just Bits Of Plastic And Metal"
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A new commentary video from the National Rifle Association defends the controversial practice of openly carrying firearms in public, arguing that firearms are not capable of intimidation.
In an October 20 video, NRA News commentator Billy Johnson took on open carry critics, stating, "Somehow we have completely dehumanized gun violence, and have instead humanized guns. Guns kill. Guns strike fear. Guns intimidate. Seriously? They're just bits of plastic and metal." Johnson also apparently defended the controversial practice of open carrying firearms in Michigan public schools.
Johnson centered his commentary around "a little bit of a dust-up over a law-abiding citizen enacting his right to open carry" in his community. He didn't identify the specific incident, however, stating, "I'm not going to get into the details, because they honestly don't matter."
Johnson stated that he is "baffled by why society is so damn afraid of" open carry and attributed concern about the practice to "our irrational, media-fed hysterical fear of guns." According to Johnson, guns "are no more capable of intimidation than my vacuum is capable of cleaning my house, or my lawn mower is capable of mowing my lawn."
Johnson concluded with his hope that the next time public debate occurs over open carry firearms "we can have a civic debate over something other than those intimidating, scary, pesky things we call guns."
Although he declined to "get into the details," the "dust-up" Johnson was presumably talking about is the controversy over pro-gun activists openly carrying firearms into public schools in Traverse City, Michigan. (Johnson owns a tactical gear company that is based in Traverse City.)
Johnson apparently defended the controversial open carry practice, arguing that the open carrier in his community "is a law abiding citizen who did not violate any laws" who has been "vilified" by critics:
JOHNSON: Recently in my community there has been a little bit of a dust-up over a law-abiding citizen enacting his right to open carry. I'm not going to get into the details, because they honestly don't matter. What matters is that he is a law-abiding citizen who did not violate any laws.
What I have noticed is that the response to his decision has been pretty rabid. In particular, we have seen countless letters to the editor, newspaper headlines and social media posts that have vilified his decision to do this thing which he is legally entitled to do. In particular, there has been a lot of accusations of fearmongering.
The NRA previously criticized the practice of open carrying long guns, including shotguns and rifles, before quickly reversing itself and apologizing following outrage from the members of the open carry community. In recent months open carry activist groups have staged demonstrations where participants openly carry assault weapons or other guns inside of retail establishments. In response, gun safety group Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America has persuaded several restaurants and retailers, including Target, Starbucks and Chipotle, to ask customers not to bring guns into their establishments.
Johnson's commentary often seeks to downplay the threat firearms pose to the public by engaging in hairsplitting or semantic games. In a September commentary video, Johnson argued that individuals who oppose the concealed carrying of guns in public are "paranoid" because they are afraid of an "inanimate object." Following a May mass killing in Isla Vista, California, where 11 out of 19 of those injured or killed were shot, Johnson urged the media to stop referring to the perpetrator as a "gunman" or "shooter," because several of the victims had been stabbed or hit by a car.
In a widely mocked July commentary video, Johnson imagined a world where children would have to demonstrate proficiency with firearms "to advance to the next grade" and where some places would be designated "gun-required zones."
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