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The 40 richest individuals on Earth lost a combined US$6.2-billion on Wednesday as stocks dropped amid disappointing U.S. earnings, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, a daily ranking of the wealthiest people.
Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal joined the index, which doubled the number of billionaires it tracks yesterday. Alwaleed's fortune has increased 18.2%, or US$3.2-billion, this year, as shares of his Kingdom Holding Co., a diversified investment group that is planning to build the world's tallest tower, rose 36%. The 57-year-old ranks 24th on the index with a net worth of US$20.5-billion.
"There is no secret to success," Alwaleed said in an e- mail sent from Saudi Arabia. "It is based on a sound investment strategy, commitment and long-term vision."
The Bloomberg Billionaires Index takes measure of the world's wealthiest people based on market and economic changes and Bloomberg News reporting. Each net worth figure is updated every business day at 5:30 p.m. in New York. The valuations are listed in U.S. dollars.
The expanded list was published with the release of new billionaires profile pages in the Bloomberg Professional service. The profiles feature a transparent analysis of how each billionaire's fortune was calculated.
Alwaleed's fortune makes him richer than Google Inc. co- founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin. Page ranks in 29th place with US$18.9-billion, while Brin ranks 32nd on the list compiled by Bloomberg News. He is worth US$18.7-billion.
Buffett, Zuckerberg
The combined wealth of the index is US$1.1-trillion. The 40 billionaires have gained a combined US$88.2-billion since the beginning of the year.
Mexican telecommunications magnate Carlos Slim, 72, remains the richest person in the world, with a fortune of US$68.8-billion, down US$572.3-million for the day. Second is Microsoft Corp. co-founder Bill Gates, 56, with US$62.7-billion, followed by Warren Buffett, who's worth US$44.6-billion.
Buffett, 81, the chairman of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., said in an April 17 letter to investors that he has been diagnosed with stage 1 prostate cancer that is "not remotely life threatening."
Mark Zuckerberg, the 27-year-old founder of Facebook Inc., the world's largest social-networking company, is 25th on the ranking. Based on a roughly US$100-billion valuation the Menlo Park, California-based company was trading at in the private market when it ceased trading April 3, Zuckerberg may be worth US$20.5-billion, or about 25% less than previous estimates, once Facebook holds its initial public offering.
Tax Obligations
The reason: Facebook will issue more than 500 million shares of its Class B stock at the offering, diluting Zuckerberg's ownership to 21% after he exercises 120 million options and sells about 42 million shares to cover the tax bill associated with the gain from those options.
Lee Shau Kee, who has said he would swap 99% of his wealth for 30 years of time, ranks 26th in the world and second in Hong Kong with a net worth of US$19.8-billion. Lee, 84, has gained US$2.6-billion this year after shares of Henderson Land Development Co., the developer he founded, rose 17%.
Cheng Yu Tung, the third-richest person in Hong Kong, has a net worth of US$18.8-billion. The owner of Chow Tai Fook Jewellery Group Ltd. and property company New World Development Co. Ltd., 60, is ranked 30th in the world. His net worth is down 6.2% so far this year.
India, Australia
Lakshmi Mittal, the India-born chairman of ArcelorMittal, the world's biggest steelmaker, is in 28th place with US$19-billion. In addition to his 41% stake in ArcelorMittal, the 61-year-old London resident owns hundreds of millions of dollars in U.K. real estate.
Gina Rinehart, the Australian mining heiress, is worth US$18.7-billion, putting her in 31st place on the index. Rinehart, 58, the daughter of the man who discovered the mines that made Australia the world's biggest iron ore exporter, owns perpetual royalty rights to some of Rio Tinto Ltd.'s Hamersley mines in addition to other iron-ore and thermal coal deposits throughout the country.
Three of her four children have taken legal action in an effort to remove her as guardian of the family trust. Last month, she lost a bid to keep details of the family litigation private. Newly released documents indicate her four children may have a stake worth as much as US$4.7-billion in the trust.
Li Ka-shing, 83, ranks as the richest person in Asia with a net worth of US$23.9-billion.
Usmanov Tops Akhmetov
Ukrainian tycoon Rinat Akhmetov, 45, ranks 36th. His $18 billion fortune is derived from closely held metallurgy, mining and energy holdings owned through System Capital Management JSC. In government auctions held between November 2011 and March 2012, Akhmetov's DTEK Holdings Ltd. acquired control of significant Ukrainian state coal and energy assets at prices that helped push up his net worth up by more than US$3.5-billion since the auctions began.
Alisher Usmanov, the 58-year-old Muscovite who controls the Metalloinvest metals and mining company and Digital Sky Technologies, became Russia's richest person after lucrative technology investments in Facebook, Groupon and Zynga pushed his fortune to US$19-billion, up US$1.6-billion this year.
Gennady Timchenko, who controls a portfolio of international energy and oil trading assets, the largest of which is a 45% stake in Gunvor Group Ltd., is worth an estimated US$12.1-billion. He became acquainted with Russian President-elect Vladimir Putin in the early 1990s when Putin was serving as deputy mayor of St. Petersburg. Putin also was chairman of a judo club Timchenko co-founded.
Chocolate Empire
Michele Ferrero, who owns the closely held Ferrero SpA chocolate empire, is Italy's richest citizen with US$21.9-billion. Since 1949, he has been the family leader of the global chocolate and confectionery company that makes Nutella, Tic Tac and Ferrero Rocher.
Alberto Bailleres, the second-richest man in Mexico behind Slim, is worth US$18.5-billion. His net worth has soared US$1.3-billion this year. While his most-valuable asset, Industrias Penoles SAB, Mexico's largest silver producer and a miner of gold, has only gained 1% in 2012, Bailleres, 80, has benefited from a strengthening currency. The Mexican peso is the best performer among major currencies this year, up 5.7% against the dollar.
Iris Fontbona, the matriarch of Chile's richest family, ranks 34th. Fontbona, her three children and two heirs from the late Andronico Luksic's previous marriage, control a combined fortune of US$18.4-billion. The family owns copper producer Antofagasta Plc and, through holding company Quinenco SA, interests in banking, beer and shipping.
40th Place
Jorge Paulo Lemann is the second-richest man in Brazil with a net worth of US$15.9-billion. He ranks last on the ranking.
The 72-year-old tripled his latest investment after he and his partners at 3G Capital Inc. sold a 29% stake in Burger King Holdings Inc. this month for US$1.4-billion, valuing the fast-food chain at US$4.8-billion. As part of their 2010 leveraged buyout, 3G put up US$1.5-billion in equity and loaded at least US$2.5-billion of debt onto the company's balance sheet.
Carl Icahn didn't make the cut. The activist investor, 76, has a net worth of US$15.6-billion based mostly on his stakes in Icahn Holdings, a hedge fund he closed to outside investors in 2011, and publicly traded Icahn Enterprises LP.
Icahn last week sued Amylin Pharmaceuticals Inc., in which he is the third-largest shareholder, demanding records related to a US$3.5-billion takeover offer by Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. as he seeks to start a proxy fight against Amylin's board.
Ricardo Salinas, 56, also fell short. His stake in Grupo Elektra SA plunged 25% in the past week, leaving him with a net worth of US$15.8-billion. The retail and banking conglomerate posted its biggest two-day drop since at least 1994 as new Mexican stock-exchange rules threaten to cut the company's weight in the benchmark index.


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This is not the droid you're looking for.
Frank (Frank Langella) is a retired cat burglar whose advancing years and slowly encroaching dementia require that either he live in a nursing home or accept the intrusion of a VGC-60L model health care robot (voiced by Peter Sarsgaard) into his home. The bot is designed to take care of Frank's daily activities as well as his eating and sleeping habits, making sure that he maintains a schedule that will bolster his ability to remember what's going on around him. Frank stubbornly resists at first but his son (James Marsden) insists.
On the continuum of robot friendship coolness the VGC-60L isn't in the same league as R2-D2, C-3PO, Tom Servo, Crow, The Jetsons' maid Rosie or Pee-Wee's Playhouse's Conky. On the other hand, he's also not as irritating as VICKI from Small Wonder. He's just a service machine and his service is polite and efficient. As performed by Sarsgaard, he's sort of like a walking, talking, dinner-preparing HAL 9000 before it turned mean.
Frank lives in his memory mostly, a glorious, nighttime past of glamorous crime. And though he enjoys the beautiful, old local library and its head librarian (Susan Sarandon) he resents everything else about the present, especially all the young, forward-thinking jerks who happily destroy the institution's books in order to turn the place into a digital information-dispensing coffee emporium. He also resents not being able to steal high-end merch like in the old days, when he hurt nobody except "those insurance company crooks." So it's back to burgling he goes, this time with a very polite and efficient helper. First stop: rare library books.
Langella in any film, even a bad one, is a pleasure to watch. He always brings a ready-made supply of dignity and grace to his work (even when half his face is eaten off like in The Box). And any film that deals with the troubles facing people as they age is at least theoretically one to put in the plus column. This one is tender and sweet, gentle and kind, and that's fine, but that's also pretty much all it is. You won't find any of the romantic grief of Sarah Polley's Julie Christie-starring drama Away From Her, the mounting sadness and existential mourning of Akira Kurosawa's end-of-life meditation Ikiru or the brutal, no-safety-net realism of Vittoria De Sica's Umberto D. As stories of aging go, it's as lightweight as a very special Alzheimer's-themed episode of Golden Girls, a high-concept senior revenge fantasy.
Even the satirical elements about technology stripping away the human side of culture, the tyranny of efficiency, the "improvements" that never feel as good as the old-fashioned way of accessing experience, are less striking or pointed as they should be, the characters committing those crimes walk away scot-free. Instead the shrugging happy-enough-ever-after with Pops in a luxury nursing home will have to do, with a side of half-poignant, machines-as-friends irony. It's enough to make you want to hit DELETE.
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Lafayette Police Search For Armed Robbery Suspect
Lafayette Police were called out to the 4300 block of Moss Street around 9 o'clock last night after getting a report of an armed robbery.
The clerk says the suspect came into the Dollar General armed with a handgun and demanded money.
The suspect then fled the store on foot with an undisclosed amount of money.
The clerk was not injured during the robbery.
Police say the suspect is described as a black male between 5-5 and 5-9, wearing a red baseball cap, sunglasses, and a bandanna covering his face. He is also said to have been wearing a dark colored short sleeve shirt, light colored pants and white tennis shoes.
Detectives are asking anyone with information about the robbery or the identity of the suspect to contact Lafayette Police or Crime Stoppers at 232-TIPS.


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When a rabid raccoon attacked one Gilmer County, Ga., woman's pet Chihuahua, she fought back - and now her dog is in a six-month quarantine and she's being treated for rabies.
The woman, who has not been identified, fought the raccoon at her home on John Call Road in Ellijay, Ga., on Oct. 9.
"The owner intervened in the attack and came in contact with the raccoon's saliva through a skin abrasion on her hand," Gilmer Count Environmental Manager Andrea Martin said. "Since then, the raccoon has tested positive for rabies, so the owner of the dog is receiving post-exposure rabies treatment."
The Chihuahua's rabies vaccination was not up to date when the attack happened, so the dog has been quarantined for six months, Martin said.
Untreated rabies is fatal nearly 100 percent of the time.
Martin hopes the incident will encourage other pet owners to keep their animals' vaccinations up to date.
"If our pets are not properly vaccinated and are exposed to rabies, then we are next in line for exposure," she said.
She also said owners should try to avoid contact with wild or unfamiliar animals.
For more information on rabies, contact the Gilmer County Environmental Health at 706-635-6050.


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The preacher recalled scenes from his youth of vomit on the floor, with no one to clean it up. He took lots of drugs, including heroin, hallucinogens and "poppers." And he recalled introducing his brother to drugs and the damage that it caused.
Editor's Note: This is the first installment of a Taunton Daily Gazette series, Kicking the Habit, focusing on recovering opiate addicts and their road to recovery.
TAUNTON — The preacher recalled scenes from his youth of vomit on the floor, with no one to clean it up. He took lots of drugs, including heroin, hallucinogens and "poppers." And he recalled introducing his brother to drugs and the damage that it caused.
The bishop of a Reformed Episcopal church in Taunton opened up about his past experiences with drug abuse on Sunday during a vigil held by local clergy as an outlet for prayer and support in response to the city's heroin and overdose epidemic.
Bishop Michael Lunsford said that during the early 1970s, he lived as a youth in New York City, using heroin and other serious drugs every day for at least three years, before leaving the trouble that surrounded him, arriving in Colorado and quitting "cold turkey" to escape addiction.
Lunsford said he wanted to share his story during the vigil to connect with people in Taunton, addicts and their families, many of whom are suffering because of the drug abuse epidemic in the community.
Heroin overdoses have claimed the lives of nine city residents in 2014 alone.
"The issue is that often times people come to services like that and there is a disconnect," said Lunsford, during an interview on Tuesday at The Antioch Church on Somerset Avenue. "I'm not the only one with a background there. But (I told my story) just to elaborate better that we understand, and that we not only understand, but some of us understand because we have had to walk through those things. Some of us have been a recipient of pain or the cause of somebody's pain ... What made me say what I said (at the vigil) was despair in our city. It's not someone else's problem. It's our problem. It's right here on our doorstep."
Lunsford said that ultimately he believes that faith, specifically Christianity, is the answer to the city's heroin and opiate abuse epidemic.
"What's going to change recidivism — you can take the dope away from the junkie, but you can't change your game," he said. "But Jesus can change your game."
Lunsford said his story starts in the borough of Queens, where the drug culture was permissive and pervasive. But Lunsford said that he came from an outstanding family life — his father a "pioneer" in the black community, a businessman and entrepreneur — showing that the drugs can affect all walks of life.
"We often times failed to take ownership, that we made some decisions that we shouldn't have made," Lunsford said. "I was addicted to the lifestyle of drug use and the escape culture. ... I went through some trouble, seeing things that started controlling me. Drug addiction is a life-controlling problem. The fallacy is that I'm not hurting anyone. You are always hurting someone because you don't realize how many people are depending on you."
Lunsford said that the result of this drug culture was often deadly for those around him, but by the "grace of God" he survived.
"Most all of my friends, if they didn't die, they went to jail," Lunsford said. "At one point, they were dropping like flies, it seemed like, all around me. ... It was very difficult (to stop), but it was easier to stop than to face seeing the turmoil in my family. It was easier to stop and I needed to get away from them because I was infecting everything."
Lunsford said that he overdosed three different times when he was using heroin, recalling once when a friend was slapping him in the face to try to rouse him, at a time when naloxone was not commonly used to instantly reverse opiate overdose affects.
"I was far away from God at that point," he said. "That's why I was in trouble in the first place."
But, Lunsford said he finished his college education and found his calling in Christianity before moving to Taunton. Lunsford said that he has counseled drug addicts in Taunton since he became a pastor here 30 years ago.
"Freely you have received, freely you give," said Lunsford, quoting scripture.
Lunsford said that earlier this year, he presided over the funeral of the city's first fatal overdose victim of 2014. He knew the man for 20 years.
While Taunton has been going through a terrible time with the heroin epidemic, Lunsford said he has hope for a bright future for the city.
"Who knows, maybe Taunton will be a place some day with the highest statistics of people that have recovered," Lunsford said. "You know, amazing grace and He saved a wretch like me."
During his impassioned and personal preaching on Sunday, Lunsford said that the vigil is a start, but that more needs to be done.
"If we stop there, we'll still be left with vomit on the floor, with no one cleaning it up," Lunsford said. "We need action. We have to do something. I see the service as a good start ... We need to pray for police, first responders, and to help and work with them."


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Subject: Graphics Cards | September 19, 2011 - 02:00 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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The GIGABYTE HD6770 Silent Cell is a different take on your normal HD6770, it has no fans but does sport a double wide heatsink. Sporting all of GIGABYTE's Ultra Durable components you can pick up this card for a hair under $140; or more importantly for [H]ard|OCP's review you can pick up two for about the same price as an HD6950 or a GTX 570 if you can find one on sale. Their testing showed that at a resolution of 1920x1200 the two HD6770's could hold their own but they quickly fell behind the competition when resolution was raised beyond that point, which would include EyeFinity. If your case has the space for the coolers and you have an overwhelming urge to play games at a 1080p resolution on a silent machine, then these cards are for you. Apart from that goal, you are better served with a single higher power GPU.
"Today we'll find out if two of GIGABYTE's HD6770 Silent Cell cards can match the performance of a Radeon HD 6950. We were impressed with how this no-fan silent configuration CrossFireX setup performed. However, is it worth $280 against the falling prices of the Radeon HD 6950?"
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BRISTOL, Tenn. – Bonnie Durrett led the Lady Tornado in rebounds for the sixth time in the last seven games while recording her seventh double-double of the season in King's 61-44 win over rival Lees-McRae, Monday evening in the Student Center Complex. Durrett led both sides in rebounds and points, posting 14 of each, and helped the Lady Tornado rule the boards and painted area. They will play Limestone College on Thursday, Jan. 24, in their next action.
Both team struggled offensively in the opening half, combining for a total of 41 points as King took a 23-18 lead into halftime. Allison Bosse (Knoxville, Tenn.) served as the Lady Tornado's first-half spark by hitting 5-of-6 shots from the field and added a pair of free throw makes to total 12 points in the opening half. The senior scored King's last eight points and pulled down six rebounds over the final five minutes of the half.
Lees-McRae (6-7, 4-6) came out on a 8-2 rally behind a pair of threes by Lauren Lewis and took a temporary one-point lead, 26-25, inside the first two minutes of the second half. King quickly regained the lead when Durrett followed with her only three pointer on the next possession to take back the lead.
Brittany Kinser (Greeneville, Tenn.) began a 14-2 run with 13:49 to go, taking a two-point lead to 10. Sophomore Tia Keitt (Dallas, Ga.) forced a turnover and found senior Mikki Oliver (Elizabethton, Tenn.) on the other end to keep the run going before King openly displayed its dominance on the boards to extend its lead. Under the 13-minute mark, the Lady Tornado pulled down five offensive rebounds to help take nearly four minutes off the clock and finished their run with four consecutive buckets by Alley Sprouse (Newport, Tenn.). The sophomore continued King's run with a jumper from the left side and another from inside the paint to take a 41-31 lead with 8:21 to go. She scored two more baskets in the paint after two straight turnovers to build their lead to 14, 45-31.
Behind their strongest rebounding effort of the season, King rolled to a 61-44 victory over the Bobcats. They outrebounded Lees-McRae, 57-32 (+25), their largest rebound margin of the season by 10 (Mars Hill, DATE). Off their best game on the boards, the Lady Tornado outscored LMC in the paint 24-16 and on second-chance points, 16-2.
Bonnie Durrett (West Paducah, Ky.) led the team with 14 points and 14 rebounds, providing her seventh double-double of the season and her fifth in the last six games. It is also the third time in four games she has pulled down 14 rebounds. Durrett now has seven double-doubles on the year.
Junior Kelly Jackson (Lynchburg, Va.) added 10 rebounds on the night to join Durrett in double figures. Bosse was one rebound away from achieving her first double-double of the season and tied her season-high rebound total with nine against LMC.
Alley Sprouse added three more blocks to her league-leading total, totaling 33 this year. She entered the game ranked 10th in NCAA Division II in blocks per game (2.55) per the Jan. 17 NCAA statistics report. She also scored eight points on 4-of-6 shooting.
Both teams struggled shooting in the first half but King prevailed by shooting 45.5 percent from the field in the second half. Lees-McRae was held to six field goals and a 26.1 percent shooting percentage in the frame.
The Bobcats were led by Layana DeSouza's 14 points, tying Durrett for the game-high. Kerri Belcher was one rebound away from a double-double after scoring 12 points and nine rebounds. She also had five of the Bobcats' nine steals.
The win also extends King's lead in the inaugural Blue Ridge Cup standings, a battle between the Appalachian rivals. King entered the game with a 4-2 edge, but with wins by both basketball programs, they now hold a 6-2 advantage with another point on the line in Wednesday night's home men's volleyball match.
King (9-5, 5-5) now has won four of its last five games, all in conference play. They will host the Limestone Saints on Jan. 24 during Military/Veteran Appreciation Night. All active, reserve, and military veterans and their families will be granted free admission for Thursday's game. Tipoff for the women's game is set for 5:30 p.m.
Thursday also marks the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee's Make-a-Wish Night. SAAC has adopted a local youth in an attempt to grant her wish to go to her favorite Disney park. Special 'support stars' and t-shirts will be sold before and during both the women's and men's basketball games to help raise money to grant 'Kellan' her wish.


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Not your average light display
Shining Light opens Saturday
There are lots of homes across Gothenburg with light displays in honor of the holiday season.
White lights, colored lights, icicle lights, twinkling lights, even lights that appear to move in waves.All those strings of lights combined would likely not come close to the magnitude of electricity that glows at the KOA Campground each December.
Barry McDiarmid and his wife Gwen will host the Shining Light celebration beginning Saturday evening.
It's a labor of love the McDiarmids have done for 11 holiday seasons.
"I love playing around with the lights," Barry says. "It's a kind of creative release."
But it's more than just a few strings of Christmas lights. It's hundreds of strings that, if plugged end to end, would stretch for miles.
Pulling it all together in an ever-changing display that attracts thousands of viewers from across the state and even the country each winter is sometimes a challenge for the McDiarmids.
Each year, Barry says, is a new lesson in math, science and art.
"I have eight outlets and each of them can go three ways," Barry says, beginning a math equation. "Each string of lights has its own fuse. As long as you don't overload the circuit, all of the bulbs will light."
Therein lies the science of electricity.
It's the art, the creative placement of cutouts and sculptures, that stretches Barry's mind as he creates a glimmering winter wonderland.
Work began early this year, Barry said, since the weather has cooperated so far.
The display will be ready for visitors at 6 p.m. Saturday.
Each year, the McDiarmid's collect donations that are in turn given to a variety of charities. The total is usually between $2,000 and $3,000.
"It's not about the money, though," Barry says. "It's not about the money at all. It's about the celebration. We just want people to come out here and enjoy the sights. If they want to make a donation for our charities, that's just a bonus."
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GM and Michigan Tech: Partners for Automotive Progress
By Jennifer Donovan | Published
General Motors needed more electrical and computer engineers. Michigan Technological University's newly established Automotive Computing Enterprise (ACE) needed a test vehicle. It was a match made in heaven.
The General Motors Foundation donated a fully loaded 2007 Chevy Suburban with a navigation system, touch screen, passenger DVD player and rear camera. Michigan Tech Enterprise Coordinator Rick Berkey calls it "the perfect sandbox for ACE." Matt Rose, a second-year student in electrical and computer engineering, joined GM for a summer/fall co-op program, and ACE was on its way to creating the future of automotive computing.
Rose and classmate Max Leason are founders of ACE. They discovered during their freshman year that both were interested in cars and the computer systems that govern so much of their behavior today. "Carputers," Rose and Leason call them.
Michigan Tech's emphasis on hands-on, discovery-based learning inspired them to start an Enterprise to develop new ways to use "carputers" to make cars more responsive to drivers' individual needs and preferences.
But to take their work out of the realm of theory, they needed a computerized vehicle to modify. GM provided not only the Suburban, valued at more than $30,000, but also an additional $20,000 in start-up funding and regular access to the advice of Will Poirier and Chris Winegarden, computer systems engineers at GM.
Poirier and Winegarden both are Michigan Tech alumni. Poirier, GM's information systems manager, is the company's lead recruiter at Michigan Tech. Winegarden is a lead design systems engineer and a member of GM's Michigan Tech recruiting team.
"GM recognizes the need to fund and support projects that push the envelope of technology," Poirier explained. "We believe that our support of ACE will develop an awareness of the complexities and challenges related to the automotive application of electrical engineering. It will also strengthen the relationship between GM and the electrical engineering department at Michigan Tech and prepare students for meaningful careers in the automotive industry."
ACE started life under the umbrella of the existing Blue Marble Security Enterprise, but it already has 11 members and hopes to launch out on its own in fall 2008.
ACE's enterprising students work in two teams. One is developing a touch-screen in the center of the dashboard to provide access to navigation and media systems. The second team is working on a customizable LCD instrument panel that would enable the driver to change the color, theme, location and types of gauges displayed on the instrument panel.
Future projects include vehicle-to-vehicle communication, voice-activated navigation and reworking other ways that drivers interface with their car.
ACE is offering the student carputer enthusiasts an experience no classroom could provide, Rose said. "We're taking our ideas from thought to reality in a realistic business environment that is still a more forgiving atmosphere than a corporate setting," he explained.
ACE will give benefit both GM and the students at Michigan Tech, said Poirier. "The ACE project team will gain valuable experience in project planning, project management, technical implementation, budgeting and all other aspects of a ground-up development project," he explained. "The real-world experience of this Enterprise will allow students to explore innovative technologies, including sophisticated control-loop theories, and will result in solutions that are transportable directly to our floor."
Rose and Leason both hope to work in the automotive industry when they finish school. "It's very dynamic field, especially with today's green movement," Leason said.
Their faculty advisor, Associate Professor John Lukowski, calls ACE "a springboard to employment. "This kind of interaction with industry is invaluable," he said. "Companies are looking for leadership and experience, so this is a great way to leap into that first position."
GM's support of ACE is just part of a significant investment in Michigan Tech. This year alone, the GM Foundation is providing $175,000 in support of educational programs across campus, including Senior Design projects, the YES! Expo to attract middle and high school students to science and engineering fields and the Keweenaw Research Center (KRC).
The automaker recently donated another vehicle, a 2007 extended-cab four-wheel drive pickup valued at more than $40,000 to the KRC. "It is a unique vehicle of a type we didn't have," said KRC Director Jay Meldrum.
The pickup will be used as a support vehicle for the KRC's 500-acre test course. It will also be used in the KRC's winter driving school, a popular public program originally created with GM's help, as a research project to compare front-wheel drive, rear-wheel drive, four-wheel drive and anti-lock brakes in winter driving conditions.
Over the years, GM has donated more than a dozen vehicles to the KRC.
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The competition's panel of judges announced the Iranian Quran reciter as the top winner of the international Quranic event.
Representative of Egypt was the runner-up while the Libya and Bahraini Qaris came third and fourth, respectively.
As many as 40 Quran reciters from different countries took part in the 2017 edition of the contest.
Born in 1982 in the holy city of Mashhad, Laal Avval has learned Quran recitation skills with different Quran masters including Javad Panahi, Shafiei, Momen, Hassani and Mojtahedzadeh.
He has previously won a number of other top titles in national and international Quranic events, including the top rank in Iraq's international Quran competition in 2014.
Russia's Quran contest, known as the Moscow Quran reciting competition, started on October 5.
It has been held annually since 2000. Since year 2007 the competition became international.
Mehdi Saedi who represented Iran in the 2016 edition of the contest came fourth last year.


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Belly-Up is a fish and seafood processing plant in Liberty City circa 2001. They use Mule trucks/vans (specifically, Triad Fish Vans) that are seen driving around Portland in Grand Theft Auto III. The name "belly up", as well as the logo, is a take on dead fish.
Crates bearing the Belly-Up logo can be seen at the docks in East Hook, Broker, Liberty City in Grand Theft Auto IV. They can easily be found right across the street from Brucie's Executive Auto Garage.


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A Senate panel has cleared GOP Sen. David Vitter for blocking a pay increase for Interior Secretary Ken Salazar until he approves more offshore drilling permits.
Salazar was supposed to get a raise so he would make as much as other Cabinet secretaries. Then Vitter said he would block Salazar's salary hike until he approved six new deep-water permits each month to allow exploratory oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.
Though the Senate ethics committee on Friday chided Vitter, R-Lo., for undermining public trust but stopped short of charging him with rules violations, because no guidance had been issued on such a tactic.
In a statement Friday, Vitter said the committee had validated his action by dismissing the complaint and that he was glad he had "killed Ken Salazar's salary increase -- he has completely failed us on energy policy."
"And I'll absolutely place a hold on any raise for him in the future," Vitter said.
The ethics committee indicated that might be problematic. Committee Chairman Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., and top Republican Johnny Isakson of Georgia wrote Vitter that "going forward, such actions will be viewed ... as improper conduct reflecting discreditably on the Senate."
The ethics committee's letter said Salazar would have received an additional $19,600 after joining the Cabinet in 2009 if Vitter had not blocked the increase.
The current salary for Cabinet members is $199,700, but Salazar's office said he is limited to the $175,000 Cabinet salary that was in effect in 2005 when he became a U.S. senator.
The Constitution bars members of the House and Senate from appointment to any U.S. office where compensation was increased during the lawmaker's term.
Former President George W. Bush in 2008 signed legislation rolling back the interior secretary's salary so that Salazar could be appointed. His salary was eligible to be increased after he joined the Cabinet had not Vitter blocked the raise.
Vitter sent Salazar a letter last May that when permits reached six per month, "I will end my efforts to block your salary increase."
In a statement, Vitter said this was his way of keeping a "boot on the neck" of the Interior Department.
Vitter wanted the number of permits to reach the level prior to BP's 2010 Deepwater Horizon rig explosion that resulted in 11 deaths and one of the worst environmental disasters in the nation's history. The Obama administration instituted a six-month moratorium on deep-water drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.
"While senators have long used holds on nominations to help persuade administrations to carry out or change policies, tying an incumbent secretary's personal salary directly to his or her performance of a specific official act is different, places a secretary in a precarious and potentially untenable position and undermines a basic principle of government service," the ethics letter said.
"As stated in the Code of Ethics for Government Service, `public office is a public trust.' "
The committee said that if Salazar had caved in to the demand, it would have appeared that his decision was made because of his personal interest in obtaining a raise.
A government watchdog group, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, filed the complaint with the committee, formally the Select Committee on Ethics.
The group's executive director, Melanie Sloan, was critical of the committee's failure to punish Vitter.
"So now senators need guidance to know extortion and bribery violate Senate rules?" she said. "If the ethics committee hasn't issued specific advance guidance, senators can't be held accountable for outrageous conduct? How about if the ethics committee just issues this blanket guidance: Criminal conduct violates the rules."
The Associated Press contributed to this report.


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I tried to gear this towards someone that has absolutely zero computer knowledge, so bear with me I have no idea what audience this would be most useful to (if any).
---How to Secure a Wireless Network
Its amazing how many people assume that their network devices are totally secure right out of the box. In households especially, people hear that wireless routers work just like firewalls or have a firewall built in .but thats not nearly enough security. Here's a great tutorial to explain the flip side of the coin.
First things first
I would still say that that a number one priority is to lock down each individual computer on any given network with the works (updated firewall and routine scans with updated AntiVirus, Anti-Trojan, and Anti-spyware/malware). Wireless networks are especially known for being vulnerable so just in case yours is penetrated give em a whole nother layer to fight through.
SSID Service Set Identifier
The SSID has been referred to as a password which I believe to be somewhat inaccurate because the SSIDs primary purpose is to differentiate between WLANs (Wireless Local Area Networks). This is more like simply naming the networks than password protecting them. In fact, the SSID is sometimes called the network name. However! The SSID does have a part to play when it comes to the security of a wireless network. Without the SSID, no device (like the laptop in the hands of John Doe standing outside your building ) can connect to the network. The SSID is required to connect to any Access Point (AP). The problem is that this SSID is usually incredibly easy to get a hold of because simple devices (like netstumbler) can sniff or read the SSID from data packets in transit .the SSID is in plain text. Also, even if the network has been secured to the point where the SSID is not being transmitted or is encrypted, it is still easy to guess the SSID because all devices come with a default factory setting SSID and these factory default settings are known to people that wish to have access to your network So what do you do with the SSID to make it work for you instead of against you? First change it to anything other than the settings it came with. Next keeping your network from broadcasting the SSID may be a good idea. The problem is that this will apparently cause the network to be less efficient and a dedicated attacker that has their sites set on your network will probably not be thwarted by this precaution. Last (and probably best) use a reliable form of encryption to encrypt the SSID (for Gods sake dont leave it in plain text), thus making it difficult to even interface with any AP on your wireless network. Also - anything that encrypts everything that is sent over the network should also encrypt the SSID. More on encryption in the next paragraph. Taking these simple steps will deter upwards of 90% of people trying to gain unauthorized access to your network because there are many networks out there that are easier to access and yours is not worth the trouble. ;D.
WEP- Wired Equivalent Privacy
Wireless networks are inherently less private than their wired counterparts, thus we have WEP. WEP is a security protocol designed specifically for wireless networks. It is designed to be a very effective deterrent against any attackers and it does so by encrypting all information that is sent from one place to another through the network. WEP is an excellent deterrent against the casual attacker and can keep a dedicated attacker busy for the better part of the day. (During this time, you have an opportunity to notice any vehicles with antenna sticking out of it like a porcupine sitting outside your building - or any people on the street with laptops that have been there for a long time). The problem with WEP is that its not the uncrackable protocol that its commonly advertised to be. Studies have proven that WEP in actuality is relatively easy to crack and any dedicated attack can break through the encryption. Also, the newer version with the so-called 128-bit encryption key does not quite live up to its claims (though the 128-bit is at least stronger than the 40-bit).
TKIP Temporal Key Integrity Protocol
The problem with WEP is that since the same key was reused over and over again, an attacker had ample time to crack the encryption. TKIP is a temporary solution (like a patch) until something stronger and better is available. quote:
The TKIP process begins with a 128-bit "temporal key" shared among clients and access points. TKIP combines the temporal key with the client's MAC address and then adds a relatively large 16-octet initialization vector to produce the key that will encrypt the data. This procedure ensures that each station uses different key streams to encrypt the data.
(Source). The actual key used in this process is also changed automatically after every 10,000 packets sent. This makes the encryption substantially more difficult to crack and provides a smaller window of opportunity. This protocol is a direct upgrade to WEP and a WEP network with hardware thats meant to only function with WEP will work with TKIP after some simple patches.
WPA is the next step in security over WEP. WEP can be upgraded directly to Incorporate WPA with "firmware patches". TKIP is actually a part of WPA so refer back to that to see how it affects network encryption. WPA combines two protocols to provide dynamic key encryption (with TKIP) and mutual authentication (as opposed to one way) - something not found in WEP. quote:
For authentication, WPA uses a combination of open system and 802.1x authentication. Initially, the wireless client authenticates with the access points, which authorizes the client to send frames to the access point. Next, WPA performs user-level authentication with 802.1x. WPA Interfaces to an authentication server, such as RADIUS or LDAP, in an enterprise environment. WPA is also capable of operating in what's known as "pre-shared key mode" if no external authentication server is available, such as in homes and small offices.
WPA also checks the integrity of all information sent over the network. quote:
WPA implements the message integrity code (MIC), often referred to as "Michael," to guard against forgery attacks. WEP appends a 4-byte integrity check value (ICV) to the 802.11 payload. The receiver will calculate the ICV upon reception of the frame to determine whether it matches the one in the frame. If they match, then there is some assurance that there was no tampering. Although WEP encrypts the ICV, a hacker can change bits in the encrypted payload and update the encrypted ICV without being detected by the receiver. WPA solves this problem by calculating an 8-byte MIC that resides just before the ICV.
The biggest weakness with WPA is that it does nothing to defend against DoS attacks. quote:
An issue that WPA does not fix yet is potential denial of service (DoS) attacks. If someone, such as a hacker or disgruntled employee, sends at least two packets each second using an incorrect encryption key, then the access point will kill all user connections for one minute. This is a defense mechanism meant to thwart unauthorized access to the protected side of the network.
A firewall can be used as a seperate defense to work against DoS attacks.
Much was quoted in this section b/c it was added spur-of-the moment. Still my fault for not putting it in originally...but here's the source. He worded stuff better than I would have anyway.
AES Advanced Encryption Standard
The name explains a lot of what this is supposed to be. It was developed fairly recently by the government to replace DES which used only a 56-bit key not secure at all by todays standards. AES was proclaimed the standard for government encryption in May, 2002. AES is made to be flexible so it can be used for almost anything and will be useful for the business world. The problem is that its expensive...its especially costly to implement because all access points and NICs must be upgraded (probably replaced) just to be able to use it. It's also known to be a serious "resource hog". AES is designed to be an extremely efficient encryption system though. Its designed to be able to handle more information faster it can encrypt and decrypt quickly as well as change encryption keys without slowing the process. This baby uses true 128-bit encryption keys and is capable of using 192-bit or even 256-bit keys if needed as of right now darned near impossible to crack (in theory). Then there's Moore's law... This is the new standard in encryption. The only foreseeable problem is that it is relatively new and has yet to be tested against real world attacks. Of course its been tested with brute forcing tools of all kinds and some laboratory attempts at hacking it but little is known about its real-world effectiveness. Anyway, if you can afford it, this is supposed to be the strongest data encryption system available for practical use.
This is an extremely effective protocol. It uses digital certificates to make authentication very effective and also dynamically assigns encryption keys to LAN devices to completely eliminate the problem with WEP reusing encryption keys. 802.11 Protocols
More on 802.11 (scroll halfway down page).
Make People Login
Set up the network so that everyone has to login with a valid username and password before they are allowed to do anything. This is probably the most ancient method of security on the web and continues to be effective. Everyone that is allowed access to the network will have their own username and password (preferably one thats not easy to crack no dictionary words, lowercase and capitol letters and a few numbers somewhere is not unreasonable. For an admin account also throw in both regular symbols and special symbols). You can protect against brute force attacks by configuring any login prompt to lock a user out after 5 unsuccessful attempts in a row. The problem with this will be when somebody forgets their password theyll have to come running to you and thats one more thing to take care of.
Limit the Range of the Network
Youre just asking for an attack if someone can pick up your network signal from half a mile away, so try and confine the broadcast radius to just barely meet your needs. If someone has to sit up against the wall of your building just to get any kind of reading on your network, it becomes much less attractive and makes people trying to get into your network easier for anyone (you, security, or police) to spot.
Network Wide (outer) Firewall
A networks firewall is capable of defending against attacks by limiting access (of anything) to only those ports and functions that are needed eliminating vulnerabilities and thus making the network more secure. A good firewall should also be able to defend against those annoying DoS attacks. Another benefit is that any AP behind the firewall wont announce itself to the world, making you even less likely to get hacked.
MAC Media Access Control
MAC address uniquely identifies each piece of hardware that is connected to the network. Its possible to disallow access to any piece of hardware with an unknown MAC address, thus making the network a little more secure. These are spoofable (tho not easily Im told) but having this certainly cant hurt.
Ditch DHCP
DHCP (dynamic host configuration protocol) is what automatically assigns IP addresses to users that need one. A common method of defense is to configure your router to only allow certain IP addresses and use a static set of IP addresses (i.e. all nodes on the network already have a specifically assigned IP address), when all devices are on and all allowable IP addresses are being used, the router will not allow access to anything else. This is actually easy to get around (ie a single inactive device frees up an IP for an attacker to use and all IP info is easily sniffed) but its an option. MAC is actually much more effective.
If anyone has links to other related and specifically more indepth tutorials on any specific subject I touched on, plz post them. I did not copy and paste this and the people I've been bugging for the past two days can vouch for me. You can probably tell anyway cuz I'm sure I said something in there somewhere that's kinda off... I did however get ideas for things in this tutorial from several other sources.
Same by SicyourIT
Here's a link to Wi-Fi terminology.
Please correct me if I'm wrong about anything and feel free to add stuff.


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Comparing your salary. Wage information sliced and diced in sometimes-bewildering detail is available at the site of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Start at this page and choose among the options for studying national compensation data, wages by area and occupation, or earnings by demographics or industry. The geographical information should reveal, for example, which area of the country pays best for your skills. Then, the bureau's equally exhaustive pages on inflation and prices - and the differences in living costs from place to place - can tell you whether relocating is worthwhile.
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Poland's Janowicz reaches Wimbledon semifinals
Jul. 03, 2013
LONDON (AP) — More than an hour after making history at Wimbledon as the first Polish man to reach a Grand Slam semifinal, the usually nonchalant Jerzy Janowicz was still in shock.
"I practiced really tough my whole life. I had some troubles also during my career. You are practicing and working for that kind of moment," said the 22-year-old Janowicz. "So in my case, it's not easy for me to control these emotions."
The 24th-seeded Janowicz beat Davis Cup teammate Lukasz Kubot 7-5, 6-4, 6-4 on Wednesday in the first all-Polish meeting in a Grand Slam men's draw.
After the final point, the friends warmly hugged at the net and then swapped shirts, as soccer players often do. Janowicz then sat in his chair and started to sob.
"Right now, I'm the most happy person in the world," Janowicz said later. "This is what I was waiting for. This is what I was dreaming about. So as I can see, sometimes if you are dreaming about something really hard, it can actually happen."
Neither Janowicz, who will next face second-seeded Andy Murray in Friday's semifinals, or Kubot had ever played a fellow Polish player before.
"I said, 'Let's go. Let's exchange. Let's make our tennis more famous, more popular, and show that Poland tennis is in the map of tennis,'" Kubot said about the shirt exchange. "Because this had never happened before, and that's it. I think it just shows how important is the fair play and shows the friendship on the court. We're just fighting with every point, but when the match is finished, we are friends. We are just showing that this is only sport."
Janowicz, who reached the third round last year at the All England Club, is playing in only his third grass-court tournament. Before this year's Wimbledon tournament, he lost in the first round in Halle.
But his task on Wednesday at Wimbledon was made harder because he was facing a friend.
"Honestly saying, if I have to compare this match to some other matches, this was one of the toughest matches of my life," Janowicz said.
Before this week, only two other Polish men had reached the quarterfinals at a major tournament. Although he could not hide his disappointment, Kubot lauded his friend's victory.
"We knew one Polish guy would be in the semifinals," said the 130th-ranked Kubot, his eyes still red. "As I said, I had only one chance today; I didn't make it. Jerzy definitely deserved to win this match. He was better player today. I just want to wish him good luck, and of course I'm going to cross my fingers for him."
Coming from a nation that does not have a grass-court history, Janowicz served 30 aces on Court No. 1 and can still dream of following in the footsteps of his childhood idol, Pete Sampras.
But to keep dreaming, he will first need to beat Murray, whom he defeated at the Paris Masters last year.
"Against Andy, it will be a really cool match, a really nice atmosphere there," Janowicz said. "For sure the crowd will not really help me. He's great player, so definitely not an easy match.
"I'm really happy I was able to reach that far in Wimbledon, but I hope deep down I will still get two more matches."


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Scientists demand ban on North Sea cod fishing
'Reduced reproduction' threatens stocks
The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) has called for a ban on fishing for North Sea cod, The BBC reports.
The organisation's scientists have assessed stocks of this and other fish and concluded that while "saithe and haddock stocks are in good condition and can be the continued basis for sustainable fisheries...other important stocks like cod, whiting and herring are suffering from reduced reproduction in recent years."
Accordingly, ICES wants a "complete moratorium" on cod fishing. Its call comes before annual EU talks to decide quotas, which last year set the 2007 cod quota at 20,000 tonnes - a reduction of 14 per cent over the previous year but clearly 20,000 tonnes too many for ICES.
ICES's proposals also include a reduction in the plaice quota for 2008 from 50,261 tonnes (2007) to 26,000 tonnes and a cut in the whiting quota from 23,800 tonnes to 5,000 tonnes.
All the organisation's latest advice is available here and you can enjoy its PowerPoint presentation aimed at the European Parliament here. ®


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Professional flamethrower Ann Coulter made the predictable round of waves this week when she called the president of the United States a "retard" in a tweet during Monday's debate.
I highly approve of Romney's decision to be kind and gentle to the retard.— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) October 23, 2012
In an apparent effort to outdo herself, Coulter tweeted the word "retarded" again on Tuesday in reference to Obama – ironically seeming to take offense at someone else's joke.
Obama: "Stage 3 Romneysia" - because cancer references are HILARIOUS.If he's "the smartest guy in the room" it must be one retarded room.— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) October 23, 2012
Coulter makes her living by lobbing deliberately inflamatory word grenades. And in some respects, the media's inclination to give her a platform (and maybe we're just as guilty as anyone else in this instance) only encourages her to take it further.
But did she go too far this time? There is at least one good thing that can be said about her most recent effort to say the most horrible things she can think of. She got the attention of Special Olympics athlete and "global messenger" John Franklin Stephens.
The easy thing to do in response to someone like Coulter is to lash out or insult her back. The problem with that tactic is that is brings the entire conversation down to a troll's height.
Stephens did the harder thing. He decided to reach out to the conservative pundit with some thoughtful and thought-provoking words, posted as an open letter on the Special Olympics blog. And he did it with a remarkable degree of kindness and restraint – going so far as to sign the letter "a friend you haven't made yet."
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Stephens is a 30-year-old man with Down syndrome who has struggled in ways people like Coulter will never understand. And so he writes that Coulter "need[s] to learn that being compared to people like me should be considered a badge of honor.
"No one overcomes more than we do and still loves life so much."
It's a beautiful letter and one we can't add anything to, so here it is, reprinted in full:
Dear Ann Coulter
Come on Ms. Coulter, you aren't dumb and you aren't shallow. So why are you continually using a word like the R-word as an insult?
I'm a 30 year old man with Down syndrome who has struggled with the public's perception that an intellectual disability means that I am dumb and shallow. I am not either of those things, but I do process information more slowly than the rest of you. In fact it has taken me all day to figure out how to respond to your use of the R-word last night.
I thought first of asking whether you meant to describe the President as someone who was bullied as a child by people like you, but rose above it to find a way to succeed in life as many of my fellow Special Olympians have.
Then I wondered if you meant to describe him as someone who has to struggle to be thoughtful about everything he says, as everyone else races from one snarkey sound bite to the next.
Finally, I wondered if you meant to degrade him as someone who is likely to receive bad health care, live in low grade housing with very little income and still manages to see life as a wonderful gift.
Because, Ms. Coulter, that is who we are – and much, much more.
After I saw your tweet, I realized you just wanted to belittle the President by linking him to people like me. You assumed that people would understand and accept that being linked to someone like me is an insult and you assumed you could get away with it and still appear on TV.
I have to wonder if you considered other hateful words but recoiled from the backlash.
Well, Ms. Coulter, you, and society, need to learn that being compared to people like me should be considered a badge of honor.
No one overcomes more than we do and still loves life so much.
Come join us someday at Special Olympics. See if you can walk away with your heart unchanged.
A friend you haven't made yet, John Franklin Stephens
Global Messenger
Special Olympics Virginia


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Top US Attorney Talks Affordable Care Act in Wisconsin
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- A top US attorney returns to Wisconsin to talk about the Affordable Care Act. The former Solicitor General of the United States will speak in Milwaukee early next month. Wisconsin native Paul Clement is returning to his home state. He'll talk about last year's constitutional challenges to the Affordable Care Act, and the unusual issues that brought before the Supreme Court. Clement, argued that case on behalf of the states. He'll give insight about the unusual choices lawyers had to make to prepare and present the case and that affected the public's perception. That event is March 4 at Marquette University.
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With WTKK no longer talking on the air there is an incredible void in the quantity of conservative radio on the air in New England.
No More Michael Graham, No more Joe Lagotti (The guy from Boston). WE lost some first rate talk. Isn't anyone gonna DO something about it?
This Week DaTechGuy on DaRadio does.
This week you get double DaTechGuy on DaRadio at 10 AM you get DaTechGuy on DaRadio on WCRN. In our first Hour Mary Lotze of the Fitchburg Republican Committee joins us as she always does the 3rd week of the month to talk the issues of the week and in our 2nd Hour Comedian Evan Sayet joins us to talk his latest book and laugh with us till noon.
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Then after an hour of rest for you and frantic driving, for me, at the same time you used to enjoy The Guy from Boston, DaTechGuy is on DaRadio AGAIN! This time on the Money Matters Radio network guest hosting from 1-3 bringing you in an open forum format the first hour and a Second Hour with James O'Keefe to talks about the latest from Project Veritas followed by Mary Ann Harold of WQPH Catholic Radio in the to talk about the upcoming March for life.
As I'll be guest hosting there is a different call in number 888-205-2263 and a different live stream which you can find here and again via TuneIn.
So come for one or both and get your double DaTechGuy Dose this Saturday to take away those talk radio withdrawal blues!
Update: If you are not familiar with our guests today are two videos that will help. First Evan Sayet at Heritage:
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Lamar University's acclaimed Lamarissimo! Concert Series continues Thursday, March 7, as the Wind Ensemble and Concert Band perform classic symphonic selections by Edvard Greig and Leonard Bernstein, and premieres an original composition in honor of Wayne Dyess, longtime director of jazz studies at Lamar, who died Feb. 27.
While we harbor no disrespect for the Wall Street Journal who called us "that scrappy little paper from Southeast Texas," we prefer to think of ourselves as simple seekers of the truth. We're of the opinion that headlines and sound bites never tell the whole story. Our readers demand all the facts, facets and flavors of every story or event. And, they expect to be informed, educated and stirred to action.
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I built a new home in michigan . I am having a major problem with ice forming on in the center of my windows and inadequate heating to several rooms. All of them are doing it.
The following things have been done to eliminate the problem but have not worked:
1. Blew more insulation in the attic.
2. Cleaned the windows to make sure they close tightly.
3. Checked the furnace and duct work - air flow, negative pressure, and etc..
4. Checked for high or more than average humidity.- No problem found
5. Changed the Furnace Filter.
Several rooms at times are 7-10 degrees lower than what my thermostat is set to.
Note: During the month of December 2005, my thermostat was set to 78 degrees and still several rooms did not get over 71 degrees.
The builder and window manufacturer said the windows are manufactured and installed properly.
What do you think? thanks for your help we are freezing!!!.


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Spurs 0-3 West Ham
Report from the Lane
06 October 2013|Tottenham Hotspur
Our unbeaten home record this season came to end with a 3-0 defeat to West Ham United at the Lane on Sunday.
The visitors scored three unanswered goals in 13 second half minutes to become the first side to beat us this term in N17, goals from Winston Reid, Ricardo Vaz Te and Ravel Morrison giving the Hammers all three points.
Team news
Andre Villas-Boas made just the one change from the side which drew with Chelsea last weekend, Jermain Defoe being rewarded for his goalscoring exploits in cup competitions with a place in the team, Roberto Soldado dropping to the bench.
Key action
Again it was a cracking derby atmosphere post-match but in truth the first half failed to live up to expectations and chances were at a premium throughout.
Indeed it was 15 minutes before either goalkeeper was called into action, Gylfi Sigurdsson testing Jussi Jaaskelainen with an effort which the Hammers keeper saved low down to his right.
Townsend was at the centre of most of our attacking intent during the first period, fizzing a 25-yarder just past the far post before flying down the right wing again on 32 minutes. This time he delivered a cross which was headed clear by Mark Noble, only as far as Paulinho on the edge of the box but the Brazilian sent his shot wide.
The game wasn't helped by a three minute delay as Jaaskelainen endured a wardrobe malfunction, needing to replace a boot after appearing to lose a stud and neither side could gain an upper hand, although there were brighter moments in the closing stages.
Reid should have done better with his header from a Noble corner but glanced wide from six yards, and at the other end Defoe just couldn't reach a low teasing Townsend cross.
Perhaps the best chance of the half fell to the visitors in the 44th minute with a well-worked set-piece routine after Morrison was upended by Sigurdsson 25 yards from goal. Noble shaped to shoot but lofted the ball over the wall for Kevin Nolan, who volleyed on the turn but fired just past Lloris' far post.
Just seconds after the restart we had our clearest sight of goal so far, Paulinho threading a delightful ball into Defoe in the inside left channel but his right-foot poke goalwards was saved by Jaaskelainen.
And the Finnish stopper produced an even better stop in the 53rd minute, tipping Defoe's fierce rising drive over the bar as we began the half with real vigour.
Not that it was one-way traffic though, as the visitors also started to pose more of a threat and Lloris needed to be alert to keep out James Tomkins' header from a corner, with Mousa Dembele blocking the rebound from the same player.
That was just a warning because in the 66th minute West Ham went ahead from a corner. Noble sent over the cross, Reid climbed highest to head goalwards and although his effort was stopped by team-mate Nolan on the line, the rebound fell kindly for the defender who drilled home from six yards out.
And just five minutes later it was 2-0. This time Vaz Te broke clear of our defence, his first shot was well-saved by the onrushing Lloris but the ball bounced back off the Hammers' striker and trickled over the line.
We made three changes with Erik Lamela, Soldado and Lewis Holtby coming on for Sigurdsson, Eriksen and Kyle Naughton respectively and we were almost back in it in the 78th minute, Townsend's cross met by the head of Paulinho but straight at Jaaskelainen.
Sixty seconds later though, Morrison picked the ball up inside his own half and drove forward, going past the challenge of Michael Dawson before clipping the ball over Lloris for 3-0 and that was game over.
Match data
Spurs: Lloris, Walker, Dawson, Vertonghen, Naughton (Holtby 80), Paulinho, Dembele, Townsend, Eriksen (Soldado 73), Sigurdsson (Lamela 63), Defoe. Substitutes (not used): Friedel, Chiriches, Chadli, Sandro.
West Ham: Jaaskelainen, Demel, Tomkins, Reid, Rat, Downing, Diame (Collins 80), Noble (O'Brien 91), Nolan, Morrison, Vaz Te (Cole 86). Substitutes (not used): Adrian, Jarvis, Petric, Maiga.
Goals: West Ham - Reid 66, Vaz Te 71, Morrison 79.
Referee: Lee Probert.
Attendance: 35,977.


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The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries' Law Enforcement Division will begin training cadets in December to bolster the ranks of agents in the field in 2014.
The cadets will train at the department's training facility housed within the Waddill Outdoor Education Center in Baton Rouge. Successful completion of six months of intensive physical and academic training is required to graduate.
"An LDWF enforcement agent has a tremendous responsibility, protecting Louisiana's rich natural resources, and those who enjoy those resources, whether in the field or on the water," said LDWF Secretary Robert Barham. "And those responsibilities extend to response efforts during natural disasters when citizens need assistance in areas impacted."
At the academy, cadets train to enforce the state's recreational boating laws, the state and federal wildlife and fisheries laws and general law enforcement work on the state's many wildlife management areas. The academy also covers general law enforcement training required for all state law enforcement officers.
Agents are additionally trained for search and rescue and serve as the lead responders in search and rescue coordination under the Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness.
The 2014 class of graduating agents will fill field office vacancies around the state.
Interested applicants can apply on line through the Department of Civil Service website and must complete the LEAPS test to qualify for consideration. Please visit the civil service website at http://www.civilservice.louisiana.gov/ for "Wildlife Enforcement Cadet" and LEAPS testing application information.


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Tidy up with Osprey/Vamo community cleanup
SARASOTA COUNTY - It's time to clean out the garage and gather discarded household items, appliances, junk, tree trimmings and other garbage as Sarasota County will hold a free community cleanup in the Osprey/Vamo area from 8 a.m. to noon, Saturday, Oct. 7.
Dumpsters will be available for your convenience at the following locations:
- U.S. 41 and Church Street, Osprey (east of Tamiami Trail) - main site.
- U.S. 41 and West Oak Street, Osprey (west of Tamiami Trail).
- Vamo United Methodist Church, 8521 Vamo Road.
Hazardous materials, paint, auto parts, electronics, televisions and computers will not be accepted at any location.
Appliances and tires will only be accepted at the Church Street main site only.
Hazardous waste, including unwanted paint, may be taken to the Sarasota County Chemical Collection Center 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Wednesday through Saturday. The chemical collection center is located at 8750 Bee Ridge Road.
For more information, call the Sarasota County Contact Center at 941-861-5000.


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|Samuel Reed's Signature on His Will on 24 Aug 1823
Bruce Odom is one of these folks for me. His research online was invaluable early on in helping me find my 2-great grandfather James Henry Reed. His research on our Odom line is unparalleled in my opinion.
Bruce is still at it, I'm delighted to report. Last winter he posted an index to Barnwell County probate files on RootsWeb. Click here for the link to this index. Find your ancestor on the index, and go much more quickly to their record without jumping around hit or miss.
More details from that page:
This table includes the names from the Barnwell County, SC loose papers probate files that have been digitized and posted online by familysearch.org. They are in the Historical Records for North America. Here is the URL that takes you to the county list for South Carolina: https://www.familysearch.org/search/image/index#uri=https%3A//api.familysearch.org/records/collection/1911928/waypoints
Click the county of your interest and be prepared for some amazing family tree research. One of the most valuable features of this information is that it includes the names of several thousand slaves.
There are a good number of wills but I did not indicate that. If there was a will I used that date otherwise the date is the earliest one I saw from skimming through the information. This information can be searched and sorted as an MS Word table. On the familysearch screen type the number for the set of File Numbers you want to look at and then type the Image Number of the particular file you want to see. Broadband is essential.
Bruce Odom
Athens, TX
Jan. 29, 2012
Bruce, thank you once again for your diligence. You always amaze! I can never thank you enough.


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DALTON, Ga. | Deed Robbs was diagnosed with prostate cancer and was told he only had weeks to live.
That was eight years ago.
"I'm still here," Robbs said.
The gospel song "Nobody But You, Lord" has become his personal testimony, one he sings proudly as a member of the Gospel Song Birds of Dalton.
DALTON, Ga. | Deed Robbs was diagnosed with prostate cancer and was told he only had weeks to live.
That was eight years ago.
"I'm still here," Robbs said.
The gospel song "Nobody But You, Lord" has become his personal testimony, one he sings proudly as a member of the Gospel Song Birds of Dalton.
"When I was in trouble, you came to my rescue," as the song goes, "nobody, but you, Lord. Nobody but you."
"Nobody but God keeps them going," David Arnold said. "It's a blessing he's still here."
The men, along with seven others, perform at churches, festivals and other functions around the Southeast in the Dalton-based all-male black gospel group.
Singing is a way for them to worship God. Being in the group is a way they bond with other believers, are uplifted and encourage others.
The group recently celebrated its sixth anniversary with a song service at New Hope Baptist Church on Roan Street in Dalton. The celebration featured several artists along with the Song Birds. Other members of the group are Chester Beck, Herl Bonds, Thurman Dozier (vice president of the group), Eli Ellington, George Ramsey, Dony Suttles and George Walker. Arnold is the group's president.
There was a function six years ago where a person was looking for gospel groups to perform.
"So we got together to perform and just stayed together after that," Arnold said. "We're all lifelong acquaintances. Singing praises and enjoying what we do. We've all been singing for years. We just go at it and enjoy it."
The group focuses on hymns but often gives them a jazzy feel or a little blues twist on the song. Songs range from traditional to contemporary.
"At the end of the day, we still go back to the hymnal," Suttles said. "So much of it has a sorrowful tone, but we're often dealing with those conditions."
Though Arnold spent most of his adult life with a gospel singing group, he said it took some spiritual maturity before he fully understood.
"I was running too fast then," he said. "When I was singing back then, I never cried. Sometimes when I sing now, I cry because I know what I'm talking about. ... I love singing praises, lifting up the name of Jesus. I can't sing to you. I sing to Jesus. I can't sing about it if I don't believe it."
For Suttles, singing is about tradition.
"Before we could walk, we were listening to notes," he said.
Dozier sang for many years with a group called the Spiritual Heartbeats.
"I enjoyed singing in that group," he said. "Good time. ... It got to where we couldn't practice. I had to sing somewhere. I hooked up with this group and really enjoy it. I just love to sing."
Members say gospel groups such as theirs were once more common, but they fear it's a tradition that's beginning to fade in this area.
"We're trying to keep it going," Arnold said. "We're singing praises for God. It's all about Him."
All members are originally from the northwest Georgia area and live in Dalton now. And each member has a different home church, though they spend many Sundays together traveling to different churches.
"It's a group of great men," Arnold said. "We have a little headache from time to time. But if I was going to be on a (spiritual) battlefield, I'd want to be there with these guys. There are ups and downs, but you can always talk to them. You can call on them. We're more than friends. We're like brothers."


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France disposes Nigeria, punches ticket to quarters
Vive la France . . . barely.
France is onto the World Cup quarterfinals. But players and fans will no doubt have a glass of wine or two to calm their nerves after living through a dangerous game.
The favoured French slept through most of their match against Nigeria on Monday, waking up in time to score a pair of goals late in the contest to defeat the Super Eagles, 2-0.
The score may say it was a comfortable win, but it was anything but comfortable.
Considering the way France has played in this tournament, it would have been a cruel blow for them to bow out.
But the cruelty of sports visited Nigeria in this game. The man who will wear the loss for his nation was the man who was the best player on the pitch.
Nigerian goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama repeatedly stood between his team and the opposition, especially when the French took over in the second half.
Enyeama made at least three remarkable saves.
But, for an athlete, it's never about what he's done; it's about what he continues to do.
Enyeama had stifled Karim Benzema yet again, this time with a marvelous save on a headed ball.
On the ensuing corner kick, however, the vagaries of sports decided they would hit him with a dose of meanness. Enyeama came out on the corner and while he got a piece of the ball, he couldn't clear it.
Paul Pogba directed a header into the empty net to give the French control of the game.
An own goal by the Nigerians in added time put the game out of reach.
"In that moment only he can decide what to do," Eagles coach Stephen Keshi said. "He patted the ball rather than boxing the ball. That's what happens in sports."
By that time, though, the Nigerians were under constant siege by the French. The final 30 minutes of the game was all one-way traffic, with the African side clearly losing their impetus.
The French didn't play well until they substituted Antoine Griezmann for Oliver Giroud in the 62nd minute. Griezmann added energy and it also seemed to bring Benzema to life. Until then, Benzema was nowhere to be found.
Except for Mathieu Valbuena, a number of the French players were nowhere to be found in the game.
"A game is 90 minutes and we faced an opponent that played well," France coach Didier Deschamps said. "I have not seen any team control the game top to bottom. Nigeria slowed down and gave us lots of space in the last 30 minutes."
The Nigerians might have slowed down because the French kicked them around in the first half.
There were several nasty incidents. The worse came in the second half when Blaise Matuidi makes a poorly timed challenge on Ogenyi Onazi, forcing the midfielder to leave the game.
In what is becoming a theme at this World Cup, Keshi seized the opportunity to blame American referee Mark Geiger for his team's loss.
Keshi was especially displeased by a disallowed goal scored by his team. Emmanuel Emenike stuck his foot out on an Ahmed Musa pass, and put the ball in the net, but was ruled offside.
"I'm not happy with the refereeing," he said. "I don't know why it would be an offside goal. They did not show the goal at all in the stadium all game."
It was a close call and could have gone either way.
What would a press conference with an African team be without a question about whether a government official had come to Brazil with money for the team? A journalist made the suggestion it was $3 million.
"It is a tradition in our country that ministers and authorities visit us and encourage us to do our best," Keshi said. "We didn't get a salary, just our bonuses."
The bonus for the French was in being able to survive a game that could have ended it for them.
They recognize, though, that they need to get better, especially since it appears they are headed for a meeting with Germany.
"No, we are not afraid," said Pogba, when asked whether he was frightened of playing Germany. "We are the French national team. Why should be afraid?"
Probably because if they play the way they did against Nigeria, they'll lose.
*France goal GIF via @myregularface of GIFgoldmine.com


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CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A man who killed his father in front of a computer science class at a Wyoming community college was a "borderline genius" upset by the belief he had inherited Asperger's Syndrome from his dad, an aunt of the killer said Monday.
Christopher Krumm, 25, blamed Asperger's for his trouble keeping jobs after he got a master's degree in electrical engineering from Colorado School of Mines in 2009, said Barbara Nichols, of Bakersfield, Calif.
"Nice to be around. Never caused any trouble of any kind," said Nichols, who'd briefly lived with her sister's family in Casper in the early 1990s.
Asperger's is a mild form of autism. Asperger's is associated with difficulty making social connections but is not normally associated with predilection to violent behavior.
Krumm seemed normal to relatives as recently as three years ago, but then had a falling-out with his father. An uncle, Jon Sims, of Cheyenne, said he tried several times in recent years to reach his nephew by email, without success.
"As far as I know, he lived alone and had some social skill problems," Sims said.
Sims and Nichols both said they didn't know of any official diagnosis of Asperger's, but that Krumm may have diagnosed himself. Nichols said James Krumm told her that his son blamed him for Asperger's.
"He said 'He hates me. He blames me for this Asperger's,' " she said.
Police say Krumm shot 56-year-old James Krumm with an arrow and stabbed him in his Casper College classroom Friday. The six or so students in the computer science class escaped unhurt.
Earlier, Krumm fatally stabbed his father's girlfriend, 42-year-old Heidi Arnold, at the home she and James Krumm shared in a quiet neighborhood about two miles from campus. Arnold was a math instructor at Casper College.
Christopher Krumm fatally stabbed himself in the classroom after attacking his father. Nobody saw the final moments of the struggle — all students were able to flee unhurt — but police say Christopher Krumm stabbed his father in the chest.
Police arrived to find James Krumm dead and Christopher Krumm breathing his last breaths; he died in the classroom. Authorities locked down the campus for two hours until they were reassured there were no other attackers.
Police said Krumm acted alone and that his motive was unclear. No suicide note was reported found.
Krumm had been living in an apartment house in Vernon, Conn., and drove to Casper a few days before the attack.
Nichols said she only knew her nephew to be polite and amiable. She said he was very close to his mother, Carol Krumm, who died of breast cancer in 2005.
Nichols said her nephew was friendly with his cousins but didn't seem to have any other friends his own age growing up.
"He was always comfortable around adults, and I guess kids in his class seemed too immature for him," Nichols said.
"I'm just real sad to lose him. I'm sad. I really loved him. It was hard losing my sister and now this. I wonder what's next. But he was obviously a lost soul, and I hope he's at peace now."
She described her nephew as a "borderline genius." As a high school student in Casper, Krumm had amassed 59 credits taking math, computer science, physics and violin at Casper College, school spokesman Rich Fujita said Monday.
A typical major requires about 64 credits for a degree from the two-year school.
Krumm most recently worked as a groundman for Broadband Access Services, a company that builds cable lines along roadways throughout New England, but he quit Tuesday.
A company spokeswoman said he worked for the Connecticut office for several months but she didn't have any details about his departure.
Krumm had lived in Vernon for the past few months in a three-story rooming house. Residents share a common bathroom on each floor. The rooms don't have kitchens so the only way to cook is on a hot plate or with a microwave.
Police searched Krumm's room at the request of Wyoming authorities and found some items, detective Jim Grady said. The Hartford, Conn., bomb squad assisted in the search, but no hazardous devices were found. Police said they turned over some paper records, a computer printer and unidentified other items that were requested by authorities in Casper.
Police in Connecticut said Krumm applied for a pistol permit Oct. 17 but the permit was still pending and wasn't issued.
Krumm got a bachelor's of science degree from Colorado State University in 2008, school spokesman Mike Hooker said.
According to the school's website, he studied high-resolution imaging with lasers for his senior project. His faculty adviser, Carmen S. Menoni, referred questions to a school spokesman.
His uncle said he last saw his nephew around the time he got his master's three years ago.
"We had him for dinner. He seemed fairly normal at that point to me. But then when he went back East we lost contact with him and weren't able to re-establish contact, so I don't know what was going on," Jon Sims said.
Nichols said she emailed her nephew a year ago and asked for his address to send him a birthday card, but he responded that he wouldn't give it to her because he didn't want his dad to find him.
"I wish we could have been in contact with him," Sims said. "We tried several times, but unsuccessfully. But, you know, there's only so much you can do."
A memorial service is planned at Casper College on Tuesday.
Ben Neary in Cheyenne; Nicholas Riccardi, Colleen Slevin, Catherine Tsai in Denver; Michael Melia in Vernon, Conn.; Monika Mathur in New York, and Lindsey Tanner in Chicago contributed to this report.


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Labor in America: A History, 8th Edition
Labor in America: A History, 8th Edition
Jan 2010, Wiley-Blackwell
520 pages
Product not available for purchase
Even since the last edition of this milestone text was released six years ago, unions have continued to shed members; union membership in the private sector of the economy has fallen to levels not seen since the nineteenth century; the forces of economic liberalization (neo-liberalism), capital mobility, and globalization have affected measurably the material standard of living enjoyed by workers in the United States; and mass immigration from the Southern Hemisphere and Asia has continued to restructure the domestic labor force.
Yet even in the face of anti-union legislation, a continuing decline in the number of organized workers, and the fear of stateless, if not faceless terrorism—the shadow of "911" in which we still live, in preparing this new edition of his classic text Professor Dubofsky has hewn to the lines laid out in the previous seven in seeking to encourage today's students of labor history to learn about those who built the United States and who will shape its future.
In addition to taking the narrative right up to the present, a recent history that includes the election of 2008 as well as the tumultuous blow suffered by the U.S. and world economy in 2008-09, this eighth edition features an entirely new (fourth) bank of photographs and, in light of the avalanche of new scholarly work over the last decade, a complete overhauling of the book's extensive and critical Further Readings section in order to note the very best works from the profuse recent scholarship that explores the history of working people in all its diversity.
Preface ix
1. Colonial America 1
Life and Labor in the Colonies 6
Workers, Politics, and Revolution 15
2. The First Unions 20
Early Unions 23
Law vs. Labor 28
Growth of Labor Organization 30
3. The Workingmen's Parties 33
Leadership 37
Political Action 42
4. Labor Strength in the 1830s 48
Union Growth 49
A National Labor Movement? 53
An Urge to Strike 54
An Employer Counterattack 57
The National Trades Union 60
The Decline of Unionism 64
5. The Impact of Industrialism 66
Industrialism, Technological Change, and Reform 69
Rebuilding a Union Movement 79
6. Toward National Organization 85
The National Labor Union 90
The NLU and Social Reform 95
Depression and Union Decline 99
7. An Era of Upheaval 102
Unrest and Conflict 103
The Great Railroads Strikes 106
The Haymarket Riot 110
8. The Rise and Decline of the Knights of Labor 114
Origins of the Knights of Labor 116
The Rise of the Knights 125
The Decline of the Knights 131
9. The American Federation of Labor 135
Triumph of Business Unionism 136
Samuel Gompers and the New Unionism 138
Emergence of the AFL 141
AFL Principles and Policies 145
10. Homestead and Pullman 149
The Great Pullman Strike and Boycott 154
Labor, Populism, and Socialism 161
Labor in Ebb Tide 164
11. The Progressive Era 166
Employers and Unions: A New Understanding 168
The Anthracite Coal Strike, 1902 170
Employers Fight Back 175
AFL and Political Action 180
Organizing Immigrant Workers 185
12. Thunder on the Left 189
The Wobblies 190
The Spirit of the IWW 194
The Lawrence Strike 195
Repressing the IWW, 1913-1919 199
The Meaning of the IWW 202
13. The First World War – and After 204
Postwar Labor Upheaval 209
Year of Strikes, 1919 219
Labor Militancy 218
14. Labor in Retreat 221
The American Plan and the Open Shop 225
Welfare Capitalism 229
Labor and Insurgent Politics 233
The AFL after Gompers 235
The Demoralization of Organized Labor 237
15. The New Deal 242
Section 7 (a) 243
A New Unionism and Its Limits 245
The Wagner Act 264
The New Deal Political Order 264
16. The Rise of the Congress of Industrial Organizations 264
John L. Lewis and the CIO 268
The Impact of the CIO 281
17. Labor and Politics 286
War, Lewis, and the Election of 1940 292
18. The Second World War 303
The National War Labor Board 313
The 1945-1946 Strike Wave 317
A New Industrial Relations System 323
19. From Taft-Hartley to the Merger of the AFL and the CIO 325
AFL and the CIO 325
Labor, Taft-Hartley, and Politics 329
A United Labor Movement 337
AFL-CIO: A "Sleepy Monopoly" 342
20. Disappointed Hopes 344
Labor's Decline 345
Corruption, Politics, and Labor's Travail 348
Race, War, and Agricultural Workers 361
A Satisfied Labor Movement 364
21. Hard Times: Workers and Union, 1973-2000 365
An End to Economic Growth? 366
Restructuring the Labor Force 370
The Rise of Public Employee Unionism 374
Labor and Politics 377
The Crisis of Unionism 385
Lane Kirkland and Dashed Hopes 389
Union Troubles in Mass-Production Industries 392
Deregulation and Union Decline in Transportation 395
A Mixed Bag 397
A New Labor-Left Alliance 401
A Dim Future for Labor? 403
22. Hope and Despair: Workers and Unions Since 2000 405
Labor and Politics 405
A New Unionism 410
Hard and Dangerous Work 412
A New War Economy 414
Toward an Unequal Society 415
The Wal-Mart Effect 418
Labor's Travails Cause Dissension 420
Triumph and Tribulation 425
Whither Labor? 433
Further Reading 435
Index 463
Photos Following Pages 32, 188, 324, 364