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Timeline of Execution Lawsuits
Several lawsuits ongoing Thursday in state, appeals and federal courts as Arkansas prepared to execute two death row inmates, Stacey Johnson and Ledell Lee.
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Ledell Lee was pronounced dead by way of lethal injection. The execution drugs were administered at 11:44 p.m.
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U.S. Supreme Court lifts stay of execution for death row inmate Ledell Lee.
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The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals denies all three requests for stays by Ledell Lee. Six stays of execution are before the U.S. Supreme Court.
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The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals extends its temporary stay on Lee's execution until 9:15 p.m.
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U.S. Supreme Court issues a stay on death row inmate Ledell Lee's execution until 8:30 p.m.
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Death row inmate Ledell Lee applies for a stay of his execution with the U.S. Supreme Court.
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The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals grants a temporary stay until 8:15 p.m. of Ledell Lee's execution to give the court time to decide the cases.
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The Eighth Circuit has denied a motion from the inmates to stay the execution. This motion was one of only two remaining lawsuits that could stop the execution of Ledell Lee on Thursday night. The U.S. Supreme Court could intervene, stopping all Arkansas executions under McGehee v. Hutchinson. The injunction in that lawsuit had been put in place by federal District Court Judge Kristine Baker and overturned by the Eighth Circuit. Lee also has a pending lawsuit in federal District Court Judge Marshall's court alleging the DNA law in Arkansas is unconstitutional.
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Ledell Lee files a new lawsuit in federal district court. The lawsuit alleges that Arkansas' DNA testing law is unconstitutional and was applied unfairly by the Arkansas Supreme Court. Lee asks for an immediate stay of his execution scheduled for 7:15 p.m.
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The Arkansas Supreme Court denied the Attorney General's motion to reconsider its stay on the execution of Stacey Johnson. Rutledge said she will not appeal that ruling to the Supreme Court of the United States.
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The State Supreme Court denied a request by Lee to stay his execution. Lee argued further DNA testing was needed in his case.
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The State Supreme Court grants Rutledge's motion to stay Judge Gray's injunction, allowing Ledell Lee's execution to proceed.
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Attorney General Rutledge asked the Arkansas Supreme Court to reconsider the stay put on the execution of Stacey Johnson. Rutledge argued the court itself in 2006 held that another DNA test was "not necessary." She asked the court to further explain it's decision to halt Johnson's execution stating, "the victims of those who have been viciously murdered in Arkansas...deserve at a minimum a reasoned explanation as to why the Court has now, ten years later, and on the eve of Johnson's execution entirely reversed its prior position.
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State Supreme Court denied a request by prisoner Ledell Lee to stay his execution. Lee argued his lawyers were "ineffective."
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Drug manufacturers of the two other drugs used in the three drug execution protocol ask to join McKesson's lawsuit with a "friend of the court" brief. West Ward Pharmacy produced the sedative midazolam, saying the use in executions diverts critical medicine from advancing human health to ending human life. Fresenius produced the potassium chloride and opposed the use of its drug in any execution.
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Attorney General Rutledge petitions the Arkansas Supreme Court for an emergency stay of Judge Gray's restraining order on the use of the vecuronium bromide. Rutledge argues that the restraining order essentially stops executions in Arkansas from going forward.
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Judge Alice Gray issues a written restraining order prohibiting the state from using or destroying the drug from supplier McKesson Corp. Gray says the state acted in "bad faith" when it purchased the drug without informing the company about its intention to use it in an execution.
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The Attorney General has asked the Arkansas Supreme Court for a writ of mandamus to force Circuit Court Judge Alice Gray to issue a written version of her temporary restraining order. Attorney General Rutledge argued, "The state's hands are tied until the circuit court enters a written order." The Supreme Court would not consider an appeal of the restraining order until Judge Gray issued a written order.


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NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A small fire that an under-resourced fire brigade reacted slowly to swelled into a raging inferno that engulfed the arrival hall at Kenya's main international airport Wednesday, an official said, shutting down East Africa's largest airport and forcing the cancellation of dozens of flights.
By late Wednesday, the airport re-opened for domestic and cargo flights, an official said.
The massive, early-morning fire sent billows of black smoke high into Nairobi's sky. The blaze burned for more than four hours before officials declared it contained, and flames continued to burn two more hours after that.
The fire broke out on the 15th anniversary of the bombings of the U.S. Embassy buildings in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam, in neighboring Tanzania, but there were no immediate signs of terrorism in the fire. Kenya's anti-terror police boss, Boniface Mwaniki, told The Associated Press that he was waiting for more information before making a judgment.
No serious injuries were reported. Two people were treated for smoke inhalation from the fire, which began a bit before 5 a.m. and turned airport banks and foreign exchange bureaus into black char.
"There were enormous flames and so much smoke," said Katie Price, an American aid worker who arrived in Nairobi early Wednesday from Malawi.
The fire gutted Jomo Kenyatta International Airport's arrival hall, where passengers pass through immigration and retrieve their luggage. The fire did not damage the domestic or departure terminals, which are separated from the arrivals hall by a road.
"It was huge, the smoke billowing, and it didn't seem to be stopping," said Barry Fisher, who had hoped to fly to Ethiopia on Wednesday morning.
Nairobi is the capital of East Africa's largest economy, but it lies in a region where public sector services like police and fire units are hobbled by small budgets, corrupt money managers and outdated or no equipment.
Nairobi's most respected paper, The Daily Nation, reported last month that Nairobi County doesn't have a single working fire engine. One engine, the paper said, was auctioned off in 2009 because the county hadn't paid a $100 repair bill. Many of the responding units to Wednesday's fire were from private security firms.
An Associated Press reporter on the scene saw uniformed officers line up with buckets in hand, apparently to battle the blaze.
"I would have expected more fire engines to respond faster," said a British passenger, Martyn Collbeck, who had been scheduled to fly to London on an early morning KLM flight.
A top government official at the site of the fire said an initial assessment showed that a complacent response helped a small fire grow into an uncontrollable inferno. Some airport fire engines weren't filled with water and others didn't have personnel to drive them, said the official, who insisted on anonymity because he wasn't authorized to release details of an ongoing investigation.
The airport, also known as JKIA, re-opened later Wednesday for domestic and cargo flights. Plans were under way to change a domestic unit into an international terminal so those flights could resume as well.
International airlines, including South African Airways, Etihad and Emirates among others, cancelled flights to Nairobi. Qatar Air said its Nairobi flights were being rerouted to the Kilimanjaro airport in Tanzania.
No U.S. carriers fly direct to Nairobi. Delta in 2009 tried to open such a route but the Transportation Security Administration nixed those plans because of security concerns.
Kenya President Uhuru Kenyatta visited the scene and expressed concern over disrupted travel plans. A presidential statement said the cause of the fire is being investigated and that "there is no reason to speculate at this point."
"We reassure international and local travelers that arrangements are being put in place to restore normal operations. The airlines are working to assist stranded passengers and advise them on the measures being put in place to resume services," said Stephen Gichuki, the director of the Kenyan Airports Authority.
The Nairobi airport is the busiest in East Africa, and its closure affected flights throughout the region and beyond.
Michael Kamau, the cabinet secretary for transport and infrastructure, said the fire began at 5 a.m. in the immigration section of the arrivals hall. Inbound flights were diverted to the coastal city of Mombasa, he said. Kenya's Red Cross said that flights were also being diverted to Dar es Salaam, Entebbe, Uganda and the Kenyan cities of Eldoret and Kisumu.
The police and fire fighting response was slow, witnesses said. Long after the fire began it was still possible to drive into the airport complex.
"There was no one stopping any traffic going to the road to the airport," Fisher said. "A number of fire trucks and ambulances were trying to negotiate their way through the lane. ... They were trying to weave their way through a solid two lanes of cars."
By early afternoon, passengers began to grumble that minimal assistance was being offered. Medr Gudru, a 66-year-old German, had hoped to fly home on Wednesday but the fire stranded him with no information, he said.
"This is too much. It was very nice here but this is just a mess," he said.
Kenya Airways, the country's flagship carrier, diverted five flights to Mombasa and said all of its transit passengers were being moved to hotels. The airline reported that one passenger and one employee suffered from smoke inhalation.
Jane Waikenda, the director of the Department of Immigration Services, sent out rapid-fire messages on Twitter in a bid to soothe frayed nerves.
"I would like to reiterate that we doing what must be done to have full immigration services up," she wrote, before adding moments later: "you can never please everyone. We appreciate being held accountable as we strive to serve all Kenyans fairly."
Price said that airport officials set up a makeshift terminal in the cargo area, where nearly two dozen immigration officials lined up to stamp passports.
Associated Press writer Krista Larson in Dakar, Senegal contributed to this report.


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Meet Max Gilleland
Max Gilleland worked for 18 months at De Anza in 1998 as an instructional associate in the Computer Aided Design/Computer Digital Imaging (CAD/CDI) Department. After a brief foray into the dotcom world, he found himself out of work. He was welcomed back to De Anza in 2001, first as an instructional associate, and then reclassified in 2006 as a computer laboratory instructional coordinator.
"One of the biggest challenges in our department is simply keeping up with the constant evolution of a half-dozen industry-leading mechanical engineering CAD platforms," Gilleland says.
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"These are things that he does outside of his required job responsibilities of assisting in two adjacent lab rooms at the same time," says Lamit. "It requires that he has a basic understanding of all five of our software packages. He also maintains the lab, loads images of our required software and services all 75 engineering workstations. He also has taken upon himself the reworking of our CDI Web site." Gilleland says he has always felt that his paramount duty is to meet the needs of the community and assist students in class projects.
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Welcome to Qian Men Hostel
Staying at Qianmen Hostel is like stepping back into Chinese history.
Only a two-minute walk from Tienanmen Square, This hostel is located in the heart of a hutong protected area. The hostel's building dates back from 1875. Consisting of three two-storey buildings with inner courtyards, Qianmen hostel with its wood-carved balconies is a beautiful example of Chinese traditional architecture. The building has been transformed into a hostel offering more than 40 comfortable rooms to travelers looking not only for budget accommodation, but also a unique experience during their stay in the China's capital.
You couldn't ask for a more convenient location. Qiamen Hostel is located just a few minutes walk from Tienanmen Square and many important historical sights: the Forbidden City, Chairman Mao Mausoleum, the Great Hall of the People,Dashilar walking street which is 600 years old, liulichang Art and culture street, and Beihai Park.
Qianmen Subway station and Qianmen bus stop are also just a few hundred meters away from our hostel, making it very easy to reach other scenic spots of the city, like the Temple of Heaven and the Summer Palac
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Local sightseeing information:
For those who wish to enjoy traditional Chinese entertainment, Beijing opera, acrobatics, Kung Fu tickets can be booked at the reception. The hostel also offers many tours, including excursions to various sections of the Great Wall, a must-see during your stay in Beijing!
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- Smoking areas
-Taxes included in price
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- Newspapers, magazines
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Groups welcome. Welcome to Qianmen Hostel
How to get to us
-Take Airport shuttle bus to Xidan (last stop of theXidan line) cost 16 RMB, then take a taxi approx. 10minutes cost 15 RMB.
Train: If you arrive at the Beijing Central station (Beijing Zhan) take the subway, two stops to the Qianmen Subway stop.To go out from exit#c to meishijie. Metro ticket 2 RMB.
If you arrive at Beijing West Train Station (Beijing Xi Zhan), take bus No.9 and stop at Qianmen xi.Then turn to left 200 meters away to meishijie.
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Recently, Bullitt Countians voted for a Meade Countian candidate and Brandenburg got a four-lane divided highway.
Then we voted for a Shelby County candidate and Shelbyville got a new road to nowhere.
It's time for Bullitt Countians to stand up and be counted. Vote Linda Belcher, a Bullitt Countians for Bullitt County.
Shirley Colvin
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When faced with a decision to make in regards to our mayoral candidates, my vote goes to Faith Portman.
I am looking for someone I can trust and someone I can relate to. Someone who I know has immeasurable integrity and a good heart.
She has worked in our public school system for 24 years, devoted to the education of our community's youth. I honor a person willing to commit themselves to an endeavor, such as educating a community. I've seen her with our students and it tells me so much about who she is.
I commend the voters for recognizing the need to make changes to Fiscal Court and would highly recommend Mike Higgins for Third District magistrate.
Mike would be a great addition to our fiscal court. Mike is someone with a vision for Bullitt County, passionate, caring, interested in improving Bullitt County and moving it forward.
The citizens deserve officials that want to help everyone and do what is best for the whole county. Mike Higgins will be a magistrate that will listen, have an opinion, make a decision and not hold back progress.
I take great pleasure in endorsing John Wooldridge for county attorney in the upcoming election.
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It is very simple….Bullitt County needs Linda Belcher back in Frankfort.
I know Linda very well and know what an honest, caring person she is.
She has always lived and worked in Bullitt County. Bullitt County is where her heart is. We are currently serving together on the Bullitt County Foundation for Excellence in Public Education board. She is so passionate about our children and our fundraising efforts to provide grant money to teachers.
So flood maps were turned over in 2011 and updated against in October of 2013 to Bullitt County/City officials, showing the new FEMA flood maps.
Those same individuals expect us to vote them into office again. Please know who you are voting for when you go to the polls.
We just bought a house in July 2013. If we had been aware of these flood maps, we would not have bought our current house.
Eva McDonald
I wish to let the citizens of the north end know that Mike Higgins has been an active volunteer in this community and has kept abreast of the needs and possibilities of our county.
He would not have stood idly by and watched the opportunity of gaining 1,500 jobs go some place else.
That is why I support Mike Higgins for magistrate
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I have known Linda Belcher for over 38 years. She and her late husband, Larry, were dedicated educators since 1970.
She taught school, was an assistant principal and principal, and director of transportation in Bullitt County.
Her service has always been in Bullitt County.
Linda is a member of Little Flock Baptist Church and serves on the board for the Christian academy.
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Henry Evers, gets my thumbs up!
Mr. Evers, suppose you were still serving in the Air Force today. Let's say that while you're on duty, a few hundred, or even a few thousand American citizens decide that the President of the United States is acting like a dictator who wants to "enslave" the people and needs to be removed from office. These citizens decide to take up arms against the U.S. government.
1) In your opinion, are these citizens committing a crime?
2) As an active member of the U.S. Air Force, would you fire on them?
3) Most importantly (for the purpose of considering the usefulness of the Second Amendment in the 21st century) how effective do you think those citizens will be against just the Air Force? (In answering, exclude from the equation the considerable firepower available to the Army, the Marines and the Navy, along with the government's fleet of armed drones, nuclear weapons, etc. Also exclude the resources of all municipal, county, state and federal law enforcement agencies, which presumably would be the first responders before the military was involved.)
Of course I think Semi-Auto is not needed or clips that cotain mass amounts of Ammo. But let me steal something from Japan..
"Applicants first must go to their local police station and declare their intent. After a lecture and a written test comes range training, then a background check. Police likely will even talk to the applicant's neighbors to see if he or she is known to have a temper, financial troubles or an unstable household. A doctor must sign a form saying the applicant has not been institutionalized and is not epileptic, depressed, schizophrenic, alcoholic or addicted to drugs.
Gun owners must tell the police where in the home the gun will be stored. It must be kept under lock and key, must be kept separate from ammunition, and preferably chained down"
The fact is that if guns are suppose to protect people and property, how come most guns used in crimes are stolen? Isn't that property. also.. 5 cops with guns couldn't stop a gun attack ny surprise, what makes others so sure they can?
Guns are meant for one purpose to fire at something.
The wonderful thing about the Internet is that it allows people here in America to see how fast societal change is playing out all across our planet. People are more worried about life as we've come to know it, devolving into anarchy right here in our own country.
People have every right to defend themselves, their families and their neighbors against those that couldn't care less about any rule of law, much less our Constitutional rights. If you feel uneasy about owning a firearm and don't wish to own one, that is your Constitution right, right on up to the very moment your government... places one in your hands, trains you how to use it, then orders you to use it on anyone your government orders you to use it on.
That is how it is in the real world.
An assault rifle is a fully automatic rifle that the military uses. Fully automatic rifles are highly regulated, in that to own one, you have to pay a yearly tax and your home can be inspected and any time by the BATF. An assault rifle was not use to kill the children at Sandy Hook. A semi- automatic rifle that looks like the military's assault rifle like the one that is being blamed for this massacre, but in fact, It the weapons used were four handguns that Adam Lanza took from his Mother's firearms collection. The Semi-auto being called an assault rifle was found in the trunk of Adam Lanza's Mom' car that evening. All of the old arguments that have been used are being regurgitated and re-used for the same old argument. The second amendment was not put into place to protect the right to hunt. It was put in place to protect you and your family against any threat up to and including tyranny and no, a few people who feel the president needs to be removed from office does not equate to responding to a threat of tyranny. Lets stay on the topic and refrain from using opinions to make our points.
There was/is a lot of misinformation about the weapons used in the Newtown massacre, this link provides one source for fact-checking.
posted "The second amendment was not put into place to protect the right to hunt. It was put in place to protect you and your family against any threat up to and including tyranny and no, a few people who feel the president needs to be removed from office does not equate to responding to a threat of tyranny"
Actually I think it had more to do with the people being the army of that time. The U.S. certainly wasn't outspending the next 17 countries military budget combined.
They aren't banning guns. They are banning certain guns with certain clips/magazines, working on requiring better back ground checks and hopefully in my opinion will increase penalties for "accidents" from careless gun owners.
Just because it's in the constitution does not mean it is limitless. Speech is a prime example, it's allowed to a point.
Is gun control going to end murder. No.. Could it help stop high death tolls in a single incident. Ask Australia.
Our first amendment has been stretched and contorted to encompass and include so much in terms of what actually constitutes 'Free Speech', yet, when it comes to interpreting the words that describe our second amendment right to self defense, the term 'right to bear arms' some how is meant to be interpreted to mean or encompass so much less.
Why do you think that is, Troy?
If I might jump in ... that's an interesting question. I don't think one could provide a definitive answer without having a comprehensive understanding of both First and Second Amendment law, and I doubt anyone here does.
However, my view is this: The conception of the Second Amendment was written to address the legal requirement 18th century American males had to fulfill their civic obligation of serving in a militia, which was more integrated into social and cultural life at the time than any other institution, and certainly more so than any today. Today, the role of a 17th century militia is served by the U.S. military and local law enforcement agencies, both of which are under civilian control.
Thank you for a thoughtful response, David. In my own view, I see a big difference between what is defined as a requirement and what is conferred or defined as any individuals right of choice.
This same argument is or has been made in arguments for or against abortion.
Yes, there is a difference, but I think the issue that we're grappling with today is that the legal requirements and civic obligations that provided the "subtext," if you will, of the Second Amendment were completely bound up with the "right" it spells out. The book I've cited elsewhere, "A Well-Regulated Militia," by Saul Cornell, goes into this issue with a lot of detail and historical context. Once you've removed the "subtext," it follows that the conversation -- and the law -- must change.
Well, I am glad that the Supreme Court agrees with the wording, in that the individual is guaranteed the right to keep and bear arms. To understand the 2nd amendment, you must also understand England's "Bill of Rights1689", considering the fact that we were under British rule previously. The right to have arms was a long established natural right in England in it's time and you can't eliminate it's influence on the writing of the 2nd amendment, since it was written after the Revolutionary war when it was fresh in the minds of the fore fathers that without arms, they would not have had the ability to declare their independence and back it up. As far as the opinion of one man who wrote a book goes, well, it is just his opinion and not the law of the land.
So, according to treefarmer, I guess NBC was wrong when it announced this?
In any case, the rifle retreived from the car Adam Lanza took to the school was not an AR 15. It looks to be another form of semi-auto rifle with a dragunov style stock. AR 15's do not have this style of stock.
Dave is right on the two main priorities it appears the 2nd amendment was applied. Law enforcement by citizens and military both being citizens at that time. Now we have Military and now we have police.
It also doesn't say anything about felons not being allowed to have a gun or a person that is mentally unstable, and yet one of those are already done and the other in process.
Freedom of speech is allowed unless it affects others freedoms and liberties under the law (ever changing) or the threat of affecting it.
The supporters behind guns have often said it violates life, liberty and pursuit of happiness. At the same I think it fails to recoginize the victims that die because of guns; didn't that affect their right to life, liberty and pursuit of happiness at a far greater level?
I'm asking for change with semi-automatics and clips and requiring a class (like Japan), and background checks. I would prefer a national popular vote.. but that won't happen, so all I can do is email my reps.
in the article..
"The passenger jets hijacked on 9/11 could have been saved by armed pilots"
Could have been saved by a secure door which ralph nader attempted to do prior and was never done because (it added cost).
Fmtko: The opinion that the law must evolve is my own; the author of the book is one of the nation's leading constitutional scholars, and he does in fact address the British law to which you refer.
Can someone help me?
I can't find the mention of the internet in anything they wrote in the constitution.. Do you know what page I can find it, I'm sure it must be there, after all they had totally thought out the future of America, they wouldn't forget the internet.
Typo in my 8:24 a.m. post: Should be "an 18th century militia." I hate typos.
The Sandy Hook children were shot with a Bushmaster .223 rifle, a semi-automatic manufactured in an assault style. A a knockoff of the assault rifle the military uses, it looks absolutely nothing like a hunting rifle.
Yes, there were some early false reports — several of them. The shooter was even misidentified in the early confusion.
However, the medical examiner who conducted the autopsy pulled bullet after bullet out of the kids, and they came from the Bushmaster.
He was also carrying two handguns. The only weapon in his trunk was a Russian-made semi-automatic shotgun with a high-capacity drum magazine.
Steve Bagwell
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I happen to know a little bit about this subject. Those Bushmaster bullets would not have lodged in those small bodies at the range that they were fired from. They would have passed throurh them. As a matter of fact, very few pistol bullets would lodge in a body that small at that range also. Having a long history of hunting, I know what I am talking about.
I have two questions. First, for those who feel that these weapons of war are not needed on our streets, then who is our law enforcement at war with, that they need them? and two, If our forefathers meant that the civilians and ultimately the military should not be infringed, then why would they write a law expecting the military to be the entity to fight a tyrannical government, if needed? 635 people today would be no match for the military and there would be no need for such an amendment.
I'm not getting your question exactly fmtko. I think banning certain weapons to the public will make it harder for them to get anf help police officers not come across them so much. I used Austarlia earlier to point that when they banned them. Mass killings went down. Japan which host strict regulations has more people killed from forks than guns. Remember we aren't talking about banning all guns, only certain one's.
posted " military to be the entity to fight a tyrannical government, if needed?"
Military is a part of government. Back when this was created there were few, most people that fought were volunteers with the understanding they would receive property. We on the other hand would be fighting the army to overthrow the government and semi-auto's aren't much of a match for airstrikes. (they didn't have planes back then either).. Or destroyers.. etc..etc.. Or a 10 Billion aircraft carrier.
Just like it being hard for them to think in terms today, it is also hard for us to think in terms of them. Which is why I have always asked should dead people have more voice over today than those of us that are alive?
also remember when they talked about freedom. They takled about specific freedoms only to a few. Slaves were hardley free to do what they wanted, you couldn't run for specific offices without property valued at 1000.00 etc..etc.,.
troy prouty*
Gotta wonder how a new and improved, fully modernized U.S. Constitution would read, and if re-written, by who's hands?
And what would be the criteria for choosing the re-writers? Would there be race based and/or even a sexual appetite quotient involved/considered in the choosing?
And last but not the least, will it become a possibility or worse yet a reality, that, a U.S. President will remain in office for however many consecutive terms the citizens wish to keep him or her seated as their President ... ie. no more term limits on the P.O.T.U.S.?
: Note to Troy Prouty.
Benjamin Franklin in all probability had that little ditty about land ownership thrown in so that he could collect on any political campaign debts run-up at his printing shoppe by future politicians having come up short after the polls had closed and final count tabulated.
Smart guy!
As for the Internet question, no, I wouldn't think that anyone (Vice president Gore excluded of course) had ever envisioned that one coming down the road.
But I for one, am able to envision a time in our future that all will be required to acquire a connection to it, And all will be so ordered by way of a government mandate very similar to, and in all probably just as encompassing as 'The Patient Protection and Affordable Act'
And it most certainly doesn't require a jewel encrusted & feather adorned 'Swami Hat' to see that one coming in what will be hailed as 'The New Age of Enlightenment' ..or.. as some are already exclaiming this dawning as (or is to be) 'Our Time'
Gotta wonder just how inclusive that term is meant to be ..or.. will be.
Any thoughts?
Regardless, a large number of bullets were recovered and traced to the Bushmaster. It was not sitting in the trunk of his car and he did not use handguns to create all the carnage.
It would be nice if we could at least stick with the facts. Cases can be made either way, no matter what weapon any particular mass killer used in any particular mass killing.
Adam Lanza's mother repeatedly warned a babysitter never to turn his back on the kid--ever. I believe little Adam was about 9 years old at the time. He was a walking time bomb.
So she steeps him in the survivalist mentality, exposes him to a veritable arsenal of deadly armament and repeatedly hauls him down to the local gun range so he can hone his skills with high-powered firearms.
Does that make sense to anyone? It certainly doesn't to me.
We don't truly 'know' what weapons were used we only 'know' what the media tells us. Lately I have been bouncing back and forth between the liberal media and the conservative media rather than get my news from only a few sources that tickle my ears and back up my pre-concieved opinions. I can tell you both sides lie! Their stories aren't even close! If you want there to be an assault rifle you can find plenty of news sources to back you up if you don't want it to be an assault rifle you can find plenty of sites to back that up as well.
Sticking to the facts is not as easy as it may seem.
The problem is it's human nature to read what we want to be true, listen to what we want to hear, watch what we want to see and then preach as if we know what we're talking about. We all do it, including myself.
I realize you read news papers for a living therefore may be more "informed" but you also may be more "mis-informed". Unless we were there that day and saw it with our own eyes we truly don't actually know.
Fmtko (above) made a comment based on his own real life experience and being a hunter and shooter my whole life I concur with what he said.
Weather the killer (I refuse to post his name) used an assault rifle or hand guns is a moot point, he wasn't spraying bullets, otherwise there would have been a bunch wounded and some killed. This sicko was taking his time before the cops got there.
My point in short is: The particular model of rifle he used that day is not important, if it should be outlawed or not on it's own merit is the question.
posted "We don't truly 'know' what weapons were used we only 'know' "
They had it on tv in the start of the gun control hearings.. along with several other guns, on CNN Channel 24.
posted "Gotta wonder how a new and improved, fully modernized U.S. Constitution would read, and if re-written, by who's hands?"
Probably depends who is writing it and why, similar to back then. There were many parts that we glorified of past history. Some would say that the people that wrote this was elite and wealthy, that they didn't want to share with the U.K. but after facing reality they could not win unless they had help from those of lower character, so they designed many rules to get that support, but not enough to lose power. And certainly we have stayed fairly consistant with that. Rich people tend to be in charge. People born rich often die rich, people born poor tend to die poor., etc..etc..
Do you remember those Diners 1971 or so.. Use to make the best food back then. So.. now you go there in 2014. The decor is still the same from 1971, except the chairs are worn and torn. The menu the same, but instead of 80% fresh and 20% can it is now the opposite and most food sucks. Prices are kind of high, but because it is Nostalgia it's worth more (btw.. Nostalgia isn't want it use to be) wink.. Well... That is a pretty good representation of our government and the laws of the past. Most people don't think much of leadership these days and there are rumors that the real leaders of our nation own party houses on K street.
Troy, Thanks for your response.I understand your response but have a few reservations. You responded: "They had it on tv in the start of the gun control hearings.. along with several other guns, on CNN Channel 24."To me:Gun control hearings = Senators and representatives... who are known liars.CNN = Main stream media... who are known liars.Call me a conspiracy theorist but I don't trust them, I've caught them in too many lies. I wish we would spend half the money we're spending on "gun control hearings" on "violent crime hearings"... We should be looking at understanding mental health, the effects of violent video games on our youth, the effects of violent movies on our society, the effect of pharmacy drugs on our mentally ill, the statistics on criminology, the trade off of massive killings by sickos having access to firearms opposed to every day crimes being prevented by firearms etc... etc... etc... Bring in the professionals and have them conduct a report!!!
Good grief, we couldn't come to a conclusion about Bill Clinton and Monica without congress appointing a Kenneth Star report but we jump to all kinds of conclusions based on opinion without any professionals giving a report.Instead we pay millions if not billions of dollars on "hearings" discussing silly stuff like magazine capacity and heat shields (scary looking stuff). While our economy goes to hell in a hand basket. If my child died that day I'd want an answer not an opinion! I'd want a pro not a blogger! God forbid we talk about:Taking prayer and the pledge of allegiance out of our schools and teaching kids the sanctity of life. It's sad, we're missing the forest through the trees! Maybe we should... or maybe we shouldn't, ...allow the public to have access to a particular models of rifles or bullet capacity (we already have gun laws) but that's so minor compared to the real issue. As a society, we don't have a gun problem we have a respect for life problem.
Wow! Somehow my paragraphs and breaks went away... Sorry for the run on...
posted "effects of violent video games on our youth, the effects of violent movies on our society, the effect of pharmacy drugs on our mentally ill, the statistics on criminology, the trade off of massive killings by sickos having access to firearms opposed to every day crimes being prevented by firearms etc... etc... etc... Bring in the professionals and have them conduct a report!!!"
They were there and they testified at the hearings. That is what happens at hearings. The elected officials ask people from various fields their thoughts and opinions and data. Of course sometimes I prefer people more involved directly. For example I noticed they didn't have a person that had committed a crime with a gun. I think there are plenty of voices from that side we also need to hear from. There was victims there.
I believe if you need to find a solution you need the full picture and view and in opinion not having any individual that committed a crime there was a mistake accomplishing that goal.
posted " have a respect for life problem"
Well, that comes from being selfish. Our society promotes it. Capitalism for example is a prime example of "Me" syndrome. Yes.. We cpuld possibly all usea retreat with a few Buddist Monks to learn it's okay to be without and learn to love.
troy prouty*
To further a quick point about selfish and even mental health and our culture.
When people kill themselves in Japan they usually (not always) feel they had let someone down.
In the U.S. when someone kills themselves they usually (not always) feel someone had let them down.
Which do you think has the most selfish desires of the two?
It's real interesting when you dig into the cognitive thoughts that surrond our society and how they became. In my new book I'm working on, I have a chapter on it, because I think it's important when speaking and understanding politics.
"It's real interesting when you dig into the cognitive thoughts that surround our society and how they became."
Well let us all now pray that hobby store Drone Kits don't become the next 'Weapons Platform' of choice for the next generation of mass-murder enthusiasts.
Believe it ..or.. not, there are now actually educational courses advertised on television offering degrees in the field. Now You or your neighbor can become a Drone commander, too.
I have fired thousands of rounds with an AR-15 and still can't figure out what the draw is that so many people feel the need (or desire) to have one.
Why would you?
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I agree with Mr. Evers. When the insane and criminal element all turn in their firearms, the average gun owner will still need a firearm for self defense. As seen with the murders in China and other places in the world, nut cases will use anything they can lay their hands on to try to destroy innocent lives.
Dialing 911 when someone is trying to kill you or your loved ones is not going to get a response quick enough to save your life. The police will arrive in time to put yellow tape around the crime scene, and take witness statements.
I think what keeps getting lost in this arguement is nobody is speaking about total bans of guns. We are talking about certain guns, high magizine clips and back ground checks, perhaps a class similar to Japan.
Do we need more regulation?
I don't know.. Enron worked pretty well, I think gutting the banking industry (1999) did wonders especially the last 6 years or so, gutting tax regulations on imports have done a great job moving jobs somewhere else. So.. where do you think I stand? If companies and people could be good little citizens, I'm all for it, but it's a tuff sell when almost everything is based on "Me" syndrome.


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Newt healing factors unaffected by age and injury
Gouge out my eyes, and I would be permanently blind. Cut off my limbs, and I would flop on the ground (although, I'd try to bite your legs off). But a newt would have no such problems. These small creatures are masters of regeneration. If they lose a limb, they grow new ones in a few months. They can regenerate parts of their tails, jaws, ears, hearts, spines, eyes and brains.
Now, Goro Eguchi has shown that a newt's healing powers don't diminish with age. As long as they live, they retain the ability to efficiently regrow their body parts (or at least, the lenses of their eyes), even if they have to do so over and over again.
We've known about the abilities of newts and other salamanders for over 200 years, thanks initially to Lazzarro Spallanzini, an Italian biologist and Catholic priest. But the limits of this ability have been unclear. Spallanzani once amputated limbs from a salamander six times over three months, and watched them grow back. One of his colleagues, Charles Bonnet, did a similar experiment eight times.
The salamanders could repeatedly regrow their limbs, but eventually, abnormalities crept in. For example, the animals would occasionally develop missing bone structures. Both Spallanzani and Bonnet (and, indeed, Charles Darwin after them) held that newts regenerate their body parts less efficiently as they get older, especially if they accrue repeated injuries.
But Eguchi thinks that these experiments, while historically important, were also flawed. The exposed stumps of the severed legs would have been exposed to the messy environment, which might have scuppered a clean regeneration.
To truly test the extent of these animals' powers, Eguchi set up a 16-year-long experiment. In 1994, he collected several Japanese fire-bellied newts (Cynops pyrrhogaster) and successfully kept them in captivity. During that time, Eguchi periodically anaesthetised the animals and carefully removed the lens from their eyes. The surgeries involve a small nick to the cornea that quickly sealed, creating a protected environment where the lens could regenerate without any influence from the outside world.
This happened 18 times in total. Eguchi found that the 17th and 18th lenses were exactly the same as the original ones, and those from untouched newts of the same age. They were the same size and equally transparent. They grew back with equal speed. They had the same structures under the microscope. They even had a similar suite of active genes, including crystallin genes that produce the major protein of the lens, and other genes that control how crystallins are activated.
Eguchi estimated that his newts were at least 14 when they were collected, which would have made them 30 by the end of the experiment. That's as long as fire-bellied newts have ever been kept in captivity. These repeated surgeries show that, contrary to previous belief, even the oldest newts can regenerate their lens as well as young ones, with no obvious flaws in the finished product.
Perhaps the newts have some way of protecting their cells from the mutations that accumulate with age; indeed, Eguchi found that none of his newts ever developed cataracts. His next step is to understand how newts keep their regenerative potential in their ageing tissues, in a bid to apply that knowledge to human medicine. The ability to replace old and damaged tissues is a seductive one and Eguchi writes, "Our findings… are of paramount importance to the field of regeneration and ageing."
That may be overly optimistic. Scientists have studied amphibian regeneration for 200 years, with no discernible impact on medicine yet. Indeed, way back in 1769, Spallanzini himself asked, "If [amphibians] recover their legs… how comes it to pass, that other land animals, at least such as are commonly accounted perfect, and are better known to us, are not endued with the same power? Is it to be hoped they may acquire them by some useful dispositions?" His dated idea of perfection notwithstanding, it's telling that answers to his questions have been slow to arrive.
That's largely because newts and other salamanders are difficult creatures to work with. Panagiotis Tsonis, who was involved in the study, says, "Despite the amazing capabilities of the newts and the fascination about the process, the big obstacles so far were (and remain) the lack of resources and genetics in the newt."
This is a broad problem for the regeneration field: animals that re-grow their limbs with ease cause big difficulties for geneticists (a good review here). Newts, for example, are difficult to keep and breed in captivity. And while geneticists can alter the genes of flies and mice with ease, it takes years to achieve the same results in newts.
However, Tsonis's group have been working hard to fix this problem. They have developed ways of quickly switching off genes in newts or adding new genes. "We and others have invested a lot of effort to develop these techniques. Many important questions can now be addressed to understand why newts do what they do and how to apply it to regenerative medicine. After all this animal does everything that regenerative medicine seeks to achieve!"
Reference: Eguchi, Eguchi, Nakamura, Yadav, Milan & Tsonis. 2011. Regenerative capacity in newts is not altered by repeated regeneration and ageing. Nature Communications http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms1389
Image from Ubermoogle2006
More on regeneration:
An entire flatworm regenerated from a single adult cell
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@ Lazzarro Spallanzini: You're a lizard, aren't you? I mean…
So you just realized at the very end that adding a couple of D's do your name would be totally too obvious. You're not fooling anyone!
Great blog post, Ed, thanks! A very interesting story, and an intriguing possibility that limb regeneration may not be as perfect as lens regeneration because of exposure to the environment. It would be great if one could design an experiment to test limb regeneration in a super-controlled environment, sort of a "bubble" for newts.
So if their regenerative properties don't decrease with age, what keeps them from being effectively immortal (outside disease, predation, or accident of course)? Also, how does repeated regenerations affect their fecundity and would this possibly prevent them from regenerating continuously in the wild?
I was wondering the same thing as jdmimic, although I assume that their vital organs do not regenerate the same as the limbs / eyes. Now, that would be incredible! Although I object more to useless studies than I do ones that can save people's lives, keeping these types of animals in lousy lab enclosures their whole lives is unthinkable. I don't care if they are given anesthetics. To evolve as an aquatic animal and to live in such sterile, dismal conditions is unacceptable. At the very least they should give these poor critters to a good wildlife center after a year of this torture.
I honestly can't believe no one made this comment yet – especially considering the Holy Grail reference you included, Ed, but… from this one could presume that if one were turned into a newt one could have… got better?


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By Elizabeth Wilkinson
Title: Purdue University Historical Materials, Gala Week, 1896-2003
Predominant Dates:1916-1939
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Arrangement: Chronological. The materials are separated in into three series: schedules, souvenir booklets, and other Gala Week materials.
Subjects: Purdue University--History
Forms of Material: Programs
Languages: English
The term "Gala Week" seems to have been coined in 1904 by a joint committee of students and faculty. Prior to that time it was referred to as "Commencement Week."
Gala Week is a time of open houses for alumni, when they come back to campus to meet former classmates and welcome the graduating seniors as new alumni.
The week usually opened with baccalaureate ceremonies, followed by a campus open house to show the University in operation. There were days for ROTC reviews, athletic events, banquets, and dances. On the last day of Gala Week was the Founders' Day Banquet and the senior-alumni dance.
Gala Week used to begin the week before commencement, but after 1940 it was changed to the first week in May to coincide with the anniversary of the passage of the law to establish Purdue, 6 May 1869. In 1910, during Gala week the alumni adopted the song "Back to Old Purdue" and the official song for alumni.
Repository: Purdue University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections
This collection will be periodically added to as materials become available.
More materials added 4/26/2013.
Alternate Extent Statement: 3 mss. boxes
Access Restrictions: This collection is open for research.
Physical Access Note: Some of the booklets are tightly bound, so please take care when viewing.
Acquisition Source: Donations from: Iden F. Richardson Sr. (1905 booklet); David L. Prentice (1908 booklet); Herbert C. Rose (1914 booklet)
Acquisition Method: Collected by Purdue University Libraries staff, or through alumni and faculty donation.
Finding Aid Revision History:
Records updated 4/26/2013
Collection identifier updated from UA 34.03 to UA 56 as of December 8, 2016.


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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The former head of the Internal Revenue Service told U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday he was "dismayed" to learn that the tax agency had subjected conservative groups to extra scrutiny under his watch.
At a congressional hearing, former IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman said he was unaware in June 2011 about the targeting, and only found out the full scope and severity of the activity when a Treasury Department watchdog published its report.
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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - March 27, 2014 - Scientists have moved a step closer to being able to preserve fertility in young boys who undergo chemotherapy and radiation treatments for cancer. The new research, published in Fertility and Sterility, the journal of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, addresses the safety of an option scientists are developing for boys who aren't sexually mature and cannot bank sperm.
Scientists aim to freeze a sample of the boys' testicular tissue so that when they reach adulthood, spermatogonial stem cells (SSCs) found in the tissue can be reproduced and transplanted back into the patients. These cells are responsible for sperm production throughout adulthood.
"Our study addressed an important safety issue - whether cancer cells that might be present in testicular tissue samples can survive the process to replicate the sperm-producing stem cells," said lead author Hooman Sadri-Ardekani, M.D., Ph.D., an instructor in urology and regenerative medicine at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center.
"This is an important consideration because of the potential to re-introduce cancer into the patient," he said. "The research, which involved one of the most common childhood cancers, shows that the cancer cells were eliminated. Based on these findings, we recommend that all boys with cancer be offered the option of storing testicular tissue for possible future clinical use."
Sadri-Ardekani performed the work with researchers at the University of Amsterdam and Avicenna Research Institute in Tehran, Iran, before joining Wake Forest Baptist.
Cancers that can have a high risk of infertility, depending on the treatment, are certain leukemias, Hodgkin's disease, brain tumors and bone cancer. Because of the high survival rates of childhood cancer - close to 80 percent - more cancer patients than ever are reaching adulthood and many face fertility problems.
The current research involved acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) cells, a common type of childhood cancer. Previous research had shown that up to 30 percent of boys with ALL had cancer cells in their testicular tissue.
Several earlier studies have attempted to eliminate cancer cells from biopsy tissue, but they showed contradictory results. The approach of Sadri-Ardekani and colleagues was to investigate whether cancer cells would survive the laboratory protocol they had developed to reproduce SSCs from a small tissue biopsy. This process multiplies the original SSCs by 18,000-fold so there are enough cells to transplant back into the patient when he reaches adulthood.
For the research, ALL cells were taken from three patients' bone marrow. The team then put the ALL cells alone, and ALL cells combined with testicular cells, through the cell-reproduction process.
Even when ALL cells made up 40 percent of the cell mixture being cultured, they were entirely eliminated in 26 days of culture.
"This pilot study showed that the culture system not only allowed for efficient propagation of sperm stem cells, but also eliminated ALL cells," said Sadri-Ardekani.
SSC transplantation has not yet been attempted in humans, but has been performed successfully in several species of animals, including monkeys, said Sadri-Ardekani. He noted that before physicians and scientists begin offering SSC transplantation in patients, additional research will be needed, including whether other types of leukemia cells will also be eliminated in the cell-propagation process.
Co-researchers were Christa Homberg, M.Sc., and Ellen van der Schoot, M.D., Ph.D., Sanquin Research, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; and Toni M. M. van Capel, B.Sc., Henk van den Berg, M.D., Ph.D., Fulco van der Veen, M.D., Ph.D., Ans M.M. van Pelt, Ph.D., and Sjoerd Repping, Ph.D., University of Amsterdam.
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The Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine is dedicated to the discovery, development and clinical translation of regenerative medicine technologies. The institute has used biomaterials alone, cell therapies, and engineered tissues and organs for the treatment of patients with injury or disease. Institute scientists were the first in the world to engineer a replacement organ in the laboratory that was successfully implanted in patients. The Institute is based at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, a fully integrated academic medical center located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The institution comprises the medical education and research components of Wake Forest School of Medicine, the integrated clinical structure and consumer brand Wake Forest Baptist Health, which includes North Carolina Baptist Hospital and Brenner Children's Hospital, the commercialization of research discoveries through the Piedmont Triad Research Park, as well a network of affiliated community based hospitals, physician practices, outpatient services and other medical facilities.


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Registered Republicans in the 24th Ohio House District will be asked May 6 to choose the party's representative in the November general election.
Incumbent state Rep. Stephanie Kunze (R-Hilliard) will face challenger Patrick Manley in the primary.
The winner will face Democrat Kathy S. Hoff and Libertarian Mark M. Noble in the general election Nov. 4.
A second Democrat, David Girves, was certified to run against Hoff, but has since withdrawn from the race.
Kunze, 43, was elected in 2012 to the Ohio House of Representatives. She previously served on Hilliard City Council from 2010-12.
Kunze said she desires to continue serving the constituents of 24th district and to use the experience she has gained during her first term in office, not only for her constituents, but all of Ohio's residents.
Kunze and her husband, Matt, have two daughters in Hilliard schools.
Manley, 58, founded his own business, Manley Architectural Group, in 1985. He resides in Clintonville and is seeking his first elected office.
Manley said he thinks he can better serve the public because he is not "indebted" to political interests or his political party and would put constituents first.
Manley and his wife, Linda, have two adult children.
If re-elected, Kunze said, her focus will remain on strengthening Ohio's small-business owners.
Kunze said she supported Gov. John Kasich's operating budget that included a $2.57 billion tax cut to small-business owners.
"We closed various loopholes (and) provided incentives ... to encourage our business owners to re-invest (and) hire more employees," she said.
Kunze was a joint sponsor of several bills signed into law, including those broadening the ability of residents to delegate their powers of attorney to others and prohibiting the sale of electronic cigarettes to juveniles.
Battery-powered devices that simulate cigarette smoking, e-cigarettes were not regulated and could be purchased by those younger than 18 before the new law was enacted earlier this year, Kunze said.
"I have two of my own daughters ... I'm proud to have been a part of banning the sales of these to minors," she said.
As for education, Kunze said, local school boards should have control of districts with as few mandates as possible from the state and federal governments.
"Districts must still be held accountable for how they spend tax dollars ... but districts should be able to utilize their best practices," Kunze said.
Manley challenges Kunze's platform of no government interference in classrooms, particularly about the Common Core State Standards the State Board of Education adopted in 2010.
Common Core State Standards establish classroom curriculum in English, mathematics, social studies and science.
Kunze said Common Core is a policy that districts should be able to choose whether or not to adopt. She said she does not believe in a "one-size-fits-all" approach to education and supports providing broad educational choices to parents and children.
Manley said he opposes the Common Core State Standards, citing it as a "sharp difference" between himself and Kunze.
"I'm standing with teachers and parents (opposed to Common Core)," ManIey said. "I have yet to talk to a parent or teacher in support of it."
He said about 55 educators have broached the subject with him while he has been campaigning.
While the adoption of Common Core is up to individual school districts, whether a district adopts the standards can be relevant concerning funding, such as Race to the Top grants.
"When districts get (state and federal) funding, there are usually strings attached," Manley said.
Also concerning education, Ohio's new Third-Grade Reading Guarantee is a "disaster," Manley said.
"It's punishment for the kids that can't keep up ... threatening them with failure (of the third grade) if they don't pass," Manley said.
Kunze said her understanding of the Third Grade Reading Guarantee, approved before she entered the legislature, is that it is not meant to be punitive towards children, but rather is a means to push underachieving districts to improve.
"Although I did not vote on this measure, I believe the intentions are good," she said. "We all want to ensure our children have the skills they need to be successful and reading is certainly the key to future learning. I think it remains to be seen how effective it will be."
The 24th Ohio House District includes most parts of Clintonville, Hilliard, Upper Arlington, Brown, Norwich and Prairie townships and southwestern Franklin County.


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Wheaton College Graduate School
Professor of Evangelism
Director of Wheaton Evangelism Initiative, Billy Graham Center for Evangelism
On Faculty since 1996
Phone: (630)752-5912
Email: email@example.com
Ph.D., British Open University. Thesis: C. S. Lewis and the Problem of Evil: A Pervasive Theme. Supervisors: Basil Mitchell. Lyle Dorsett. Sponsoring Agency: Oxford Centre for Mission Studies. 2004
M.Div., Talbot Graduate School of Theology. La Mirada, California. 1978
B.A., Whittier College. Whittier, California. 1973
About Jerry Root
Jerry was born and raised in Southern California. He came to Christ while a freshman at Whittier College through the ministry of Campus Crusade for Christ. While in college he played football and wrestled earning seven varsity letters. He was mentored at Granada Heights Friends Church and in 1978 was Recorded (the Friend's equivalent to ordination) with the California Yearly Meeting. Later he was also Ordained in 1980 by College Church in Wheaton, Illinois. Jerry was a college pastor for 19 years at Granada Heights Friends Church in California, and College Church in Wheaton, Illinois. He served four years as senior pastor at Trinity Baptist Church in Santa Barbara, California. While in Santa Barbara he was the chaplain for the Santa Barbara County Fire Department.
Jerry has been studying C. S. Lewis and a constellation of subjects related to Lewis since 1970. Both his M.Div. thesis and Ph.D. dissertation were about C. S. Lewis. He has taught college and university courses on C. S. Lewis continuously since 1980. He has lectured on Lewis at 59 Colleges and Universities in 9 different Countries and has preached or lectured in 24 different countries and 32 states.
Currently he is a professor of Evangelism and Leadership at Wheaton College and also teaches in the Christian Formation and Ministry Department at Wheaton College where he has taught since 1996. Jerry has also been a visiting professor at Biola University and Talbot Graduate School of Theology since 1990. He is married to Claudia since 1975 and has four married children and thirteen grandchildren.
Courses Taught
- IDS 101 Freshman Experience
- CE 111 Foundations of Ministry
- CE 121 Introduction to Christianity
- CE 211 Biblical Foundations
- CE 231 Evangelism
- CE 233 Discipleship
- CE 434 Evangelism and Renewal
- CE 457 Christian Proclamation
- CE 459 Advanced Study: C. S. Lewis and Christianity
- CE 459 Advanced Study: Pastoral Ministry
- CE 459 Advanced Study: World Views
- CE 459 Advanced Study: Frederick Buechner: The Apologetic of Story
- CE 459 Advanced Study: Perennial Issues in Ministry
- EVAN 516 Spiritual Formation and Witness [cross-listed as INTR 514]
- EVAN 523 History and Theology of Revival
- EVAN 531 Theology of Evangelism
- EVAN 532 Apologetics
- EVAN 542 Strategies for Contemporary Evangelism
- EVAN 545 Evangelism in Contemporary Culture [Missions and Evangelism]
- EVAN 546 Discipleship and Small Groups
- EVAN 552 Sport Ministry
- EVAN 694 C. S. Lewis: Apologist to the Head and the Heart
- EVAN 695 Independent Study
- EVAN 698 Thesis (Supervisor and Second Reader)
Courses Taught at Biola University and Talbot Graduate School of Theology, California
- The Theology of C. S. Lewis [1990 to Present]
Courses Taught at College of DuPage, Illinois [1980 to 1990]
- Philosophy: Introduction to Philosophy
- Philosophy: Introduction to Ethics
- Religious Studies: C.S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien
Courses Taught at Nashota House, Episcopal Seminary, Wisconsin
- C. S. Lewis and Spiritual Formation
Courses Taught at Phoenix Seminary, Arizona
- C. S. Lewis: Apologist of the Head and Heart
Courses Taught at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
- Foundations of Cultural Engagement
Membership in Professional Societies
- ETS (Evangelical Theological Society)
- SPCE-NAPCE (Society of Professors of Christian Education-North American Professors of Christian Education)
- Advisory Board for the Marion Wade Center, Wheaton College (1986-Present)
- Fellow of the Hill Country Institute for Contemporary Christianity: Austin, Texas. (2006-Present)
- Faith Advisory Council for the Human Society United States (HSUS). (2010-Present)
2011 The Sacrament of Evangelism. Moody Press. Chicago, Illinois.
2010 Consulting editor (with Douglas Gresham) and author of the Introduction to The C. S. Lewis Study Bible. Harper Collins: San Francisco.
2010 The Soul of Lewis: A Meditative Journey through Twenty-six of His Best Loved Writings. Wayne Martindale, Jerry Root, and Linda Washington, editors and contributors. Tyndale House.
2009 C. S. Lewis and a Problem of Evil: An Investigation of a Pervasive Theme. Princeton Theological Monograph Series 96. Eugene, Oregon: Pickwick Publications, a Division of Wipf and Stock. Also published in Cambridge, United Kingdom by James Clarke & Co. 2010. (Reviewed by Bruce R. Johnson in Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal. Volume 3, 2009; and by Mikel Burley in Cambridge Journals Cambridge University Press, May 2011).
1990 The Quotable C. S. Lewis. Ed. with Wayne Martindale. Wheaton, Illinois: Tyndale House. (Book of the Year Award: Jesus People USA, 1990; Book of the Year Finalist: Christianity Today 1990). Over 100,000 copies sold.
Currently under contract with Abingdon Press: C. S. Lewis and the Uses of the Imagination. Publication Date: Summer 2015.
Journal Articles and Periodicals:
2013 "Staying Power: Four Reasons Why Lewis' Legacy Endures." Biola Magazine. Jason Newell, editor.
2012 "C. S. Lewis, Scripture and Spiritual Formation." Christian Education Journal, Series 3, Volume 9, Special Supplement. Spring 2012. Pp. S-157-171.
2011 Evangelism and the Early Church. Lausanne World Pulse. December.
2011 "Evangelism: Joining the God Who is Already at Work." Jerry Root, with Stan Guthrie. Outreach Magazine, Volume 10, Number 6. November-December. Pp. 58-62.
2011 "When All the World Hears." Decision Magazine. November.
2009 "Christianity and World Views" Lausanne World Pulse, July. The article was co-written with a former student, Justin Conrad.
2009 "C. S. Lewis and the Case Against Subjectivism." Knowing and Doing a publication of the C. S. Lewis Institute. Summer edition.
2009 "The Deep Significance of Telling Others of the Love of God." The Billy Graham Center Scholarship Program News. Spring 2009. Volume 2, Issue 1.
2008 "The Strategic Importance of Student Ministry: What are you Living For?" Lausanne World Pulse, August.
2008 "Evelyn Underhill: The Path Towards Spiritual Maturity." Conversations: A Forum for Authentic Transformation. Vol. 6:1; Spring 2008.
2007 "What Christians Believe: The Death of Death—The Apostle's Creed." With Grady Root. Campus Life's Ignite Your Faith. Nov-Dec 2007.
2007 "What Christians Believe: The Cure for Loneliness—The Apostle's Creed." With Grady Root. Campus Life's Ignite Your Faith. June-July.
2007 "Why Must Evangelism and Discipleship Go Hand in Hand?" Lausanne World Pulse, May.
2007 "What Christians Believe: Your Invisible Friend "I Believe in the Holy Spirit"—The Apostles' Creed." With Grady Root. Campus Life's Ignite Your Faith. March-April.
2007 "What Christians Believe: Judge Jesus." With Grady Root. Campus Life's Ignite Your Faith, January-February.
2006 "What Christians Believe: Jesus in Hell?" With Grady Root. Campus Life's Ignite Your Faith. November-December.
2006 "What Makes Christianity Fundamentally Different from Other Great World Religions?" Lausanne World Pulse, December.
2006 "What Christian's Believe: He's Dead. Game Over?" With Grady Root. Campus Life's Ignite Your Faith. September-October.
2006 "What I Tell My Students About Evangelism." Lausanne World Pulse. July 2006.
2006 "What Christian's Believe: Believing the Unbelievable." With Grady Root. Campus Life's Ignite Your Faith. June-July.
2006 "What Christians Believe: Common Name, Uncommon Savior." With Grady Root. Campus Life's Ignite your Faith. March-April.
2006 The Transcendent Story Wheaton Alumni Magazine.
2006 "What Christians Believe: Who is God Anyway?" With Chris Lutes. Ignite Your Faith (formerly Campus Life Magazine). Jan/Feb Volume 64, Number 6. First article in a nine part series.
2005 "Mind in Motion: The Intellectual Pilgrimage of C. S. Lewis." With J. I. Packer, Christian History Magazine. December Issue.
2005 "The Great Iconoclast." With Jennifer Trafton, Christian History Magazine. December Issue.
2005 "The Seminarian Balancing Act." Ministry Mentor January Issue.
2004 "The Desire Myth." Ministry Mentor October Issue.
2003 "How do I find Healing?" Revolutionary: The Magazine of Camp Eagle. Summer 2003.
1998 "The Man Who Created Narnia. Focus on the Family Magazine." Vol. 22, No. 12. December (Lead article published by request).
1998 "Narnia: What Must God Be Like?" Focus on the Family Magazine. Vol. 22, No. 12. December.
1998 "Tools Inadequate and Incomplete: C. S. Lewis and the Great Religions." Mission and Ministry. Volume XI, Number 4 and Volume XII, Number 1. (Reprinted from The Pilgrim's Guide).
1998 "Reading C. S. Lewis is a Liberal Arts Education." The Wheaton Record. Vol. 124, No. 4. September.
1998 "NACIE Affirmations: Inner Life Development." Equipping Evangelists. Volume 10. July.
1985 "Following that Bright Blur." Christian History Magazine. Volume IV, Number 3.
1981 "From the Catacombs." Harvest Rock Magazine. Vol. I, Issue 4. October-November.
1981 "Donkeys, Stones and C. S. Lewis." Harvest Rock Magazine. Vol. I, Issue 3. September.
Chapters in Books:
2013 "C. S. Lewis Objectivity and Beauty" C. S. Lewis and the Arts: Creativity in the Shadowlands Rod Miller, ed. Baltimore, Maryland: Square Halo Books.
2009 Contributor to Ignite Your Faith: 365 Devotions to Set Your Faith on Fire, Chris Lutes, editor. Baker Publishing Group
2009 "A Vocabulary for My Soul" in Mere Christians: Inspiring Stories of Encounters with C. S. Lewis. Mary Anne Phemister and Andrew Lazo, Editors. Grand Rapids: Baker Books. Pp. 186-88.
2008 "Our Global Task of Evangelism—Proclamation: Restoring People from the Inside Out" Chapter 14, Introduction to Christian Education and Formation. Ronald T. Habermas. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan.
2007 Day 23 "Is Your God Too Puny?" and Day 28 "The Thin Place" in Be Still and Know that I am God:31 Days to a Deeper Meditative Prayer Life. Amy and Judge Reinhold. New York: Howard Books/Simon and Schuster.
2005 "Bearings on the Bright Blur: The Theology of C. S. Lewis" Narnia Beckons. Edited by Ted & James Baehr. Nashville, Tennessee: Broadman Holman.
2001 "Barchester Towers" by Anthony Trollope and "The Pensees" by Blaise Pascal. Contributed to Reading for Life. Jeffry Davis, Leland Ryken, Tom Martin, Editors. New York: Xlibris/Random House. Fall 2001.
2001 "Evangelism and Discipleship" Christian Education in the New Millennium. Michael Anthony, ed. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Books.
2001 "C. S. Lewis", "The Resurrection". Baker Dictionary of Christian Education. Warren Benson and Michael Anthony, ed. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Books.
2001 "The Cloud of Unknowing", "Justin Martyr", "The Theology of Marriage", "Universalism". The New Baker Dictionary of Theology. Walter Elwell, ed. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Books.
1998 "Jane Austen", "Ancius Boethius", "Geoffrey Chaucer", George Herbert". The C. S. Lewis Reader's Encyclopedia. Jeffrey D. Schultz and John G. West Jr. ed. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan.
1998 "Tools Inadequate and Incomplete: C. S. Lewis and the Great Religions". The Pilgrim's Guide: C. S. Lewis and the Art of Witness. David Mills ed. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Eerdmans. [Reprinted in The Anglican Digest. Vol. 41, No. 2. Easter 1999].
1997 "C. S. Lewis and the Problem of Evil". C. S. Lewis Lightbearer in the Shadowlands: The Evangelistic Vision of C. S. Lewis. Angus Menuge ed. Wheaton, Illinois: Crossway Books.
Book Introductions and Forewords:
2002 "Foreword" to The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Protestant Reformation. Indianapolis, Indiana: Alpha, A Pearson Education Company.
2002 "Foreword" to The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Book of Revelation. Indianapolis, Indiana: Alpha, A Pearson Education Company.
2000 "Introduction" to The Golden Sequence by Evelyn Underhill. Eagle, Inter Publishing Service: Surrey, England.
2000 "Introduction" to The Light of Christ: Abba: The Fruits of the Spirit: Retreat Messages of Evelyn Underhill by Evelyn Underhill. Eagle, Inter-Publishing Service: Surrey, England.
Distinguished Lectureships:
2013 Distinguished Lecturer Series, Bethel Seminary San Diego, California.
Three Lectures: The Logical C. S. Lewis: Apologist of Mere Christianity. The Imaginative C. S. Lewis: Using Fiction in Christian Apologetics. C. S. Lewis and the Creative Power of Friendship. November 15-16.
2011 The Sixteenth Annual John A. Hamrick Lectureship, Charleston South Carolina. Two Lectures: C. S. Lewis's Big Themes Applied and C. S. Lewis, Surprised by Joy. January 16-17.
2010 Paper delivered on behalf of The Clapham Group and The Humane Society United States. Washington D. C. C. S. Lewis as Advocate for the Animals. November 5. (Published on the Humane Society US website.) December 2010.
2010 . The James Legge Memorial Lecture at Union Church, Hong Kong. Reality is Iconoclastic: C. S. Lewis and the Path to Spiritual Formation. May 22.
2009 Moody Bible Institute Missions Conference. Opening Night Speaker: Making Missions Personal: Proclaiming Christ in Your World. October 13.
2008 C. S. Lewis and the Inklings Society Annual Conference. Grove City College; Grove City, Pennsylvania. Two Key note presentations: C. S. Lewis's Rhetorical Point: Reality is Iconoclastic and C. S. Lewis and the Rhetoric of Spiritual Pilgrimage. April 5.
2008 Lecture delivered at the 20th Annual Communication Week. Sponsored by the Department of Communication Studies at Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas. "The Communication Genius of C. S. Lewis" March 4.
2007 Manthei Speaker Series North Central Michigan College. Petoskey, Michigan. C. S. Lewis and the Question of God. October 26th.
2006 Annual Christian Formation Lectures. Trinity Evangelical Divinity School; Deerfield, Illinois. Lecture One: Abide in Christ; Lecture Two: Be Fruitful. October 3 & 5.
2006 Department of Communication Studies Pearsol Lecture Series. Texas State University. C. S. Lewis's Big Ideas: Chronicles of a Master Communicator. March 30.
2006 The Robert Saucy Lectures. Talbot Graduate School of Theology; Biola University. Lecture One: Developing Dialectically Safe Communities: Bullets, Guns and Targets; Lecture Two: Developing Dialectically Safe Communities: Reality is Iconoclastic. February 28-March 2.
2005 Center for Constructive Alternatives (CCA) Hillsdale College, Michigan. Plenary Session Lecture delivered at the C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien and the Inklings Conference. C. S. Lewis's Apologetics. September 13.
2001 Laval University, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. Sponsored by The Institute for Christian Thought and Laval University. C. S. Lewis as Literary Critic. April 7.
1998 King College Colloquium. Bristol, Tennessee. Plenary Speaker. March 16-17.
1997 The Frances White Ewbank Colloquium On C. S. Lewis and Friends. Taylor University. Upland, Indiana. Plenary Speaker. November 14-15.
1997 Staley Lectures. Biola University. La Mirada, California. April 7-9.
1993 Torrey Conference. Biola University. La Mirada, California. Plenary Speaker.
Papers Read at Academic Societies and Gatherings
2013 Lanier Theological Library Symposium on C. S. Lewis. Paper presented: C. S. Lewis's Big Ideas Applied in Reconsideration of Pride as the Great Sin. Houston, Texas. March 23.
2012/2011 Spiritual Struggle: Understanding Ourselves So We Can Be in Honest Community with Others, Spiritual Formation, The Church's Response to Homosexuality. Three lectures given at the European Leadership Forum. May 21-25. These lectures were repeated, by request, at the 2012 European Leadership Forum May 19-24.
2011 C. S. Lewis and the Apologetic of Story and C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien's Vision of Story. The European Leadership Forum. Eger, Hungary May 21-25.
2011 C. S. Lewis: Character in and Age of Image. Trinity Forum. Zurich, Switzerland. May 18.
2011 Encouraging the Church to be More Fruitful Evangelistically. Pre-forum Seminar at The European Leadership Forum. Eger, Hungary. May 21.
2011 C. S. Lewis on Scripture and Spiritual Formation. Paper read at the North American Professors of Christian Education (N.A.P.C.E.) annual conference in Seattle, Washington. October 21.
2007 European Leadership Forum. 1. Lecture in the Apologetics Network: C. S. Lewis's Mere Christianity—The Most Influential Apologetic Argument of the Twentieth Century. 2. Lecture in the Arts Network: C. S. Lewis: Subjectivism and Literary Criticism. 3. Lecture in Communications Network: Communication Strategies of C. S. Lewis: Lessons for the Twentieth Century. Eger, Hungary June 16-21.
2007 European Leadership Forum. Lecture, Leader's Network: Spiritual Authenticity: Unhealthy and Healthy Leadership Patterns. Eger, Hungary June 17.
2007 European Leadership Forum. Pre-Forum 1. Lecture: Why is the Western Church Evangelistically Unfruitful And How Can This Change? 2. Lecture: How Can the Gospel Be Brought into Everyday Conversations Unobtrusively? 3. Lecture: What are the Essentials of the Gospel Message and How Can They be Communicated? 4. Lecture: How Can New Believers in Christ be Mentored to Become Disciples of Christ? June 15-16.
2006 European Leadership Forum, Hungry. Three seminars: 1. C. S. Lewis's Path to Faith; 2. C. S. Lewis's Approach to Apologetics; 3. C. S. Lewis's Approach to Art and Literature and Morality. May 20-22.
1990 C. S. Lewis on Ethics and Sanctification. Paper presented at the Evangelical Theological Society. (E.T.S.). November 16.
1989 C. S. Lewis's 'Mere Christianity' and the Religions of the World. Paper presented at the Evangelical Theological Society (E.T.S.). November 18.
1988 C. S. Lewis as Communicator of the Gospel. Paper presented at the Evangelical Theological Society. (E.T.S.). November 18.
Film, Broadcast Journalism, and Interviews:
2013 Presentation: "It is Finished" at the Performance of Franz Joseph Haydn's The Seven Last Words of Christ, Op. 51 (Hob III: 50-56). By the Vermeer String Quartet. With Martin Marty. Recorded at the Episcopal Cathedral of St. James in Chicago March 26 for broadcast on WFMT.
2012 Christ and the City with Christopher Brooks. WLQV Faith Talk 1500 Interview with Jerry Root on C. S. Lewis and His Importance as an Historical Figure. June 28, 4:00-6:00 PM.
2011 The Morning Ride with Mark Elfstrand . Moody Radio. Interview, with Stan Guthrie about The Sacrament of Evangelism. Thursday September 22.
2011 Chris Fabry Live! Moody Radio. One hour interview about The Sacrament of Evangelism. Thursday June 16
2011 Inside Look with Greg Wheatley. Moody Radio. One hour interview about The Sacrament of Evangelism May 21.
2011 "C. S. Lewis Writings Added to New NRSV Edition" Written responses by Jerry Root for an interview about The C. S. Lewis Bible in Church Executive April Pp. 34-36.
2011"Jerry Root on Sacramental Evangelism: Velcrowed to a High-felt Need" Interview in Christianity Today. April. P. 67.
2010 Interviewed by Georgene Rice for the Georgene Rice Show on KPDQ Radio for Portland, Oregon. Topic: The C. S. Lewis Bible. December 20.
2010 Interviewed by Marty Davis for Congregational Resource Guide. Topic: C. S. Lewis as Advocate for the Animals. http://www.humanesociety.org/about/departments/faith/cs_lewis_narnia_gerald_root.html. December 20.
2010 "The Screwtape Letters: A Six Part Video Study Guide of One of the Most Popular and Profound Works of C. S. Lewis" DVD Produced by the C. S. Lewis Institute of Washington D.C.
2010 Interviewed by Don Rupp of KTIS (Skylight Satellite Network, out of Minneapolis, Minnesota). Topic: The release of the C. S. Lewis Bible. November 2.
2010 Interviewed by Mark Moring for Christianity Today in: Will The Dawn Treader Float? Christian leaders get sneak peek of next Narnia movie, like what they see; filmmakers admit "mistakes" on Prince Caspian, vow to get it right this time. Posted 3/02/2010.
2009 Interviewed for BBC 1 UK Documentary: The Narnia Code Produced by Norman Stone (who produced Shadowlands for the BBC). Broadcast April 2009.
2008 WMBI Five Days of Interviews on C. S. Lewis and Subjectivism (relative to the publication of C. S. Lewis and a Problem of Evil: An Investigation of a Pervasive Theme) Broadcast December 1-5.
2008 WYLL Radio, Chicago. Sandy Rios Talk Show. Interview about C. S. Lewis's Screwtape Letters. October 2.
2007 Live at The Kindlings Muse Podcast from The C. S. Lewis Centre, Seattle, Washington. C. S. Lewis: Encountering Reality. Dick Staub with Jerry Root. May 16.
2006 Documentary Film Be Still. Interview. Produced by Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (A Unit of Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation), and directed by Judge Reinhold. Released: April.
2005 Listen Up TV. A Division of Media Voice Generation. Lorna Dueck, Executive Producer. Interview with Lon Allison.
2001 Interviewed by David Crumm. The Spirit of Fantasy. Detroit Free Press, Section E, Pp. 1E and 5E. Monday May 14.
2001 Canadian Broadcasting Company (CBC) Quebec City Affiliate. Interview about C. S. Lewis. April 5. Prior to Laval University Lectures.
1999 WYLL Radio, Chicago. Sandy Rios Talk Show. Interview about C. S. Lewis. May 14.
1998 National Public Radio Talk of the Nation with Ray Suarez (Host). "C. S. Lewis 100 Years: A Tribute" November 30, 1998. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1009938.


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"I think it is hugely 'de-risk' because of the growth opportunities that we have at Save-A-Lot; the stability of our independent business; and the leading market shares that we have with the remaining banners," which are smaller; more regional; and require less of an investment to turn sales around than those that it's selling, outgoing CEO Wayne Sales commented. He is set to be replaced by grocery retail veteran Sam Duncan and the company also announced that Bob Miller, former COO of Kroger (KR) was announced as a non-chairman.
The company is looking to turn the ship around after posting more than three years of declining sales in the face of competition from dollar stores and mega-retailers and has recently failed in its attempt to keep prices low while retaining strong margins.
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