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I want to say there really should be a law against this sort of thing. Either they're blatantly lying to investors, which should be fraud, or they're lying to a regulatory agency which should be perjury and/or fraud.
Then I remember who's in charge of creating the laws, and who's pocket they're in and it all makes sad, twisted sense.
You sir may be infringing on my "humans being upright" patent, and if that doesn't work it stinks of trying to circumvent my patent on "humans NOT being upright"!
"There was at least one occasion (long before Swartz arrest) when a co-worker was so concerned about him being suicidal that he called the authorities. Tragically, this young man was mentally ill- had previously written about committing suicide and talked about it often. Maybe his legal problems contributed, but why weren't the family and friends now blaming the prosecutors getting him the help he obviously needed?"
Um... so you're saying people close to him did what they could in going to the authorities to notify them of his problem previously... why weren't the authorities (who had been notified) getting him the help he obviously needed? Why was a prosecutor who would have access to this previous problem not take it into account in her bullying of him?
... that's great and all... but they're still apparently blocking access to Google Wallet because of that Isis thing they were thinking about maybe coming out with eventually to compete. Yes, there are "work around"s to get Wallet on there but the same could be said for the tethering apps. And that's not even taking into account how Verizon is dragging it's heels on approving updates to android phones so that they come out 6ish months after AT&T and T-Mobile get them, like with the Galaxy Nexus 4.0.4 update (despite Verizon having it "exclusively" in the US for a bit)
... if DMCA demands they return the content to where it was previously if it's shown to be a wrongful takedown, why don't they loose safe harbor for not complying with it?
I have that horrible sinking feeling it's because it'd help the user, not the copyright holder and thus no one cares enough to enforce it.
so... should we flag all their stuff on youtube as inappropriate as they'd never use a company they're suing like that and thus this must be some dirty impersonating freetard pirate?
or... should we contact their layers to get them to take it down for us? Might as well get the left hand not knowing what the right hand is doing to work for us at least this one time.
Smart mine that knows not to blow up it's own troops? good.
Smart mine that decides to blow up it's own troops anyways? bad.
where children were returning from school at 4:15 pm... but the whole family in the house just happened to be asleep then? in the same room... why do I think there's more to this story then we're being told?
err. I could be wrong, but if I remember correctly, android 2.1 2.2 and 2.3 are all freely available, and Google has said ice cream sandwich (2.4 or 4.0, depending on what they number it) will be freely available too. So taking 3.0/3.1 (which google specifically said was an exception to the rule) only and claiming Android as a whole is not free is misleading at best.
There's more issues to it as google has certain apps it requires on the phone to be associated with Google, and most wireless providers are requiring phone manufacturers be compliant with google's association because they want google's apps. But that's not google dictating on it's own.
... so, if Universal wants to make linking to pirate sites illegal... and it lists thisis50.com as a pirate site... and then links to the site via their own site... shouldn't they order ICE to take down Universal's site (for a few months at the least with no warning or way to officially object)?
Wait, what was I thinking, the rules don't apply to Universal cause they're the ones making them.
I somehow don't see them directly competing against eachother for a while. Chrome OS is aiming at the very inexpensive laptop market (which will be good for students, non gamers, and lower income families after the basics of the internet), where as android is on high end smartphones (and looks to be moving to the crazy expensive controlled house market). I'm sure as both try to expand who they target (inexpensive phones, higher end laptops, tablets being fought over by both) they'll eventually collide, but that's probably a ways off.
I didn't know Android didn't use the Chrome browser though, I do find that odd, but I', assuming they're using some stock open source browser so that it's more tightly integrated with Android. It might have been a decision from the beginning so as not to require all android users be stuck with a non open browser, but then we have to remember most android phones come with google maps and email by default...
Kinda hope I'm wrong, but the cynic in me is saying they're using NSLs so that if they find something they don't want the public to know, it stays under national security lock instead of possibly be open to public scrutiny through FOIA type requests? but I dunno how any of this stuff interacts, so I'm probably way off.
how much of the poor ui, incompleteness, and instability are from motorola sticking their own cruddy apps and ui on top of stock honeycomb though? how's their own app store doing? and since the os is "open" why aren't they fixing it all themselves if they're already willing to much around in the coding for things their customers dont care for?
so... theoretically, we can kick her off all internet the moment this law goes into effect as we have a plausible accusation to level at her?
What's that? It won't work cause the accusation has to come from someone she's getting all buddy buddy with for putting the law into place, so it won't ever be used on her? gogo governmental hypocricy!
I was pretty sure I read somewhere that the congress people were playing against a slowed down or reduced capacity version of Watson, but can't remember where I read it now... Making it possibly significantly less interesting depending on how reduced the capacity of the system was, but since it wasn't televised, I guess we'll never know.
I'm wondering if they can get around this by having people buy content outside (for a PC reader), and then claiming they get a "free" copy for the apple app... but I'm assuming apple wouldn't fall for that that easily.
... the government's denial of access to this stuff sounds a whole lot like the problem with DRM on games/programs/media... the people who should have access to it get impeeded, while everyone else on the planet can access the info in a more reasonable manner.

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Junta Earlier Agreed to Allow Ex-Prime Minister to Leave Thailand on a Personal Trip
BANGKOK—Thailand's anticorruption commission unanimously recommended on Thursday that legal action be taken against former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra over her handling of a controversial rice-subsidy program, just hours after the military now ruling Thailand said she could vacation overseas.
The junta's decision earlier in the day to grant Ms. Yingluck permission to go on holiday abroad had prompted speculation she might go into exile like her elder brother. A junta spokesman told The Wall Street Journal after the...


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The number of Americans filing claims for jobless benefits unexpectedly dropped last week to the lowest level in more than five years, a signal employers are confident enough in the economic outlook to hold onto workers.
Applications for unemployment insurance payments decreased by 4,000 to 323,000 in the week ended May 4, the least since January 2008, Labor Department figures showed today. Economists forecast 335,000 claims, according to the median estimate in a Bloomberg survey. For the first time, the average over the past month was the lowest since before the last recession began.
Dismissals have dropped in 2013 as employers rely on existing staff to meet demand. Further advances in the labor market hinge on whether hiring will pick up, helping put some of the 11.7 million unemployed Americans back to work and giving consumer spending a lift.
"There is only so much companies can cut layoffs before they have to start thinking about adding to headcounts," said Guy Berger, an economist at RBS Securities Inc. in Stamford, Connecticut, who projected claims would drop to 325,000, the lowest forecast in the Bloomberg survey. "The longer this continues, the more likely companies will have to add to headcounts."
Stock-index futures held earlier losses after the report. The contract on the Standard & Poor's 500 Index maturing in June fell 0.2% to 1,624.9 at 8:47 a.m. in New York after benchmark equity gauges climbed to successive record levels.
Estimates for first-time claims ranged from 325,000 to 365,000 in the Bloomberg survey of 48 economists. The prior week's applications were revised up to 327,000 from the initially reported 324,000.
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A Labor Department official today said there was nothing unusual that affected today's figures.
The four-week moving average of claims, a less-volatile measure, dropped to 336,750, the lowest level since November 2007. The worst recession since the Great Depression began the following month and ended in June 2009.
The number of people continuing to collect jobless benefits fell by 27,000 to 3.01 million in the week ended April 27. The continuing claims figure does not include the number of workers receiving extended benefits under federal programs.
Those who've used up their traditional benefits and are now collecting emergency and extended payments decreased by about 14,500 to 1.76 million in the week ended April 20.
The unemployment rate among people eligible for benefits held at 2.3% in the week ended April 27. Forty-three states and territories reported a decrease in claims, while 10 reported an increase.
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Initial jobless claims reflect weekly firings and tend to fall as job growth -- measured by the monthly non-farm payrolls report -- accelerates.
Payrolls expanded by 165,000 workers last month following a 138,000 gain in March, the Labor Department reported on May 3. Revisions added a total of 114,000 jobs to the tally in February and March. The unemployment rate unexpectedly fell to a four- year low of 7.5%.
What happens next depends on how employers navigate the weaker sales anticipated for the current quarter. A Labor Department report released earlier this week showed job openings eased in March from the highest level in almost five years.
Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd., the maker of Subaru cars, has signaled it believes the U.S. economy is strong enough to merit expanding business. The Tokyo-based carmaker said yesterday it will invest $400 million to boost U.S. capacity by the end of 2016 as demand for vehicles rises, and it will hire 900 people for its plant Lafayette, Indiana.
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I would say that even IF you could find this book in pdf format, you would be breaking some kind of law. My guess is, you're trying to get an $80 (unpublished) book for free because you need it for a class.
Hey, nobody said education is free! Yeah, I was a poor student at one point too.
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Lolo Jones on champion bobsled team
U.S. edges Germany for title
ST. MORITZ, Switzerland —
The United States team, including Olympic 100-meter hurdler Lolo Jones, won gold Sunday in the combined bobsled-skeleton team event at the world championships.
Jones, a former track standout at LSU, was brakewoman for Elana Meyers in the women's bobsled portion of an event that also added times in two-man bobsled plus men's and women's skeleton.
The U.S. edged Germany by 0.24 seconds even though the Germans won three of four disciplines on the Olympia track.
Jones added her first gold medal in her new sport to her two world titles in the indoor 60-meter hurdles, in 2008 and '10.
The winning U.S. team included two-man bobsled pilot Steven Holcomb, who earlier Sunday lost his title in his main event to the youngest world champion in history.


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We Are Their Heaven
- Why the Dead Never Leave Us
- Narrated by: Allison DuBois
- Length: 6 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Release date: 08-05-06
- Language: English
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Regular price: £19.69
In moving stories of loss and connection, Allison presents the riveting details of some of her most memorable readings, and her clients share the significance and impact of their experiences making contact with long-lost loved ones. Drawing on her years as a medium, she discusses the essential elements of communicating with the deceased, explaining the need to read both their signs (the message) and their signature (the unique information). She also explores some of the methods used by the dead to contact us, including timing, coincidence, auditory and sensory communications, incident manipulation, dreams, and visions.
Guided by her strong desire to help these two worlds connect, Allison offers a message of comfort for anyone missing a loved one: through the thousands of readings that she has done, no one has come through to say "good-bye", but rather to say "hello again".
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- Geff
- 19-06-06
The real thing
The experience of hearing Allison DuBois, the psychic vs the author, is defintely a push-pull experience, as this audiobook serves well to demonstrate. While (judging from this audiobook) I cannot describe DuBois as articulately gifted (as a writer OR speaker) her more exalted gifts come across loud and clear: she appears a sincere and sensitive human window to the "other world". I enjoyed listening to her case studies and views of spirituality (and spiritualism)and also came to appreciate a certain lack of pretension in her personal style that many other mainstream psychics (such as Sylvia Brown) have long since either lost or never had in the first place. Imperfect, but also inspiring and occasionally even a goose-bumper, I enjoyed this audio book -- and I'll look forward to her next.
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- ShineBright
- 06-04-07
Sometimes self proving, often sweet
I have to say that I was expecting something different from this book. I don't read or listen to many titles of this genre but of course, being a fan of the TV show Medium, I was curious. When I couple that with my recent loss of a parent, I felt very happy in purchasing this audio book. There are many stories of readings in this book categorized quite well - death of a child, Medium episode truths and fictions, loss of a parent etc. Along the way Allison does spend time proving that she is a bonefide medium able to speak with the dead yet notes her frustration when she discovers her inability to readily to contact her own loved one who had passed.
I think that Allison's charm stands out in her ability to empathize with so many people in so many grief situations. Her readings are explained usually by the subject first and then by Allison herself. I found this format to be something other than what I expected still quite interesting and emotional.
I agree with the previous reviewer in that she lacks the "been there done that/seen it all" or "know it all" tone of other people who profess to speak with the deceased (Sylvia Browne - perfect example, I'd throw John Edward into that). I am skeptical about most "mediums" who make a profit from their "gift". That being said, there is something so genuine and warm about Allison I cannot help but feel she is the real thing.
Again, she does spend alot of time validating that she really IS a valid medium that can contact the deceased and actually "bring them through". Other than this, I think the book is charming, enlightening and can say it had a strong emotional resonance with me throughout my listen.
This was a few hours and a few dollars quite well spent.
9 of 9 people found this review helpful
- Natasha
- 14-06-12
A long self-serving auditory commerical
What did you like best about We Are Their Heaven? What did you like least?
This book was less about the education of the reader on the Afterlife and more like a very long auditory Infomercial for the psychic talents of Ms. DuBois. I don't doubt that Ms. DuBois is a very talented Medium, but I need a little more substance in a book than what this has to offer. It doesn't really educate the reader on anything or really even answer the question "Why the dead Never Leave Us" other than that they love us and want to see us happy.
The book goes like this: Story after story is narrated by another voice actor about a horrible tragedy that befell them. They then talk about how amazing Allison is and how their lives are better for meeting her. Then Allison narrates and recounts her meeting and side of that particular story with this person and their reading. Do that for several hours and you have this book.
If you plan to learn anything and/ or already believe in that afterlife and the talent of mediums, steer clear of this book. If you want to hear about multiple tragedies and how accurate Ms. DuBois was/ is in deciphering them, then buy this book.
What aspect of Allison DuBois's performance would you have changed?
Ms. Dubois reads this book in the most monotone voice possible. The other voice actors did a great job.
Was We Are Their Heaven worth the listening time?
5 of 5 people found this review helpful
- Audrey
- 09-05-07
Very good book
This was a very comforting book for those of us who have lost someone close. My only complaint is the author narrates very slowly and without much expression in her voice. Otherwise, I fully recommened this book.
4 of 4 people found this review helpful
- Fiona
- 08-07-08
I absolutely loved this book. It has variety in the actual narration, provides varied perspectives on the events and I believe a positive spin to the immense loss that we as survivors feels when someone we love passes.
This may sound odd ...but the section on suicide completely made me rethink me opinions on it. Having lost a friend this way i think you are always plagued by the "what-ifs". I guess in some way i managed to find some peace for myself in the text.
I was riveted to this audio. I drive a lot with work and could not wait to get back into my car to listen ... i think i booked more out of town work just so that i could listen to it!
It was an emotional experience listening to this and i have recommended it to several friends.
You have got to listen to it....
6 of 7 people found this review helpful
- Barbara
- 11-06-11
Believed in Allison until her awful tv appearance
The book was very good, and I really like Allison's voice. That is why I gave it 4 stars. She seemed so genuine, more than a professional reader ever could, and I wanted to learn all about her and the books she has written - UNTIL - I saw her on the Dec. 2010 episode of Real Housewives on which she was a guest. She was drinking Vodka, smoking, and cursing (vulger words that had to be bleeped). My heart sank, and I was devastated. She showed a lot of arrogance regarding her psychic abilities. Why would she do these things when she knew it was being filmed? Was it the Vodka? I think the people mentioned in her book are real, and that she has a gift, but I no longer wish to know more about her.
8 of 10 people found this review helpful
- Starlet
- 04-03-10
Allison DuBois is a Real Life Character
I never realized that Allison Dubois was a real medium in life. I have watched the Medium series on TV since its inception, staring Patricia Arquette, and just found out accidentally by coming across her book in Audible.com. I enjoy this genre and therefore liked listening to it. The real Allison Dubois narrated. She has written a couple other books that I plan on trying out as well.
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
- air341
- 14-03-09
we are their heaven
One of the most moving books i have ever read.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
- Linda
- 15-04-07
This is such a wonderful book to read after you have lost a loved one. It made me realize that there are things we can watch for and ways we can communicate with those that have passed. I thought I was just imagining some of the things that were happening since my grandmother passed, but now I see that she can send me signs to let me know she is there for me when I need her. I was so close to her when I was growing up and now I realize she is still there to guide me if I just ask. Thank you Allison Dubois
3 of 4 people found this review helpful
- Rachel
- 30-05-08
We loved this audio book! It is narrated by Allision Dubois herself, with and intro by her husband, Joe, and you can hear so much more through their own voices telling the story. Allison takes care to convey her message clearly and with heart, that the ones we love never leave us, that they are interested in our lives and want to help. She helps us understand how they communicate with us and how we can communicate with them as well. I just lost my Grandmother recently, and with the help of this book, I feel her close to me now and feel we are continuing our relationship and friendship on an even better footing than before. This book is invaluable to those of us who have loved ones we never want to lose!
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This should be fixed in the next RC (unless they release an updated plugin before then).Hi All I have setup 1.9 to use LDAP and set it to authenticate admins and clients, however, when I try to login as a client using a test account, it will not allow it, I have triple checked all the settings and I cant see anything I have missed. I can create tickets in admin and it pulls the correct details from AD. I am running on XAMPP on Windows 7, has anyone got any ideas on this one?


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An opportunity for anyone in Marion County that needs to have food safety training. This nationally regonized course is required by local county ordinance for foodserive workers.
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Illuminated Verses explored some of the rich and varied poetic traditions of the Islamic world. This series of programs, organized by Poets House and City Lore, was held throughout the spring and culminated on May 7, 2011, with a day-long public symposium. The series was followed by an all-day closed-door session to discuss strategies for national dissemination of the project and continued Poets House's exploration of humanity's shared poetic legacy and celebration of poetic traditions from around the globe.
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text: Is Hydrogenaudio losing it's direction? 2003-12-12 14:02:12 First, please bear with me for this long post.Second, My apology to Roberto for bringing this issue from a different perspective. I really respect you for previous listening tests, taking initiative and creating momentum in the HA community for these kind of actions.But, recent thread about Roberto's intention to conduct couple of more 128kbps listening test provoked some thought in my mind. I am not really sure what are the goals of these tests all at 128kbps? (elmar3rd raised very good and similar question http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index....dpost&p=161909).The first and foremost agenda behind creating Hydrogenaudio was to create a community who looks for the best quality audio without any compromise. Otherwise we could very well stayed within r3mix community. Where Roel thought his presets are "good enough" for majority of the audiences, and denied to move forward.Honestly, I am not sure, from those tests whatever format wins, what is that going to prove other than knowing this particular format at this particular bitrate with this particular settings are better than other codec at this bitrate with these settings. Say that AAC won the test. We can only say that, yeah AAC has been improved and does better at this bitrate. But then what? Will AAC at 128kbps be recommended by Hydrogenaudio for the mass? If not, then why does it matter which format performs better at this bitrate? Don't you think that the average users are going to misinterpret this test and think that it is a recommended bitrate/encoder/setting.If these tests are for non-audiophile users then we are doing a disservice by not making them aware that they shouldn't use any of these format at this bitrate, as they are not transparent. Again if it is targeted at the developers, I don't think this is the kind of test that they need.Hydrogenaudio is famous for it's uncompromising stand on scientifically proven quality audio. If we keep on conducting listening tests again and again at 128kbps then average users are going to get a false message that it is now good to use newer codecs at this bitrate (otherwise why HA is giving that much importance on this bitrate?).I don't think that just because some big companies like Apple are trying to push low quality DRM infected music to clueless people, it justifies giving any attention by an elite group like HA. Apple is actually harming the audio community by polluting average people's music collection with inferior quality music. This might in future help them getting more revenue by selling another round of same music at higher bitrate (this time with transparent quality). But from a consumer's point of view, why should we fall prey to their scam? I really hate it when Apple introduce HDD based player with as big as 10/20/30/40GB drives and try to shove down inferior quality music at 128kbps. What was their problem? Storage size wasn't an issue, newer format (AAC) is even more efficient. Why not give transparent music?Heck, people at Hydrogenaudio were running after nothing less than transparent quality music at the age when storage size was really an issue (650-700MB CD-R based or usually 64-128MB flash player). Why then, at this age, HA community should give any hoot about 128kbps non-transparent music? If we, as a consumer, don't demand higher quality then no industry is gonna give that. One example is that there are growing number of paid music sites are offering LAME -aps encoded files, just because of people's awareness and demand. I'm quite sure, Hydrogenaudio is, at a large, responsible for that awareness. The downside of giving much importance at Mid-bitrate (128kbps) is using this bitrate we are not achieving any goal. Neither transparency nor ability to stream at this bitrate.It might be more useful to conduct some test at low bitrate (~64kbps) at which sound might not be transparent but will be vary useful for streaming media, or maybe even lower bitrate for voice communication. If we really want some tests, It would be more useful to conduct a test at a bitrate where every codec reach transparency level. That will give a sense to the average user that how efficient one codec is against other and at what bitrate they become transparent. Granted, that type of test is not going to be very easy to conduct, but if done properly it will give very useful information.Otherwise we are moving backward by giving more importance on the holy grail of 128kbps bitrate that big industry players are trying to shove down to our throat making us believe that this is the de facto standard of "quality audio".Any comments or flames are welcome. Edit: some spellings. Last Edit: 2003-12-12 14:08:27 by Floydian Slip


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It has been a while since I have addressed the subject of strange legislation. Now that our nation's lawmakers are just chomping at the bit to pass new and wonderful laws, I believe it is time to tell them to clean out the closet of old chestnuts that have long served their purpose, and revise a few that just refuse to go away.
A good start would be with the Declaration of Independence.
Thomas Jefferson coined the "all men were created equal" phrase in the hallowed doctrine as a rebuttal to the accepted political theory of the day, "The Divine Right of Kings." That part is rarely mentioned.
"The Divine Right of Kings" was a political and religious doctrine of royal absolutism. It asserted that a monarch was subject to no earthly authority, deriving his right to rule directly from the will of God. The king was thus not subject to the will of his people, the aristocracy, or any other estate of the realm, including the church.
Just change it to: "All people were created equal and nobody is above the law, be they kings, dictators, presidents, senators, congressmen, or other high offi cials." I believe that would get the job done.
Using the Thomas Jefferson quote as a political platform saying that all men are created equal, including slaves, was actually quite opposite its original intent. "The Divine right of Kings" did not dispute the equality of commoners; it was designed to uphold the privileged status of royalty. Consequently, Jefferson was equating royalty to the common man, not the other way around.
Next, let's take a look at a couple of hastily written ordinances that could have used closer scrutiny before getting the official stamp of approval.
A local California law says: "No dog shall be in a public place without its master on a leash." Hmmm . . . Now do we really need masters on leashes? I don't think so.
Another interesting bit of California legislation says: "It is illegal to set a mousetrap without a hunting license" . . . Really? Now why does a mousetrap require a hunting license? What are those people smoking out there?
Now this next one is so unbelievable that our crack research team, the Googlamaniacs, had to check it out. I promise you, I did not make this up. This law is on the books in Belvedere, California: "A person must own at least two cows before he is permitted to wear cowboy boots in public."
If impersonation of cowboys were a state law, Hollywood would have been out of business decades ago.
The following law is just so practical, it should be adopted by the feds. The astute legislators from Delaware must be saluted for this exercise in pragmatism. It is a shining example of taxpayer dollars well spent: " It is a violation of the law for any pilot or passenger to carry an ice cream cone in their pocket while either flying or waiting to board a plane."
I gotta wonder. What were the circumstances that inspired that piece of legislative brilliance?
This next law made perfect sense because of the reasoning behind it. However, without prior knowledge, you must admit it is funny. It is a local law in Florida: "An elephant tied to a parking meter must pay a regular parking fee."
I believe the law is on the books in Sarasota or one of the cities where circuses are known to spend the winter. Elephants are put to work in the off-season and can often be seen in town with their trainers. The mammoth beasts pull wagons, load bails of hay onto truck beds, or perform other elephant-friendly tasks.
Occasionally one will be found in town tied to a parking meter while the trainer is running errands or standing in a saloon having a brew. This law applies to that situation.
Another Florida law that needs to be removed from the active list of ordinances is this: " Men may not be seen publicly in any kind of strapless gown."
This law was written by the uptight lawmakers who opposed the Fantasy Fest parade that is an annual event in Key West. Every drag queen in the country dons his most festive finery to participate in this colorful event.
Gays and straights alike line the streets for hours to witness this coming out of the beautiful people. Needless to say, the ordinance is not enforced. So just strike it from the books already.
Those Florida legislators are just a bunch of killjoys.
I don't know if the following law is still on the books, but it certainly is not enforced. It comes from the state of Illinois, and if our new president is aware of it, he should say something to the lawmakers from his home state. "It is against the law to speak English in Illinois."Can you believe that?
And from the All-American city of Urbana, Ill.: "No monster may enter the corporate limits."
You gotta admit, those Illinois lawmakers have imagination. They are already legislating against the space guys.
These are just few of a long list of laws that should be cleaned up and carted out before another piece of legislation is written. They are shining examples of why we live in a system we can't understand.


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|2012-02-21, 15:22
|Link #23
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From what I've seen, the campaign doesn't exactly break any molds, but is nonetheless serviceable; the real meat of the game seems to be its co-operative modes; hopefully EA and Starbreeze will recognize this and play to that long suit with the post-release content. This point is coincidentally the thrust of IGN's review.
|2012-02-24, 05:47
|Link #27
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Age: 29
Of course, if you have idiots in the team who didn't know how to use the breach function, be prepared to tear out your hair - the first 2 co-op games I played had idiots who blow through their ammo on armour without first breaching it.
PM me if you want to play co-op. I am usually online for that game these days.
|2012-02-27, 10:09
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The co-op is definitely where I derive my enjoyment of this game. I didn't have any mouse issues, although I've disabled all the windows mouse crap a long while ago, and just made the X and Y sensitivity the same, I think middle of the bar. Aiming hasn't been an issue for me since.
The lack of in-game communication does blow my mind, I am surprised they'd just "leave that out".
If they could introduce a DLC with in game comms, single or co-op / vs game play with every original syndicate map mission + the risk style strategic overlay / corp research n procurement + taxes, this game would be epic.
Honestly, just tack on the original game strategic functionality, with all the upgraded bodyparts etc, or even body part controlling features, make it so you can research resistances + armor / hp per body part, add agent customization, and more rpg level up options.
Add AI team options, with the other 1-3 agents people you had to persuade during missions, make it so you can upgrade their AI, add stocking for weapons so we aren't stuck to only the starter weaps. add a greater range of smgs / pistols. Make it so the entire syndicate can share stock AI agents, and that they can be upgraded.
I guess I just want more I've been waiting so long for a good co-op game, why not make it better?
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|2012-02-27, 11:54
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|2012-02-27, 11:57
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|2012-02-27, 12:07
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|2012-03-01, 10:38
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Seems Origin has an update for Syndicate now that the Origin Service itself was updated.
About 55 megs in size, it seems to have added the origin overlay interface in-game. Not a huge difference, but it does enable people to additionally friend each other in Origin and chat without having to alt tab or close Syndicate.
Surprise, the game has in game voice comms, in the "audio" options you can turn on in game VOIP to and from your client, I think you are always broadcasting though, and you'll never hear others using it if you don't turn on the incoming VOIP feature. These features are turned OFF by default.
So if any of you are curious, the single player isn't terrible, it is very linear, short, kinda like a short fiction about a dystopian future.
Co-op is still the best part of the game, but once you play through all the maps on normal and hard and have all the weapons researched it does lose that lure to play. It would seem the game's half-life is roughly one week, if it's the only game you are playing.
I'm still up for Co-op though if anyone needs a maxed level agent to run with them. I also have access to a mumble server if anyone wants to also play while being able to communicate with the other team members.
Additionally a friend of mine in Australia bought his Key for Origin for 32 ish bucks from Gamer Keys : http://gamerkeys.net/Syndicate.htm?f...name=syndicate
It's also available at CD keys here : http://cdkeyshere.com/syndicate-cd-k...name=syndicate
in case anyone doesn't feel like paying full price directly through the origin interface... like I did... =(
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|2012-03-03, 09:43
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Alright I am already maxed on weapons and level, but I still lack app tokens because I couldn't find a team to finish Expert missions (even maxed agents screw up by thinking they are invincible on the Atlantic Accelerator, totally forgetting teamwork and saving up the LAWs + Minigun).
Wish we were allowed to top up the automatic shotgun. It is so hard to find ammo for it that all the upgrades are totally useless.
|2012-03-03, 11:03
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Oh! there's a trick to that!
get the mjolnir in one hand, then get a standard shotty in your other, then switch to standard shotty to stock up on shotty ammo, the two weapons share the same ammo, make sure to reload the mjolnir to 40 rnds, before final ammo top off for max ammo.
for liquid and agent kills the mjolnir is the next best thing to flame throwers.
You lose most long range effectiveness with this combo, but standard fire with the mjolnir while crouched and aiming can do an ok long range impact, or optionally switch to the standard shotty and use the alt explosive slug. Then of course the full auto alt fire is devastating up close.
Let me know next time you want to do an expert run, I just barely got all my app chips yesterday.
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WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. (AP) – U.S. Ryder Cup captain Tom Watson has selected television analyst and two-time U.S. Open champion Andy North as a vice captain for next year's matches.
Watson made the announcement Wednesday at the PGA Tour's Greenbrier Classic in West Virginia.
North won the 1978 and 1985 U.S. Opens and played on the U.S. Ryder Cup team that lost to Europe in 1985.
Now a golf analyst for ESPN, North believes being around tour players makes him qualified to help Watson make solid choices for the team.
A points system will determine the top nine spots on the U.S. team and Watson will make three captain's picks.
The Ryder Cup will be held in September 2014 in Gleneagles, Scotland.


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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – The UC Santa Barbara men's tennis team will hit the road for the first time in over a month when they travel to San Diego State (8-9) on Saturday in their final non-conference match of the season. The Gauchos (6-11; BW 1-0) will then travel to UC Riverside (2-17) on Sunday with hopes of tying Hawaii for a share of the lead in the Big West standings.
UCSB is coming off a disappointing Spring Break during which the team went 1-2 at home in the final matches of their 10-match homestand. The Gauchos started Spring Break on a positive note after posting a win against UC Irvine in their first conference match of the season but dropped matches against No. 22 Boise State and USF to cap off the homestand.
The Gauchos have only four matches remaining on the schedule before heading to the Big West tournament, beginning April 24. Three of those matches come against conference foes and are crucial for securing a good seed in the tournament. The Gauchos currently sit behind Hawaii (2-0) in the conference standings.
The UCSB men will travel to San Diego State on Saturday and will try to gain momentum as they head into the final stretch of season. The last time UCSB faced San Diego State, the Gauchos were edged at home in a 4-3 loss that came down to the last match.
The Aztecs have lost six of their last eight matches and fell out of the ITA national rankings this week (released Apr. 1) after a tough 7-0 loss against No. 2 USC. SDSU is led by Thorsten Bertsch at the No. 1 position and Freddy Gelbrich, who has a team-high 7-8 record playing primarily in the No. 3 slot.
On Sunday, UCSB will travel to UC Riverside in an important Big West match-up that could put the Gauchos in a tie at the top of the Big West standings.
The Highlanders are 2-17 on the dual season after losing their latest match against the Army in a 7-0 sweep and will take on Azusa Pacific on Saturday before hosting the Gauchos on Sunday. The Highlanders are led by Luis Gastao at No. 1 singles and Cooper Bridge, who has collected a team-leading 8-9 record playing at positions No. 1-4.
The Gauchos match against San Diego State is set for 11 a.m. at the Aztec Tennis Center and first serve at UC Riverside is set for 1 p.m. at the Andulka Park Tennis Center.


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In the fall of 1989, a group of scientists from around the world met in London to talk about antioxidants. Everyday, normal metabolic processes as well as environmental pollutants, tobacco smoke, and rancid fats create highly reactive molecules called free radicals. Free radicals damage cells and may impede health. During their three day meeting, researchers reviewed the evidence and discovered that antioxidants reduce free radical damage and possibly cancer.
Antioxidants come in a variety of forms. Plants are a plentiful and powerful source of antioxidants in part because these botanicals often have an affinity for particular organs. For example, the antioxidant acting flavonoids in milk thistle target the liver. Those in ginkgo are attracted to the central nervous system, including the brain. Probably the most well known plant antioxidants are carotenoids, the yellow pigment found in many fruits and vegetables.
In addition, antioxidants can include vitamins such as C, E, and A, and minerals like selenium, zinc, copper, and manganese. Here are some of the findings from the London conference on a fraction of the antioxidants available to us.
Eat Your Fruits and Vegetables
The echo of motherly advice, "eat your vegetables", is now being heard in scientific laboratories. In a paper presented by the National Cancer Institute, Regina Ziegler reviewed the relationship between vegetable, fruit and carotenoid intake, and cancer rates. Of the many hundreds of carotenoids found in our food--primarily fruits and vegetables--many are antioxidants. Beta-carotene is the most abundant and well known carotenoid.
Ziegler found a definite link between fruits and vegetables in the diet, and cancer. The strongest relationship was for lung cancer, although cancer of the stomach, cervix, neck, breast, and bladder were also reported. However, some of the studies Ziegler analyzed
lasted for only five years. Considering that cancer may take 20 or more years to develop, the association between vegetables and cancer may be even stronger. Ziegler also admits that when you eat your fruit and vegetables, fiber and other antioxidants such as vitamin C
may also protect against cancer.
Although we don't know all the ins and outs of the vegetable-cancer connection, there is, without a doubt, a benefit. It is sad that most Americans neglect this portion of their diet. The Second National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey revealed that only 10 percent of the 12,000 adults it surveyed ate the recommended five servings of fruits and vegetables each day.
Remission with Beta-Carotene
One-quarter of the world's population chews some type of drug-like plant whether it be tobacco, a tobacco mixture, betel leaves or coca leaves. While tobacco is the main cause of mouth cancer, other chewing substances may also contribute to this condition.


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The legend of the big, bad wolf is alive in the Southwest. In the remote wilderness of the Gila and Apache national forests, the wolf is still making mischief, raiding calving sheds and chicken coops, and lurking in wait for tasty, tender-limbed little girls. But in this version of the classic tale, it's not Little Red Riding Hood that's in peril. It's the wolf.
The Mexican wolf reintroduction program in the Southwest has been plagued by political controversy and a faltering population since it began in 1998. The program's record is blighted by damning data: Over the last eight years, 28 wolves have died at the hands of the federal government. Eight of the wolves were shot by federal agents for posing a threat to livestock, while the others died as a result of capture.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) maintains that the reintroduction program has been successful, despite dismal statistics. The Mexican wolf population has declined by 20 percent each year for the past two years, from 55 at the end of 2003, to 44 at the end of 2004, and to 35 at the end of 2005. Fewer than that many wolves exist in the recovery area today, with the latest published count by the FWS tallying a mere 25 wolves.
The details behind the data are equally disheartening. In one instance, wolf pups died after being separated from their mother and eaten by an appointed surrogate. One wolf collapsed after being chased for 20 miles by a government airplane, in a failed attempt to recapture the animal. Still others died after being released in unfamiliar territory, separated from their packs, or as a result of trauma or injuries sustained during recapture.
Wolf reintroduction programs elsewhere in the United States, such as in the Great Lakes region and the Rocky Mountains, have been largely successful. By comparison, the results of the reintroduction in the Southwest have proved disappointing, at best. Many conservationists contend that the program was flawed from the start. "The first sign that things were going awry was in 1998, when five out of the first 11 wolves were found with bullets in them," says Michael Robinson, carnivore conservation coordinator for the Center for Biological Diversity. "The first wolf pup born in the wild in seven decades was assumed dead after both of its parents were shot. The other wolves were captured for their own protection and brought back into captivity. Just as we had before, we had no wolves on the ground in the Southwest."
Less than 100 years ago, Mexican wolves roamed freely throughout the southwestern United States and much of Mexico. Today, they are the most endangered large mammals in the U.S. The designated wolf recovery area, known as the Blue Range, stretches from west-central New Mexico to east-central Arizona, spanning regions of the Gila and Apache National Forests. The area was later expanded to include the Fort Apache Indian Reservation, after tribal leaders requested special permission to make it part of the recovery zone.
Outside of the reservation, the Blue Range consists of public, federally funded land. Like other public lands in the West, regions of these national forests are used for private industry by cattle ranchers. Within the Blue Range, wolves are scarce, but ranches—and grazing livestock—are conspicuous.
Overwhelmingly, the ranchers who live in the recovery area oppose wolf reintroduction. Wolves, as predators, pose a palpable threat to livestock—and, thus, to ranchers' livelihoods. Loretta and William Rabenau are ranchers in the Blue Range recovery area in New Mexico, and, like many of their neighbors, the Rabenaus have suffered the repercussions of wolf reintroduction. Although the Rabenaus haven't ever seen a wolf, they've witnessed the aftermath of wolf attacks on their livestock. In less than three months, wolves killed more than 20 of the Rabenaus' cattle. Mrs. Rabenau reported that several of her cows died after wolves ate their udders, and, in one attack, an unborn calf from a cow's womb. "It was then I realized what kind of creature we were dealing with," she says.
Following an investigation by the FWS, the Rabenaus were compensated for their loss. However, Mrs. Rabenau contends that the compensation covered only half of the damages, and did not account for the hours she and her husband spent collecting carcasses, patrolling for wolves, protecting cattle and fretting over further depredation. The experience, says Mrs. Rabenau, was distressing not only financially, but emotionally. "The cows are more than just your livelihood," she says. "You care for these animals. You get attached."
Beyond its obligation to the wolf, the FWS has made a dogged effort to appease affected ranchers. Dr. Benjamin Tuggle, the most recently appointed Southwest regional director of the recovery program, is generally well-liked by Blue Range ranchers. "Dr. Tuggle is the first one to listen to us," says Mrs. Rabenau.
Many ranchers see Tuggle as a friend, though conservationists are wary of favoritism. "People think I'm probably a little closer to the ranching community than I ought to be," says Tuggle. "And that's not the case. For me, that's being a good public servant."
Although Tuggle is more popular than his predecessors, he still struggles to reconcile his commitment to wolf recovery with the demands of ranchers. "There are a number of people who believe that wolves don't belong on the landscape," he says. "There are also a number of people who believe that ranching doesn't belong on the landscape." The allegiance of the FWS, says Tuggle, is "squarely in the middle." The agency's mission, he says, "is not so much to satisfy one or the other," but "to create a balance in the favor of the wolf."
Amidst criticism that the program is biased in favor of ranching, Tuggle says, "I don't think that we can really say that we're trying to please the ranchers any more than we're trying to please the forest service, or the environmental groups, or anybody else."
Tuggle denies showing favoritism, but doesn't shy away from expressing sympathy for the ranchers. "If I have to do something that I think is going to help ranching, which I believe we should—we're not trying to run anybody off the landscape—then I'm going to do that," he says. "On the other side, if I have to do something that's going to be difficult for anti-wolf people to swallow, then I'm going to do that."
Pressures from both sides of the debate have impacted the reintroduction, but, says Tuggle, "we have to give the wolves an opportunity to get rid of the politics, and let wolves do what wolves do." Ideally, he says, "ranchers ought to be able to ranch, and wolves ought to be able to be wolves, independent of the politics."
Presently, politics are an undeniable factor affecting wolf reintroduction in the Blue Range, and the conditions for recovery are far from ideal. Robinson explains that reintroduction in the Southwest has been subject to a handful of "bizarre" regulations not imposed in programs elsewhere, or on any other endangered species. The most damaging of the protocol, he says, is the rule that forbids wolves to leave the limited boundaries of the recovery area. Under present regulations, wolves must remain within arbitrary political boundaries imposed by the FWS. If a wolf crosses the boundary of the Blue Range (not an unusual occurrence), it must be captured, transported and returned to the recovery zone. Biologists and conservationists are especially critical of this measure, noting that the trauma of capture, combined with separation from the pack, can cause a creature severe distress.
Robinson estimates that more than 30 wolves have died as a direct result of capture by the FWS. Twenty of those deaths have been confirmed. Even wolves that remain in the recovery area can be trapped and removed from the wild, as was the case with two packs that had scavenged on livestock carcasses and, subsequently, began killing cattle. Numerous wolf pups have died due to the stress of recapture, or following the recapture of their parents. One alpha female suffered frostbite on her leg after being trapped and left in freezing conditions overnight. "They had to chop off her leg to save her life," said Robinson.
Another critical barrier to Mexican wolf recovery is what Robinson refers to as one of several "poison pill provisions" set by the FWS. Ranchers within the Blue Range are not required to remove cattle carcasses, thereby inviting wolves to indulge in an easy meal. Conservationists contend that such conditions encourage habituation; once a wolf has a taste for cattle, they're inclined to crave more. Ranchers argue that removing dead cattle would be an impossible task, given the expansive range of their livestock.
Yet it is equally impossible for a wolf to avoid livestock in the Blue Range. Within the limited bounds of the recovery zone, says Mrs. Rabenau, "a wolf can't walk a dozen miles in any direction without encountering a ranch." Grazing livestock are scattered throughout the area, and, if grass is scarce (as it is during drought), cattle can displace elk, javelina, deer and other wild prey. Under these circumstances, cattle are a wolf's first choice for fast food. Wolves that prey on livestock or prowl nearby ranches are labeled "nuisance wolves," or "problem wolves," and are thus subject to probable recapture and translocation by the FWS.
Regulations governing how and where wolves can be released further complicate wolf reintroduction in the Blue Range. Whereas wolves bred in captivity may be released in Arizona, only recaptured, wild-born wolves may be released in New Mexico. Most of the wolves that exist in the Blue Range are captive bred, and given their scant population, wild-born wolves are a rarity. The reason for these rules, explains Robinson, "is simply because, when these decisions were being made, the Arizona Cattle Grower's Association had less political clout than the New Mexico Association." Robinson notes that the recovery area in Arizona, which is about half the size of the recovery area in New Mexico, consistently has more wolves than New Mexico, evidence that the translocated, wild-born wolves haven't fared well.
When, in 1999, former Mexican Wolf Recovery Coordinator David Parsons attempted to enact rules that allowed for the direct release of wolves into New Mexico, he was fired by the FWS. In a statement issued on Dec. 12, 2006, Parsons alleged that "anti-wolf politics have been controlling agency decisions and actions to the detriment of wolf recovery." Parsons issued the statement in accompaniment to the latest lawsuit filed against the FWS over Mexican wolf reintroduction. The lawsuit contends, among other charges, that the FWS has "failed to implement a science panel proposal to save [the] faltering … program."
In the American West, anti-predator politics precede the wolf reintroduction program by more than a century. The legend of the wolf as a miscreant predator is enduring, as is the animal's sordid history with the FWS.
Established in 1885 as a scientific research organization, the FWS was quickly recast as a predator control agency, serving the interests of the agriculture industry. By the late '20s, the FWS had succeeded in killing most of the wolves in the U.S. by a variety of means, including poison, trapping and shooting, often exterminating entire dens. In his book, Predatory Bureaucracy, Robinson explains that agents hired by the FWS were awarded an assigned number of points for killing a wolf, which influenced their pay and promotion.
In 1928, in response to scientific criticism, the FWS pledged to never exterminate a species. Despite its promise, Robinson reports, the FWS continued its campaign to exterminate wolves by liberally distributing poison, produced in Albuquerque, throughout rural America.
In 1945, the FWS shot the last wolf in the contiguous U.S., near the Colorado-New Mexico border. To prevent what the FWS called a "re-infestation" of wolves in the U.S., the agency implemented a wolf extermination program in Mexico, where many American ranchers leased land at little expense. Riflemen were posted on the international border, with orders to shoot predators on sight. Ultimately, the FWS succeeded in its extermination campaign, causing the near-extinction of wolves, grizzly bears, prairie dogs, black-footed ferrets and California condors.
Having banished the wolf from the West, the FWS is now charged with what seems a twisted penance: to bring the wolf, among other creatures now endangered, back from the near-dead.
Today, the circumstances under which the FWS—or a rancher—can kill a wolf within the recovery area are limited. Under the FWS regulation known as "S.O.P. 13," or, to Robinson, "the bad luck protocol," it is legal to kill a wolf after three livestock depredations, or if a wolf threatens to attack a human. Within most of the recovery area, the wolves are classified as a "non-essential, experimental population," a distinction that strips them of the protections to which they are entitled as an endangered species. This "experimental" classification allows the FWS more legal latitude to "manage" wolves, and gives ranchers more leverage in protecting cattle. Even with these protections, conservationists claim that so-called wolf "management" by the FWS has been excessive. Conversely, most ranchers argue that more management by the government is necessary to keep wolves from interfering with the livestock industry.
How real a threat are wolves to livestock? A peer-reviewed study of Mexican wolf scats in the Blue Range revealed that only 4.2 percent of the wolves' diet was composed of cattle, some of which were probably carcasses that were scavenged. The study found that wolves relied on elk and other large prey (like deer) for the majority of their diet.
Since the reintroduction began, the FWS has tried, unsuccessfully, to mitigate objections by ranchers who claim the wolf doesn't belong in the wild--at least, not within range of a ranch. During the 2006 Cattle Growers' Convention, held in Albuquerque this past November, Tuggle presented ranchers with a proposed compromise to their complaints about wolf depredation and habituation. Tuggle's so-called "interdiction plan" proposes to "further the efforts of the Mexican wolf reintroduction program" while also "providing ranchers with strategies for managing interactions between wolves and livestock." Tuggle presented the interdiction plan not as a definite solution, but as a "concept" for ranchers to consider.
The plan would entail the development of an endowed fund for wolf management, to which cattle ranchers, state governments and other sources would contribute. Participating cattle ranchers would be compensated for wolf depredations using interest earned on the fund, with a management group, composed partly of ranchers, determining the amount of compensation. The FWS doesn't offer compensation for losses caused by any other predator, though it has consistently reimbursed ranchers for wolf-related losses.
The ranchers who live in the wolf recovery area represent a small constituent of the U.S. livestock industry, and therefore have only a nominal economic impact, overall. Within the region, however, wolf depredation of livestock poses a serious threat to the economic welfare of individual ranchers and their families. Tuggle estimates the economic impact of wolves on ranchers in the Blue Range was between $38,650 to $206,290 between 1998 and 2004.
Tuggle's interdiction plan also recommends taking measures to protect livestock from wolves, including the use of guard dogs, range riders, calving sheds and predator-proof fences. However, ranchers remain unconvinced that any of these so-called protections will stop wolf depredation.
Tuggle sells his interdiction plan as an opportunity for ranchers to establish a co-operative, community-supported solution to the economic fallout of wolf reintroduction. Regardless, Tuggle's plan is a tough sell, and most of the ranchers don't buy it. One rancher quoted Khrushchev, likening an investment in the interdiction plan to buying the rope with which the FWS would hang them. Following Tuggle's presentation, a unanimous grumble arose from the ranchers: "It's not gonna work," they said.
Ranchers are also troubled by the threat wolves pose to their physical safety. Although the forests in which they live are inhabited by myriad untamed dangers, such as rattlesnakes, bears and javelina, their foremost concern is a prospective attack by a wolf on a human.
"Somebody's going to be hurt soon," said Laura Schneberger, president of the Gila Livestock Grower's Association. Schneberger recounted a recent incident in which her 14-year-old daughter encountered two wolves while riding her horse through the Gila, nearby the family's ranch. "Fortunately," said Schneberger, "she had her .22 with her. But that would've been worthless against two wolves." The wolves didn't attack, and neither Schneberger's daughter nor the wolves were harmed in the incident.
Other ranchers described similar accounts of hazing by wolves, one involving a teenage boy at a hunting camp, and another a woman taking a "pit stop" in the woods. Echoing Schneberger's concerns, one rancher said she feared for her young son's safety. "You can replace a steer, but you can't replace a child," she said.
Historically, wolf attacks on humans have been rare. A wolf attack on a human has yet to occur in the Blue Range recovery area, though fear of this prospect is pervasive among ranchers. Despite Tuggle's reassurance that "public safety is absolutely critical," the ranchers demanded to know: What will happen if a wolf does attack a human? "If that happens," said Tuggle, "we're shooting him."
Tuggle also tries to appease ranchers with the prospect of species recovery—which will allow the FWS more authority in managing wolves. Once the Mexican wolf is no longer endangered, the FWS can implement management tactics that may not be legal now while the population is protected by its endangered status. "If wolves are recovered," Tuggle tells the ranchers, "you won't be encumbered by the rules of the Endangered Species Act." With only 25 wolves accounted for, it doesn't appear that recovery will happen soon.
The FWS has offered only a vague definition of what recovery will require. Initially, the program aimed to reintroduce 100 wolves. To the ranchers, it's 100 wolves too many. To conservationists, 100 wolves aren't nearly enough to constitute a real recovery. For his part, Tuggle isn't clinging to a predetermined target, because, he says, he's "not sold that 100 wolves is the answer."
During his presentation to the ranchers, Tuggle remarked that wolves "bless the landscape," but rescinded the comment after it was met by angry backlash. To most ranchers, wolves are not a blessing, but a bothersome curse.
Tuggle realizes that his attempts at compromise aren't going to please everyone—at least, not immediately. "You can't always knock 'em out with one punch," he says. Eventually, Tuggle believes he can persuade ranchers to see the merits of his interdiction plan. Meanwhile, Schneberger says dissatisfied ranchers will continue "documenting, complaining and raising hell" until wolf-related disputes are resolved.
At this rate, resolution of the controversies over wolf recovery in the Southwest seems a remote, if even possible, prospect. While the ranchers and the conservationists clash, and Tuggle tries to strike a fitting compromise, the fate of the wolf remains tenuous. Over time, Tuggle is hopeful the recovery will succeed. "I'm a very patient man," he says. For now, the wolves, the ranchers and the conservationists wait, as in every classic story, for a happy ending.


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John DiStaso's Granite Status: Hassan in Washington to meet with Obama, attend first NGA, DGA meetingsBy John DiStaso
Senior Political Reporter
February 22. 2013 1:38PM
FRIDAY, FEB. 22: HEADING TO D.C. Gov. Maggie Hassan is Washington today and through the weekend to meet with President Barack Obama along with other members of the Democratic Governors Association, her office says.
Hassan will attend the weekend-long National Governors Association winter meeting, also in Washington. The NGA is composed of all of the states' governors of both parties.
Hassan spokesman Marc Goldberg said it will be her second trip out-of-state as governor. Her first was to attend Obama's inauguration on Jan. 21, he said.
At the meetings, he told the Granite Status before her departure, Hassan "will be urging Washington to stop the deep automatic cuts of sequestration, which will hurt our economy, put jobs at risk at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, BAE Systems and others due to defense cuts, and impact critical services throughout our state with cuts to federal grants and other programs."
(The full Feb. 21 Granite Status follows.)
THURSDAY, FEB. 21: DRAFTING HILLARY. Former state Democratic Party Chairman Chris Spirou emerged as a player in first-in-the-nation presidential politics Wednesday as chairman of a committee to draft Hillary Clinton to run for President in 2016.
Spirou made the disclosure about his new political action committee in an interview with the Granite Status, which first reported it yesterday on UnionLeader.com.
The name of the PAC, filed by Spirou with the Secretary of State's office, is "In 2016, Run Hillary Run." He said a website, In2016RunHillaryRun.org, will be launched next week.
Spirou, a former House Democratic Leader and his party's 1984 nominee for governor, chaired the state Democratic Party during Bill Clinton's initial run for President in 1992. He has been under the radar, politically speaking, for many years.
Ever blunt, Spirou told us he is stepping up to form the draft committee at this early stage of the 2016 cycle to establish it as a "preemptive political tool to ward off a challenge" to Clinton in the 2016 leadoff presidential primary and to serve as a place for Hillary Clinton supporters nationwide to urge her to run.
Clinton won the 2008 New Hampshire first-in-the-nation presidential primary but eventually lost the nomination to Barack Obama, who she served as Secretary of State until Feb. 1.
"This is simple," Spirou said. "The purpose is to ensure we have sufficient commitment of support for her to win the New Hampshire primary in 2016."
The draft committee comes less than a month after Vice President Joe Biden courted a group of influential Granite State Democrats at his official residence during the inaugural weekend.
Biden has a core of supporters in New Hampshire, but Clinton and her former President husband have been favorites of state Democrats dating back more than 20 years.
A poll last week by the University of New Hampshire for WMUR showed Hillary Clinton supported by 63 percent of likely Democratic primary voters and with a favorability rating among Democrats of 87 percent.
But Spirou said he is concerned that a contentious 2016 primary campaign will lead to a Republican victory in the 2016 general election.
He believes former Sen. Ted Kennedy's challenge to President Jimmy Carter in 1980 was a factor in the election of Ronald Reagan. And 20 years later, he said, former Sen. Bill Bradley's challenge to Vice President Al Gore contributed to Gore eventually losing New Hampshire -- and the general election -- to George W. Bush in the 2000.
Spirou said it is not too early to set up a draft committee.
"As I have told all presidential candidates who have sought my advice," he said, "in a forest full of chestnut trees, those who arrive on the first day pick bags-full, those who are late pick pockets-full and those who are last can pick only hands-full."
Spirou said he is acting alone in setting up the committee. His daughter, Stavroula "Stavy" Bakolas, is the committee treasurer.
In a press release issued following our online report, Spirou said he will be organizing a network to recruit and solicit Granite Staters to join the committee.
"The time has come for a female President of the United States," Spirou says. "It is only fitting that it be Hillary Clinton. To my friend Hillary I say 'In 2016, Run Hillary Run.'"
D.C. FRIENDS OF SHAHEEN. As Sen. Jeanne Shaheen ramps up her reelection campaign, she's planning a March 18 fund-raiser at the D.C. home of a major Capitol Hill lobbyist.
She will be hosted by David Leiter, president of ML Strategies, and his wife, Tamera Luzzatto, managing director of government relations at Pew Charitable Trusts.
Both have connections with the Clintons, Luzzatto as chief of staff when Hillary was in the Senate and Leiter as an Energy Department official during Bill Clinton's administration. He was also a chief of staff to another friend of Shaheen, current Secretary of State John Kerry.
Leiter's firm's client list is long.
Republicans note that among his clients is Exxon Mobil, or as Shaheen used to call it, "Big Oil."
She especially used that term, repeatedly, in deriding former Sen. John E. Sununu's defense of the industry during their 2008 U.S. Senate race.
Prices for the reception and dinner range from $500 to $5,000.
HONORING PIERCE? He was the only President from New Hampshire, but Franklin Pierce is not exactly the favorite of the African-American community here — or anywhere for that matter.
Pierce was President in the years leading to the Civil War and supported the Kansas-Nebraska Act, which repealed the Missouri Compromise and allowed residents of those territories to decide whether to allow slavery.
He also supported the Fugitive Slave Laws, which returned runaway slaves to their owners.
Pierce's portrait still hangs on the wall of Representatives' Hall, but when a bill was filed to establish a "day" to honor him, the local NAACP was outraged.
As it turns out, the House Executive Departments and Administration Committee on Tuesday voted 15-0 to recommend that House Bill 576 be killed, and it will probably officially die in the full House soon.
"But," said Rogers Johnson, treasurer of and spokesman for the NAACP of the Seacoast, "it never should have gotten that far. It's an affront to people of color all over the state."
Johnson says someone in the Democratic majority leadership should have made sure the bill didn't see the light of day, especially since it was sponsored by two of their own — Democratic Reps. Dick Patten of Concord and Linda Lauer of Bath.
The bill would require the governor to declare each Nov. 23, Pierce's birthday, as "Franklin Pierce Day" in New Hampshire "in commemoration of his many accomplishments and service to New Hampshire and his country."
The bill encourages schools to observe Pierce with appropriate educational activities. Johnson said that although the NAACP did not learn of the bill until after a public hearing, the executive departments committee did hear from the group, including Juan Cofield, the NAACP's New England Area Conference president.
"It's head-scratching," said Johnson. "You can't be any more offensive to people of color than to do something like this.
"The committee got it right but it's sad it got that far," he said.
The sponsors could not be reached for comment Wednesday.
RAY'S AMBASSADORS. As Executive Councilor Ray Burton continues to rest while being treated for kidney cancer, his friends are stepping up to represent him at various events in his vast council district.
GOP activists B.J. Perry and Joel Maiola, along with Neil Levesque of the Political Library, are forming "The Ray Burton Ambassador Committee" and are recruiting his friends and supporters to, according to Perry, "wave the Ray Burton flag."
For instance, said Perry, one friend will be attending a ham and bean supper in Dalton soon. It's the sort of event Burton normally wouldn't miss.
"We're reaching out to friends of Ray and putting a structure together," said Perry. "We'll be bringing the greetings, and, of course, the combs."
POLLING THE 2ND CD. As former state Sen. Gary Lambert continues to look at a run for the 2nd District U.S. House seat, supporter Judy Brown posted on his Facebook page Wednesday that she had polled on potential match-ups on Tuesday night.
The pollster surveyed Lambert and fellow Republican former House speaker Bill O'Brien pitted against Democratic incumbent Annie Kuster.
Brown said the questioner asked first whether President Barack Obama was leading the country in the right or wrong direction, then if the election were held today, to choose between Lambert and Kuster and Kuster and O'Brien.
Next was a question on whether Kuster's well-publicized late property tax payments has affected her credibility and would hurt her in 2014.
Lambert said he has progressed from "serious" to "more serious" as he gets positive feedback.
O'Brien continues to make the rounds considering a run. We understand he has added the Club for Growth to his list of people and groups to visit.
ADVICE TO MARY. The state Republican Party had a little "fun" with Louisiana Sen. Mary Landrieu at Kuster's expense this week after reports surfaced that Landrieu owed about $1,200 in back property taxes on her Washington, D.C. home.
Landrieu quickly paid the bill.
The NHGOP suggested that Landrieu not "hide from your constituents," don't claim "that you are struggling like everybody else," and "stop calling for higher taxes if you don't want to pay your own."
Republicans, by the way, also point out Kuster had rolled up at least $65,000 in credit card debt, according to her latest personal financial disclosure form, filed last May.
PERKINS CATCHES D.J. On Twitter this week, former Union Leader vice president Charlie Perkins caught former House Majority Leader D.J. Bettencourt plagiarizing nationally known columnist John Podhoretz in a New Hampshire Journal online essay.
Following the resignation announcement of Pope Benedict, Podhoretz tweeted on Feb. 11:
"The last time a pope resigned, Richard III was pulling into a very bad parking space in Leicester."
Bettencourt, who resigned his seat in disgrace after claiming a college degree he hadn't received, began this week's essay with the same sentence, but no attribution.
Perkins tweeted:
"In his new NHJournal essay, D.J. Bettencourt plagiarizes @jpodhoretz."
Bettencourt, or someone at the Journal, quickly changed the essay's lead sentence to attribute the quote.
He then tweeted that he had praised Podhoretz all along.
"BS," replied Perkins. "You changed it after my tweet."
Bettencourt did not contest that, and an update on the Journal later admitted that an earlier version did not include the reference to Podhoretz.
Before the admission, Perkins received a tweet from one Kate Huminick, who wrote that she was Bettencourt's "editor" and that "the final draft that was given to me for editing contained the attribution."
Huminick's Facebook page says that she, like Bettencourt, lives in Salem. It says she works at Victoria's Secret.
Perkins' former boss, Union Leader Publisher Joe McQuaid, tweeted in: "Never question (a) serial liar, Charlie."
Podhoretz tweeted simply: "Geez."
Later, William Tucker of the Miscellany Blue web log pointed out two other Bettencourt passages that were remarkably similar to previous pieces by other writers.
TARGETING CAROL. The National Republican Congressional Committee is targeting Rep. Carol Shea-Porter with its first television ad of the 2014 election cycle, anywhere in the country.
After a WMUR-UNH poll showed Shea-Porter potentially vulnerable in next year's election, the NRCC hit her for voting against House Speaker John Boehner's "No Budget No Pay" plan.
Shea-Porter said she voted that way not to protect her own pay, but to ensure that congressional workers continue to get paid.
The ad buy is small, only $20,000, and will continue through next week.
AFP GRADES. The conservative advocacy group Americans for Prosperity has issued its congressional scorecard for the 112th Congress, basing grades on a long list of tax and spending issues.
The group's grading of last year's New Hampshire delegation contained no surprises.
Shaheen received a "D-," while Sen. Kelly Ayotte and former Rep. Frank Guinta received "B's" and former Rep. Charlie Bass received a "C."
LUTHER'S SPECIAL PROGRAM. Former state Sen. Jim Luther tells us he will have a special program on Benghazi on his radio show on WSMN 1590 AM at 9 a.m. today. Featured will be Donald Huber, a longtime supporter of Mitt Romney, who, Luther says, has some explosive information to convey about the continuing controversy.
RYAN IN ROLL CALL. Former state Republican Party spokesman Ryan Williams penned an op-ed piece in the Washington-based "Roll Call" Wednesday calling for the Senate to reject Chuck Hagel as secretary of defense. Williams, most recently a top spokesman for Romney, wrote the piece in a new role as adviser to a new anti-Hagel group, Americans for a Strong Defense.
(John DiStaso is senior political reporter of the New Hampshire Union Leader and New Hampshire Sunday News. He can be reached at email@example.com Twitter: @jdistaso.)


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