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The Princeton Graduate School will present awards to six graduate students in recognition of their outstanding abilities as teachers.
The annual Association of Princeton Graduate Alumni Teaching Awards are sponsored by the graduate alumni and are selected by the Graduate School administration. The five 2009 winners are Aaron Hostetter of the English department, Gwyneth McClendon of the politics department, Katherine (Kate) Meierdiercks of the civil and environmental engineering department, Lillian Pierce of the mathematics department and Ilya Ryzhov of the operations research and financial engineering department.
A sixth student, Yves Plancherel of the geosciences department, will receive the Friends of the Davis International Center Excellence in Teaching Award, which is given annually to an international graduate student.
All will be honored at the Association of Princeton Graduate Alumni's Tribute to Teaching Reception on Saturday, May 30. Each winner will receive $1,000.
Hostetter, who came to Princeton in 2003 after earning his bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Colorado, was recognized by faculty members and students in the English department for his innovative pedagogy, meticulous preparation and dedication to student learning. He has sparked the imagination and intellect of undergraduates while leading precepts for courses such as the rigorous "Introduction to English Literature" and "Dirty Words: Satire, Slander and Society." One student wrote that she was nominating him for the award "for his intellectual ferocity, his warm concern for students both in and out of the classroom, his thoroughness in topic preparation, his attention to not only content but structure, his willingness to spend so much time and effort personally going over papers and his receptiveness to literary ideas that sometimes contradicted his own or were entirely out of left field." In 2006-07, the English department chose Hostetter as its official graduate student liaison to the University's McGraw Center for Teaching and Learning. In that role, he developed advanced pedagogical workshops and roundtables for his fellow graduate student assistants in instruction.
McClendon, who came to Princeton in 2006 after earning her bachelor's degree from Columbia University, has served as the preceptor for two high-level politics courses this academic year -- "Politics in Developing Countries" and "Comparative Ethnic Conflict." Rafaela Dancygier, assistant professor of politics and international affairs, was among those who recommended McClendon for the teaching award after seeing her at work as a preceptor for the latter course. McClendon's "knowledge of the material, her engagement of students and her ability to approach the material in new ways made for excellent precepts," Dancygier observed. Students who recommended McClendon for the award offered similar words of praise. One student wrote: "She has a firm handle on her precepts, is always well organized, and seems very passionate and knowledgeable about the subjects she teaches and about helping students grow and learn about the topics."
Meierdiercks, who came to Princeton in 2002 after earning her bachelor's degree from Tufts University, just wrapped up her seventh and final year as a doctoral student in the civil and environmental engineering department. She joined the Princeton Writing Program in 2007-08, leading a successful writing seminar on "The Science and Politics of Urban Sprawl." In this course, students learn to advance original arguments while studying the environmental impact of sprawling suburban development across the United States. Students have praised her for encouraging their participation in class; for giving helpful feedback on drafts and revisions; and for her one-on-one conferences with them. "I have learned how to enter the academic conversation, write a functioning thesis, develop an argument and interact with sources," one student wrote. "My writing has become more mature and actually has a point or purpose beyond just completing the assignment." Meierdiercks also has taught a writing and reading course for international graduate students in science and engineering and served in various leadership positions within the University community. Those range from being assistant master of Butler College to serving on the committee that hired postdoctoral fellows in science and engineering to teach writing and reading courses for international graduate students. "In each of these roles, she distinguished herself through her generosity toward the students and teachers she worked with," wrote Kerry Walk, director of the Princeton Writing Program.
Pierce, a 2002 Princeton alumna who has been a graduate student in Princeton's mathematics department since 2004, is admired by her undergraduate students and the faculty with whom she has collaborated. "In my more than 25 years at Princeton, I have never encountered anyone who came close to the service she has done for the department and the University in terms of mentoring, innovation and inspiration," wrote Andrew Wiles, the chair of Princeton's mathematics department and the Eugene Higgins Professor of Mathematics. Alongside mathematics professor Robert Gunning, Pierce revised the way the standard honors course in multivariable calculus is taught. Gunning described Pierce as "a remarkable teacher and an influential role model in modern mathematics, as well as a very promising research mathematician." Those who nominated her said she is devoted to her students, frequently giving them time beyond what is required. "She is extremely dedicated to her students and is more than willing to sacrifice her own time for their sake," one undergraduate noted. "She often stayed far past the end of class to answer questions and make further clarifications for students."
Ryzhov has his bachelor's degree from Cornell University and has been a graduate student at Princeton since 2006. One undergraduate described the precepts that he led as "perhaps the most thorough precepts I had ever experienced. … Every student who walked into Ilya's precept had the expectation of learning something new, whether it be a different perspective of the material presented in lecture or some elegant algebraic shortcuts, and we were never disappointed." Other undergraduates said they benefited greatly from Ryzhov's willingness to give students time outside the classroom and designated office hours. "Not only did he always come thoroughly prepared for his precepts, but he also went beyond his duty as a preceptor, always staying overtime to answer any questions that the students might have," one student noted. "His help in precepts and office hours helped me gain a deeper understanding of the material, and his friendly and unassuming personality really made the learning experience a very enjoyable one."
Plancherel, who originally is from Switzerland, came to Princeton in 2005 after earning his bachelor's degree from Hawaiian Pacific University and his master's degree in oceanography from the University of Hawaii-Manoa. He was unanimously nominated for the international teaching award for the second consecutive year by the geosciences department. Gregory van der Vink, visiting lecturer in the department, wrote that Plancherel is the most worthy candidate for the award that he has encountered in his 15 years at Princeton. What distinguishes Plancherel is that he is more than a responsible grader or a skilled guide for students through course materials, van der Vink wrote. While he is strong in both those areas, van der Vink noted that "he is truly outstanding in what is perhaps the most difficult skill of all -- gently guiding students with probing questions that allow them to identify creative approaches to problem-solving by themselves."


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It took 50 years — and for Erin Hamlin, three Olympics — but an American has finally won a singles medal in the sport. Erin Hamlin took bronze behind two powerful Germans in the women's final Tuesday.
Natalie Geisenberger's winning margin of 1.139 seconds was the largest at the Olympics since 1964, the sport's first year at the games. She set a track record on her first run Monday and did the same again on Tuesday, in a run that saw her top 84.5 mph.
The silver medal went to Tatjana Huefner, who won gold in the same event at the Vancouver 2010 Games. Hamlin finished 1.377 seconds behind Geisenberger.
The luge was added to the Winter Olympics 22 years before Hamlin, who lives in Remsen, N.Y., was born. But she has made her mark in the sport, winning the 2009 world championships and three U.S. titles.
And on Tuesday, Hamlin accomplished her goal in Sochi, which she said wasn't so much to make history as it was to get on the podium.
"It's amazing," Hamlin said after her medal run. "It's surreal, really."
"I'm sure everyone at home is going crazy," she added, according to the Team USA site, "and I can't wait to get home to see them."
At the end of the four runs — two on Monday and two today — the three women remained in the same order they were in last night. But Geisenberger, who led by three-quarters of a second after Monday, pulled away, and Hufner kept an edge over Hamlin.
Germany has dominated luge events for years now — and that's holding true in Sochi, where the country has won two gold medals and a silver. Only three other countries — Russia, Italy, and now the U.S. — have medals in the sport.
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Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Chunky Plum and Tomato Chutney
From the kitchen of One Perfect Bite...It was a gorgeous day. It was crisp and sunny and early errands provided the perfect excuse to get out for a while. An hour became two and before I knew it the day was done. We picked up visas, had flu shots and filled the prescriptions the CDC insists we need for our adventure. With all of that done, our trip countdown officially began. We are at 12 days and counting. The next destination on the agenda should have been home, where chores aplenty were waiting. I must admit my resolve crumbled. The day was just too lovely to spend inside. We took to our favorite backroads and byways and spent the rest of the day in the country picking, plucking and picnicing. I came home with what will probably be my final stash of locally grown plums, tomatoes and sweet peppers. I also had some gorgeous, fresh from the farm, pork and lamb in my tote. The plums and tomatoes are starting to look dogeared, so I decided to use them in a chutney where their less than perfect appearance could be disguised. The chutney would be perfect with grilled chops and help make an ordinary meal special. Time constraints meant the chutney would have to be served warm, so that helped narrow down my choices. This simple version of the condiment looks best when it is made with firm, just ripe fruit. If you have good knife skills, the chutney is table ready in about 30 minutes. Leftovers can be refrigerated for several weeks or frozen for up to a year. Here's the recipe.
Chunky Plum and Tomato Chutney...from the kitchen of One Perfect Bite, inspired by Nancy Baggett
1 small yellow onion, coarsely chopped
1-1/2 tablespoons peeled and finely chopped ginger root
1 (3-inch) piece stick cinnamon
1 teaspoon allspice berries, crushed or 1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
1/2 teaspoon black peppercorns, crushed or a scant 1/2 teaspoon coarsely ground black pepper
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 to 3 pinches dried hot red pepper flakes, crushed, to taste
2 cloves, finely crushed or 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup apple cider vinegar
2 tablespoons water
2-1/2 cups pitted and chopped (3/4 inch) unpeeled red or yellow plums
1-1/4 cups slightly underripe peeled tomatoes, chopped into 3/4-inch pieces
1) Have 2 or 3 (8-ounce) jars ready.
2) In a medium-size nonreactive pan over medium-high heat, combine onion, ginger root, cinnamon stick, allspice, black pepper, salt, red pepper flakes, cloves, sugar, vinegar and water. Adjust heat so that the mixture boils briskly and cook, uncovered, 5 minutes. Add plums and reduce heat to simmer gently for 3 minutes. Add tomatoes and cook 3 to 5 minutes longer, or until plum and tomato pieces are cooked through but still hold some shape. Liquid should seem almost syrupy. Remove from the heat.
3) To test for doneness, put about a tablespoon of the chutney in a small, nonreactive bowl and place in freezer about 3 minutes. If syrup is slightly thickened, chutney is done. If it is still runny, boil 2 minutes longer. (The chutney may still seem somewhat fluid but will thicken further when chilled.)
4) Remove from heat. Discard cinnamon stick. Ladle chutney into jars, allowing about 3/4-inch headroom for expansion during freezing. Wipe any drips from jar rims and threads; screw on lids securely. Let stand until barely warm. If lids seem loose after cooling and contracting, check and tighten further, but not so much that seal is broken. May refrigerate for 1 month or freeze up to 1 year. Yield: 3-1/2 cups.
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35 comments :
- Ginny Hartzler said...
You never cease to amaze me with the variety of foods you make. India, right? Do you know anyone there? How long will you be gone? Will you be bringing indian curry and spices back home in your suitcase?
- October 6, 2010 at 1:17 AM
- Ana said...
Delicioso este chutney, tengo calabaza y tomates esta hecho.
Besos - October 6, 2010 at 2:36 AM
- Inspired by eRecipeCards said...
Looks incredible... pass a Ritz
- October 6, 2010 at 2:52 AM
- Cherine said...
Looks fabulous!!
- October 6, 2010 at 2:55 AM
- Faith said...
wow that chutney looks delicious! This weather can last all fall! It's gorgeous!
- October 6, 2010 at 3:25 AM
- giorno26 ¸¸.•*¨*•. said...
Buono !
Da provare assolutamente :)
Ciao Mry e buona giornata.
Myriam - October 6, 2010 at 4:02 AM
- Alessandra said...
Ciao Mary,
I have never thought of making a chutney with both plums and tomatoes, what a great way to use the last produce! The colour looks great!
Alessandra - October 6, 2010 at 4:39 AM
- Sushma Mallya said...
I do tomato chutney but never included plum in it and thats interesting...and looks yum mary...have a lovely day,take care
- October 6, 2010 at 4:50 AM
- Diane said...
This sounds very tasty. I have made a note of it for next year when my plums are on the trees. Diane
- October 6, 2010 at 5:50 AM
- Martha said...
This looks like the perfect solution to less than perfect produce!
- October 6, 2010 at 6:02 AM
- From the Kitchen said...
I think you had a perfect day--somewhat unplanned and somewhat different. Chores can always wait and some days have to be grabbed and used when they present themselves.
Bonnie - October 6, 2010 at 7:17 AM
- Allie and Pattie said...
Mary, it sounds like a perfect day. And this chutney looks lovely- I'm thinking pork chops may be on the menu for my husband this week before I have surgery and he's on his own
xoxo Pattie - October 6, 2010 at 7:27 AM
- Carla and Michael said...
Plums and tomatoes? Interesting combo, not one I'd ever thought about pairing until now. What do you serve this over?
- October 6, 2010 at 7:37 AM
- Cathy said...
What a delicious combination of flavors, Mary. I love chutneys and the way they perk up a meal. I can almost taste this with some grilled lamb chops. Yum.
- October 6, 2010 at 7:50 AM
- Unknown said...
The chutney looks and sounds wonderful, Mary! I bet the next 12 days will seem like you are a kid waiting for Christmas! Can't wait to hear of all your adventures!
- October 6, 2010 at 9:06 AM
- PeggyR said...
That sounds really yummy.
- October 6, 2010 at 9:10 AM
- Nina Timm said...
I am busy with some product innovation using mushrooms and my brief for this week is chutneys....this recipe is inspiring me!!!
- October 6, 2010 at 10:37 AM
- Jeannie said...
I love chutneys! wish I could taste some of yours, they look so delicious!
- October 6, 2010 at 11:41 AM
- Pushpa said...
Looks Fantastic....
- October 6, 2010 at 12:26 PM
- Satya said...
beautiful combination ...delicious chutney
- October 6, 2010 at 1:01 PM
- Faith said...
12 days? You must be getting so excited, Mary! The chutney is lovely, I can imagine myself using it in so many ways!
- October 6, 2010 at 2:00 PM
- Rita said...
Sounds and looks fantastic. You must cook all the time; wow!
- October 6, 2010 at 2:12 PM
- Priya Suresh said...
Chutney sounds very interesting and droolworthy..
- October 6, 2010 at 2:56 PM
- aipi said...
what a great combo..i like chunky chutneys..this one must have tasted awesome!!
US Masala - October 6, 2010 at 3:13 PM
- Delishhh said...
Love chutney, but never made tomato chutney, i usually make apple chutney. Nice work!
- October 6, 2010 at 4:33 PM
- Jennifer said...
What a great combination, i agree with Ginny, you have a varied menu like nobody's business!
- October 6, 2010 at 5:48 PM
- Kelly said...
Gorgeous. Seems like an unusual combo, but I can absolutely understand how it would work well together. Yum!
- October 6, 2010 at 6:05 PM
- Joanne said...
I have to say, I DO love a good chutney! India is going to be so much fun and I'm so excited for you! I'm sure you'll come back rife with ideas and inspiration from the food!
- October 6, 2010 at 9:06 PM
- Katie@Cozydelicious said...
What an awesome way to use up lingering fruit. This looks like it would be awesome with grilled lamb chops!
- October 6, 2010 at 10:08 PM
- La Bella Cooks said...
What a gorgeous combo of flavors. Lovely!
- October 6, 2010 at 10:13 PM
- Bakericious said...
looks good!
- October 6, 2010 at 10:22 PM
- Adelina said...
interesting chutney- you are creative indeed!
- October 6, 2010 at 11:29 PM
- Create. Snap. Eat. said...
Chutney with tomatoes?! Goodness, I have much to learn.
- October 7, 2010 at 1:40 AM
- Eliana said...
This chutney has perfect written all over it Mary. I love it.
- October 7, 2010 at 10:16 AM
- My Little Space said...
Wow Mary, you have prepared lots of churtney and relish lately! You can still be able to enjoy all of them even after your trip.
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Spirits were high when a posse of John Boehner's friends traveled from Ohio to the nation's capital to celebrate the longtime Republican congressman's elevation to House speaker in January 2011.
Here's what one of them, Steve Schramm, told NPR at the time, between bites of grilled cheese sandwiches being served in an ornate Capitol Hill reception room and jokes about how long it would take Boehner to tear up at his swearing in: "John is a very good diplomat in a world of politicians. He's likable, but has conviction."
That boded well for their guy, Schramm figured, even as a Tea Party-fueled debate over whether to raise the nation's debt ceiling loomed.
But that celebratory mood quickly faded, and since that first debt ceiling mess, Boehner's speakership has been buffeted by constant crisis.
Today he's the man in the middle of what has the makings of one of the most dramatic and damaging failures of Congress in the nation's history, embittered by past failed negotiations with Obama, and boxed in by the Tea Party wing of his party.
Back home, those who cheered him on his big day are as divided as the rest of their party on how Boehner has handled the hand he's been dealt as speaker.
Schramm says he likes how Boehner has stiffened his spine in his dealings with the White House and Senate Democrats. Others, including Bill Langdon, who owned a pub in Boehner's hometown of West Chester where supporters partied when Democrat Nancy Pelosi passed the speaker's gavel to their congressman, are disillusioned.
"I don't like the shutdown," says Langdon, who says Boehner erred in allowing the budget debate to be linked to efforts to undo the health care overhaul.
"He's boxed himself in a corner now," says Langdon, now retired. "He's swum out to sea and he's got nowhere to go."
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Schramm has a different take. He likes where Boehner's path has taken him, and just wishes he'd gotten tougher sooner.
"We all had the highest of hopes then — Barack Obama had promised to work with the other side, and John was the right guy to provide that connection," says Schramm, a southwest Ohio businessman who met Boehner on a golf course more than a half dozen years ago.
"But what the president promised is not how it played out, and at home, we all hoped that John would stiffen up sooner," he says. "As a local guy, I'm happy he's finally digging his heels in and taking a stand on the government's role in my life."
Schramm says Boehner's secret debt ceiling negotiations with the president in 2011 damaged him with the party. And he theorizes that it was fallout from that experience, more so than his demoralizing ouster from party leadership during Newt Gingrich's reign as speaker in the 1990s, that's been driving him in the current crisis.
"After that, he said, 'The hell with it,' " Schramm says, referring to Boehner's debt ceiling negotiations with Obama two years ago. "John's not going to fight until you hit him first; then he's going to fight."
Tom O'Brien, a Cincinnati investment adviser who also traveled to Washington for Boehner's party, says he felt some frustration with the speaker's early performance. But he notes that the current battle — propelled by the new class of conservatives in Congress — has enhanced Boehner's standing with conservatives back home.
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"I would suggest that the speaker's support is as high as it's ever been," says O'Brien, who also lives in Boehner's hometown and has lived in his congressional district for more than three decades. "This is clearly no fun because it creates hardships on many folks, but it's absolutely necessary."
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Langdon, however, argues that Boehner has not picked the right fights — or picked the right fights at the wrong time.
"He should have let the health care bill go," Langdon says, particularly with Democrats in control of the Senate and with voters having just given President Obama a second term and an implicit endorsement of his health care overhaul.
"If Obamacare is as bad as we think it is, let it go ahead and let the people feel the pain of it, and then things will change," he says. "If it's not as bad as I think it is, then good."
Langdon says he's also been disappointed in how Boehner has sold the GOP agenda to the American people.
"I just don't think he does a good job explaining what Republicans are doing," says Langdon. "No matter what you thought of her, when Nancy Pelosi was speaker, she was on the TV every day — she was out there.
"You rarely see Speaker Boehner out there explaining his position," he says.
Boehner made a brief appearance Tuesday afternoon during which he said "there's going to be a negotiation" but offered no further detail.
When Langdon still owned the Grand Ole Pub, it was an unofficial meeting place of sorts for Republicans. He remembers Boehner staffers holding monthly meetings there with local Tea Party groups.
"I could tell from their body language they weren't agreeing," Langdon says. "The speaker is not a Tea Party guy, but he has to work with them, and they've pushed him.
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A: Most important key concept! Your original, factory paint applied in the factory is the definition and essence of "perfect". It is ideal and superior to a repaint in terms of durability, appearance, and film thickness. This paint cannot be duplicated in a conventional body shop. When your original paint gets repainted in a body shop, it gets corrupted and is often more vulnerable to further damage and other problems (see below)!
A car with original factory paint has a higher utility & resale value when compared to if it has been repainted. At car dealerships, if you bring your car to trade it in, they will often use a paint meter to see if your car has been repainted and deduct the price accordingly. So don't corrupt your factory paint! Fall in love with it! "Preserving" is better than "repainting".
How is PDR performed for my Auto Hail Damage, Agate, Colorado?
As highly skilled craftsmen, we use specialized lighting to cast a reflective pattern on the dent so we can "read" it correctly. Then, working from behind the panel, we use specially crafted rods, balls & spoons to massage your dent with gentle, precise pushes & the right amount of pressure. This reshapes the metal back to its' original contour. Your original paint and parts remain intact, and the results are truly amazing! In cases where we are unable to access the dent from behind, we use specially engineered glue pulling systems to lift the dent from the outside.
Q: Warning! What is a conventional repair (CR) at a body shop and should I avoid it for hail damage repair?
A: Conventional repair (CR) is truly legitimate and I am not, I repeat, I am not bashing it. Yet it is a highly invasive process of last resort to be used only when absolutely necessary. It includes replacing panels or filling the dent with bondo, then repainting the entire panel with a paint finish that's "not quite the same" as the original factory finish. What remains is diminished monetary and utility value and potentially other problems like mismatched paint, cracking, checking, crow's feet, and becoming more chip prone. The list goes on. Also, it the original finish is disturbed in any way, your manufacturer's paint warranty is often voided. I protect that warranty! CR should be carefully avoided unless as a last resort your damage cannot be fixed properly by PDR. Understand that we are always going to need conventional body shops for major damage too severe for PDR.
Paintless Dent Repair (PDR) Recap
So to recap, here are the top 5 advantages of PDR over conventional body shop repairs:
The most important advantages are "highest quality" and "less invasive". Your insurance company is legally obligated to restore your car as close to the original finish as possible and the filler is not metal. It's filler! PDR is the closest you can get to "like it never happened".
- Avoid destroying your paint warranty. Auto manufacturers provide a factory paint warranty on their vehicles. If the original finish on the vehicle is disturbed in any way, the warranty is often voided. I protect this warranty through my expert hail damage repair.
- Higher resale & utility value.
- Save time. PDR is a much faster repair process than CR.
- Cost effective since PDR is more efficient, I can offer complete dent removal at a very fair price.
Smart tip: Let the PDR specialist be the "quarterback" of your insurance claim rather than a conventional body shop. It's a no-brainer. Give us a call now to schedule the drop off of your car. (720) 242-9595
Meet me (Brian the owner)
Hi, Brian the owner here. I will be answering questions about the insurance process below. But before I do, I'd like to briefly introduce myself. I'm a flaming PDR enthusiast, & founder of a local paintless dent repair (PDR) company called Scratch Master. I'm a 19-year expert at performing PDR with thousands of satisfied customers. It's important that you know I am not an out of state hail chaser who will be gone tomorrow. I live, shop, and raise my family here (4 kids and 1 wife ;0). Headquartered in Littleton, Co., I serve the Denver Metro area and surrounding counties.
Here's what I can do for you and your Hail Damage Repair, Agate, Colorado :
- Work diligently with your insurance company to ensure you get a fair settlement.
- Conscientiously repair your vehicle the smarter way using the PDR process for your Hail Damage Repairs.
- Adamantly avoid conventional auto body work when it makes sense.
- Ensure your car preserves its' original factory paint & parts when prudent.
- I can often reduce or eliminate your deductible.
Paintless Dent Repair (PDR) FAQ's
Q: I want to hire you, How does this work?
A: My Hail Damage Repair - PDR process is as easy as 1,2,3.
- Drive your car to my shop (or we can pick it up for you if you want).
- Sign the work authorization form.
- Hand me the keys. Now relax as you are done. My team and I will take care of the rest.
Q: Can all dents caused by Hail Damage be removed with PDR?
A: Hail damage can almost always be removed perfectly by PDR. In extreme cases where the metal is stretched, I can still make a massive "near perfect" improvement. My promise: I guarantee excellent results. So if I encounter a dent that cannot be fixed to an acceptable level with PDR, then I can refer you to a conventional body shop I trust.
Q: If I file an insurance claim will my rates go up?
A: No, except in rare cases. As a rule, when you file a catastrophic claim you will not be singled out for a rise in rates. However because you live in hail-prone Colorado, you already pay high rates and they may raise rates statewide or in a particular area from time to time. Hail is classified as an "act of nature", which is a "no-fault" claim.
Q: Should I file a claim?
A: It depends on the situation. Here are 2 examples.
- Situation 1: If you have insurance and if the cost of repairs is significantly higher than the cost of your deductible, then yes file a claim. Why wouldn't you? If you do not file a claim, then your monthly premium will pay to fix your neighbor's car while you receive no benefit. Would you pay for a gym membership every month and then not use it? Of course not. If you're not going to use it, then why do you pay for it?
- Situation 2: If you have a $500 deductible and you have only $700 in damage, then we might recommend you keep insurance out of it. Come and see us for a free inspection and we will give you our best advice. We support your decision either way you decide.
Q: I already filed a claim and received a check from my insurance company. I need to pay some bills and I'll just leave the Hail Damage on the car. Is this a good idea?
A: It's usually not a good idea for 5 reasons:
- On average, the check you received is typically written for approx. ½ the actual cost of repairs. Seriously! If you have doubts about that, call our office, ask for me (Brian) and I'll explain how it works.
- Let's say someone sideswipes you. That claim will be either denied or significantly reduced due to pre-existing hail damage.
- When you go to sell the car, the sale price will be reduced significantly.
- If your car is a lease or if you are making payments on your car, typically you are under contract to fix the damage.
- Driving a Hail Damaged car is not sexy.
Q: Do I have to use the shop referred by my insurance company for Hail Damage Repairs?
A: No. Auto insurance is not like an HMO where they tell you what doctors you can use. You pay them for the right to choose who fixes your car. It's your choice. Period. Choose a trusted paintless dent repair company to navigate your claim and the dent by dent decisions made on your car.
Q: Why does it matter who I choose to fix my cars Hail Damage?
A: If you had a problem with your heart, would you choose the doctor that was a general practitioner, or would you choose a cardiologist? The same applies here. The person you hire to navigate the job and the claim will have dent by dent decisions to make as to what will happen to your valuable factory finish. Unfortunately, poor decisions are made on a regular basis when a CR specialist is calling the shots on a hail claim. Especially on a particular dent that "seems" to be a bit more challenging in the mind of the CR shop owner who just does not know what is possible since he or she is not a PDR specialist. CR shops tend to see damage through their CR lens.
Q: What does PDR cost when fixing Hail Damage?
A: If you have comprehensive insurance, then your hail damage repair will be 100% covered except for your deductible. So, for example, let's say you have a $500 deductible and your Hail Damage Repairs claim comes in at $5,000 total. You will pay the shop $500 and your insurance will pay us the difference of $4,500. Scratch Master is often able to reduce and sometimes completely waive your deductible. So, in that case, your cost is $0 out of pocket. If you don't have insurance, come on in for an estimate. We will do all we can to make it make sense for you.
Q: How is pricing a Hail Damaged Car determined?
A: It starts with a highly skilled technician viewing the car under PDR UV lighting. From there, we use a PDR software trusted & used all over the world. It accounts for cost and is friendly to insurance company standards. Then the insurance company sends an adjuster out to verify the damage with the insurance company's software. The technician and the adjuster have a conversation and together they determine the actual cost.
Q: My insurance company is telling me I have to drive around and get 3 estimates. Am I really required to do that for my Hail Damage Repair?
A: No. I work with insurance companies all the time. In 19 years, I have never had an insurance company deny my estimate because they needed an additional one. If you want to hire me, bring your car to my shop and drop it off. It's that easy. My team and I will handle the entire claims process so you don't have to.
One last thought
Important distinction! – There is a difference between:
A. a PDR specialty shop (who performs PDR every day with the intention to avoid CR when prudent) and B. a CR shop who hires a "dent guy" (who will agree to whatever the CR shop owner tells him).
I have seen conventional body shops choose inferior CR when PDR was possible (even though they had a dent guy). The CR shop had control & the side of the car got corrupted. Don't risk it? Go direct.
For the health & value of your car, every dent that can be removed properly with PDR should be removed with PDR especially with a strong emphasis to avoid CR. And, great effort and commitment should be made to do so especially on dents that are somewhat "challenging".
The best way to ensure this commitment is to hire a quality PDR shop to navigate your job rather than hire a CR shop. Even if they subcontract to a dent guy. Even if they advertise for paintless dent repair. This way, you remove the middleman, their bias, their interference, and their non-specialization. Check hail damage report around Denver here
Therefore, hire a conventional repair shop for what they do best. Major damage. There are definitely times the damage is too severe for my PDR service. When this is the case, I will certainly recommend you take your car to a conventional body shop.
We provide hail damage repair to the entire Denver metro area, Agate, and surrounding cities.
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Six Ways to Liberate America From Wall Street Rule
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How is it that our nation is awash in money, but too broke to provide jobs and services? David Korten introduces a landmark new report, "How to Liberate America from Wall Street Rule."
The dominant story of the current political debate is that the government is broke. We can't afford to pay for public services, put people to work, or service the public debt. Yet as a nation, we are awash in money. A defective system of money, banking, and finance just puts it in the wrong places.
Raising taxes on the rich and implementing financial reforms are essential elements of the solution to our seemingly intractable fiscal and economic crisis. Yet proposals currently on the table fall far short of the need.
A newly released report of the New Economy Working Group, coordinated by the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington, DC, goes beyond the current debate to call for a deep restructuring of the institutions to which we as a society give the power to create and allocate money. How to Liberate America from Wall Street Rule spells out the steps required to rebuild a system of community-based and accountable institutions devoted to financing productive activities that create good jobs for Americans and generate real community wealth.
Despite the financial crash of 2008, the financial assets of America's billionaires and the idle cash of the most profitable corporations are now at historic highs. Their biggest challenge is figuring out where to park all their cash.Over the past 30 years, virtually all the benefit of U.S. economic growth has gone to the richest 1 percent of Americans. Effective tax rates for the very rich are at historic lows and many of the most profitable corporations pay no taxes at all.
Corporations are using their stores of cash primarily to buy back their own stock, acquire control of other companies, invest in off-shoring yet more American jobs, and pay generous dividends to shareholders and outsized bonuses to management.Unfortunately, most of those who hold the cash and the corporations they control have lost interest in long-term investments that build and expand strong enterprises. The substantial majority of trades in financial markets are made by high-speed computers in securities held for fractions of a second. Business pundits still refer to this trading as investment. It bears no resemblance, however, to the investment required to put people to work rebuilding a strong America.
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It was not always so. In response to the Great Depression, our country enacted financial reforms that put in place a system of money, banking, and investment based on community banks, mutual savings and loans, and credit unions. These institutions provided financial services to local Main Street economies that employed Americans to produce and trade real goods and services in response to community needs and opportunities.
This system, which Wall Street interests dismiss as quaint and antiquated, financed the U.S. victory in World War II, the creation of a strong American middle class, an unprecedented period of economic stability and prosperity, and the investments that made America the world's undisputed industrial and technological leader.
The consequences include the erosion of the middle class, an extreme concentration of wealth and power, a costly financial collapse, persistent high unemployment, housing foreclosures, collapsing environmental systems, the hollowing out of U.S. industrial, technological, and research capacity, huge public and international trade deficits, and the corruption of our political institutions.In the 1970's Wall Street interests began pushing a deregulation agenda that led to a transfer of financial power from Main Street to Wall Street. Wall Street's mega-banks lost interest in real investment and developed a new business model. They now specialize in charging excessive fees and usurious interest rates, providing leverage to speculators, speculating for their own accounts, luring the unwary into mortgages they cannot afford, bundling junk mortgages to sell them as triple-A securities, betting against the clients to whom they sell the overrated securities, extracting subsidies and bailouts from government, laundering money from drug and arms traders, and offshoring their profits to avoid taxes.
Wall Street profited at every step and declared its experiment with deregulation and tax cuts for the wealthy a great success. It now argues for extending the same measures even further.
How to Liberate America from Wall Street Rule spells out details of a six-part policy agenda to rebuild a sensible system of community-based and accountable financial services institutions.
- Break up the mega-banks and implement tax and regulatory policies that favor community financial institutions, with a preference for those organized as cooperatives or as for-profits owned by nonprofit foundations.
- Establish state-owned partnership banks in each of the 50 states, patterned after the Bank of North Dakota. These would serve as depositories for state financial assets to use in partnership with community financial institutions to fund local farms and businesses.
- Restructure the Federal Reserve to function under strict standards of transparency and public scrutiny, with General Accounting Office audits and Congressional oversight.
- Direct all new money created by the Federal Reserve to a Federal Recovery and Reconstruction Bank rather than the current practice of directing it as a subsidy to Wall Street banks. The FRRB would have a mandate to fund essential green infrastructure projects as designated by Congress.
- Rewrite international trade and investment rules to support national ownership, economic self-reliance, and economic self-determination.
- Implement appropriate regulatory and fiscal measures to secure the integrity of financial markets and the money/banking system.
How to Liberate America from Wall Street Rule is the product of extended discussions among representatives of a diverse group of organizations committed to deepening and reframing the conversation on financial reform to focus attention on the serious financial system restructuring required to build a strong new American economy adequate to the social and environmental challenges of the 21st century. It may be freely shared, reproduced and distributed with appropriate citations.


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Watching Nick Griffin's performance on Question Time last night, I was struck by more than his objectionable views and evasive answers. He also seems to have a distinctly sketchy grasp of science, which he misrepresents to support his idea that Britain belongs to its "indigenous people".Part of Openheimer's response:
He described white English, Welsh, Scottish and Irish people as "Britain's aborigines", suggesting these groups are descended from an ancestral population that arrived 17,000 years ago. Scientists, he said, would happily confirm this.
His comments seem, so far as I can tell, to be based on the hypothesis advanced by Stephen Oppenheimer, of Oxford University, in his book The Origins of the British. This uses genetic data to suggest that about 75 per cent of British ancestry can be traced back to very ancient times, before the Anglo-Saxons, Romans and Celts -- the argument is summarised nicely in this Prospect piece.
"About three quarters of the ancestors had arrived before the neolithic. Most of the rest arrived during the neolithic. There's about 5 per cent from Anglo-Saxons, about 6 per cent from Vikings."
"He's missed the point of the genetics in terms of his perspective that he can determine who is indigenous British. All British people are immigrants. As Bonnie Greer pointed out, the original Britons were Neanderthals. They were exterminated, then the Ice Age left a clean sheet. The modern population is essentially of north Iberian origin. So what's British?"Clearly the word "indigenous" cannot be taken literally and everyone living in Britain is descended from people who arrived there at some point or another. But, this is a gross oversimplification of the situation. Why do people speak of "native" Americans or Australian "aborigines"? They do not, certainly, mean that these people emerged from American or Australian soil. What they do mean, however, is that these people are the oldest recorded inhabitants of their homelands, the first people that can be named.


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"The Marine Corps is promising to investigate a disturbing web video that appears to show [four] Marines in Afghanistan urinating on the bloody corpses of [three] alleged Taliban fighters," Gannett Co.'s Marine Corps Times reports.
Defense Department spokesman Capt. John Kirby tells CNN that "regardless of the circumstances or who is in the video, this is egregious, disgusting behavior. It's hideous. It turned my stomach."
The video showed up on YouTube and TMZ.com earlier today. It is not appropriate for posting here, but is easy to find.
"Capt. Kendra Hardesty, a spokeswoman for the Corps, said officials have not verified any details of the incident but added, 'The actions portrayed are not consistent with our core values and are not indicative of the character of the Marines in our Corps. This matter will be fully investigated and those responsible will be held accountable for their actions.'
"It was unclear who shot the video, when it was filmed,or who posted it online."


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Suspect In Natalee Holloway Case Gets 28-Year Sentence For Murder In Peru
Joran van der Sloot, the 24-year-old Dutchman who remains the prime suspect in the still-unsolved 2005 disappearance of Alabama teen Natalee Holloway in Aruba, was just sentenced to 28 years in prison for the 2010 murder of a woman in Peru.
Van der Sloot pleaded guilty Wednesday to killing 21-year-old Stephany Flores five years to the day after Holloway's disappearance. Prosecutors had asked for a 30-year sentence. Van der Sloot's attorneys, arguing that at the time of Flores' murder the young man was emotionally distraught because of the suspicion he was under in the Holloway case, had asked for a lighter sentence.
With credit for the two years he's been in prison, van der Sloot could be released in June 2038, the court said.
Flores' family talked about their loved one to CNN's Larry King in June 2010.
Van der Sloot has twice been arrested by Aruban authorities in connection with Holloway's disappearance, but has never been charged.
Thursday, as Eyder reported, a judge in Alabama signed an order that declares Holloway is dead.
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I have become some kind of a social recluse recently, if I am not I certainly want to become one.
With a whole week of working outside the home, and then again inside the home followed with two kids and their individual demands I totally fizzle out like a damp cracker by Friday evening. All I think would love to do come Friday is pass out on the sofa with a book in hand while the kids play in the background and hubby makes warm ginger tea and fries pakodas.
The Phamily is however NOT the background kind and no one fries any pakodas. We have boiled Maggi for dinner instead and relax amidst each other's chaotic company.
I look forward to weekend mornings, hot chai with Marie biscuits, leisurely breakfast cooked by D, cooking and clicking for the blog, massaging the baby in the sun lit patch of our family room, bathing her with Big Sis S helping out and then resting down for a afternoon nap with the two of them. I see myself not wanting to compromise or hurry on the above tasks for just one more get together and turn down dinner invitations saying it is too cold to take out the baby.
On retrospect hosting a luncheon or dinner does not excite me either. The vision of cooking for all those who come by and then cleaning up trails of disaster does not appeal to me any longer. This is a far cry from my yester-years when I would go all lengths to straighten up the closet and cook excitedly to entertain. I do not aspire to be the hostess with the orderly medicine cabinet and finger-licking rogan josh any more.
Do virtual social networks make you a recluse in real life ? With smaller families and fast paced weeks, time spent with one's family becomes limited. So while you can talk, discuss, vent , bitch and have your egos fed, all in your PJ's with a click of a mouse why would you take the trouble to don a Kanjeevaram and spend a precious Saturday evening with well known strangers ? (Close real life friends are not considered in this scenario and I agree that without seeing a couple of them every now & then, life would be difficult, at least mine would)
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Coming back to the Gobi, my MIL makes a roast cauliflower and then my Ma makes a cauliflower roast. The two are very different and in fact my MIL's is not even roasted. When I last invited some people, I wanted to do a Cauliflower, and chose my Ma-in-law's way. I also chanced upon Indira's Kasoori Methi Gobi at the same time. Kasoori Methi would add a nice flavor to Ma-in-laws recipe I thought and so this dish was made. Kasoori Gobi is not a new dish but this is my version of Kasoori Gobi or maybe Cauliflower roast with Kasoori Methi.
This is a delicious preparation with the cauliflower holding its own while it is submerged in the sweet and salty spiciness of the almost dry gravy. Kasoori Methi or sun-dried fenugreek leaves add a pleasant robust flavor to this dish.
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Chop 1 small cauliflower into medium sized florets. Don't chop too small, or do not remove the stalks completely
Drizzle a little olive oil, sprinkle some sea salt(ordinary salt will do) and red chilli pepper and then bake the florets for 25-30 minutes at about 350F (this is my counter top toaster oven settings). The cauliflowers should be slightly roasted at the end of this process
Heat Oil in a deep bottomed pan or Kadhai
Fry 1 & 1/2 medium sized onion chopped, 3-4 green chillies slit, 1 fat clove of garlic chopped, 1" of ginger peeled and chopped till the onion turns pink and translucent. Note: I go low on garlic and the garlic I use have really fat cloves, you can use about 2-3 cloves if you want
Add 1 large chopped tomato and fry for couple more minutes till the tomato is soft
Cool the above mixture and grind to a paste. This is the onion+ginger+garlic+tomato paste
Temper the same oil(you might need to add a little more) with 1 Bay Leaf/Tej patta, 2" stick of cinnamon/darchini and 4 green cardamom/elaichi
Add the onion+ginger+garlic+tomato paste and fry for a minute with 1/4 tsp of sugar(sugar is optional)
Add 2 heaped tsp of Kasoori Methi, 2 tsp of Kitchen King masala (or use 1 tsp Garam masala), 1/4 tsp of Red Chilli Powder, a little turmeric and saute the masala till oil separates
Add the part roasted cauliflower florets, mix well with the spices
Add about 1 cup of water, salt to taste and mix well
Cook till the cauliflower is done and the water has almost dried up. During this step stir the cauliflower in between and be careful so that the cauliflower is not over done. The way I like it there is very little gravy, you can adjust to your liking
Add 1/2 tsp of amchur powder, a fistful of soaked raisins and mix well
Delicious Kasoori Gobi is ready to be served with Roti or Rice


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WASHINGTON — Public support for President Barack Obama's health care law is languishing at its lowest level since passage of the landmark legislation four years ago, according to a new poll.
The Associated Press-GfK survey finds that 26 percent of Americans support the Affordable Care Act. Yet even fewer — 13 percent — think it will be completely repealed. A narrow majority expects the law to be further implemented with minor changes, or as passed.
"To get something repealed that has been passed is pretty impossible," said Gwen Sliger of Dallas. "At this point, I don't see that happening."
Sliger illustrates the prevailing national mood. Although a Democrat, she's strongly opposed to Obama's signature legislation. But she thinks "Obamacare" is here to stay.
"I like the idea that if you have a pre-existing condition you can't be turned down, but I don't like the idea that if you don't have health insurance you'll be fined," said Sliger.
The poll was taken before Thursday's announcement by the White House that new health insurance markets have surpassed the goal of 6 million sign-ups, so it did not register any of the potential impact of that news on public opinion. Open enrollment season began with a dysfunctional HealthCare.gov website last Oct. 1 but will end Monday on what looks to be a more positive note.
Impressions of the health care rollout while low, have improved slightly.
While only 5 percent of Americans say the launch of the insurance exchanges has gone very or extremely well, the number who think it has gone at least somewhat well has improved from 12 percent in December to 26 percent now. The exchanges offer subsidized private coverage to people without a plan on the job.
Of those who said they or someone in their household tried signing up for coverage, 59 percent said there were problems.
Repealing the health care law is the rallying cry of Republicans running to capture control of the Senate in the fall congressional elections. The Republican-led House has already voted more than 50 times to repeal, defund or scale back "Obamacare," but has been stymied in its crusade by Democrats running the Senate.
Thursday, five Democratic senators and one independent — three facing re-election — introduced a package of changes to the law that seems calibrated to public sentiment. One of their major proposals would spare companies with fewer than 100 employees from a requirement to provide coverage to their workers. The current cutoff is 50.
The poll found that 7 in 10 Americans believe the law will be implemented with changes.
Forty-two percent think those changes will be minor, and 30 percent say they think major changes are in store.
Combining the 42 percent who see minor changes coming and 12 percent who say they think the law will be implemented as passed, a narrow majority of 54 percent see either tweaks in store, or no changes at all.
Larry Carroll, 64, a church deacon from Cameron, W.Va., says he would like to see major changes — but he doesn't have high hopes.
"I think it's much too big a thing for the country to be taking on," said Cameron, who's strongly opposed to the overhaul.
"I don't see repeal," he added. "The federal bureaucracy simply seems to be too strong. The federal bureaucracy is like an anaconda."
Teresa Stevens, a factory supervisor from Jacksonville, Fla., said her two adult sons shopped for coverage on the health insurance exchanges and found it too expensive.
"There are so many different things they say about (the law) that are not true," she said. "It's not affordable."
A supporter of former Democratic President Bill Clinton, Stevens said the economy has soured for working people under Obama. "Everything is so expensive, not just health care," she said.
The poll found that much of the slippage for the health care law over the last four years has come from a drop in support, not an increase in opposition.
In April of 2010, soon after the law passed, 50 percent of Americans said they were opposed to it, while 39 percent were in favor. Ten percent were on the fence.
Now, just 26 percent say they are in favor, a drop of 13 percentage points. Forty-three percent say they are opposed, a drop of 7 percentage points since that poll four years ago. But the number who neither support nor oppose the law has tripled, to 30 percent.
The 26 percent in favor in the AP-GfK poll is not significantly different from the 27 percent registered in January and December.
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ITALY'S Silvio Berlusconi has cut off monthly payments of $3,400 to a host of young women who attended his parties as part of cost-cutting measures by the ageing playboy, Italian media reported on Friday.
The decision could also have something to do with his coming under investigation for witness tampering opened by prosecutors in connection with his conviction for having sex with an underage 17-year-old prostitute.
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At one point, a total of 14 young women were living in the apartments and they were heard calling Berlusconi and his accountant in multiple police wiretaps to ask for more cash — referred to as "flowers" or "fuel".
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The former prime minister and flamboyant billionaire tycoon's finances have been hit by an expensive divorce settlement with his second wife Veronica Lario and a lack of dividends from his business empire Mediaset.
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A federal judge has ruled that New York City Police did not violate the rights of Muslims by putting New Jersey mosques under routine surveillance in an effort to prevent terrorism.
U.S. District Judge William Martini in Newark threw out a suit brought against the city's police department by eight Muslims living in the New Jersey community. They alleged that the surveillance program, which they said involved spying on mosques, restaurants and schools in the state since 2002, was unconstitutional because they were being targeted solely on the basis of their religion.
In his ruling, however, Martini wrote that: "The more likely explanation for the surveillance was to locate budding terrorist conspiracies."
"The police could not have monitored New Jersey for Muslim terrorist activities without monitoring the Muslim community itself," he wrote.
Martini concluded that plaintiffs were not hurt by the surveillance itself and that to the extent there may have been harm done, it was caused by a series of articles on the program published by The Associated Press.
"Farhaj Hassan, a plaintiff in the case and a U.S. soldier who served in Iraq, said he was disappointed by the ruling."
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"The Center for Constitutional Rights in New York and the California-based civil rights organization Muslim Advocates, which represented the plaintiffs, also called the decision troubling."
"'In addition to willfully ignoring the harm that our innocent clients suffered from the NYPD's illegal spying program, by upholding the NYPD's blunderbuss Muslim surveillance practices, the court's decision gives legal sanction to the targeted discrimination of Muslims anywhere and everywhere in this country, without limitation, for no other reason than their religion,' CCR Legal Director Baher Azmy said."
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I have been trying to free up some space in my freezer lately and I have been coming across some amazing finds. My most recent discovery was some pureed pumpkin that I had frozen earlier in the winter when I had more than I had needed. I had also recently come across the steel cut oats in my cupboard and I thought that pumpkin pie oatmeal would be a nice treat for breakfast. You could easily make this with any kind of oatmeal but I prefer the steel cut oatmeal for its chewier texture. Steel cut oatmeal takes a bit of time to cook and I don't really have the time to make in on weekday mornings but a rice cooker with a timer and a porridge setting is the perfect solution. Waking up to the smell of the cooking oatmeal in the morning and knowing that it will be ready by breakfast time is always nice. After the oatmeal was done cooking in the rice cooker I transferred it to a small pan and added the pumpkin, some brown sugar and pumpkin pie spices. The pumpkin pie oatmeal was great! It was just like eating a bowl of pumpkin pie for breakfast. I wonder what I will find in my freezer next…
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House Democrats will unveil 15 proposals for curbing gun violence that resemble President Barack Obama's plan and will include a call for banning assault weapons, people familiar with the package said Wednesday.
The Democrats' recommendations will also include barring high-capacity magazines carrying more than 10 rounds of ammunition, requiring background checks for all gun sales and prohibiting gun trafficking, all of which Obama proposed last month.
The proposals, to be released Thursday by top House Democrats, were described by people who requested anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the plan publicly. They represent the initial House Democratic response to the horrific Dec. 14 shooting of 20 first-graders and six adults at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn.
Even so, the Democrats' proposals are unlikely to go anywhere quickly in the Republican-controlled House. A spokesman for House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, has said the House will wait to see what the Democratic-led Senate does.
Obama's gun control proposals have been opposed by the National Rifle Association, which is a potent lobbying force on Capitol Hill. In addition, some Democrats — including many from rural or conservative areas — have been reluctant to endorse the president's plan.
That hesitation was underscored Wednesday at a private retreat Senate Democrats staged in Annapolis, Md. At that session, Democrats largely embraced expanded background checks on gun sales, but some senators expressed a desire to avoid voting on an assault weapons ban, according to two people who described the closed-door session only on condition of anonymity.
The House Democrats' recommendations were proposed by the 12-member House Democratic Gun Violence Prevention Task Force, led by Rep. Mike Thompson, D-Calif. Two-thirds of its members had to approve an item for it to be included in their plan, meaning there likely will be Democratic dissenters to some of the ideas.
Among the task force members was Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich., the House's longest serving member. Dingell has been a strong ally of the National Rifle Association, though he has clashed with them on some issues in the past.
There has been strong public support for expanding background checks beyond the current system, in which the checks only cover sales by federally licensed gun dealers. The checks are aimed at weeding out gun sales to criminals, people with mental health problems and some others.
That proposal has gotten the most initial backing from members of Congress and is widely expected to be the centerpiece of legislation the Senate Judiciary Committee plans to write as soon as this month. Anti-trafficking provisions — making it a crime to sell guns to people who are prohibited from having them — also is expected to be included.
The proposed ban on military-style assault weapons, while backed by about half the public in polls, has gotten tepid support so far on Capitol Hill and is given scant chance of becoming law. Limits on the size of ammunition magazines also face an uncertain fate in Congress.
House Democratic leaders were saying little about their task force's proposals Wednesday. An email describing a Thursday news conference at which the package will be announced said the principles were "geared toward reducing gun violence in America while also respecting the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens."
One person said Democrats would use their announcement to call on Republicans to say what, if any, gun restrictions they support after the Newtown massacre.
On Tuesday, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., told CNN that he favored some expansion of the background check system. He noted that his own state has increased the mental health information it makes available to the federal government on gun buyers, following the 2007 killings of 32 people at Virginia Tech by a student who then committed suicide.
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